Strikers prepare to vote Violence plagues Greyhound runs / By Harriett Hindman Greyhound was asking the courts to restrict the United Press International number of pickets around its terminals, a move to prevent further violence. PHOENIX, Ariz. — Sporadic violence flared Friday The Amalgamated Council of Greyhound Local 9 as striking Greyhound workers, trying to halt buses Unions made no recommendation on the latest driven by non-union drivers, prepared to vote on a new contract proposal, but union leaders were clearly contract offer which would cut drivers' wages by dissatisfied. more than $40 a week. "W e're going to do everything we can to keep it from Demonstrators apparently pushed a man in front of passing,” said one local president as he left the a moving bus in Boston and scattered egg-throwing meeting. incidents were reported, but only a few strikers were Another local president said the company's arrested. A bomb scare halted a bus in California. insistence on a pay cut "is out of greed, not need." More than 130 pickets wound up in jail Thursday The local officials carriedThe proposal back to their when Greyhound took'to the highways for the first members, with the vote scheduled to be completed no time since 12,500 workers went on strike Nov.-3. Union later-than Nov. 29. leaders met in Scottsdale, Ariz., and reluctantly voted Police increased their forces at terminals across to submit a new proposal to the rank-and-file. the country after Thursday's violence. A bus bound They said the latest offer included a 7.8 percent pay for San Francisco from Sacramento was halted cut, compared with the 9.5 percent wage reduction Friday when an anonymous telephone caller which was rejected before the strike began. Tbe new identifying himself as a striker said a bomb was offer would mean a loss of $150 to $175 a month to the aboard. A check of the bus showed nothing. average driver, the unions said. Greyhound also was using charter buses on some routes, making it more difficult for strikers to spot them. With 150 police in riot gear looking on, demonstra­ tors in Boston, where more, than 50 arrests were made Thursday, watched Friday's first bus leave without Education board incident. But when a second bus pulled out, protesters caught between it and another bus began pushing and re-elects Seader shoving. A man, apparently pushed in front of the bus, was hit.- He was treated at a hospital and released. N Demonstrators smashed both 'headlights and a as its chairman window of a bus leaving Dulutb, Minn. When the driver of one of the two security escort vehicles got out to go to the driver's aid. the demonstrators stole the By James P. Sacks keys to the car. Herald Reporter In Seattle, another hot spot on Thursday, noisy demon.strators let buses escorted by helmeted police Democratic Chairman Leonard E. Seader was officers depart a few minutes late. re-elected, two new members were sworn in and Although some buses ran empty and others with less Joseph V. Camposeo was named secretary at a than a dozen passengers aboard. Greyhound meeting of the Manchester Board of Education spokesman Kathy Davidson said the company was pleased with the resumption of limited service. It Friday night; The 15-minute meeting was the board's Herald photo by Tarquinio first since the Nov.8 municipal election. planned to expand to about 1.000 locations in "three or Seader, a vice president at First Hartford Realty four weeks." Go., has been a school board member since 1977 and The company estimated about 6,000 people rode on Captivating artist hM chaired the board since 1980. He was re-elected to the first 500 buses to run Thursday. another three-year term in the election. Greyhound chairman John W. Teets sajd he was Storyteller Gail Herman of Woodstock faculty. She kept the students spellb- pleased the union leadership had agreed to send the Camposeo, also a Democrat, will replace fellow entranced students at the Keeney Street lound and at the edge of their seats party member Peter A . Crombie, who was defeated in latest proposal to the members. V the election, as board secretary. A purchasing agent “ Our employees will ndw finally have the School Friday with her tales of mystery throughout stories about everything for the Travelers Insurance Cos., Camposeo joined opportunity to vote on their own futures. " he said. and intrigue from around the world. Ms. from villains to heroes. She is writing a the board in 1977 and has since been elected twice. His "The new proposal doesn't change our decision to Herman spun her hypnotic web through book on the art of “organic storytelling.” term expires in 1985. run the bus company. Greyhound Lines is up. it's Board member Richard W. Dyer, an attorney, running and it will continue to do so during the two periods at the school to the delight More pictures on page 3. swore in Seader and new Republican board members employee voting period.” of the assembled student body and Gloria D. DellaFera and Bernice “ Bunny" Cobb at the meeting. On Nov. 8, Seader, Mrs. DellaFera and Mcs. Cobb were elected to fill terms running from 1983 to 1986. Manchester famiiy needs financiai heip Three incumbents — Republican H.John Malone and Democrats Dyer and Susan L. Perkins — won terms from 1984 to 1987. The GOP gained one seat in the election, leaving the board with a 5-4 Democratic majority. Allan Levy awaits heart transplant Mrs. Cobb, a former teacher at Verplanck School who retired last summer, was the highest vote-getter Bv Susan Plese chapter of I'NICO National, a service among candidates for the school board in the election. Herald Reporter group, has pledged $500 to the family in Mrs. DellaFera is a former member of the Board of hopes that others will rise to the Directors who retired in 1981. She is an executive * Allan L. Levy, 55, of 26 Florence St. is challenge. secretary at the Travelers. i. - " waiting for a new heart. Before he can It was something of a coincidence Dyer said jokingly the meeting was "the shortest in get one, though, he has to get to a that I'NICO got involved at all. The the history of the Manchester school board." transplant center. .And that costs group gives $14,000 a.year to charity, The votes electing Camposeo as secretary and money. primarily to mental health, according Seader as chairman were both unanimous. Levy and his wife, Edwina, plan to go to president Leo Diana. Heart trans­ Dyer, in nominating Seader, said he had provided to the University of Pittsburgh Medical plant surgery does not exactly fit into “ exemplary service" to the board and to Manches­ School in Pennsylvania on Thursday so the organization's goals. ter's students during his time as chairman. The Levy can be evaluated as a possible But Diana also happens to be nomination was seconded by David Dampier Jr., a heart transplant recipient. principal at Nathan Hale School. .And Republican, and no others were offered. The Thanksgiving Day trip may the Levy's daughter. Lisa. 10, is a After the vote, Superintendent of Schools Dr. James mean Levy will stay in Pittsburgh for fifth-grade student there. Diana had P. Kennedy handed Seader the gavel and said, "It's a the surgery. been aware of the father's ill-health for vote and so ordered." "1 can't tell, " he says. "They might several yei\rSj_ ,^;“ I think we’re going to have a good year," Seader keep me there. It depends on the "Charity begins at home," says said. "W e'll all be working hard in the next few availability of a donor.” If no donor is Diana, "A ll agreed that although it months.” * found over the weekend, he will return didn't come under our goals, we could Seader said he would prepare apppointments for the to Manchester Nov. 26 or 27 to await a help a local person live. board's various committees by its next meeting on 9 call from the hospital. Nov.28. Two of the committees — the building "What we're hoping, is that other committee and tbe sites and transportation commit­ THERE'S A SNAG to the family's civic organizations or citizens will kick tee — will be merged, Seader said, to make them more plans, however. Levy has been bedrid­ in. They all have their pet charities, but effective. The other three committees are planning, X den since August, and he is unable to maybe they can . give a little bit.” curriculum, and personnel and finance. make the trip on a commercial airliner. Shortly after the UNICO pledge. Camposeo was nominated for secretary by fellow The family must hire an air ambulance Temple Beth Sholom followed suit. Democrat Francis A. Maffe Jr. The nomination was for $4,500. Medical insurance won't pay They also have contributed $500, Lisa is seconded by Mrs. Perkins and was the only one put for the cost, and the bill must be paid by also a student at the temple school. forward. Tuesday. In accepting the position, Camposeo said his service Getting Levy to Pittsburgh is only LE VY SUFFERED a heart attack in had been “ a learning experience.” “ It's a great part of the struggle. " I f he's accepted 1969, his wife says, but apparently system to be part of," he said. we come home and wait and then recovered. Then on May 17 he suffered All who attended the meeting congratulated new scramble again (when a donor is a cardiac arrest, and on June 5, while members Mrs.