P&WA Plans More Layoffs

Tht^ U.S. Capitol: House profiled Condo raffle ' Is It falling down? on Steep Hollow winners listed ...^ page 4 page 11 ... page 10^ Showers tonight Manchester, Conn. and Tuesday Monday, May 2, 1983^ — See page 2 iEanrliPatrr Mmlb Single copy: 25<t P&WA plans more layoffs EAST HARTFORD - Pratt & "This lack of incoming orders people lor special attention and Whitney Aircraft Group today means we face another iayoff in assistance," he said. notified its employees it will lay off the ipanufacturing division at all Rudis said the union didn’t an undisclosed number of workers locations by June 15," Coar said in anticipate more layoffs. He by June 15 because of lagging the letter.. "As soon as the precise vfelamed what he called "thesteady orders for its commercial jet date is known and the magnitude of erosion of the workforce" at engines. the layoff required is determined, P&W A’s four Connecticut plants Richard J. Coar, president of we will advise you." on the company’s transfer of work P&WA, a division of the Hartford- William Rudis, president of the . from home shops to out-of-state based United Technologies Corp., Machinists union local at P&WA’s and foreign vendors. said the company hasn’t deter- East Hartford plant, said he thinks- "W e continue to see a decline in pnined how many layoffs will "somebody, somewhere” knows machinery and equipment at the result, or precisely when they will how many layoffs are coming East Hartford plant," he said. occur. when, but that union leaders Rudis added that "any further A union spokesman said com haven’t been able to find out. job reductions, whether it’s one or pany officials told the union that " I f we could find out specifically 1,001 workers, certainly jeopard both salaried and hourly em what areas are going to be izes (P&WA’s) workforce in ployees will be affected by the job affected, we could target certain Connecticut," cut. Coa(| added that the impending layoff, on the heels of a 2,300- employee workforce reduction in February, may not be the last for PiiW A. “ I wish I could say this is the last of the employment reductions we will face," Coar said in a letter to employees today, adding that such a statement, given the uncertainty .of business from both commercial and military customers, "would contain a degree of unsupportable optimism." Coar said that "despite (P «W A ‘8) hopes in February that our commercial airline customers' •twf-''- business would improve, the air lines are continuing to post sizable operating losses, preventing many of them from committing to new * , * « : ■ f r J aircraft and engines and from h replenishing their spare parts inventories to the degree we had A i . / 1 it 1 anticipated." Despite hopeful economic indi f . ‘i l . i A I Five-milers in Bolton . V cations nationally, he said, "it will be quite some time yeLbefore the Bare-footed Charlie Robbins (left) of the pack in the sixth annual Bolton airlines can begin to submit orders Middletown took top honors in the Five-Mile Road Race staged Sunday. for engines and spares in the Super Masters division while Resident Story on page 14. quantities necessary to stabilize and then improve our production State Trooper Bob Peterson was back in schedules. A ‘revolving door* Mental patients left stranded By Raymond T. DeAAeo Her case points up an ever ticut is in disarray and treatment Herald Reporter growing problem, he says: that of is largely determined by methods former mental patients who have of payment and not necessarily by A local landlord telephoned to he recommitted to mental what is best for patients. Herald photo by Pinto Manchester Probate Judge Wil hospitals, sometimes several Chronically mentally ill people liam E. Fitgerald. It seems he had times over, because, in the opinion are shunted from overcrowded a problem with a woman tenant — A RELIEVED MOTHER SHOWS PICTURES of a doctor, they pose a potential state mental hospitals to convales a former patient in a state mental threat to the community or cent homes, and sometimes, if “I jyst said ‘thank God’ over and over and over" institution — who was "banging on themselves. they’re poor and have no place else the pipes all night, allegedly to " I can unequivQcally state that to go, to the street, the report says. scare the devils away,” as Fitzge the Connecticut Department of As the system founders, the rald recalls. Mental Health . .is releasing report says, it is about to be The disturbed woman was scar people from state mental hospitals overwhelmed by an influx of ing away good tenants, the land Town native lives for economic reasons, not sound ’patients aged 25 to 35, the grown-up lord complained. He petitioned the medical reasons, and it’s a products of the post-World War II probate court to have the woman shame,” says Fitzgerald, adding, "baby boom" in the age group committed to a mental institution. “ the state wants out of the mental most vulnerable to ps^hotic After ordering a psychiatric exam through air crash health business.” disorders. 6 ination of the woman, Fitzgerald did just that. SUPPORTING Fitzgerald’s Fitzgerald tells the story to JUST ABOUT everyone con claim is a report, released Sunday, nected with social services in illustrate a point: that the woman, by the Governor’s Blue Ribbon Manchester agrees that the pres ..T*. • 1 r ^ God. over and over and over ” who had been a patient at Norwich Task Force on Mental Health Its certainly one of Gods -Melissa Kelly, a Manchester State Hospital for 17. years, ent system of mental health care is ELAINE STANCLIFFE Policy. severely inadequate. miracles Virginia F^Bnggs of 84 High School graduate jo in e fth e couldn’ t adequately provide for Finley St. said today of her Navv five vp^r« nop cio .says town lacks services The 220-page report concludes herself in the community. that mental health care in Connec daughter’s rescue Saturday from her wav m Guanfan-!!^n Please turn to page 10 the debris of a Navy plane that Cuba where she wa crashed and burned in a Florida when'the plane crashed ' ‘Halfway houses’ seen as solution .u rv,™ , 0. ,h . c . h , ' A statewide network of "halfway _The residences would be li serving 160... and there are people Establishing residences for the houses" for the mentally ill is the censed 1^ the state, hold a we aren’t getting to, people who mentally retarded would ease She suffered a broken leg and l^leane turn to page IfT simplest way of closihg the mas maximum of eight adults, and are falling through the cracks. We pressure on overcrowded state ankle, a fractured pelvis, eight sive gaps in the state’s mental include "supervision in a family just don’t have enough community mental hospitals, the task force fractured ribs and a collapsed left • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • health system. environment." support systems to help the men report says. lung. Her mother said she is in J — T ^ The conclusion of the report of But the bill’s future is by no tally ill.” Governor’s Blue Ribbon Task t The report says 500 of the 2,100 stable condition today at the Naval inSIQC I OCISy means rosy. "People’s attitude to Regional Medical penter in Jack- * ForcK on Mental Health is sup Manchester Memorial Hospital patients in state mental hospitals the concept is, ‘build them any sonville, Fla. 20 pages, 2 sections ported Hw officials of the state offers comprehensive care for the on any one day could be discharged where, except on my street,” says Her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Departm^t of Mental Health and mentally ill, but its services are if there were an adequate network Ernst Engelbrecht, a spokesman Walker W. Briggs, haven't been .........................................12 social servicgworkers in Manches for the Department of Mental limited. of health services. ter and elsewhere.. able to contact her yet because ^ Health. The hospital provides short-term "M any only need a couple of The problem is how to do it. Melissa is in traction and under ciassitied ' ! lo fo At present, however, thestreet is care for up to 38 mental cases in its Group homes fbr the mentally ill, days of hospitalization and then heavy sedation. Comics............. g just where many former mental psychiatric ward. It also offers organized along/the lines of group they could go to a halfway house or The Briggses learned of the Entertoinment.. ! ’ !i2 patients are ending up. longer-term treatment to mental similar unit,” said Dr. Audrey homes for the retarded. Is an idea accident Saturday from their J-ot'erv ......... 2 Social services for mental hospi out-patients through its Horizons Worrell, state mental health com- that’s been around for a long time. daughter’s husband, 36-year-old nnilunn” ...................................’ 9 tal out-patients are in scarce Program, which can accommo A bill pending in the state mlssioner. "We can’t and James Kelly,, an air traffic^con- Peooieioik .................................... t supply in Manchester. date 20 clients. But hospital Ugislature wfauld allow such shouldn’t take them ... A ‘ lot of troller at a naval air field about 10 Sports................ ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! . ! ! ! ! ' 14-17 Says Elaine Stancliffe of Project officjals say there is a three-month patients we take in on emergency homes to be ektablished, even if miles away from where the crash Television................... g Genesis: "Our program is set up to waiting list for admission to admission are ready to go in 72 bccurrud.

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