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(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
Irish.Nafionalist Linked to Bid
For Bomb-Carrying Model Plane
By LEE COPpOLA
purchase ammunition for Russian
British security forces in Dublin
and Czechoslovkian-built rifles, the
believeoneoftwoIrishnationalists
: sources added.
arrested last Saturday while trying
Immigration authorities said
tosneakintotheUnitedStatesin-
they confiscated a "shopping list"
tended to purchase equipment to
for weapons and ammunition when
build bomb-carrying remote-con-
the two Irish nationalists and thre!
trolled model aircraft,The Buffaio
oSt. Catharines, Ont., men were aiy
News learned Saturday.
rested .at the Whirlpool Rapid;
Sources in Dublin said the man
:Bridge in Lewiston.
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arrested at the border, Desriond
Also confiscated was an address
Ellis, 29, of Dublin, was free on a
book authorities said contained the
s50,000 bond in connection with his
names of homes and businesses in
arrest last July on charges
R
theUnitedStates:
carrying explosives.
Benedict T. Ferro, district direc-
"He's a"very big deal in the
toroftheU.S.Immigratonand
IRA," a source said.
.NaturalizationServicein Buffalo,
Ellis, the source reported, was
refused to comment on the contents
considered an expert in explosives,
of the address book Saturday.
especially remote-controlledde
"This is a very sensitive thing
vices, and was suspected of "a
with international repercussions,
number of bombings" blamed on
and I can't say anything that might
the Irish Republican Army.
jeopardize our investigation or the
The Dublin sources said Ellis'
prosecution of these individuals,
United States itinerary inciuded'a
Mr. Ferro said.
visit to a Phoenix, Ariz., company
The News learned that U.S. offis
that specializes in manufactuiring
cials working with Interpol and law"
radio-controlled aircraft.
enforcement authorities in Ireland
The aircraft, the sources said,
with wing spans up to 12 feet, were
Friday.
capable of fiying 5 miles and carry-
When he was arrested, Ellis
ing.apayloadof 20pounds of
identified himself as Michael Weir
bombs.
of Belfast. But police in Belfast said
"This is a very significant ele-
Mr. Weir had earlier reported his
ment in the IRA plans," the source
passport stolen and Ellis apparently
a si s r a ,
royal family wouidn't ,be'safe."
Weir's on the document..
Alongwith themodel-aircraft'
Elis was last seen in Dublintwo
equipment, Ellis and his companion :weeks ago. A warrant for his arrest
had come to ·the United States.to .was issued by officials in Dublin
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(Mount Clipping in Space Below)
Irish.Nafionalist Linked to Bid
For Bomb-Carrying Model Plane
By LEE COPpOLA
purchase ammunition for Russian
British security forces in Dublin
and Czechoslovkian-built rifles, the
believeoneoftwoIrishnationalists
: sources added.
arrested last Saturday while trying
Immigration authorities said
tosneakintotheUnitedStatesin-
they confiscated a "shopping list"
tended to purchase equipment to
for weapons and ammunition when
build bomb-carrying remote-con-
the two Irish nationalists and thre!
trolled model aircraft,The Buffaio
oSt. Catharines, Ont., men were aiy
News learned Saturday.
rested .at the Whirlpool Rapid;
Sources in Dublin said the man
:Bridge in Lewiston.
6
arrested at the border, Desriond
Also confiscated was an address
Ellis, 29, of Dublin, was free on a
book authorities said contained the
s50,000 bond in connection with his
names of homes and businesses in
arrest last July on charges
R
theUnitedStates:
carrying explosives.
Benedict T. Ferro, district direc-
"He's a"very big deal in the
toroftheU.S.Immigratonand
IRA," a source said.
.NaturalizationServicein Buffalo,
Ellis, the source reported, was
refused to comment on the contents
considered an expert in explosives,
of the address book Saturday.
especially remote-controlledde
"This is a very sensitive thing
vices, and was suspected of "a
with international repercussions,
number of bombings" blamed on
and I can't say anything that might
the Irish Republican Army.
jeopardize our investigation or the
The Dublin sources said Ellis'
prosecution of these individuals,
United States itinerary inciuded'a
Mr. Ferro said.
visit to a Phoenix, Ariz., company
The News learned that U.S. offis
that specializes in manufactuiring
cials working with Interpol and law"
radio-controlled aircraft.
enforcement authorities in Ireland
The aircraft, the sources said,
with wing spans up to 12 feet, were
Friday.
capable of fiying 5 miles and carry-
When he was arrested, Ellis
ing.apayloadof 20pounds of
identified himself as Michael Weir
bombs.
of Belfast. But police in Belfast said
"This is a very significant ele-
Mr. Weir had earlier reported his
ment in the IRA plans," the source
passport stolen and Ellis apparently
a si s r a ,
royal family wouidn't ,be'safe."
Weir's on the document..
Alongwith themodel-aircraft'
Elis was last seen in Dublintwo
equipment, Ellis and his companion :weeks ago. A warrant for his arrest
had come to ·the United States.to .was issued by officials in Dublin
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