Lebanese Lose Plane in Strikes on Druze
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Le b a n e s e lose pla n e In strik es o n D ru z e ff. BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) - "hit during raids on the moun- ties were reported. Lebanese air force jets bombed tains" and crashed in the sea, a “A pretty strong fire-fight has Druze Moslem and Palestinian Lebanese army communique said. been ongoing for the past two positions east of Beirut today, “The plane went down into the hours. Bravo company is returning launching their first raids since sea, but its pilot parachuted to fire with small arms," Wilking 1976 to repulse an assault on a key Safety. He was picked up by said. government ^ position. One war- helicopter and taken to the USS In West "Beirut, three shells plape was sliot down and another Iwo Jim a off the Beirut coast. His crashed within a few hundred was damaged. condition is fine,” U.S. Marine yards of the British Embassy, The Lebanese air strikes campj spokesman Maj. Robert Jordan where U.S. diplomatic facilities amid spreading mortar and ar- said. have been housed since the old U.S. tillery fire that struck around Another Hawker Hunter was Embassy was destroyed in a Marine positions at the Beirut forced to land inthe British airbase terrorist bombing April 19. International Airport, U.S. Em- of Akrotiri in southern Cyprus to John Stewart, a spokesman for bassy facilities, and on the govern- repairs damage suffered during a the Americans, said one shell fell ment’s key front-line position at raid, a British spokesman said. just offshore in the Mediterranean Souk El Gharb. Lebanese army sources said the Sea and two others exploded by the U.S. Marines in Beirut’s south- Lebanese army was looking for American University of Beirut. ern suburbs returned fire after more airplanes to bolster its He said one shell landed about being attacked by suspected Shiite meager air force. Today’s air 100 yards away. Moslems firing small arms and strikes were the first since Janu- The air strikes began at dawn rocket-propelled grenades, wit- ary 1976, during the Lebanese civil when three Hawker Hunters took nesses said. war. off from a makeshift airstrip along The air foi‘ce’8 Hawker Hunter Five shells exploded on Marine the northern coast to strafe and fighter bombers launched- re- positions and suspected Shiite bomb positions around Souk El UPI photo peated raids on the mountains east Moslem,,' guerrillas firing small Garb where Lebanese army troops of the capital, destroying Druze arms and rocket-propelled gre- were fighting off a major assault, La nc e CpI. Ja m e s McBrid e of Gle nroc k, McBrid e is with Bra vo C o ., based a few Moslem artillery emplacements nades attacked Marine positions in military sources said. miles from the main M arin e position, and bombing and strafing what the the southern suburbs. UPI photo- A Lebanese military commu- N .J., looks through a hole in the library government said was an advanc- grapher Rick Wilking said. nique said the offensive was of Le banes e University. Th e library was a nd surround e d by Shiite a nd Christia n ing Palestinian force. Wilking, who was at the Marine crushed by Lebanese army forces. shelled during the summ er wh e n Israeli militias. Th e c o m p a ny ge ts its supplie s One of the air force’s five command near the airport, said tro o p s w e r e f igh tin g P a le stinia ns. by helicopter onc e a d ay. 20-year-old Hawker Hunters was Marines returned fire. No casual- Please turn to page 10 Tfwt0l time to be slashed Pla n n e r Highw a ys will boost quality of life By Jam es P. Sacks and 86, will eliminate the need for take two years to design and should lated story on page 3). ject in state history — is almost As part of the three-project Herald Reporter drivers going from the southern b e ' completed during the next The new $70-million connector completed through Vernon and schedule, exit 93, the Buckland part of town to the north end to go decade, will run through the between 1-86 and 1-84, which should should be finished through Man- (exit, will be moved to near the The completion of three major through “ 16 or 17 stop signs,” and Buckland Industrial Park and be completed in about four years, chester by 1987. ■ intersection of Buckland Road and interstate highway projects during cut the trip time almost in half, contain a bridge over Tolland will cut the time of the trip from The projects — especially the Pleasant Valley Road. the decade — two in the next four Lamson told about 40 chamber of Turnpike, Lamson said. Manchester's southern boundary connector — should make Man- Service roads will run traffic years — will make Manchester a commerce members at a break- The planning director said the to the North End almost in half — chester more attractive to commu- together from exits 93, 92 and the more convenient and attractive fast at the Manchester Country three projects will have a “major from 14 to eight minutes, Lamson ters who work in Hartford and East 1-84 connector and keep the flow of place to live. Town Planning Club this morning. impact" on trafffic fiows in the told the chamber members. Hartford, Lamson said. local traffic separate from that on Director Alan F. Lamson told The other projects are the Manchester area. He also ad- Bids for the project, which will One thing the connector will do is the throughway members of the Greater Manches- $60-million widening of 1-86 from dressed the issues surrounding the mean easy travel from Hartford increase the viability of the Cheney The connector will intersect with ter Chamber of Commerce this Vernon Circle through Manchester town’s new comprehensive Plan of and Manchester to the Wig|dham Mill area as a place to live, he said, 1-86 east of the Showcase Cinemas morning. and the construction of 1-291, which Development, which is supposed to area, will be let in October. The 1-86 and decrease truck traffic on town and, Lamson said, "the terminus One project, the construction of a will connect 1-86 with 1-91 north of be adopted by the town zoning widening — so far the most streets, including north-south con- of 1-86 will actually occur where it connector between Interstates 84 Hartford. Interstate 291, which will commission in January (see re- expensive road improvement pro- nectors Autumn and Main streets. was supposed to Immigrant, 93, ftCKSldenfs fum e Police say gu ard’s fiance e fulfills dre am; ove r w ater hike lied to assist his ge taw ay COVENTRY .r- A Department of PubUc UUUty now a citizen Control decision handed down Thursday has By Dennis C. Mllewski rented from Ugly Duckling Rent- residents in the Pilgrim Hills neighborhood mad United Press International Related stories, A-Car in West Hartford. By Dennis O’Shea and threatening to sue. The decirion allows Elm In his statement to police, United Press International Water Co. to up its water charges (or the second WEST HARTFORD - The picture on p a g e 9 co-worker Timothy Gerard, 21, of time since May. for a total rate increase this year woman engaged to a $5-an-hour Tolland, said, “I rode with Victor SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Pasqualina Acito doesn’t of about 500 percent. Wells Fargo guard charged with all day (Monday). He was the speak much English but she came up with a loud and “We were offended by the first increase, and stealing more than $7 million lied from an apparent lack of leads in same as usual, the same guy I’ve clear “God bless America"' as she achieved now'we're appalled," said Martin Kaplan of to throw police off his track, the hunt for Gerena. ridden with before." citizenship at 93. Ri^iHm .Hills, who's spearheading a neighbor- prosecutors said. "The law enforcement author!- Gerard said he did not know of It took a three-year battle with bureaucrats before hood protest. ‘‘There’s going to be something Ana Elizabeth Soto, 21, “deliber- ties of all the United States cannot any financial problems the suspect the 68-year resident of the United States could take the done...there's ^ In g to be legal ramifications.” ately gave false information know- catch a 25-year-old suspect in a might have and that he was not oath Thursday from (Kir wheelchair at the nursing The increase alfeOts both Pilgrim Rills and ing (it) would delay locating Victor crime so they resort to the arrest of known to gamble or use drugs, home where U.S. Dislnct Judge Allen Sharp held a Coventry Hills residents, altbouidi thejorm er Gerena," said the application for his frien d s,” said Michael "Jokingly, the only place we special court session. claim they will be forced to ea rn a disproportion- her arrest warrant, which was Graham. ever talked about going to if we "I wanted to be American citizen,” said Mrs. Acito. ate share of the burden. John Wittenzellner, the released Thursday. He said Ms. Soto would plead took off with the money was whose granddaughter helped raise her right hand. court-appointed receiver of the’ mudi-troubled Police searched the Hartford innocent. If convicted she could Canada. Victor is usually a calm, “I do,” the -grandmother of 12 and great- Elm Water Company, asked for the increase apartment the two shared, and face up to six years in jail and a quiet guy.