The Recorder from Greenfield, Massachusetts • 1

rf crLTTiZ sr r- --Y" Forecast: Today mostly sunny windy- -high 30s To-nightdear breezy 10 to IS wind cfaiU below -zero Friday sunny breezy 25 to 30l Details Page 11 MOSCOW Just one day after President Boris Yeltsin saU he had onknd a haft to bombing in civilian arses of the breakaway republic of Chechnya Russian wbbms destroyed an orphanage as they resumed airstrikes on downtown Grozny the A heavy bomb smashed into a courtyard of Children's Borne No 1 shortly after dawn Wednesday reducing the six-story building to ndible and 1 next door Twenty children and the who were- huddled in the cramped in suburban areas around the capita according to reports from Grozny Confirm Just 14 hours after Yeltsin promised in a televised address that such attacks would cease it rein- i forced the widespread image of a president who either has no real control of events in Chechnya or no true grasp of what is occurring there Twice this week Yeltsin has made declare turns about the war in Chechnya arguably one of the most dangerous crises of his presidency that were plainly at odds with real events in the mutinous region 1000 mile south of Moscow Monday he declared that the first phase of Russian military operations in Chedmya was being wound up ignoring the fierce fighting taking place that day Just miles east of GroznyTT -Y TuesdayJte sought- tn explaiiulhe overwhelmingly i of intervention in negative media coverage The owners of both building during the bombing were badly shaken but not harmed the Associated Press reported from Grozny At flie same time there were signs Wednesday that iussian mound troops and armored columns are preparing final and likely Moody thrust into Gromy a sprawling low-rise city defended by several thousand heavier armed men The air raid on downtown Grozny was the most devastating hi a day when most strikes were concentrated Berkshire East Charlemont Inn angry at town j- By DON DOUGLAS Recorder Correspondent CHARLEMbNT Berkshire East ski resort and the Charlemont Inn are facing the prospect of beginning the new year without liquor or restaurant licenses because they owe the town taxes complained at times bitterly to selectmen this week about the lack" of flexibility over the issue Orphans huddle in the cellar of their destroyed orphanage iia down- ijjl town Grozny after an air raid The children were not hurt SS unless selectmen became more re-alistic" concerning tax he would close the resort at the i of the season sell the property to the state and the would not be a sale it would be the he said However by Wednesday he was grudgingly preparing to pay the fMjOOO he owes the town 1 Charlemont Inn co-owner Charlotte Dewey the town moderator also protested town payment policies and even talked of suing the town after the discussion leader Chedmya by charging that the Chechen Dzhokhar Dudayev waa oribing See GROZNY Page 12 a crowd The Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON Coitral Intelligence Agency Director James Wool-Bey under fire for months for his of the Aldrich Ames spy tlo re- UAing the White House signed abruptly on Wi Wooisey the first post-Cold War: The issue involves selectmen's intention to enforce a bylaw that lows the town to deny rota sue of H- censes or permits to businesses that owe taxes The liquor and food licenses for both Berkshire East and the Charfo-mont Inn expire at midnight on New Eve Berkshire East also requires permits for ranting motel rooms to stay In full operation The ski resort owes shout $24000 in taxes and interest accu-over two years The Charlemont Inn bill was $4400 Dewey had paid $2000 earlier this month After presentations for Schaefer and Dewey Tuesday Chairman Richard Filoramo said that he would like the two to submit dans for how payments would be made for the next two yean However Selectman John Maynard said the licenses should not be issued if taxes are not paid by Saturday and insisted that the discussion had not changed his position Potential tiebreaker Selectman Vaughn Tower was not present so no action was taken on the requests fw deferment of payments Dewey said she will ask that a se- footmen! meeting be held before so she can present a pay-to all three selectmen By JOHN GIMUSZ Recorder Staff 1 GREENFIELD About 60 people many holding rosaries stood in the cold for 90 minutes for a prayer vigil on the town com- -mon Wednesday Organized by members of Blessed Sacrament Church the vigil took place in front of the creche and for chided hymns prayers and recitations of the rosary Between each of the 15 decades of the rosary the participants dressed in heavy coats and gloves recited the prayer: Mary and Joseph I love you very much I beg you to spare the life of the unborn baby that I have spiritually adopted who is in danger of When asked why he would stand outside for an hour and a half Bruce Forsythe of Deerfield said' "Somebody has to do this A quarter of a million (babies) die in this country alone They have no graves Probably the most protected area in is a womb' and savagely and brutally removed" Forsythe a member of Blessed Sacrament said doctors who perform abortions the richest doctors in the country hypocrisy They take an oath to protect spy oiler forcefully seized control of the sprawling $30 nllkme-year intelligence bureaucracy and was not seen by his own employees or by his "OOUEf overseers7 on Capitol Hill as a strong advocate of intelligence programs Whne House officials said resignation communicated to Preaident Clinton in a letter dated Monday came without warning and waa not requested by Clinton The president said he accepted resignation re- nut aideslndicated he did not fry to talk him out of lew the two men spoke Monday Wooisey has been a staunch advocate of maintaining an intelligence capability that is second to none" Clinton said in a written statement that was notable for its miM praise and impersonal language Wooisey deserves the gratitude of all Americana for his service to our country He has my den Wooisey 59 cited a desire to 1 more time with his family as among his reasons for resign- tv A state law requim 48 hours' notice before a meeting and is frying to reach quest the meeting Both Schafer and Dewey that the problems arise because I town is befog run by who have no experience in running a They say that budgets and pay-See CHARLEMONT Page 4 While the pro-life supporters were gathered near the creche a lone woman protester back ana forth across near Sport Shop See VIGIL Page 12 silently paced toss the street RscontofFstar MacDonald Maureen Filiault of GUI and daughter Ashley on the Greenfield town common Wednesday fog effective the end of January -a I1 11 1 -''A Computer database mil list arrest warrants i return private sector my family figures Wooisey said in a statement their patience and understanding in the face of lost evenings weekends and holidays It is time for Psychic score card Magazine slamsforturietellers See CIA Page 12 The Associated Press The Associated Press rants against an individual before allowing him or her ind give police the right to imputerized wan Court Dec 16 to be freed on bail and give suspect based on a coi In Taunton District a computer-today The for criminals BUFFALO NY a New prediction from the Skeptical Inquirer: Psychics will forecast outlandish prophecies for 1995 and none of them will come true can't think of any specific predictions that have come true" said BarryTCarr spokesman tor the Buffalo-based publication I see the success rate improving in -The magazine is published by The Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal an organization devoted to bring reality to claims for healing and UFO landings and abductions' The publication puts together a score each year to hold the tabloid fortunetellers accountable and except for the givens earthquakes in California scandals in Washington they hit on one yet said George Emery a contributor to the magazine who has been watching the seers since the 1970s Among the predictions and actual events for 1994 as reported by the magazine: Prediction: Icon namesake Madonna will marry nous pop star Boy George Reality: Icon namesake Lisa Presley marries semi-androgynous 10s pop star Michael Jackson Prediction: An earthquake will turn Florida into an island Reality: Political rumblings in island of Cuba unleash flood of refugees McDermott argued before Ji his client Cummings should had been held for 2ft months without bail Cummings had been arrested last September in Raynham after he allegedly held a womanhostage for three days Despite a plea by Bristol County Assistant District Attorney Raymond Mullen who cited the serious nature of the charges and prior criminal record Dooley declined to set bail feel under the circumstances baaed on information presented to me at the time despite the ieri-ousness of the charges that he should be held on bail here" Dooley told The Enterprise of Brockton Dooley also said he waa given information that the state of Arizona was not interested in pursuing larceny charges against Cummings was apprehended within the Jurisdiction of this court but not arraigned for 2ft months" the Judge said I was informed that Arizona was not interested in coming for i Dooley said Cummings ires arraigned in Arisons' released on personal recognizance ana then came back to Massachusetts BOSTON New legislation esi ized warrant-tracking system was new fowi are aimed at making it to slip through the court system Currently warrants from other states do not show up on a criminal's probation record in Massachusetts foit the new legislation signed today by Gov william Weld should correct that problem The legislation comes as police sought Guy Cummings 90 an ex-convict from Brockton and who has been described by law enforcement personnel as a "serial sexual predator" who was freed twice because of court errors Cummings who Is facing larceny kidnapping and ks-sault chargea was released on personal recognizance by courts Taunton and Stoughton despite warrants for his amst in Arizona Georgia and New York A fugitive warrant also was issued in Massachusetts after Cummings foiled to show up for a Dec 19 court on kidnapping and assault charges in Taunton Court Under the new Massachusetts system probation officials would have been aide to tap into a database of outstanding warranto issue Jurisdiction The law also will require court and police personnel to determine whether there are any outstanding wap onto the peninsula state Prediction: Ofl Office workers Will flee from the Sears Tower in Chicago after it begins to list like the Leading Tower of Pisa Reality: See PSYCHIC Page 12 I I.