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Attica Riot EndsAt a Cost of 37foSavAHfiiN'£ .ni'nv 'hcir Jhomcs flrui mal l^kcd in (heir!-‘old bbotfcd killings-’ by m«o-coiivicts do^ by l|1a;JS,rielt;l t“' W lt;WS dow»;«'1*- ^caulionary measur^lul.ona.y milUants.serf forces of itic state at Attica; D ‘ , . „ . . I*erc common against large■ Hours after order was re-Monday, in a furious al l. 1 ' lai* the VJC ]featherings of convicts. |stored, tiie state correctionsprison[ylack behind shotguns,rifles’nndl!?“?e had subsided and author*! A spokesman for Gov Nrkonlcommi*sionc.r a*llc,unced that tear gas. Thirtv-seven prisons!1 JtlLl-s had regamed control of - R . 'f .. ' [autopsies showed two of thesvDiq found dead—nine white ,I.1C pnsois. A roll call showed*Ai Kjlt;-“-f-llu s-'id some of the.hostages had been killed before■ . _ _ . ninii I .. __ ... !__! .. . » l I. I llAftn r«\ mm r/t»- a AI . _! I '_____ I * L. a. __.llt; L____hostages and 28 prisoners.sembeA task force of 1,000 gas-masked, ready-to-s)iooi state troopers and sheriff s deputies, backed in reserve by 7D truckloads of New York National Guardsmen, liberated 23 other hostages, 25 of whom were Injured. The survivors filed shakily through the massive prison gates one by one as the tiring subsided,“They had lined us up and were proceeding to cut our throats, said on* of the captive guards, Frank Wall, who stated that sharpshooters saved his life. * ’They got the man who was going to cut my throat just us he began to pull the knife across.Resistance Cut DownOne stale trooper estimated that most of the action covered an S-la-lQ-minuie span, although the .assault continued for an hour and a half. He said: Anybody who resistedwas killed —- and 1 didn’t see anybody get away with any-thing.“We had a job to do, said another trooper.The assault began at 3:45 a.m., shortly after the expiration nf a one-hour ultimatum urging the 1,200 rebellious prisoners to give up the hostages • and surrender. The riot originally stemmed from an altercation between a guard and a a inmate and the prisoners la lei* expanded their grievance list in include a series of wide-ranging demands. Authorities had agreed to ail but two demands—complete amnesty and removal at the prison superintendent.• It was the highest riot toll’ within prison walls in recent American penal his Lory. In an incident of revenge rather than riot, convicts slarted a fire at the. Ohio penitentiary in 1930 •which look the lives of 320 in-males.H resembled the aftermath of a war, said a medical aide, Richard Smith, 30, after the forces of the law shot their way along tunnel5 and catwalks into a single Attica cellblock still in the hands of rebel convicts.A spokesman said planning for the military-type operation began three days ago. The launching of tear gas from heli-metcopters against the rioters waseight prisoners missing—either hiding or dead, officials said.The violence at Allies spread an aura of tension to ethers ofhostage guards and civilian cm-|the assault began, ployes appeared to have been I President Nixon telephoned killed hours before the all*o\it'[Rockefeller on Monday to ex-gov ern or called1assault Thethe stales prisons. Sonic in-;the slayings of the hostages (Continued on Page Four)rVennyfi-bersalneistieiedn-1572:a-enxilrMmMMM■Qlll: -y~ - •;; -'fftt-::::: ■ j'-V?- i ' }'■'lt;- v-ifA'ilt;iiTIME FOR COMFORTING—Comfnrf I he waifs of Attica State Prison. Nine hostages ictd five-day takeover by rebel Mom inmates.* 4 r ■■ - • - - AF Wfraphcrf®Riven In relative of a dead hostage Monday-eutsfde 2S%prisoners were reported dead, ending iktze,aforny£AfSt-1USe\vitM.sngasea prelude to sick that they will tp tesisl.Among the whose body whsmake .them would haveNixon Backs A ction; Lindsay Is Stunnedfty THE ASSOCIATED PRESSDr. Vernon Fox, leading authority on the causes and prevent! mi of prison riots, said Monday be believed Gov. Nelson A. .Rockefeller was wrong to use force at Attica Slate Prison.sonojHowever, President Richard M Nixon telephoned Rockefeller to express his approval of the governor's handling of the situation and both New York senators also came out in hisof his own blood was Carl Va- suPP°rl-lone, 44,'His teen-aged daugh- About 400 youthS—mostly ler, Mary Ann, said he liked hisj—streamed through midjob but had complained that of-;Manhattan and rallied in Grand ficials were too lenient with I Attica guards found in a poolCentral Terminal to protest the bloody end to the prison uprising.They carried- red flags, and signs with such slogans as Rockefeller Murderer. Tear Down the Jails.Rep, Herman Badillo, D-N.Y, one of the committee of observers at the prison, said he regretted Rockefeller's action.Use re’s always time to die,lrhe tnld newsmen, But timetoInnegotiate is what is essential Ihese circumstances.He said the governor should (Continued on Fage Four)theprisoners.Residenls Hide As gunfire crackled andie3rgas drilled through barricaded streets in the prison’s vicinity frightened inhabitants of this dairy center of less than 3,000Business, Labor Differ On Post-Freeze PoliciesWASHINGTON (AP) — BusT ness and labor union spokesmen veered off in opposite directions Monday or how to manage the post-fretze economy,AFL-CIO President George Meany called for an excess-profits tax while Archie K. Davis, president of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce said profits are aL such a Jew Jeve) that controls are not needed*James Roche, chairman of the board of General Motors, and Davis bolh refected Meany’s proposal that manage-meni of anti-inflation controlsbe turned os'cr fo a tripartite when the current wage * price freeze ends in mid-November.Roche and Davis were* among N business leaders who gave their views on how to handle the second stage of inflation controls at a two-hour WhILe House meeting with President Nixon*Reject I - Way Board Roche told newsmen afterward that the business leaders told Nixon they do not want the job turned over to a three-way nongovernment board, as was(Continued on Page Three)I * r • •Meskill Favors Firm Stand on Prison RevoltBy ALAN E. SCHOENHAUS.SAN JUAN, P,R. — Connecticut’s Gov. Thomas J. MeskiU. reacted sharply yesterday to reports of the shoot-out at'N ew. York's Attica prison that;resulted in 37 deaths.’Should such a situation erupt in the Connecticut prison sys-. tcm he told newsmen, authorities wnuM react swiftly and forcefully, There would be no negotiating at gunpoint, he emphasized.First reports of the Attica deaths arrived here just minutes before-.the National Governor's Conference whs to go into *n afternoon working aesston dealing with the subject of corrections. Two of . the nation's foremost prison authorities were abnut to address the assembled chief executives.An empty leather c h ! t marked the place at the green felt table where ' New York's Gov. Nehon A. Rockefeller W'Si to have'joined his colleagues/During the course cf the afternoon session, Governor MeskiH was informed that a group of prisoners at the New Haven Stale Correctional center had presented officers of. that Institution with a petition containing demands similar to those made by inmates at the riot-torn New York state prison.Opposes Negotiating .Responding to a newsman's question on what his' position would be fn the event trouble(Continued on Page Four)
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Bridgeport Telegram
Bridgeport, Connecticut, US
Tue, Sep 14, 1971
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