^anrbfHtfr H m l b Saturday, Oct. 22,1988 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm 30 Cents s Hospital eyes new business Ambulance firm may be purchased ...page 2 ~.pagejB '• f*\ >,f, ■■ V-: i '• Pitrlck Flynn/ManohMtar Hwald PRECARIOUS POSITION — John Ahern, a partner in the Brophy Ahern Development Co., directs his son, Jim, who is driving the forklift, to get a load of lumber into a window this week at the former Cheney Bros, weaving mill at 91 Elm St. The West Haven-based development company is converting the mill into 249 apartments. 444> 4«fc4i • .4i*4i.»'k*i**1444lfct. REGIONAL WEATHER I I' Accu-Weathec* forecast for Saturday negotiates buy Daytime Conditiorts and High Temperaturesr ^223 cap L-.'iii'inH of ambulance company By Andrew Yurkovsky money to be paid for the ambu­ said. It operates eight Manchester Herald lance service was subject to ambulances. further negotiations. He said the Talbot would not disclose the Manchester Memorial Hospital negotiations had been going on amount of money being discussed is negotiating the purchase of the for about a year. for purchase of the service. privately owned Ambulance Ser­ In a prepared statement, Gall­ Beck said that the Manchester vice of Manchester, the largest acher said, “ MMH Corporation Memorial Hospital Corp. would ambulance service in the area, has been looking into the possibil­ present the proposed acquisition hospital spokesman Andrew ity of acquiring the Ambulance to the hospital’s full board of Beck said Friday. Service of Manchester. This directors before proceeding with l " , ’?Tf?ra Beck, quoting hospital Presi­ possibility has been discussed by final negotiations. He would not dent Michael R. Gallacher, said both parties over the years, and it say what issues remained to be that acquisition of the ambulance seemed like an appropriate time resolved. service would strengthen the to explore this matter further.” “ It is important to get the full hospital’s role in providing health board's approval,” Beck said. care for communities east of the Roger Talbot, the owner and Beck said that the ambulance Weather River. Gallacher could not be president of the ambulance ser­ service’s place in the structure of reached for comment. vice, said that hospital officials the hospital had not been deter­ expressed an interest in acquir­ Manchester and vicinity: Today, windy with rain, The announcement by the hos­ mined, but he said it would be a ing the company about l ‘A years part of the holding company that heavy at times during the early morning resulting in pital comes two weeks after ago, when Warren L. Prelesnik Hooding of poor drainage areas. Rain tapering to Kaiser Permanente, a Hartford- owns the hospital. The hospital is was the hospital’s president. He owned by the Manchester Mem­ light with diminishing winds. High 50 to 55. Wind based health-maintenance organ­ said that he had spoken to northeast 20 mph to 30 mph in the early morning, ization, disclosed that it planned orial Hospital Corporation, a officials in past months but hadn’t private, non-profit corporation. becoming northwest and diminishing to 10 mph to 20 to open an office next year on heard from them recently. mph. Tonight, cloudy with a 30 percent chance of Hartford Road. The announcement that the But Talbot said that he was still hospital was negotiating to pur­ showers. Low 40 to 45. Sunday, still a lot of clouds interested in selling the company. with a few sprinkles, especially in the afternoon. Kaiser Permanente currently chase the ambulance service High 50 to 55. refers patients to Hartford Hospi­ “ I ’m not getting any older, and came after the hospital an­ tal, though officials from the AP photos West Coastal, East Coastal: Today, windy with it probably makes sense,” he nounced plans to construct an HMO have expressed a willing­ said. He said he might be willing outpatient surgical facility at an rain, heavy at times during the early morning RAIN AND SUNSHINE — Democratic presidential candidate Meanwhile, his Republican opponent. Vice President George resulting in flooding of poor drainage areas, then ness to refer patients to Manches­ to continue working with the undisclosed cost and upgrade its ter Memorial Hospital. The or­ tapering to light with diminishing winds. High in the ambulance service if it were computer system at a cost of $3 Michael Dukakis, left, behind in most polls, looks at the pouring Bush, gives a winning wink during a rally in Troy, Ohio. ganization would provide mid 50s. Wind northeast 20 to 30 mph becoming acquired by the hospital. million. The hospital’s profits last rain while waiting to be introduced in McKeesport, Pa., on Friday. northwest and diminishing to 10 mph to 20, mph. comprehensive medical cover­ The service, located at 134 E. year w»*e listed at $2.9 million, Tonight, cloudy with a 30 percent chance of showers. age to members for a pre-paid Center St., has been in business according to the state Commis­ premium. Low in the mid 40s. Sunday, still a lot of clouds with a for about 30 years and is the sion on Hospitals and Health few sprinkles, especially in theafternoon. High50to Beck said that the amount of largest east of the River, Talbot Care. 55. New Dukakis ads turning up the heat By Eileen Putman happy with this campaign” because it years of public life, George Bush’s country. The Assaclated Press had been too negative. negative TV ads; distorting my Lottery This patient ‘not a quitter^ He said Bush’s attack on the record, full of lies and he knows it,” “ The last thing we or our allies need Democrat Michael Dukakis Massachusetts prisoner-furiough pro­ Dukakis says in his own ad. at a time when ballistic missiles are charged in a tough new TV ad Friday He accuses Bush of “ dragging truth proliferating is someone who regards Connecticut daily Friday; 819. Play Four: 8683. By Nancy Concelman “ He’s fine,” Deborah Stence said. “ You go in gram was “ cynical and very hypocrit­ into the gutter” and adds; “ I ’m on the strategic defense as a fraud or a Connecticut “ Lotto” Friday: 1, 4, 6, 8,13, 21. Manchester Herald feeling fine.” that George Bush is airing commer­ ical.” The Bush camp has made much record for the very weapons systems fantasy,” he said in an address at the Stence said she first noticed a problem Oct. 14 cials that are “ full of lies and he knows of the fact that Willie Horton, a his ads say I ’m against.” A Manchester teen-ager whose body rejected when Danny’s feet swelled up. She called the it.” Bush, leading in the polls, turned convicted murderer, escaped while on University of Toledo. to a condemnation of chemical furlough, raped a Maryland woman Sig Rogich, Bush’s ad director, his transplanted heart last weekend is “ not a hospital Oct. 15 and was told to bring Danny in In the main thrust of his speech. Index weapons. and assaulted her fiance. defended the Republican’s commer­ quitter” and thinks he’ll be fine, his mother said immediately. Bush said he wants to be known as the Trailing with just 17 days remaining “ To play politics with that kind of cials, saying, “ ’There’s nothing er­ Friday. Hospital personnel put Danny on steroids to try president who helped achieve an Richard “ Danny” Stence, 16, of 360 Oakland to strengthen the heart and reverse the rejection, until the election, the Dukakis cam­ human tragedy, I think, is one of the roneous about any of those ads or the ButlO M t . .33-34 Local news. truth of the matter is the networks effective ban on chemical weapons, a St., was admitted to Columbia Presbyterian but they didn’t work, she said. The rejection paign unveiled its most pointed ads of most cynical things you can do,” Churches _ . 14-15 Obituaries— wouldn’t accept them.... We stand by subject he said had gained new Medical Center in New York City Oct. IS after he caused the right side of Danny’s heart to fail. the year, accusing Bush of distorting Dukakis said. Classified _ . 35-40 O pinion. everything we have in our ads.” urgency with their recent use in the began rejecting the right side of a heart he Danny is currently on a 14-day treatment with Dukakis’ record on crime and In one of the new TV spots, Dukakis C o m ic s ____ . 23-25 Senior Citizens . The Republicans were on the Iran-Iraq war. Connecticut. JB-0 Sports . — 41-46 received in a transplant operation in 1985. an experimental antibody that may reverse the defense. is shown watching a Bush campaign The Massachusetts governor set the ad depicting Dukakis riding in an attack, too. Focus_______ . 17-32 U.S./World . - 2, 10-11 His mother, Deborah Stence, said Friday her rejection process and allow the heart to return to He said countries guilty of chemical son feels no pain or pressure because when a normal, Stence said. stage earlier Friday when he said on armored tank. Dukakis snaps off the Bush, seeking Ohio’s 23 electoral warfare should face “ the censure of votes, said Dukakis’ opposition to the heart is transplanted the nerves are cut. Danny, Danny is optimistic that the treatments will network talk shows, “ I ’ve been TV, turns to the viewer and says he is all nations,” and he proposed other a native of Manchester, was bom with heart help, she said. subject to attacks and distortions” “ fed up” with Bush’s attacks. space-based missile defense system, measures such as on-site inspection iianrhpBtpr llprald trouble, she said.