M - MANCHESTER HERALD, Friday. April 15. 1983 Hay looks ahead ‘Shoot to kill’ Wilcox misses to his old classes order pays off perfect game L- ... page 3 ... page 4 page 15 Cloudy today Manchester, Conn. and Sunday Saturday, April 16, 1983 Tom orrow — See page 2 illanrli^atfr Mmlb Single copy: 25$ /m\ Feldstein says m . • k f economy now J*5,SV"w ft ■ on solid footing WASHINGTON (U PI) - In a stronger than I expected.” double dose of good news for the The decline in wholesale prices nation's economic recovery, the was bigger in the January-March f government reported Friday that quarter than in any three-month wholesale prices dropped 0.1 per­ period since the end of 1952, Labor m i cent and factory production made Department economists said F ri­ April l6th a strong 1.1 percent gain in March. day. It was the first quarterly The decline in wholesale prices decline of any size since 1976. from January to March, as mea­ The recovery reached through sured by the government’s Pro­ the supply pipeline to raise raw ducer Price Index, was the steep­ materials prices by 0.6 percent. est for any quarter in more than But the combination of busier . " d three decades, the Labor Depart­ factories and declining business ment said. prices overall was especially fa- At the same time, a sharp surge vtTrable, economist Sinai said. in factory production of construc­ “ It’s a double dose of good news" tion supplies, and even furniture that typically only happens “ in the and carpeting, was triggered by a early stages of the recovery,” he housing boom that lifted Febru­ said. Later, however, heavier ary’s housing starts 93 percent economic demand is bound to push above the level of a year earlier. prices up somewhat, he said. “ It’s just the kind of recovery we were hoping for," Martin Feid- The decline in the overall energy index of 3.2 percent, despite a 2.5 Herald photos by Tarquinio stein, the president’s chief eco­ nomic adviser, told reporters at percent increase in natural gas i the White House. prices, more than canceled the 0.5 Great hands " I t ’s continuing increase in percent increase in food prices led output that leads to greater hires by skyrocketing vegetable prices. •y Vinnie Sica, 11, of 51 Benton St. displays his talent and declines in unemployment," The March Producer Price In­ juggling clubs at balls at Robertson School Friday. Note he added. “ We’re very pleased dex was 283.4, equivalent to a cost millie frugal with the way the recovery is of $2,834 for the same goods that the expression of concentration on his face (right). progressing." cost business $1,000 in 1967. — ' k i i *• -•• Vinnie says he’d like to be a professional juggier, but if Economist Allen Sinai, of the But in Connecticut, countering that doesn’t work out he’li become a hockey player. private analysis firijn Data Resour­ somewhat the optimism from ces Inc., echoed the optimism. Washington, it was revealed "It was very impressive evi­ Friday that about 50 workers will dence that we have a solid lose their jobs because of a Manchester Parkade recovery going,” he said. decision to shut down an Ansonia Federal Reserve Board econo­ firm in August despite efforts by Chino threatens U.S. air link mists said manufacturing output the state to avert the closing. measured alone was up 1.3 per­ The H.C. Cook Co. will be phased cent. with steel, furniture and PEKING (UPI) - Already out beginning Aug. 15 by its parent resumption of services to Taiwan when It began its Peking service. Peking route has not lived up to the lumber contributing the most strained U.S.-China relations company, LRC North America of drawing near, the protests have “ The Chinese'?ee a difference financial hopes Pan Am had when improvement. Coal, oil and gas came under new tension Friday, Little Falls, N.J., and operations been stepped up lately, aviation between letting airlines continue to service began in 1977. The high cost wells were off almost 2 percent. with aviation sources saying Pek­ will be relocated at its Florida sources said. serve Taiwan and ietting airiines of travel to China and world Overall, the March factory fig­ ing threatens "severe repercus­ facilities. China last month sent a protest start service," one source said. recession pushed the route’s load ures returned to the vigorous sions” if Pan American Airways to the U.S. Civil Aviation Board, “ They’ve told Pan Am that it if factor down to about 30 percent last upward trend that erupted with resumes flight to Taiwan in June which is expected to reply within wants to fly to Taiwan, it can be the year. January’s 1.5 percent improve­ as scheduled. the next two weeks. "CAAC has first to do so — after Peking’s retaliation options ment that first ^convinced many The dispute is surging to the fore said there will be severe repercus­ reunification.” could range from “ shooting its economists the recession was Inside Today at a time when relations are badly sions if the flights resume,” an Diplomatic sources said Pek­ mouth off to canceling flights and ending. Production was up only 0.3 strained by the U.S. decision to aviation source said. ing’s attitude to resumed Pan Am objecting to Pan Am ’s designation percent in February. Before De­ 20 pages, 2 sections -give political asylum to Chinese Pan Am is the only U.S. airline flights to Taiwan will likely be / as the U.S. carrier to China,’ ’ a cember, it had gone up only twice Business.................................... 'tennis player Hu Na. In reprisal, with passenger service to China, influenced by th^ degree to which it diplomatic source said. in 17 months. 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Peking and the Taiwanese capital that it can make $15 million to $20 they added CAAC could well make the recovery in manufacturing. quiet protests by CAAC, China's Sports........................................ of Taipei. But China sees the Pan million a year from the pianned “ life in China so difficult for Pan The depressed durable goods in­ Television................................. State airline, for some time. Am case differently because the Tokyo-Taipei route. Am that it would pull out on its dustries — autos, primary metals Weather........................ ^ But with the June 16 date for the airline stopped flying to Taiwan By contrast, the San Francisco- own,” and construction — look somewhat 15 million of us Homidde likely M i waited 'till end WASHINGTON (U PI) - As many as 15 million in teen's death Americans, procrastinating until the last day, DON’T MISS IT! raced to complete and file their federal income tax returns Friday — and some faced a double By Richard Cody was then driven by police to headquar­ deadline. Herald Reporter ters in Vernon. About an hour before Midnight also was the normal cutoff for people Merton arrived, a teenage girl who to reduce their 1982 taxes by investing in an VERNON — Police today are investi­ identified herself to a police officer at Individual Retirement Account. But the Internal gating the probable slaying of a the scene as a friend of Ms. Merton, Revenue Service said those who filled out the teenage girl whose body was found whom she suspected as being the The Most Exciting proper form by midnight for an extension in filing early Friday afternoon in a wooded victim, said she knew of the girl’s their taxes also would get up to a four-month area alongside an old railroad line actions the previous night. She was extension to apply an IR A to that year. about a quarter mile east of the old asked to go to headquarters for Banks, savings and loans and brokerage houses Vernon Circle. questioning. have been doing a land office business in these There were no suspects Friday night, At the scene, Merton said he had accounts, through which an individual can invest and the cause of death is officially heard his daughter had been dropped up to $2,000 a year ($2,250 for a one-income couple, unknown, police said. An autopsy is off by friends the night before on . Money-Saving $4 ,000 for two-income couples.) These amounts, scheduled. Washington Street, near the crime plus anything the investments earn, are free from Vernon police Friday released little scene. taxation until withdrawn after the age of 59>A. information about the suspected homi­ Vernon Police Lieutenant Edwin R. cide, and did not identify the victim, Carlson, spokesman for the depart­ In New York, Citibank spokeswoman Maureen who they said was in her mid-teens. But ment, would neither confirm nor deny 0-Brien said after a weekofIR A applications five other information obtained at police any connection between the report that times normal, Frjday morning was “ relatively headquarters and at the crime scene Miss Merton was missing and the slain quiet.’ ’ But the bank, anticipating a big evening indicates that the victim was 16- or girl.