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■I '-< • 24 - THE MKIALD. Ttte«., Aug. 18,1981 E<>* VI '■ ? > ■ ■^' Cloudy tonight; cloudy Thursday V- — See page 2 U.S jets down Libyan fighters MHKHESTCR MEMORML HOSPITU. Libyans attacked first; air territorial claim disputed congressional leadership also were fired his guns at the U.S. planes. ^ jjiounter lasted only about one WASHINGTON (UPl) - Two U - no U.S. casualties were reported. minute. traiLV Weinberger, relying on tlM official notified. Both American aircraft answered Inraii warplanes attacked a pair of White House spokesman Larry the attack by firing AIM-9L The Defense Departmlent last U.S. F-14 fig b tm over disputed U.S. position on the Itanits of Litoan week announced the 6th Fleet would Msditsrrsnssn Sss sovereignty, insisted the 6th.Fleet Speakes said, “We regret the attack Sidewinder heat-seeking missiles, waters of the Mediterranean Sea that made it necessary to take the which downed the Libyan planes. hold maneuvers off the Libyan OM.T* exercise was not Intended to coast, within the 200-mile limit early todAT, sod were downed by the action,” but Reiterated the U.S. posi­ "They were following inter­ American jets in a minute^ong provoke Libyan’s Moammar Khadafy has set for his country’s Kbadafy, who the Reagan ad­ tion ttat the exercises were being national rules of engagement that aerial battle, the Pentagon said. held, In intmiational waters. would govern this kind of situation territorial waters. Hie US. government formally ministration has labeled a As late as Tuesday, the State ringleader of international ’The Pentagon said the planes, and carried out their instructions protMted what It called the "un­ based on the nuclear-powered air­ and carried them out extremely Department reiterated for reporters provoked" attadc by the two Soviet- terrorism. the Reagan administration's conten­ “ No, I couldn’t consider it a craft carrier Nimitz, were fired well,” Weinberger said of the built SU-S Jets, whldi It said oc­ response by the U.S. pilots. tion the exercises would not en­ provocation because they are inter­ upon by a pair of Soviet-built SU-22 croach on legitimate Libyan curred “in intemational air space - fighters, then "took action in Weinberger said both American national waters,” he told a news territorial interests as recognized over intemational waters in the response and shot down both Libyan jets returned safely to the Nimitz. south-central Mediteiranean Sea." conference this morning. "There’s by the U.S. government. no basis for any claim in the area aircraft at 1:20 a.m. EDT.” He said the pilot of one of the Libyan However, a Libyan diplomat in Weinberger and Gen. Phillip Gast, jets was seen parachuting into the London charged tte U.S. fighters where this incident took place that they were national waters or director of operations for the Joint Mediterranean. violated his country’s air space over The SU-22 is one of the Sukhoi anything other than international Chiefs of Staff, st^d the two Libyan Samples today waters in the Gu}f of Sidra covered planes were fl^ g north, away from series of Soviet-built fighters — an by a broad terrimrial claim that is The Pentagon said the F-14s were wstcrs ** In Los Angeles, a vacationing Ubya, and were first spotted by the updated version of the plane used by The Manchester Herald today N s e r i n A o n nik recognised by the United States. taking port in a 6th Fleet exercise Syria during the 1973 war in the Mid­ continues its sampling program American planes on radar some six Defense Secretary Caspar about 60 nautical miles off the Li­ President Reagan was awakened and informed of the attack at 4:24 to nine miles away. dle Blast and considered to be a poor to bring copies of the newspaper Weinberger said a formal protest of byan coast when they were ap­ After making visual contact, one match for the more sophisticated F- to non-subscribers in the Ubyan attack was being lodged proached and fired upon by two Li­ a.m. Pacific time. Vice President George Bush, other members of the of the Libyan planes fired a Soviet- 14. Manchester. through diplomatic channels in byan Soviet-made SU-22 fighters. Pentagon officials said the en- National Security Council and the made Atoll missile while the other Belgium. Hiey downed the Libyan planes, and * V Guerrillas Closing the Your Hospital Noeds surrender ¥ MARSEILLE, France (UPI) — W0 MI Anti-Khomeini guerrillas sur­ open campus rendered a pirated Iranian missile boat today in eschange for an offer Your Help NOW of French asylum to end a six-day ses bljBcUns. ' f <we don't want a batUe in front of Discipline is the port of Marseille,” Defense Minister Charles Hemou warned the 20 armed hijackers who’Thursday learning key saiM the Tarbizan into the harbor and threatened to blow up the 249- foot vessel and 32 hostages. By Nancy Thompson In tense negotiations, the Herald Reporter h ija c k e rs re le a se d 30 of the |ypfft«ges, but kept the commander If Jacob Ludes III were a gourmet and his first officer on board, chef, he would create only vowing to kill them by exploding nutritionally balanced meals, ammunition on the vessel. making sure that those eating his French naval vessels, including a meals got their peas along with their 150-foot fast attack boat, pudding. r; manipulated the Tabarzin to about 4 As principal of Manchester High miles offshore, an offer of poUtical School, Ludes, 38, is concerned that X ' W i w v i r asylum was made, then,a navy students get what he believes is vessel towed the darkened Tarbizan good for them, as well as the things to Toulon, 30 miles to the southeast they want and enjoy. High on his list as French helicopters hovered of things they n ^ is discipline. overhead. “I believe schools ought to be in Iran, already bristling at France every way possible places where for granting political asylum to youngsters can learn," Ludes said. deposed chief of state Abolhassan Members of an antl-Khomelnl movement uniess the French government provided fuei “Our first obligation is to insure Bani-Sadr, assailed France for the who hijacked an Iranian navy patroi boat last and suppiies. After a day-iong standoff, they they have the best education possi­ Jacob Ludes III Utest offer of politial refuge, saying weekend arrived in Marseiiies, France, surrendered! (UPI photo) ble. You don’t have curriculum, you it was “tantamount to legalizing Tuesday and threatened to biow up the ship don’t have learning uhless you have students,”' he said. “Literally hun-. piracy.” discipline.” dreds of students spent all day in the- Since Ludes took over the ad­ cafeteria, frittering away school ministration of the high school in hours. Obviously this could not con­ 1978 he has tightened discipline in tinue." many ways. The main thrust of his After studying the situation," policy has been to reduce the Ludes said he came to the conclu-; Lawyers criticize crime, plan privilege of opeh campus for some Sion that an open campus for- 'V*'* •■*•' *■ students. sophomores “ is setting a lot of them, proposals to loosen the exclusionary advocated stricter gun laws and fun­ in good faith when they broke into In 1979, with the suppbrt of the up for failure.” ^ V.., By Hilary Rosenberg his' house?” Board of Education, Ludes closed “Giving sophomores an open cam-, , Herald Reporter - rule, which bars the use of illegally ding for new state prisons. obtelned evidence, and restrict the According to 'Willidm Olds, Byrne also objected to a proposal the campus for first-semester pus is like giving students a-, to deny ball to defendants who in a sophomores. That was later smorgasbord of courses with no* f ' '-'I i< ' Connecticut defense lawyers ri^t to ball. , executive director of the Connec­ object to some of the recommen­ The Attorney General s Task ticut a v il Uberties Union, reducing pre-trial hearing are found to be extended to cover the entire restrictions, allowing them to taker dations nnade this week by a federal Force on Violent Crime restrictions on illegally obtained dangerous to the community, saying sophomore year. Beginning this fall, whatever they want. That may worki this measure violates the principle the campus will also be closed for v4Wt^ V task force for curbing violent crime, recommended allowing the use of il­ evidence "would be a step in the in some artistic New England- A - ^ - 'A f dirMtion of giving police free rein to that a defendant is innocent until more than 100 juniors and seniors college, but not in a public high^ iFSiSSl,' saying they infringe on the rights of legally obtained evidence if police the defendant and the private thought they were acting within the intrude on individual’s freedoms.” proven guilty. With the denial of who have “proved they cannot cope school. citizen. Prosecutors contacted law, and denying, bail to defendants He said he expects the ACLU will bail, "you sentence the person and with an open campus privilege.” “If you don’t have a constructive' refused to comment on many of the determined to be a danger to socie­ challenge this recommendation in then have the trial later on,” |ie Students who are restricted to use for your time, you construct- closed campus must report to a other uses for it — which can range- proposals until they could study ty. court. s^d. ' ' them further. Among its other recommen­ If the exclusionary rule is relaxed, But East Hartford defense lawyer supervised study hall for all free from pot smoking to drinking a six-r* "I don’t .know where the Constitu­ dations were limiting federal court Byrne said, "The police can bust Michael-Whelton said he would only periods.

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