Coventry Council AIDS scare hits \ Jet hijacked approves charter plan the bloodmobila to Cuba ... page 9 ... page 11 ... page 10 / Clear tonight; Manchester. Conn. Friday sunny Thursday, July 7, 1983 — See page 2 i®anrl|Fatpr Single copy: 250 Shultz calls his mission a faiiure AMMAN, Jordan (UPI) — Se­ talks with King Hussein, ended a looking at a lot of bright daylight is plane that he did not envision a role posed basically of American, cretary of State George Shultz 20-hour visit in Jerusalem with no not a reason for staying away. 'tor the multinational peace­ will be done in coordination with today said he opposed sending U.S. progress on achieving a simultane­ French and Italian troops, was the Lebanese government, but we We re struggling together. We're keeping force in replacing Israeli sent into Beirut last September to soldiers to replace Israeli troops if ous withdrawal of Israeli and not avoiding each other.” forces that might be pulled back will be serving notice on Syria. We the Jewish state redeploys its Syrian troops in Lebanon. quell fighting between Christian will be entrenching ourselves, if Israel has said that if Syria does into southern Lebanon. and Moslems. President Reagan troops in southern Lebanon — a “I wish I could report that not withdraw, it would have to "The MNF was conceived of and necessary, for a long period,” the move that could lead to a partition somehow we see a movement in defended his decision on the official said. of Lebanon. consider a partial redeployment of put into place in a situation that grounds that U.S. soldiers would the direction of simultaneous with­ its forces in Lebanon to cut down on was by definition non-hostile. In a The official, heavily involved in In Beirut, Prime Minister Chefik drawal as we wish to see, but I not be placed into directly hostile Israeli policy making, qualified casualties. sense, the people involved want the territory. Wazzan narrowly escaped assassi­ can't give any such report,” Shultz A senior Israeli official said that MNF there,” he said. the redeployment as a step toward nation when a car-bomb exploded said after meeting with Prime ■'ll Syria insists on refusing to a complete withdrawal of Israeli an Israeli redeployment could ”... Why don’t the Americans do withdraw, the United States must just minutes after his motorcade Minister Menachem Begin and result in the de facto partition of it? — that's not a very appealing troops from Lebanon if Syria does passed. There were no casualties other Israeli officials for three understand we have to deploy the same. Lebanon for "many years” — prospect for the MNF and I ourselves in a manner most and three people were detained for hours. something Washington is intent on wouldn’t want to try to sell that to In Beirut. Lebanese Prime Min­ questioning. But on the flight to Amman, effective,” a senior Israeli official avoiding. Congress.” said today. ister Chefik Wazzan survived an Shultz, who flew to Jordan for Shultz insisted, "The fact we’re not Shultz told reporters aboard his apparent assassination attempt The multinational force, com­ "If there is a redeployment, it today. Hijackers free T raff ic all hostages holdups on Iranian Jet halted Governor William A. O'Neill has PARIS (UPI) — Armed Iranian not withdraw. Police pulled back to ordered the state Department of hijackers, acting under orders positions 500 yards away from the '■■w- Transportation to stop; all inter­ from their leader in exile, today jetliner. state highway construction that freed all 179 hostages aboard an The hijackers, said to number might interfere with traffic in the Iranian jumbo jet that was com­ five or six, claimed they had 5.5 wake of the collapse of a span of the mandeered from Tehran to Paris pounds of high explosives on board Interstate 95 highway bridge over via Kuwait. the aircraft and had stowed away the Mianus River in Greenwich. The hijackers released their machine guns in the plane’s hold, hostages from two days captivity airport officials said. Police said Larrye deBear, O’Neill’s press aboard the Iran Air jetliner the hijackers also were believed to secretary, said today the only minutes after exiled Iranian be carrying pistols. highway work suspended because leader Massoud Rajavi arrived at Five passengers and a co-pilot of the order is the reconstruction of Orly airport and barked the order later were evacuated by ambu­ Interstate 84 from the New York for the release over a control tower lance from one of the plane’s state line to Danbury. radio. emergency exits and taken to the ' ' "Open the door of the plane, free airport medical center, ah airport & '7’ The reconstruction of Interstate the passengers, stay in the plane spokesman said. 86 through Manchester is not and I will come to talk to you,” Medical officials said the six affected, because work there has Rajavi told the five or six hi­ freed hostages were "exhausted '■’i t '. not reached the stage where it jackers, who earlier threatened to and extremely nervous.” They interferes with highway traffic, blow up the plane with all aboard. said one of the freed hostages, a according to Blanche Goldenberg, “Yes. commander. I will follow soldier in uniform, was so disor­ - i f e X executive vice president of the Balf your orders,” the leader of the iented that he thought he was at the Co. and secretary of Savin Broth­ hijackers said on the radio moni­ front in Iran’s war with Iraq. ers construction, the firms hired to tored by journalists. The gunmen told French offi­ complete the 1-86 job. cials by radio they wanted to speak Looking calm, the 179 hostages with Massoud Rajavi, the leader of **1^1 Savin and Balf are also handling streamed from the Boeing 747 to the Paris-based Peoples Mojahi­ the 1-84 Danbury job, and Mrs. airport buses waiting on the deen, airport officials said. It was Goldenberg said work involving tarmac while the hijackers stayed not known if they made any other lane shutdowns has been sus­ aboard the plane to meet with demands. pended all week owing to the Rajavi, the leader of the outlawed ”We do not know what they governor’s order. "We do our best Peoples Mujahideen guerrilla want,” an airport official said. to try and help the state out in movement. A Mojahideen spokesman said situations like this," she said. Five or six gunmen seized the Rajavi would not go to the airport, "Hopefully, it won't last too long.” Boeing 747 with at least 371 people but former Iranian president Abol- DeBear said O’Neill ordered the aboard on a domestic flight from hassan Bani Sadr, another exile in Danbury work shut down because Tehran to Shiraz Wednesday. They Paris, declared he was willing to of an unusual amount of truck commandeered the plane to Ku­ talk to the hijackers. traffic has shifted to 1-84 after the wait and then flew today to Paris “I think theyll just ask for exile.” collapse of the 1-95 bridge in after freeing 186 hostages in the Bani Sadr said. "These are people Greenwich. Persian Gulf state. Six more who are menaced, so they carry hostages were released earlier out this sort of action to get out of Trucks that once used 1-95 to get today in Paris. Iran.” from New York to Connecticut French anti-terrorist police sur­ Rajavi denied the hijackers must travel north to 1-84 to enter rounded the Boeing 747 after it were members of the Mojahideen Herald photo bv Tarquinlo the state. Cars can use either 1-84 landed with 185 hostages at Orly but said he would co-operate with or the Merritt Parkway; the airport and taxied to a stop in an local authorities. Let’s have a race Merritt is closed to trucks. isolated area away from the busy ”I will do my best once the terminals and other buildings. DeBear said "it doesn’t make government of France asks me to Tami Fisher seems to be trying to get a ter Area Conference of Churches- much sense" for construction to The gunmen, who said they were help solve the problem,” he said on little sibling rivalry going with her twin sponsored camp opened Tuesday and continue on 1-84 while the highway Peoples Mojahideen guerrillas television. “Of course I will brother. Sami Fisher. They were partici- meets at Concordia Lutheran Church, carries an unusually large volume fighting the regime of Ayatollah criticize (the hijackers), why of traffic. Ruhollah Khomeini, threatened to should they play with the lives of pating in activities of the Interfaith Day 40 Pitkin St. blow up the plane if the police did ordinary passengers?" Camp, at Globe Hollow. The Manches- He said work could probably resume on the project once the Department of Transportation in­ stalls a temporary span to replace the one that collapsed on 1-95. DOT Congress may act on video recorders officials say the $500,000 replace­ ment could bg installed as early as next week. WASHINGTON (UPI) - Capitol failed Wednesday to decide its Sen. Charles Mathias, R-Md., bringing it from the 18th century to "The Congress is better • Work on 1-86 through Manches­ Hill lawmakers say they will most controversial case — who has introduced a bill to impose the 21st Century.” equipped to handle the issues ter. expected to be completed in continue to push legislation on both whether millions of Americans royalty fees on video recorders, His House counterpart in spon­ involved in this than the court, the winter of 1986, is proceeding sides of the home video taping violate copyright laws by videotap­ said he plans to press ahead with soring the bill.