20 MAN'('HK.STK.r< IIKKAI-H, Mcimliiy, .Inly 2. HIH4 ..1-..,' .I'i. ■i'\' BUSINESS __________ . '■Hi. O ’Neill won’t let anyone Have a restaurant recipe Post 102 ready f Fear prompts more Americans to buy security systems ‘besmirch’ state service you’d love to get hold of? tor E. Hartford ?• ... page 14 ... page 15 f With 1984's vacation season now roaring to new And only three out of 10 who have spent more than $400 the amount you spend will depend on how ... Capitol Comments, page 6 peaks, millions of you who own homes are taking the on their security <;ystems can even name the sophisticated a system you choose. In addition, expect usual precautions to protect your posse.ssions while manufacturer of the system they installed. (The only to spend from $10 to $25 a month for a service charge you're away: canceling mail and newspaperdelivery, Your reason I know ours ijthat recently we had to check the on certain systems. asking your neighbors to check up periodically, Money's system to make sure it was working; otherwise, I notifying your local police. And you even may be would have been ignorant — and I ’m not usually that • You must weigh several variables as you sort casual.) joining the tiny minority of homeowners wh decide to through your options in this complex situation. Among install a security system for maximum protection * w o rth • One way'to select a dealer is to find out whether them: ^ Americans spend more than $j billion a year on all Sylvia Porter the companyNis licen.sed. But only 11 states require Just how sophi.sticated a system do you want, or Manchester, Conn. alarm systems and services In 19B3, the total spent on some kind rtf licensing — and 'the licensing need? Who will answer the alarm if and when it is Clear tonight; home security systems touched the $2 billion mark requirements tiiat do exist range from strict to silly, Tuesday, July 3, 1984' triggered.? How will an alarm be transmitted? To Hot, humid Wednesday $1.98 billion), says Frost & Sullivan, a New York reports Ira Somerson, a spokesman for the National local police or a central computer facility whose Single copy: 25<P market research firm. Burglar & Fire Alarm Association. operators in turn ^notify your police? — See page 2 This company e.stimates th;it less than 2 percent of burglaries occurred in 1982. the latest year for which • When you do start to check into various Most consumers favor new wireless systems that homes have such systems; other estimates put the complete statistics arc available — a jump of 10 companies, investigate the background of each. Call beam alarms to local police or to the central computer anrli^at^r iUrrali total between .3 percent and .5 percent. Obviously, percent over 1978. Residential burglaries arc in the the local Better Business Bureau and find out whether facility. Any system you buy shou Id send out an alert if majority. though, few homeowners actually buy these any complaints are on record against any company your power or telephone lines are out. deterrents. It is because of this trend and our natural response you arc considering. If so. avoid that company. Once you install a system, notify your insurance What's more provocative, the vast majority who do to protect ourselves that about 12.000 companies now • As you shop, ask each dealer about U’arranties on company. If your system meets certain st^dards, have .seeurity .systems bought them because of fear sell burglar alarms and systems and are in vigorous parts and labor, and availability of service contracts. you might get a premium discount. (“ Sylvia Porter’s Soviets rebuff U.S. proposal for their personal safety. The safety of their property competition for our business. Most dealers do free testing of your system and all New Money Book for the 80s,” 1,328 pages of was a secondary concern. The whole process can be confusing — ranging from should pj3>vide detailed operating instructions. down-to-earth advice on personal money manage­ This deep concern for personal safety and property finding a reputable dealer to installing the system that • The general rule of thumb is to invest 2 percent of ment , is now available through her column. Send $9.95 is well-founded. A residential burglary occurs about be.st meets your needs, admits the National Burglar & the value of your home in a security system, plus $1 for mailing and handling to "S ylvia Porter's every 13 seconds — and we lose about $3..5 billion a Fire Alarm Association, a Washington-based trade according to the trade association. Fora house valued New Money Book for the 80s,” in care of this year to burglars. According to the FBI's Uniform group. Few homeowners know the names of the at $100,000, expect to spend about $2,000, for instance. newspaper, 4400 Johnson Drive, Fairway, Kan. 66205. Crime Report, more than 2 million residential companies that manufacture home security systems. Actually, the average system costs about $1,500, but War of words goes on V Make checks payable to Universal Press Syndicate.) By Anna Christensen facts, which is totally unacceptable to the Reagan has proposed a multi-billion United Press International Soviet Union,” said Novosti, which carries dollar program on high-technology space Century political analysis and commentary. systems, known informally as “ Star Wars” Af MOSCOW — The Soviet proposal to Reagan has. denied Soviet assertions he weapons. discuss a ban on space weapons remains in jeopai^ized the talks. He said Monday he The news agency said Washington’s strike force but the terms set by President Reagan stood by his proposal of last week to discuss response was calculated to give Reagan’s ,1 1 to link them to discussions on medium- both. nuclear arms control and space re-election campaign further support by range nuclear weapons are unacceptable, weapons in Vienna and said he was making him look like the peacemaker by seeking to return the Soviets to the Geneva 'iiii* 3 the Novosti news agency said today. continuing to negotiate through “ quiet ll diplomacy” with the Soviets. arms talks. averted The news agency repeated the Kremlin's His statements did not clarify whether offer made last Friday to meet with the “ But any sober-minded person among the United States would go to Vienna if the ' ••• United States in Vienna in September to those surrounding Reagan knows that talks Soviets flatly refused to discuss anything W ATE R B U R Y (U PI) - Union negotiate a total ban on all space weapons, on nuclear weapons in Europe are impossi­ except anti-satellite technology and other and management officials nego­ but said it would not link the talks with other ble for the U.S.S.R. with Pershing 2 and space-based weapons technology. tiating contract disputes at Cen- arms control issues. cruise missiles in site,” Novosti said. iii <iij ii *ry Brass Products Inc, have “ It is the American administration’s Novosti accused Washington of "duplic­ The Soviets walked out of the Geneva ^averted a .strike by 1,800 workers attempt to saddle — and consequently to ity” in linking the two issues, saying, “ It is arms talks after NATO deployment of the scheduled for today, and promised torpedo — the proposed negotiations with quite obvious that effective negotiations on missiles began last fall in Western Europe not to leave the bargaining tables. other arms verification problems on which outer space are incompatible with the and have refused to return until the missiles The workers, whose contract the U.S. A. holds a position of accomplished Pentagon’s continuing space programs.” are removed. with the company was due to f / / 1/ expire midnight Saturday, had ^ . f m. _ w • I ^ threatened to walk off the job today I II fUKfj if progress was not made in the ’ - - f 2-month-old talks. PZC gives approval But company officials intensi­ Independence Day fied talks during the weekend with Wednesday, July 4, Is Independence Day. representatives of the United Auto \ c Workers union 1604, which repres­ ' Here is a list of holiday closings. to Fiano subdivision ents about 1.400 of the workers at Munleipal offloes: All town offices in the city’s largest manufacturing Manchester, Andover, Bolton and Coventry By Kathy Garmus Monday’s nine-minute public hear­ UPl photo plant. will be closed. Herald Reparter ing contrasted sharply with the two And federal mediator John Mor­ Slate and federal offices: All state and earlier ones during which the Lincoln Work at the troubled Seabrook ribej^r to work. Officials hope the entire labor ton said Sunday that both sides federal offices will be closed. Persistence paid off for residents and Center hearing room was filled with have agreed in the intense talks to power plant in New Hampshire force will be brought up to 4.200 MaH: Post offices wilt be closed Wednesday a developer alike Monday night when vocal opponents of Gerald Invest­ extend the company's contract on the Planning and Zoning (Commission ments’ plans. J scheduled to begin today as about 100 UPI pholo . workers. a daily basis while the talks and there will be no home mail delivery. supervisors and office workers returned unanimously approved a zone change Members of the PZC acted on the - continue. U b ra rte e : All public libraries In Manciicster, allowing a subdivision on 28.7 acres application with little debate and U.S. Rep. Geraldine Ferraro (D-New York) answers a question The joint statement released by Andover, Bolton end Coventry will be dosed.