Report details areals dive in real estate sales By Dianna M. Talbot figures differ from those in the publica­ the market," Uriano said. “It’s that the slipped 21 percent to a total of $389 mil­ What's News... Manchester Herald tion — she said sales dropped only 12 deals are not going through as fast.” lion during this year’s first quarter com­ percent during this time — but the basic J But Uriano said she thinks sales will pared to the year before. Manchester real estate sales dropped trend reflected is the same. pick up as the deals solidify. A total of 2,197 properties were sold, 33 percent to $20,04 million during the Area banks, faced with losses due to Attempted murder charged Prospective home buyers should real­ compared to 2,72S in the same quarter first three months of 1990 compared to bad real estate loans, have tightened up ize it now takes more time and work to the previous year. The median sales price A 32-year-old Manchester man was arrested last year’s first-quarter sales of $30.2 on credit, niaking it more difficult to Wednesday on charges of rape, kidnapping and at­ million, according to The Commercial secure a home mortgage than it did of a property was $146,400, down from secure home mortgages, said Uriano. As before, she said. Uriano suggested they $149,900. tempted murder, Record, a weekly Connecticut real estate a result, many prospective homeowners trade newspaper. work with their real estate agents to find In Tolland County, real estate sales Lloyd Braman, of 398 Hartford Road, allegedly have made bids on homes, but are wait­ a bank. asked his estranged wife, who was visiting him at Donna Uriano, executive officer of the slipped 18 percent to a total of $52.1 mil- ing for financing, she said. According to the Commercial Record, his residence with her three children Thursday Manchester Board of Realtors, said her “I’m finding that it’s not the home or morning, to accompany him into the attic in order real estate sales in Hartford County Please see REAL ESTATE, page 12 to show her something, police said. Once there, the woman said Braman tied her hands with a rope, gagged her mouth and raped her, police said. She said he then choked her with a rope u until she passed out, police said. The woman said Braman freed her, and after regaining consciousness she went to work in Berlin, where friends urged her to go to the local hospital and also called police. She left the children in the care of her estranged husband, police said. Braman, who is on supervised home release after serving time in prison, was held on a $75,(X)0 bond and scheduled to appear in Manchester Superior Court today. N He is charged with criminal attempt to commit murder, sexual assault in spous^ or cohabiting Friday, June 1,1990 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm Newsstand Price: 35 Cents relationship and first-degree kidnapping, police said. The woman, who lives in Tolland, also told police that during the assault, Braman asked her to kill him, but she did not. Later on Thursday, Braman voluntarily came to Gorbachev wants more trade Manchester Police headquarters to give a sworn statement regarding the incident. By David Espo He said that while he was in the attic with his The Associated Press wife she began to talk about her current boyfriend, and he “lost his head” and started to strangle her, WASHINGTON — Soviet President police said. Braman said he decided not to kill her Mikhail Gorbachev, en route to summit after he thought about what that would do to his meetings and a long-awaited arms con­ children, police said. trol ceremony with President Bush, said Braman admitted that he lay on top of his wife today that his economic reforms require and tried to have sex with her but was unable to, expanded trade with the United States police said. He said that after his wife left the but it would be “humiliating” for him to house, he walked up the street to a church to talk to beg for concessions. a pastor. At the same time, he said a “gesture” from the United States on trade would be useful “especially politically” for him at Naab voted onto board 7 . A home. As promised. Democratic members of the town’s o \ “This is a genuine revolution. Please Board of Directors did not obstruct the appointment 5 “n don’t be frightened,” Gorbachev urged of former Republican Director Geoffrey Naab to fill congressional leaders at a free-wheeling, a vacant director’s seat. nationally televised pre-summit session Rather, the four Democrats on Thursday voted at the Soviet Embassy. with the four Republicans to unanimously return n ^ Gorbachev spoke as U.S. officials dis­ Naab to the position he last held in November. closed that the Soviet leader had Besides appointing Naab, the directors at the spe­ proposed that Germany’s future be cial meeting in the Lincoln Center hearing room directed by a “Council of all Europe” voted to appoint a new deputy mayor and secretary with American and Soviet participation. for the board. m It is an effort to break the impasse which Story on page 3. has snarled efforts to shape Ae direction S i of the German military in a unified state. z m Bush waited at the White House for Landfill settlement expected the resumption of the springtime summit An 18-month-old legal dispute between the town O T J sessions as Gorbachev held forth with The Associated Press and the N S Realty Co. of Tolland 'Rimpike over congressional leaders. using the firm’s use of the town landfill may be on Their wives flew together to Wellesley LET’S BEGIN — President George Bush and Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev reach across the the way to a settlement. O “n College to speak at commencement Cabinet Room table at the beginning of the second round of talks at the White House Thursday after­ A report will be made to the Board of Directors ceremonies. The first ladies were ex­ noon in Washington. More stories on page 7. on the dispute as early as Tuesday when the direc­ m ^ pected to take in the sights of downtown tors are expected to discuss it in executive session. Boston before returning to Washington Town Attorney Maureen Chmielecki said - in time for dinner at the Soviet Embassy. that China had received most favored na­ his troubled pulpit, he cautioned his Republican leader Bob Dole that trade Thursday that she will submit a settlement proposal Gorbachev’s session with congres­ tion favored trading status despite the guests against “fishing in troubled accords were politically linked to a les­ to the board, but she declined to say anything about S o sional leaders was remarkable for its crackdown in Tiananmen Square a year waters...! think that is bad politics.” sening of Gorbachev’s economic pres­ its terms because litigation on the matter is pending. frankness — and for its live television. ago. “Maybe we should introduce martial Gorbachev arrived in Washington this sures against Lithuania. Story on page 3. Members of Congress urged Gorbachev rule in the Baltics,” he said sarcastically. week hoping his four-day summit with The Bush-Gorbachev summit has been S> r> * to bend in his policies toward Lithuania The Soviet president said the world’s Bush might result in a trade agreement shadowed by disputes over Germany and ^ </) and the other Baltic Republics seeking interest is served by a strong Soviet State rests Aparo prosecution worked out several weeks ago. The J3 > independence. The Soviet leader noted Union and a strong United States. From Soviet leader heard from Senate Please see SUMMIT, page 12 HARTFORD (AP) — The defense in the Karin Aparo murder conspiracy trial will now have an op­ > H portunity to convince the jury the 19-year-old did T l not conspire with her former boyfriend to kill her Unemployment rate mother in 1987. The state rested its case against the teen-ager Thursday after calling its last two witnesses, includ­ ing Aparo’s former friend. Shannon Dubois. falls to 5.3 percent Aparo’s defense, which begins Monday, is ex­ pected to rely partly on argum jnts that her mother at least 125,000 new jobs in May. abused her. The defense has already built an argu­ By Karen Ball ment that her former boyfriend, Dennis Coleman, The Associated Press The report shows that “the economy is weaker than most people have been will­ acted alone in killing Joyce Aparo because he ing to admit,” said economist Cynthia wanted to win back Karin Aparo’s love. WASHINGTON — The nation’s un­ Aparo is on trial in Hartford Superior Court on employment rate fell to 5.3 percent in Latta of DRI-McGraw Hill. “We don’t see it getting better very quickly.” charges of conspiracy to commit murder and acces­ May but weak job growth continued for sory to murder in the death of her mother. | the third straight month, the government Janet Norwood, commissioner of the story on page 5. reported today. Bureau of Labor Statistics, said that al­ The civilian jobless rate as measured though “the private sector has been stag­ / -4 by a household survey by the Labor nant for the past three months,” relative­ 1 licpaitment fell from the 5.4 percent job­ ly slow growth of the labor force has Judy HaiDIno/Manchestef Herald less rate registered in April.