O'brien Says Club Golf Rules Violate Lease
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MANCHESTER U.S./WORLD k / • V - SPORTS Deal to transfer “Baby Bell” MB’s still alive water companies strikes continue in Twi piayoffs ••• 3 ...page 7 page 9 litm lh flanrliratfrManchester — A City o( Village Charm 25 Cents Soviets O’Brien says hope for summit club golf rules By Andrew Rosenthal The Associated Press violate lease MOSCOW — The top Kremlin arms negotiator today entered By John F. Kirch special talks with a high-level U.S. body voted unanimously to give Herald Reporter delegation saying the Soviet Union women the equal playing time, but was eager for a new superpower rescinded that vote last week after summit. It appears that the Manchester men and women protested the Country Club is in violation of its But Viktor Karpov also said U.S. action. town-owned lease because it does arms control policy suggests the The club’s male members, who, not grant women the same rights White House is not interested in according to some sources, out as it does men. the town attorney progress toward disarmament, a number females by about four to said today, adding that a formal prerequisite often cited by the one. brought a petition to the club’s opinion on the matter will be Kremlin for setting the date of the Board of Governors Tuesday, released later this afternoon. next U.S.-Soviet summit. saying that if women want equal “ It looks to me that there are rights, they should pay the same When asked about the possibility provisions in the lease that give of a summit this year, Karpov said. annual membership rates and lose equal rights to all members.” said a special Ladies Day designated “ We would do anything for that. So Town Attorney Kevin O’Brien. it depends on our partners.” each Thursday that gives women “ That would appear to preclude special tee-off times. Karpov spoke briefly outside the them from having different play Foreign Ministry to an ABC-TV Both men and women pay $480 a ing rules for different players. The year for a single membership, crew, acting as a pool for Am eri lease calls for equal rights." can television networks. He then while a family rate is set at $720. The attorney’s opinion could left for the start of talks with a U.S. Some men have requested that the lead to the termination of the club’s delegation headed by Paul Nitze. family rate be eliminated, arguing lease, which the town holds. But that the woman in the family does President Reagan’s arms control O’Brien said he believes the adviser. not pay the full share. country club would probably The U.S. Embassy and members change its rules rather than risk Please turn to page 8 of the American delegation de losing its lease. clined comment on the talks, John Pickens, the club's vice taking place in a government guest president, said he could not com house in the Lenin Hills near ment until he heard from the town. central Moscow. “ I don’t think I should comment Area roads There was no official comment until I get all the facts,” he said. from the Soviet government or4he O’ Brien's opinion was prompted state-run press. Karpov declined by Town Director Stephen T. to get new to discuss the talks in detail, saying Penny, who asked the attorney to they were confidential. look intothe m atteraftera handful The talks, scheduled to last two of female club members said they days, were seen as important were being discriminated against surfaces preparations for a Sept. 19-20 because they were not allowed to meeting between Secretary of tee off at the same time as men Bv John F. Kirch State George P. Shultz and Soviet during the prime weekend morn Herald Reporter Foreign Minister Eduard A. ing hours. Shevardnadze. According to O’Brien, the club’s The state Department of Trans That meeting is intended to set rules prohibit this kind of practice. portation will be busy in Manchps- an agenda for a summit this year The club makes the rules, which ter and the surrounding area over between Reagan and Soviet leader are attached to the lease, but the the next few weeks, as a num l^rof Mikhail S. Gorbachev. town must approve them. O’Brien roadways are slated for rraurfac- The two leaders agreed to hold a said. He said that the club’s Board ing and improvements. second meeting in the United of Governors may have been Two major roadways in Man States after their summit in changing the rules without getting chester and one in Andover will be Geneva last November. approval to do so from the town. resurfaced over the next few Echoing the Kremlin position on However. O’Brien said he did not weeks, while a bridge deck is being arms control, Karpov stressed the think this was intentional, but replaced bn slate Route6 in Bolton, Importance of negotiating a treaty rather an oversight. the DOT said in its weekly projects to ban nuclear testing. The Soviet “ I think people have not paid' report. Union’s unilateral moratorium on attention to it (the lease).” the None of the projects, which fall such tests expired Wednesday, but town attorney said. "I think the under the state’s program to the Soviets haven’t said whether club has to be reminded of what the .resurface .500 miles of state roads the ban will be extended, lease says.” this year, will require detours for “ A nuclear test ban is a problem O’ Brien’s formal opinion will be residents in the area. DOTofficlals that I think is very important to be given to Penny, who can t hen make said this morning. solved,” Karpov said, “ As you a request that the town take .some In Manchester, the state will know, we suggest the solution — a action. resurface a 2.81-mile stretch of total ban, or at least bilaterally for This could include a meeting Charter Oak Street, which changes he start of it ” Herald photo by Pocha between town and club officials to into Highland Street and Camp "’Karpov insisted that the Soviet straighten out the matter, or the Meeting Road as it goes east. The proposal for a test ban was Among the winners ^ town could issue a "notice of project will cost $398,000 and will intended to speed disarmament default” that gives the country begin Friday, the DOT said. talks and said “ the Americans Glenn Beaulieu, the owner of the Main beautification award from the Greater club five days to correct the lease The work, which will take five (have) some other attitude to Pub, stands outside his newiy renovated Manchester Chamber of Commerce. violations. O’Brien said. If those days bet ween 7:30 a.m. and 4 p.m., that” building. Beaulieu is one of six Five other winners are pictured on page violations are not addressed. will start at the Charter Oak O’ Brien said, the club could be Asked if he meant that the intersection with South Main Manchester businessmen who won a 13. forced to “ vacate thi; premises.” United States does not want Street and end at the Bolton town At issue are the tee-off times line. disarmanent, Karpov replied. " I f alloted to men and women at the you put all the things together, it The second project In town is club on weekends. For years, men already underway and includes a looks like that.” have been allowed to draw lots to Although plans for the special 2.03-mile portion of state Route 83 Coast Guard prepares to aid tee off between 6 a.m. and 11:30 Moscow talte were announced in from Lewis Street in Manchester a.m. on Saturdays and Sundays, the Soviet press, the Communist to Mountain Road in Glastonbury. while women have had to wait until Party daily Pravda, the only The resurfacing project, which after 11:30. The practice led to a national newspaper that publishes will cost $1.2 million, started three drive last fall by a small minority Monday mornings, made no men fishermen in disputed waters weeks ago when the state stripped of women who said they were being tion of the arrival of the U.S. the street. Resurfacing began discriminated against. delegation. ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - State Department, Sinclair said. believed to be from at least two In June, the club’s governing Please turn to page 8 In a departure from protocol that The crew of a Coast Guard cutter The Midgett carries a five-inch other boats, he said. suggested the Kremlin is trying to met with captains of U.S. fishing gun at the bow and .50-caliber The Katie K was one of about 60 play down the significance of the vessels today to lay plans to machine guns, Rosenholm said. boats fishing for tanner crabs near meeting, no Soviet delegation was recover 150 crab pots in disputed It could take anywhere from St. Matthew Island when it was sent to Moscow’s Sheremetyevo waters where Soviet ships chased three or four hours to two or three approached Wednesday by a So TODAY’S HERALD Airport to meet American officials one of the boats for nearly two days to complete the recovery, viet inspection vessel and another Sunday, hours. depending on the weather, how far Soviet ship of unknown nature, the One U,S, diplomat, who spoke on apart the crab pots were placed Coast Guard said. The crew of the 378-foot Midgett.