Transcript-Telegram from Holyoke, Massachusetts • 1

-n Money is a terribler master but an excellent servant PT Barn um K'-vwr i fr Chicopee forrri Holyceead Weather -MrP Paitli rim iWi rnrf fnntnht1 A1 i cool tonights Partly cloudy i Insight and with 6f the Oialferiger crew Page 13 into: high school hockey playoffs sv Vr Clearing Tuesday high aroyridl ffT WTT V'i Seat be filled Mullins honored by many LUDLOVF The seat of five- term state "Rep William Mullins who died Sunday night is expected to remain vacant until the general election this fall Mullins died Sunday evening at Ludlow Hospital where been a patient since last Monday Friends said the 5 4 -year-old Democrat had cancer House Speaker George Keveian could call i special election to All seat but a 14- to 16-week' process Since nomination papers for the general election are 'due at the end of April chances are a special election will not be called said Gail Spec tor spokes man for the Secretary of State's office Mullins served Ludlow and parts of Chicopee in the Legislature since 1976 and last year was named vice chairman of the power ful House Ways and Means Committee Who might succeed him at the Ways and Means post has not yet been determined Meanwhile the race for seat is expected to be hotly contested although political observers today declined to speculate who might run No announced candidates had surfaced before the death of Mullins By BETH COONEY and JEANNE MOONEY Transcript-Telegram staff LUDLOW William Mullins the feisty five-term state legislator cared moire about the people he served than the back room battles of Beacon Hill his friends say Mullins died Sunday evening at Ludlow Hoepitsh" where been a patient since last Monday Even though the 54-year-old Democrat was diagnosed with cancer last fall he missed just one roll call in 1985 and was present New Year's Eve as the session dragged on latejnto the night Mullins had served Ludlow and parts of Chicopee in the Legislature since 1976 achieving the height of his power and influence during the past year when he was named vice chairman -of the powerful House Ways and Means Committee "He was doing a terrific job that's the saddest part" said Rep Walter DeFilippi of West Spring-field "He never really had a chgnce to fight the thing even though he wanted to He was really dedicated to his job" he said DeFilippi Mullins and Rep Steven Pierce of Westfield spent the past seven years traveling to the SfStehouse together in what they called the "legislative car DiFilippi Pierce and some of his closest colleagues from the House remembered their friend and co-worker as a man who was equally devoted to his-family his Roman Catholic faith and his constituents I can say is if you were lucky enough to know Billy you were very1 lucky" said Pierce See MULLINS back of section William -D Mulli Colleen fulfills childhood dream Rocket troubles not new 32nd Holyoke Colleen overwhelmed her parents Robert and Janet Moriarty of 62 Wood- land St Holyoke Cheering enthusiastically for their daughter as she took her first official walk aa colleen they said the moment was special for the entire family grandfather passed away recently and he always hoped that one of his granddaughters would be colleen" said Janet Moriarty She said her daughter's selection was extra special for her husband birthday is St Day This is probably the best present he ever she said just so happy for said Robert Moriarty think she ever thought she'd get this far She was just thrilled to be one of the five and said they were all equals marched in four parades and she always hoped that someday she'd get to ride on the float" he said An accomplished clarinet and saxophone player Kerry was a member of the marching band and jazz band at Holyoke High School $he graduated from high school last year and now attends St Joseph College in West Hartford Conn where she is president of the freshmen class Although she is studying business and communications Moriarty still pursues her musical interests taking classes at the prestigious Hartt School of Music- in Hartford See COLLEEN back of section By BETH A COONEY Transcript-Telegram staff HOLYOKE When she was a little girl Kerry Ann Mori arty would watch the Holyoke St Day Colleen Contest on television hoping someday she'd be a contestant maybe even the winner With her little brother Bobby watphing from the sidelines Kerry and her sister Kelli would pretend they were colleens uae towels for capes and tinfoil for a crown and march around the living room in our slippers" said Mori arty an 18-year-old college freshman used to say to Kelli knows maybe someday it will be one of Saturday night Moriarty's little-girl dreams came true still in shock I really said Mori arty who was chosen from a field of five finalists as the 1986 Holyoke Colleen in ceremonies held at the Northampton Hilton As colleen Mori arty will hold a place of honor on a float that carries her through the city during the St Day Parade on March 23 and she will preside over many activities She will be joined by court members Patrica A Riel 20 of 22 St James Ave Nancy Kennedy 18 of 9 Garden St South Hadley Laurie Ann Dowd 19 of 23 Queen St and Eileen Provost 19 of 81 High St South Hadley The women were chosen from a field of 24 during a preliminary pageant Feb 1 Moriarty's crowning as the By JIM LEUSNER and DAN TRACY Orlando Sentinel At least six of the 25 shuttle launches have been delayed two of them seconds before liftoff because of problems with propulsion sys- terns supervised by Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville Ala Some aerospace experts contend that record may be a factor in why several NASA officials at Marshall were not swayed by engineers who argued against launching Challenger in the cold on Jan 28 "They were tired of getting beat up and backed against the wall for any delay" said a former high-ranking Kennedy Space Center official who spoke on the condition he not be identified Marshall's deputy director of special projects Judson Lovingood denied that such considerations influenced the decision-making process that led to Challenger's launch "Not one time did any of that occur to me We don't give the OK to launch unless we think it is safe" Lovingood said in an interview Commission Chairman William Rogers has criticized NASA for launching Challenger saying the decision-making process was "clearly flawed" Lovingood would not dispute Rogers' assessment but said "Based on what 1 had in front of me I did as a professional what I should haVe done" But the former Kennedy official said Marshall was "paranoic" about delays because they were routinely castigated by former NASA administrator James Beggs for shuttle engine problems Beggs who resigned last week could not be contacted Transcript-Telegram photo by Teresa Bellafiore eyes Kerry Ann Moriarty of Woodland Street in Holyoke was crowned Colleen of the St Patrick's Parade Saturday night in Northampton Thel8-year-nld is president of the freshman class at Saint Joseph College in West Hartford Conn 1 Inside Park could threatened Palestinians mourn assassinated mayor Don't go Workers at United Tsehnologiea Diesel Systems don't want to see their plant die Page 9 Job search Westover Air Farce Base has had plenty of applicants for its expected new jobs Page 9 3 charged Bad money leads to a drug arrest in Chicopee Page 11 24 pages 4 sections By JEANNE MOONEY Transcript-Telegram staff CHICOPEE Driyjng and putting around the Municipal Golf Course won't change if thea city sells tiie US Air Force easement rights to fly over a part it city officials say But what will happen to Chicopee State Park when a squadron of mammoth new transports is moved to Westover Air Force Base may not be known until fall The sale of the easement means C-130 planes will continue to fly over the links to or from West-over an Air Force official says The sale only prevents the city from building on the course the Air Force says' Some aldermen however worry the Air Force may put up signs jt a marking the easement area or cut down trees there The proposed -easement which has a $27250 price tag allows that- Aldermen will consider the effects erf the sale at a 7 pm public hearing Wednesday in aldermanic chambers City Hall But the discussion is expected to shift from C-130s buzzing over the golf course to a separate and perhaps more worrisome issue: huge C-5A cargo planes rumbling over Chicopee Memorial State Park from Westover The Associated Press NABLUS Occupied West Bank About 50000 Palestinian men many weeping and others chanting slogans carried the body of their assassinated mayor through this city today and buried it in the courtyard of a mosque The funeral was peaceful but a Palestinian refugee was shot dead by Israeli soldiers earlier in the day during a demonstration against the slaying of Mayor Zafer al-Masri The funeral procession lasted nearly two hours and was led by Palestinians beating drums and carrying the Palestinian flag which is banned on the Israeli-or-cupied West Bank Al-Masri 44 a moderate Palestinian appointed three months ago to lead the West Bank's largest city was gunned down Sunday outside his office Two pro-Syrian Palestinian groups have claimed responsibility His murder appeared to have set back Israel's plans to increase Palestinian control over local affairs in the territory captured by Israel in the 1967 Mideast war Foreign dignitaries including US Consul General Morris Draper attended the funeral Local Palestinians said it was the largest gathering ever in this city of Zafer al-Masru Golf Course 14 16 10 17 16 Zl3 14 Zl4 6 12 21 9 Almanac Ann Landers Bulletin board Classified Comica Databook Insight Leisure Lotteries Movies Obituaries Opinion The local fronts Television World and nation' Assassmatec) mayor 8OOOI1 about 10 miles south of Jerusalem At the funeral al-Masri body was placed in a plain wooden box draped with the red black green and Vhite Palestinian flag and carried down Nablus main Faisal Street through the winding streets of the marketplace to a green-domed mosque Only men attended the funeral but women and children leaned from doorways and windows to watch the procession C-130 aircraft clear zone and easement Beach C-5A aircraft clear zone telephone: S36-2300 Circulation: S34-73 1 8 Gw $364000 See WESTOVER back of section i.