MONDAY LOCAL NEWS INSIDE ■ Pension Board chops Aetna investment. anrhrstTr ■ Bus drivers confront new regulations. ■ Recycling problems plague Hebron. What's ■ Minorities increase in Manchester schools. News Local/Regional Section August 27, 1990 Thousands strike, |.^ur Hometown Newspaper Voted 1990 New England Newspaper of the Year protest fighting Newsstand Price: 35 Cents SOWETO, South Africa (AP) — Tens of thousands of blacks in the Soweto township stayed LSU hoop program away from work today to protest iHaurhfBlpr Hrralft Herald factional fighting that has claimed more than 5(X) lives lies in a shambles over the past two weeks. Buses, taxis and trains in request Soweto were carrying roughly a third as many passengers as — see page 45 usual into neighboring Johan­ SPORTS dismissed nesburg. Many schools were closed and the main streets in the township of 2.5 million By RICK SANTOS people were mostly empty. Manchester Herald Former mayor MANCHESTER — Town Ethics Commission Chairman M. Adler stiii owes biii By LISA GENASCI Dobkin has dismissed the Herald’s Red Sox blank the Jays The Associated Press NEW BRITAIN (AP) — request for an advisory opinion as to Former Mayor William J. Iraq allowed 52 American the legality of the hiring of McNamara and his wife treated detainees to cross into T\irkey today Democratic Director Peter P. about 30 friends to a $2,640 vic­ and the U.N. secretary-general an­ DiRosa Jr. as a public school Lead back up teacher. tory dmner at a restaurant to nounced he would meet a top Iraqi celebrate McNamara’s re-elec­ diplomat to seek a peaceful resolu­ The Aug. 9 request was rejected, tion in 1987, but never paid the tion of the Middle E ^ t crisis. Dobkin said, because the commis­ bill, the couple has ack­ to two games The Americans, dependents of sion is not charged with issuing nowledged. legal opinions, only ethical ones. diplomats from the U.S. Embassy in The 3-year-old bill resurfaced ^ m Kuwait who the Iraqis have refused “The town counsel is our legal recently when the owner of the TORONTO (AP) — Mike Marshall’s RBI single in to release, crossed into Tbrkey at the authority, and as you know she has restaurant sent a bill to the ninth inning snapped a scoreless tie and the Boston Habur border post early today and already ruled on the matter,” he McNamara’s successor. New Red Sox beat Toronto 2-0 Friday night to take a two- said. 2 CD later flew to a NATO base at Incir- Britain Mayor Donald J. -< game lead over the Blue Jays in the American League lik, 320 miles to the west. Town Attorney Maureen urkiuic IX The Associated Press DeFronzo, requesting payment East. Tluec members of the group, sons HOME FROM KUWAIT — Bassam Mohtady, right, reacts while talking to reporters at Bos­ Chmielecki issued an opinion Aug. for the dmner, plus 18 percent Wade Boggs started the ninth with a single off reliever 17, stating DiRosa can take the job of diplomats, were turned back at on s Logan Airport, Sunday. Bassam and his eight-year-old son Sammer were reunited with interest. The new tab is almost Duane Ward (2-7) and Mike Greenwell followed one out the border by Iraqi officials, the as a high school history teacher $4,500. Aides to DeFronzo said later with a single to send Boggs to third. Marshall then State Department said in m Uh* Kuwait across the desert amid a hail of gunfire. At left is Katie while serving as a director. The the city would not pay the mb. Washington. TTie three, all over age Mohtady, Sammer s mother and Bassam’s wife. The Mohtadys live in Saugus. Mass. opinion was based on state statutes, 2 T) which permit town and school 18, were sent back to Baghdad Iraqi diplomats in Washington, U.S. under escort. CBS News reported that Iraqi state of Qatar agreed to allow use of employees to hold elected offices in O J3 AL Roundup officials said. They did not captains have received new orders Lawyer thefts The group’s other members were elaborate. its military facilities by the forces the towns where they work. to leave Tbrkey for the United States not to defy the embargo but to allow confronting Iraq. Qatar has Undi- In explaining her ruling, up sharply O -n In the Persian Gulf, U.S. warships U.S. warships to stop and search singled past shortstop Tony Fernandez’s outstretched on Thesday, said Sgt. Marty Davis, shadowed Iraqi vessels but did not tionally cooperated militarily with Chmielecki said the statutes super­ BOSTON (AP) — The num­ O m their vessels. CBS did not cite a Britain and France. glove and into left field. Tom Brunansky followed with a spokeswoman at Incirlik. invoke a resolution passed by the sede the Town Charter. ber of lawyers who steal from In another development, the State source for the report by its Pentagon In Paris, the military chiefs of Sec. 2-3 of the Charter states: “No single to score Greenwell. U.N. Security Council on Saturday correspondent. their clients reportedly is up Dana Kiecker (5-6) gave up five hits, struck out five Department today told Iraq’s ambas­ that sanctions the use of military nine Western European nations member of the Board of Directors sharply, forcing the state bar to and walked four over eight innings and Jeff Gray pitched sador that new restrictions were The multinational force got a gathered to work out plans to en- during the term for which he is might to enforce a UJsf.-ordered boost today when the small gulf severely discipline three times as the nuith for his fifth save. being imposed on the movement of trade embargo. many attorneys this year as last Toronto starter Jimmy Key gave up five singles in Please see GULF, page 6. Please see DIROSA, page 6. year. m Y> seven innings and didn’t allow a runner to get past first Bar officials say that some base. lawyers have been using their > CD Kiecker gave up back-to-back Icadoff singles to Junior Area schools clients’ money for years, but Felix and Mookie Wilson in the fifth. But Fernandez hit have avoided detection by ^ > into a double play and Kelly Gruber flied out. replacing it with money from 33 H Greg Myers started the Toronto seventh with a new clients. But with the > ground-rule double to right. But Manny Lee’s sacrifice weakened regional economy, attempt was fielded by Kiecker who easily threw out ready to open sources of new funds are drying pinch-rurmer Kenny Williams at third. up, exposing lawyers who “bor­ Brunansky came close to giving the Red Sox a 2-0 rowed” money for personal use. lead in the top of the seventh when he hit a drive to deep By ALEX GIRELLI Focus on education The Boston Globe reported left field that was foul by inches. Manchester Herald today. The fans got on Toronto’s George Bell for the second ________ page 7.________ straight game, this time for swinging at several pitches The summer vacation is over for that were more than just inches out of the strike zone. young people in Manchester and computer use and foreign language 3-year-old hit, Bell struck out twice in his first three at-bats. surrounding towns. Most of them instruction. will return to the classroom TUesday killed by van Brewers 1, Yankees 0: In New York, Bill Spiers Coventry school officials will or Wednesday. open the school doors without a SHELTON (AP) — A 3- scored the game’s only run on a fifth-inning wild pitch as year-old boy was struck and Mark Knudson and two relievers combined on a seven- Manchester schools will open clear operating budget. Attempts to set a town budget have failed three killed by a van after he darted hitter to outduel Tim Leary in the Milwaukee Brewers’ Tuesday. Those in Andover, between two parked cars and ran times when townspeople rejected 1-0 victory over the New York Yankees on Friday night. Coventry, and Hebron, along with onto Route 110, police said. Town Council proposals. The cur­ Spiers opened the fifth with a single and walks to Paul RHAM High School and RHAM Pblice said Jeffrey Hixon of rent proposal for school spending is Molitor and Gary Sheffield loaded the bases. Leary Middle School, will open Wednes­ Monroe was hit by the van about now $9.7 million, but the figure has (7-16) fanned Dave Parker for the second out of the in­ day. 6 p.m. Saturday. He was ning but the ball got away for a wild pitch, allowing to go back to the electorate for ap­ Bolton students have another pronounced dead a short time Spiers to score. proval. week to put themselves in the learn­ later at Griffin Hospital. Knudson (10-6) gave up six hits over seven innings. Hebron Elementary School is ex­ ing mode. Schools in that town do pecting the largest kindergarten The van was driven by Wil­ Chuck Crim got two outs in the eighth and Dan Plesac liam Rosa, 57, of Stamford, not open until Sept. 4. class ever and the enrollment at Dan Roggi/Spectal to the Herald finished for his 21st save. It was the 11th time the In Manchester, the new Special police said. No charges were im­ Yankees have been shutout this season Gilead Hill School will increase Focus program gets underway at slightly. 25TH BIRTHDAY TOUR — Lt. Laurence Fawcett, a 21-year member of the Coventry mediately filed in the accident.