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CZ INSIDE Abandoned US arms used subversively Page 30 I Maine program aids fish industry Page 20 LARGEST DAILY 30 30 CENTS BANGOR MAINE WEDNESDAY NOVEMBER 12 1986 VOL 127 Maine's veterans dedicate their bridge Nation' i i honors veterans Associated Press Somber vigils for missing soldiers and remembrances of the dead mixed with triumphant patriotism in parades and ceremonies Tuesday -a Veterans Day that brought new Vietnam monuments from Olympia Wash to Baltimore Three jets roared over the Florida state Capitol police sirens shrieked and high-school bands blared military tunes as veterans marched through Tallahassee Hundreds of spectators lined the streets to watch a bagpipe brigade ROTC units military tanks trucks and war veterans wind along the parade route By contrast there was the often-solemn ceremony in the Massachusetts statehouse Hall of the Flags where several speakers talked of the need to spare future generations from taking up arms Defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger a speech at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia urged Congress and the American public to honor the veterans by maintaining the military strength required stay free and at Veterans associations representing the 50 states stood in silence as the Navy Band played Battle Hymn of the for a rain-soaked Arlington crowd of about 2000 For some Vietnam veterans who returned home at a time when the appreciation of their service was mired in war protests this Veterans Day brought long-awaited symbols of gratitude Ground was broken in Olympia Wash for a memorial that will list the names of 1055 state citizens killed or missing as a result of the Vietnam War It replaces a small marble monument dedicated in 1982 Veterans groups have ridiculed that monument because it bears only the name of the man who dedicated it then-Gov John Spellman Ground also was broken for the Maryland Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Baltimore which cost $25 million raised partly by Paul Kozloski and Tour other veterans who walked across the state this summer Speaking of the Vietnam veterans Kozloski said were shunned for a while by the larger veterans groups because the hierarchy saw the Vietnam veteran as a potential troublemaker in the community He was involved in the war that was Retired Gen William Westmoreland commander in Vietnam for part of the war was grand marshal of a parade in Columbia that police said was seen by some 20000 people very refreshing to see a resurgence in patriotism I think America ever lost it It diminished over the last Westmoreland told reporters more accurate view of the Vietnam era has emerged where facts have overwhelmed he said In Westlake Village Calif veterans gathered at Moving a traveling replica of the polished black stone Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington which is inscribed with the names of 58132 dead The growing pride Vietnam veterans was reflected in the bronze figure of a battle-weary soldier in Oklahoma City unveiled by Gov George Nigh Vietnam veterans carried a bamboo through downtown Tallahassee Fla to symbolize servicemen who remain unaccounted for in Southeast Asia A sign on the float said they be forgotten See US VETERANS on Page Generals speak in praise of servicemen By John Hubbard Of the NEWS Staff Tuesday Veterans Day marked the dedication of the Veterans Remembrance Bridge the third bridge linking Bangor and Brewer and the predicted snowy weather held off for most of a very long and cold parade More than 80 marching units veterans active duty servicemen and national guard units sharing the day with high school marching bands and color guards strutted over the new pavement braving the coldest day this fall For those on the reviewing stand the wait was long and cold Retired Lt Gen Walter Ulmer Jr was parade marshal leading units past local and state officials at the reviewing stand Also featured as a speaker with Ulmer was Gen Wallace Nutting a retired career officer who described his nearly 40 years with the US Army as covering continents and three It was a proud day for servicemen said the generals as they addressed a crowd of several thousand visitors many of them veterans at the Bangor Civic Center Nutting described Maine servicemen as demonstrating upstanding character dignity and the high standards associated with those who sacrificed for the freedoms Americans enjoy Ulmer featured speaker for the events said he was moved by the people gathered for the bridge celebration and the together for this Ulmer promised to the accompaniment of applause that as part of his tribute to servicemen he would make a short speech Then he outlined a history of Maine military service beginning in 1779 on the Penobscot River when a Waldoboro-based group of American revolutionaries stormed a British garrison off the Penobscot River taking it and beginning a chain of what Ulmer called a remarkable series of military events in the region It was later that Joshua Chamberlain for whom the second link between Bangor and Brewer is named gained fame as a Civil War hero Today Ulmer said Army field manuals on leadership refer glowingly to Chamberlain who announced that he was taking a vacation but instead went to war for the Union with the 20th Maine Regiment At Little Round Top on the third day of the Battle of Gettysburg Chamberlain was wounded three times but led his unit to withstand Confederate attacks while using his saber as a crutch Today Ulmer said the US represents the oldest democracy in world history at 211 years and it is the job of veterans to continue the challenge of inspiring future generations bridge is a link of the ideals of yesterday with what we hope will happen Ulmer said He speculated on what generations 100 years from now might say of their forebears in 1986 what ideate would be passed on to our children of service loyalty and See VETERANS on Page 3 MEMBERS OF Mattawamkeag Veterans of Foreign brance Bridge on Tuesday as spectators look on Wars Post 7409 march across the Veterans Remem- (NEWS Photo by Michael York) Foulweather enthusiasm mark parade By TJ Tremble Of the NEWS Staff Marching for an hour and a half in the freezing snowy weather brought tears streaming down one young face But she bravely continued swirling her streamer along with her classmates from School of Dance Only two units followed the dance students in the parade that carefully marched across the slick pavement of the Veterans Remembrance Bridge on Tuesday The aspiring dancers had to dance in place waiting as 81 other units made their way across the span ahead of them The parade commemorated the veterans and also marked the dedication of Veterans Remembrance Bridge An estimated 10000 to 15000 people lined the parade route on Veterans Day 1986 including an estimated 3000 watching from the east-bound lane according to Brewer Police Capt Charles Shuman Free enterprise also was present as Daniel McLellan owner and operator of Vietnam Veteran Ts hawked shirts (at $6 a shot) marked with Stood on the Veterans Remembrance at the end of Dutton Street before the parade began During the parade people were walking -along the bridge yelling to anyone interested that the T-shirts stjll were available See PARADE on Page 3 VIETNAM VETERAN Larry Preston seated in his wheelchair holds daughters Stephanie (left) 4 and Nicole 3 on his lap while participating in parade (NEWS Photo by Michael York) Syria thanked as two Frenchmen freed by Shiite kidnappers arrive in Paris done everything we could to get the release of (all) hostages and will continue to do Syrian foreign Minister Farouk al-Sharaa PARIS (AP) Two Frenchmen freed by Shiite Moslem kidnappers after months of captivity in Lebanon came home Tuesday and were greeted by Premier Jacques Chirac who thanked Syria for helping arrange the release Camille Sontag 85 and Marcel Coudari 54 were released in west Beirut Monday night and turned over to French envoys in Damascus Syria less than 12 hours later When they arrived at Orly airport outside Paris Chirac thanked Syria' Saudi Arabia and Algeria for helping arrange the release of the captives Coudari when asked if he had news of other French hostages re Coudan said he had lived for 12 years Lebanon and 13 years Syria He was kidnapped in west Beirut in February' but Revolutionary Justice first said it held him on Sept 24 Coudari did not explain the time lag Sontag a Beirut resident for more than 40 years was abducted May 7 As photographers and television crews rushed into the room in Da mascus for the handover ceremony Coudari told reporters is too much honor I could well have done without this show See TWO on Page 2 plied: But can tell you that things will happen Asked if he was certain Coudari said: yes more hr less more or He told reporters citing pretty official that French hostage Michel Seurat apparently had died of natural causes The pro-Iranian Shiite Moslem group Islamic Jihad announced March 5 that he had been killed Sontag came down the steps of the French jet into the arms of his 84-year-old wife and they hugged and-kissed as Chirac beamed Blanche Sontag then fumbled in her handbag and handed a small object to her husband apparently a replace- teacher was kidnapped in west Beirut on April 11 and has not been heard from since He is is the only Irishman among 17 foreigners still missing in Lebanon The identities and nationalities of the other four men were not known Coudari said Sontag saw them but was not allowed to talk to them According to Coudari Sontag did not know whether Americans were among the other prisoners Six Americans are among the missing The group that held Coudan and Sontag the Revolutionary Justice Organization also claimed it kidnapped Americans Frank Reed and Eaward Tracy smoked American cigarettes as he and Sontag- a retired auto dealer waited for more plan an hour in an anteroom sipping thick Arabic coffee from small blue cups Coudari said Sontag was held in an underground prison in south Beirut with five other Western captives Speaking for Sontag Coudari said one of the prisoners was an Irishman Brian Keenan an Irish ment for the hearing aid broken during his abduction Earlier in Damascus both men looked well after their ordeal but the white-haired Sontag appeared frail and nervous He was supported by two burly Syrian officiate when he walked into a chandeliered room in the Syrian Foreign Ministry for handover formalities Coudari a businessman chain New tribal governor1 launches staff shake-up Bv Pattv Douehertv Authoritv director child welfare in- deiiartment reservation By Patty Dougherty Authority director child welfare department reservation lacatW cleat pofttog paid of Main 0401 fubkotwi numW (Ui 041000) Down East Edition OQtltt Sunny today High 40 Cloudy tonight Low 30 Sunny Thursday Highs in 30s Details on Page 2 departmental directors have taken salary cuts along with myself and the lieutenant governor who also has taken a cut in wages as compared to the previous Newell said Some former employees at the reservation have speculated that Newell would fire all non-Passamaquoddy employees on the reservation to hire family members aid other Indians on the Newell denied any such plans last week and insisted that the reorgani-zational steps in no way indicated a predjudice against whites be prejudiced against whites as I have family members who are non-Indian However you see Indian employees working 'in the communities of Calais Princeton Woodland and others On See NEW on Page 10 District Correspondent INDIAN TOWNSHIP t- Changes have been taking place in the administrative staff of the Passamaquod-dy Indian reservation at Indian 'Township as part of the reorganization launched by new Tribal Gov Robert Newell Since Newell took office in October administrative employees ter- mmated have included the Housing investigator Child Welfare Department secretary and adult education director One employee of the Forestry Department has resigned So did the 1 tribal business manager Of the positions left vacant by terminations or resignations at least 20 employees have been hired in their place in one case replacing a single position with a five-member new 79002 Yesterday's 1 2345 1 5 13781 JUL.