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Chinese iJIanrl^rHtpr Mmlh chairman Serving the Menchester eree for WO yeers Manchester, Conn. Monday, June 29, 1981 25 Cents li unseated PEKING (UPI) - China today which handles the day-to-day affairs removed Hua Guofeng, the late Mao of the party. Tse-tung's hand-picked successor, The session "unanimously" as Communist Party chairman adopted an assessment on the par because he was "no longer fit" for ty's rule of China since. 1949, but has the job and named a man purged not yet released the document. It is during Mao's rule to the post. expected to give a largely favorable Hua is the first party trass in the verdict on the role play^ by Mao. People's Republic of China ever “This session will go down in forced out of office. He was history for fulfilling the historic demoted to a vice chairmanship mission of setting (right) things after nearly a year of criticism. which have been thrown into dis An announcement by the Central order in the guiding ideology of the Djmmittee said the new chairman party." the announcement said is Hu Yaobang, 66, a close ally of alluding indirectly to Hua's Vice Chairman Deng Xiaoping — the leadership. main driving force behind the move The official Xinhua news agency to unseat Hua. reported “criticism of Hua Guofeng Hu himself was purged during the had come from many party Cultural Revolution in 1967 and was members since last August. rehabilitated in the 1970s. It said the plenum criticized Hua's The party named Deng chairman "left" errors such as ' ‘his eagerness of the military commission — a job to create and accept a personality previously concurrently held by Hua cult of himself" ajid his attempt to — effectively making him supreme block discussion oh -a basic tenet of commander of the 4 million- Deng's policy of making practice member Peoples Liberation Army. the sole criterion of truth. The monumental decision by the Central Committee to switch chairmen was adopted during a three-day session ending today, the eve of the 60th anniversary of the Anniversary founding of China's party. It was a major victory for Deng and his pragmatist associates whose prize picks policies in the past two years were responsible for the opening of China to the wdrid and an emphasis on set Tuesday raising the living standard of the nation's nearly 1 billion people, a diplomat said. Drawings in a series of con Hua's ouster completed a process tests celebrating The begun last November when he was Manchester Herald's 100th an forced to resign during a power niversary are scheduled Tuesday struggle and dropped out of public afternoon. view except for an occasional More than 25,000 entries were appearance. His resignation could received in the six-week contest not become official until approved series. Drawings in the five con by the Central committee. tests will be held at 5:15 p.m. The 6th plenary session made Tuesday at The Herald's parking Premier Zhao Ziyang a vice chair lot, between Brainard Place and man of the party — a move seen by Bissell Street at Herald Square. •analysts as conferring the necessary The public is invited. prestige on the leader of the govern Prizes in the contests are a Joe Patrone .of the Rhody Track Club sails over the bar to win the Men's ment. Zhao also is a close associate power la'wnmower, a trip to Open Division high jump in the Manchester Community Collie-sponsored of Deng. Disney World in Florida, $200 New England Relays last Saturday at Manchester High's Wigren Track. The The 362 people who took part in worth of groceries, movie Winhing effort Rhode Island man cleared the bar at 6 feet, 8 Inches In one of the day's the^lenum also elected former Can tickets, and dinners-for-two. highlights. Complete details on pages 9 and 10. (Photo by TarquInlo) ton Party boss Xi Zhongxun a member of the party secretariat. New garage questioned Petition asks for town referendum By Martin Kearns within 10 days and forward them to Department garage in the existing town garage on Harrison Among the documents expected to use scientific equipment to measure pollution levels Herald Reporter the Board of Directors. In the event cemetery. According to its Street. Plans for that petition have be made public are copies of police the board does not act on the peti language, any decision to build the not yet been announced. reports regarding noise pollution, a Earlier, Berman sued the Plan MANCHESTER - The Roll Street tion, the town attorney must call a garage there would require the un The decision to petition grew out letter from the town's Health Direc ning and Zoning Commission on Residents' Association and referendum within 90 days' of the animous approval of the directors. of the Holt Street Association's op tor relating to charges of noxious behalf of the association, charging representatives of Temple Beth petition's filing. position to the proposed expansion odors, and a citation from the state that its decision to rezone .62 acres The temple joined the petition Sholom today were expected to file Berman said the association has of Multi-Circuits Inc. Residents Department ol Environmental of town garage land for offstreet drive after its memorial park com a petition forcing a townwide been holding the petition for about have complained of pollution and Protection for violations of noise parking was illegal. According to mittee became concerned that plans referendum In early September on 10 days to allow town officials time parking problems resulting from the regulations. him, the decision was based on for the new garage might interfere whether to build a new town garage to respond to the residents' circuit traard manufacturer's opera speculation that the garage would be with its burial ground. Since then, Berman last week appealed a in the East Cemetery. demands. In the absence of any of tion on Harrison Street. sold to Multi-Circuits. numerous town leaders have also town decision not to charge the com Jon Berman, attorney for the ficial gesture, Berman said, “We In a new development, Berman, opposed the garage's location in the pany with zoning violations on Later this week, a special sub residenta' asaociation, this morning feel we need to file the petition in their attorney, today said he would cemetery. behalf of the association's presi committee of the Board of Directors said 1,700 signatures had been order to get some security." make public evidence of noise and dent, Walter Zingler. The appeal is expected to begin drafting an or collected and would be presented at The referendum could be avoided Another petition considered by the odor pollution. Officials for the town charges that zoning enforcement of dinance which could allow the board 1:30 this afternoon to the town clerk. if the Board of Directors acts on the residents would have required the and Multi-Circuits have argued that ficer Thomas O'Marra mistakenly to sell the town's Harrison Street According to the town charter, the petition, which seeks to block the board to vote unanimously if it ap the residents have failed to docu applied the regulations and failed to garage to the company. clerk must certify the signatures relocation of the Park and Cemetery proves Ihe sale and relocation of the ment their allegations. Death toll up to 69 Inside Today's Herald Canadian Voting Rights Act in Iran bomb attack hero dies « President Reagan, appearing today before a predominantly black civil rights audience, said in prepared remarks he does not favor extension of Terry Fox, who los( the voting Rights Act in its present form. Pag<- 3 . 2 0 members of the Majlis demonstrations. one leg to cancer but By United Press International still ran halfway across (parliament). Witnesses reached by telephone The death toll roee to 69 today in Khomeini, who rarely ventures said the demonstrators carried the Canada in a self- In sports tbe bomb attack that killed Iranian from his north Tehran home, ap pictures of Beheshti and Khomeini imposed marathon to l e a d e r Ayatollah Rubollab parently was the only prominent and shouted, "We are the party of raise $24 million for Bob Clifford repeats in Men's Open 20-kilometer Khomeini’a heir apparent and other figure not at the rally. God and Khomeini is our leader" cancer research, is race in second day of New England Relays ... P ag e ranking membera of the ruling Tehran radio quoM a coroner's and "Death to the enemies of dead at 22. Today, he is <>. Islamic ReputUcan Party in tbe spokesman as s a y ^ the known Islam ." honored as a hero in Complete relay results ... Legion continues win bloodiest blow to Iran's deaUia stood at 69. The figure was Khomeini called the attackers Canada. Page 3. streak ... P age IO. revolutioRary government. expected to rise as the search of the “savage beasts" and said, "martyr Reacue w i^ e ra were lUU looking rubble went on. dom for several dear ones... will not for soivivora or more bodies in the MaJIii Speaker Hashemi Raf- force the nation to retreat. Sunny and pleasant wreckage of the IRP headquarters ■anjani, who along with Prime “ Ranks will be closed,” he said. that was destroyed by a powerful Minister Mohammed All Rajai "The cry of the naUon will in- Sunny and pleasant today . Fair tonight Partly et^ o iio a Sunday night. narrosriy escaped injury in the at creaae." sunny Tuesday.