eo - MANCHESTF.H HERAl.D, Suturdiiy. July 20. 1985 U.S./WORLD BUSINESS SPORTS WEATHER Housing Starts KKK and affiliates Beware the quacks Dunwoody captures Clear tonight, 50s; Seasonally adjusted annual rates RealGNP in millions of units. still spread hatred in cancer business Silk City Triathlon sunny Tuesday, 80s Personal -Gross National Product Seasonally adjusted annual rates. ... page 9 ... page 20 ... page 11 ... page 2 - Percentages reflect change Income from previous quarter. Seasonally adjusted rates Industrial rates in trillions of dollars 10. 1% 3.30 Production National output ( Up 0.5%^ 2.2 ot factories, utilities, and mines. 3.20 7.1% 6.8% iKanrb^atrr llrralb 3.10 Manchester, Conn. — A City of.1 wVillage i i ___ 4-M Charm______ “ MnnHaviMonday, Julyliil$ 22. 1985 — Single copy: 25« 1.4 3.00 1.7% 1.2 2.90 0.3% 1.0 lllllllllllll Democrats blast foes, keep Buckland option secret J J A SON DJ F MAM J J J ASONDJ FMAMJ J J ASONDJ FMAMJ 1984 1985 sale. 1984 1985 1984 1984________ 1985 Bv Alex Glrelll colleagues a chance to extricate Republicans. was the only area cited by the Technical Vocational School are in UPl Ofi(it«c themselves from the mess they press. They said the firehouse is session. Penny said Mercier follows UPl Graphic UPt OneMc/C BnMChiwr ' Herald Reporter DPI Graphic have created." AT THE NEWS CONFERENCE also the first responder to calls Cummings said the GOP position Smith sheepishly. An alternative to the Republican The Republicans have begun a along with Penny were Demo­ from the Talcollville flats, wliere is based on "greed and 2 proposal to sell the town's Buck- petition drive to pul the sale of the cratic Directors James Fogarty. the Quality Inn motel is located; selfishness." DIRECTOR COLTMAN, who 2 land firehouse to the highest bidder firehouse on Tolland Turnpike on Eleanor Coltman and Stephen from an area of Vernon and West He said they "sold these people lives in the Bryan Farms area, will be presented by the Demo­ the ballot Nov. 5. The plan calls for Cassano, as well as Democratic Vernon Streets; and from apart­ out for votes ' said she was appalled lhat a cratic Party Wednesday at a a minimum bid of $400,000 on the Town Chairman Theodore R. ment complexes including Foun­ The Democrats said the three question of public safety can special meeting of the Board of station, which lies within an area Cummings. tain Village. Falconridge and part Republican directoi s on the board become a political campaign issue. B U S IN E S S Directors. protected by the independent Penny said the two remaining of Beacon Hill. all live in areas served by the Town Cassano said that while a great But in the meantime, it will be Eighth Utilities District Fire members of the majority — Mayor Penny stressed, as he has in the of Manchester Fire Department deal of attention has focused on kept firmly under wraps. Demo­ Departmenl. Barbara Weinberg and Director past, that the firehouse — despite and all are within a minute or so response time for the first fire­ crats said today. Penny said the Democrats did Kenneth Tedford — were unable to the fact that it cannot serve the from a first-response fire station. house responding to a fire, little The Republican directors are has been said about the second 2 0 Stephen Penny, leader of the not plan to obstruct the effort if attend. Tedford. an assistant state area in which it is located — does Textron stops Executives like Fairfield County attorney general, was due in court, serve three-quarters of the area it Donna Mercier, Thomas F'ergu- responder. Business Democratic majority on the board, valid petitions were filed. announced the meeting at a news But he said the Democratic while Weinberg was out of town, he was intended to serve, if the area is son. and William Diana. He said that with a full-time paid conference in Lincoln Center this alternative would appeal to "reas­ said. calculated by the number ot Penny said he was amazed to sec fire department such as the one In Brief building units. lhat "thinking people " like Fergu­ operated by the town, the second plans to sell except for housing, transit costs morning. But Penny refused to onable people." He also said the But Penny said the four directors give any details about the Demo­ Democratic Party would organize present were speaking for all six son and Diana can accept the and third responders are very cratic proposal. an effort against the sale of the Democratic directors. CUMMINGS TRANSLATED falacious reasoning of Curtis close behind the first. He said it is Union Carbide buys STP STAMFORD (UPl) - Expen­ While the disadvantages of doing employees do not live and work in He said simply that it would be firehouse "the like of which has not Both Penny and Cummings THAT into 800 or 900 dwelling units Smith, the Republican town chair­ often the second responder that sive housing and transportation business in Fairfield County still the same community. Bell Helicopter DANBURY — Union Carbide Corp. has comprehensive. been seen in town for at least a stressed that the Buckland fire­ with perhaps a total of 2,500 man. and Ronald Osella. Osella is begins fighting the fire because the problems threaten industries in are -weighed by the advantages of Manufacturing companies were purchased STP Corp. from Beatrice Cos. of Penny, alluding to the three decade." house serves not only the Bryan residents He added 1,000 students heading the Republican petition first responders concern Ihem- congested Fairfield County, but operating in cities such as Green­ most likely candidates for reloca­ PROVIDENCE. H I (CPI) - Tcxlnm Inc . stung Chicago for$87 million, the companies announced Republican members of the board, "They are going to be embar­ Farms area in the northeast during the day. when East Catholic drive to force the Board of corporations still like the region's wich, Stamford or Norwalk, they tion from s-hwestern Connecticut, Please turn to page 10 by recent iillegations of overcharging the federai Friday. said the proposal would "give our rassed," he said of the section of town, which they said High School and Howell Cheney Directors to offer the firehouse for location near New York City, a new are closing the gap quickly, SACIA but a total of one in five firms said government for defen.se work, withdrew plans Friday STP, a major supplier of automotive products, survey shows. warned. there was a chance all or part of to .sell its Bell llelieopler subsidiary. is a "logical fit" for Union Carbide, whose The S-hwestern Area Commerce Executives who employ about their operations would be moved. The decision is directly related to the Arm y’s products include Simoniz waxes and Prestone If and Industry Association said all 44,000 people in the region said the The survey suggested the region decision to suspend portions of its payments to Bell anti-freeze and coolant, said company spokes­ manufacturing companies re­ quality of suburban life, proximity may lose 40 percent of its manufac­ man Tom Failla. Islam group Helicopter for defense work in the wake of the sponding to its poll arc considering to New York City and customers, turing operations, butSAClA Pres­ Deaths, arrests allegations, said John Carberg. a spokesman for the STP started marketing its oil treatment in 1940 moving - of Connecticut because of and a well- educated work force ident John Mitovich said the state Rhode Island-based company and has since launched a wide range of products, high costs for employers and are the most attractive features of Department of Economic Develop­ ■‘On July 12. the Army advised Bell lhat it was including gasoline and diesel fuel treatments, oil employees. the region. ment has been meeting with some reducing or suspending a portion of its progress and air filters, vinyl protectants and other A development boom in s- The results of the study released of those companies. sets bombs payments by .'iO percent until questions have been car-care chemicals. hwestern Connecticut, which is Thursday ranked the lack of The chamber of commerce for reolved concerning alleged accounting, miscliarging Sales for the company, based in Boca Raton, follow new rule now the nation's third largest affordable housing the number one seven towns in s-hem Fairfield and internal control deficiencies." Carberg said The F'la., were $97 million in 1984. center for Fortune 500 companies, problem in s-hwestern County is working to improve the decision not to sell "was a contrihuling factor ' The acquisition of STP also includes research also makes expansion difficult, the Connecticut. New Haven Line of the Metro- In March, Textron, the slate's .only Fortune ,'>00 and development facilities in Florida, a filling in Denm ark survey said. The survey found the average North Railroad, increase use of company, announced that it planned to sell Bell in an and packaging plant for oil and gas treatments in More than half of 160 companies worker travels 33'A miles to work mass-transportation and plan new effort to offset some of the debt incurred in the $14 Pninesville, Ohio, and warehouses in Maryland In South Africa responding to the poll, 52.6 percent, each day. The figure rises to an bus services. COPENHAGEN. Denmark (UPl) — Bomb blasts billion acquisition of Aveo Corp.. of Greenw ich, Conn. and South Carolina. were concerned by the lack of average 38.6 miles for those The communities also are push­ The helicopter division, which was acquired by claimed by a Lebanese guerrilla group wrecked the J J affordable housing, transporta­ commuting to Stamford, indicat­ ing funding for a new R-e 7 and Textron in 1960.