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The daughter Mice are the stars A big night Shirley gave up In this laboratory for Big East page 11 .. page 4 page 15 Manchester, Conn. Rain today Sat., March 19, 1983 and tonight Single copy: 25C — See page 2 iManrl|ggtrr i« Mexico er in Beirut seeks debt aid to visit Marines; Bv Mary Tobin , UPl Business Editor SI Mexico's 1,900 lender banks LX Z Friday received a telex from violence continues Finance Minister Jesus Silva Her zog asking additional delay in BEIRUT (UPI) — Former Pres national Force first arrived last leader Ayatollah Khomeini. 9 principal payments on the coun ident Carter arrived Friday in August. Lebanese Army Commander try’s more than $80 billion debt. Beirut, where he will visit with Western diplomatic sources Ibrahim lannous said those "be Bank officials said the telex U.S. Marines on alert after four said, however, that the attacks hind the attacks were hoping to requested a 90-day moratorium on days of attacks against the Multi might be coming from Lebanese discredit the presence of the principal payments: in effect an national Peace-keeping Force. Shiite Moselms who live in the Mutinational Force in Lebanon extension of the 120-day postpone Hand grenades were thrown at south of Beirut where some of the and show that the Lebanese army ment on principal payments on French troops in the latest assault. incidents have occurred. The cannot assume its responsibili debt falling due between Nov. 23, Marine officers hoped Carter’s Shiites are followers of Iranian ties.” state-run Beirut radio said. 1982 and March 23, 1983. visit with their 1,200-man conting “ My understanding is that the ent would help boost morale after moratorium pertains to public some men said they were uneasy patrolling Beirut following the Hussein lobbying sector debt only,” a New York banker said. “ And that it applies attacks in which five Marines were only to principal payments. wounded in a hand-grenade am “ ‘The main reason Mexico gave bush Wednesday. for the request was to give it time Carter, on a 10-day private for Palestine state to work out restructuring of Middle East tour, arrived in Beirut various segments of the public from Syria. Before visiting the By Saiid Rizvl followed the four hours of talks at debt,” he said. Marines, he met with Lebanese United Press International Mrs. Thatcher’s 10 Downing Street He said Mexico's intention has President Gemayel at the presi residence. been to separate various sectors of dential palace in the Beirut suburb LONDON — Jordan’s King Hus After the meeting with Mrs. its public debt, such as that of of Barbda. sein and a high-ranking Arab Thatcher, Hussein and the delega Metroleos de Mexicano, the state- In the latest attack on the delegation met Friday with British tion met Queen Elizabeth II at owned oil company, and work out Multinational Forces, two hand Prime Minister Margaret Buckingham Palace. each portion separately with the grenades were thrown by an Thatcher and called on Britain to The talks had been delayed banks. unidentified gunman at French support the creation of a Palesti several months because Mrs. nian state. Thatcher refused to receive an “The agreements would be mo troops before dawn in Beirut’s southeast suburbs, causing no In a luncheon speech, Hussein earlier Arab delegation that in deled on the overall restructuring said Britain was “ capable today of cluded Palestine Liberation Or agreement, but my unnderstand- injuries, a French military spokes man said. playing a major role in iending its ganization “ foreign minister” Fa- ing is that Silva Herzog told the support to the just cause of the rouk Kadoummi. bankers Mexico needs extra time “ Our men opened fire but the Palestinian people and enable Mrs. Thatcher said she could not to get aii the paperwork done on the gunman fled into the night.” the them to exercise their legitimate meet with PLO officials until the restructuring.” French spokesman said. right to seif-determination ... to group renounced violence and Earlier this month Silva signed a Unknown assailants also establish their independent state.” recognized Israel. loan agreement for $3 billion in wounded eight Italian soldiers in Hussein, leading the 10-member In a compromise, Kadoummi new ioans from 330 international attacks Tuesday and Thursday: Arab League mission, reminded was replaced by Walid Khalidi, a A U PI photo banks. Mexico was to make the Authorities did not say publiciy Britain of its historic role in the Palestinian schoiar and visiting first drawing of $1 billion on March who they believed was orchestrat Middle East and stressed its professor at Harvard University 14. HUSSEIN REVIEWS LONDON HONOR GUARD ing the concentrated wave of diplomatic weight in western Eu There has been speculation . He later met with Thatcher attacks, the worst since the Multi rope, according to diplomats who I’ leusp turn to page 10 Mexico would have to ask for additional loans this year. Some reports have put the amount of new money Mexico will need at $7 More U.S. aid called vital billion, a sum that would be . » difficult to raise considering the time it took to get agreement on the $3 billion loan. But bankers in New York, while Salvadoran makes pitch in Vermont conceding that Mexico probably will need additional money, told U PI that the figure is based on a set continued aid. WESTON, Vt. (UPI) — The El struggiing for Democracy. virtue of its aid had implicated a price too high in human lives — V of variables that one said “ gives Salvadoran ambassador to the U.S “ Your revolution is over 200 itself in the bioody insurrection. it’s a price too high in human “Each additional dollar of absolutely a worst case scenario, brought his plea for suppo'rt to years old and thriving,” Rivas- ” We still can see the images of- dignity.” American aid,” he said, “ trans Murphy's Law (anything that can the piles of bodies. We still hear the small town America Friday, but Gallont told more than 400 people Weston-, a picturesque town with lates into no more than additional go wrong will) would have to be stories of the massacres. We stili found rural Vermonters were crowded into a local playhouse. 621 residents, known chiefly for its agony for your own country.” operating in all segments of the hear how innocent women and more concerned with human rights “ Our revolution is less than three vacation home and nearby ski Rivas-Gallont.,^aid in El Salva world economy. children are killed,” said Brother violations than his government’s years old and struggling for areas, is one of 13 Vermont dor the rebels are determined to John Hammond of the Weston “ Obviously the price of oil is the struggle against leftist guerrillas. survival.” communities calling in recent destroy a government that won Priory. biggest variable,for Mexico, as it is Ambassador Ernesto Rivas- But participants in the Town years for an end to U.S aid to El popular support during U.S.- “ It was to tell our government for Venezuela,” the banker said. Gallont appealed to people in Meeting-style discussion did not Salvador. backed March 1982 elections. “ A lot of what happens in the debt Weston — who this month called appear convinced by his argu that we’ve had enough — that we “ It’s the people in my country picture this year, both positive and for an end to U .S. aid to ET Salvador ments. Speaker after speaker don’t want to be part of the Town Moderator Sam LIyod — a who have the right to decide the negative, will depend on what — by portraying his civil war-torn pointed to alleged human rights killing,” hesaid. “ The price we are 22-year veteran of Weston town future of my country,” he said. happens with oil.” country as a young United States vioiations and said the U.S. by paying to help your government is meetings — joined those opposing Budget up 11 % in Coventry By Sarah E. Hall “ Some of our seven road trucks First hearing Herald Correspondent have 300,000 to 400,000 miles on them, and we haven’t replaced a A group Singing Seniors COVENTRY — Town Manager single one in four years.” visited the Bolton Demo 9 Charles F. McCarthy has submit ted to the Town Council a 1983-84 "1 can’t pretend we don’ t need cratic Town Committee Fri town budget totaling $7,300,319, up these things just because money day night to sing an alterna 11.3 p ercen t fro m c u rren t was not allocated for them last year,” said McCarthy. tive to "Yankee Doodle spending. Dandy" as the official state In addition, the general govern The increase, if approved by song of Connecticut. The town meeting, will swell the ment budget will rise by 5.9 current 27.9 mill rate to 30.7. percent, or $108,646, if McCarthy’s song, penned by an Essex budget is approved. Major in man, is called “We’re Proud “ It’s still a bare bones budget,” creases within this portion of the -f-'VD-i'.,.'---..- - claimed McCarthy Friday night. budget onclude $43,275 to beef up of Connecticut." Many at He noted that two-thirds of the police and fire department servi the town committee had not increase was attributabie to the ces, $20,865 for town welfare heard it before. $4,898,941 school budget, which the funding and added working hours Board of Education approved in for the assistant human services February. administrator, and $20,981 in the Herald photo bv Pinto Capital expenditures, up 24.9 “sundry” category,_ .