Tough' Talks on Arms Will Resume Early

8 -M A N MANCHESTER FOCUS Zoners reject 4MCC president Score incidental Wetherell plan samples China for Skins, 49ers ... page 3 ... page 11 ... page 15 lianrlTPBtrr Wanchester — A City o( Village Charm Low Tor 30 Cents Tuesday. Nov. 18,1986 Tough’ talks N Sho ‘’i? V- u ilit NATI4 on arms will Pacifi predic resume early fair ah By Barry Schweld reductions even though Reagan and The Associated Press Gorbachev “ set a new arms control agenda” in Reykjavik. V WASHINGTON - Secretary of The Soviets in the past had tried r ^ State George P. Shultz says nego to restrain the U.S. anti-missile tiating nuclear weapons reductions program. But Shultz suggested with the Soviets will be “ tough and Moscow was linking all arms probably drawn-out” because Mos control issues that are under cow wants to hold off agreements negotiation to their stance on Star I /fpf until all issues are settled. Wars. But Shultz said Monday night the The last round of negotiations in U.S. anti-missile program and a Geneva ended last week without ..* buildup of U.S. nuclear and conven agreement. But the Soviets pro tional forces would force Soviet posed the three principal negotia military planners to consider" re tors for both sides meet Dec. 2-5 in ‘iv:. ducing their nuclear arsenals. the Swiss city. While Shultz was counseling The U.S. official, who demanded patience in a speech at the anonymity, said this represents a J ELM University of Chicago, a U.S. “ de facto” extension of the formal official in Washington disclosed negotiations. “ It’s kind of perplex 4bat senior American and Soviet ing because basically they gave us jiegotiators had tentatively agreed stonewalling through the last to meet early next month in round.” the official said. Geneva. Chief U.S. negotiator Max M. This means the two sides will not Kampelman and his two principal put their talks on reducing nuclear deputies, Ron Lehman and May MORI weapons and on the controversial nard Glitman, will hold the Dec. 2-S exten session with a Soviet delegation U.S. "Star Wars” missile defense is fall! program on hold until mid- headed by Viktor P. Karpov. January. The two sides also are weighing a H«rald photo by Rocha subtr The United States and Soviet meeting of weapons specialists in the V\ Union are known to be in virfua! early January, prior to the opening Town Hilihway" ^uperTnten^^ keith Chapman normally be sanded and plowe'd, then sanded again. syste agreement on dismantling their of the next round of formal The town is divided into 26 routes for piowing and 16 Pacifi medium-range nuclear missiles in negotiations in mid-month, the points out the location of snow plowing route 13, the Europe, but the Soviets want that to official said. most important one in town because it surrouncjs for sanding. In a full sanding operation, the town will syste be part of a broader agreement that Reagan and Soviet leader Mik Manchester Memoriai Hospitai. That route will use 225 tons of sand. State also limits the U.S. anti-missile hail S. Gorbachev agreed in Iceland program to laboratory research. Oct. 11-12 to seek sharp reductions Shultz, describing the Soviet in U.S. and Soviet nuclear arsenals. position in his Chicago speech, But their summit talks broke down said; “ Make no mistake about it. over the American program to Leaf program may be storm victim Tough, and probably drawn-out develop a defense against a missile negotiations will still be required if attack. we. are to nail down any formal Shultz was unable to regain the Manchester’s highway superintendent was said. of leaf pickup put into operation this year. agreement on offensive force re momentum in talks Nov. 12-13 in monitoi^ng the weather reports this morning, Chapman said that if the leaf boxes are “ I would like to have gone through one full ductions. For example, the Soviets Vienna with Soviet Foreign Minis tryingto decide whether to remove leaf pickup removed and the snow does not come . workers leaf pickup season without a storm,” he said. ter Eduard A. Shevardnadze. “ Un Sulci i r e now linking agreement on boxes from eight town trucks to get them will have to attach them again to resume leaf Under the system used this year, leaf pickup fortunately, it’s not possible to anything with agreement on ready for snow plowing. pickup. ■ is going on simultaneously in all six sections of Singer move ahead as we hoped,” he said everything.” Highway Superintendent Keith Chapman In any event, 12 other trucks are equipped town, with the crews trying to concentrate on royalties in a news conference in the The Reagan administration has said he was getting conflicting reports on the for sanding operations and plows are ready for areas within their assigned sections where Only Hi Austrian city. Shevardnadze de rejected any such deal. Shultz said possibility of snow and would have to base his attachment to those trucks. there are the most leaves. Commiti parted with what he called “ a bitter Chapman said he did not intend to attach the the Soviets wanted to restrict U.S. decision on the best information available. Prevent! research on anti-missile defense taste.” plows until this afternoon. The system has been working well. If the town gets two to four inches of snow "H avi “ in a way that would cripple the Subsequently. Soviet negotiators The temperature is the key. since the town is Chapman said, although there have been tonight, as some reports indicate it will, the the edge American SDI (Strategic Defense in Geneva submitted a wide- more likely to get rain than snow if it stays complaints from residents in the less leafy early storm will play havoc with the understt Initiative) program. This we can ranging proposal on missle reduc warm. parts of town when they see adjacent streets remainder of the leaf-collection program. rienced not accept.” tions and space-based defense If it does snow. Chapman p id , it will be cleared of leaves while their own streets have “ If we have to plow, we’ll be plowing snow Monday His description of the Soviet systems. U.S. officials said there on top of the leaf piles at the curb,” Chapman difficult to evaluate the experimentalrime method not yet been done. stance suggested Moscow had that it did not provide movement Joel’s hardened its position on missile toward an accord. Maher, amount commiti B ello I from th Eighth District officiai sees foui piay in boundary change tional ( Inc. “ I ( Manchester to the Eighth District of Slater Street. importa the district directors at the Main Slater Street and one on North Main were setting up a computer system By George Layng and discovered that properties on in the late 1970s, the boundary line Landers said he hopes the issue Street firehouse. Street were switched from the will be raised if and when negotia Herald Reporter Slater Street and Tolland Turnpike was drawn so that north of He said the owners of most of the taxing jurisdiction of the Eighth tions between the two governments had incorrectly been listed on the Interstate 84. the center of Slater The town has arbitrarily redrawn property , at issue- — located east of District, which provides fire pro are started. Officials from both All 81 Eighth District’s tax rolls. Street was the border. Territory to Slater Street between Tolland tection and sewer service to most of sides have said they want to talk the boundary lines of the Eighth He said the border puts all the east belonged to the town, and Count Utilities District near the intersec Turnpike and Interstate 84 — paid northern Manchester, to the town, about disputes that have divided properties on the eastern side of territory to the west belonged to the kins se tion of Slater Street and Tolland real estate and motor vehicle taxes Landers said. He said the lots in the town and Eighth District, Slater Street within the town’s Eighth District, he said. South of tolerate to the Eighth District from at least question were once part of one including whether or not to share Turnpike and now improperly jurisdiction. On Tolland Turnpike, the highway, the Eighth District that he’ 1978 until 1981. parcel, but were then snbdivided. the town’s Buckland firehouse. collects tax money on some land, properties between 601 and 629 has jurisdiction east of Slater 9 However, Manchester Assessor “ It n district Director Thomas Landers “They simply were removed Street, he argued. Landers also proposed Monday J. Richard Vincent this morning Tolland Turnpike fall within the everyth charged Monday. from the tax rolls, so far as I can But according to maps held by that the two governments consider contended the properties should town’s boundaries, Vincent said. cardiov “ The thing that bothers me is that tell,” Landers said. He said he did Vincent and Finance Director jointly funding a study of the fire not know how much money was at always have paid taxes to the town. Landers said that under the court Atkins, nowhere in our records were we settlement resulting from the ad Boyce Spinelli, the town has control contacted — it was just changed,” stake. He said the changeover occurred Please turn to page 10 garette! mission of the Buckland section of of the territory on the eastern side Landers said during a meeting of All told, seven properties on in 1982, when assessment officials quitting Atkini of the TODAY’S HERALD Smokeo Meotti gets environment chair smoker: day.

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