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New York shootout victim is linked to Brink's robbery

NEW YORK (AP) - When Sam Smith was shot dead by police after a screeching highway chase and a gunbattle, the key to his role in a murderous attack on a Brink's truck was tucked in his pocket, a prosecutor says. In his pocket when he was killed Friday night was a flattened .38-caliber bullet, and over his chest was a bulletproof vest. Rockland County District Attorney Kenneth Gribetz said Monday night the bullet came the gun of police Sgt. Edward O'Grady Jr., one of two Nyack police officers killed Tuesday when a getaway car from the robbery of the truck was halted at a roadblock. A Brink’s guard also was killed. “There is very strong evidence to believe that Samuel Smith was involved in the murders and robberies in Rockland County,’’ Gribetz said. “The bullet found in his pocket a flattened 38-caliber was shot from Sgt. O’Grady’s gun. ’’ He said "the reason Smith was not killed (in the Rockland holdup) was that he was wearing a bulletproof vest.” Four suspects, including Katherine Boudin and two others identified as members of

Blast in London kills bomb expert

By The Associated Press LONDON One man was killed Monday in a crowded London shopping district when a bomb exploded in a fast food restaurant. The explosion was the third such occurrence in London in just ovej two weeks but the first involving a purely civilian target. British authorities believe that the attacks are the work of the Irish Republican Army in retaliation for the British government’s adamant position on the hunger strike by Irish nationalists at the Maze Prison in Belfast. The seven-month-iong strike ended Oct. 3 after 10 Irish nationalists had died. The explosion Monday, which killed a bomb disposal expert identifed as Kenneth R. Howorth, occurred just before 4 p.m., about an hour after a warning was telephoned to the Reuters news agency here. The police

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the Weather Underground terrorist group, were arrested after the $1.6 million robbery from the Brink’s truck in Nanuet, N.Y., about 25 miles north of Manhattan. The money was recovered. At a news conference Monday night, Gribetz said authorities “have knowledge concerning other individuals" involved in the Brink’s robbery, but said he couldn’t release more details. The New York Times reported three more suspects had been identified, and the New York Daily News said arrest warrants for four more suspects were being drawn up. Smith, 37, was in a car bearing a license plate seen near what police described as a “safehouse” for the gang believed responsible for the Brink’s job. A detective spotted the license and New York City police chased the car until it crashed. Smith and another man got out and fired at authorities and Smith was killed, police said. A former Black Panther, Nathaniel Burns, 38, was arrested. He was to be arraigned today at Kings County Hospital on charges of attempting to murder six policemen.

moved quickly to cordon off the area with white tape and rushed to evacuate shoppers from stores. A second bomb was found in a large Debenham’s department store, 300 yards farther down Oxford Street from the site from the fast food restaurant. When the blast occurred, the front of the restaurant was completely shattered and glass and debris littered the pavement. “Everybody was screaming and running,” said Ruth Selber, a public relations director who works nearby. “Oxford Street was very crowded at the time and people were running in all directions.” Ambulances and fire engines crowded the area, buses were rerouted and key subway lines were closed. Police experts indicated Monday night that the bomb may have been set to detonate when tampered with by the disposal expert.

18 honored for heroic actions at Battle of the Bulge WASHINGTON (AP) The small band of soldiers who faced a tidal wave of enemy troops in the Battle of the Bulge became one of the nation’s most decorated Army units Monday nearly 37 years after their ordeal. One of them, Louis J. Kalil of Mishawaka, Ind., was among a group of soldiers receiving the Silver Star medal. He was wounded during the engagement. When Germany launched its last desperate attack on Dec. 16, 1944, the assault swept toward the reconnaisance and intelligence platoon of the 394th Infantry Regiment, 99th Infantry Division. The unit was ordered to hold at all costs. For following that order, 18 members of the platoon were decorated Monday by Army Secretary John 0. Marsh Jr. According to Army records, the platoon held out for 18 hours against three waves of German attackers, until the Americans ran out of ammunition and were surrounded and taken prisoner. Dr. Lyle J. Bouck Jr., of St. Louis, was a 20-year-old lieutenant commanding the platoon at that time. Bouck discovered in 1966 that none of the members of the unit had been decorated for their action at Lanzerath, Belgium, and he worked to have the heroes recognized. Rep. Richard J. Ottinger, D-N.Y., sponsored legislation lifting the time limit on such awards and before leaving office President Carter awarded the platoon a unit citation. Bouck was the first honored in colorful cermemonies at nearby Fort Myer, Va., receiving the Distinguished Service Cross, the nation’s second highest decoration for heroism in combat. Also receiving the DSC were William L. Slape of Shreveport, La.; Risto Milosevich of El Toro, Calif., and William James of Port Chester, N. Y. James who was also known as William James Tsakanikas, was honored posthumously. His widow, Lucille, accepted the award. Receiving Silver Star medals at the ceremony were Kalil, Jordan H. Robinson of Blaine, Tenn.; James R. Silvola of Ocala, Fla.; and John B. Cregar of Richmond, Va. Aubrey P. McGehee of McComb, Miss., also a winner of the Silver Star, was unable to attend. Winners of the Bronze Star with a “V” for valor honored at the ceremony were James Fort of Cumberland City, Tenn.; George H. Redmond of Greensboro, N.C.; Samuel L. Jenkins of El Paso, Texas; Robert H. Preston of Silver Spring, Md. ; Clifford R. Fansher of Enid, Okla. and Joseph A. McConnell of Tempe, Ariz. Posthumous Bronze Stars were awarded to William R. Dustman of Albany, Ore.; Robert D. Adams of Akron, Ohio and Robert J. Baasch of Clarksburg, W.Va.

Orr shuns tax increase to finance prison space

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Despite the urging of an anticrime group, Gov. Robert D. Orr says he has no plans to call the Legislature into a special session on prison issues or to recommend a tax increase to finance construction of new correctional facilities. “Inasmuch as we have only 23 days until the Legislature comes into session, it seems an unwise use of the taxpayers’ money to call a special session,” Orr said Monday. As for the prospect of a tax increase to finance new prisons, the governor said, “I am not considering a tax increase. I don’t think the circumstances warrant it.”

Harassment defense begins

Judge refuses to dismiss PATCO proceedings

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) A federal judge has refused to to dismiss contempt proceedings against striking members of the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization and some of their wives. After U.S. District Judge Cale J. Holder’s ruling, defense attorneys for two PATCO locals and 19 PATCO members or sympathizers began introducing evidence in the defen-

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At a Statehouse news conference Monday, Ros Stovall, president of Protect the Innocent, said the solution to prison crowding is to build more prisons.

Rose-Hulman still studying coed plan

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (AP) The male-only tradition at Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is likely to remain unchanged at least another year. Ronald Reeves, Rose-Hulman vice president for development, said Monday a committee studying admitting women to the 107-year-old school has requested more time. He denied

se portion of the case. The defendants are charged with violating an Aug. 3 injunction issued by Holder prohibiting strike activities in connection with the nationwide air traffic controllers strike. The government alleges the defendants violated the court order by threatening or harming traffic controllers who remained on the job. The hearing was scheduled to

Odds against Reagan as AW ACS vote nears

WASHINGTON (AP) - President Reagan is zeroing in on a handful of opponents to his AW ACS sale to Saudi Arabia with hints that it would draw the Arab kingdom into Middle East peace efforts. On the eve of the Senate showdown, however, the odds are heavily against his saving the deal. Reagan, who planned to see up to a dozen senators in a final lobbying blitz Tuesday and Wednesday, picked up only one vote and lost one Monday. But he failed to convert any opponents, leaving the Senate lineup 55-38 against the sale, according to the latest Associated Press count. That includes 53 senators who have announced they oppose the sale two more than needed to block it plus two leaning that way. The $8.5 billion arms package, the biggest in U.S. history, includes five Airborne Warning and Control System radar planes plus 1,177 Sidewinder missiles and fueling to extend the range and firepower of 62 Saudi F-15 jets. The sale already has been rejected by the House and will be vetoed if a

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“We don’t have a prison crowding problem in Indiana. We have a prison underconstruction problem,” he said. Stovall was reacting to a ruling last week by U.S. District

a report the board of managers turned down at its most recent meeting this month a new admissions policy. “The board did not make a decision. The committee studying the matter asked for more time to prepare its recommendation,” Reeves said. Calling Rose the last all-male engineering school in the nation, Reeves said the school’s

resume for its fifth day today. In defense testimony Monday, two witnesses claimed a working controller steered his car toward a group of strikers near the Indianapolis Air Route Traffic Control Center Sept. 15. Alice Pate-Stout, a striking controller, testified Edwin J. Locke turned his car “at about a 45-degree angle” toward striker Stan Cotton as he

Tension in Poland Government demands one-hour strike be cancelled

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - The Polish Communist Party demanded that Solidarity cancel plans for a nationwide onehour protest Wednesday, and the independent labor federation countered by renewing its demand to share in control of the economy. Leaders of the Communist, Democratic and Peasant parties issued a joint statement Monday, saying the warning strike to protest food shortages and alleged police harassment posed a threat to Poland’s “political, economic and defense” foundations. “This must be met with counteraction corresponding to the degree of the threat,” the Communists and their allies said. But it tempered the threat by saying that Poland’s problems “could only be solved through a rational dialogue and the strengthening of the democratic

BAKER

Final push for AWACS sale

m ijority of the Senate votes it dov i Wednesday. White House aides and Senate Republican leader Howard H. Baker Jr. and his staff exuded confidence Monday that enough Senate opponents are willing to switch to give Reagan victory in this, his first major foreign policy battle on Capitol Hill. They refused to identify them, but at least two op-

Judge Allen Sharp ordering state correctional officials to begin reducing the inmate population at the Indiana State Prison from the current 1,941 to 1,615 by 1984. The first deadline

charter specifies the purpose of the institute is to serve young men. The school, founded in 1874 as Rose Polytechnic Institute, has 1,275 students now. The name was changed when a large bequest was received from Mr. and Mrs. Anton “Tony” Hulman. The late Hulman was owner of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway.

walked on a road near the center. Mrs. Stout’s testimony was corrobrated by Connie Doyle, wife of a striking controller. Government attorneys ended their case with a video tape of a demonstration outside the federal court building the first night of the contempt proceedings trial Oct. 16. Defense attorneys objected to the showing of the tape made by

socialist state.” Solidarity, launched during a wave of nationwide strikes in the summer of 1980, issued a statement agreeing to cancel the strike if the Communists agreed to its demand for a joint Solidarity-government council to manage the near-bankrupt economy. The statement also demanded the government end harassment of unionists. Wildcat strikes and demonstrations, mostly protesting food shortages, were reported in two-thirds of Poland’s 49 provinces. The Warsaw newspaper Zycie Warszawy commented: “The situation in the country is beginning to slip out of control.” Thousands of soldiers were deployed across the country to try to improve government services. Gen. Tadeusz Hupalowski. the minister of administration and environment,

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ponents refused to rule out changing their positions before Wednesday’s vote. Sen. Mark Andrews, R-N.D., said he promised Reagan during their meeting Monday that “I’d keep an open mind. ” He said he remains opposed to making such huge arms sales all over the world but "I’ll take another look at it Wednesday morning.”

the state must meet is Dec. 31, 1982, when Sharp said the state prison population must be trimmed to 1.750. Stovall said he thought the Legislature should be called into a special session soon to handle the prison issues. The Legislature is to convene for a one-day organizational session Nov. 17 and will return Jan. 5. “We’re very concerned that the Legislature consider the harsh realities of the situation today,” Stovall said. “There must be more prison construction immediately.” Orr said he recognized the seriousness of the prison population issue. “That’s only one element of

an FBI agent on the grounds it was unrelated to allegations in the government’s complaint. Holder ruled it could corroborate conduct charged by the government. Also Monday, defense attorneys called to the witness stand defendant Keith Schupp, who denied government testimony he was involved in an incident Oct. 3 when acid was

said they would also “maintain law and order and counteract local conflicts.” Government sources said about 830 squads of three and four officers and veteran enlisted men were sent out to cover about 2,000 villages and small towns. Hupalowski said they would help with the distribution of food and fuel, housing, health services and transport and the flow of food and fuel supplies. “Now soldiers are everywhere,” said the army daily Zolnierz Wolnosci, “in the mines, in the fields, in power plants, baking the bread, collecting timber for winter, and talking to people in factories." Joint army and police patrols were reported in Konin, in central Poland, where about 65,000 workers staged a 15-minute warning strike Monday, and in

And Sen. Howell Heflin, DAla., who promised Reagan two weeks ago to restudy his position, said he’s still doing that. The White House also is trying to win over Republican Slade Gorton of Washington state and others as well by linking the deal to possible Saudi cooperation in the Middle East peace process. Sen. William L. Armstrong, R-Colo., the one senator who announced his support for the sale Monday, quoted Reagan as saying that his meeting with Saudi Crown Prince Fahd in Cancun, Mexico, last week “renewed his conviction that we do have a great chance to bring the Saudis more deeply into the peace process.” That helped win hi.s previously uncommitted vote, Armstrong said. Andrews said the president told him the same thing but gave no specifics on what peace moves the Saudis might accept “He spoke of it more in general terms,” Andrews said. The Saudis have proposed an eight-point peace plan of their own,

many challenges relating to the Correction Department, and there are certainly other problems throughout state government that need to be weighed also,” he said. “The decision I have to make on this is more complex than the decision of a person who looks at it from only one position.” Stovall said his organization will support a tax increase, if necessary, to finance prison construction. Orr said a tax increase isn’t necessary to handle the issue. “I think the programs we have had in place for some time should allow us to be able to deal responsibly with Judge Sharp’s ruling,” he said.

thrown at a controller leaving his job. Schupp said that at the time of the incident he was at least a quarter mile away having lunch with his wife and another PATCO member. He also presented a different version of an incident Sept. 5 when he was struck while riding a bicycle.

Sosnowiece, where a strike alert was called. A strike involving 12,000 women protesting food shortages entered its third week in Zyrardow. But progress was reported between local negotiating teams and government officials. About 100,000 workers remained off the job in south western Zielona Gora for the fourth day. Union officials said Trade Union Minister Stanislaw Ciosek promised a workers' delegation to send a negotiation team headed by Deputy Agricultural Minister Andrzej Kacala. Strikes protesting food and coal shortages were reported in Tarnowski Gory, and hospital workers in northeastern Lomza announced a protest against a 30 percent cut in meat supplies and shortages of bandages, sheets and hospital clothes