BOLTON FOCUS U.S./WORLD WEATHER Former rec director School’s head nurse Administration hits Sunny skies today; takes blame on fees says job has changed senators on budget warm on Sunday ... page 2 ... page 10 ... page 11 ... page 4 iianrhpHtpr Saturday, March 9, 1985 — Single copy: 25<t Manchester, Conn, — A City of Village Charm Cassano to seek rejection of DiRosa resignation By Alex GIrelli Cassano described DiRosa as an selection committee to name a selection committee, said "I'm spend more time fighting among The controversy between Di­ Herald Reporter outstanding director. Republican to finish DiRosa's shocked, surprised, stunned" themselves than they do fighting Rosa and Smith has been brewing He said that like the two term. “ I don't know who will succeed the Democrats. beneath the surface and has Democratic town Director Ste­ directors who preceded DiRosa as Diana said Mercier agreed that him,” said Joyner, who is a former Of the resignation — -which erupted a couple of times before. phen T . Cassano said Friday night GOP minority leader — Carl the two directors .should be present state representative and the cur­ DiRosa announced without con­ Tbe dispute that brought the he will ask the Board of Directors Zin.sser, now a state senator, and at that meeting. rent president of the Eighth sulting others in the party — resignation came at the beginning to refuse to accept the resignation Vivian Ferguson — DiRosa tended David Frost, chairman of the Utilities District. Zinsser said, "f hope he thought it of this week. Smith said Tuesday of Republican Director Peter not to be highly political in his selection committee, said Friday Frost said many Republicans out rather than make a spur of the that Republican directors would DiRosa for 30 days so that DiRosa decisions on issues. night that Smith had not yet called have been mentioned as possible moment decision" vote against a proposal by the town can reconsider his decision. ‘‘1 don't think there is anybody him to arrange a meeting. candidates in the November elec­ "I've been there,” Zinsser said to offer to fight fires in the Eighth On Friday morning, DiRosa who worked harder,” Cassano said When a Herald reporter phoned tion and should be considered as of the conflict between Smith and Utilities District for a $250 fee per shocked both his own party and of DiRosa. him. Frost had just arrived at his potential replacements for DiRosa. call. Manchester Democrats when he Republicans reacted with sur­ home and had not yet read the DiRosa. "I had my problems when I was On Tuesday night DiRosa voted announced that he would resign prise Friday to the resignation. newspaper accounts of DiRosa's Patrick Boatman, another selec­ on the Board of Directors.” in favor the proposal along with the effective April 2. resignation. tion committee member, had not He said the job of an elected Democrats. William Diana, a Republican Most other Republicans con­ official is to serve the people who Smith and Mercier criticized His decision came a result of director, said he was shocked by heard of the resignation when criticism from Republican Town tacted said they were surprised. contacted by the Herald. "That's elected him. Republicans, Demo­ him for it. 9 the news. crats and independents. "They In the last local election, DiRosa Chairman Curtis Smith. Smith and “ I couldn't believe it,” he said. .HJiRosj was unavailable for unfortunate: he was- a hard DiRosa have disagreed publicly in comment late Friday. worker,” he said. come first,” Zinsser said. was the fourth highest vote getter "I'm sorry to see him go. He was a "There were a number of times among the 12 candidates for the the past on a number of issues. good director and a good person" "Peter and Curt (Smith) have Zinsser, asked if the resignation would hurt the Republican Party in as a director when I went the other board. He. trailed the leader. Cassano said the resignation Diana said that he had told not been able to see eye to eye for Mayor Barbara Weinberg by 124 some time,” Frost said. "It must the November town elections, way from the party,” Zinsser must come to the— Board of Republican Chairman Smith that votes. Democrats Stephen T , Directors and that the Board, of he and Donna Mercier, the third have been a difficult oosition for said: ” 1 can't see how it's going to added. It's always easy, to second guess someone when you're sitting Penny and James Fogarty were Directors has to appoint a Repubti- Republican on the board, should be both of them.” help u s " on the outside" second and third- can successor, > present at a meeting of the party's Walter Joyner, a member the He said the Republicans seem to. Governor asks increase in aid % to cities, towns Bv Mark A. Dupuis state aid, with the mayors suggest­ \ United Press International ing that at least $50 million more would be necessary’ to avoid HAR'J'FORD — Democratic property tax increases. Gov. William A. O'Neill Friday O ’Neill said he hopes the Legisla­ proposed a$38.6million increase in ture will look carefully at his state aid to cities and towns to help proposal, adding that he didn't local officials hold the line on think it has “ a political label on it” property taxes this year. since it would benefit all property O'Neill said he will ask the owners. Republican-controlled Legislature The $30.4 million in revenue to use surplus funds and other sharing would be distributed under revenues for a $30.4 million state a formula based on population and revenue sharing program and an other factors. $8.2 million hike in payments to The other $8.2 million would be towns for tax-exempt property. distributed under an existing for­ The property tax relief and other mula for calculating state pay­ increases included in the budget ments to towns to make up for O'Neill proposed last month would taxes lost on tax-exempt property increase state aid to municipalities such as hospitals and colleges. by nearly 17 percent to a total of The $38.6 million program is $973.5 million in the next fiscal O'Neill’s first proposal for a year. second round of tax cuts to return UPI photo The $38.6 million program would to taxpayers part of a state surplus about 175 wounded in the blast, Lebanon’s deadliest in be financed in part from the state's estimated at more than $200 Rescuers search for the dead and wounded Friday after a budget surplus, which is expected million in the current fiscal year. bomb destroyed a car in an impoverished Shiite Moslem 16 months, to exceed $200 million in the The Legislature already has suburb of Beirut. Forty-nine people were killed and current fiscal year, but O'Neill approved a $79 million cut in the said he hopes the program can be state sales tax by eliminating the continued in coming years. sales tax on clothing priced under “ I think it's a great step $50. O'Neill said he will sign the forward,” O'Neill said at a news bill, which would take effect April Bomb in Lebanon is worst since 1983 conference. "I would hope that n 1. would continue.” The governor said Friday he B E IR U T, Lebanon (UPI) - A a baby killed in the blast lay in the It was the bloodiest bombing in the Cabinet’s minister of justice. O'Neill announced several plans to out]jne additional tax cut booby-trapped car blew up Friday debris that stretched for hundreds Beirut since twin suicide attacks Fadlallah was not injured, a weeks ago that he would propose proposals next week, with a goal of in a bustling Shiite Moslem suburb 01 yards in all directions while on the U.S. Marine and French spokesman said. some type of program to increase reducing taxes by about $130 in the of Beirut, killing at least 49 people rescue workers shoved bodies — barracks in October 1983 killed 241 No one claimed responsibility state aid to cities and towns to help final three months of this fiscal and wounding 174, officials said. It many with arms and legs sheared U.S. servicemen and 58 for the explosion, which dug a local officials avoid or keep down year and in the 1985-86 year, which was the worst bombing in Lebanon off by the force of the blast — into Frenchmen. crater 15-foot-deep crater in a property tax increases. begins July I. since 1983. ambulances. bustling street in Beir al'-Abed, a Earlier this week, O'Neill heard O'Neill has faced a showdown Witnesses said most of the Shiite neighborhood near Beirut a plea from the mayors of five of with the Legislature in the past on Police said the blast in Beir Slate-owned Beirut radio, updat­ victims of Friday's bombing were airport, " the state’s largest cities for more state aid to cities and towns. al-Abed brought dowrtthe frpnt of a ing earlier reports, said at least 49 in the ruins of the apartment "We now believe the blast had three-story apartment building, people were killed and 174 were building. Militiamen from Amal, the equivalent force of about 375 detonating gas cylinders stored wounded in the explosion. Five Lebanon’s main Shiite movement, pounds of T N T ,” a police source underground and sending jagged hospitals in mainly Moslem west dug furiously through the rubble to said, "The car was standing over Heart-pump patient dies debris tearing along crowded Beirut confirmed the casualty toll, rescue wailing women and the underground gas store when it streets.