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- p'ENlNC. HERALD. Thurs,, Feb. 2l lonn State-Sponsored Industrial Loans Reach New High its 85 employees. said Tuesday the Connecticut "The strength of Connecticut’s the fiscal year were running nearly The third largest grant, a $3.5 HARTFORD il’PIf - State- Bridgeport’s West End Moving and sponsored industrial loans reached Development .Authority had set the expanding economy and the con 63 percent ahead of the same period million loan, will be used by Air new^fecord by approving $27,633,000 fidence modern industry is showing of the previous year. Express International Corp, of Stam Storage Co., Inc., got a $1.9 million an all-time monthly high of more loan to buy a building, adding 12 peo in state-sponsored loans for 20 com- in the state’s economic outlook are The largest grant approved ford to renovate a corporate office than S27.3 million this month, eclip ple to its 60-person staff. , panies. evident in the surge of state- ’Tuesday was more than $8.5 million building. sing the previous record set in sponsored industrial loan activity,” in self-sustaining bonds for WB Co., The Man Barrier Corp. of Seymour Burt’s Beverage Co. Inc. and Conn- January, the state s economic He Mid the loans will create 416 West Recycling Ltd., both of Dan new jo ^ a n d retain 1.055 other jobs Stockton said. Inc., of Pearl River, N.Y., to buy the received a $2.4 million loan to buy development commissioner says. Whitney Blake Division of Nortek bury, will use an $850,000 loan to buy throughout the state. ' ^ • He said loans for the first half of equipment and two buildings and in Oommissioner Edward J. Stockton Inc. in Hamden. 'The firm will make crease its 98-person workforce by 150 land and a new building and create copper wire and cable, adding 62 additional employees. eight new jobs. w o rk e rs to th e c u r r e n t 313 The Pepsi ^ tilin g Co. will use a ► employees. $1.8 million ioan^o expand its Wind Library Board A loan of more than $4.1 million for sor facility, nearly doubling its 79 business BOLTON — The Board of Library Slnc^ 1881 • 20n Single Copy » 15<t Home Delivered | VJC Warehouse and Transportation workers by adding 75 employees. Vol. XClX, No. 122 — ManctiMter, Corih.i Friday, February 22, Inc. of West Haven will be used tp,- Fordham Distributors Inc. Directors will meet Feb. 25 at 2 p.m. ISew CofC Member build a new warehouse in North received a $1 million loan to add to at the Bentley Memorial Library. Haven, adding four workers to the its present Hartford facilities. The A state consultant will be present MANCHESTER - Charles C Gill of 122 Ferguson current 11. beer distibutor will add 15 people to to discuss films. Road has been unanimously elected to the Greater Manchester Chamber of Commerce. Lassow Suggests Issues Gill'is a tax accountant for Arthur Young and Com pany. an international firm of certified public accoun Aetna To Expand Offices tants in Hartford, and will serve on the Small Business Council HARTFORD (UPI) - Aetna Life 350,000-square-feet of office space in is expected to exceed 19,000 by 1990, A resident of Manchester for 25 years. Gill received his & Casualty Wednesday announced a a new downtown Hartford office- an increase of more than 7,000 new bachelor s degree in .Accounting and Finance from Fair- $135 million expansion and construc retail complex to be developed by an jobs. tield I'niversity and a master's in Taxation from the tion program of its home office Aetna subsidiary and a local For Liaison Committee I'niversity of Hartford facilities in Hartford and Middletown developer. — a move it said will clear the way “This plan reaffirms our commit Parenis Group Purdy Gets Award for 7,000 new jobs. ment to maintain Aetna's corporate BOLTON^.- The Bolton High By CHARLIE MAYNARD and the district. At ’Tuesday night’s problems facing the town were The four-year-old station was built Aetna will spend $20 million to headquarters in Hartford and to in School pprOTts group will meet Feb. by Herald Reporter regular Eighth District meeting, suitable topics for discussion. He in Buckland, which was later MANCHESTER — For the second year in a row. the purchase and renovate one Hartford crease our commitment to the area 25 at 7;30 p.m. at the high school some directors had asked if there had also used the occasion to level a annexed by the district. The Connec Purdy Corp has won the "Vendor Achievement Award " building and renovate three others; and its people," said Aetna chairman library. Raymond Allen, superinten MANCHESTER - Eighth District been any response from the mayor. broadside attack at Penny. ticut Supreme Court in 1978 ruled the for its outstanding performance as a supplier of quality John H. Filer. "He wants to know what the issues 2 $25 million to build a 300,000-square On Thursday morning. Mayor annexation was appropriate and Charles C. (Hit James J. Gadarowski dent of schools and Joseph Fleming, President Gordon B. Lassow said the goods and services to Pratt & Whitney Aircraft of foot training center in Hartford; and He said the program will meet Aet- high school principal, will be at the Buckland fire station and the town’s Stephen Penny released a statement are?’’ Lassow declared. "It’s prohibited the town from serving Canada Limited. $90 million to construct a 900,000- . na’s growth projections for the 1980s, meeting to answer questions about saying he would consider reac amazing how the mayor has no Buckland. information centers in senior citizen centers throughout water and sewer problems were fit This award, presented annually, was instituted by the square-foot office facility in which indicate the number of programs at the high school. tivating the committee if the district perception of the problems this town Lassow has said the town should the state. Gadarowski said. ting topics for a town district liaison Canadian firm to recognize the best performances within Middletown. employees will increase by about 60 committee. directors would specify the issues to has. We want only what's best for the sell or lease the fire station to the the ranks of its many suppliers in Canada, the United Kaman Revenues Increase The Middletown office complex percent. Aetna now has about 11,700 Parents of Grade 7 and 8 students, be discussed. town.” district. He opposed Penny’s sugges States, and abroad will be at the intersection of workers at its home office facilities as well as parents of high school Lassow and other district officials Lassow, who has sharply criticized He listed the water, sewers, an in tion that the two municipalities share Accepting the award at a special dinner held in Mon- BLOOMFIELD (UPI) — Kaman Corp. achieved its Interstate 91 and Route 72. in Hartford and Windsor. students, are invited to attend. have called for a committee which the town for the construction of the adequate disaster control plan and use of the facility. •treal were John M. Purdy Jr., president. William E. eleventh consecutive year of increased earnings and The company will also lease up to Filer said home office employment would include representatives of the firehouse in the Buckland section, "that white elephant firehouse” as "I don’t think that’s possible 2 Sullivan, vice president, and Robert Coulombe. quality revenues in<1979 with a q j 1-year compound growth rate of Board of Directors fropi the town said it and the water and sewer major items. because of the attitudes of the people control manager. 20 percent in earnings, it was announced Monday. involved,” he said. "We’re just Pratt &: Whitney Aircraft of Canada Limited is a "Our company's record is a result of its underlying trying to bail them out. There are member of the Pratt & Whitney Aircraft Group and a business philosophy, diversification by design, which feelings of people from both sides of subsidiary of United Technologies Corp. enables us to achieve a balance among our product the town against shared use." groups. " firm president Charles H. Kaman said. 1-84 Backers Meet The district president also said Law Day Chairman He said the firm, -which manufactures airplane parts, there was not enough water pressure HARTFORD — James J. Gadarowski. associate pianos and bearings, expects its defense business to and that the pumps don't work right, counsel for the Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Co., has spearhead continued growth in 1980. "We go to the fire and they aren t been appointed state chairman of Connecticut's 23rd an To Consolidate Fight working properly,” he declared. nual observance of Law Day — USA. Record Sales, Earnings Lassow also decried what he con The following attorneys have been appointed to chair EAST HARTFORD - Eastern represented the town at the meeting commitment from the towns along I- sidered an inadequate disaster con subcommittees for the forthcoming Law Day: James WATERBURY (UPI) — MacDermid Inc. Monday an Connecticut town officials and I that was a mixture of private and 84 in the form of a resolution signed trol plan. He said the district fire Eder. Hartford; Ellen Rinaldi-Sandler. Manchester; Jef nounced record sales and earnings for the third quarter representatives of the construction public interest groups. by the town's top executive suppor department needed to know its ending Dec. 31, 1979 and for the first nine months of the industry meet Thursday in Dagon said his primary concern is responsibilities in case of a fire at the Bearly Afraid frey McChristian.