DiRosa appointment may hinder Ed budget passage By Nancy FolevFoley fromfrom votina voting on on the the education education hndDct budget if if inofiiming firm. _, , . What's News Manchester Herald he is hired as a teacher. tion budget should not rest on one per­ In the spring, the school board faced son’s shoulders, he said. Barlow, however, said that his concern Monday J one of its most difficult budget seasons “To rely solely on me when I have to over the budget was not a sufficient The hiring of Democratic town Direc­ when the Republicans who control the make a choice between what I want to do reason to deny DiRosa the teaching posi­ tor ftter DiRosa for a teaching position Board of Directors wanted to cut the personally and the town is not fair,” he at the Wgh school will make it much tion in the social studies department, and school budget by as much as $1 million. said. LOCAL NEWS INSIDE tougher for the Board of Education to get that he would vote in favor of the ap­ A reprieve for the school board came Its budget passed next year, according to pointment when it comes before a meet­ when Republican Susan Buckno broke Richard W. Dyer, chairman of the Democratic school b o ^ member Mal­ ing of the school board tonight. ranks and formed a coalition with school board, said he would vote in favor ■ Coventry budget slated colm Barlow. “Peter DiRosa is clearly qualified from Detnocrats to pass about a $264,000 cut. of DiRosa’s ^j^intment because he is We re getting a good teacher and what I’Ve heard,” Barlow said. “He’s Facing hostility from other Republicans the l»st person for the job and political for voters. Page 9. we re losing a Board of Directors vole,” going to be a wonderful teacher.” after her vote, Buckno resigned and has considerations should not influence a personnel decision. Barlow said. DiRosa taught at the high school from been replaced by Geoffrey Naab. DiRosa was one of four Democrats 1970 to 1974, and left to take over his “I won’t deny Fve thought of the ■ Democrats can’t sue over “I understand where everybody’s com­ pragmatics of it,“ Dyer said. ”Obviously, who voted in favor of the $44.9 million father’s business when he retired early. ing from,” DiRosa said today. But he GOP fliers. Page 9. u we’ll have fewer E)eroocratic votes." dollar education budget May 2, along DiRosa recently sold some of the stores added that if the townspeople want a cer­ with Republican Susan Buckno. Buckno in the chain of DiRosa Cleaners and has Democrat Teny A. Bogli said that tain level of funding for education, they with the resignation of Buckno, it will be resigned from the board following the worked for several months for RJS As­ should elect nine directors who all sup­ ■ Manchester ed board vote, and DiRosa has said he will abstain sociates in Hartford, a pcrsotmel consult­ port that funding. The fate of the educa­ Please see DIROSA, Page 8. considers goals. Page 9. Abortion law stricken WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court today ruled that states may require notification of one parent when young umnarried girls seek an abortion. But it struck down a law requiring that both parents be notified. The court, by a 5-4 vote, said the Miimesota law, which requires that both parents be notified, inter­ feres too much with minors’ constitutional right to abortion. The ruling marked the first time Justice Sandra Day O’Coimor voted to invalidate a state-imposed Monday, June 25,1990 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm Newsstand Price: 35 Cents restriction on abortion. O’Cormor is viewed as a pivotal vote on the future of the court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision, which legalized abortion. The justices voted 6-3 to iq)hold an Ohio law re­ Bolton referendum quiring that one parent be notified, with O’Coimor joining the majority. Neither decision appeared to carry major impact voting evenly split for the court’s 1973 Roe vs. Wade decision. Pricey Berlin Wall rubble By Alex Girelli At issue is a budget for the next fiscal MONTE CARLO, Monaco (AP) — Up for sale Manchester Herald year of $8,964,421, with $5,529,587 of it at one of Europe’s poshest auctions, grafilti- -n V earmarked for operation of the schools. covered segments of the Berlin Wall sold for as The approaches to town hall were BOLTON — Bolton voters are going much as $33,(XX) for a 2.5-ton chunk. dotted with “vote no” and “vote yes” to the polls today for the third time in an About 40 pieces of the wall were sold Saturday signs as residents came to cast their bal­ effort to resolve the budget crisis that has night at the Meftopole Palace, for a total of lots on the the three voting machines in divided the community into two factions $630,000. The proceeds were to benefit public over spending for education. the town hall. health services in East Germany. Charles Holland, leader of The If the voters do not approve the budget But many lots were withdrawn by the organizers Neglected Taxpayers (TNT), a group n ^ today, it is likely that a fourth townwide — a consortium of East German and West German vote will be needed. Yet, even if the which has oppos^ the a budget on the companies — because no bidders reached the mini­ grounds that it provides too much for budget is passed, opponents today were mum sale prices set in advance. These prices ranged already collecting signatures to bring the schools, was circulating a petition that from $12,600 to $36,000. would put the budget to a townwide vote budget back to referendum once more. The biggest spender was an unidentified Swiss An informal exit poll conducted by the for a fourth lime if the proposed budget buyer who bought eight chunks for $175,000. o =1 is passed today. The budget is 7.5 per­ Herald this morning showed an almost Most of the pieces up for bid weighed more than n : ^ cent more than last year’s; TNT is insist­ Iran-aid even split between a “yes” and “no” vole two tons and were almost 12 feet high, which may z m among people who were willing to say ing on an increase no larger than 5 p»er- have inhibited collectors with limited display space. cent. O “0 how they voted. A glossy catalogue prepared for the auction In the second budget referendum, the And Sue Richards of CASE, a group depicted the wall segments in the same sort of lan­ advocating approval of the budget was workers budget was defeated by only three voles. guage usually reserved for prestigious art works. Early voting at town hall was steady seeing signatures on a petition that calls One chunk was described as “anonymous graf­ O "n but there was no rush of voters. fito; an original painting in a very good state of Please see BOLTON, Page 8. return preservaxion, damage to \hc \c^\ side.” m rn By Denise Lavoie Gay rabbis accepted Supreme Court bars The Associated Press SEATTLE (AP) — Nearly two decades after s o WINDSOR LOCKS — A group of Reform Jews began accepting women as rabbis, they are being asked to extend the same welcome to American relief workers returned to the right-to-die wishes United States this morning after drop­ homosexuals. S > > r- ping off the first shipment of U.S. sup­ A resolution in support of homosexual rabbis 33 03 of Nancy Cruzan, who is being kept alive plies to help victims of the devastating was scheduled for a vote today at the Central Con­ By Jam es H. Rubin with food and water supplied through a earthquake in Iran. ference of American Rabbis, and it was expected to 3 3 > The Associated Press tube surgically implanted in her stomach. The Boeing 707 jetliner carrying eight pass. > H The parents, Joe and Joyce Cruzan, The Associated Press volunteers from New Canaan-based The Reform movement has more than 13 million ■D WASHINGTON — The Supreme left a message on the answering machine AmeriCares landed at Bradley Airport Jews in the United States, led by about 1,560 Court, in its first ruling in a “right-to- at their Cartcrville, Mo., home that the AID AND AFTERMATH — Con­ about 6:30 a.m. after the 14-hour flight Reform rabbis. It is the largest of the three main die” case, today barred the removal of a family will have no reaction until they necticut relief workers, top. at­ from Tehran. branches of Judaism in this counu^. life-sustaining tube from a permanently The movement accepted women as rabbis begin­ unconscious Missouri woman. have had time to analyze the ruling. tach the American flag to sup­ The volunteers said they received a Doctors have said Ms. Cruzan, 32, warm welcome on Sunday as they ning in 1972. The acceptance of homosexuals The court ruled 5-4 that a slate’s inter­ plies destined for Iran. At the would be a major break from 4,000 years of Jewish est in preserving life may overcome the could live for 30 more years in her cur­ delivered an estimated $1 million worth earthquake site, meanwhile, a of supplies, including everything from tradition. wishes of family members seeking to rent “persistent vegetative” condition. end the life of a patient in an irreversible Chief Justice William H.