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THE HARTFORD COURANT: Sunday, Nevembw 29, 1992 D7 Perot to underwrite conversion of campaign to citizens' lobby Groton man shot at scenic overlook STONINGTON A Groton man who was sleeping in his car at a scenic overlook off 1-95 was shot several times Saturday morning by an unknown assailant and was hospitalized in stable condition, police said. Michael Holmes, 35, of 35 Woodland Drive, Groton, was sleeping at 3 a.m. in Stonington at the Mystic scenic overlook off a northbound lane when two men approached his car, police said. One of the men, described as having blond hair, woke Holmes and there was a brief conversation. Then, apparently without provocation, the man used a pistol to shoot Holmes several times in his face, head, and shoulder, police said.

Holmes was able to drive to Exit 90 and call Stonington police on the 911 emergency line. Holmes was taken to Lawrence and Memorial Hospital in New London. State police are asking anyone who was in the area at the time of the crime and saw a small, silver-colored car to call 848-1201 and ask for Sgt. Scott Martin or detective Peter Cleary. When Opportunity Knocks, YOU HAVE TO BE READY TO ANSWER.

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nent guidelines "sound to me a little like ethnic cleansing I fear that what they are looking for are tractable people who are willing to take directions from Dallas without a murmur." But Sharon Holman, United We Stand's Dallas spokeswoman, insisted there would be no requirements for members other than paying annual dues, expected to be set at $15. Holman contended that all Swindle meant "is that qualified members are people who've paid their dues." Swindle also said in his memo that he expected the citizens lobby to be financially self-sustaining after a three-month fund-raising and membership drive, to be carried out by the Dallas staff. Perot has agreed to provide an unspecified amount of money to keep the group going during its first three months, he said. Holman said that "several million" United We Stand members remained active in the organization following the election, in which Perot stunned many observers by winning 19 percent of the popular vote. the campaign.

Perot hopes to sign up for the lobby many of the more than 19 million people who voted for him Nov. 3. The billionaire will temporarily finance the new group, intended to further his oft-stated goals of cutting the national debt and federal budget deficit and limiting special-interest influence in politics, United We Stand was formed over the summer by Perot and his volunteer legions after he dropped out of the presidential race. When he returned to the fray in October, many in the group continued to campaign for him. In his Nov.

7 memo, obtained by the Los Angeles Times, Swindle asked leaders of state United We Stand chapters to postpone local elections for new officers "until you receive the criteria for membership from me." "Any election held prior to establishing a nationally acceptable membership criteria may be viewed as merely a power play by certain individuals wishing to pursue personal agendas," Swindle warned. United We Stand activist Henry Hirschman, a Long Beach, eye doctor, complained that the immi- Call: 1 A Not-For-I'rofit Continuing Care Retirement Community 40 Loeffler Road, Bloomf ield, CT 06002 (203) 726-2000 800 545 5065 Best Denture Natural Imperial Now Our Dedicated to Make You Smile The EjSTRACTIQN: sikfle os suhgccal fyour new dentures inserted at same appointment bo need to be without teethJ Associated Press John Rizzo, right, and Anthony Mam last saw each other 50 years ago as they desperately crawled out a basement window at Boston's Cocoanut Grove nightclub. Saturday, they embraced at the same spot while remembering the horrible night of Nov. 28,1942. Fire that killed 491 marked 50 years later Los Angeles Times Fresh from its strong showing in presidential election, Ross Perot's volunteer-rich campaign machine is converting itself into a nationwide citizens lobby to advance the Texas tycoon's goals of political reform and sound economic policies.

The campaip group United We Stand, America plans to start canvassing soon for members and money for the lobby, which will take the same name. Perot and his top lieutenants decided to create the lobby after ruling out the idea of forming a new oolitical nartv in the im mediate future. But there are signs that some tension is re-emerging between Perot's top aides and his grass-roots supporters. Some Perot activists are upset about a post-election memo from United We Stand's national executive director, Orson Swindle, saying that he plans to set unspecified crite- ria for membership in the lobby. 1 Activists said they fear that such guidelines may be used to purge or otherwise control outspoken Perot volunteers, who frequently bucked their Dallas-based overseers during Bridgeport Jai Alai to reopen for season Associated Press BRIDGEPORT Bridgeport Jai Alai will be able to open for a 17th season because plans to convert the fronton to a dog track have been delayed until the state legislature settles the casino gambling issue.

The season will run through May 31 and a new attraction will be added. Simulcasting of live horse and dog races is expected to start at the fronton by late December. Along with Sunday matinees, afternoon programs will be held on Monday, Wednesday and Saturday starting at noon. Evening games will at 7 p.m. every night except I 'Sunday and Tuesday.

Motorcycle officer injured in Hartford ri A Hartford police officer on mo-' torcycle patrol suffered a broken leg when he was hit by a car on Ann Street Saturday night, police and hospital officials said. Officer Dallas Anderson, 32, was listed in satisfactory condition at St. Francis Hospital and Medical Center late Saturday night. He was ad-mitted shortly after the 8 p.m. acci-f dent, said hospital spokesman Peter "Mobilia.

i Police said Anderson was riding north on Ann Street when a car traveling south made a left turn in front mm crnirinfT me mnrnrnvii a i no driver of the car, Christian Pavel, 34, oi Bioomtieia, was cnargea witn making an improper turn. after canoe overturns CORNWALL A teenage boy canoe overturnea in ine hou- satomc River Saturday anernoon nJ nAfAn MlnntAM I WHN 1 1 1 1 1 1 I 1.1 1 atflCLW 11 VU1IU1UX1 firefighters wearing scuDa gear, lire dispatchers said. Personnel at the Litchfield County Emergency Dispatch Center had few details on the incident Saturday night The youth was one of four boys from Goshen who were canoeing in tne river aroui p.m. wuen uie CToIl capsuscu. liucc uvya amcuii -shore, while one was stranded on a rock in a swift-moving section of the river, dispatchers said.

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SaveV FIJI jcaaifl J- -A erupt while preparing to work the spotlights for a floor show. Marra recalled seeing waves of people rush toward one exit, which was locked, then circle back to a set of revolving doors, which quickly became jammed with people. "The bodies piled up," he said. Marra crawled along the floor searching for an escape while the heat made his face feel as if it were on fire. Eventually, he stuck his face into an ice cream chest, where he found a brief reprieve from the smoke.

"There was maple walnut in there, so I rubbed it on my face" to cool off, he said. Then he made it to the cellar window where Rizzo was. They broke the window with a liquor bottle and crawled out. "There was a lot of screaming," Rizzo said. "I try not to talk about it that much.

I try to get it out of my head." The death toll was second only to the 1903 Iroquois Theater fire i in Chicago that killed 575 people. As a result of the tragedy, building codes were changed to include the placement of standard doors next to revolving doors. Codes now ban flammable materials from being used for decorations in public places. At the Cocoanut Grove, decorations made of paper and combustible synthetic materials became fuel for the fire. The fire brought medical breakthroughs for treating burn victims, such as the use of a simple gauze soaked with petroleum jelly and an antibacterial medicine.

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On Saturday, they joyfully embraced each other at the same spot while remembering the horrible night of Nov. 28, 1942, when a fire killed 491 people inside the building the second deadliest blaze in U.S. history. Survivors of that fire joined city officials to mark the 50th anniversary of the tragedy, which left deep emotional scars but also prompted better building safety codes and improved medical care for burn victims. "Those lives were not lost in vain," Mayor Raymond Flynn said.

"Something positive did come out of the infamous night of horror." About 100 people attended Saturday's ceremony at the site of the former Cocoanut Grove, now occupied by a parking lot and motel. A plaque will be placed at the site showing the floor plan of the nightclub that became a death trap. The plaque will read: "Phoenix out of the Ashes." Participants in the ceremony read the same three prayers that were delivered by Catholic, Protestant and Jewish clergy on the radio several days after the fire. In the crowd Saturday, survivors swapped stories about how they escaped. Rizzo, then 22, was a waiter at the nightclub.

When the fire broke out, he said he went down the stairs, "head over heels," to the basement. It was there than he ran into Marra, who was a 15-year-old busboy. Marra had seen the fire FAMILIES (2 parents, 3 children over the age of 18) needed to participate in a Eaid study of drinking behavior and its iological effects. To see if your family may qualify, please call Dr. Hessel-brock, Linda Mahoney or Michelle Sliv-insky, University of Connecticut Health Center at 679-2286 or 679-3328.

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