20 MANCHKSTKF< IIKF^ALI). Thursday, Sept. 6. 1984 BUSINESS Zoning oMcer asked Jackpot BIngol Up for a fair? Cellular phones prove boon to business execs to step aside on firehouse Pick up cards today Don’t look far ... page 3 P“ « » ’ 4 ... page 11 If you must have a telephone, even during the time it tives see how cellular phones add to productivity, takes to drive to your office, telecommunications / r access to a celluiar company. Two companies operate lower level employees will get them, too. in each city that has a cellular service, and you can companies have a new "to y " for you: a cellular Whether you, a typical consumer, embrace cellular phone. subscribe to either one. It is that service which will Y o u r anytime soon is another matter entirely. assign you a phone number for your cellular set. Service is now available in Chicago, Washington- "There are a lot of different applications." Kobb Baltimore, New York City and Indianapolis. By M o n e y 's You'll also pay for each minute of air time. As says. "Eventuaily cellular could be used so always, long-distance calls cost more than local ones. year's end. it will be in about 30 major metropolitan extensively for personal use that it replaces the markets. Currently, those costs really add up. Nynex Mobile i W o rth traditional wired phone." If you live in one of the.se cities and if you have $2,.500 Communications, one of the cellular companies < Clear tonight; Sylvia Porter Perhaps. Manchester, Conn. to spend — or an employer who will buy a system for operating in New York City, offers several rate plans.' • fK ’ Cellular is starting small, however, even^hough it’s sunny Saturday you — you can start dialing from your car today. In one, customers pay $29 a month and then pay 55 j . Friday. Sept. 7, 1984 being advertised in some markets as an alternative or cents a minute for calls made duringpeak hours. Call$" Cellular phoning actually combines two products — supplement to the familiar home phone. Industry — see page 2. the physical system and the service that connects made at other times cost 35 cents a minute. Single copy: 25«: analysts expect that cellular services will claim about iianrhpHlpr M m lfi calls. Don't confuse cellular phones with the mobile, indistinguishable from calls made from your home or To cash in on the excitement, many car rental v 40,000 subscribers by the end of 1984, and almost 1 companies have added — or plan to offer — cellular . cordless phones you u.se around your house. office. million will have signed up by 1990. Here's how it works: The attraction of cellular phones, at least for now, service. You can expect to pay premium prices fpr;: Today, two major factors inhibit access to cellular. this feature. An area — your city, perhaps — is divided into a seems limited to business executives, lawyers and First, of course, is the price of the hardware. The number of cells, each with its own radio antenna that If you decide you can’t wait, shop around for the “ those in a few other professions. average system today costs about $2,500. For that, you can pick up and transmit calls. As you drive from one least expensive system and the lower priced company ‘ "But, there's a lot of pent-up demand," observes get a transmitter-receiver, antenna and handset. cell to another, a computer network at the central Benn Kobb, assistant editor of Cellular Radio News, a in your community. •• ^ Installing the phone in your car win cost extra — on Cellular clearly is for the wealthy gadget lover wlkr switching office transfers your call from one cell's trade pubiication. "Executives have been waiting for average, about $200. antenna to the next. Your calls are hooked into the this a long time. Now, they're the main ones who can has everything else. But one question nags me: Hout That's just the beginning. In addition to buying the can you safely concentrate on driving while you’r e ' • local phone company and. to the listener, should be afford it." Eventually, Kobb suggests, once execu­ equipment, you pay a monthly service charge for Jobless rate talking on the phone? Auto ad lawsuits end with dealers making donations By M ark A.. Dupuis tising, officials said Wednesday. advertising vehicles that weren’t against the dealerships. Lieberman said. remains stable United Press International Heslin said. ’’ ' The settlement approved by available and talking down adver­ Under the settlement, the four Consumer Protection Commis­ Lieberman said he believed the Superior Court Judge Robert Sal­ tised cars to get customers to buy dealerships together will pay a sioner Mary M. Heslin said thesuit penalties assessed on the dealer­ HARTFORD — Slate offlcinls ter grew out of a suit filed last year higher-priced models. $10,000 civil penalty and give By Denis G. Gulino against the firms was part of an ships and the publicity surround'^ say four auto dealerships will pay a accusing Williams Ford of West Officials said the dealerships $20,000 worth of cars — expected to United Press International ongoing program launched two ing the settlement would act as a $10,000 fine and donate cars to Hartford with violating the unfair also were accused of failing to be three vehicles — to charities. years ago by her agency that deterrent to deceptive auto Uiiemployment charity in settlement of a suit trade practices act. mention all finance terms and A panel will be established to WASHINGTON — The nation’s unemployment rate included adoption of the regula­ advertisements. 7 It also includes Burnside Motors accusing the firms of deceptive charges in the advertisements that make recommendations to the tions on auto advertising. remained unchanged at 7.5 percent in August, the Rate advertising and Newman Lincoln Mercury of prompted the Department of Con­ Officials said the settlement did 11%- court on which charitable groups " I think it’s perhaps the first same as in May and July, but black males made major M o n t M y East Hartford and Newman Motor sumer Protection to take action not constitute an admission of gains in employment as students left summer jobs, The four dealerships, owned by should receive the free vehicles. case of its kind and magnitude,” Cars of Berlin, state Attorney wrongdoing by the dealers. the Labor Department said today. R a t e s 7.5% companies wit h the same principal In August General Joseph I. Lieberman said The politically sensitive figures confirmed the owner. Robert Newman, al.so Kunchangsd) at a news conference. 1 economic slowdown from a spectacular first half of agreed to abide by the state’s 10% ■ The dealerships were accused of the year and suggested there may be little further unfair trade practices law and deceptive advertising, including improvement in the unemployment rate before regulations governing auto tidver- advertising used cars as new. election day. But the auto industry added 30,000 jobs in August GROssman's and the services industries created 45,000 additional 9%- jobs. Wethersfield ^ n C ^ e v n n s p r o d u c t s c o m p R n v The jobless rate for black men improved to 14.2 percent from July’s 15.7 percent, reflecting an increase of 100,000 jobs. The department said about 425,000 young people left 8%- offers lowest bid UPl photo the workforce to return to school during the month. The number of people looking for work remained at Democratic presidential nominee Wal­ with a number of Georgia Democratic 8.5 million. Last Three Days of ter Mondale meets the press in a glare of politicians, including Atlanta Mayor "The unemployment rate has been 7,5 percent for for Bradley work lights at an early morning campaign Andrew Young (left). three of the last four months so it’s hard to argue it’s 7%- stop in Atlanta today. Mondale talked not 7.5 percent,” a department analyst said. HARTFORD (UPl) - A We­ The rate dropped to 7.1 percent in June, the best Construction of the terminal is readily during the Reagan administration, before thersfield company has offered the scheduled to begin by mid- lowest bid for the key element in a bouncing back up in July to where it was when e%- October, officials said. The overall President Reagan took office. 1982 $100 million renovation and expan­ $100 million renovation and expan­ 1983 1984 sion of Bradley International Air­ Praect Savinqs Divisive debate on reiigion During the depth of the recession the rate climbed to sion project is slated for comple­ 10.7 percent in November and December 1982, S port. state officials said. tion in October 1986. "The employment data for August, when taken shortened to 40.4 hours Irom July’s 40.5 hours. W.E. O'Neil Construction Co. bid The overall project is running $18.34 million to build a new together with those for July, suggest that employment But the average time spent looking for a job ahead of schedule and under growth has moderated from the rapid pace registered concourse and terminal at the budget, with 90 percent of the mars presidentiai campaign improved to 17 3 weeks, from July’s 18.1 weeks, the earlier in the recovery,” Janet Norwood, commis­ report said. Windsor Locks airport, the stale planned work under way. r i S a sioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics, said in Department of Transportation In addition to the new terminal, Except for the dramatic improvement among black By David Anderson talism that marks the current never be a state religion in this testimony prepared for the Joint Economic Commit­ men, other categories of workers showed compara­ said Wednesday.