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Reformer front page from 1948 Red Sox set AL at home record Morningside tax appeal filed page 12 page 14 Brattleboro page Weather page 2 Maybe less humid 1 High 88, low 65 Bar. 30.14, steady Stocks page 17 Dow Jones: down 1.78 VOLUME 76 NO. 139 CiSPS 063-400 SATURDAY, AUGUST 13, 1988 BRATTLEBORO, VERMONT 34 PAGES 30 CENTS suspected in Agnew murder Heat worst since 1949 By DANICA KIRKA MONTPELIER (AP) Friday was the 18th day this summer in which the mercury rose to 90 degrees or higher, making it a landmark in the weather annals. Only the summers of 1949 and 1944 had more 90-degree or higher days, since the National Weather Service started keeping records. George Joseph, a weather service specialist at the National Weather Service in Burlington, said the relative humidity at 3 p.m.

was only 35 percent, which makes the air feel a little less sticky. (But) as someone said, If you stick your head in the oven its also dry but hot, Joseph said. Its still hot. Joseph said the temperature at 3 p.m. Friday hit 91 degrees, two degrees shy of the record for that date.

But Ken Moore of Waterbury missed the whole thing as he was toiling in the ice cream freezer at Ben Jerrys Homemade Inc. in Waterbury. But hes not concerned that colleagues working outside are jealous. Theyve all been in the freezer at one time or another, he said. Theyd just as soon stay out in the warm.

The high temperatures and the subsequent strain on power sources prompted Gov. Madeleine Kunin, Green Mountain Power Corp. and Central Vermont Public Service Corp. to appeal to Vermonters to shut off lights, dishwashers and other appliances to conserve energy. But GMP spokeswoman Dorothy Schnure said that voluntary cutbacks made after appeals early in the day stabilized the situation.

However, the power supply in New England has been stretched to the limit by this weeks hot weather, and the strain probably will go into next week, officials said. A New England Power Pool spokesman said the power demand for the six-state region on Thursday hit more than 19,500 megawatts, exceeding the previous record set in January by several hundred megawatts. The increasing demand this summer may mean New England is switching from being a predominantly winter electricity consumer to a summer one, power company officials said. See HOT, Page 10 By The Associated Press and The Reformer MONTPELIER Vermont State Police said Friday there may be a connection between murders of women in the Connecticut River Valley area and a recent knife attack on a pregnant woman near Keene, N.H. State Police Detective Sgt.

Ted LeClair Jr. said authorities are investigating a possible link between the death of Barbara Agnew, 38, of Norwich and last Saturdays stabbing attack on Jane Boroski, 22, of Winchester, N.H. LeClair also said there were similarities between these cases and the murder of Lynda Moore, 36, of Westminster. Agnew, a nurse, was kidnapped at an 1-91 rest area south of White River Jet. and her body was discovered not far away.

The only thing I can say is that theres a lot of similiarities (between the cases), but I cant say we have a serial killer, said LeClair, who visited the scene of the West Swanzey, N.H., attack. LeClair said he was working closely with New Hampshire State Police in this matter. LeClair said both stabbing attacks occurred within a 50-mile radius of each other. The approach would have been the same as the way Barbara Agnew had been attacked, LeClair said. Both women were traveling alone and stopping their cars at night.

Boroski was on her way home from the Cheshire County Fair in the early morning of Aug. 6, when she stopped for a soda outside a supermarket on Route 10 in West Swanzey, said Swanzey Police Chief Brian Brown. Brown said Boroski was approached by a white man who was between 32 and 40 years old, weigh- AP SUSPECT This is a composite sketch of a man wanted in the stabbing of a pregnant Winchester, N.H., woman last weekend. Vermont State Police said Friday there may be a connection between that attack and the murders of Linda Moore and Barbara Agnew. ing between 150 and 160 pounds with blond hair.

The man was driving a golden-brown Jeep Wagoneer, police said. Brown said the man stabbed Boroski several times in the neck and chest. She managed to get into her car and drive to a nearby home for help. Boroski was listed in fair condition Friday at the Cheshire Medical Center in Keene, N.H. New Hampshire police interviewed her on Monday.

Boroski, who is seven months pregnant, helped police piece together a composite See LINK, Page 10 Burmas leader quits after bloody riots Cook nabbed for cocairife succeed Sein Lwin was Kyaw Htin, a relatively liberal military officer. Kyaw Htin, who received some military training in the United States, has been No. 3 in the government and party. Sein Lwin, 64, was elected president and party chief July 26 after the resignation of Ne Win, who had held power since a coup in 1962 and applied economic policies that made this potentially affluent nation one of the worlds poorest. Students, monks, workers and other filled the streets of Rangoon almost immediately, demanding Sein Lwins ouster.

They blamed the former general for brutally crushing student demonstrations in March and June, and cited his bloody suppression of Rangoon University riots after the coup. Demonstrators recited chants and waved placards calling him dog, a butcher, a Nazi. The protests spread to two dozen other cities, and the killing began Tuesday. Western diplomats who estimated the death toll in the hundreds said no firm information was available because of the chaos and because of a battle for the bodies between soldiers and protesters. When someone is killed (the pro- By DENIS D.

GRAY BANGKOK, Thailand (AP) Sein Lwin resigned Friday after 17 days as leader of Burma and the focus of a bloody popular uprising against 26 years of repression, economic ruin and isolation imposed by a socialist military regime. His government acknowledged 95 people were killed during a week of violence in which soldiers regularly opened fire on unarmed protesters, many of them high school students or Buddhist monks. Diplomats in Rangoon say hundreds were killed and some estimates surpass 1,000. Reports from Burma indicated security forces in at least two towns had sided with the protesters, and a guerrilla leader waging his own war against the government called for a coordinated nationwide offensive to support them. Rangoon radio said Sein Lwin resigned as president of Burma and head of its only political party, but it did not announce a successor or say why he stepped down.

The radio said Peoples Assembly and the Central Committee of the Burma Socialist Program Party would met next Friday. Josef Silverstein, a leading American expert on Burma, said by telephone that a likely candidate to It said about 1,000 gathered near a pagoda Friday in the Rangoon suburb of North Okkalapa but dispersed. Thousands of people were said to have fought and trapped soldiers in the suburb in the previous two days. Japans Kyodo news agency said soldiers had retained positions around three barricaded liberated zones in North Okalappa and two other suburbs but were seen leaving after Sein Lwins resignation was announced. Brang Seng, head of the Kachins and a leader of a 10-group guerrilla coalition, called for an offensive from north to south, to draw soldiers from two dozen towns and cities where they blocked protests.

A spokesman for Brang Seng quoted a statement as saying rebels would attack government troops but also urging soldiers to join the fight for peace and democracy. The spokesman, who would not give his name, read the statement by telephone in Bangkok. Many ethnic rebel groups have fought since independence and control vast areas of Burma, a nation of 38 million people about the size of Texas. See BURMA, Page 10 he was dealing cocaine. On Thursday night, police, armed with a warrant, searched Anson in the Harmony Parking lot outside the restaurant.

They found 12 gram of a powder containing cocaine and a quantity of large bills, Martin said in the affidavit. If convicted, Anson faces up to eight years in jail and up to $13,000 in fines. Early Friday morning, warrant in hand, police searched Clarks apartment, according to a court affidavit written by Police Sgt. Sheila Prue. They found over 12 gram of cocaine in three plastic baggies hidden in dirty clothes piled behind a closet door in Clarks bedroom, Prues affidavit said.

If convicted, Clark faces up to five years in jail and up to $5,000 in fines. Both men were released on the conditions that they keep in touch with their lawyers, appear when required in court, and not consume or possess regulated drugs. A 22-year-old cook at a Brattle-boro restaurant was arrested Thursday night after he allegedly sold $100 worth of cocaine to a police undercover agent who was working in the same restaurant as a waitress. Kenneth Anson, 22, of 42 Elliot pleaded innocent in Windham District Court Friday to charges that he possessed and sold cocaine. Also in court Friday, David Wayne Clark, 23, also of 42 Elliot pleaded innocent to a charge of possession of cocaine with intent to sell.

Anson twice sold $50 worth of cocaine to an undercover police officer working as a waitress at the downtown restaurant where Anson was employed as a cook, according to a police affidavit filed in district court by deputy police chief John Martin. The undercover police officer said in a separate affidavit filed in court that she was working in the restaurant as part of my cover and that Kenny spoke to me on many occasions about the fact that SEEN LWIN testers) try to get it, so they can display the bodies, and the government tries to get it to cremate it and destroy evidence of of deaths, one said. Fridays broadcast by the official radio said the capital has been peaceful since last night and law and order was maintained. There were almost no demonstrations or violence. The people of the whole city of Rangoon are making preparations to protect against looting.

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