PAGE TWENTY - MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD. Manchester, Conn., Thurs., Aug. 17, 1978 Ford begins Gambler says players ad campaign ................... ^ may fix Jai alai games UNITED *ri»QUf lUt ^ Gayeski said the gaming commis­ know a thing about gambling. If for Pintos tJATEttSSs^n NOIT MILFORD (UPI) - Professional gambler Richard Gayeski says sion has concentrated its in­ anybody should be arrested, it should vestigative efforts on harrassing be them when they get their 1 there’s a good chance players are DETROIT (UPI) - Ford Motor NtWrOUNDlANDy’' throwing games at Connecticut’s professional gamblers and paychecks. They’re stealing from the Co., in an attempt to bolster sagging three Jai alai arenas. employees at the frontons in people.” sales of its subcompact Pinto, has ^ But the frank, young.gambler says Bridgeport, Hartford and Milford. Gayeski, a former car dealer who begun an advertising campaign WALES; “But if there is anything going on claims to have wagered over $3 ^ - EtibiAND ■.;'l the state gaming commission is too touting the “puncture resistance" of much of a “Joke” to figure out what’s it’s with the players,” he said. “I. million in Connecticut, said the fuel Unks on 1977 and 1978 models. going on. think when they go out on the court gaming commission generally has no A company spokesman Wednesday x o n d o nO.*? State police recently charged they know who’s going to win.” idea what is going on at the three said new Pinto sales have suffered Gayeski with commercial bribery for Gayeski pointed to the fact that arenas. And he said, when the panel because of adverse publicity surroun­ allegedly acting as a middleman in there are no real standout athletes in does find something wrong, it rarely ding a number of fiery accidents in­ an oddsmaking scheme at the Jai alai like there are in other sports. does anything to remedy the volving oider model Pintos. Milford Jai Alai fronton. He said by the end of a season the problem. He said newspaper ads promoting The authorities accused Gayeski of victories and money won by the As an example, he noted that each Inside today the “redesigned fuel system” in new V FRANCE passing an envelope full of money various players “all seem to balance fronton posts a computer list of the Pintos are intended to clear up the I it from, a professional gambling out.” betting pattern shortly before each "widespread confusion” resulting PAKISi colleague to a handicapper who He said there’s a state regulation match. Gayeski said only a few Manchester from criticisms of the older cars. proJected odds on the fronton’s bet­ that requires each Jai alai player to professional gamblers are aware of “There has never been a safety The Water Study Committee ting programs. give his "best” effort on every play. where the list is posted and what it question involving 1977 and 1978 has decided not to meet again un­ UPI map shows predicted course of the Double Eagle II, ’The handicapper, Fred Vines, was But he said anyone who has spent a means. til the town has received from the models, but a lot of people have the which floated over southwest Britain today, aiming for a convicted of accepting the money in night at one of the three Jai alai fron­ ‘"There are maybe 6,000 people in misconception that all Pintos are in­ consultant engineers a complete triumphant landing in France. exchange for leaving out a particular tons has seen players flub easy plays. the fronton and only two or three will report on proposed improvements volved,” he said. post position when he drew, up his Why isn’t the gaming commission know how to read it (the printout),” to the town water distribution Earlier this year, the National odds. He now runs a golf shop in looking into these indiscretions? he said. “Why should the pros get an system. .''<•(• pnpc 2. Highway Traffic Safety Administra­ Florida. “It’s a real Joke,” Gayeski said. advantage. 'There shouldn’t be any in Memphis tion deciared the fuel tanks on 1971- Connecticut authorities are trying “They’re all politicians who don’t printouts.” East Hartford 1976 model Pintos and 1975-1976 Balloon reaches to extradite the professional model Mercury Bobcats — excluding MEMPHIS, Tenn. (UPI) - the city's pay offer and walked off gambler, Rodney Woods, who is also Residents of Daly Court and station wagons — dangerously Memphis’ striking police voted today the job. in Florida. Hutt Heights won't accept a susceptible to gas leaks and to end a bitter week old walkout that The settlement was worked out Gayeski fought his commercial Feds OK $10 million proposed rent increase without a explosions in rear-end collisions. English Channel had resulted in a call out of the during negotiations that continued bribery charge, but later pleaded no fight. See pngc 7. The agency said it found no fuei National Guard and left the city through the night. ’The black-and-silver, 11-story high contest to conspiracy. He was fined without union police protection at a Non-union officers, sheriff’s tank problems in 1977 and 1978 PARIS (UPI) - ’Three daredevil $4(X) and barred from wagering in to rebuild coliseum Americans, the first people to cross balloon was traveling at 31.4 miles Connecticut time the city was swarming with deputies, aided by the National models. Connecticut. Federal safety officials began in­ the Atlantic Ocean in a balloon, per hour at an altitude of two miles WASHINGTON (UPI) - The The repair of the roof and expan­ You may complain you can’t Elvis Presley fans. Guardsmen, have been patrolling In a recent interview, Gayeski said vestigating when they learned of a reached the English Channel today in when it reached the English channel. federal government today com­ sion of the facility will cost about find a job. but Donald Marsh says David Baker, president of the Memphis during the absence of the he and his wife, who still works at the number of deaths resulting from Pin­ an effort to follow the course of The weather station in Brittany mitted $10 million to restore and ex­ $27.2 million, the government said. he wants to hire 75 young Memphis Police Association, said regular officers. Milford arena, plan to head down to to fires. At least 59 people have died Charles Lindbergh’s historic trans- said it had contacted the balloon by pand the Hartford Civic Center, a The facility will host the World engineers and he can't find them. policemen would return to work at 4 During the course of the strike tens Florida in the fall. But the slender, in such accidents since 1975. Atlantic flight to Paris. radio and the Americans said they keystone in the city’s urban renewal Figure Skating Championships in p.m. today. of thousands of Elvis Presley fans young gambler said he wanted to im­ I Sec pngr S. Ford, while insisting the cars were ’The three balloonists cleared the were heading for Paris. effort that suffered a roof collapse 1981, a competition drawing skaters Firemen, who joined the strike last poured into the city to mark the first part some of his inside knowledge no less safe than any other small British coast near the Isle of Wight Throughout the morning radio during a snow storm last winter. from 25 countries and an estimated % Monday, were to vote on a proposed anniversary of the death of the rock about Connecticut’s Jai alai industry The nation cars, agreed in June to recall 1.5 and were over the channel shortly stations in France asked listeners to The funds from the Departments of 100,000 spectators. new contract later in the day. singer, who died Aug. 16, 1977. The before he left the state. crowds proved orderly, however, and million Pintos and Bobcats built before 1 p.m. French time (7 a.m. telephone when they spotted the Commerce, and Housing and Urban “Our intention goes beyond the I President Carter is given a good “We’re very optimistic that it will before 1977 “to eliminate public con­ balloon. A feeling of exhilaration “If people knew what was going on, Development, will enable the facility restoration of the particular chance of making his $37 billion be ratified," said Kuhron officials said they presented no EDT). they would go crazy,” Gayeski said special problems. cern.” ’They were expected to reach the spread as the balloon neared. People to reopen for the first time since the building,” HUD Secretary Patricia military authorization veto stick Huddleston, president of the Inter­ The impact on sales of new Pintos French coast near Le Havre, a cross­ on the French channel coast watched over a cup of coffee in a local roof collapse in January, officials Harris said. despite congressional fondness national Firefighters local, adding The city found itself in a crisis the sky for the U.S. adventurers’ restaurant. said. , firefighters would return to work at 7 situation early Wednesday however, was almost immediate. Sales channel distance of about 90 miles s for the nuclear supercarrier he tumbled 42 percent from June 1 around 3:30 p.m. (9:30 a.m. EDT). craft. reJected. Sec page 14. p.m. if the contract is accepted. when all electrical power in through July 20, compared to the A wave of excitement swept over The American fliers, setting a new American balloonists Maxie Anderson, Ben Thursday after completing the first recorded Chris Cothran, a negotiator for the Memphis failed. The blackout, which previous year’s figures, in what com­ France as the three Americans, low record with every additional mile balloon crossing of the Atlantic.