The weather Variable cloudiness today. High temperatures in the mid 70s, 25 C. Mostly cloudy tonight. Lows in the irtid 50s. Tuesday cloudy with chance of oc­ lianrhpatf r Eupnitig B m lb casional light rain developing. Highs in the mid 70s. Probability of rain 10 percent today, 20 per­ A Family ISEWSpaper Since 1881 cent tonight and 50 percent Tuesday. Winds / becoming east to southeast about 10 mph today Vol. XCVII, No. 232 — Manchester, Cong., Monday, July 3, 1978 Home delivered copy 15 cents continuing tonight. East to northeast winds 10 to Newsstand copy 20 cents 15 mph Tuesday. National weather map on page Syrians, Christians fighting in Lebanon BEIRUT, Lebanon ( U P D - Syrian There are. fires in some of them. L’Orient-Le Jour estimated that peacekeeping troops and Christian Nobody is on the streets.” more than 2,000 shells fell on the militiamen exchanged gunfire and An official of the right-wing Ashrafieh neighborhood alone Sun­ artillery today in the third straight National Liberal Party, the second- day. All three major hospitals in east day of the worst fighting to hit Beirut largest Christian militia group, today Beirut were damaged by Syrian since the 1975-76 civil war. estimated Christian casualties since shelling of the Christian area. The crack of small arms fire and Sunday at over 100 dead and 300 Relations between'the Christians the thud of exploding artillery shells wounded. and Syrians had been souring as echoed across the capital today, The French-language daily Syria renewed close ties with the despite a cease-fire agreement L’Orient-Le Jour estimated that Palestinians in recent months. But ordered by Presidents Hafez Assad some 60 Christians had been killed the killing by Phalangist supporters of Syria and Elias Sarkas of Lebanon. and another 300 injured in Sunday’s of rival, pro-Syrian rightist Toni “It's started again,” cried a young shelling of the heavily populated east Franjieh June 13 triggered further Christian housewife in the central Beirut by Syrian gunners. friction. Ashrafieh neighborhood of east But police said any casualty (In a veiled warning to the Syrians, Beirut. “Four shells just landed. figures would be “guesswork for the Israel issued a communique Sunday Many buildings have been damaged. time being.” that it “repeats its deep concern over repeated attacks on Christians and the grave deterioration of the situa­ tion in northern Lebanon.” Yemenis battle (Israel has provided food, medicai care and arms and ammunition to Christian forces in the south Lebanon for more than two years.) rents in border area Syrian troops pounded Christian positions with artillery, tank, rocket ! four and machine gun fire today after an BEIRUT, Lebanon (UPI) - The and vowed “a decisive response” urers overnight lull brought on by the third shard South Yemeni Embassy in Beirut against such action. cease-fire in two days. John- said today troops from neighboring The charge was made in an official Residents in the Christian suburbs tswiU North Yemen have launched a statement by the Foreign Ministry in of east Beirut said the three days of erate, ground attack on the Beihan region Aden and broadcast by Aden Radio. more on the joint border between the two Tension has been high, between the shelling was the worst since the ment. Syrian peacekeeping troops stepped ior to Red Sea states. two Yemens since the assassination in to end the 19-month civil war. igtwo “ Military forces belonging to last week of North Yemen President ' North Yemen began shelling Beihan, Ahmed al Ghashmi, which the North Entire floors of buildings — many civilian dwellings — collapsed. there in the ... Democratic (South) Yemen Yemenis blamed on South Yemen. Panic-stricken residents huddling in from Sunday afternoon,” an embassy South Yemen denied the charge basement shelters spoke in tears and Corea, statement said. and boycotted a weekend meeting of i ttot A report in the leftist Beirut the Arab League in Cairo that im­ terror when contacted by telephone. g 4,000 “Please, please don’t call again,” newspaper as Safir said Monday that posed sanctions on the Aden govern­ lere is said one Ashrafiyeh resident to a con­ latthe North Yemeni troops invaded Beihan ment, the first such move in the (signs and captured two South Yemeni League’s history. cerned relative in predominantly dth. It In Kuwait, the newspaper As Moslem west Beirut. “We’re at the M villages. The report said no further details were available. Siyassa quoted King K hal^ of Saudi bottom of ■ the stairwell. There’s, Joyce, shellfire all the time. I’m scared to The military incursions came Arabia as saying the assassination of s . But shortly after the Marxist regime in Ghashmi was ’’painful beyond move.” 4 m : about One Christian working in west South Yemen charged that troops description.” - iH - '• Beirut spent “the worst 15 minutes of im were assembling in order to commit The late North Yemen leader had my life” talking to his family in the aggression against the Aden regime close ties with Saudi Arabia. eastern part of the city. “The top floor of the house had just collapsed. ... My Mother was trapped under the rubble, but not hurt. She was talking Firefighters from the Eighth Utilities Washer & Mat Co. Inc. The shed, which Israel to attend from the. debris, screaming into the District battle a blaze this morning at a shed stored rubber scrapes, was damaged exten­ telephone. I felt like crying or on Adams Street owned by the Standard sively. (Herald photo by Chastain) rushing there, but I couldn’t.” peace meetings Police sources said Sunday’s flare- up appeared to have been triggered by an afternflbn incident in which Smoky and smelly fire s think usiness JERUSALEM (UPI) - Israel will proposal Begin rejected when it was gunmen, presumably rightists, killed 1958. attend a U.S.-sponsored foreign first publicized on Cairo radio. two Syrian soldiers and one Egyptian i a ges- ministers conference in London but Mondale had some somber words civilian. iles av- first wants a look at Egypt’s peace for the Israelis. He warned them destroys storage shed 100 per plans. But Egypt hints it will not go that, “Time is not on our side.” ethree- unless Israel responds positively to ■ A smoky, smelly fire destroyed a home on Woodbridge Street. shoots a jet stream oi nalei- tlirouglj boom, “The people of Israel confront Holiday closing , intro- its proposals. painful decisions,” Mondale said, storage shed at 165 Adams St. in The Eighth District sent Engine the air, was used. The Town of Manchester’s Firefighters then moved in with o CB’s Vice President Walter Mondale, referring to the occupied territories Manchester this morning. One, Two and Four to the scene, and Municipal Building will be closed ladders to aim smaller hoses inside who got Israel’s tentative OK for the seized during the 1967 Middle East The fire, described as “spec­ a total of 42 firefighters responded to ensued war. “Without eventual withdrawal Tuesday in observance of the building. meeting, was due in Alexandria, tacular, but m inor” by Eighth the call. But the on all fronts ... there can be no Independence Day. No one from Standard Washer & Egypt, today to discuss the con­ Utilities District Fire Chief Gran­ The shed and the materials it by the lasting peace.” Emergency numbers for the ville “Ted” Lingard, was reported to Mat could be contacted this morning ng and ference with Egyptian President day are as follows: Highway, 649- stored were destroyed in the blaze. for an estimate of how much the Anwar Sadat before returning home. But he said the United States would the District’s headquarters at 9:08 Lingard said that there is no idea yet nent of 5070; refuse, 649-1886; sanitary value of the destroyed items is. “not fail to provide Israel with essen­ today. on how the fire started. “It is fair to say the Israelis have sewer and water, 649-9697. The fire attracted a couple of dozen tial and crucial military-assistance, The shed, near the Standard The fire was listed as under control agreed to attend the London con­ of spectators. Some employees from nor will use that assistance as a form Washer & Mat Co. Inc. building, at 9:25 a.m., but firefighters were ference,” Mondale said Sunday after of pressure.” . No Herald Tuesday the Ward Manufacturing Co. at 186 stored burlap and rubber matting and still at the scene’ at noon. talks with Prime Minister “The Arabs also face difficult and The Herald will not publish on scraps used by the firm. The burning Adams St. spent their coffee break Menachem Begin. ’’We hope and painful decisions,” Mondale said. Tuesday, July 4, in observance of rubber items added to the fire’s ' No other structures were en­ watching the action from that firm's expect the government of Egypt will These would include tough security Independence Day. smell. dangered by the fire, although flames front yard. Bob Young, water treatment soon offer further proposals and we arrangements for Israel, establish­ Drive carefully and have a safe Lingard said that when the call was did skip off the building and onto the manager for the town's Water hope that Egypt will continue the ment o{ permanent peace and no holiday. received he could see black smoke grass, starting a couple of small negotiations. Palestinian state, he said. 400 to 500 feet in the air from his grass fires that were quickly put out. department, was at the scene and Engine One was stationed about reported that there were no major At a banquet for Mandate in Jeru­ water pressure problems caused by salem, Begin appeared to hedge too feet from the shed, and the the use of water for the firefighting.