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n y f - ’ <' e *?,•' The Weather WHATS Saturday mostly sunny. Highs 65 to 70. Saturday night NEWS fair. Lows in the 40s. Partly cloudy Sunday. Highs near 70. Handiratpr Kimiiitg Hrralft Probability of rain near zero 20 Cents Per Copy Saturday, 20 percent Saturday night. Southeast winds 10 to 15 Vol. XCVII, No. 307 — Manchester, Conn., Saturday, Sept. 30, 1978 A Family ISEWSpaper Since 1881 mph Saturday becoming light Leaf Pickups southerly at night. To Start Late "''9>VKs:BXSt>rsm%sr-- ■ MANCHESTER - The town’s annual leaf pickup program will have one of its latest starts ever this year. George Ringstone, acting highway superintendent, said Rome in State of Shock Friday that the program probably will not be started until about Nov. 1. VATICAN CITY (UPI) - The body Thousands of other mourners Every fall, the town’s Highway of Pope John Paul 1, his face serene crowded into St. Peter's Square and Department handles a street-by in a death no one expected, lay in knelt in prayer for the repose of the street collection of fallen leaves state in his papal palace as the soul of the pontiff. that have been swept and piled by Roman Catholic church set in motion Messages of condolence poured residents. for the second time in as many into the Vatican from throughout the Last year, the town cleanup months the 2,000-year-old process of world. President Carter expressed choosing a successor. started in late October and was his “deep sadness.” Evangelist Billy , ■ . .A S. A stunned world expressed sur finished in early December. Graham said in Stockholm that “God prise and sorrow at the sudden death Residents have complained mav have a message for the world" of the 65-year-old pontiff who died sometimes about the leaves through the recent deaths of two picked up too early in the season alone of a heart attack Thursday popes and a Russian Orthodox and more piling up before the end night while lying in bed reading a church leader. of autumn. book of religious devotion. His When John Paul's body was dis Early snowfalls, however, can private secretary found him early covered, Vatican Secretary of State Friday morning, the lights still bur disrupt the cleanup schedule if it Cardinal Jean Villot of France, the ning at his bedside, the book still in is started too late. church chamberlain, rushed into the his hands. room carrying a ritual silver John Paul's reign lasted only 34 hammer. A Vatican doctor was with days, the briefest in nearly four cen him. turies. It was a reign highlighted by Villot lightly tapped the late pope Glass Works his ready smile and parish-priest on the forehead three times with the The deed to the Pitkin Glass manner that won him immediate hammer and called the pontiff by his works has been turned over to a affection. His personal style was given name three times in Latin: new group formed to work toward humble and warm-hearted, and “Albino, Albino, Albino. Are you preservation of the historic site. Romans loved him for it. dead?” See page 11. “Rome is in a state of shock,” When there was no reply Villot Bishop Paul Dudley of Minneapolis pronounced the pontiff dead, grasped said at the Vatican. The eternal city the pontiff s hand and removed the Jewish Holiday was still mourning the death on Aug. gold ring of the fisherman, sym 6 of Pope Paul VI and a Vatican bolizing papal power, and smashed it Rosh Hashanah, Jewish New attendant, echoing the thoughts of 700 with the hammer, signaling the end Year, will being at sundown Sun The body of the late Pope John Paul I lies in state in the Vatican. (UPI photo) million Catholics, said. “It’s impossi of John Paul’s brief reign. day. See page .3. ble. it cannot be true. He had opened his arms to all of us and now he is gone so quickly" The body of the 263rd pontiff, clad Special Stock Market Rail Strikers Told Go Back in his red and white papal vestments, lay on a bier in the marbled papal NEW YORK (UPI) palace, his white silk miter resting WASHINGTON (UPI) - U.S. all persons acting in concert or par irreparable injury for which it has no Masses Investors, encouraged by a jump on green and silver pillows, as nearly District Judge Aubrey Robinson ticipation with any of them, are adequate remedy of law.” in the leading economic indicators 100,000 mourners, numb with grief ordered the nationwide four-day rail hereby enjoined and restrained from MANCHESTER -A ll regularly and President Carter’s pledge to Railway clerk§ first struck the strike ended Friday and the presi resorting to self-help including and surprise, passed by. scheduled masses at St. James take a firmer stand against infla Virginia-based Norfolk and Western dent of the striking rail clerks sent strikes or lockouts during the period Under his left arm was the silver Church this weekend will be recited tion, sent stock prices higher Railwa Co. July 10 in a dispute main his members back to work im in which the status quo provisions of bishop’s staff topped by a crucifix. in memory of Pope John Paul. There Friday. Trading was quiet. ly over job security amid growing mediately. section 10 of the Railway Labor Act automation. On Tuesday, pickets On his feet were the bright red will be a special mass held the day of The Dow Jones industrial Robinson signed a “double-edged” is in effect.” began spreading the strike across the “shoes of the fisherman" sym the Pope's burial, on a date to be an average climbed 4.51 points to temporary restraining order that Such a period would run up to 60 bolizing the Roman Catholic belief nounced. 865.82. The blue chip indicator nation until by Friday more than 100 directed the strikers to return to days from President Carter's crea railways were affected. that popes are the successors of St. At St Bridget Church the pope's eked out a gain of 3.38 points for work and forbade more than 100 Peter, the fisherman from Galilee passing will be mourned at the the week. tion of the emergency board under Robinson acted after the Justice railroads from taking reprisals the act Thursday. Department filed suit Friday against who became Christ's main disciple. regularly scheduled masses ’The New York Stock Exchange against the strikers who have dis index rose 0.31 to 57.78 and the Robinson’s order will expire at 6:45 the railroads and the unions, seeking rupted virtually all the passenger and price of an average share added p.m. on Oct. 10 unless further an immediate end to the strike. freight rail transportation in the na extended by the court. Robinson set In announcing his decision, the 18 cents. Advances led declines by tion. a 9-to-4 ratio among the 1,870 Oct. 10 for a hearing on a preliminary judge consolidated the Justice Vorster President Fred Kroll, president of the injunction against the strike. Department suit with an industry issues traded at 4 p.m. EDT. Big striking Brotherhood of Railway, The judge acted after a one-hour request for a 60-day injunction CAPE TOWN, South Africa (UPI) Board volume amounted to about Airline and Steamship Clerks, Diederichs. Vorster said he was 23.610.000 shares. hearing in which the BRAC and the against the strikers and the union’s — South African legislators Friday available for the post when he an emphasized all workers who were on railroads could not work out a legal counter-suit asking there be no elected former Prime Minister John nounced on Sept. 20 that he was Before the market opened, the strike would be protected. agreement aimed at reopening rail reprisals against strikers. Vorster as the nation's fourth presi resigning as prime minister. Commerce Department reported “With this tremendous victory, I its August index of leading operations and contract negotiations. Justice Department attorney dent, a largely ceremonial post he is Vorster was opposed in the voting urge our people to immediately Earlier Friday, the Justice Depart Glenn Whitaker told Robinson that expected to transform into a power by two candidates nominated by the economic indicators — designed return to work,” Kroll said. to forecast the future of the ment filed suit against the union and any order or injunction must be a ful position. opposition Progressive Federal and “We’re going to start getting them 139 railroads asking that there be no “two-edged sword,” both protecting Vorster, who stepped down from New Republic parties, but the vote economy — spurted 0.8 percent on back immediately. I don’t anticipate stikes or lockouts during a 60-day workers against reprisals for his 12-year reign as prime minister never was in doubt because Vorster’s the heels of a revised 1.3 percent any problems.” slump in July. “cooling off” period under the striking and also ordering them back Thursday, was elected president by Nationalist Party hold a solid majori Robinson’s order stated that the Railway Labor Act. to work. South Africa’s Senate and Assembly Although the Federal Reserve railroads and the union, its officers, ty. The suit contended that “unless the When Richard Conway, a lawyer sitting in a joint session. He becomes He received 173 votes out of 204 Board tightened credit another employees, agents, members “and notch ’Thursday by allowing the strikes are enjoined, the United for the National Railway Labor.