COVENTRY U.S./WORLD SPORTS Sewage plant Minister gives Whalers In first beglni operation sermon, condoms at All-Star break ... pag« 3 ... page 9 ... page 11 lUaurhrfitrr) Manchester — A City of Village Charm limlh Monday, Feb. 0.1987 30 Cents Israel says F J it won’t free E jailed Arabs Death deadline nears for Beirut hostages By Rodelna Kenaan Nabih Berri, head of the main Shiite The Associated Press Amal militia and Lebanon’s justice minister, to trade the downed BEIRUT, Lebanon — A captive Israeli airman for the Arab prison­ American said today that Lebanese ers. Under the proposal, all foreign Moslem kidnappers would kill him, hostages also would be released by two other U.S. hostages and an extremist groups. Indian at midnight unless Israel But Peres said that Israel "can­ released 400 Arab prisoners. not and will not act according to an ” Our jailers will execute us at ultimatum” and would not bargain midnight,” said Boston native through the media. Alann Steen, 47, in a handwritten The kidnappers have never speci­ note addressed to the wives of the fied what prisoners they want four hostages and accompanied by released. a photograph of Steen. Hwald photo by Vurfcovtky The note and photograph were Two vehicles involved In a head-on collision this morning struck a pickup truck operated by Edward J. Izzo, SO, of delivered to the Beirut office of a Western news agency. on South Main Street are readied by a firefighter for Marlborough. Phillips was taken to Hartford Hospital and Midnight Beirut time is 5 p.m. Church Joins towing. Police said Neil E. Phillips, 22, of Glastonbury, Izzo was being treated at Manchester Memorial Hospital. EST. was driving south when his van went out of control and ” We ask our wives and the American people to put pressure on fight against our government to order the Israeli government to guarantee the liber­ ation of the 400 Palestinian mujaba- iaser games another day off from school deen (holy warriors) before mid­ /fs night,” the agency quoted the Bv John F. Kirch message as saying. Herald Reporter It was not clear if the kidnappers reported a snowblower injury when about 3 a.m. and switched to Bv John Mitchell to go back to school? demanded that tne 400 be released Opposition to a businessman’s and Alex GIrelll a man got his hand caught in a plowing when the snow began to ” I don’t want to,” she said. today, or if they would be satisfied plans to open a high-tech computer­ The Manchester Herald . machine late this morning. No accumulate. Canceled schools were about the with an Israeli promise that the ized entertainment center on North details were available. ” We won’t go back to sanding only disorder resulting from to­ prisoners would be freed. Main Street grew this weekend as In front of a house on Main Street Police reported that a Glaston­ until everything stops,” Chapman day’s snowstorm. James P. Israel said it would not free the church leaders and North End this morning, Bill Sanborn, a Kennedy, superintendent of Man­ bury man, Neil Phillips, was taken said. prisoners because of the threat. residents vowed to fight the prop­ sixth-grader at Robertson School, He said the forecast is for the 9 chester schools, said the decision to to Hartford Hospital after his van Israeli Foreign Minister Shimon osal with letters and petitions. shoveled slush from the walk and close schools was based on the struck a pickup truck on South Main snow to taper off at mid-afternoon Peres said today Israel has re­ planned the rest of his day off from forecast at about 5 a.m. ” I had Street at about 7 a.m. today. and then turn to flurries, but The Second Congregational ceived no request from the United reports of fairly icy conditions,” he Eldward J. Izzo, the driver of the Chapman admitted he has been Church’s governing body voted school. States to free prisoners. "Nobody “ We’ll try and make money or go pickup, was treated at Manchester misled by forecasts this season and unanimously in a closed meeting said, adding that forecasters also has approached Israel on this issue, sledding,” said his partner, fifth- Memorial Hospital for multiple would not be surprised if the Sunday morning to write a letter predicted heavy winds blowing and Israel won’t take any initiative grader Jeremy Haggerty. Both later in the day. ” We have to be injuries. morning forecast does not hold. opposing the center, said the Rev. on its own.” The first major equipment break­ Joseph Milton, Second Congrega­ were working in front of Sanborn’s concerned both with the buses and Faced with early weather reports Peres said Sunday Israel would down of the season also occurred tional’s pastor. house for free. the walkers,” he said. predicting a blizzard, the Manches­ not give in to threats, but that his this morning. ” We lost a head Minutes before the church coun­ “ I did this last year and made It was the third time this winter ter Highway Division put a full government is willing to discuss gasket on a truck,” Chapman said. cil went into a closed meeting, pretty much money,” entrepreneur that Manchester schools have force of workers and equipment out trading the 400 prisoners for an Sanborn said. It was about $35, he closed for storms. on the roads this morning. Except for that mishap, there were Israeli airman downed in Lebanon. about 60 residents attending a only the normal minor problems. noted. Classes in Bolton were canceled ’The storm turned out to be far A six-minute videotape showing meeting at the church geared up for ’There were no power failures In a petition drive to block the center. Down the street at Center Park, today, and school in Andover was less serious than orginally ex­ Boston native Alann Steen, 47, was Manchester, Bolton, or Hebron as a April Schultz and some friends delayed for one hour, officials said. pected, and Keith Chapman, high­ delivered early Sunday to a West­ The controversy centers on plans result of the storm. Five East climbed the hill with bright-colored But in Coventry, schools opened way supervisor, said the town may ern news 'agency in the name of by South Windsor attorney Harold Hartford customers were out of sleds under their arms. on time. ” Our road supervisor said have been a little over-prepared, Islamic Jihad for the Liberation of Cummings, who is proposing to Schultz, a second-grader at Ver- our roads were good,” said Superin­ but it worked out just as well power for a period. Palestine. The previously unknown convert the Andy’s of Manchester Southern New England Tele- planck, said she liked to slide down tendent Nathan Chesler. anyway. group abducted Steen and the three grocery store, which is scheduled to because ’’you go fast.” In one storm-related accident ’Twenty town-owned trucks and Please turn to page 10 other educators Jan. 24 from Beirut close Saturday, Into a laser stadium After her day off. Is Schultz ready today, a hospital spokeswoman six under contract began sanding at University College’s campus. that will simulate an alien space Reading in a monotone, the craft. weary-looking Steen said; ” If our Players would wear sensorized lives are important to America, it vests and carry infrared laser guns Dropout rate soars at police academy must order Israel to release the 400 to shoot at computer-controlled Palestinians as soon as possible — monsters and alien beings. that is, Monday as a maximum. The plans have aroused the ire of By Brent Laymon which this year is being run on the "February 9 is the last date to church leaders, the building’s land­ The Associated Press stately campus of St. Thomas release them. If they don’t get lord, residents and others. Seminary because the depart­ released our fate will be execu­ Milton said the church council BLOOMFIELD — State police ment’s Meriden complex isn’t large tion.” The statement did not will write a letter stating its officials say they're unsure why the enough to accommodate the class, mention a specific hour. opposition to the project. Milton dropout rate at the department’s say they're not especially con­ 'The group’s other hostages are pointed out that church offlcials training academy has soared from cerned by the attrition rate. Robert Polhill, 53, originally of New have not spoken with Cummings, 18 percent to 40 percent since 1983, " I f you came in here and found it York City: Jesse Turner, 39, of the landlord or the building’s but they're taking steps to reverse was an easy place to get through, Boise, Idaho, and Mithileshwar tenant, and they do not have all the the trend. we’d be embarrassed,”o said Lt. Singh, 60, a native of India and facts. Less than three weeks after the Douglas Hanahan, the academy’s resident alien in the United States. However, the letter requests a department’s 96th class began commandant. Israel said it was willing to 9 training, 51 of the 163 recruits and discuss a proposal Saturday by Please turn to p ag e 16 alternates have dropped out. Last Of the 51 dro|x>uts this year, 40 year, 40 percent left in the first were men and 11 women. That translates into 30 percent of the month of training. MaJ. Joseph A. Perry Jr., who white males, 35 percent of the black TODAY’S HERALD oversees recruitment, hopes to males and 12 percent of the start psychological testing of pros­ Hispanic males.