New Fighting in Lebanon Shatters Truce
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N.H. Leader’s Mrs. Loeb 19-year-old clarinetist Is O’Neill: Don’t cut] gets Democratic flowers on her way to Big Time funds for trains page 2 .. page 11 ... page 10 Cloudy today; Manchester, Conn. sunny Sunday Saturday, Feb. 25, 1984 — See page 2 iianrhpHtpr Jlprato Single copy: 25<t New fighting F irem rks in Lebanon may nght the town - c By Sarah E. Hall shatters truce Herald Reporter Fireworks will light the Man By David Zenlan presidential palace in Baabda. United Press International chester skies for the first time in at Christian militia sources said least five years this coming Fourth the outpost, located on a mountain of July it an ad hoc committee ^ 'beilRlTT,Jiri Lebanon — Explo ridge 3 miles above the palace, boosting the project gels its way. sions and gunfire in Beirut and a came under heavy bombardment rocket duel between Druze rebels just before dusk. ■'We're going to need a lot of and Lebanese troops Friday at the The rightist Christian Voice of help, " Town Director James key town of Souk el Gharb Lebanon and the rightist militia ■'Dutch'’ Fogarty said Friday. He shattered a daylong lull in fighting Voice of Free Lebanon radio is helping two town hall seergthries following an announced cease-fire. stations reported Bandar’s an organize a group to promple the The renewed clashes could be nouncement without comment. event. "We think it's feasible, but heard at Beirut Airport, where the But in Syria, the state-controlled it'll be a little bit expensive, " he U.S. Marine peace-keeping con press made no mention of it. said. tingent continued packing gear for Shiite Amal militia leader Nabih Not only will the newly formed the gradual withdrawal underway Berri told a news conference in his committee launch fireworks from to U.S. Navy ships offshore. west Beirut home that his faction the grounds of the Manchester Officials of Syrian-supported was not appraised of any cease Community College Bicentennial Druze and Shiite Moslem militias fire. “ We have not been informed Bandshell. but it will also hold a battling to oust the Christian- of such a thing. We are not aware of concert and a chicken barbecue dominated government of Presi this,” Berri said. beforehand, if plans materialize. dent Amin Gemayel said they were The truce announcement was unaware of the cease-fire an also dismissed by Druze officials, Already, the Governor’s Foot nounced by Saudi Arabian Prince one of whom said, “ I know nothing. Guard has been booked for a 7 to 9 Bandar Bin Sultan. Maybe Prince B anda^an tell you p.m. performance, leading up to Bandar, a member of a Saudi what the cease-fire dgreement is the sky-show. mediation team, told a news all about.” rs "W e re guessing it'll cost $7,000 conference in Damascus late In Damascus, a spokesman for UPl photo or $8,000, " said Terry Kotch, oneof Thursday the truce was set for 11 Druze leader Walid Jumblatt said Two students of the 49th School are girl was killed and at least eight others the two secretaries who was a.m. local time (4 a.m. EST) he could provide no information. checked by a paramedic after a sniper present along with Fogarty at an Friday. Jumblatt indefinitely postponed a were injured. Police have not released Army & Navy Club parly Friday Despite the rebels’ denial of March visit to Washington because fired onto the schol grounds Friday as the name of the girl who was killed night. “ We re hoping to haveabout knowledge of the cease-fire, fight of the fighting. school was letting out for the day. One a half-hour long aerial display. " ing appeared to stop Friday Bandar, the Saudi ambassador morning. to Washington, said the cease-fire A ■ ■ ■ ■ ■■■■ ■■■■ FOGARTY PREDICTED that ' “ Call it a de-facto truce, call it was not tied to any “ trade-off” of anything. The fighting died down political concessions by Gemayel, at daybreak and except for the whom Syria and the Lebanese Schoolyard sniper kills child, occasional burst of machine gun opposition are demanding abro College officials, including MCC fire, the ‘green line’ and the gate a May 17 peace accord with ,mountains are quiet,’’ said a Israel. Lebanese military officer. Gemayel is reportedly trying to wounds eight others: police But the lull ended around dusk, obtain an'agreement from Damas ■ Herbert Bandes — have been with automatic gunfire and rocket- cus on the withdrawal of its 40,000 named to the fireworks panel, propelled grenade blasts erupting troops in eastern and northern the ground, but most of them 'Irrational behavior." which will soon seek official status on the “ green line” dividing army Lebanon in return for canceling By Mark Barabak United Press International weren’t hurt, they were just trying Police SWAT officers stir- u ol July troops in Christian east Beirut and the accord, which Syria considers to hide.” rounded the house where the man Cv vbralion Committee, Fogarty Moslem militiamen holding the de facto recognition of Israel. LOS ANGELES — A sniper with western half of the city. Dessi McClain, who lives across was believed barricaded and Hit- u. ui ic In Tel Aviv, an Israeli military a history of drug use and "irra the street from the school, said she ter said, "W e expect they'll handle . “ •‘ODanly 15 or 20 of us are Government-run television re source said two people were tional behavior" opened fire on first thought the shots were a car this.” ' over, he added. Bar- . ported a rocket duel between slightly wounded when an Israeli dozens of children leaving an backfiring. The wounded at Orthopaedic brought up Druze Moslem villages and go patrol fired warning shots after elementary school Friday after “ Butthenitwassomanyshots," Hospital were identified as Myra ineidea of bringing fireworks back vernment troops holding Souk El being pelted with stones by demon noon, killing one student and she said. “ The kids were running Cruz, Iran Macias and Alicia Pena, Manchester and Nathan Agosti- Gharb, the last army stronghold strators in the Shiite village of injuring at least eight other people. out of the school screaming and all 10; and Latreece Willkims, 11. c ? ;, Pr®®‘dent of Manchester between rebel forces and the Maarake, 7 miles east of Tyre. The student victims ranged in hollering. They were running The wounded playground supervi- among the age from 8 through 11. across the street. sor was Albert Jones, 50. j Three of the injured, including “ The teachers were trying to get ~. j j • . Ms. Kotch said the group hopes an adult bystander, were reported the kids out of the vard to eet them critically wounded victims to solicit donations to raise money, in critical condition and undergo away from t h S o L at Martin Luther King Jr. Hospital "I think the whole committee^ ing surgery for multiple gunshot ing was going on all the time. It just as Anna Gonzalez, 8, pretty confident it will work well. A wounds at Martin Luther Kin; kept coming - Boom! Boom! Steve Gomez 9, and Carlos Lopez lot of people are enthused, ” she Hospital. Boom! Boom! Boom !” Bernal,24 who was walking by the said Four other students and oi school when the suspect started She said that Fourth of July Seven ambulances were sent to shooting. fireworks used to be held over adult, a playground supe|pvlsor the school. Some of the injured Mount Nebo near the Nike site but who suffered pellet wounds, were students were flown out by police that the construction of Interstate treated for less serious injuries at Orthopaedic Hospital. All five hehcopter. Other students were 84 extension in that urea put a stop evacuated from the prem,ises to the. annual event. were listed in good condition. The sniper, shooting from a The suspect was tentatively IflSiCl© T o d S y BOTH SHE AND Fogarty said two-story house across the street identified as Tyrone Mitchell, 28. new committee members are from the 49th Street School in South The man’s uncle, Willie Mitchell, » P°oes. 2 sections welcome. "Anybody in town who'd Los Angeles, fired just as the said his nephew had a ’’history of ,, like to work on it, we'd certainlv children were let out of class at the end of the day. problems.’ Area.,,:::::;:: ;;.::::::::::::::::: 9 uke to have them, " Fogarty said “At that time there probably . „ __ ,, , . 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