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The Indiono Gozetle Saturday, June 22, 1 985 Page 4 Guerrilla group claims liVcJi fvJ lJb i i attack responsibility SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) An urban guerrilla group has claimed responsibility for attacking a pair of cafes and killing 13 people, including sis Americans. The rebels said they assaulted "places where there were American advisers and their allies." The Mardoqueo Cruz Urban Guerrilla Commandos, one of several leftist groups fighting the U.S.-sup-ported government of President Jose Napoleon Duarte, issued a statement Friday saying it was responsible for the shooting deaths two days earlier. "The fire of our revolutionary rifles was concentrated only on the places where there were American advisers and their allies," the statement said. It was written on the letterhead of the Central American Revolutionary Workers Party, to which guerrilla leader Mardoqueo Cruz belonged before being killed in a 1983 air raid. The party is one of five rebel or state, said at an airport ceremony.

He said the war in El Salvador was "a war we cannot lose." The plane flew to Panama for an overnight stop, and then was scheduled to continue on to Washington. D.C. The Marines, who were assigned to help guard the embassy here, were identified at the Pentagon as Sgt. Thomas T. Handwork, 24, of Beavercreek, Ohio: Sgt.

Bobbv J. Dickson. 27, of Tuscaloosa. Cpl. Gregory H.

Webber, 22. of Cincinnati, Ohio, and Cpl. Patrick R. Kwiatkowskt, 20. of Wausau.

Wis. Two employees of Wang Laboratories, a Massachusetts-based computer company, also were killed. They were identified as 48-year-old George Viney of Miami and 47-year-old Robert Alvidrez of Lexington, Mass, Two Guatemalans, a Chilean and four Salvadorans also were killed-At least 15 people were wounded. ganizations in the umbrella Fara-bundo Marti Liberation Front. The Front's official voice.

Radio Vefiteremos, read the Mardoqueo Cruz statement on the air Friday and sent "revolutionary greetings" to the urban group- The gesture appeared to lend general rebel sanction to the attack. Radio Venceremos warned in a broadcast that "there will not be a place where the invading Yankees can eat peacefully" as long as the civil war continues. "The imperialists should understand very clearly that the greater their intervention in El Salvador, the greater will be the number of North American Marines killed in our Radio Venceremos said. Flag-draped caskets with the bodies of the four Marines were put on a U.S. Air Force plane Friday for the trip back to the United States.

"You have served your country well. We are proud of you." Robert E. Lamb, an assistant secretary of BURGLARY-ASSAULT Corporal William Brooks of the Indiana Police Department investigates a burglary-assault at 853 Wayne Ave. early this morning where a Pittsburgh woman was bound and gagged. The apartment was then ransacked and the burglar fled with a small amount of cash.

See story on page Qne" (Gazette photo by Peel) Pittsburgh not number one WASHINGTON (AP) Nassau and Suffolk counties on Long Island, N.Y., are the best places in America to live, according to new rankings published by a population magazine. The Nassau-Suffolk area, part of the suburbs of New York Cityr was ranked No. 1 in a series of ratings compiled by geography professor Robert Pierce and published in the July issue of American Demographics magazine. Pierce, who teaches at the State University of New York at Cortland, based his ratings on a reassessment of the listings in the "Places Rated Almanac," published by Rand McNally. That volume listed Pittsburgh, as No.

1 based on a variety of measurements. Pittsburgh dropped to sixth on Pierce's list. At the other end of the scale Pierce listed Pine Biuff. last among places to live. The Rand McNally book had placed Yuba City.

last, but that community climbed three spots in Pierce's calculations. Pierce contends that his rankings more accurately reflect the preferences of Americans by giving more weight to some factors than others. For example, he said, Americans put economic considerations first on their lists while availability of arts is less important. Pierce ranked the cities according to availability of jobs, affordable housing, safe streets, climate, culture and recreation. In general, Pierce said, communities in the New York City area and those in the Appalachians tended to do well in his rankings, while communities clustered in the Midwest did poorly.

Here is a rundown of the top 25 and the bottom 25 communities listed in Pierce's ranking. The top 25 are starting with No. 1 are: Nassau-Suffolk, N.Y.; Raleigh-Durham. N.C.; Norwalk, Knoxville, Asheville, N.C.; Pittsburgh, Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol, Charlottesville, Louisville. Boston, Philadel phia, Pa.

Bridgeport-Milford, Conn. Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdon, N.J.; Peading. Rochester, N.Y.; Salem-Gloucester, Mass. Atlanta. Danbury.

San Francisco. New London-Norwich, Harris-burg-Lebanon-Carlisle, Scran ton -Wilkes Barre, Wilmington, Burlington. Stamford. Conn. The bottom 25 reading upwards from the last-placed community, are: Pine Bluff, Flint.

Rockford, Yuba City, Peoria, Benton Harbor, Baton Rouge, Janesville-Beloit, Casper, Racine, Pueblo, Colo. Albany, Decatur, Dubuque. Iowa: Modesto, Anderson. Dothan, Sheboygan, Tuscaloosa, Provo-Orem, Utah; Lawrence. Aurora-Elgin, Mansfield, Ohio; Gadsden, Anchorage, Aklaska.

Double slaying raises questions on State Department security problems of security at U.S. govern- ment facilities and prompted some immediate changes as well as a general review. By day's end Friday, the department announced it was setting up metal detectors at all entrances used by pedestrians and was requiring anyone who did not have a State Department or Agency for international Development ID card to go through the machines. In addition, the department said it would no longer allow a earful of people to enter the garage with only one person's identification card being checked. Henceforth, everyone in the car will have to show such a card.

office responsible for building passes received a request dated May 30 from Mrs. Doster, asking the department tD revoke her son's pass. "Unfortunately the incident occurred before instructions could be forwarded to the Federal Protective Service guards," Ms. McCarty said, noting an investigation of that procedure was underway. Although no one would confirm that Doster entered the building with a dependents' pass, officials acknowledged that was the most likely possibility.

Mrs. Doster recently spent two weeks In a women's shelter home because of his abuse, according to Ellen Gilchrist, the shelter's program coordinator. But Mrs. Doster left the shelter because she felt her apartment building had been secured enough so that she would be "relatively safe" from her son. "My understanding is that she had contacted security, had given them a picture of her son.

had the locks changed on her apartment, gotten an unlisted telephone number and been reassured that he would not be able to get into the building," Ms. Gilchrist said. Alexandria authorities said Doster was arrested June 11 on a warrant for assault and battery because of a complaint made by his mother. Even though the incident was unrelated to a rash of terrorist incidents around the world, it pointed up the Two win in Friday Lotto HARRISBURG (AP) There were two winners in Friday's Lotto drawing and they will split a jackpot of $1,314.166 26. the state lottery office announced this morning.

The winning shares of $657,083.13 will be paid in 11 annual installments of S59.734.83. according to lottery deputy director Bernard Edwards. There were 274 tickets sold with five of the six numbers, for a prize of $1,194.50, and 13,156 had four of the six numbers for $37 apiece. feet down a hallway. The gunman entered the Street entrance carrying a canvas gym bag, took the elevator to the seventh floor and assembled the rifle in a bathroom, police sources said.

Witnesses called security when they saw him leave the bathroom and walk towards his mother's office, gun in hand. Shultz office was sealed off immediately. Polke sources said he fired several shots at his mother, hitting her in the head and bodv. before turning the weapon on himself. Listed dead at the scene were Edward Steven Doster, 20, of Alexandria, and Carole Doster.

44. also of Alexandria. No one else was injured. Ironically. Mrs.

Doster, who was a secretary in the office of counselor Edward Derwinski, thought she was safe from her son. who had been arrested previously after she claimed he beat her. Mrs. Doster apparently had asked authorities to revoke a pass that identified her son as her dependent and allowed him to enter the State Department without being searched or having to walk through a metal detector, as is required of most visitors. State Department spokesman Son-dra McCarty said that on June 19 the Drug, alcohol board elects SHELOCTA George Kepple.

Armstrong County district attorney, was reelected to a one-year term as chairperson of the Armstrong-Indiana Drug and Alcohol Commission at its June meeting held recently. Also elected to one-year terms were vice chairperson Helen Rupert, retired regional director of family and social services; and secretarygxreasurer Mark Shaffer, president of Executive Benefits Plus. The commission is a private, nonprofit corporation which oversees the provision of drug and alcohol prevention and treatment services in the two-county area, according to Charlene Givens, commission executive director. WASHINGTON AP Questions -are being raised about how a young Lilian toting a collapsible rifle and a I knife was able to evade State De-apartment security and kill his -mother and himself in a flurry of Cgunfire near the heavily guarded offices of Secretary of State George P. Shultz.

The gunman, dressed in a yellow T-shirt and military-style camouflage trousers, apparently -breached the department's strict security measures, including metal "detectors at public entrances to the -building, and went to the same floor '-where Shultz's suite is situated. The bizarre shooting took place rabout noon Friday while Shultz -worked in his offices perhaps 100 I Investigate i car fires, rassault here Continued from page one rlistedat $150. A robberv was reported at the iSheetz Store on Route 119 at Red in Center Township. State Police in Indiana report that male entered the store at 3:45 a.m. Friday and demanded monev from -clerk Joyce Rainey.

36. of Homer City. The clerk telephoned 9-1-1 for assistance and the would-be robber -fled without getting any money. He was described as being between 25 and 30 years of age. with brown hair and blue eyes and wearing blue jeans.

Borough police report that a criminal mischief incident occured at the ilner dry cleaning establishment on Wayne Avenue here sometime rbetween 5:30 p.m. on Thursday. "June 20. and 7 a.m. on Friday.

Juiie Someone broke a large window in Zthe front of the building and dam-ages were estimated at $200. Borough police report that Zonno, 22. of 282 South Seventh Indiana, was arrested on a criminal mischief charge at 9:38 Friday. According to the police report -Zonno was arrested for the alleged emoval of an arborvitae plant from grounds of the Graystone United Presbyterian Church in the 600 -block of Church Street. The plant as reportedly stolen at about 2:15 ja.m.

Thursday. Zonno admitted to the crime and was cited and then re- GREETING HER AUDIENCE America's Junior Miss for 1985, Valerie Dawn Lowrance of Sequin, Texas, waves at her audience at Mobile's Municipal Auditorium moments after receiving the title at the nationally televised event. She won over 51 other girls from across the nation and over four finalists this evening. (Ap Laserphoto) Satanic cult's existence not doubted although no such evidence is found TOLEDO, Ohio Lucas County Sheriff James Telb says he is more sure than ever that a satanic cult is working in the area, even though a two-day search for remains of human sacrifices turned up no such evidence. "We know there's a cult here.

There's no question there's a cult operating in Lucas County. We found enough evidence here to substantiate that," Telb said after calling off the digging operation about 5:30 p.m. Friday. The sheriff said national news coverage of the search for what he initially estimated could be from 60 to 75 bodies in a rural area of Spencer Township, has brought hundreds of new leads. "You've put that information out all over these states, and 1 think we may have prevented a sacrifice here or anyplace else," Telb told reporters.

"There's a lot of fallout. The trees are shaking out around the cults." When Telb ordered the search at two sites Thursday aod a third on Friday, he said informants indicated there would be another cult sac rifice to coincide with the summer solstice on Friday. "In retrospect, I was a bit premature in announcing the 75 bodies may have been buried here," he said. "We're suspending the digging, but not the investigation," Telb said. "We got a lot of information that's going to help us further this investigation, including a number of occult Mother guilty EASTON, Pa.

(AP) A Northampton County judge has refused to reconsider a prison sentence he imposed on a 29-year-old Easton woman for the death of her child, who was found in a plastic bag in a Salvation Army collection box. Judge Franklin Van Antwerpen Friday denied Elizabeth Pacchioli's request for reconsideration of the 10 to 20-year sentence he imposed last week for the third-degree murder of 10-day-old April Marie Pacchioli. Those artifacts included two large knives a doll with its feet nailed to a board and a pentagram medal tied to its wrist, wooden crosses and red twine wound through bushes and grass around the three excavation sites. Dale Griffis, a deputy chief with the Tiffin police force and an authority on cults who was called in to supervise digging, said the pentagram is a satamc symbol and red twine often is used to mark Satanic ritual sites We uncovered nothing but a tremendous amount or suspicion, Griffis said Telb said he intends to talk again to the sources who originally told him up to five -peoole year could have been killed at any or three sites, where deputies dug up an area totalinz about one-half acre. 6 He said digging could resume as early as Sunday if the department gets new information that would warrant continuing the investigation He did not elaborate on what type of evidence that would be.

HARRISBURG AP The winning number Friday in the Pennsylvania Daily Lottery was 9-9-2. HARRISBURG (AP) The winning numbers Friday in the Pennsylvania Lotto game were 29, 19, 32, 37, 33, and 30. The alternate number was 10..

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