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RUTLAND DAILY HERALD, FRIDAY MORNING, SEPTEMBER 23, 1988 6 Attack of the serial killer who stabbed the young Vermont women. He has talked to Boroski and believes the murders are linked. Im sure he did it, he says of the assailant who has slipped through police hands for the past several years. It takes a very special type of person to do that type of crime," LeClair said. If we had six homicides that involved multiple stabbings, and if six different people were doing that, wed be tripping over bodies.

This is not the Bronx. This is a crime unique to New Hampshire and Vermont." One woman pulled into, the parking lot of Gomarlos with her elderly mother and saw a reporter taking pictures of the store. Are you im vestigating the stabbing of that young woman? she wanted to know. Even though weeks had passed, she said the attack was constantly on her mind. I know who did it, said the woman end matter-of-factly gave a name.

The woman said sho. knew of the man because she is a rural mail carrier and a part-time bartender at the American Legion 1 in Keene. She said about a week after the attack three women sitting in the bar were comparing the composite sketch that had been in the newspaper." The sketch was of a man who had been in the bar before. This man, the woman said, had been known to expose himself to women, and even more convincingly, she said, he had demonstrated violent behavior. Did she report her suspicion to the police? woman was asked.

No, she said, because she was afraid of him. (Continued from Page One) she said. You are left in this place. I was in shock when you are stabbed about 24 times." The attactfer said something to the young woman as he approached. He said something to me, but it did not make sense." -Boroski said she wars not sexually attacked by the man, who repeatedly stabbed her.

Neither were a half dozen other women who were found stabbed to death over the past four years. If Boroski is the only one to live through the attack, she said it was only because it was in the cards. I was lucky to be alive. Im strong. It has nothing to do with being smart.

If I was smart, I would not have stopped that night." She will not talk about how she got away 1 because she does not want to jeopardize the case. She did manage to escape and made her way tq a nearby home. She was taken to the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N.H., about 5 miles away. Police believe Boroskis attacker was the same killer who has stabbed at least a half dozen women within a 50-mile radius in New Hampshire and, Vermont Detective Theodore of the Vermont State Police has been involved in the investigation Other Attacks The last woman struck down by the killer was Barbara Agnew, a 38-year-old Norwich nurse who disappeared in January 1987, apparently after stopping at a rest area on Interstate 91 in Hartford. Her bloodstained car was found at the rest area, and her body was discovered three months later under an apple tree in Hartland.

She had been stabbed repeatedly in the neck and chest. Vermont police also believe the man who stabbed Boroski killed Lynda M. Moore, 36, a Westminster housewife on April 15, 1986. She was stabbed 25 times in her living room. Police also believe the murders are linked to the stabbing deaths of three New Hampshire women whose bodies were found in the spring of 1986 in Newport, N.H., about 30 miles from Keene.

Two of these women, 27-year-old Ellen Ruth Fried and Bernice Coutemanche, 17, a junior at Claremont, N.H., high school, had disappeared several months apart in 1984. Another woman, Eva Marie Morse, 27, of Charlestown, N.H., disappeared July 10, 1985. All three women were stabbed to death. Two of the women, Fried and Couter-manche, were found with Btab wounds in their necks. No Protection Boroski said she has no police protection.

But I am never alone. Ill never be alone for a long, longtime. Boroski no longer lives in Winchester, N.H. She has found a new residence in southern New Hampshire. Sgt.

Clayton Young of the New Hampshire State Police is head of the investigation, headquartered in the Keene barracks. Theres just no way to protect her, Young said. "We do not have enough people. Weve been in touch constantly with Jane Boroski. She knows we're totally available if she needs us.

I know there's a weirdo out there, she said. He could be watching me right now. I dont know if he sees me. I dont know if he is following me. I have a hard time dealing with this.

I think about this every single day. Its sick. Women Still Afraid Several weeks after the attack, young women still hitchhike the roads in southern New Hampshire. The wanted poster and composite sketch of Boroskis attacker nang from the bulletin board in the one-story gray-clapboard shopping center that houses Gomarlos market, the post office, a small coffee shop and an automatic teller for a local bank. Mike Gomarlo, owner of the market, said he had installed more floodlights since the attack.

The store is open daily from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. On Sunday it closes an hour earlier. But a gray-haired cashier in the store said two women were working late stocking shelves that Friday night and left around 12:30 a.m. that morning, which would have been moments before Boroski was attacked.

We had two girls here until 12:30, so it must have happened after that, the cashier said. Gomarlo insists no one was working in his store that night. A month after the attack, women still were worried that police had not found the man even though they had a composite sketch and a description of the car. Taxi Drivers-Arrested for Bilking Customers: Undercover Officers Following Leads Young said state police get many similar calls from people who believe they know who the killer is. Even though they try to check them all out, police still do not have a solid lead.

The com-osite sketch has generated a lot of phone calls, said. Anonymous phone calls usually provide the best information, even though it is usually harder to check out the lead, Young said. Boroski said her attacker looked just lik a normal person. Police said that, based on -a psychological profile they have of the suspefct they are looking for the type of man who lives net door. "It could be your next-door neighbor, $oij meone you dont expect at all, LeClair said.

I Young said there were more than 1,100 autumn brown Jeep Wagoneers in New LeClair said there were about 600 in Two weeks after Boroskis attack police did Aqfr have a list of the Jeep Wagoneers registered!) Massachusetts, a short distance away. They had to check out all of them because that Jeep mojleL had not changed since 1972, Young said. Id have killed for a license plate, LeClkitj said on Sept. 12. He said he and another troojtir had checked 50 Jeep Wagoneers one week alone Still, Boroski has faith in the police even thoilgli they have not found her attacker seven weeks later.

Police get about a hundred phone day, she said. "They do have a couple of goo leads. Its just going to take time. the posting of large standardized signs at airports and in cabs that would list typical fares to selected destinations. Sandler said the commission was also considering creating new fare structures at airports, including the possibility of fixed fares from Kennedy and La Guardia.

A fixed fare is in effect from Newark International. All 20 drivers arrested were charged with petty larceny, a misdemeanor punishable by up to a year in jail. Three drivers who were found with electronic zappers were also expected to be charged with the possession of forgery devices and scheming to defraud. Those are felonies punishable by up to 11 years in prison. ings, at which both the medallions and licenses could be permanently revoked.

Frawley said he could not estimate how many of the 11,787 medallion taxicabs might overcharge passengers. He noted that the drivers arrested included independent, owner-drivers and drivers who leased their cars from large fleetsv Frawley said there was no indication that the suspects were acting in a conspiracy or were concentrated in any one company. i Ronald Stdppelman, a spokesman for the Metropolitan Taxicab Boardfof Trade, which represents larg fleets, said of overcharging: We dont poirdone the practice in any way. Any driver who is guilty of such a practice should be prosecuted. When he accepts his license, he pledges to obey the law.

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And instead, he found a police officer in his cab. The arrests appeared to confirm a deep suspicion of many New Yorkers, that taxicab meters frequently run faster than they should. In fact, officials said, many of the arrested drivers had used electronic devices, called zappers, to increase the fare by as much as 15 cents a second. In other cases, investigators said, drivers bilked their passengers for exorbitant tolls of as much as $30. Tolls are not registered on the meter.

Twenty-two drivers were found to have overcharged passengers, billing from $45 to $110 for what should have been a $30 to $35 ride, officials said. Two cabbies drove away before they could be arrested in the second phase of the sting, in which the drivers were asked to take their fares from the Vista International Hotel in the World Trade Center to a surprise destination. By prearrangement, a detective in street clothes waiting at the hotel greeted the arriving cabs and asked the passengers whether they had come for the cruise. If the answer was yes, that was a signal that the passengers had been overcharged. They were then told that "the van has just left" and were directed to stay in the cab and go to Pier 36 on the East River at Clinton Street.

When the drivers reached the pier, they were greeted by bunches of red-and-white balloons and large signs advertising Kyoto Cameras Promotional Cruise. But when the cabs drove inside, Investigation Commissioner Kevin B. Frawley said, it was a Roach Motel, where they came in, but didnt come out. Officials said the investigation, which had been planned Tor six months and is continuing, used police officers posing as Asian tourists and business people, because those groups were believed to be among those most often overcharged. In some East Asian countries, cab fares from airports to downtown areas can reach $200.

The undercover officers arrived at the British Airways terminal at Kennedy around 10 a.m! With the help of the Customs Service, they were cleared as if they were arriving from East Asia. The agents then stood in the line for long-trip cabs and took the taxis in the order they showed up. One undercover officer, who asked not to be named, said his driver had used a hand-held zapper" shaped like a remote-control garage door opener to increase the fare. "He even had the nerve to charge me an extra $10 to get from the Vista to the pier," the officer said. When they told him he was under arrest, he was stunned.

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of any day. 2. Any person allowing such a gathering on his or her premises shall apply to the Town Manager's office at least five days prior to the) gathering. The application shall state the applicant's name, address and phone number; the location of the gathering; the starting and griding times for the gathering; the nature of any whether alcohol will be consumed on the premises; the nature flf available sanitation facilities and parking; and the relationship the applicant to the land where the gathering will take place. 3.

The applicant shall provide proof of the following when applying a) permission of the landlord if the gathering is on rental property) I b) permission of the other tenants in the structure if the is in a multi-unit structure; c) notification of neighbors, both adjoining and on opposite sides'oft adjacent roads, of the date, size, time and entertainment, if the gathering; d) liability insurance in the amount of $50,000 if there is any alconQb consumed on the property during the event; and e) the availability of adequate off-street parking and sanitation facilities. 4. The permit may be denied, conditioned or restricted on issued which may include, but are not limited to, time, number of people parking, required police protection, control of entertainment noise. Permits may be issued for one day or an extended period Qft time and may be revoked by the Town for misrepresentation loir failure to adhere to conditions attached to the permit. rl 5.

The following gatherings or events are exempt front this ot1 dinance: a) gatherings where the primary purpose is the expression OC ideas, dissemination of information or viewpoints, education, bi similar endeavors protected as free speech, Including, but rtf limited to schools, churches and informational meetings; b) gatherings where the people assembled are employees ort patrons of an on going business unless that business provides alcoholic beverages to the public andor guests; and c) parades, events held on state or municipal lands, memorial events such as wakes or memorial assemblies. 6. A tenant, or property owner other than a landlord who permits on his or her premises a gathering described, herein without fc; permit where one is required, shall be fined not less than $200 ncj more than $500 per occurrence. Now Zoom WCCDpickup device for superior color and resolution Records up to 2 hours and 40 minutes of action minutes of action $11QQ $379 Prices optional with individual dealen Remember Zenith for quality, Zenith for value, Zenith for service after the sale. Check out our complete line of Zenith products at these full-service dealers.

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I a petition-1 filed, a town meeting will be called and the voters will be asked they wish to repeal the ordinance. Distributed by Vermont Hardware Burlington, Vermont..