Officials worried over Investigation of air crash Nicaragua troops GTB funding proposal continues In Burlington said to "vanish’ ... page 3 ... page 10 ... page 4 Sunny today Manchester, Conn. and Sunday Saturday, April 21, 1984 — See page 2 fHanrhratpr IrralJi Single copy: 250 Diplomats talk Jets fire on U.S. while embassy copter STUTTGART, West Germany ' < (UPI) — Two Soviet-built MiG jet siege goes on ’'.f «i fighters fired rockets and cannon at a U.S. Army helicopter flying a By James AA. Dorsey are continuing our search lor a ______ routine observation mission Fri- United Press International peaceful solution to the problem,” ^ German- Miles said. "W e are in the middle '' ^1 Czechoslovak border, a U.S. mil- TRIPOLI, Libya — British Am­ of very difficult and delicate g B '* itary spokesman said. bassador Oliver Miles said Friday negotiations,” he added, but said yW The American Cobra helicopter tensions between London and he was "not pessimistic." • - : was not hit and returned safely to Tripoli were easing as he met An embassy spokesman said ■•K its base in West Germany. again wish Libya's foreign minis­ Miles awaited London’s response . The national identity of the two ter to seek a resolution of the to Libyan proposals made Friday HHj, established. four-day siege of the Libyan to Miles. "We have got our lines '’ A spokesman for the U.S. Euro- Embassy in London. open for another meeting between pean Command headquarters in "That certainly is true," said Miles and Traiki if we get instruc­ Stuttgart late Friday confirmed v Miles when asked if tensions were tions from London," the spokes­ ' If reports from the Pentagon that the t Army helicopter was on an obser- cooling. He spoke with reporters in man said. his residence garden after his He said Britain had "made no ^ vation mission along the Czech second round of talks with Foreign concessions on principle," but border near Zwiesel, West Ger- Minister Ali Traiki since the crisis refused to give details about the many, when it was fired on by the began. substance of the negotiations. MiGs at 2:40 p.m. German time Security forces have surrounded “ We are still at the stage of (7;40a.m. EST.). the Libyan Embassy since Tues­ swapping ideas,” said a well- Zwiesel, about 100 miles nor­ day when a burst of machine-gun informed member of the British theast of Munich, is an internation­ fire from the building killed a community in Tripoli. ally known fashionable skiing British policewoman and wounded "Neither side has accepted th^ resort on the West German-Czech 11 demonstrators protesting other's ideas, but at least there is a border where women's World Cup against the Libyan regime of Col. way out which we can look at. The downhill, slalom and ski jump Moammar Khadafy. fact that we are talking for this ; » i competition was held last month. "W e the British and the Libyans length of time means deals are The American pilot identified possible,” he said. the attacking aircraft as MiG jets In Britain, Prime Minister but could not determine the Thatcher called the situation nationality, the spokesman said. Hundreds “ very sensitive ... One has to take The Soviets supply MiG aircraft of every single action as a result of various types to their Warsaw Pact measured consideration,” she allies, including Czechoslovakia. watching ' said’. The American helicopter, which The Briton, who requested ano­ was not hit by any of the rockets or nymity, said Britain felt the cannon fire, returned safely to its LONDON — Scotland Yard sent Libyans were stalling for time. West Germany base. food, cold drinks, candy bars, and “ The Libyans realize that they Herald photo by Tarquinio President Reagan was briefed cigarettes into the Libyan Em­ have bricked themselves into a l4/ltlfMAI/*e a XAilnnar o» incident at his California bassy Friday and consulted a pretty tight corner and they are wwniuiay O a W tnnai ranch hy military aide Pete psychiatrist as part of a campaign worried what we might do,” he Whitney, the cat Who won top honors in Manchester. Whitney and his owners, Metzger, a White House aide said. to end peacefully a four-day said. impasse at the “ People's Bureau.” But he said the embassy views as the Charter Oak Feline Fanciers cat Barbara and Rodger Trowbridge, are k Hundreds of tourists flocked to the “ encouraging” a Libyan expres­ show'in West Hartford last week, prefers profiled in today's Focus section on when "^the^ shocking occurred,'"! site of the site of the standoff on sion of regret at the death of the Good Friday, a legal holiday, British policewoman, Yvonne the simple life, living it up beside the page 11. Pentagon spokesman said, eating ice cream cones and snap­ Fletcher, 25. “ In Libyan terms family couch at 205 Hollister St. in "That's part of the investigation. " ping pictures amid a carnival such an expression of regret is atmosphere that included a man extraordinary and very wel­ and his performing dogs. come," he said. Fighting order ‘not realistic’ Negotiations in Tripoli were Huge blue plastic sheets blocked focusing on a compromise under the crowds' view of the embassy on which a British authority would be posh St. James Square. allowed to search the so-called In Whitehall, a Cabinet crisis Coventry attorney says sewers a must "People's Bureau” without cor­ team led by Home Secretary Leon nering the Libyan government, he Brittan studied Libyan proposals said. By Tracy L. Geoohegan WPCA. the site before construction starts, to condemn land for public use it to end the siege. Earlier a Libyan Foreign Minis­ Herald Reporter Schwebel said the Conservation or slight movement of the site funds are available. Commission arguments "do not, in location.” “ In a community so deeply The British have refused to allow try statement said Britain’s re­ COVENTRY — After reviewing my opinion, provide me with any Schwebel said that "even if the involved in citizen participation," 20 to 30 diplomats and students quest to search the embassy was information provided by those on admissable evidence to move to site proved to be a gold mine of Schwebel said,"it was very hard inside to leave until they search the “ unacceptable.” both sides of the issue. Town re-open the case for newly disco- artifacts," he saw no argument for citizens to accept an outside embassy. Under international law The British community member they cannot enter the building said both countries were con­ Attorney Abbot Schwebel has vered evidence, or dissolve a that could be used to prevent the agency and court ordering sewers, concluded that Coventry has no permanent injunction, which pre- sewer installation. Only the the when so many town meetings had without Libyan permission. cerned "to limit the damage.” legal recourse but to follow the vents Coventry froin polluting location of the treatment plant rejected them." court order requiring installation state waters." could be affected, he said. Schwebel said he hopes the of sewers. Letters by several individuals Schwebel urged the town to Conservation Commission and Schwebel's long-awaited opinion forwarded to Schwebel continue to comply in every way WPCA can work together to may be the final word on Coventry suggesting that alternatives to with the court order handed down complete Phase One of the project, sewers. Many groups and individu- sewers had not been adequately by Hartford Superior Court Judge and to implement his other a ls have opposed their investigated ^ ^ Herbert Barall in September 1983, recommendations, construction. ' and to take no action to re-open the 'Schwebel’s six-page letter dis- “ Looking for alternatives to case. • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • misses item-by-item the major sewers at this stage of the case is “ vvhpn the sewers are installed objections raised by the Conserva- not realistic,” Schwebel said. "The and Phase One is completed (the I n C l r i P T o c l a V tion Commission aJid other adver- Court.,in my opinion, would not in S IQ C I O U a y saries of the controversial sewers, even consider any alternatives not The conservation Commission r r r ! m e ; : t ‘ ‘' ! f ' ' ! r t t " V a « T the coC^r^o^^^^^^ 20 pooes. 2 sections and the Water Pollution Control proteetiw^^nd t f !x w c t^ ! get complied with,” he said. 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'.2 mended both groups for their treatment contains archaeologi- overdevelopment in the iake area sports....... is-i? dedication and conscientious ef- cally significant artifacts, after sewers are built, Schwebel Television......................................... 7-9 forts, his conclusions for the most Schwebel said: "The problems ... suggested, would be to establish Weather........................................2 part support the views of the may be resolved by the clearing of town-owned parks in the area, and • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • New group claims credit for club bombing plans <are made to ensure no WASHINGTON (UPI) - A ter­ ' ‘extensive damage to the building. and maybe in the future Nicara­ gua," said Carlos Zenon, president adverse impact during exercise rorist group protesting U.S. war The highlight of the U.S. military operations. The exercise is ex­ exercise, named ucean venture, of the fishermen's group. “ The games in the Caribbean claimed pected to have little impact on will be an amphibious assault on Navy definitely will have to stop responsibility Friday for a bomb fshing in the local area except for the bombing or kill a fisherman or blast that ripped through the Vieques Island off Puerto Rico.