4 How to avoid g Weiss has grim Bolton may gef] fear of speaking i outlook on taxes rood work dom . .. page 13 . page 3 . page 6 Manchester, Conn. Partly cloudy Friday, Feb. 18,1983 tonight, Saturday Single copy 25c — See page 2 Hmlft * North Africa; U.S. cites 'danger' Bv Wadle KIrolos troops, armor and warplanes along the border for an “ extremely heightened danger” in the north African After Sudan, Habre planned to travel to Egypt for United Press International invasion of Chad. U.S. officials say there also has been region. ' discussions with Mubarak on the “ grave situation in a buildup of Libyan troops along the border with The U.S. official’s carefully worded statement his country,” the agency said. CAIRO, Egypt (UPI) — The United SUtes Sudan. appeared designed to send a clear signal to Khadafy The Gulf of Sidra first became the scene of conflict confronted Libyan leader Moammar Khadafy by In Washington, officials said four AWACS early the United States will not tolerate hostile intentions after Khadafy extended Libyan sovereignty to the sending four AW ACS planes and an aircraft carrier to warning planes were sent to Egypt and the toward its allies. area. monitor Libyan military movement amid' 'extremely nuclear-powered aircraft carrier Nimitz sailed near In Juiy 1981, two F-14 fighters aboard the Nimitz In Tripoli, Khadafy defiantly reasserted Thursday heightened” tension in North Africa. Libyan waters in a show of strength aimed at shot down two Soviet-buiit Libyan Sukhoi 22 fighters Libya was ready to fight to defend the Gulf of Sidra, “ Our armed forces are fully prepared to repel any deterring a reported Libyan threat. ' that fired missiles at them during U.S. Navy exercises which it claims, against American incursions. aggression against Egypt's security,” Chief of Staff in the Gulf of Sidra. Lt. Gen. Abd Rab el Na6i Hafez told reporters By late Wednesday, the Nimitz had moved back into Khadafy said he would “ not permit any state to The Libyans intervened in Chad at the end of 198() Thursday, commenting on reports of troop buildups the Mediterranean, the officials said. The carrier was enter our territorial waters ... The Libyan people are sitting off the coast of Egypt today, its jets within ready to fight to defend their lands, waters and skies.” and their troops assisted President Goukouni along Libya's borders. Weddeye in a civil war against Habre. In Khartoum, Presidents C lafar Numelry of Sudan minutes of the Libyan coast, ABC News said. U.S. Ambassador-at-large Vernon Walters visited A year later, the Libyans withdrew under pressure and Hissene Habre of Chad met Thursday to discuss The Reagan administration denied it dispatched the Khartoum Thursday and handed Numeiry a message from the Organization of African Unity, ieading to the reported Libyan threats to their nations' security. U.S. forces in response to a Libyan military buildup, of support from President Reagan, the Middle East Goukouni’s defeat. \ Aides to Habre have warned Libya was massing but a senior official said there was an atmosphere of News Agency said. 99-cent Controversy in EPA gas? It's spreading rapidly a reality Assistant E P A Administrator Bv Robert Sangeorge were to meet with reporters today to discuss the progress of their Frederic Eidsness ordered prepa­ Bv Paul Hendrie United Press International ration of a special operational Herald Reporter investigation. permit for burning chemicals on WASHINGTON - Controversy Reps. James Scheuer, D- N.Y., and Michael Synar, D-Okla., are the firm ’s incineration ship “ Vul- Remember the good ol' days — surrounding the Environmental Protection Agency’s toxic-waste looking into charges high-ranking canus” days after he and Mrs. before OPEC and gas lines— when program is rapidly spreading EPA officiais tried to fire Kauf­ Gorsuch met separately with her you could buy gasoline for less than throughout the agency, whiie Con­ man because his public protests. ex-aide, James Sanderson. F a dollar? While the negotiations and inves­ Well, these are the good oT days, gress and the administration are Another EPA assistant adminis­ tigations continue, other divisions at least at two local gas stations, locked in negotiations over access trator, Dr. John A. Todhunter, to secret E ^ A documents. of the agency are becoming . socialized with chemical industry where the price of regular gasoline engulfed In the toxic-waste has droppkl below $1 for the first noiinh; om am ltM ^jieeklng to ottldala about the tim e ho slowed firestorm. down enforcement actions against time in years. review the E PA files are in the industry, congressional re­ The AM-PM kUni Mart on West substantive agreement with ad­ A TOP EPA water-pollution cords show. He is in charge of Middle Turnpike and Shields Silkr ministration officials, but were to officiai last month reversed staff pesticides and toxic substances. town Tires on Main Street are meet again today to work out recommendations and ordered charging 99 cents for a gallon of conditions for congressional ac­ Ms. Lavelie’s appointment’s ca­ E speedy issuance of a permit for regular now. Both are ARCO cess to documents on toxic-waste lendar — released by a House disposal enforcement, committee ocean disposal of toxic wastes to a stations. committee — shows she had firm whose lawyer is a former A1 Willard, manager of the aides said. frequent lunch and dinner meet­ adviser to EPA Administrator AM-PM, credited ARCO's low Two congressmen who received ings in 1982 with executives of Anne Gorsuch, United Press Inter­ wholesale prices for the lower files earlier this week from EPA firms under investigation. whistle-blower Hugh Kaufman national learned. retail prices. “ They have no credit cards and they s p ^ a liz e in high volume, low costs to the customers,” said Willard. "It was a very smart move on their part. It shows you supply and demand works, if you Union is skeptical 'leave it alone.” Steve Shields, owner of Shields Silktown Tires, said be has re­ turned to full service —- so customers no longer have to pump about P&WA promise their own gas — at the same time as he dropped bis price below a dollar. provement plan, 85 percent ot levels. “ W e're picking up customers By Raymond T. DeMeo which will cover Improvements to Kiefer said the union fears that with the full-service,” said Shields. Herald Reporter its four Connecticut plants, he said. "innovations in new technology” “ Nine out of 10 customers love it. I On Wednesday, Gray sent an in the machine industry could still have a good number of people A spokesman for the union. open letter to Andy Nelson, editor “ eliminate the (machine) opera­ Who drive in, see it's full-service, representing 16,000 hourly workers of the East Hartford Gazette, tor right out of the production and drive out, because they think at Pratt & Whitney Aircraft explaining why the company had loop." full-service means higher prices.” expressed skepticism today about to lay off 2,300 workers this month He added that company officials One satisfied customer, who the implications of a P&W man­ and promising the $400 million have refused the union’s requests declined to give bis name, called agement promise to invest $400 investment in East Hartford. to say what impact the investment the Manchester Herald this morn­ miliion in the company’s East Gray sent the letter in response will have on job levels. “ All they’re ing to rave about the price and Hartford plant. to an editorial written by Nelson in doing is reassuring the state they’ll service at Shields' station. Machinist union leaders are the previous week's Gazette, an invest in Connecticut without a “ Have I got a piece of news for worried the investment, promised “ open ietter to Harry Gray” that guarantee that this will be a boon to you,” hesald. “ I just got gas for 99 by United Technologies Corp. asked the UTC chairman to reveal the state or a detriment, in terms of cents and the guy even cleaned by chairman Harry Gray in an open his plans for Pratt & Whitney's social costs,” he said. windshield. Full service. The guy letter in an East Hartford news­ long-term future. (The editorial wouldn't even let me touch my car. Asked about the job impact, paper editor, wiii result in less, not was reprinted in the Manchester That's Reaganomics for you— and more employment at the engine Heralkd on Saturday.) Devaney repeated an oft-heard I'm a Democrat. I was so excited I manufacturing plant, according to In his response letter, which was company statement: ihat “ the just had to tell someone.” union spokesman Lou Kiefer. posted at the East Hartford plant. impact on jobs is 'oin g to come "The customers are happy,” James J. Devaney, a PliW Gray attributed the recent layoffs through orders .'or our engines, said Willard. “ Of course, we had spokesman, said today that the to a continuing slump in commer­ both military and commercial." one guy in here who said he used to Harold photo bv Pinto cpmpany will spend the $400 cial engine orders. He also rejected the union's pay 6 cents a gallon. There's million over the next five years to Although P&W officials say they claim that tht company isn’ t always someone who isn't satis­ modernize existing equipment and have no plans to lay off more retraining workers to adapt to new fied, but the customers like it." buy some new machinery. workers this year, union officials plant technology.