MONDAY LOCAL NEWS INSIDE ■ Cox Cable wants to wire school. Ulanrkfitpr ■ Bolton Lake lowered for cleaning. ■ Manchester voter lists increase. W hat's ■ llling prepares for future system. N ew s Local/Regional Section, Page 7. Oct. 22,1990 Vbur Hometown Newspaper Voted 1990 New England Newspaper of the Year Iraqi troops may Newsstand Price: 35 Cents be regrouping WASHINGTON (AP) —• Iraqi troops are continually repositioning themselves inside The budget: Kuwait, making it “entirely pos­ sible” that a large number of for­ Angry voters rebel ces have regrouped in the north, according to Pentagon and private analysts. bickering, Lt. Col. Steve Roy, a Pen­ at the ballot box tagon spokesman, said Sunday fHaurlirstpr Hrralit Reds go three up he could not confirm a report By GEORGE ESPER “Question 3,” a referendum that from the Persian Gulf that Iraqi forces have begun pulling back The Associated Press STATE AND would roll back increases in the dickering to the northern part of the state income tax and some fees on A’s in Series LOCAL TAXES country. But he said the report BOSTON — For Boston imposed over the past two years Who pays the most was “entirely possible” because By ALAN FRAM waitress Nancy Wilson, tables are and eliminate hundreds of new chairman of the tax-writing House Ptr capita state and of constant Ii^ i troop move­ — empty, tips are smaller and taxes items and services added to the see page 39 The Associated Press Ways and Means Committee, said as local las bill (1988) are higher. sales tax. ments in Kuwait, the oil-rich talli among congressional leaders A laska ^ $3,606 country Iraq invaded on Aug. 2. SPORTS “I’m an angry voter,” she says. W ashing ton , D.C. $3,339 “The message nationally if (it) WASHINGTON — Budget ended late Sunday. “Our problem is U.S. officials estimate Iraq has She is not alone; throughout the New York $2,934 passes is that the tax revolt is still negotiators are ready to boost trying to put something together that up to 400,000 troops in or recession-struck Northeast, voters Connecticut $2,281 alive and well ... even in liberal gasoline taxes by at least a nickel a passes both houses.” around Kuwait. are rebelling against ballooning Hawaii $2,259 Massachusetts,” says William gallon and are narrowing differences Lawmakers planned to resume New Jersey $2,217 budgets and taxes as the Nov. 6 Schneider, a political analyst with over new taxes for the rich and cuts their search today for a compromise Massachusetts $2,160 elections approach. the American Enterprise Institute Ex-PrIme Minister, in Medicare benefits. package that would also satisfy M aryland $2,093 Already, they have drummed in Washington and a visiting But after a weekend of dickering President Bush and allow Congress M innesota $2,076 Saddam, meet MHS closes in on swim title out an old generation of political W yom ing $2,046 professor at Boston College. that featured a well-timed walkout to go home for the year by week’s BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — incumbents, some — like “With the deficit crisis in by an unusually talkative White end. Former British Prime Minister By LEN AUSTER Democratic governors Michael Who pays the least Washington, politicians, even House Chief of Staff John Sununu, a Narrowing one important dispute. Edward Heath said Sunday he Manchester Herald Dukakis of Massachusetts, Wil­ Par capita alata and President Bush, assume you can final agreement on a $250-billion had won agreement from Iraqi Democrats agreed to accept a nickel liam A. O’Neill of Connecticut M- local las bill (1988) pass new taxes and voters will un­ assortment of tax hikes and spend­ increase in the 9-cent-a-gallon Mississippi ^ $1,088 President Saddam Hussein for MANCHESTER — Thirteen years ago, when and Madeleine Kunin of Vermont derstand,” says Schneider. “So ing cuts remained elusive. gasoline tax, two cents less than A rkansa s $1,113 the release of sick and elderly Manchester High won its first girls’ swimming cham­ — without even casting a ballot. what they’re debating is who “It’s a very difficult negotiation,” Alabam a $1,142 British hostages. pionship, it took a herculean effort in the final 400-yard All retired rather than face the West Virginia pays, the middle class, the rich, Rep. Dan Rostenkowski, D-Ill., Please see BUDGET, page 6. $1,212 During a three-hour meeting, wrath of the voters. Tennessee freestyle relay to pull out the title. $1,242 how the tax burden is distributed. Saddam agreed to release an un­ It took no such heroics Friday afternoon at the Indians’ “The economic bowling ball Idaho $1,260 The message will be, ‘not so fast.’ specified number of Britons, pool against Windham High. The Indians had it all Gulf Poll Shows Europe Support has rolled through the Northeast K e n tu cky $1,271 The voters may not be reconciled South Dakota $1,321 Heath said, adding he did not wrapped up after the 11th event — the 100-yard and many political leaders have to tax increases even in the midst know exactly how many would Results o( a Gallup Pol ct five European countries measure popuisv gone flying,” says Lee Miringoff, L o u isia n s $1,329 of a fiscal crisis.” breaststroke — as they paddled past the Whippets, South Carolina $1,337 be released. They were to fly out Support ol m iiiiary action agairkst Iraq in three eJitterent situations director of the Marist College In­ The Northeast elections 103-81, in the pivotal CCC East Division meet of the 1 Source . Commerce Clearing House 1 of Baghdad on T\tesday, Heath season. 1 T o tre e B888 stitute for Public Opinion in promise to be among the nation’s said. I ^^^Tofreelhe 1 II To protect ttve Poughkeepsie, N.Y. NEA Graphics most exciting because of the tax Manchester, the defending league champs, still has to K u w a it Kostaoes West's oil supplies face Enfield (Oct. 26) and East Hartford (Oct. 30), both What’s more, voters in Mas­ Voters then radically slashed revolt, tough economic times, Chemical reports at home, and must win those to formally armex the cham­ 86% 86 sachusetts are so mad they are property taxes levied by town tight races and the emergence of a pionship. But at 2-0 and with the toughest competition 82 reviving the tax revolt that began governments and Propositions 13 new generation of politicians who may be checked 75% : 78 in California in the 1970s and and 2'/2 became household words. out of the way, it is virtually assured the title. Windham, 72 HARTFORD (AP) — State which won the CCC East title four consecutive years TO spread to Massachusetts in 1980. This time around it’s known as Please see REBEL, page 6. 63% environmental officials have from 1985 to ’88, is now 2-1 in the league, 5-2 overall. asked the federal Environmental “If everything goes smoothly, we should win the next Protection Agency to investigate two (CCC East meets),’’ said Manchester tri-captain whether seven Connecticut com­ Katclyn Lindstrom, who was a runaway winner in the Candidates dodge budget panies violated federal law by 200 IM and 100 breaststroke. failing to report their releases of “It went as expected,” 16-year Manchester coach Dave The figure, some analysts say, could reach $1 billion toxic chemicals. Frost said. “1 figured it wouldn’t be close as in other By JUDD EVERHART The penalty for failure to The Associated Press — a daunting number when the entire state budget is years but you don’t go ahead and say anything ahead of $7 billion. report the emissions could be as time. We swam fine and (Windham) swam pretty much much as $25,0(X) a day per HARTFORD — Will McEachem, the respected “The trivia of (releasing) tax returns and missed as expected.” votes in Congress — it’s easier to talk about those violation. University of Connecticut economics professor and oc­ Manchester, which had an 18-mcet winning streak M i things than talk about a billion-dollar budget gap,” casional commentator on Connecticut’s political scene, stopped on Oct. 4 by Wethersfield, goes to 7-1 for the G e rm a n y S p a in FrarKe Italy Britain McEachem said. Large city crime season. The win over Windham takes some of the sting says it doesn’t really matter what the candidates for c< O i*up Po« or 500 p«r*on« por oounary M ion fcom Octoboi I »voog^ 10. 1000 Rowland’s view is fiscally conservative and typical­ Th* margin ol arror la ptut or mlnua 5X governor say about how they’ll deal with the state’s up 20 percent out of the loss to the Eagles. ly Republican. He says he won’t need any tax in­ “It sure does,” Frost said. “We had two goals before economic problems. WASHINGTON (AP) — AP/MarWia P. HarnarxJai Instead, the winner will deal with the budget creases in his first year as governor and wants to the season. One was to go unbeaten. If we couldn’t do shrink the deficit by shrinking state spending, includ­ Murders in the nation’s largest problem after taking office and what he said during the that, the second goal which is maybe more important was ing demands for sdary and benefit concessions from cities jumped 20 percent in the to win tlie league title again” campaign will be all but forgotten. first half of the year, the FBI The candidates — Republican John G.