\ "\ \ \- ^ ■ ■'ft ■a\ ;Av«ra|fe DaiIjr.Net Prem Rup > \ For The Week Bnded June io, 1970 The Weather Pair and cool tonight; low IKI 15,770 to BS. Tomorrow aunny, pleaa- ant; hl«h about 7B. WwkMa- Manche»ter—rA City of Village Charm doy’a outlook — fair and mild. \VOL. LXXXIX, NO. 223 MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, JUNE 22, 1970 (OlMeUled on Facie SI)' PRICE TEN CENTS ■■ U 'fircotics D ^lt Heavy Blow WASraNOTON (AP) —\t t y . an agent who reported being soon, he responded again with Oen. John N. Mitchell, e la te ^ y grabbed on an arm and dragged maas arrests stemming friM Just one word: "Hopefully." about 75 feet after the car which The attorney general said Op­ what he called “the biggest op^ \Monts forced to a curb began eratlon ot Its kind,” hints feden eration Eagle was aimed at di- ‘ 970 {Hilling away again. minlshing "the flow of hard nar- al agents are planning more at­ W anwhlle, Mitchell told re- tacks on organized trafficking In coUcs into and within the United I>ortSra "quite a few" opera­ States." narcotics. tions ^ the scope of the one cli­ Mitchell Indicated more is to "By concentrating the federal maxed 'during the weekend can enforcement on the sources— come In announcing Sunday that be launched within a year. 190 persons, mostly Cuban refu­ that is, wholesalers and distrib­ Asked lf\here are more com­ utors of narcotics—we believe gees, had been named in com- ing, he replied with one word: piiaints or warrants as part of we can Interrupt the supply "Undoubtedly.When ques­ lines sufficiently to curtail ad­ <0 ) what officials said was a ring tioned if they 'Wpuld be coming V <o> controlling most of the cocaine diction particularly among our and a large share of the heroin young," he said. traffic In the United States. Mitchell insisted Operation The Justice Department said Eagle "would have been impos­ early today 137 persons had Six Arrested sible” without the provisions for been arrested in 10 cities as court-approved wiretapping as c o( part of Operation Eagle, the contained in the 1968 Crime Con­ code name for a six-month un­ In Hartfoi^d trol Act. He said such "court- dercover investigation that cul­ approved electronic surveil­ minated in weekend raids lances” were on telephones in (C> across the nation. Drug Raid Miami, CSilcago and New York. (O) \” We believe that this opera­ <0 > Two of those arrested were By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS critically wounded by federal tion is a prime example," he agents—one in New York, the In Hartford, federal agents said, "of how we have been able , other in Miami. arrested six alleged drug to make use of this tool that has "wholesalers" in what was call­ been given to us by the Con- ( 0 > While personally disclosing ■ 4 1 <0 > ed the first a ^ k e on the net­ grress. developments at a swiftly called (O) work that traffics narcotics in "But in this area we still need news conference Sunday, Mitch­ Connecticut. l - v Arte ell gave much of the credit for j more help—We still need the Operation Eagle to legal wire "It’s the first time in Connec­ narcotics legislation which is <0) tap provisions. ticut that we’ve moved on the before the House of Representa­ He also pointed to the shoot­ narcotics system as opposed to tives. ing incidents as fresh support just the street sellers,” Asst. "The S^mte . passed (O) U.S. Atty. P. Mac Buckley said the bill and'iiye need swift House for his stand that Congress Sunday. should pass President Nixon's approval so tfta.t President Nix­ antlcrlme proposal providing A seventh man was arrested on can sign if thto law and we no-knock entry. “It would have in Hartford for allegedly pos­ can begin using it~6igainst the sessing heroin, and authorities suppliers of narcotics.’,’ >udie been a' great help to us," he Ibert said. were seeking two more sus­ The officials figured th,e al­ pects who remained qnidenti- The attorney general sa<d the leged distribution ring attacked fled in connection with the na­ in Operation Eagle handled two wounded men were among tionwide raid, according to a three men wdio “resisted when about 75 to 80 per cent of the spokesman for the Justice De­ flow and distribution of cocaine agents announced their pres­ partment. ^ ence." Agents shot one man in in the United States and 30 per Among’^ those sUlI at large, cent of the heroin-movement ac­ his home ^ te r they said he federal authorities said, was aimed his weapon at them. Hie tivity. They said the Miaml- other man was shot in a car by (See Page Three) (See Page Sixteen) A Relighted Mayor Nathan Agostinelli accepts the GOP nomination for state4. i. comptroller.A 11 TAIt was 3« :30 Sunday^ (HaraM morning. ptioto by OClMm) State-Wide GOP Primaries Loom Agostinelli Gets GOP Nod jlvea> ^ - i - ___ COHEN nomlnaitlon by Richard BarWerl "I pledge my support to the I (Herald Reporter) of Waferbury, itmmediate past dbate ti<Ucet, end I accept this L- W With the GOP nomination president of the Connecticut For Senate, Gubernaterial B ' Sunday morning of Mayor Na­ noinination with deep humiUty,’’ Young Republicans. than Agostinelli for state comp- AgoatlnelU aald. He promised to HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) — needed to qualify for a primary, The roll call tor camptroller work tor all of ithe oandldcutee ventions, developed unexpected hour recess Saturday night while nominated, and the convention troller, Manchester, for the first started ait 3:08. Because of the Hie Republican Party of Con­ but there is some question drama as exhausted delegates Mesklll and Barnes bargained adjourned arouhd 4 a.m. Sun- Connecticut history, has namlnartod by the oanventhm, in­ necticut is going to have a many abeent delegates (about cluding Thonuus Meoklll tor gov­ whether he will force one. suddenly asserted themselvs in over the ticket. They cheered day. a candidate to fill a state ot- half had gone home by then), chance to find out what will be Barnes is expected to clarfy his the wee hours of Sunday morn­ when Spiegle nominated him, ernor and Loiwell Weicker tor (0) ® For secretary of the state, the the call was slow. At 3 :30, when U.S. senator. the effects of a state-wide pri­ position this week. ing. and made it clear early in the nominee Is State Rep. Barbara Manchesterite has ever mary, a type of fight which both the vote was 68 for Agostinelli The big smile he Oaelied w<aa Barnes did receive an offer Meskill’s candidate for lieuten­ roll call that they were bent on Dunn of East Hartford. Slq was nominated or elected to and 8 tor Barbieirl, the latter I>olitlcal parties have success­ from Mesklll of the lieutenant endorsing him. Zamm and tor the ovation he received. ant governor — Malcolm Bald- endorsed by acclamation ^ te r office, withdrew from the race. Most enthustBstlc were his oup- fully avoided^up.to this year. governor spot on the state tick­ rige of Woodbury — was offered Baldrige bowed out 'and Hull her exponents, 'Violet Valll 'hf Agostinelli, who had been con- Agostinelli 'then was nominat­ Toup Congressman Lowell P. Weick- et, but turned it down when was nominated by acclamation. portenS from the Capitol Region. en. in npminatlon, and so was Goshen, V ita Vogel of Bridge-ftfi'’®!!®? several others for ed by acclamation. Ctouncil of Gorvemmenta. He la er Jr., the party-endorsed can­ Mesklll insisted that West Ha­ Barnes’ candidate — Edward Hull, who had sought the nom- port and State Rep. Marilyn nomination for lieuten- Flashing a big smile, he de­ didate for U.S. Senator, faces a ven Mayor Alexander F. Zar- Pearson of Stratford, withdrew K^emor, was picked by chairmen of the 26-town oouncli. Zamm of Norwalk. Then State ination__ for^ governor early this livered a brief acceptance There were reports all day certain primary challenge from nowski be included on the tick­ Rep. Gerard S. Spiegel of Trum­ year but withdrew in favor of during the roll call. Both Mes- leaders for the comptrol- State Sen. John M. Lupton, who speech, first thanking 'Uie dele­ long at the Buslinell Saturday et — as the candidate for state bull, a veteran leg;islator known Mesklll, had said recently that klll and Barnes reportedly fa- ‘.x gates for thedr patience in stay­ has supported a direct primary treasurer. Zarpowskl, who had vored Mrs. Vogel. , el^Uon came at about that there would be a place for his independence, went to he was bowing out of public ing to so late an hour, thanking somewhere on the state ticket system for many years. wanted tl^ lieutenant governor the rostrum and nominated office and would not seek an­ There was no contest for state ~ ^ Also possible is a primary Rottner tor hds nominating for Agostinelli. He is the only nomination, then spumed the State Sen. T. Clark Hull of Dan­ other term in the State Senate. treasurer, which went to Robert apeeoh, and praising the Man­ fight for the nomination for gov­ offer of state treasurer and the Itallan-Ameriban on the ticket. bury, the chairman of the con­ But he accepted the nomina­ Berdon of Branford. Berdoh had chester delegation tor remaining ernor,. which Congressman Mesklll ticket began to fall vention. no idea he was even being con- up knpw*^» o h ^ m-oo .... Hull Suiprlse Thomas J. Mesklll won at the apart. tion for lieutenant governor with at the conventton to vote for The nomination of State Sen.