11 September 1986 Greenbelt News Review
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6rttnbtlt Greenbelters are Saddened by Death Of Activist Joseph D. Comproni Joseph D. Comproni, 68, a Greenbelt pioneer and acti vist who had headed the Greenbelt Credit Union for many years, died Monday,September 8 of cancer. Born in Plymouth, N .H., Comproni and hfs wife, Mel lltws ituitw vina, moved to Greenbelt at its opening in 1937. A gradu AN INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER ate of the University of New Hampshire with a degree in ----- ----------- business administration, he took further work at the Uni Volume 49, Number 43 P.O. Box 68, Greenbelt, MD 20770 Thursday, September 11, 1986 versity of Maryland and George Washington Unfversit In the early years of the <Greenbelt Credit Union, he be came Treasurer-Manager. For 30 METRO Green Line Inches Forward; years he served as an analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency. He returned to the Credit Union and only recently retired because Greenbelt Segment Still Far in Future .of ill health. Comproni served on the Board of Directors of the by Virginia Beauchamp ing skills. "This was a tremend Springhill Lake concerning high- Maryland Credit Union League. and Elaine Skolnik ous victory" for the county, the . way construction and transpor "entire Washington metropolitan tation issues, Metro's Govern An organizer of the first Civic Plans for the Green Line area and the ~mportant principle ment Relations Officer for Mary Association in Greenbelt, Com- of the Metro system, which of Congressional intent," Glen land, Greenbelter Jerry Gough, 1>ron,i was later the originator of have been on and off and on dening sa,id. sketched the probable timetable sales and financing of Greenbelt for construction of the Green Homes, J.nc. A former Board of and off again, are now on, ,County Councilman Richard Directors member of GHI for two according to a recent press Castaldi, the jurisdiction's rep Line Bid documents are in the process of being developed, he terms, he also served on the release from Congressman resentativti on the WMATA Finance Committee. board, told the News Review, said, for the Ft. Totten-Prince Steny Hoyer. "After three Georges Plaza segment. This seg A strong supporter of Green "This agreement is an example belt Cooperative Services, Com months of intensive negotia of cooperation and working to ment, called Phase 1, also includes tions in which I was per a station in West Hyattsville. proni was a member and treas geth1ir. I was pleased to be urer of the Greenbelt Consumer sonally involved, we have part of ,the team with Hoyer, · (The projected completion date new cooperation between the is 1992.) Services (GSC) Greenbelt Area Glendening and Bob Ostrom (Cas Council. He was treasurer and federal government and the taldi's alternate on the board). Phase 2 will •be construction of chairman of the marketing com- See COMPRONI, page 3, col 4 Washington area j urisdic Loo~ing back there's been one an earth tunnel to carry Metro tions on Metro construction," hurdle after another.... We must from Prince Georges Plaza under Hoyer's memo said. He de continue to be vigilant." Queens Cha,pel Road and U.S. 1 Glendening indicated that of to just south -cxf Albion Road in scribed how the Reagan ad College Park. (Albion Road is Election Results ministration's delay in re the total amount released, $228 million will go toward construc the first street north of the U.S. leasing funds already appro tion of the system in Prince Regional Postal Facility on U.S. Greenbelt's results in the hot races for Governor and prfated by Congress for con Georges County - an amount 1.) The line will surface just be U.S. Senator reflected those in Prince Georges and Mont struction of a portion of the earmarked to ibuild ,the line from fore it goes over the B & 0 Rail gomery Counties by going heavily for Steve Sachs and Green Line appeared to be F,t. Totten, at the District line, road tracks. Construction of a Michael Barnes respectively. However statewide Wil forcing the Prince <;;eorges as far a'S Prince Georges Plaza. College Park station and running liam Donald Schaefer was the voter's choice for governor the -subway lines to just south of County government to file With money authorized in a and Barbara Mikulski for U.S. Senator. 1984 appropriation, the total Greel'l'belt Road will also be part suit for release of the mon of Phase 2. Gough estimated that In the District 23 State races, Greenbelters gave top ey. Funds had been held up availalble for the Green Line will vote to Leo Green for Senate and Joan Pitkin, Mary be $247 million, ·Glendening indi funds for Phase 2 will not be by the Urban Mass Trans- appropriated before January and Conroy and Charles (Buzz) Ryan for Delegate. Tom ion Administration cated. (Of the money released in the July 16 agreement. the bal poss'bly not until June of next White, Vivian Jenkins and Suzanne Harrigan received (UMTA), a branch of the ance will ,be used to extend both year. high vote for the Democratic Central Committee. Each Department of Transporta Freeing of t·he funds for the of these candidates received top vote in the District as the Red and Yellow Lines.) well. , tion. The agreement also states that College Park segment moved a Feeling that a legal action by in the future UMTA will release step closer, with an action by the The high vote getters of the major contested races the county would delay cons,truc future Congressional appropria U.S. House of Representatives on are shown in the tables in this issue. tion still further, County Execu tions expeditiously - by "the July 30, which a,pproved another tive Parris Glendening agreed to end of the pertaining federal fis $217.2 million in construction hold off on the suit until Hoyer cal year." According to a "Full - funds for Metro for fiscal 1987. had time to negotiate with all Funding Agreement Fact Sheet" In order for -the bill to be passed, Greenbelt Election Returns the involved parties. Finally, on released by UMTA on July 16, an amendment by a Texas Con (Unofficial Results) July 16, Secretary of Transpor UMT A has also recognized "the gressman to reduce the amount State and National Offices tation Elizabeth Dole, UMTA validity of the (WMATA) Master by 10 percent had first to be de '7o of Administrator Ralph Stanley, and Plan for construction of 89.5 feated. Hoyer, with support from Center St. Hugh's Spri.lghill Roosevelt Total Votes Washington Metropolitan Area miles (including the Greenbelt Maryland Representative Mike (3) (6) Lake (8) (13) Cast Transit Authority (WMATA) station) and 78 stations of the Barnes and Barbara Mikulski, led the successful floor fight against DEMOCRATS General Manager Carmen Tur 103-mile Metro system by De Governor/Lt. Governor ner signed full-funding agreement cem9er 1994." See METRO, page 4, col. 1 S. Sachs/ enabling the release of $391 mil 325 301 143 221 990 50.9 Funding of the subway system - P. Mitchell lion in Metro construction funds. since 19'79 has come from a Con W. Sdhaefer/ 267 284 90 187 828· 42.6 Use cxf this money had been gressional authorization of $1.7 Greenbelt Turnout blocked for two years. M. Steinberg billion in Stark-Harris legisla (Unofficial Results U. S. Senator Glendening hailed the action, tion. To date $967 million has M.D. Barnes 272 266 100 202 840 43.2 singling out for pal'lticular praise 'been .appropriated. No. Reg. o/,- B.A. Mikulski 221 207 92 148 668 34.4 Congressman Hoyer's negotiat- •Besides releasing the funds, Precinct Voting Voters Voting H. Hughes 71 85 34 53 243 12.5 the agreement meets one concern Cent.(3) 770 2,016 · 38.2 St. Hu.(6) 719 1.763 40.8 U. S. Representative zyf the federal government which What Goes On SHL(8) 304 1,601 19.0 S.H. Hoyer 534 520 200 374 1628 83.7 led ,to the delay. It calls for all Attorney General future construction to proceed in Roo3.(13) 510 1,879 27.1 Mon., Sept. 15, 8 p.m. City E. M. Carey 333 331 39 195 898 46.2 "opemble segments" - that is, Total 2300 7.262 31.7 Council Meeting, Municipal R.T. Baker 127 108 48 87 seetions of the system that could Turnout by Party 370 19.0 Building Demo's 1,944 5,198 37.4 J.J. Curran 60 60 101 57 278 14.3 actually carry passengers from State Senator Tues., Sept. 16, 8 p.m. City one station ,to another. The agree. Repub's 359 2,064 17.4 S. Daniello 133 114 54 135 Council Worksession with ment also sets forth a standby 436 22.4 Ridg,e and Re3earch Road L.E. Green 431 447 147 252 1277 65,7 plan which would •provide funds Delegate New Homeowners - Street to complete segments under con 45-1 Improvements, Municipal struction in case additional fed J. Pitkin 451 140 260 1302 67.0 Building eral appropriations ,are not forth M. Conroy 377 365 124 262 1128 58.0 County Offices C. Ryan 8 pm. Community Relations coming. 308 318 88 193 907 46.7 Advisory Board meeting on UMTA's public affairs direc-tor Greenbelt Vote A. Golato 157 138 118 119 532 27.4 North End School, Municipal Bon·nie Whyte noted, "From our E. Booker 113 144 93 82 432 22.2 Build1ing standpoint it is the first time we (Unofficial Results) Central Committee T.X.