20 - EVENING HERALD. Mon.. Feb. 18, 1980 ^ Custodian Pay Dispute May Be Settled by July High Court iiaurliPBtpr MANCHESTER - A labor dispute ment of Labor a settlement for the labor department contends that tho between the local Board of Education four women. two Jobs were substantially the and federal official concerning four The Labor Department first lodged same. School officials have argued female custodians has been the charge in 19^ seeking about $40,- that the Custodial I I positiod simmering since but officials 1973, 000 in back pay for the custodians required heavier work, such a$ expect the case to be laid to rest by between 1974 and 1977. Wilson E. shoveling snow and operating July 1. Deakin Jr. said Friday the settle­ boilers. ^ Upholds Law' 1 In a vote at their last board ment would be "much smaller” than Deakin said as the women retired, meeting, focal education officials that figure, but declined to give the their positions were abolished, and agreed to negotiate a settlement. The exact figures authorized by the the custodial function incorporated Vol. XCIX, No. 119 — Manchester, Conn., Tuesday. February 19.1980 I 18^1 » 'ffef^y • 15c Hnryia Deltvetedl federal officials have claimed that board. into one class, without distinction Manchester practiced sex At issue were differences in salary between the sexes. He said that since discrimination when setting pay and working conditions between two 1977, the Labor Department felt the scales. custodial job classifications. Deakin town was on the right track using this On Phase-In Thomas N. Sullivan, an attorney said, "In the old days, we had method. specializing in labor law, has been matrons and custodians. Matron is a Meanwhile, Deakin said the Labor handling the matter for the school sexist title. So we called all the Department is continuing its suit board for the past seven years. He females Custodian Class I and the against the town for the period. "We was directed to discuss with officials males Custodian Class III. think we’re right but we’re settling By CHARLIE IBAYNARD The law was challenged by three of the U.S. Equal Employment Op­ In 1977, the five class I custodians because it might cost us more in New Haven utilities who argued that portunity Division of th U.S. Depart­ Heruld Rrporivr earned $2,250 less per year than court costs to prove it,” he said. it violated equal protection custodial class II employes. The MANCHESTER — The Connecticut provisions of the state and federal Supreme Court today unanimously constitutions. The three companies upheld the constitutionality of a state —United Illuminating Company, the law allowing municipalities the right New Haven Water Company and the Groton Man Is Trying to phase in property tax revaluations Southern Connecticut Gas Company over five years. —said they would be paying a greater The decision was greeted with glee amount of taxes with the phase-in by Manchester officials who had sup­ than without it. To Bring Nautilus Home ported the revaluation phase-in and The court ruled some inequities GROTON (UPI) — A local businessman goes to maJor national tourist attraction in Groton at no cost to by the state legislators who had exist in taxation, but argued that the Washington this week to try and convince Congress the taxpayers. gotten the bill through the law and the legislature's intent in Learning is Fun Navy’s plan to retire the world’s first nuclear submarine The submarine association has offered the Navy a fre? Legislature in the dying moments !of enacting it was constitutional. in the nation’s capital is a waste of taxpayer’s money. berth for the ship in the Thames River off Groton, where the 1978 session. The law allows in­ Gifted students from Martin Elementary School are tant manager at the Woodland Gardens nursery. It was a personal vindication for Frank'Sheetz has fought to have the USS Nautilus it would be established as a floating museum. stallment of tax payments over a Cummings, who last week suffered a learning about plant life from Regina Adams, assis- (Herald photo by Pinto) returned to Groton where the historic vessel was Last week, the General Accounting Office turned down five-year period when real property setback from the same court over the launched over 25 years ago. a request by Sheetz to investigate the Navy’s plan for the values increased by 30 percent or consolidation issue in town. The Navy has decided to berth the Nautilus to the Nautilus. - ; more because of revaluation. “ You know, life has such ups and Washington, D.C., Navy Yard when the submarine is In Washington, Sheetz plans to ask the House A[y "It was one big, pleasant sur­ downs,” he said. “1 got cracked on decommissioned sometime this year. propriations and Armed Services Committees to reJect prise,” said Theodore Cummings, the head over consolidation and now I Town Man Gets Position Sheetz, president of the Submarine Memorial Associa­ former state representative who, funding for the Nautilus and will meet with Rep. come back from the brink of disaster tion, said he'll go to Washington Tuesday to try and block Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., to map strategy. with Rep. Fran Mahoney and Sen. with this revaluation decision. " the funding the Navy needs to make the ship a tourist at­ David Barry, spearheaded the bill's He also lauded the Justices traction in Washington. passage because, he said, "it showed me the With Administrative Unit ’T m claiming deception and a waste of taxpayers’ Justice John A. Speziale, in writing court had a heart and would not be money by the Navy,” he said. He said the Navy has the opinion, said "the purpose of the put down by big business or big HARTFORD - Charles B. Roark Children and Youth Services. already estimated it would cost $7.6 million to build a act and ordinance is a legitimate utilities.” of Manchester, director of the The bureau also is responsible for facility in Washington "and now they’re telling Congress one” because it intended to spare the George Marlow, a local Bureau of Collection Services of the the billing and collection of any they want another $3.3 million.” maJority of taxpayers the brunt of businessman who joined others in a state Department of Administrative money due the state in public welfare “If the Nautilus is berthed in Groton, where it belongs, the tax increase. lawsuit challenging the phase-in. said Services, has been named a deputy assistance and child welfare cases, taxpayers will get money back. Instead of it being an TH E SAVIISIG PLACE he was still dissatisfied with the bill's commissioner of DAS. and enforcement of support economic burden, it would generate tax dollars,” he said, DAILY handling. A veteran of more than 28 years of OPEN 9:30-9:30; SUN. 11 -5 obligations in such cases. It also Sheetz has argued that the submarine could been'-'' a Sale Effective Mon., Feb. 18 thru Sat., Feb. 23 "I dislike the way the bill was state service. Roark was sworn in assists in protecting and ad­ presented to the legislature without Winter Fun Friday by DAS Commissioner Elisha ministering certain patients' funds Trudeau any opportunity for public hearing,” The annual winter vacation from school and the season’s which have been idle since the beginning of winter. (Herald C. Freedman. through the attorney position of es­ Use of Gasoline . he declared. "That is one of the foun­ tate administrator. dations of democracy " first snow cover brought hundreds of children to Center photo by Pinto) Roark's state service includes 10 The bureau has district offices at Marlow and eight other plaintiffs Springs Park Monday to utilize sleds, saucers and toboggans years as a principal auditor with the Connecticut Valley, Fairfield Hills, Down for State Ousts were denied an inJunction last year Auditor of Public Accounts and five and Norwich Hospitals; with sub of­ that would have prohibted the town as assistant director of the Division fices at the Connecticut Mental HARTFORD (UPI) — Only three states consumed less b f Balder from proceeding with the second of Central Collections — now the DAS gasoline last year than Connecticut, state officials Health Center in New Haven, Blue year of the phase-in. They argued Bureau of Collection Services — report. Clark Hills Hospital, and Bridgeport Men­ that the plan establishes an unfair Condo Offer Said Impractical which he has served as director since State Transportation Commissioner Arthur Powers tal Health Center. tax burden for owners of commer­ 1972. said the state’s average consumption of gasoline in 1979 Roark is married to the former L* TORONTO (UPI) - Pierre Elliott cial, personal and motor vehicle “So far we haven't used the fund He also worked in the pioneer was 651 gallons per vehicle — compared to a national Jeanne Buttner. He is a Navy Trudeau, in one of the greatest properties, building at 635 Center Street con­ spend money on maintenance, or because we're having trouble finding development of synthetic fibers By MARY KITZMANIN veteran of WW II. past officer of average of 797 gallons. He said only Rhode lsland„Hawaii political comebacks in Canadian "Two years have gone by,” trolled by Evergreen Enterprises, perhaps they will want to spend more homes,” he said. produced from a orotein base with numerous civic and fraternal and Colorado recorded lower figures. history, ousted the 9-month-old Marlow said, "and the delay in the Herald Reporter and a 22-unit complex on Hartford money than we can afford on The Housing Authority contacted the VICARA Division of Virginia Powers said Connecticut drivers used 3 percent less government of Joe Clark and won an organizations, a life member of the decision doesn't affect the ultimate MANCHESTER - Although funds Road, owned by General Equities maintenance" the Manchester Board of Realtors for Carolina Chemical Corp.