-J. •.• v4 <"''-... - ■'■-^ '■ ■-• - Tors O^^ jDOjD • • • J t r f Clear tonight; Manchester, Conn. Cloudy Saturday Friday, Sept. 25, 1981 — See page 2 Ulanrbatfr lUrrato 25 Cents Social Security safe jj'JS'll Tough fight seen for new budget WASHINGTON (UPI) - Presi­ “ The president has gone too far in board approach to cutting domestic dent Reagan wants an additional $13 cutting the nondefense portions of programs. “ All programs are to be billion in 1982 budget cuts and the the budget... and the American peo­ slashed, regardless of their worth, departments of Energy and Educa­ ple are going to say 'enough is and the social safety net will soon be tion abolished. But many in enough,’ ” more holes than net," he said, Congress, both Republicans and Said Senate Finance Committee Reagan said his proposed 12 per­ Democrats, predict he is in for a Chairman Bob Dole, R-Kdn.: “ No cent reduction in nondefense fight. one is enthusiastic about facing up budgets would furnish an estimated In a nationally broadcast address to additional budget cuts. We will be $8.4 billion in savings. Thursday night, Reagan pledged to very slow to cut further into the He made good on a campaign stand firm in his determination to nutrition and social program promise by proposing elimination of balance the budget by 1984, and areas.” the Energy and Education proposed a 12 percent spending cut Dole and assistant Senate departments, both of which were for most federal programs and a Republican leader Ted Stevens of created by President Jimmy Carter. stiffening of tax c(^es. Alaska said Congress probably will And in a major concession, Overall, the impact would be $16 cut deeper into defense than the Reagan stepped away from his oft- billion in savings next year — $13 president proposed. stated target of a $42 5 billion deficit billion in reductions in proposed Sen. Edward Kennedy, DMass., for 1982, raising the figure to $43.1 spending and $3 billion in additional criticized Reagan’s across-the- billion. revenues through increased tax and fee collections. And for the first time, Reagan recommended cuts in the defense spending increases he earlier proposed — but only about 1 percent Multi-Circuits: of the total budget, amounting to $2 billion in 1982 and $13 billion over the next three years. At the same time, he backed down from an earlier idea of postponing Didn't renege Social Security benefit increases, but landed hard on other programs in his drive to lead the nation out of solve alleged noise problems at the its “ economic swamp.” By Paul Hendrie Herald psaor.ter, plant by Oct. 6, Stevenson, denied — -‘!T know wo..nrsi nahins la ia it warj waic^ mmm wmmt sacrifices ffom virtually all of you, It is unfair and untrue to claim made. but there is no alternative,” Reagan that Multi-Circuits Inc. has reneged The Board of Directors is told the nation. on promises made to neighbors of its scheduled to decide Oct. 6 whether The president said harsh Harrison Street plant, company to allow the $400,000 sale of the measures are needed if the budget is Controller William H. Stevenson Harrison Street town garage to to be balanced by 1984, the target said this morning. Multi-Circuits. date he has set. “ It’s very frustrating," said A memorandum of understanding Herald photos by Tarquinio Although Congress gave Reagan Stevenson. “ It seems to have been was to be reached by the company the bulk of what he wanted in ap­ played up now that w e’re going back and the neighborhood and included Unique truck arrives proving record tax and budget cuts on things that have been promised as conditions of the sale. this summer, the sentiment that 764, which carries 750 gallons of water and and that’s totally untrue.” But the tentative understandings Town Fire Chief John Rivosa and Mayor confronts the president as he moves Stevenson was responding to unraveled this week, when Bermen Stephen Penny (right) observe this nr»or- 90 gallons of foam, is unique in central into this newest assault on spending charges by Jon D. Berman, the at­ disavowed the draft of the ning’s test of the turret nozzie on the new Connecticut, officials said. It will be stationed looms as a more formidable torney for the Holl Street Residents memorandum and announced the American LaFrance pumper delivered to the at Central Fire Headquarters. obstacle to his plans. Association, that Multi-Circuits Town Fire Department Thursday. The $128,- Sen. Bill Bradley, D-N.J., said. backed out of an oral promise to PleaMe turn to page 8 Area couple wins battle Hospital admits fault in death June 4,1979, to undergo an operation awarded $100,000 by Judge Eugene malady, which prevents the heart By Richard Cody called the “ mustard procedure” — a Herald Reporter Kelly. The settlement, sources say, from pumping blood in the correct may be the largest ever in the state directions, causing a lack of oxygen re-routing of the heart’s tributaries. The operation was performed by A former Bolton couple won a for this kind of case. to flow to the body resulting in a Dr. Hiroyoshi Takata, and the two-year battle Thursday in The hospital also waived about blue tint of the skin, was treated the parents were told Kirin had a “ 90 Rockville Superior Court when an $10,000 in bills incurred during the day after birth by Dr. Daniel J. percent” chance of surving. attorney representing Hartford child’s stay in the hospital. Diana. He performed a cardiac ’Two days later, the operation was Hospital withdrew a special defense Sources also indicate this may be catherlzatlon so the child could sur­ performed, and ^ e was then taken and admitted hospital fault in the the first tim e in this state that a vive until a more permanent opera­ to the recovery room, where the 1979 death of a 14-month-old girl. hospital has admitted, in a court tion could be done to correct the drug Digoxin (digitalis) was She died of a medication overdose. judgment, responsibility for the malformation. The operation had to prescribed to increase the strength The parents, Philip and Elizabeth death of one of its patients. wait until the girl was at least a year of heart contractions but lower the Russell, who moved to Windsor Kirin was bom March 22,1978, as old, according to testimony in the frequency of the pumps. from Bolton about four months after a “blue baby” — the victim of a case. On June 7 at 2:30 p.ni., Kirin was the death of their child, Kirin, were malformation of the heart. The Kirin was admitted to the hospital scheduled to receive 0.24 cubic cen­ timeters of the drug, but instead a nurse delivered 24 milligrams, 0.96 cubic centimeters. Kirin died of the Directors take Today's Herald lethal overdose, despite efforts to Please turn lo page 8 Kirin Russell Cheney issue Union victory ’The Polish parliament has passed a law which gives workers a say in how their plants are off fall ballot managed. Page 3. Couple whose child died The Board of Directors m et in special session this ‘Blue Book’ morning to officially remove the $2 million Cheney bond Connecticut’s sU te register and manual, known wanted people to know issue from the Nov. 3 ballot. as the “ Blue Book,” is dedicated to Ella Grasso. The vote was unanimous, with Directors W illiam J. Eugene Kelly, the Kussells were Page S. By Richard Cody that was with her from birth. Diana and Gloria Dellafera absent. Three days after the operation, awarded $100,000 for the incident, The meeting ratified an informal agreement made at Herald Reporter which the surgeon felt was and about $10,000 in hospital fees a Tuesday night workshop. Under that agreement, the $2 Residents divided "In terms of money, it’s successful, Kirin died of an over­ were waived. million bond issue for public improvements in the (» ridiculous. No amount of money can dose of Digoxin when a nurse ad­ But more importantly to the cou­ Cheney Historic District and acquisition Of the Great Residents of the Brooklyn, Conn., area were give us back our little girl,” Philip ministered 24 milligrams of the ple, the hospital’s attorney removed Lawn and Cheney Hall would be removed from the dividMi evenly in comments on the extension of Russell said. He paused. "We drug intravenously rather than 0.24 the special defense filed in February November ballot. Interstate 84 at the state’s fourth hearing on the wanted people to know.” cubic centimeters. 1980, which left only the admission The board agreed to place a $700,000 bond issue on the proposal. Page 18. This statement by the father of “ People should have some sort of of liability on the record. ballot at the Jan. 12 special election, which has been Kirin Russell summarizes his and a consumerist idea when they go to Kirin was the Russell’s first child, scheduled to fill the late U.S. Rep. William Cotter’s Index - his wife, Elizabeth’s, feelings a hospital. People are just not aware and was bom in March 1978 with a seat. about the settlement reached ... I mean, who guarantees the com­ heart defect. In colloquial language, With the $700,000, the street improvements could be ...2 0 L o tte ry ......... ......... 2 ’Thursday and the reason why they petence of the staff. P e o p le she was a “ blue baby.” Due to the made, to encourage the private development of two ...1 8 Obituaries ..