European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pale 2 the stars and stripes monday january 19,1987 race cose victims talk new York a the surviving victims of the Howard Beach racial beating who refuse to cooperate with the District attorney have told their stories the special prosecutor said. Charles j. Syncs said he me with Cedric Sandiford and Timo thy Grimes two Days after he was put in charge of investigating All aspect of the dec. 20 attack on three Black men by White teen  third victim Michael Griffith was beaten and Ben lulled Bya car As he fled acres a Highway bordering the mostly White How Ard Beach Section of Queens syncs did that at a meeting both or. Sandiford and or. Grimes were completely forthcoming and provided me and my staff with essential evidence which Wilt significantly Aid our inquiry and assist us in a speedy Resolution of this  City budget of d Johnstown a. Api Cit workers have returned to their jobs after officials sett cd a budget impasse during which employed re fused to wort because acre was no guarantee they would he paid we re Back in business i deity finance director Calvin to Cracken a 14-Day deadlock ended when the City Council and mayor Hep Ben Pfuhl compromised on � $7.25 million budget temp lures european weather am Van Wirtl Kul r Ecuador s president says captors threatened his life Guayaquil Ecuador not the president of Ecuador said saturday thai he was punched kicked and repeat edly told he was going to be killed during the 2 flours he was held captive  president Leon Febres Cordero was released Friday night after he agree to free an imprisoned air Force general and promised there would be no retribution against his abductors a group of 40 or 30 air Force  president was seized with nearly 30 others at the Star of a military reviewing Guayaquil in an , fetes Cordero said that at the Petal when the commandos were to  jams they spun their Ilter to their wave and opened ire in the direction of the in silent i party. Security guards next 10 him on the left and right were wounded he said and iwo others some distance away were killed. My lint reaction was to shout Waithe heirs going on Here " Febres Cor Dero said. Then my Security people tried to throw me  moments later be said two Comman Dos put their guns on him and yanked him to his feet. As they led him to a bus he said they were ticking shoving and cursing  said Don t touch me pm the president of this country " lie recalled but they kept on pushing , be said As he resisted demands from his captors he was told that a execution team hid been formed. He said a Man in Nix 40s came into the room and said i be been put in charge of kill ing you Febres Cordero who suffered a Smalt Cut on one  and had a Reddish Abra Sion on his right Cheek said two of hit Security guards had been killed an seven other members of his party had been wounded. Then i ave Beta unconfirmed report that two of the assailants afar were  has been impossible to learn the identities of those who moved against the president or to interview them. Febres Cordero a 54-year-old conservative who was elected in May 1984 and has been one of president Reagan closest allies in latin America said his capture recalled Ecuador s history of coups and military dictatorships and said he thought in had probably tarnished the country s International reputation. The interview took place on the Side walk outside his modest House in the or Desa District of Guayaquil. Ai he spoke he was surrounded by bodyguard with rifles and sub machine  air Force general Frank Vargas Azzos whose Freedom was the first de Mand of the commandos reportedly has been offered Asylum in Venezuela. Though Febres. Corded promised Toffee Vargas Azzos and indicated be would Fuce no further action against him be did saturday morning i have to think about that to had to negotiate he said. There was nothing i could do. There went 3dpeople s lives depending on my pod lion the confrontation Between Vargas Azzos and he president erupted Tut March. Vargas Azzos then commander of Ecuador s air Force and chief of Start announced that he had taken control of two air bases and intended to hold them until the defense minister Gen. Luis Pineiroo and the commander of the army. Gen. Manuel Abuja resigned. Vargai Puzo accused the two of corruption. Four Days later tie officers  Vargas Azzos continued i rebel lion insisting that his demands hid also included a criminal investigation that was. Not being  Cordero sent troops to put Down the rebellion More than a doze people were reported killed and Vargas Pazzo was placed under arrest it a Mili tary Barracks where he remained until Friday strike stalls Long Island rail Road after Marathon talks break Down new York of the Long Island knit Road shut Down sunday wet Engi neers and railway police Brake off con tract talks and fed other unions on a strike of the nation s busiest commute Railroad. The walkout climaxing two Yean of federally sponsored negotiations occurred when five unions suddenly with Drew from the talks and the railway failed u agree to a pay raise demand Bya Union of engineers. Operations on Lite Railroad Are no shut Down said Railroad spokesman Jim Burns noting that trains in rout before 6 . Would Complete their runs but departures scheduled after toe dead line were cancelled. The brotherhood of locomotive Engi neers and the police benevolent association representing a total of about 600engineers and Railroad police went on strike at 6 01 . Two unions have declared publicly and boldly their intent to strike. I expect other unions to Honor their picket Lin Sand consider unions cot under contract to be of strike liar president Bruc Mclver had said earlier. More than 270,000 rides Are taken on the liar each weekday Between the Long Island suburbs and new York  strike would not be Fadly be t by com Muters until tuesday because monday Isth Federal Holiday honouring the Rev. Martin Luther King or. Waller c. Wallace the Federal Media Tor for the talks said he could not say when negotiations would resume. Weill get some sleep recharge and i m not going to set a Date when we will get Bac together he said. We need same time for rest and to assess the  there will still he some meetings going of he Zajd adding that the government had exhausted its efforts to hah a walk out and the unions were free to exercise their tight to strike under Federal Law. The final round of talks began Las monday with the 11 Union Reju Vaentina 60 percent of the Railroad s 6,6uq unionized employee. Union leaders twice agreed to Post Pone the strike deadline from the Origi Nal time of 12 01 . Friday. Joseph a. Cassidy jr., Genera chair Man of a brotherhood of locomotive engineers Laid we entered the negotiations optimistically but in the but 24 hours management s position seemed Roget wont and wone the Carrier May have taken our Deci Sion to extend the deadline As a sign of weakness but we believe it gnawed oar responsibility Cassidy said. Central . Snowbound by storm a upped Titu Amoco in of of i. It Toufy kit f dowry rth Notor Ooary. Of Iofel i Tun. New York. A Snow Drifting unto 3 feet deep dosed churches and airports Sod stalled travel sunday in Oklahoma As storm blamed for 17 deaths rolled across the Centra United  guardsmen hauled supplies to people snowbound in new Mexico parts or Western Tebuu also had mow and ice and dozens of stranded travellers spent the night in churches the storm we headed Northeast an Illinois got up to 6 inches of Snow. An air liner Slid off a runway daring the night a Chicago. Ahead of it freezing rain Oread into the Northeast and Philadelphia police closed 12 mild of major Naru Sauth Inuos Tau Highway of i soon because of ice. Behind the storm cold air Clung to the Southwest with record lows in Arona of 29 at Yuma a desert City near the mexican order and 20 at Tucson. It was Hie first time in nine Yean that Yuma had freezing temperatures and Tucson s second consecutive Day of record cold. The Oklahoma Highway patrol warned people to stay Home u possible but streets m Oklahoma City which had 9 inches of Snow and Drift of i to 2 feet by midday were dotted by abandoned can. Even some of our squad car Are gel Ting stuck and we re having to cat wreckers to pull them out said police dispatcher Ian mail a majority of churches in the Oklahoma City area cancelled sunday services. In the Texas Panhandle it inches of maw also closed Anari lip i Airport suit Day said manager Bill Wilson. Abilene Texas had disabled an stranded can tittering icy sects police said. Several churches in Texas Eastla Dand Ca Taban counties opened saturday nigh 10 dozens of stranded travellers. In new Mexico where to Alamo lot50 inches of Snow but had pan Alt streets sunday Many resident of Rural areas around Moriarty 40 mile East of Albuquerque remained snowbound without food and Medicine. National guard truck were used sat urday and sunday to take tip Piet to people but col. Alex Garcia said eve four wheel drive trucks bad trouble with 4 feet of Snow and 7-foot  nest emerge icy coordinator in Torrance county South of mor my said deep mow end purred More i Jtb 10,000 head of cd Titre said the us department of agriculture is being liked to help feed the trapped  Mexico gov. Carrey Cami Ihen toured Bard hit areas saturday and declared four Conn tie disaster areas. Shelters for the homeless in Albuquerque reported another beyond capacity night saturday As temperatures dropped to about 10 degrees