Salina Journal, The (Newspaper) - August 28, 1979, Salina, Kansas With ballerinas Moscow homecoming rings down on diplomatic pas de deux UPI Photo CHECKING IN Deputy Am Donald McHenry calls Wash ington after he cleared the grounded So viet jet for NEW YORK UPI With a simple no Soviet ball erina Ludmila Vlasova rejected both Amer icas offers of asylum and her bands plea for a reunion and flew off to Mos cow aboard the Aeroflot jet the United States had grounded for three The jet carrying the dancer and 54 other passengers lifted off from Kennedy Airport at ending a diplomatic standoff between Moscow and Washington prompted by the defection to the United States of 30year old Bolshoi ballet star Aleksandr Fiftytwo people had remained aboard the plane with the dancer throughout the negotia and an American woman and a Peru vian man were allowed to board before take Miss arriving at She Airport at Tuesday rushed into the arms of her Mama Mama It was not only difficult for me but for all the passengers on the Miss Vlasova said when asked about the New York airport I got all the support I needed from the people around me and from others at Godunov had insisted since seeking asylum last Wednesday that Miss herself a Bolshoi was being coerced to return to the Soviet Union while the dance troupe con its American The State Department ordered the plane grounded at 5 on shortly after the 36yearold ballerina boarded the escorted by eight men believed to be Soviet security officials insisted on an interview with the dancer to determine if she was leaving vol Donald chief negotiator at Kennedy throughout the three days of some times bitter said after meeting Miss Vlasova in what the State Department described as a neutral setting that she con him it was her free decision to We asked if anyone had threatened her and she very humorously Do I look like Ive been threatened I must confess she just looked like a officials asked Miss Vlasova if there was anyone she wanted to see before she re turned to the Soviet an obvious refer ence to her McHenry Her answer The Soviets had rejected American requests for a private meeting with the woman outside the But earlier they agreed to a State Department proposal to hold the talks in the presence of Soviet authorities in a van that was rolled into place next to the Miss Vlasova met McHenry aboard the yel airport McHenry said there were six Soviet officials and six Americans present at the meeting with Miss including McHenry said he sat across from Miss Vla sova during the 20minute meeting and she did all her talking through an She struck me as having made up her McHenry She didnt strike me as being doped or under Soviet diplomat Yevgeny said the ballerinas decision and the ensuing release of the plane was a victory of termed the grounding of the Aero flot plane a political He said he was certain Miss Vlasova will tour again with the Bolshoi outside the Soviet She is a nice lady and a patriot of her coun She hopes her husband will come back to her and his Joel a UPI photographer who gained access to the aircraft prior to said Miss wearing a black zipper front jumpsuit and a gold went back to her window seat on the right smiling and joking with her fellow Landau said there was laughter as he ap Miss Vlasova with his camera and one passenger told him in Youd bet ter send her a UPI Photo GOING HOME Soviet ballerina Lud mila Vlasova is radiant after telling officials she would return to Russia 15 CENTS The HOME EDITION Salina Journal 108th YEAR 240 AUGUST 1979 40 Pages 70 65 40 55 50 Photo by Malcolm Shaw SLICED TRUCK Back portion trailer truck was neatly sliced in tering a Wilson railroad crossing of Boogaart Grocery tractor half by a Union Pacific lit with See Page Mountbatten among 22 victims No letup in latest IRA siege Ireland UPI Police said Tuesday the IRA bomb that killed Lord Mount batten of Burma and three other persons may have been hidden in a harbor lobster pot and detonated by remote control as the British hero sailed Another bomb aimed at Britains pride exploded in Belgium and security chiefs in Northern Ireland met to study the apparent new IRA ter ror one of Britains most famous and respected soldier statesmen and a favorite of the royal was killed instantly in the fe For South blast that tore 29foot cruis er to splinters as it sailed out of Mul The Irish Republican Army in Bel fast claimed responsibility for Mount battens which came only hours before another IRA bombing attack in Northern Ireland killed 18 soldiers and one civilian on what has been dubbed black In Irish Republican Army bombers tried to blow up a British mil band in the Belgian capitals his toric Grand Place causing extensive damage but missing their target by Sixteen people were A telephone call from the IRA claimed credit for the Buckingham Palace said the funeral service for Mountbatten uncle of Prince cousin of the a World War II hero and supreme com mander of allied forces in southeast Asia would be held next Wednesday in Westminster Condolences from Carter The man whose courage in war was legendary was mourned around the world President Carter said he was profoundly shocked and sad by death and Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher vowed to step up Britains war against David sets sights on Barbados MIAMI UPI Extremely dan gerous hurricane one of the strongest tropical storms to threaten the Lesser Antiles this bore down Tuesday on Barbados with its 130mileanhour Double red and black hurricane warning flags were hoisted for Bar Grenada and the A hurricane watch was issued for By midmorning most communication circuits were down between San Juan and TrinidadTobago and On where about 100 persons lost their lives when hurricane Janet hit in residents were stockpiling food and water in preparation for the The latest reported position of the hurricane placed it more than miles south southeast of National Hurricane Center Fore caster Paul Hebert predicted rated in Class 3 in the intensity would pass near or just to the north of Barbados late Tuesday and through the central and northern wind wards early David is the most intense to threaten the Lesser Antilles since Hurricane Donna in Hebert In Donnas wake was a million trail of destruction through Forecast KANSAS Partly cloudy tonight with widely scattered thunderstorms Lows tonight in the upper 50s to Clear to partly cloudy Highs in the to low On the Inside More accords signed Hua to visit US PEKING UPI Chinese Premier Hua Guofeng Tuesday accepted President Carters invitation to visit the United States and the two coun tries signed new accords on electricity and cultural exchanges in a burst of Vice President Walter who delivered Carters invitation to Hua in a meeting in the Great Hall of the denied that the expanding ties he United States and China were aimed at other including the Soviet friendship is not directed against Mondale told a news Mondale said Carter had extended a personal invitation to Hua to visit the United States next year and that Hua to use his with Hua also invited Carter to visit China at a convenient time which is ex to fall sometime in early The accords on using American technology to build hydroelectric power plants in China and on cultural exchanges during 1980 and 1981 were billed as a major expansion of Mondale and VicePremier Deng Xiaoping signed the accords in ceremony in See Page 2 Area Gossip 10 City schools may swap classifications Enrollment at Salinas public schools is expected to be down slightly when students return to class and a shift in classification for South and Cen tral High Schools is a Enrollment in elementary schools is slightly ahead o last year at this according to Lloyd but secondary school enrollment is down about 60 more than officials had The figures are far from conclusive at this Schurr and last minute enrollments could significantly alter the final figure turned in 17 to the state Department of The only big surprise so far is that Centrals enrollment appears to be less than Schurr Central had a higher enrollment last and as a was classified as a 6A with its smaller en competed with other 5A schools in the Kansas State High School Activities If the two schools swap enrollment they also could end up ex changing with South High becoming the 6A school and Cen tral the SA Thats of that other schools in the state hold their relative positions in the en School officials anticipate a contin ued decline in secondary enrollment over the next five a projection based on current registration in the lower Schurr Elementary enrollment may be on the he as Jus years kindergarten class apparently will be larger than last The return to classes Wednesday should provide a much clearer enroll ment Schurr and the district probably will continue to up a few students until after Labor Journal Photo CHIEF AND STAR Salina Police Chief John Woody and the police department which has role in up coming Can smalltown canine face fame as film star More movie Page 11 Its a page out of A Star Is Here is Patty the Bulldog on her usual patrol of the corridors of the Salina Police Department making certain all is well for her Chief John And here come the movie folks to Salina to film The Brave Young Men of the people of the silver screen recognize star quality when it gnaws them on the the movie producers heard about Patty and her antics with paid a visit and report edly decided to write the bulldog into the We went through our foolish said and they were They said theyd write in a part for Isnt Woody fearful the glitter of Hollywood will turn head Can a simple bulldog return to pro saic corridor patrol after the glamor of the adulation of the fans Woody is Shes going on five years Thats a little old for police work but about right for show they found Lana Turner at a drugstore didnt they Dear Sal Patty probably will find its really a dogs I no T
