to - MANCHESTER'HERALP, Monday, Aug. 12,^98^ WEATHER BOLTON FOCUS CONNECnCUT PBC seeks money Some people pick Woolf steps aside Clear, cool tonighf; } BUSINESS^ to. pay fire.^irchitect for sheer pleasure from Hutton inquiry^ warmer Wednesday ♦ ..,page3 ...page 11 ... page 7 ... page 2 Business You can save money s on car car. ) Iri Brief youlre in the market for a used car, look for a ■ Show the history to your fcn mechanic. Get his sticker * a window telling you whether the car is opinion about the kinds of Ww...^k to4$fe— ------ done.— being■sola^‘ia^Y6'’.or whether the dealer is offering a Your One more feature ifhakes looking at used rentals Benito, joihs new company warranty. That's part of a rule the Federal Trade worthwhile: Most companies offer warranties. That’s Brian M. Benito of ManchesterVhas joined Commission put into effdet in early May to help you, a looney's not always the case where d ^ e rs are concerned and Monhrch Direct , of Springfield, Ma^., ds a first-time b u y e ro f a uied car, cope Wip# the problems certainly not the case you buy a car from-.a involved in this area. production W orth private owner — unless me car still has a valid V supervisor. If you’re joining the huge numbers buying used- new-car warranty that can be transferred. Benito holds an instead of new cars at this peak season fOr buying cars Sylvia Porter and with prices at all-time highs, note, tpo, wlyether Whether you exploit .the used rental market Tuesday, Aug. 13, 1985 — Single copy: 25if associate's • degree ’ directly through the agencies, or f&rn to your local Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm from Manchester the sticker sugge^ you get'wmr own mechanic to dealer, you will be looking for the same qualities in the CoYnmunity Cc"e^ inspect the car-befbre y ou buyrChe sticker will tell you —^ ^ c a r : .fuel efficiency', good condition, excellent and a bachelor'#^- little more, but even so. the rule offers the first-time buyer in the used-car market some valuable.guidance cond^ion, "’explaiils'Robert Norton, director-of fleet maintenance histbry, better price. gree frdfn the Uni­ in the car-rental'division of National Car Rental. If the used rental market appeals to you, consider versity of Hartford. — and. more important, flashes warnings in/itself. ■ Where are the best places to buy used c ^ ? >^hey,have to be," Norton continues, "because the that companies usually mpke available the. best cars He and his wife, directly to private buyers. National’s Norton^ Itria, have twc^sons, The major car-rental companies — whichiew of you company doesn't want to have to rescue a driver would think of exploring. Yet. most o^ these ’stranded when his car breaks do\#n." estimates that about 75 percent of its cars'are sold to Rescuers save 4 Brian M. Jr. and individuals. The rem aiii^r M to dealers. ■ * i Matthew. companies se llj^ a high percentage of their fleets ■ Noftbh^i^mphasizes,'toOf that although you can't each year, either directly to egnsumers or to dealers. escape th e j^ t that many drivers already have used But do not expect to hhagl^’’Our prices are firr*; You may get a surprisingly good price on a used car the car, the nhmber of drivers doen't really matter. we really don’t get into, bargaining.” Nortoiv-sap. Bank raises via this route. And you can select from a broad range *'i;equent servicing uncovers key problems. "We think our prices are already very low, and we’re of cars, since agencies generally rent cars in all sizes. Another selling point: Some local rental offices will not bargaining down." / its dividend What's more, the common assumption that used Jet you rent the car you want and if then you decide to Of course, shop around — no matter what you re BOSTON - Di­ rentals have been driven into the ground is not a valid it, w^l subtract the rental charge from-the sale told. Know what to look for and go after it. amid jet wreckage rectors "of Bunk of assumption. Good car-rental companies service their' Jric^TTs a nifty way to get a real'test drive and For additional tips. National offers a booklet: New England Corp. cars frequently — far more often than the average suggests an hone^rental office, ■Used Cars: Where to Shop, How to Buy” It’s free. owner of a private auto. They must — or risk losing Rental agencies often provide a copy of the car's Send a postcard to National Car Rental Systems Inc,, have approved an 11 7700 France Ave., S., Dept. SP, Minneapolis, Minn. percent quarterly customers who refuse to rent junky cars. maintenance history — a good way Jto elirhinate much By Todd R. Easthom 55435. dividend incr.ease to Brian M. Benito ‘‘Cars that are sold are generally in excellent of the mystery surrounding the purchase of a used United Press International .50 cents per share, payable Oct 19 to stockholders of record Sept. 30. ■ TOKYO — A tanker crew in Bank, of New England and CBT Corp. of —"Manchester at Work waters outside Tokyo today disco­ Hartford, Conn., merged June 14. As of June 30, vered a crucial tail section of a the combined corporation reported assets ex­ Danbury area Japan Air Lines jet that'may have , ceeding W.4 billion, a staff of more than 10,000, and fallen from JAL Flight 123 before it an expanding network of branch officers and crashed. Four of the 524 people automatic teller facilities in Connecticut and aboard Were found alive. Massachusetts. expects pinch Rescuers who found the' survi­ vors amid the smoking wreckage of:the Boeing 747 jumbo jet on a CIGNA promotes Schulze remote mountainside earlier today for housing^ feared the other 520 pag^engers Denise Schulze of Bolton has been appointed and crew were killed, making it the assistant director of marketing in the Employee most deadly crash involving a •Benefits and Health By United Press'International single airplane In aviation history. Care Group of CIGNA Six Americans were aboard, Rapid job growth. po|julation ^cceijses and JAL spokesman Masaru Wata- • Schulze joihed the shrinking households in western Connecticut wilt . nabe said in an interview that part company in 1978 as result in a housing shortage by theof the century, of the vertical stabilizer, a rudder an underwriter in a Regional Plan Association report rejeased today that provides essential directional the Group Insurance projects control in the tail of a plane, was and Services Divisio Jobs will continue to increase more than population, found by a the crew of a construc­ n. Since 1983, she according to the report by the New 'V'ork-based tion tanker in Sagami Bay. about has served as group Regional Plan Association, which is dwwted to 60 milese stabilizer could provide auto marketing cons coordinating development of the New Yerk-New investigators with the cause of the ultant in the division' Jersey-Conriecticut area. disaster aAd coincided with re­ s marketing departm The analysis predicts job growth in Fairfield, New ports that the pilot had trouble ent. Haven and Litchfield counties will decrease from Schulze is a gradua controlling the plane prior to the about 16,000 jobs a. year over the past five years to crash. te of Central Connect somewhat more than 15,000 per year. The part was found on the flight icut State University. Between 1982 and 2000, theassociation Plan projects path of the Osaka-bound airliner, a one-third jump of 275,000 jobs in the three counties, which had set out from Tokyo on a from 842V.500 in 1982 to 1.2 million in 2000. southerly-course over Sagami Bay Aetna buys Population, on the other hand, is not likely to but then veered far to the north and part of firm increase more than 225,000, to 1.95 million, a west. The tail section was found one-eighth rise. morethan 100 miles from the crash HARTFORD - Ae benise Schulze This trend continues the sharp increase in the ratio site. tna Life & Casualty of population to jobs in western Connecticut. The "Without a vqrtical stabilizer Co. has announced it has signed an agreement Regional Plan projects 60 percent of the western you can't control an aircraft,” with the largest financial institution in Spain to Connecticut labor force will work w.ithin the area by Watanabe said. He said an intact acquire S significant minority interest in Spanish 2000, well above the 52 percent for the whole New York vertical stabilizer is about 24 feet multi-line insurance company. urban region. high, 11 feet wide and 27 inches Aetna has reached the agreement with Banco The Association also predicts the size of the average thick. ,UP1 photo 'Hispano Americano to acquire 40 percent to 49 , household will shrink in the remaining years of the Watanabe said the part was century from an average 3.07 persons per household in percent of La Estrella, which has assets of more Herald photo by Tarqulnlo being transported to Tokyo for A rescue helicopter lifts up one of the four survivors of than $84 million. 1980 to 2,15 persons by 2000, In line with the rest of the examination by JAL engineers but the dc\8^d Japan Air Lines jumbo jet on the slope of Mt. BHA currently holds 89 percent of La jE.sfrella region. Tight squeeze said it was “highly likely" the part Osutaka ^early today.