PAGE TWENTY-FOUR - MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD, Manchester. Conn., Fri., Dec, 1. 1978 Affirmative Action Good for Business EAST ST. LOUIS, 111. (UP!) - Narmen talented employees who most likely would the Departments of Labor and Defense in was an issue in his job interview white it 0. Hunter wants to convince executives be overlooked if personnel offices were the federal government to recruit was not taken into account when a white Zoning Appeals Board Shell Gas Rationing H u ^ n Services Cabinet I Five East Catholic Gridders )\ that affirmative action plans do more than not forced to give minorities an equal qualified minority employes. man was hired. An attractive woman says Brings Fearsp Charges just help minorities — they help business, chance at jobs. The message to all the clients is_ the complaints from the wives of male co­ Denies Six Requests Suggested for State r I jSamed to All-HCC Team too. "Most people have to overcome their same, as spelled out in Boomerang's in­ workers are holding her back. Page 8 - Page 8 I Page 14^ ^ V Ms. Hunter is a Midwest regional prejudices, or at least learn those troductory brochure: The situations happen every day, Ms. representative of a Chicago-based prejudices are obstacles in letting them do "Everything your attorneys, executives Hunter said, and business executives must program known as "Boomerang" which the best job they can," Ms. Hunter said in and personnel people know about EO isn't cope with them in the right way if they helps businesses work their way through an interview. worth a hill of beans unless that don’t want their policies to boomerang in T the complicated federal requirements "In the past managers tended to make knowledge is shared, understood and the form of legal action. posed by the Equal Employment Oppor­ decisions on cronyism, on the color of a applied by every manager and supervisor A native of East St. Louis who works out Christmas At tunity law. person’s skin, on sex. We say that in doing — from first line on up." of her home, Ms. Hunter, 34, uses her Cloudy Since the Supreme Court ruling in the so. they have passed over some very good Boomerang uk s brief films to get its degrees in psychology and urban affairs, HgneB’ J^alla Art ana JaiportB Bakke case, some executives have shied people for key positions and left point across. Each vignette depicts a plus special training in EOC policies, in unique gifts & accent decor Snow PoMiblo Sunday away from ffirmative action plans. They themselves open to rather costly law­ problem that could mushroom into a dis­ A IM llV u S u n . t-S seminars that train personnel managers L a r fM i M iM iitn a t N M t E M M rn b r m South S irooi fear reverse-discrimination actions if suits.” . crimination suit or other problems within •no nppor, MraiDko In Now CnQlontf Covomry, Conn OUM and other key executives to seek the best B r A p p o in im « n i Oata/fa on paga 2 they pass over equally qualified can­ So far, she said. Boomerang has worked the company. solutions to their problems. (Toil r42-rtOS fro m AAA follow signs to Hale Homcilead didates to hire minorities. '' nationwide with such business giants as A pregnant woman wonders about the As a black woman,Ms. Hunter said she iUrralb 204 Single Copy “ But Boomerang's message is that equal Chase Manhattan Bank, U.S. Steel, real reason she is being fired, A black man knows the problems firsthand. She also Voi; XCVIII, No. 53 — Manchester, Conn., Saturday, December 2, 1978 154 Home Delivered opportunity laws help businesses find Ralston-Purina and Coca-Cola as well as demands to know why his police record knows they will not disappear overnight. Sjww Warning A Family ISEWSpaper Since 1881 EAST HARTFORD-The street division of the public works Business department wishes to warn all residents and private contractors that plowing, blowing or shoveling snow onto the streets and highways is in violation of town Peace Talks ordinances Town ordinance states that "It shall be unlawlul lor any occupant YourGift Store or owner to deposit or place any snow from property occupied or To Resume owned by him in or upon any street, sidewalk, or other public 1 way of the town in such manner or WASHINGTON (UPI) - The occupation of the West Bank and to such an extent as unreasonably Egyptian and Israeli governments Gaza Strip while the Jewish state has have agreed to resume their stalled to impede or cause incdnvenience refused to go along with anything but peace talks in Washington, Secretary to public travel." vague references to settling the of State Cyrus Vance said Friday. Failure to comply as requested issue. can result in penalties as listed The announcement came at the end Vance said there was an extensive OPEN DAILY >; of nearly three hours of White House under Section 1-8 of the Code of review of the sensitive subject during ‘TIL 10 PM r talks between President Carter and Ordinances. Carter’s talks with Khalil. Residents are asked to refrain Egyptian Prime Minister Mustafa “I hope this visit of yours can open Sunday Khalil. 10AM To6PM from shoveling the street portion up new opportunities to make "It was emphasized that the Promoted of the driveway until after progress,” Carter said as he V negotiations will continue in fulfill­ plowing has taken place in order welcomed Khalil to the White House R alph C. G ray of ment of the accords reached at Camp ‘Love Notes’...Cuddly to avert repeaterf shoveling. for Friday’s talks. Manchester has been ‘Happy Hoot’ AIMn-1 Superstar Barbie Mattel’s ‘Creepy Crawlers’ David,” Vance told reporters after The president, chatting with Khalil promoted to assistant vice Musical Pets by Mattel Fun Desk by Mattel Fashion Face Set Thingmaker II Set the session. at a picture-taking session, said the president of Hartford 6 Ft. Balsam Plea for Help Asked if the Israelis have agreed to two men would discuss new ideas National Bank and Trust 7.76 7.93 11.32 Si"’* 11.74 faf’* Christmas Trea EAST HARTFORDtSf^e return to Washington for the talks, proposed by Egyptian President Co. Soft, adorable animals make It’s a table, desk, easel, leuer- It's a complete beauty centerl Makes wild, colorful monstersi Vance said, "They have said they music when you squeeze them. board, more. Includes chalk, sanitation division of the public Anwar Sadat to get the Washington Gray, who joined Hart­ A gift any little girl will love. Just pour 'goop' In mold...ready works department has Shnt out a will returii at such time as it would tjilks moving again. 24 ptr stort. No ralnchockt. letters. ZS par ilora. No ralnchocki. 30 par Ilora. No rainchacki. In minutes. 3a par itora. NoraIrKhacki. ford National in 1976 from 24.87 plea for cooperation with collec­ be useful to do so.” “I’m sure they are very construc­ Lincoln First Banks in tion- crews due to conditions But the secretary of state said the tive,” Carter said, and then led the Rochester. N.Y,, has been wide-branching, full- needled artificial tree is resulting from snow storms. Israeli and Egyptian governments Egyptian official into the cabinet responsible for public MICKEY MOUSE easy-to-assemble. Pre­ Residents are requested to have yet to set a date for resuming room for a private meeting. relations, advertising and TURHOVBi CHOOCMpo shaped to bushy fullness. shovel out an area for rubbish the talks, which have been suspended Khalil, carrying Egypt’s official shareholder relations. In Includes sturdy tree stand barrels of place them at the ed^e for nearly three weeks. response to a compromise American his new position, he will a of their driveway. Barrels, plastic The Israeli goverhment had proposal for ending the deadlock, assume marketing and 8 . 8 8 , I S f ” •4% Ft. Balsam containers or plastic bags placed previously refused to reslime the met for 90 minutes with Secretary of advertising responsibility on snow drifts or behind them on U.S.-sponsored negotiations, saying All aboard for fun and Christmas Tree State Cyrus Vance at the State for institutional, trust and It sidewalks subject collection the Jewish state had made all the Department before going to the corporate areas of the excitementi Chugs into OurRl«.22.9g . ..16,40 station as tracks turn crews to extremely hazardous negotiating compromises it could. White House. bank. Play-Doh Fuzzy Pumper and platform moves. conditions resulting in back in­ Looking A Lot Like Christmas The six-week-old talks had been .. In a letter to the Israeli govern­ A 1966 graduate of BaiMr & Beauty Shop ‘Color Magic’ by Mattel •35” Fringed juries or falls. It is, as the song says, beginning to look a art class. The students are scheduled to at­ stalled over the sensitive issue of ment relayed by Sen. Robert Byrd, Bryant College in (Bllltrlti Red Plush Tree Skirt To eliminate the possibility of linking an Israeli-Egyptian treaty to D-W.Va., Carter had appealed to the not Includfd) lot like Christmas at the Burnside School in Providence, R.I., Gray rubbish containers being plowed tend a “Going to the Tree Party” today at the Palestinian self-rulun wcupied Jewish state to return to the stalled 7.96 SIS’* 8.76 Our Rag. 3.49 . received his master's in during or immediately after a East Hartford. Third graders Michelle Plouff Hartford Atheneum, where there is a Christ- Arab lands.'" Washington talks.