Mardi Gras Gunman Opens Fire

' ur» . t 0 Freighter crew Memory of Ella Refs control Brookings head considered lost dominates bash Celt-7 6er game urges sacrifice ^ g e 18 Page 13 Page 2 Page 24 m Mardi Gras gunman opens fire NEW ORLEANS (UPI) - A gun band, named The Purple Knights, It was the worst incident reported man, firing into a high school band at was marching several floats away in a Carnival season that has been a raucous Mardi Gras parade from those carrying former hostage, marked by what police called honoring America's former hostages Sgt. Johnny McKeel Jr., who was "m ellow" and ' well-behaved " in Iran, injured three people and sent made king of Bacchus this year, and crowds. hysterical Carnival-goers running for eight fellow Marines. None of them Earlier in the week, however, cover. was injured. another high school band marching in Witnesses said a man wearing a "We heard a shot like a firecracker a Carnival parade was attacked by a police-style uniform was arrested. from across the street," said Kathie group of spectators who smashed Police spokesman Don Joly denied Gordon of Midwest City, Okla. their instruments Police arrested” the report, however, and said details Serving The Greater Manchester Area For 100 Years "Everybody was running every which five people in the incident Since ' of the shooting Sunday night would be HeralJi way and screaming, and they were then, school officials have sur Manchester, Conn. Monday, March 2, 1981 25 Cents trying to get the Purple Knight that withheld until later today. rounded many marching bands with % was injured some help. ' chaperones. Ray Johnson, 17, a drum major for groin. Both were in stable condition The shooting occurred on Canal parade, one of the most spectacular ‘‘The drum major in the St. The 24-float Bacchus parade, which St. Augustine High School band of at Charity Hospital today. StrM ^;;^e main downtown street of the Carnival season held in honor Augustine band apparently had been leads up to Mardi Gras on Tuesday, New Orleans, was shot in the neck A third man, Gary Bartley, 20, of bordering the French Quarter, amid of Bacchus, the Roman god of wine shot in the neck and came walking was headed by a red, white and blue and a spectator, John Barker, 20, of New Orleans, suffered powder burns hundreds of thousands of Mardi Gras and revelry, back towards us. " said Jim Brown of unit carrying eight of the Marines Plaquemine, La., was hit in the on his eye. celebrants attending the Bacchus The St. Augustine High School St. Louis, Mo. , held hostage in Iran for 444 days U.S. gets assurances Nicaragua stops arms WASHINGTON (UPI) - The The State Department wiii decide "They have cut it off. " Helms said United States has received "certain in two weeks whether the "1 have a note here from the Stale m m m assurances” from Nicaragua that it Nicaraguans have followed through Department that says the rest of it is will stop shipment of arms through on their assurances and stopped the going to be withheld ' ^ its territory to left-wing groups in El arms deliveries, Haig said He Haig said the Nicaraguans have Salvador, Secretary of State denied reports the United States stopped propaganda broadcasts from Alexander Haig said today. already has decided to hall the a radio station called Liberacion He Haig said the United States is Nicaraguan aid permanently. said the I'nited Stales has "suf watching closely to see if the Sen. Jesse Helms, H-N,C., said on ficient" intelligence capability to assurances are followed by action NBC's "Meet the Press " Sunday the determine whether the arms flow to before making a decision on further aid already has been stopped F,1 Salvador has been cut aid to the Managua governmeot. Administration officials said the government of Nicaragua conceded the arms have been moving through Iraq seeks 4end / their country from Cuba on their way to Salvadoran left-wing rebels who / are fighting the government. Last week, the State Department to war with Iran reieased a series of captured documents to support its accusations BEIRUT, Lebanon (IJP Il- Presi reiterated Iran's no-compromise / that communists around the world dent .Saddam Hussein said ho would stance that ha*- thwarted inter have sent massivai^ms shipments to institute a cease-fire and begin national efforts for peace Dr. Morton S. Silberman, Emory University pipe being used to capture wild and El Salvador, with Cuba acting as negotiations to end the Persian Gulf Referring to the Islamic mediation veterinarian and an authority on the capture domestic animals. (UPI photo) chief agent. War if Iran accepted the same terms, and restraint of animals, displays a blow The State Department identified the state-run Iraqi news agency said team's call tor Iran's acceptance of Nicaragua as one of the chief routes today. cease-fire. BaniSadr said "they for the arms infiltrations, and said it But Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini stated at first that they wanted to was studying a cutoff of U.S. aid to told the same peace mission in cool the fife and then judge who was the Managua government in retalia Tehran there would be no com responsible and what the reason was Vets use blowpipes tion. promise with Iraq toward ending the "In reply, we said that as long as “They (the government of 162-day war they did not destroy the focus of the Nicaragua) pledged to stop it," Haig "Iraq is ready to discuss all out lire it would still continue," he news told reporters at a breakfast meeting standing issues with Iran — either agency Pars quot.ed Bani-Sadr as in care of animals todqy. “We have received certain through direct negotiations or any saying. "Therefore, in order to extinguish the fire the first and basic target. After hitting the animal, assurances." other context under the auspices of ATLANTA (UPI) — Blowpipes, "It’s like giving a hand injection, The current U.S. aid program, the (peace) committee," the Iraq step is to extinguish the center of ar says Silberman. “They are especial penetrating and injecting the vaccine once used mainly by African and totaiing $75 million for this year, has news agency quoted Hussejp as son " South American tribes in warfare ly useful in zoos. You can do (vac or drug, the dart usually bounces to been “suspendeu tor review alter ■saying. Although Bani-.Sadr did not men and hunting, have gained a higher use cinate) 30 cats and nobody knows the the ground. tion Iraq by name, it appeared to be a The modern blowpipe generally is about $60 million of the package was An "hon^able settlement to Me in civilized nations — the control and difference. Everybody is calm and delivered to Nicaragua. restatement of Iran's no-talks-with- cool.” made of aluminum and is 3-6 feet conflict should be based on a mutual medical care of wild and respect of sovereignly, security and Traq stance domesticated animals. In the same situation, Silberman long. They can be homemade. Many Hussein, who headed the Iraqi side, veterinarians make their own. “The territorial integrity, " the Iraqi Veterinarians and animal control said with the first explosive shot of a leader told the eight-man peace mis told the Islamic mediation team that officers now routinely use blowpipes capture gun "every cat in the house longer it is the further you can blow his country "agrees to a cease-fire if it,” said Silberman, sion. to administer medicines or to im- would just go crazy.” Jetliner Iranian President Abolhassan Iran also accepted such a cease-fire " moblize animals instead of the noisy, The capture gun uses an explosive The dart is about four inches long — a proposal made several times and can deliver larger quantities of Bani-Sadr said today the war with more powerful capture gun. charge to fire a barbed dart. It has Iraq would continue so long as "the before but deemed unacceptable by Dr, Morton S. Silberman, Emory been in use since the 1950s in animal drugs than the old jungle darts, Iran while Iraqi troops occupy parts which were dipped in a toxic sub center of arson " was not destroyed University veterinarian and an control work. hijacked In an interview. Bani-Sadr of Iran authority on the capture and Silberman says the blowpipe does stance such as curare. restraint of wild and domestic not replace the gun, which is the only Two drugs, xyiazine and ketamine, ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (UPI) - A animals, says the nearly, noiseless alternative in many situations. are now frequently used instead of Pakistan International Airlines blowpipe causes hardly any pain and The dart gun, he says, has an effec curare and its derivatives. Xyiazine. Boeing 720 jetliner flying from from tive range of up to 50 yards, con is a non-narcotic sedative which can Karachi to Peshawar with 148 people Discoveries back does far less tissue damage because it fires a smooth needle instead of a trasted to a range of 10-15 feet for the be combined with other aboard apparently was hijacked barbed one. blowpipe. The closer to the target, tranquilizers. It is a pain killer and today to Kabul, Afghanistan, an air It is also less expensive than a cap the better, said Silberman. “If you muscle relaxant. Ketamine, the line spokesman said. ture gun and is safer for the operator, get within five feet of them with a preferred drug for capturing According to the PIA spokesman, big bang theory the animal and bystanders, Silber blowpipe, you have an excellent primates, can be used for small pets Pakistan aviation authorities have BERKELEY.

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