New force Retail J O’Neill unworrIed Coventry girls too much Best yule season by GOP Influence /3 K for neighboring Poltqiii/; ih nearly 2 years /0 manrliPBlpr Mrralb Friday, Jan. 6, 1989 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm 30 Cents Base plan ',1 Jobless rate heads to Congress falls back to By Bryan Brumley THE DIAMOND DUO The Associated Press WASHINGTON - A plan to 14-year low save billions of dollars by closing dozens of military bases around the country goes before Congress By John King Labor Department official said. Anaconda Kaye Sports and you after being approved ahead of The Associated Press The department said the schedule by Defense Secretary number of jobless fell by 9,000 to Frank C. Carlucci. WASHINGTON - The nation’s 6.554.000 last month. The House and Senate must civilian unemployment rate However, there still were deal with the plan in its entirety, dropped back to a 14-year low of 950.000 so-called “ discouraged approving or rejecting it. The 5.3 percent in December, with workers” — people who want jobs Helmets & Hats congressional resolution would service-producing industries but are not included in the Uniforms Rawlings then go to the White House. leading the way in the creation of unemployment rate because they Senate and House leaders have 279.000 new jobs, the government have given up looking for work in Bike ABC predicted Congress will approve reported today. the belief that none is available. Speedline Bike the plan. The jobless rate dropped 0.1 That figure has been constant since early 1987. Russell Wilson Carlucci told reporters Thurs­ percentage point from No­ day that U.S. military leaders vember, reaching 5.3 percent for The number of workers em­ Majestic New Era strongly endorsed what he called the third time in 1988, the Labor ployed part time because they Delong US Cap a “ unique opportunity” to save Department said in its final cannot find full-time work also Reginald PInto/Manchester Herald was unchanged over the past Betlin Universal Cap money. unemployment report of the SUPPER’S ON — Jennifer Heideman, 9, houses which would be affected by a Reagan presidency. For the year, year, remaining at 5.3 million. AJD “ We just have to move ahead Wilson and do this,” Carlucci said. “ We helps her mother, Marion, prepare move to close military housing com­ civilian unemployment averaged Of the 279,000 new jobs in December, 107,000 were in the Howard’s have not closed a base since 1978. dinner at their home on Nike Circle. plexes across the country. 5.5 percent, down from 6.2 per­ Western Steer And I think that fact speaks for cent in 1987. business and health services itself. We need to step up to the Their Manchester home is one of the In its year-end report, the industries. Retail trade added Bats plate here.” department reported that 52.000 new jobs for the month, Batting Gloves Carlucci took just a week to 3.798.000 jobs were created in most of them in department Worth review the recommendations of a 1988, the most since 1984, when stores. Easton Worth government commission that had Closing houses could backfire employers reporting adding 3.95 Manufacturers reported ad­ been created by the administa- million people to their payrolls. ding 34,000 people to their pay­ Louisville Mizuno tion and Congress to review 4,200 By Nancy Pappas the Pentagon may divest’ itwlf of housing Janet Norwood, commissioner rolls in December, well behind Bom Bat Wilson military properties. Manchester Herald complexes like the Nike Circle area, which is of labor statistics, said 3 million the 85,000 monthly gain they of the new jobs last year were on averaged in October and Steele Saranac After seven months of review, administered by the Fort Devens military base the commission recommended Government efforts to save money by closing north of Boston. Mass. the service side of the economy, November. Swingmaster outright closure of 34 military housing complexes for military families, such as Such divestiture may not be realistic, given the including 700,000 in retail trade. Over the past year, manufac­ Rawlings Baseballs installations and 52 military the Nike Circle development off Lakewood inflated cost of housing in areas such as New “ The goods-producing sector turing employment has increased housing complexes and partial Circle, may backfire and wind up costing England, say residents. also reflected considerable by 410,000, 30 percent of it in Rawlings closure of five other installations. taxpayers more money in the long run. say some Tech Sgt. Peter Roland, a veteran of 11 years in strength during 1988,” Norwood export-booming machinery the military, is the Air Force recruiter at 555 said in testimony prepared for the industry. Wilson It recommended that 54 other residents and real estate agents. bases receive new missions or And some officers could not perform their Main St. “ It won’t really be a savings because Joint Economic Comittee of Con­ Diamond additional personnel. duties as effectively if they were living in right now. these houses are paid for. All you’re gress. “ The number of construc­ Worth Members of the commission conventional housing, away from other military talking is renovation and maintenance,” said tion jobs rose by 300,000 over the year, and manufacturing gained Spalding estimated the closings would personnel, say the residents. Roland. “ What would it cost the government to Night fire save the nation $693 million a year Those are the opinions of several residents of pay housing costs in this area for the same 32 more than 400,000 jobs for the Softballs Protective in the short term, and up to $5.6 Manchester’s 13-acre development, who have second straight year.” billion over two decades. had a week to mull over an announcement that See BACKFIRE, page 10 Factory workers continued to Mohinder work an average four hours of kills 4 in Trump overtime a week, indicating no Worth Rawlings letup in the export-led manufac­ Dudley Bike turing rebound. apartments Wilson Wilson Pentagon film shows U.S.-Libyan dogfight Average wages, however, re­ mained flat an an average of $9.45 By Larrv Rosenthal Spalding Mizuno an hour for the third month in a Shoes By Norman Black records the pilot of the lead U.S. link between the factory dispute edged even some of America’s The Associated Press Allstar The Associated Press Navy F-14 Tomcat citing each of and the air battle, which it said allies are not convinced the plant row, a figure that will be greeted Nike five attempts to maneuver away began while the Navy Tomcats is a weapons facility. by market analysts closely NORWICH — Four people died watching that statistic for early WASHINGTON - The Pen­ from the approaching Libyan were flying a routine protective In his first public comments on in a fire that swept through a Gloves Converse Wednesday’s air battle with signs of an inflationary spiral. tagon has released photographs jets, then, along with a second patrol for the aircraft carrier five-story apartment house in “ The competitive situation for All positions Bike and a dramatic audio tape of the F-14, shooting down the MiG-23s. John F. Kennedy well off the Libya, Reagan on Thursday said downtown Norwich overnight, the American pilots had done the U.S. manufacturers has im­ Mitre U.S.-Libyan dogfight over the Libya has asserted that the Libyan coast. authorities said today. Rawlings right thing in firing their missiles. proved greatly in the last two Mediterranean that it says prove incident Wednesday was con­ In Paris on Thursday, Secre­ The bodies of the four victims Mizuno “ Our pilots acted completely in years,” Norwood said, noting Mizuno its pilots were provoked and nected to growing American tary of State George P. Shultz were recovered from the build­ self-defense,” Reagan said as he that manufacturing productivity Worth acted reasonably in downing the complaints that a Libyan chemi­ hinted that Reagan may be ing, the last shortly after 8:30 Worth has risen at an average rate of 3.5 AsIcs Tiger Libyan planes. cals plant is being readied for willing to work out a deal with boarded Air Force One in Los a.m. today, officials said. All Wilson Angeles, where he ended two percent since 1986. The photographs, although of full-scale production of poison Libya that would not require were pronounced dead on arrival weeks of vacation. "Because increases in em­ poor quality, show at least one of gas. President Reagan has said destruction of the plant. at William H. Backus Hospital in The audio tape released Thurs­ ployer costs for the compensation the two Libyan MiG-23 fighters he would not rule out a military Before arriving in Paris for an Norwich. of workers have been fairly carried missiles. The Libyan strike against the plant, which international conference on day by the Pentagon indicated Five others were injured, in­ restrained, unit labor costs fell by government has claimed both Libya claims is merely a medi­ chemical weapons where the that early in the confrontation the cluding a man who apparently GET DOWN & DIRTY WITH THE NORTHEAST’S LARGEST TEAM DEALER over 1 percent in 1987 and have planes were unarmed. cine factory. U.S.-Libyan dispute will take jumped from the burning build­ risen only slightly over 1988,” the Custom Team Uniforms & Supplies • Exiusive Dealer of ‘Trump” Softballs • ASA, USSSA Approved The cockpit audio tape clearly The Pentagon said there was no center stage, Shultz acknowl­ See LIBYA, page 10 ing, authorities said.