II w e l l - 'ohlblts fe rtlie - flrm or ioroph, Ight or 0 tree, 1 other ro wrlt- oose of illcond SSOfor 3her. 4 n lle s . lo rld a !7-111t , INC. 3N Hanrbratrr Mrralb •6995 10,495 •6995 •2675 Saturday, Dec. 31, 1988 •4395 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm 30 Cents •6995 •7695 •9995 •6595 •8995 •5995 0,995 •7995 •7995 REAGAN GETS SUBPOENA North also wants 1 ar Bush in court Bv Rita Beamish lys The Associated Press ddl- You WASHINGTON — President Reagan and I me. President-elect Bush were subpoenaed Friday as I defense witnesses in the trial of retired Marine Lt. Col. Oliver North in the Iran-Contra affair. Justice Department spokesman Loye Miller said. 3 ‘‘We did receive it,” Miller said. ‘‘There’s one for the president and one for the vice president. We received it at mid-afternoon.” The subpoenas were received by Robert Ross, the executive assistant to Attorney General Dick Thornburgh, Miller said. A statement released by the White House press l-s, .41 office in Palm Springs, where Reagan is on vacation, said, ‘"The Justice Department has received a subpoena seeking the president's low testimony at the criminal trial of Oliver North. The VII- subpoena also seeks the discovery of certain 643- personal records of the president. The subpoena was not unanticipated. "It raises significant legal and constitutional questions which are currently being reviewed by the Department of Justice and counsel to the president,” the statement said. “ It would be unprecedented for a president to appear as a witness at a criminal trial and it's premature to speculate on the final decision that will ultimately be taken, but historical precedent suggests any w relevant information could be provided through written questions and answers.” %■o V Bush aides confirmed Bush had received a subpoena Friday, but press secretary Sheila Tate said she had no other details. She said a statement would be forthcoming from Bush’s legal counsel. Bush was aware of the subpoena before he left Friday evening for a long weekend in Camp David, said Bush press aide Kristin Taylor. “ The receiptof this is not an unanticipated development, but it is unprecedented,” she said. North, a former White House aide, is facing trial Jan. 31 on conspiracy and theft charges in the Iran-Contra affair. He is charged vdth conspiring with former A P photo national security adviser John Poindexter and arms dealers Albert Hakim and retired Air Force Maj. HAPPY END — A stockbroker is covered w/ith streamers and confetti Friday Gen. Richard Secord to illegally divert more than during the traditional celebration of the last session of the year at the Paris $12 million in U.S.-Iran arms-sale profits to the Stock Exchange. He had something to cheer about: The exchange closed with Nicaraguan rebels. National security concerns have placed in a 60 percent increase for the year. Closer to home, police say they'll beef up jeopardy North’s trial on the major conspiracy and patrols and set up roadblocks to randomly stop motoriststo make sure they are theft charges, which involve extensive use of sober as they head home from New Year’s celebrations. Story on page 2. classified material. • • t • . * ? » REGIONAL WEATHER Aocu-Weathet^ forecast for Saturday Police planning crackdowns Options vary for use of military units Oaytima CorKfHions and High Temperatures By Maureen Leavitt from his Washington D.C. office that it Provisions of the McKinney Act Bridges said the possibility also F Manchester Herald is too soon to tell how the housing state that property of the federal exists for Congress to come up with its vint'a for safer New Year’s Eve would be used. Secretary of Defense government not being used must be own way of using the property. Military housing in Manchester Frank Carlucci must decide on converted into housing for the home­ " I f they do that, we’d have to could be used as housing for the whether to endorse the recommenda­ re-invent the wheel,” Bridges said. By The Associated Press arrests, including 988 for speed­ less. Bridges said this act might alternative to driving home after homeless, become the property of a tions by Jan. 15. If the Pentagon If the commission’s report is ing and 54 for drunken driving, impact use of the housing at Nike the celebration.. federal or state agency or be available Connecticut residents are being Stamm said. approves the proposed base closings. Circle. approved, the closures would begin as "They don’t have to worry for public sale if the Pentagon Congress could still block them. of Jan. 1,1990. The proposal included |e»H H|4y I urged to take a walk on the sober Extra patrols will be added as Another act, the Federal Property about hurting themselves or approves b u d ge t-c u 11 i n g closing 86 facilties, partially closing side this New Year’s Eve as part of Operation CARE, or The Manchester housing units, and Administrative Services Act of getting hurt,’’ said Marilyn recommendations. five, and changing the role and police plan DWI crackdowns, an Combined Accident Reduction which are administered by the Fort 1940, offers other federal agencies Steenburgh at the Parkview manpower level of 54 others. The plan insurance company takes Effort, a federal program that Those are just some of the possibili­ Devens military base in Massachu­ first dibs on property not being used Hilton Hotel in Hartford, which is would produce an savings of $693 pledges from employees not to provides additional money to ties for the 32 units of military housing setts and owned by the U.S. Army, are by the federal government. offering a $249-per-couple pack­ million and a total savings of $5.6 drive drunk, and hotels offer state police and highway patrols located on 13 acres on Nike Circle and used by military personnel, such as If no federal agencies need the age deal that includes a four- billion over 20 years. packages so revelers can fall nationwide each hoiiday to pro­ Hercules Drive, off Lakewood Circle, recruiters and ROTC tedchers who property, it would be made available course dinner, an open bar all The Manchester housing units date from parties into bed. mote safe driving. said Maj. Dick Bridges, spokesman are in locations far from military for public programs such as parks and evening and a room for the night, from the construction of Nike missile Besides beefing up patrols, State police also plan to use she said. for Army Public Affairs at the bases. recreation services. The property bases in the 1950s. The missile bases state and local police also plan to airp^nes to patrol state roads if Pentagon. ultimately could be made available The Ramada Renaissance Bridges said it is too early to project were placed at strategic locations set up roadblocks and will ran­ the weather is clear, Stamm said. Hotel in Southbury was offering a for public sale. Bridges said. ,C1>6S Aocu-W— in»r. me. The units are among hundreds in 13 what will happen with the housing. He across the country as a defense domly stop motorists to make Motorists whose cars are 2 $287-a-couple party that also states that would be closed if Congress said use of the housing could be Theunis “ Terry” Werkhoven, a against long-range bomber attack. sure they are sober as they head equipped with radar detectors, included overnight lodgings. adopts recommendations of the Com­ affected by two congressional acts or Republican member of the Board of The housing units were built to home from celebrations Saturday which are illegal in Connecticut, "Most people decide to stay mission on Base Realignment and Congress could devise yet another Directors and also a member of its accommodate some of the about 180 night and Sunday morning, said may not escape the clutches of over," said Manuel Navarro, the Closure. In a report released Thurs­ plan. subcommittee on affordable housing, soldiers who worked at the Keeney Connecticiit Weather Marcy Stamm, a spokeswoman state police, Stamm said. Some hotel’s resident manager. “ They for state police. / day, the commission also recom­ “ The closure is really still in the said he would be “ quite receptive to Street Nike Site. state police cars will be equipped can party and then go to bed." mended closing 34 of the nation’s birthing stage,” Bridges said. “ The the idea of looking into" using the The toWn acquired the missile site "W e hope that if people ... are with VASCAR, a computer that Restaurants have also moved major military bases. Secretary of Defense could call it (the housing project for affordable property in 1965 after the site was shut going to be drinking or celebrat­ calculates a car’s speed without to curtail drinking and driving Manchester and vldnlty; Today, partly sunny. Bridges said in an interview Friday closures) off Jan. 16.” housing. down in 1961. High around 35. Wind west 10 to 20 ntiph. Tonight. ing, they stay over or have a using signals that can be picked among their patrons. New Y ear’s Eve. partly cloudy. Tennperature near designated driver,” she said. up by radar-detectors. A dozen Hartford-area taverns 20 by midnight. 10 to 15 by morning. Sunday. New For the second year, the city of Police must use a prescribed are offering free non-alcoholic Y ear’s Day. partly sunny. High near 30. Outlook for Stamford willofferanaltemative pattern, such as stopping every drinks to drivers as part of a Monday, cloudy, high in the 30s.