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Crombie praised the Manchester race a bell-ringing timekeeper. education system and said that the ’The eight candidates —Democrats town will have to work to maintain Eleanor Coltman, John Yavis, Peter its autonomy with expected changes Crombie and Leonard Seader, and in the funding of local education. Ur Republicans Nicholas Costa, Robert banetti proposed that the town hire a Heavisides, Alex Urbanetti and Paul grantsman to investigate all Willhide —participated in the debate governmental and private funding V-’-J/'-Z?" held at Illing Junior High School sources for education. He said that before about 70 spectators..-., the town is now missing some grants, Several of the participants who and other smaller towns, such as exceeded the two-minute time limit Coventry, have such a full-time posi John Yavis, left, and Nicholas Costa, right, look like Costa are Republican candidates for the board. Yavis is a were stopped by a bell rung by tion. matching bookends surrounding Alex Urbanetti, who is Democratic incumbent who is seeking re-election. (Herald timekeeper Bettye Kramer. At one Library support point, Seader responded to a ringing making his opening statement at Tuesday night’s debate for photo by Dunn) Seader said that he would like the by saying, ”1 didn’t know we had the Manchester Board of Education candidates. Urbanetti and town to continue its good educational Gong Show here tonight.” The two-hour session provided a system, and he proposed that im chance for candidates to propose new provements be made in the libraries, ideas, including expansion of the particularly on an elementary level. library program, formation of a com Willhide talked about his past work Research fights drug flow mittee on discipline and appointment with the Board of Education in San Jose, Cal. and said that he is “a long of a grantsman to seek government time advocate of career education" BOSTON (UPI) — Federal drug of put the whole operation together and eight major seizures of marijuana To help catch the ringleaders, Cass and private grants for the school said Coast Guard experts are com Yavis, who is also seeking re- ficials say they will win their battle financed it. carrying vessels off the New England system. election, said that quality education against oceangoing marijuana “We're going to swarm all over coast in the last year, he said. piling a portrait of a typical “dope Each candidate gave a brief smugglers by prowling through filing them like locusts and suck all the in Among them were a series of ship,” and Coast Guardsmen are get opening remark before a question- has to be supported by a budget. That cabinets, not the high seas. formation from them — phone Rhode Island raids in August that ting beefed-up training in drug en and-answer session started. support has been provided by the A new task force — operating from numbers, gasoline receipts — and netted 352 bales or $10 million worth forcement. Internal Revenue Service Costa, who works at the Greater Democratic budgets, which have the U.S. Drug Enforcement Ad we’ll get a conspiracy together and of marijuana. officials — with an eye to building tax Hartford Community College and been tight but adequate, he said. ministration office in Boston and in bring them to court,” he said. One month ago, 26 tons of evasion cases — are calculating costs formerly taught in Manchester, said He mentioned that Republican cluding tax, customs and Coast Cass said marijuana smugglers marijuana from the Honduran ship of running a smuggling operation. directors have abstained from or op that he feels educators should posed votes on past school budgets. Guard experts — began the un- chased from Florida and the Gulf Juliana was seized 120 miles DEA investigators are checking become involved in the local system. glamorous job this month of Coast by toughened law enforcement northeast of Boston, and 49 bales of through documents such as real es "That record leaves me great con “ Educators know what the cern that the standard of excellence searching through records and other have relocated to New England’s marijuana were confiscated in raids, tate records, to see who’s bought problems are and can handle them technical data in an effort to find the remote coastal spots and isolated along the Maine coastline this month.' remote property that might be a with a high degree of objectiveness,” we strive for could be continued brains behind the multi-million islands from which they are now Drug officials believe most of the drop-off point. he said. (under Republican leadership).” he marijuana corhes from Jamaica and said. dollar ring. supplying the entire Northeast. The profits of marijuana Mrs. Coltman, who is seeking re- “There’s an awful lot of evidence “During the past six months to a Colombia concealed in large mother election, mentioned three existing Other topics commented on by the smuggling can be enormous. Not candidates included: to sift through — toll call records and year, there’s bwn a vast increase in ships, then is transferred to smaller programs —pre-school screening, counting overhead, smugglers can Willhide. however, said, ”1 see the so forth,” New England DEA Direc multi-ton smuggling of marijuana vessels. Cass said many of the ships’ make $3,000 on each pound they buy program review and competency tor Edward Cass said Tuesday. into New England by vessel,” he crews are foreign, but “we think the for $20 and penalties are sometimes exams. These, and other programs. — ISee Page Fourteen “We're not interested in the captain said. top people and the financiers are low, Cass said. of the ship. We’re interested in who Drug officials have made about Americans.” News summary i ' h Nobody happy State National HARTFORD — Connecticut WASHINGTON - A plan to still will be able to deny welfare provide federal tax money for with rate hike benefits to certain individuals financing congressional election under regulations a legislative campaigns apparently is dead HARTFORD (UPI) - The Public crease in the monthly Bill of the committee has adopted to meet for the rest of the year, after one Utilities Control Authority has average customer. the letter of a recent U.S. last unsucessful push by House granted Northeast Utilities a $35 Under the current “declining-block Supreme Court decision. ’The Democratic leaders. million rate hike that displeased both system,’’ customers who use a lot of new rule would deny benefits if the utility and Connecticut's largest electricity are charged less per it could be proved a person sold NEW YORK — Prices opened consumer group. kilowatt hour than those who don't his property or possessions to higher today in active trading on PUCA announced its unanimous use much electricity. become eligible for aid. the New York Stock Exchange. decision late Tuesday, granting Under PUCA’s decision, the The Dow Jones industrial HARTFORD - New and Connecticut’s largest supplier of difference between what the low- average was ahead, and ad electricity about one-third of electricity users are charged and expanded state-run bus service vances led declines. will begin next week between the amount it asked. what the high-electricity consumers Hartford and Winsted and Utility trustees, miffed that NU’s are charged will be narrowed Torrington, Gov. Ella Grasso record-high $90 million request was significantly. said today. In addition, private International turned down, voted to halt construc Also, PUCA ordered an immediate "time-of-day” pricing system for service previously abandoned by President Carter says the tion on the Millstone III nuclear plant approximately 10,000 of Northeast's a private firm will be restored, United States has decided in Waterford, a decision that could electric heat customers. After Jan. 1, she said. whether to support U.N. Securi result in the layoff of 1,200 construc 1979, PUCA will require all new ty Council resolutions imposing tion workers. HARTFORD — Rep. Charles The Connecticut Citizens Action Northeast electricity customers be tough military and economic Matties, R-West Hartford, said Group, the state’s largest consumer charged according to the time-of-day sanctions against South Africa, the request for a $13,000 fee for group, said Northeast neither needs pricing under which customers are but he won’t say what the deci his liquor committee’s fired nor deserves the $35 million rate in charged less for using electricity sion is. lawyer is unreasonable. But crease. during hours when demand is low. Matties, chairman of the panel JOHANNESBURG, South CCAG Director Marc Caplan said, Most electricity is consumed during investigating liquor prices, said Africa — An official autopsy on “consumers took it on the chin with the early evening hours. Atty. M. Daniel Friedland black nationalist leader Steve the PUCA decision. We remain firm A PUCA spokeswoman estimated should be paid something.