Ex-Hostages Wait for Journey Home
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WEATHER MANCHESTER U.S./WORLD SPORTS Clouding up tonight; I Lawyers and MB’s Town Shell station [Top jazz festival no change Tuesday switches over to Gulf I I looks for sponsor triumphant In LL ... page 11 ... page 2 ... page all' P^Se 2 Monday. July 1. 1985 — Single copy: 25<t Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm Ex-hostages wait for journey home United States gives terrorists no Americans before they were paid a brief visit by Sen. Edward In Washington. Secretary of rewards and no guarantees. We driven to the Lindsay Air Force By United Press International Kennedy, D-Mass.. who flew in State George Shultz today said make no deals." Hospital at Wiesbaden for check from Geneva for a welcoming Iran “ clearly had connections with Related stories Reagan also said in the six- FRANKFURT, West Germany ceremony at the U.S. Rhein-Main the people" who hijacked TWA ups and debriefing. minute speech that the United U.S. officials said the hostages — The 39 Americans released by pages 4 and 10 Air Base near Frankfurt, Flight 847 June 14 and that he States would not rest until justice Lebanese Shiite Moslems returned Vice President George Bush told believed Syrian President Hafez were being debriefed by a special was done for recent terrorist team from ’’government agen to freedom today in high spirits the exhausted hostages at a Assad was working to free th^ despite thpir 17 day-ordeal that violence against U.S. citizens. cies" about where and how they Maffet said of the former hostages, welcoming ceremony in Frankfurt seven remaining hostages in Bei began with the hijacking of a Trans Reporters at the Frankfurt air were held during their 17-day who chose to undergo preliminary that "Am erica is proud of you." rut, Lebanon. World Airlines airliner. port said hostage relatives were ordeal, before they were to head medical tests before resting. “ Through the days of your Shultz, interviewed on ABC’s Col. Charles K. Maffet, head of beginning to arrive on flights from back to the United States. He said their first request was ordeal, Americans built a special "Good Morning America,” also Lindsay Air Force Hospital in the United States and were being for telephone calls to relatives and place in their hearts for you, said U .S. relations with Israel were When the hostages arrived in Wiesbaden, said he was astonished whisked through the terminal with friends in the United States, a hoping, praying each day for a safe “ stronger than ever” as a result of Frankfurt, hundreds of Americans how “ upbeat” the 39 appeared. minimum formalities. U.S, offi service provided immediately return. You are back and America the crisis, and suggested U.S. shouted, sang "God Bless Am er The group arrived in Wiesbaden cials said about 50 were expected through a phone room in a special did. not compromise her principles relations with Syria had improved. ica” and waved banners proclaim from nearby Frankfurt, where to get you back,” Bush told the President Reagan, in a televised to arrive. ing ’Welcome to freedom ” today wing of the hospital set aside for Some 300 family members and they flew in early today from hostages before they boarded two White House statement, earlier Damascus, Syria. them. military personnel waving flags Four of the former hostages buses and rode to the hospital, vowed to fight back against Please turn to page 10 "Spirits are very high. I th i^ and welcome banners greeted the from Massachusetts also were waving and smiling at the crowd. "cowardly attacks," saying "the they are in excellent condition. Agenda Space prompts teachers ■r' dispute 1^’ V-Axir picked By Jan Ziegler By Kathy Garmus ■ ^ United Press International Assistant City Editor '' WASHINGTON - NASA today Republicans on the Board of announced the 10 finalists for the Directors have been denied a bid to teacher-in-space program, six add to the board’s agenda Tuesday women and four men who hope to a resolution calling on the town to share “ the high adventure of space sell its firehouse on Tolland travel” next year on board the Turnpike. shuttle. Mayor Barbara B. Weinberg, a Months of waiting came to an Democrat, said she would not put end when NASA Administrator the resolution on the agenda James Beggs named the 10 because it was not submitted to the teachers, selected from 114 semi town general manager’s office finalists by a special review panel. until this morning and the direc The finalists "represent the best tors would not have enough time to . 4 . ' of the best candidates in the consider it. teacher-in-space program ,” The board’s rules say that Beggs said. The winner will be directors who want to place items announced around July 23. on the agenda must notify the ■ , V.I., ■ ’’Their experiences, back mayor or general manager at least grounds and lives may differ. But 10 days before the next meeting. our 10 finalists have much in But Republican Director Donna common: daring, selflessness, R. Mercier said today that items motivation to expand educational have often been added to the horizons beyond the classroom, directors’ agenda at the last enthusiasm to communicate the minute. space flight experience, dedication "You mean to tell me that to excellence in their profession they’re going to pick and choose and a commitment to fire the which items can be added?” she HeraM photo by Tarquinlo imaginations and illuminate the asked. " I f they can do it for one talents of their pupils,” he said. item, they can do it for all items.” "Above all, thdy share a dream: Weinberg said that she has never Splash and spray to be part of the high adventure of approved of last-minute additions space travel and to tell the world to the directors’ agenda. Glen Boggini of Manchester, foreground, operates a by Glenn Construction Co., the contractor on the $1.7 what it’s like.” "It does not give board members letting pipe this morning on Porter Street in preparation million Porter Street trunk sewer reconstruction project, The finalists were Kathleen an appropriate amount of time to Anne Beres, Kenwood High School, consider an issue or ask questions for paving the street on Tuesday. In the background is The project is about 33 percent complete, according to oftheadministration,’’sh esaid .^ Baltimore; Robert S. Foerster, Steve Crispino, also of Manchester. Both are employed Dan Guachione, owner of Glenn Construction. Cumberland Elementary School, think it does a disservice to the West Lafayette, Ind.; Judith Marie board." V ^ Garcia, Thomas Jefferson School Weinberg acknowledged that Gorbachev tightens control for Science and Technology, Alex Items have been added to the andria, Va.; Peggy Lathlaen, board’s agenda on the night of its Westwood Elementary Schoool, meeting in the past. But unlike the Friendswood, Texas; David M. volatile firehouse issue, she said Marquart, Boise High School, most of those items have been Soviets conduct Politburo purge Boise, Idaho. minor. Also Sharon McAuliffe, Concord "This is the sale of public High School, Concord, N.H.; Mi property.” she said. " I think runs the country, the official Tass Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev Pitsunda in Georgia. Protocol Bv Louise Branson chael W. Metcalf, Hazen Union something like that is different news agency said. was firmly in control. dictated that he should have been United Press International School, Hardwick, Vt.; Richard A. than some other items of lesser Tass said Romanov, who had not “ G.V. Romanov’s request to met by the first party secretary in Methia, New Bedford High School, been seen lin public since May 9, relieve him of the duties of Georgia, Shevamadze, who has import." MOSCOW — Grigory Romanov New Bedford, Mass., S a h a ra R. Both parties agreed the resolu was relieved of his duties "for member of the political bureau and now taken his seat on the was removed from the ruling Morgan, McCall-Donn^ly Ele tion faced little chance of succeed health reasons” — a reason secretary of the CPSU Central Politburo, Politburo today following wides mentary School, McCall, Idaho, ing on the nine-member board, usually given when members of Committee In connection with TTie Central Committee session pread speculation he had fallen and Niki Mason Wenger, Vande- which is controlled by six Demo- " the Soviet leadership are ousted. retirement on health grounds was comes on the eve of a meeting of into political disfavor. vender Jr. High School, Parkers crats. Mercier said that if the The first party secretary of the The long-rumored decision was satisfied," Tass said. the country’s nominal Parliament, burg, W.Va. resolution is rejected, a new one Georgian republic, Eduard She- made at a closed-door meeting of Although officials said Romanov the Supreme Soviet, whose 1,500 The teacher-astronaut will be will be submitted culling for a varnadze, 57, was promoted from the Communist Party Central was ill, travelers from Georgia members unanimously rubber- come the first private citizen in townwide referendum on whether non-voting to voting membership Committee and diplomats said it reported seeing him on vacation stamp Central Committee deci orbit, flying aboard the Challenger the firehouse should be sold. in the 13-member Politburo that' was the clearest sign yet that liew last week in the resort town of sions taken the day before. She said it was important that when it blasts off Jan. 22,1986, for a the resolution be placed on Tues six-day mission. The next private day’s agenda because if it is not, it Bomb rocks Madrid citizen in space will be a journalist.