MONDAY LOCAL NEWS INSIDE m Drug survey for local students. iianrijpfitpr ■ Bolton seeks more school staff. ■ McCavanagh won’t debate foes. What’s ■ Planets visit Manchester youths. News Local/Regional Section, Page 7. Oct. 29,1990 Vbur Hometown Newspaper Voted 1990 New England Newspaper of the Year Berlin ballyhoo MpralhNewsstand Price: 35 Cents HARTFORD (AP) — The deputy mayor of Berlin, Conn., joined officials from four other Berlins in the United States for one of the first commercial Tolland man in fatal Coventry crash flights to the newly unified Ger­ many. passing anotlier motorist as they By RICK SANTOS grass and large chunks of earth, and Paramedics from North and South The Lufthansa Airlines flight, drove north on itoute 31, south of pervising the investigation, said the Manchester Herald steam-rolling a set of newspaper and Covenu-y’s volunteer fire depart­ which left Sunday from Newark, North River Road, poliec said. mail boxes. victim may have been drinking, but ments were on the scene in minutes, could not say why that is a pos­ N.J., at 6 p.m., carried officials According to police, the victim, Finally, the car collided with the but Vacon, who was flown by Lifes- from the Berlins in Connecticut, COVENTRY — A 37-ycar-old Robert A. Vacon, of 1255 Tolland sibility. Tolland man died from injuries suf­ cut-out for a driveway, flipped high tar helicopter to St. Francis Hospital New Hampshire, New Jersey, Stage Road, Tolland, was thrown into the air, and landed upside down Also, Vacon had been driving at fered in a CovenU'y car accident in Hartford, was pronounced dead an excessive speed, according to the Massachusetts and Illinois. from his black sports car, which on a small boulder. In the process, when he arrived there. Some pronounce their city’s Sunday night after he lost control of scraped along the roadside embank­ witnesses from the car he had the vehicle grazed a tree, breaking After the accident, Lt. Ronald name BER-lin, others say it his 1987 Nissan Pulsar just after ment for about 120 feet, gouging out branches almost 15 feet in the air. Doughty, who was on the scene su­ Bcr-LIN. All of them travelled iHaurhrstrr HrralJi Lindstrom, Lindland PIea.se see FATAL, page 6, to Europe for free on Lufthan­ sa’s first commercial flight to Burglary Berlin, Germany. set school records Is Halloween burgeons on evil day? SPORTS — see page 46 WEST HARTFORD (AP) — Halloween is sending waves of in town horror through some parents who say it is a day of Satan and has no place as a children’s By RICK SANTOS celebration. Manchester Herald Patricia DcHuff, a member of Foreman next up for Holyfield New Britain’s School Board, COVENTRY — The burglars and one of a growing number of By TIM DAHLBERG making nighttime break-ins into religious people who believe the The Associated Press residents’ cars have struck again m holiday is evil, said public over tlic weekend, hitting 10 more schools arc blind to the dangers cars late Friday night outside of the celebration. LAS VEGAS — The new heavyweight champion of ' 4 the world surveyed his realm Friday and proclaimed residences in the northeast section of “Why, prior to the holiday, do ■ ■ -Oeorgc Foreman his most worthy challenger. town, police reported. you sec an increase in the The momiiig after flattening Buster Douglas with one In one case tliat night, two of the Satanic.” she asked. “Why is it U - ~ that people put razors in apples punch to win the undisputed heavyweight crown burglars were seen going through a A Evader Holyfield made it clear that former champion car as the residents returned home, for little children?” Mike Tyson would have to wait his turn for a shot at the Lt. Ronald Doughty reported. DcHuff said she finds it ironic title. But they took nothing and fled the that public schools generally ig­ “We felt it would be better to fight George Foreman scene, and police have only a vague nore the Christmas holiday but first, then Mike Tyson,” Holyfield said. “As far as busi­ description of the culprits, knowing emphasize Halloween, which ness goes, it’s better that way.” only that tlicy are male. Doughty she said “leads children subtly said. onto the path of occult practice.” Holyficld’s handlers said contracts for his first tide Narda Conley/Speclal to the defense against Foreman have been signed, and a site and Also, police are not certain Manchester Herald date for the fight are expected to be announced m about whether the men were alone or ac­ Bush sent new two weeks. companied by otlicrs possibly with a vehicle. r.- ^ either Las Vegas or Atlantic immigration law Lity, said Shelly Finkel, who helps promote Holyfield. The rash of break-ins, which WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost as qinckly as Holyfield knocked out Douglas, began four weeks ago, initially oc­ President Bush is cxpiected to boxing s sanctioning organizations began backing off curred in the northeast part of town, sign an overhaul of the nation’s earlier threats to force Holyfield to make his first defense ( 'A' then moved into tlic southern part of immigration laws that will sub­ against Tyson, and the way seems clear for a fight match­ town, and arc now back in tlic nor­ stantially boost the number of ing the new champion with a man who held the UUe theast. immigrants allowed into the during the early 1970s. The total number of break-ins United States each year, espe­ George Foreman happens to be ranked now and now is somewhere between 25 and cially those with special job Evandcr Holyfield has the option of fighting anyone in 30, Doughty estimated. skills. the top 12,” World Boxing Association attorney Jimmy This weekend’s burglaries were The first major rewrite of cen­ Binns said. Mike Tyson will have his mandatory shot confined to a small area including tury was approved by Congress when he’s entitled to it.” Plea.se see BURGLARY, page 6. HARVEST FESTIVAL — late Saturday as it rushed to ad­ Flolyfield was relaxed and smiling at a morning press Above, the Bennet Junior journment. White House spokes­ inference at The Mirage hotel-casino, where he stopped High School Marching woman Alixe Glen said the Douglas with a right hand Thursday night in the third ,4 legislation had the president’s round of their scheduled 12-round fight for the Solons Band leads a large group support. heavyweight title. of people in a Costume The bill would boost the cur­ Holyfield, who w ait^ for 18 months as the No. 1 con­ Parade at the Harvest Fes­ rent limit of 490,000 a year on tender teforc getting his shot at the title, seemed to savor tival. Below, Joshua Roy, legal immigrants to 645,000 in the realization he finally was the champion. eked out each fiscal year through 1994, “The waiting wasn’t in vain,” he said. ‘To be the age 3, marks up his and 675,000 thereafter. heavyweight champion is the ultimate thing you could pumpkin for a pumpkin­ be.” session carving contest. UAW, Chrysler Douglas didn’t attend the press conference, leaving his trainer, J.D. McCauley, to face questions about the talks proceed former champion s bloated weight and apparent lack of By JOHN DIAMOND DETROIT (AP) — Chrysler heart. I Corp. and the United Auto The Associated Press “I felt from the bottom of my heart he was ready for Workers union worked against a the fight last night,” McCauley said. “We talked earlier in midnight deadline today in an WASHINGTON — The close of the day about the fight and he said he was fine. He said effort to reach a new contract the IClst Congress this weekend covering 63,000 employees. I got him.’ But when the fight started he was flat.” wound up a tumultuous session for McCauley grew angry at suggestions that perhaps Bargaining was said to be Connecticut’s congressional delega­ going slowly, and union and Douglas could have gotten up from the overhand right tion. that sent him to the canvas in the third round. company officials said Sunday The session was bracketed by the night that negotiations were like­ “How do you know what was in that kid’s heart?” he arrival of freshman Democratic Sen. ask ^ “No one here took that shot. Buster Douglas took ly to extend into tonight. Among Joseph Licbcmian and the depar­ the major issues were pensions It. He s the only one who knows.” tures of gubernatorial candidates Holyfield, 28, the former light heavyweight and and heith care. Bruce Morrison and John Rowland. The tone at the talks reported­ cruiserweight champion, who won the championship in Rep. Barbara Kcnnclly, D-Conn., only his sevenA fight as a heavyweight, said he had ly turned nasty Sunday. The considered becoming the third Detroit News in today’s editions 1 worked in training camp on defending against Douglas’ House member from Connecticut to Couple loves ghosts, ghouls, spirits quoted an unidentified bargainer overhand right, which he used to great effectiveness join in the gubernatorial fray, but when he won the title from l^son in February. as saying UAW President Owen opted for her role as rising figure By NITA LELYVELD people in three places at the same tlic air before shattering. When Douglas missed wildly with the uppercut, time. out the cartlibound spirits, polter­ Bicber confronted Chryslcr’s within the Democratic hierarchy. The Associated Press Stories like tlicse arc the stuff of geists and ectoplasmic materials Anthony St. John, vice president Holyfield stepped in and threw a crushing right hand that A possessed person picks up a P^r Sen.