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PAGE TWELVE-B - MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD, Manchester, Conn., Fri„ Dec. 10, 1976 Electronic switching Claim office manager The weather Inside today extended by SNETCO Patricia A. Minicucci, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Fred J. Minicucci formerly of South St., Variable cloudlneu, windy, aunny 41U1 after January 1,” Cleaver said. Area news__ 1-B Eklitorial .........6-A Starting Saturday about 16,000 Coventry, has been appointed manager of the Los today, high in upper 40i. Gear and Business........ 6-B Obituaries .... 8-A Manchester telephone customers Housed at62 East Center St., the $4 Angeles-based Western regional dental claim of colder tonight, low in teens. Sunday Churches ....... 7-B Week-Review .5-B will have faster, more efficient million system will interconnect fice of Connecticut General Life Insurance Com clear and colder with chance of rain Classified 7-B-lO-B Wings............6-A calling, the Southern New England calls faster and more efficently than pany. late in the afternoon. High in mid 30s. Comics........ U-B Sr. Citizens ... 2-A Blue Cross, CMS merge Telephone Company says. Beginning any of the previous generations of National weather forecast map on Dear Abby ... 11-B Sports ... .2-B-3-B that day, telephone customers whose electro-mechanical switching equip Minicucci, a graduate of Russell Sage College, Page S-B. NORTH HAVEN - Roger W. both plans, provide for greater coor numbers start with 643, 647 and 649 ment, SNET says. In addition, the joined Connecticut General at the home office in Hartt, chairman of the board of dination of health care programs, will have their calls routed by a new new system provides greater ac 1972, and was advanced to senior underwriter in Connecticut Blue Cross, Inc. and simplify communications with sub electronic switching system (ESS). curacy and automatically identifies 1974. She has been serving as assistant manager John M.C, Betts, chairman of the scribers and eventually reduce ad The calls of Manchester customers malfunctions. This capability makes at the Los Angeles dental claim office since 1975. board of Connecticut Medical Ser ministrative costs.” whose number begin with 646 have possible less costly maintenance and She lives at 2665 Seagully Way, Malibu, Calif. means repairs can be made more Creation of new jobs vice. Inc. announced today that the “However,” Betts continued, been switched electronically since boards of trustees of their respective “Immediate savings would not be August 1967 when people in this rapidly than before. The Los Angeles office is one of nine in a organizations voted to adopt the joint evident because of the added expense exchange became the first in Connec "While this fast switching equip national network of dental claim offices es Blue Cross/CMS Executive Com of the consolidation process, such as ticut to be linked to ESS equipment. ment is very expensive,” Cleaver tablished by Connecticut General to handle dental mittee's proposal for consolidation of combining member, billings and Those customers who will be con said, “we are moving ahead with our claims exclusively. given top priority other records of over 1.5 million sub program to equip more and more of the two corporations into a new cor nected to the new ESS equipment Palririii Miiiirurri poration. scribers and integrating data will notice some changes when they our central offices with it as fast as PLAINS, Ga. (UPI) - Jimmy which he has said he hopes to com creating jobs. The board of the new, consolidated processing systems.” make or receive calls, says Merritt prudent management of our financial Carter has placed job-creating plete by Christmas. Carter essentially has two options. health care corporation will be es According to Hartt, the boards of Cleaver, local manager of Southern resources will permit.” programs at the top ol his list of His last stop before leaving He can create jobs, which means that tablished by combining the two Connecticut Blue Cross, Inc. and New England Telephone. priorities to stimulate a sagging Washington was at the Pentagon otherwise unproductive persons are existing boards whose members Connecticut Medical Services, Inc. “When these customers place __ S*' Kathy says: 1 economy, plus a tax cut if necessary. where he said in a sidewalk press added to the work force, paying taxes , s :: serve without compensation. Con authorized the development of legal calls, they will/find a moment of WE RE BACK IN Barring some dramatic turnaround conference that he still feels $5 instead of collecting unemployment solidation is scheduled for review documents for the consolidation of silence before the other phone starts in the economy, it appears Carter billion to $7 billion could be cut from or welfare. The other option is to and ratification by both corporations the two health care plans. He said, ringing,” he explained. "This is nor craft BUSINESS AGAIN will ask Congress for $5 billion or the Pentagon budget and that jobs decrease taxes, thus pumping money early in 1977. The proposed new “Further action will be taken by the mal and does not mean there is Featuring the Finest In more in jobs programs and $10 billion would come before tax cuts in his list into the economy to be spent or structure calls for the initial chair boards during their respective an anything wrong with the equipment. felt or more in tax cuts. of priorities. saved. man of the board to be from CMS and nual meetings in late February or Another difference that customers * FRUITS But despite increasing pressure. "My first priority is toward jobs,” Carter confirmed reports that his the initial chairman of the Executive early March 1977. At that time, new may notice is that dial tone will have squares Carter continued to keep his options Carter said. ”11 the amount of staff has recommmended a tax cut of Committee to be from Blue Cross. bylaws will be considered and a a more musical sound and incoming * VEGETABLES open during a two-day trip to stimulus is more than the jobs can $15 billion "among other options.” A C o m . pick Irom Iht Betts said, “The consolidation of name for the consolidated corpora calls will have a long, single ring at l.rgcit ••tarlm.nl * GROCERIES Washington, saying, "The size of an implement, I will make up the group of major business executives Blue Cross and CMS will eliminate tion will be decided upon. After that •nirwiMral Ovtr 40 d o n economic stimulus, if it is needed, regular invervals. ••■.•ta In •locki I; difference from taxes.” met with Carter Thursday and confusion in the minds of members of the approval of the Insurance Com Cleaver also noted that customers STOP IN AND SEE OUR NEWLY still remains to be decided.” The statement was the first clear recommended a $23 billion program missioner is required." who are served by electronic REMOOLED STORE. THE FRONT DOORS Carter returned to Plains Friday indication of Cartec's thinking on including $15 billion in tax cuts, $3 9x12 pieces ARE COMING SOON, BUT COME RIGHT night after meeting Thursday and switching equipment should dial 2for39< IN... how the sluggish economy should be billion in investment incentives and Attended eonfab Five join CofC their calls promptly once they have Friday with hundreds of members of stimulated. It came after word $5 billion in job-creating programs. picked up the receiver. 12x18 pieces..................................3 9 * OPEN DAILY Congress, business leaders, staff started coming from his camp, in Carter spent an hour more than Field management and its oppor Five new members have been ap Electronic switching makes possi 6 AM-9 PM Doug King members planning his transition to cluding budget director Thomas B. had been planned at the Pentagon, tunities and responsibilities were dis proved for admission to the Rockville ble a new family of sophisticated ser SUN. power and possible Cabinet ap Lance, hinting at a tax cut as a top where he had lunch with Defense cussed last week by district agent Area Chamber of Commerce. vices which are available at ad 6 AM-8 PM and Family pointees. priority. Carter appeared to be Secretary Donald Rumsfeld and the John F. Perry of 1 Daryl Dr., Vernon The new members, all of Vernon, ditional charge. Touch-Tone calling “irfcprp a Carter had no public activities attempting to correct that impres Joint Chiefs of Staff. In the afternoon and of the Hartford/LaBonne general are Salvatore Avarista Jr., painting will be available to those Manchester “THE KINO planned today. He said he will con sion while at the same time returning he had briefings on the military com agency of National Life Insurance contractor; John Martin, plumbing customers served by the ESS equip ftUl tcofth OP tinue working at home on his cabinet, to his dominant campaign theme of mand system. Company of Vermont in a five-day contractor; Storm Robertson, car ment on Monday. Electronic a dollar!*^ PERU PnODUCEr program here at the company's home toonist; Velvet Touch Beauty Salon, switching also makes Totalphone 276 OMOAIID tT.. mWCHKTBI ^ . office. and Sabastian's Music Center. serve possible. Totalphone, which in Perry, an associate of general cludes push-button dialing, allows Scene of fatal crash on Silver Lane Kissinger trying to break agent George "Ted" LaBonne Jr., Bus pass gifts people to transfer incoming calls to with offices in Manchester, is one of Lt. John Breen (white coat) of the East Hartford Fire Department and two fire fighters Heritage Savings and Loan of other phones, bring third persons into 22 selected district agents from check out the auto in which a Manchester man was killed about 5:12 p.m. Friday on Manchester, and First Federal calls and reach frequently called throughout the country to attend the Savings and Loan of East Hartford numbers with just two or three taps Silver Lane at Millwood Rd., East Hartford.