iianrbratrr > Snow Snow changing to flurries and ending late WEATHER today. See page 2. I VOL. C, No. 82 — Manchester, Conn., Wednesday, January 7, 19B1 yOur hometown newshaper ' since 1681 • Single Copy 2St • Home Delivery 2(X ] Land swap decision postponed Monday night the Planning and By MARY KITZMANN Herald Reporter Zoning ‘ Commission rejected the proposal to relocate the town garage MANCHESTER—An angry Board in East Cemetery, vacating, the pre­ of Directors agreed Tuesday night to sent site for Multi-Circuits. While form a committee and delay a deci­ citing the inappropriateness of a sion on trading property with Multi- cemetery for a garage the PZC also Circuit Inc. to allow expansion of its said .the present town garage would Harrison Street plant. be adequate with an expansion. Although Donald Richter^ Last night Multi-Circuits proposal secretary of Multi-Circuits, feared was back before the Board of Direc­ the press would report his comments tors, and Richter hoped to persuade Making way for the day’s shoppers, a worker plows the West area woke up this morning to about five inches of snow. as a threat, it was the Board of it to look, at Manchester’s economic Directors and many audience Middle Turnpike entrance to the Manchester Parkade. The (Herald photo by Pinto) well-being rather than the PZC’s speakers who interpeted Multi- recommendation or the objections of Circuit’s position as an ultimatum. the neighborhood to the expansion. Richter, who appeared before the board twice before asking to acquire But the' board interpreted his the town property on Harrison Street analysis as not-too-subtle pressure. “I Storm closes most schools in exchange for a new park garage feel that to come before us and say Snow fell through the night, The state Department of Transpor­ temperatures which prevented tation Department s storm center elsewhere, had reinterated Multi- we should look at the economic reali­ reaching accumulations of three and tation began sending trucks out along freezing conditions. said a battery of 617 trucks blanketed Circuits needed space to grow. ty; but that it’s not a threat,” (in a half inches in the Greater Hartford state roadways at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday. While driving was slow, travelers the state’s highways as snow began reality is a threat). Republican “ If we cannot expand in area, but causing few complications Once at full strength, some 800 who didn’t rely on roadways had few accumulating by 11 p.m. Manchester, there will be a marked Director Pete DiRosa told Richter. aside from the closing of most trucks worked highways throughout problems with the snow. Major highways were al! plowed reduction in the payroll and money “But we are supposed to assume schools across the state. the night, plowing and spreading Normal operations were reported and sanded by 4 a.m. but driving con­ expended in the community,’’ A spokesman for the state Depart­ at Bradley International Airport in ditions were still hazardous at that that you are prepared to do sand. Richter said. "That’s a reality.” something economically detrimental ment of Transportation said travel on The National Weather Service Windsor Locks. Conrail’s New Haven time. Spokesman Jim Larson said Multi-Circuits employes 480 per­ to the town, unless we favor Multi- state highways had been slowed due Issued a travelers advisory early line, the major rail service for com­ conditions began to improve at the sons and spent $1 million in Circuit— I resent it.” to slippery conditions but reported today, urging motorists to use cau­ muters in southern Connecticut start of the rush hour. Manchester last year according to Richter explained he asked only for only one major accident, along 1-84 in tion on slippery roads. But a heading for New York City, Richter, but it is hemmed in by a State police reported only one the board’s cooperation in solving the Newtown. spokesman at the DOT Operations experienced only minor delays. major accident statewide as a result residential neighborhood, the town Multi-Circuit’s, the town’s, and the The Manchester Highway Depart­ Center expressed relief at the high A spokesman in the state Transpor­ of the storm. cemetery and wishes to acquire the Roll Street neighborhood’s problem. ment began saltipg town roads at town garage. Earlier he had suggested the board about 12:15 a.m! today, and had "If we can’t fulfill our obligations was uncaring in its approach to the switched to plowing by 3 a.m. Crews to our customers in Manchester we problem. were expected to continue pushing will have to go to some other place,” Car sales report due While Multi-Circuits says it will snowba^ from the roadways tor the he said. leave Manchester if not being remainder of the day, in hopes of DETROIT (UPI) - Sales by maintained, or reduced, prices on 1980 — a total of 293,595 vehicles, up completing the job before freezing allowed to expand at Harrison Street, General Motors dropped 16 percent some small and mid-sized cars. from 292,109 in 1979. the residents have strongly protested temperatures make work difficult. in 1980 but the No. 1 automaker’s dis­ CTirysler Corp., fighting for sales the expansion. Fred Wajacs, highway superinten­ mal year-end results dimmed today momentum to begin the new year, Sales'’ of U.S.-built Volkswagen dent, reported the clean-up operation models set a new record during the Release The residents fear the corporation in comparison to the industry-wide said it will not increase sticker will gradually push them out of the was progressing well, but said two year at 202.672, an increase of 21.4 car sales debacle, expected to be the prices now, but likely will be forced percent from 1979. the company said. neighborhood — President Merrill plow frames were broken during worst since 1961. to order increases in the future. Whiston has said he hopes to double snow removal. Although equipment GM opened the barrage of year-end GM’s 1980 performance was better There were, however, some bright pact not output of .the printed electronics cir­ breakdowns are normal, Wajacs said reports Tuesday, and other U.S. spots for the U.S. industry. than the auto industry as a whole. cuits in the coming years. The plant the loss of two frames was unusual. automakers will report their final The top automaker said it sold 4,116,- The Japanese yen rose on inter­ exists in the middle of town by virtue East Hartford and Manchester 1980 sales today. Domestic sales are 482 U.S.-built cars last year, down 16 national money markets Tuesday to of being the oldest industrial zone. Police said a couple of accidents had expected to show a drop of 20 percent percent from 4,887,281 in 197r. 198 yen per one U.S. dollar. accepted One meeting speaker, Vincent Kel­ been attributed to the storm this from last year — the lowest level in But the No. 1 automaker’s car Although a poor indicator for the ly, described the situation as a “hot morning but reported few com­ nearly two decades. sales were more depressed at the end By United Pres* International dollar, the rising yen will make hot- potato’ for the board. plications from the snow which Foreign automakers also plan to of December, falling 29.5 percent Iran’s hostage commission head selling Japanese compact cars more Mayor Stephen Penny explained began falling at 7:30 p.m. in the issue their year-end sales reports below the previous year in the final said today that Iran has not com­ the board encourages indust^, but western part of the state. today. 10-day selling period of the month. expensive in America and perhaps mitted itwlf to accept any hostage- wondered whether M ulticircuits’ Thousands of students across the Ford Motor Co. Tuesday followed The figures were in stark contrast less attractive than U.S.-built small freeing arrangement made by long range plans note the plant’s state weibomed the storm which GM's lead in boosting 1981 sticker to the year-end report issued cars. Algerian mediators and said further expansion is impossible at brought them another day away from prices — an average of $85 or about 1 Tuesday by Volkswagen, which said GM also claimed some slight vic­ “negotiations are continuing.” Harrison Street. school. percent — although the comoanv its U.S. sales were up 0.5 percent in tories. “We will make an announcement soon,” said Behzad Nabavi, head of the hostage commission, at a news conference in Tehran. Money problems greet legislators Nabavi, in the report of the Tehran news conference monitored in Lon­ HARTFORD (UPI) — Connecticut He said the idea there was $200 don, sought to clarify confusion million worth of fat in state govern­ lawmakers return to the Capitol Kclalfd HturieH on pagcK 2 and which arose Tuesday after a meeting today with Gov. William O’Neill war­ 19. ment was a -myth. ” 1 challenge between Aya'tollah Ruhollah anyone to find It, " said Abate. ning they will face a “ serious” Khomeini and Prime Minister While O'Neill undoubtedly will call problem in trying to shore up a $22 cent to generate more than $62 Mohammad Ali Rajai. for drastic restrictions in spending. Rajai said afterward that million shortfall in the current million. budget. Democratic leaders will try to stif'e Khomeini had agreed to the idea of At 7.5 percent, the tax already is O’Neill, the 50-year-old former their colleagues' creativity. Algeria offering guarantees in its the highest statewide sales tax in the legislator sworn in New Year’s Eve mediation on Iran’s monetary country.