Arms freeze a mistake, O'Neill plans to sign Red Sox legion commander says measure on 'lemons' top Bluejays ...page 15 ...page 3 ... page 8 Manchester, Conn. Sunny today: Saturday, April 24, 1982 cloudy tonight Single copy 25q; — See page 2 Negotiators huddle on final borders Israelis flush squatters from Sinai Ghali, both of whom made similar ceremonies will be held at Rafah in resisters and some of the soldiers ' I By Maurice Guindi ' lived. statements to reporters. the north and Sharm El-Sheikh in wept as the protesters came down. United Press International Israeli, Egyptian and American Sinai: trauma The border dispute involves 15 out the south. Troops had much harder time negotiators expressed confidence pulling out the zealot followers of Israeli troops flushed out the last of nearly 100 Sinai border demarca­ In Yamit, a model town built up that agreement resolving an In the exodus tion points, most of them considered U.S.-born Rabbi Meir Kahane from remaining squatters and blew up the from the desert nine years ago, a a graffiti-marked bunker nearby model town of Yamit Friday as Egyptian-Israeli border dispute will of minor importance. loudspeaker blared the Israeli be reached by Sunday, the day Israel — See page 4 where they had holed up for days negotiators huddled for six hours to A major snag in the negotiations national anthem for the last time threatening suicide. reach agreement on borders of the completes withdrawal from the oc­ and soldiers using a giant hoist cupied Sinai. is an Israeli tourist, hotel on a 770- An army crew failed three times Sinai 48 hours before it reverts to yard strip along the Gulf of Aqaba at ladder plucked 11 students from to yank off the steel door of the Egypt. “We have made excellent “We hope to have an agreement Taba, just south of the Israeli port of atop the 82-foot war monument to a bunker with a chain attached to a progress in our talks today,” said finished by noon on Sunda'y,” Eilat. Both Israel and Egypt claim tank battle in the 1967 Mideast war, bulldozer and in the end bored a “Yes, it was blown up,” said an Stoessel told reporters following a when. Israel captured the Sinai from army spokesman in Tel Aviv, confir­ U.S. Deputy Secretary of State the land on which the hotel is built. giant hole in the structure with a Walter Stoessel, who has been six-hour meeting with Israeli Egypt. pneumatic drill through which the 11 ming that explosive charges Foreign Ministry Director Gen. ' Israel is scheduled to hand over crumbled the few remaining struc­ shuttling between Israel ai)d Egypt One resister wrapped himself in militant were dragged out for nine days to reconcile last- David Kimche and Egyptian State the eastern third of Sinai to Egypt tures in the northeastern Sinai town Sunday, when fl.agraising chains and an Israeli flag. The screaming “No! No! No!” of Yamit, where 5,000 settlers once mindte differences. Minister for Foreign Affairs Butros British ships at battle stations The British Broadcasting Corporation, in a Pym and Haig were trying to narrow the gap By United Press International message beamed to Argentina on its World Ser­ between British and Argentine peace proposals vice radio, broadcast warnings to the estimated for the Falklands, the British South Atlantic British warships, their battle stations manned 17,000 Britons in Argentina to leave without delay colony seized by Argentina April 2. , ^ . for war, arrived In the “vicinity” of the outer­ by commercial flights. Britain has offered to give the Falklands to most Falkland isUnd of South Georgia Friday “Those who have so far not acted on earlier Argentina, but only if the colony’s 1,800 English- and Britain urged its citizens in Argentina to warnings are asked to consider again whether speaking residents agree and only after a tran­ evacuate as quickly as possible. they should Uke an early opportunity of leaving sitional period of British rule. A senior defense official in London said ad­ the country by normal commercial means,” the Argentina, which maintains it inherited a vance ships from the British war fleet were “in Spanish claim to the Falklands, has insist^ on the vicinity” of South Georgia but had run into a broadcast said. maintaining sovereignty over the islands believed fearsome storm with hurricane-force winds and “Now that the British task force is approaching the area of the Falkland Islands, a period of in­ to be rich in oii resources. 40-foot waves. Officials with Pym said Britain still sought a In Buenos Aires, a hl^anklng military source creasing tension and risk could lie ahead which If should be taken into account by all British negotiated peace but ‘jwill not. shrink frona the confirmed the report, saying British ships “are citlxens renialnlng In Argentina.” use of fbrce.” They added they Were not op­ now within helicopter and plane range” of South Hopes for a peaceful settlement of the timistic. , . ~ . i. Georgia, 1,200 miles from the Argentine coast Falklands crisis were still alive but fading fast as In London, Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher and 800 miles east of the Falklands capital of Port British Defense Secretary Francis Pym met in met her top naval commanders while she awaited Stanley. Washington with Secretory of State Alexander word from Pym, who was to fly home later in the He said the main BriUsh fleet was also within day. “striking range of our planes” but added “there Haig and other officials. “All I just want to say at this point is that we In Argentina, junta President Gen. Leopoldo has been no fighting so tar.” have been at work together this morning,” Pym Galtieri toured southern air and naval bases after As the 40-ship fleet, buffeted by 85 mph winds returning from an inspection trip to the UPl photo and towering swells, steamed to within range of told reporters as he left the State Department. “We have a break now and we are continuing that Falklands, where he told his battle-ready troops ARGENTINE PRESIDENT IN ISLANDS South Georgia it went on “defense station” alert work this afternoon. There is nothing further I to “fight until the last drop of blood” to keep the — the Royal Navy’s second highest classification . embraced by military governor can say at this stage,” he said. islands. of pre-combat readiness. SinQGP to closG storG in downtown AAonchostor man Clothier at 887 Main St., said pany recently shut down part of its Manchester Singer outlet wiil not the time, was that the store needed By Raymond T. DeMeo store’s lease expires in August. He reopen as an independent franchise. more space to accommodate an up­ Singer's closing is not a sign that said he has received no word from main m anufacturing plant in Main Street businesses are suf­ Herald Reporter Elizabeth, N.J. Once the Manchester store closes, surge in business. Singer officials that they plan to “ that will be it,” according to Singer’s ciosing means Main fering. Locally-owned stores on The Singer Co. sewing machine close the store. An employee at the Singer store in F arm in ^ n said that store will Kirkbridge. Street wiii be without a major chain Main Street continue to prosper, he store, one' of the last remaining said: Officials at Singer’s international cease operating as a company- Kirkbridge said the store has two store outlet, aside from an Eiec- chain stores on Main Street, will trolux vacuum cleaper store and an headquarters in Stamford could not owned outlet and convert to an in­ employees besides himself. “It’s not the fault of Main Street, close its doors as part of an ap­ The Singer Co.’s Manchester out­ S & H Green Stamps redemption parent move by Singer to eliminate be reached for comment on the local dependent franchise this summer. or Manchester, because that’s store’s closing. But several local The store will continue to sell under let has been in business since 1947. outlet. baloney,” said Garman. some of its retail outlets. Until 1967, the store was located at Once, Main Street had several Kent Kirkbridge, manager of the businessmen say Singer plans to the Singer name, she said. «. Closing the Manchester store was ' shed all its retail outlets, and turn to The Farmington and Manchester 832 Main St., a few doors north of its large chain stores, including store at 856 Main St., said he wasn’t Montgomery . Ward’s, the W.T. “a bottom-line decision” on the part a franchise system for selling and stores are the only remaining present site. of the Singer Co., Garman said. sure when the store would close, The Singer store moved to 856 Grant Co., Woolworth's, and A & P only that “it will close eventually.” servicing its sewing equipment. company-owned Singer retail out­ “You can’t blame a town for that,” The Singer Co. has not fared well lets in the Greater Hartford area. Main St. in 1967. The reason for the Supermarkets. Singer’s landlord, Leonardo move, said company spokesmen at Joseph Garman, owner of J. Gar- he said. Calciano of Rockv Hill, said the in the current recession. The com­ Unlike the Farmington store, the Good Morning Jimmy Carter plans It’s that time again to re-enter politics “Spring ahead. Fall back.” been brisk —100 of the 130 $50 tickets for It’s time once again to remember what to do about the ■ WASHINGTON (UPI) — Former the reception and 1,000 of the 1,300 seats change to daylight-saving time.