Pair Robs Branch of SBM Library Cut 5Th Heist by Rick Santos for Bank Manchester Herald

Targets Diverse Assault Ugly spaces It’s good vs. evil Colt rifle’s cleanup planned/3 in NCAA title game/9 return studied/4 maitrlifatpr IrralJi Monday, April 2,1990 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm Newsstand Price: 35 Cents Directors reconsider Pair robs branch of SBM library cut 5th heist By Rick Santos for bank Manchester Herald The Board of Directors is con sidering a plea by head librarian recently John Jackson to-restore $83,000 to the library budget cut by Town Manager Richard Sartor. By Andrew J. Davis Jacluon said if the board fails to Manchester Herald restore the $83,000 Sartor cut from his proposed budget, the library Two men robbed the Spencer would have to eliminate three Street branch of the Savings Bank of proposed positions, including a tem Manchester at about 9:40 a.m today, porary filing clerk, a staff member escaping with an undetermined to assist in the children’s section, amount of cash in the fifth robbery and a clerk to work at the informa at a branch of the bank in the last 17 tion desk. months, police said The positions are needed for the According to wimesses and Capt. library to maintain an adequate level Joseph Brooks of the Manchester of service, he said, citing a nine 9 Police Department, no weapon was percent increase this year in circula shown. One witness reported that tion of materials. one of the men had his hand in the Sartor’s proposed budget for the Reflinald Pinto/Manchestef Herald Regir^ald Pinlo/Manchesler Herald pocket of his trenchcoat, implying library is $1.1 million, an increase that he had a gun. of about $91,000 from the current CLOSED — A Manchester Police cruiser stands in front of Caldwell of the Manchester Police Department lets a detec The robbers, who police budget. But Jackson told a meeting the Savings Bank of Manchester’s branch at 244 Spencer St. tive into the bank. described only as black men, es of the Board Saturday that still isn’t after it was robbed this morning. At right, Sgt. James caped in what one witness said was enough. a four-door Chevrolet Impala with “We’re people oriented,” Jackson Massachusetts marker plates. said. “We believe very strongly that No one was hurt in the robbery, we’re at the point of sketching and Administration reshuffles energy policy said Brooks.' Police would not not doing as well as we could.” release further information. “The bottom line is there was a He said that understafTmg is al lead to formal proposals in Decem lights. ready causing problems such as the WASHINGTON (/iP) — The kins’ “Interim Report: National bank robbery, they got away, no one ber, includes: • A return to energy-oriented tax library not being able to expediently Bush adminisuation in calling for a Energy Strategy” signals Bush’s was hurt,” said Brooks. re-examination of dozens of ideas determination to “get the best • New or heightened govern breaks, ranging from special al Brooks added that it was too early remove cards from its catalog flics ment efforts to find new energy lowances for domestic oil ex when the books or materials which for stabilizing the ns.tion’s energy public dialogue going in the his to tell whether any of the robberies sources, including solar, nuclear plorers to new incentives for correspond with the cards arc no future, including many staunchly tory of energy policy,” said are connected. opposed by former President Deputy Secretary W. Henson fusion, safer and cheaper nuclear homeowners to install better in Earl Rollinson, a Manchester resi longer part of the library’s collec fission, and alternative fuels like sulation and solar heating systems. tion. Reagan. Moore. dent who had gone into the bank im The list of posfiibilities being The massive report contains no liquefied natural gas, methanol and Some of the ideas already are at mediately after the two men, said “We’re taking somewhat of a ethanol for automobiles. odds with programs advanced backseat, and it’s really beginning to laid out at a news conference today formal proposals, but lists scores one robber stood at the door. He includes strict conservation re of ideas calling for a more active • More demanding government from other quarters within the said one of the robbers pushed him show,” Jackson said. fuel efficiency standards for Bush administration. For example, He said the library is behind also quirements and government- government role, including in aside and said, “Hurry it up and let’s automobiles, requiring the the Transportation Department’s in its efforts to mend damaged book financed development of renew dustry regulation. By contrast, get it over with.” able alternative fuels, both of Reagan, who believed energy is manufacture of more compact policy statement calls for less Rollinson said he was not scared, bindings. vehicles. government subsidy of energy-ef Also, a story-reading program for which are contrary to the laissez- sues should be left to the but surprised. • Higher efficiency standards ficient mass transit systems, and children that was scheduled last faire energy policy of the preced marketplace, proposed abolishing “I’ve read about these bank rob- for appliances and other electrical month had to be cancelled because ing administration. the Energy Department. devices, including home and office Please see ENERGY, page 8 the staff member was called for jury Energy Secrciarj- James Wat The debate agenda, designed to Pleasesee HOLDUP, page 8 duty, Jackson said. If the request for the additional children’s staffer was granted, this could have been avoided. He said he was happy to sec a Delegate selection only beginning of race recent survey of townspeople showed the library is one of the Droney said. “There’s the hard count and the delegates. For a Democrat, that means of 290 By Peter Viles John F. Droney Jr. said at week’s end that Plea.se sec LIBRARY, page 8 candidate’s count Tlte truth usually falls of the 1,450 delegates; for a Republican, the The Associated Press U.S. Rep. Bruce Morrison was “closing in on a nomination.” somewhere in between." threshold is 183 out of 917. In both parties, the focus was quickly shift Morrison would not say exactly how many The campaign for governor has entered a Droney’s counterpart, GOP state Chairman Richard Foley, said U.S. Rep. John Rowland ing from who would win the party nomina delegates he has won over, but predicted TODAY frantic period of delegate courting, with the tion to whether a long-shot candidate would Friday, “1 expect to be way over 50 percent Democratic and Republican frontrunners both was “nearing the 50 percent level.” be able to force a September primary. well ^fore the convention.” Uying to lock up their parties’ nominations According to both party chairmen, the Index process is an inexact game marked by court The Democrat pushing for a primary is It was obviou.s, however, that his campaign and head off primary challenges. state Rep. William Gibes of New London; in was exceeding its expectations in winning The delegates were selected in hundreds of ing, bluffing, and occasional discussions of 16 pages, 2 sections the GOP, New Haven businessman Joel over party regulars, bemuse Morrison had al meetings across the state in mid-March. politics and policy. Schiavone is the closest, but two other long most totally abandoned his initial strategy of Republican and Democratic town committees “This is like a peri od of dating that’s going ClaRdified 13-16 shots are still in the race, Fairfield banker forcing a September primary through in 169 local ities selected a total of 2,367 on prior to getting married,” Droney said. Com ics 12 Joseph McGee and state Sen. Reginald Smith grassroots organizing. 7 delegates to summer nominating conventions. ■fhe process is somewhat murky because Focus of New Hartford. He had originally plartned to wage May 15 1 ncal/StatB 3-4 When die last of the delegates were picked only the campaigns have accurate tallies of 2 which direction uncommitted delegates are For Gibes and Schiavone, the fight was “delegate challenge primaries” to challenge 1 o tle rv last Tuesday, another phase of the campaign delegate slates in as many as 50 cities and Natinn/Mbrid 5, 13 leaning. And the campaigns are not always uphill: at week’s end they were both battling 2 began, as candidates began courting blocs of towns. But that plan was based on the as rV ulim riM t uncommitted delegates, many of them party misted as a source of information. a frontruruier and tlie perception that a Sep D pininn ^ ____ 6 “If you listen to the candidate, you would tember primary would hurt the party. sumption that those towns would select W-11 regulars who go to party conventions every Soorts think there arc three times as many delegates To force a primary, a candidate needs the Television 12 four yeai.'s. On tlic Democratic side, party chairman going to the convention as arc really going,” support of 20 percent of the convention Please see DELEGATES, page 8 ___________________________ 1 _J Lithuania sends delegation Alfred W. Sieffert, to Moscow in search of pact ex-PZC chief, dies By Nartcy Fotey present situation as hopeless,” Meeting of PZC canceled MOSGOW (AP) — Lithuania employees reported no direct con Martchester Herald said. sent a delegation to Moscow today flicts between the two. Tonight's scheduled meeting of Spokesmen for the Lithuanian The republic’s Presidium of the in hopes of beginning talks with Biends and colleagues remem the Planning and Zoning Gommis Supreme Gouncil said legislator Supreme Gouncil legislature met bered fonner Plaiming and Zoning sion has been canceled due to the Mikhail S.

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