24 — MANCHESTER HERALD. Thurs.. April 22, 1982 4 ' U.S. deficit Shopowner Braves' win factor in mills must move skein ends . page 3 . page 21 . page 18 Sunny, warm Manchester, Conn. on Saturday Friday, April 23, 1982 — See page 2 iiattrhrBtpr Ipralb Single copy 25c Suggests neighbors chip in $30,000 each 6.88 2 STUD EARRINGS INCLUDED Gryk offers to sell lawn >/' tol By Nancy Thompson forced to develop the land. The The land is now zoned AA residen­ eight-acre piece involved and it people live in a big house doesn’t could be maintained in perpetuity.” mean they can afford a $30,000 Professionally Staffed Herald Reporter Great Lawn is considered one of tial, which would permit 14 or 15 1 4 . 8 8 » - < ; i Manchester’s most familiar land­ single family homes to be built on donation." V100% *oott<m denim. JMMt. ; The developers of a proposed con­ marks. that portion of the Great Lawn. Mrs. Ferguson, who is a member EAR PIERCING CLINIC VIVIAN Ferguson, a resident of of the Cheney Brothers National 3 dominium complex on the Great Gryk also said if plans for the con­ Lawn offered today to abandon their “Any neighbor is welcome to join one of the Cheney family mansions Historic District Commission and dominium development are which ring the Great Lawn, as are TWO DAYS ONLY! plans and preserve the land as open rejected, the men will be forced to Mike and me in our efforts to has been an outspoken opponent of space — if their neighbors will con­ preserve the integrity of the Great Lynch and Gryk, called the offer the plans to build condominiums on • FRIDAY, APRIL 23, 6 PM to 9 PM put up single family housing on the when she was told of it today tribute to the cost. X eight-acre portion of the lawn Lawn in an economically feasible the Great Lawn, said the idea of • SATURDAY, APRIL 24, 11 AM to 4 PM If that financial support does not they are purchasing from Robert H. way,” Gryk said. "If all eight “altruistic.” joint purchase by all the neighbors come through, though,- Wesley C. neighbors contribute their share of “ It’s wonderful thing to be came up in a neighborhood meeting Smith. Otherwise, he said, their altruistic, but you have to be WESLEY C. GRYK •Painless, medically approved method «Takes less than 30 seconds Gryk said he and his partner in the purchase would not be economically approximately $30,000 each, nothing would have to be done to disturb the realistic,” she said. “Just because PlruHC turn to 10 . could preserve space •Price incl. surgical grade stainless steel stud earrings w/24K overlay venture, l^chael Lynch, will be feasible. •Uitder 18 must have written consent •N o ear piercing for children urKler 3 Consumer Prices Inflation rate actually Senate OKs •WELCOME DROP- DOWN 0.3% revamp of In March declined last month WASHINGTON (UPI) - Con­ cent last year. basket” of goods and services that sumer prices fell 0.3 percent in The Social Security increase will cost $100 in 1967 would have cost IW'/fe/ March, marking the first time the raise the average $379 monthly pay­ $283.10 last month. higher ed 280 price index has gone down since ment for a retired worker to about The surprisingly steep fall for August 1965, the Labor Department $406. The welcome price figures came prices in March was the biggest said today. The downturn trimmed drop since a 0.4 percent decline in A HARTFORD (UPI) — ’The Senate has approved and inflation for the first three months as prices declined for the major categories of fuel, food, transporta­ November 1953, the departinent sent to the House a controversial plan backed by Gov. of . 1982 to an annual rate of only 1 said. Since then a 0.3 percent drop William O’Neill to radically reorganize the state’s percent. tion and housing costs, the depart­ 270 The spectacular turnaround in ment said. has been matched only twice, both higher education system. times in 1954. ’The plafi has been imposed by many higher education March marked the biggest drop in The decrease in the rate arrived officials, including n&ichester Community College prices in nearly SO years. ■“ far sooner than inflation fighters at The separate price index for A t m President William E. Vincent. The March drop of 0.3 percent the Federal Reserve or hi the ad­ transportation plunged a full 1 per­ . ’The upper chamber voted 26-8 Thursday to approve combined with increases of 0.2 per- - ministration had dreamed, presen­ cent for the month, largely the the measure that would place existing boards of trustees cent in January and 0.3 percent in ting them with an embarrassment of result of falling gasoline prices. The P for the various college systems under the control of a 260 3oods coating $100 February for the 1 percent annual riches and a new urgency to the index for food and beverages went rate. It was the Ipwest three-months question of why interest rates re­ % single, 11-member board of governors. In 1067 now coat down 0.3 percent, as did the index Labor leaders, education officials and some student increase in inflation in 17 years, main so high. for hoijsing. groups oppose the plan recommended by a blue-ribbon $ 2 8 3 .1 0 since the third quarter of 1965. In the unlikely event the decrease The rate, while good news for all could be sustained over an entire The increases were greatest, a Aseleotlonrd panel appointed by O’Neill last July. full 1 percent, for medical care and They claim the consolidation of power would create a consumers, served to hold back in­ year, the March rate would mean ........................ ........... prices would go down 3.3 percent, a miscellaneous category. Enter­ bureacracy and politicize the state’s college and univer­ 250 creased benefits for Social Security AM J J A S O N D l J F M recipients, due in July. By applying department analysts said. tainment costs went up half a per­ 's' /< f - , sity system. cent and clothing was 0.4 percent ’The measure would create a board of governors that a formula, the increase translates The Consumer Price Index for 1981 11982 into a 7.4 percent cost of living hike March was 283.1, which meant that costlier for the month, the depart­ •ATARI ' would have the authority to establish budgets and set ment said. policy in all of the state’s public institutions of higher for this year, compared to 11.2 per­ the government’s sample- “market learning. ow rik^ 143^ ’The Senate, however, approved three of 11 proposed amendments, including one that would allow a review process in the event the board decided to close a school or eliminate a program. small hike in S.S. benefits ’The amendments approved by the Senate would change the way the 11 public members will be chosen WASHINGTON (UPI) - Unless had been higher in March, the increase tage point increase. Last year’s 11.2 per­ cutting proposals would be to slash and require the board to give the Legislature one year’s Congress votes otherwise, checks for the could have been as much as 7.6 percent. cent rise cost $15.4 billion. benefits at least 15 percent by 1990. notice of its intention to close a facility. nation’s 36 million Social Security Last year’s increase was a hefty 11.2 per­ The cost-of-living adjustment, which The increases, according to official Also, if the board decided to eliminate a progrpi at recipients will rise 7.4 percent this year cent. takes effect automatically if inflation is Social Security figures, include: an institution, the board of jrustees in that particular — a $27 cost-of-living hike that will boost In addition to the 36 million retirees more than 3 percent, is under scrutiny by system could oppose the decision and the board would the average $379 monthly benefit to $4%. and disabled workers who collect Social congressional and White House budget • The maximum monthly benefit for a then have to approve the closing again by a two-thirds ’The annual automatic cost-of-living Security, a benefit increase also will negotiators looking for savings. But all 65-year-old worker retiring this year will vote. adjustment — the lowest since 1978 — is take effect in July for the 4.1 million concede it could be politically risky to rise $50, from $679 to $729. ’The blue-ribbon panel had proposed that the governor based on Inflation in the first three recipients of Supplemental Security In­ trim benefits. • For a 65-year-old couple retiring this select three members and le^stetive leaders choose the months of the year, ending with the come. Rep. Claude Pepper, D-Fla., chairman year, the maximum will rise from the other eight members to be chofsen by March 1, 1983. March Consumer Price Index, released ’The increase, the 13th in the past 14 of the House Aging Committeei said the current $1,018 to at least $1,093, a $75 - ’The Senate, however, approved the selection of seven today. years, will cost the cash-short Social impact of proposed reductions would be hike. ' members by the governor with the four others to be March’s unusual drop in prices held Security trust funds $11.3 billion over the “devastating,” and released a study • For an aged widow, the average $350 \. ' picked by the party of opposition. down the size of the increase.