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HARTFORD COURANT: Tuesday, July Poor Turnout at Only two councilmen and the mayor showed up for a -public hearing -Monday night, and black residents and NAACP member said they felt snubbed. The hearing concerned two bond ordi- nances to finance extra renovation work at the old Weaver and Bulkeley high schools, which are being converted to elementary schools. I Also, NAACP President Norvell Goff had been scheduled to speak. He appeared the local NAACP Board of Directors and was furious that only councilmen Richard Brown and Allyn Martin, both of whom are black, and Mayor Athanson showed up to listen to his presentation. Council Majority Leader Nicholas R.

Carbone and Councilman George Levine were at the State Capitol to lobby for Hart- ford's concerns at the special session of the General Assembly. But Goff and others said absent councilmen should have sent word why they didn't appear. On the school bond issue, the Rev. Paufc Ritter. pastor of the Warburton Commu less expensive to build new schools, judging, by the cost of construction at the South Arse- nal schootapartment complex.

Goff said he had originally intended to use his alloted half hour before the council to raise several issues "in an atmosphere of co- operation." But when he found such a poor turnout, be said, he decided to "let loose" and vent his anger about "arrogance of city offi- cials." I--- Referring continually to his bitterness over other council members's failure to show, Goff said some Issues the NAACP in- tends to follow are: An alleged lack of community Input into the expenditure plans for federal Com-' munity Development Act funds. Employment by the City of Hartford of persons living outside the Hartford area when city people are The refusal of city officials to schedule more; voter registration sessions next month. Goff said 300 poor and minority pea-pie were registered on two weekends in June. tive action plan is adopted by the city. A new affirmative action plan for the city was signed in June.

It is aimed at increasing the number of minority workers hi area unions and on construction jobs. But none of the Monday night speakers put much faith in the plan. Democratic State Sen. Wilbur G. Smith, 2nd said architects often draw up building plans in such a way that only the largest "white firms" can do the construe: tion.

1 "They require a certain kind of equipment in the specifications that only the big-, gest firms have, for instance," he. said. Smith called for an investigation of practices architects use on city jobs. Other speakers scored the bond issues because, they said, the renovation work is too expensive. An extra $1.9 million has been asked to finish work at Weaver and an extra $1.6 million for Bulkeley, raising the total to $12 million for the two schools.

City architect Walter Reed said this is due to a rise in construction costs of about 18 per cent since the work was begun. But speakers said it might have been liSilP 08M piiif limii' I 1 iti nity Church, drew -loud applause when he said he was opposed to "all bonds for further affirma construction'? until a "meaningful' City Hall Notes fimiz Allocated To Spruce Up Parks Hartford plans to spertd cated $320,000 of its development 'million federal grant for "distressed" when he heard ceive only $6.6 million. Suisman's proposal and that. Some of the workers have while he agrees Hartford been placed in city jobs. Oth-hasn't been treated "as well ers work for Hartford sub-as we would like" by the urbs, the state, the Board of state, "in some respects the Education or nonprofit cor- parks improvements.

According to a list prepar ed by Colman, the money would be used to fix up Keney Park and the Kenev Pond, install a basketball and vollevball court at Mountain Laurel School Dlotrrrmmini a. onH tAtirkfrif at pools at Colt, Goodwin and Keney parks. ur a wouia aiso oe to add a tot lot. senior citizens' i A I 4 i' I area, drinking fountains and 'criticized a Democratic -col-new olav areas to Sizournev league for suggesting that treatment is well earned." Layoffs? No immediate layoffs of city workers hired with feaV eral public-employment funds will be necessary to offset a cutback in the city's federal allotment but layoffs may be necessary later this year, officials predicted Monday. Hartford needs $9,335,975 from the federal government to retain all the workers hired under the federal pro gram through June 30, 1976, But the city expects to re- Police News' Shady Serenade Park; to restore the Bush-nell Park Pond, and to pave two tennis courts at Pope Park North.

1 Colman said other uses would be to fix up the Ancient Cemetery and park roads. He prepared the; list as part of the city's Required environmental review community development projects. Colman said the parks projects would not adversely affect the environment. 1 Howard Post, on guitar, and Robert Torek, on bass, relax while playing wider a tree at Elisabeth Park Monday afternoon. The day wasn't a scorcher, but somehow the music was a little cooler if it originated in the shade (Courant Photo by Donna Cove-ney).

3 Yoiiths Apprehended On Burglary Gharges McLeans Swing in Park With Energy, Authority 47 potations. Officials said a hiring freeze may be imposed which means persons hired with federal funds who sign won't be replaced. It is expected Cijy Manage Curtin will recommend steps to deal with this cutback to the City Council this month. novr. rtwir.

RiifiY More tnan lOOocoan-gointC vessels and some 5,000 local craft usually are busy Mf nong ivong naroor ui any- time. store where the woman was sitting and grabbed her by me mrpai wnue nis panner rifled the cash register, police Said. It was not known how the men escaped. Investigators said Mrf. Pizzofer-rato was not Rotbery Sutpect joUce Monday captured a robbery suspect a few min- utes after Nick's Package Store, 1661 St, wa held up by a ma Wielding knife.

The suspect. Victor Or Rivera; 25, of 22 Center I was arrested by policeman Thomas Sullivan after he was.found hiding iaa closet in an apartment at 43 Seyms police said. Rivera was charged with firstdegree robbery. He was held on a $5,000 Mod for an appearance today in Common Pleas Court 14. i Police sid the holdup occurred about 6 p.m.

when a man Walked in and asked the clerk for a bottle of beer When the clerk went to the' cooler, the man put a knife' to her throat and dragged her by the hair to the cash register where he demanded the money. He then fled on foot down Seyms Street with $70 to $50. The who Was not identified, was not injured, police said. Sullivan arrested Rivera about 10 minutes later after he re- ceived Information that the man had run into the build- tag on Seyms Street. posted.

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Another one of the group's strong points was, its tight unoomhl wnrir A If ttwrmnv positions werewrittea by tie" McLeans or their sidemen. wai me ninin euKieie repun-The repertoire was varied was unavailable to vote, By OWEN McNALLY Alto saxophonist Jackie McLean and his son Rene a strong saxophonist and flutist in his own right led a septet through a delightfully swinging session at a Hartford Jazz Festival concert Mnnrinv" nicrht in Rnshnpll Park. Right from the opening number, Jackie's playing crackled with ideas and bounding energy. That was just a portent of musical things to come in the next 90 minutes or so for the some 1,500 persons who had been attracted to the park by the cool weather and the prospecLof hearing the legendary Jackie McLean, a musician who has worked with many of the greatest modernists from Charlie Parker to Ornette Coleman, while himself becoming a major voice on alto. Not onjy was the friendly crowd rewarded with a generous serving of saxophone art from Jackie, the old master, but was also treated to some excellent playing by, young McLean.

Policeman Spot Promotion 1 Other projects he said also wouldn't adversely affect' the environment include various Model Cities programs, an Hispanic center, a new South End center, a drug rehabilitation program, a tenants', relation program at Hartford Housing Authority projects and street work on Asylum Hill. Charter Pbn Hit: Republican Councilman'" John J. Cunnane Jr. Monday' the city return its charter to the state and have the state directly govern Hartford. Cunnane said Hartford and the other financially plagued cities in the state should "look to themselves to resolve their problems." v.

Democrat Richard Suis-man had suggested the city" i government disband, saying the state and federal govern-, ments have failed to give' Hartford the money or tools to solve its problems. Cunnane said that he was erly residents with low in-. comes and it provides special services' to If his decision would lose both the tax money it has been charging the sponsors of 25 subsidized housing projects and the state tax abatement payments on the projects. The total revenue Hartford might lose is more than $1 million, city officials say. Corporation Counsel Alexander.

A. Goldfarb said the state bill, now law because the veto was overriden, specifically says housing projects built under the tax abatement program from 1967 on, such as Capitol Towers, are not eligible for taxexeptions. for PUCA TCGMAS K. STANDISH time job, he will remaln with HarConn for the present. But, he said, because he ex-' pects to be busy with his new job, he doesn't expect; to spend much, if any time, doing work for the city.

uty Manager turtin last week asked for a legal opto-' ion on whether there would be a conflict of interest if the city renewed its contract with HarConn while Standish was a member of the PUCA. Corporation Counsel Alexander A. Goldfarb said Monday the request is moot because Standish plans to leave Har- 1 Police captured three youths on Wadsworth Street about 9:30 a.m. Monday and charged them with a $1,244.75 burglary of mssical Instruments Sunday night. 'i According to police, the landlord at 68 Cedar St.

saw the voutha in an anartment and they ran, when asked. inem mm tney were oonif He called police and the trio Police returned the youths to the Cedar, Street flat and reported finding a number of musical instruments "still bearing pricetags and discovered that! they had oeen stolen in an p.m. Sunday burglary at the Melody Music 117 Ann St The youths and the instruments were taken to the police station for further investigation. One youth, aged 14, was referred to Juvenile Court Police charged Hector Estremeras of 35 Orange St. and Jose Gonzales of 19 Orange both 16, with third-degree burglary and second-degree larceny.

Holdup Twd men Monday held up Package Store, 758 Park and escaped with about $100, police reported. Police said the men, believed to be in their late teens, entered the store about 3:30 p.m. while it was tended by the owner's 67- year-old mother, Mrs. Stella Pizzoferrato. One of the men walked to the rear of the tunas earmarKea lor pares improvements for addition or repair of facilities at seven parks and a cemetery, City Planning Director Jonathan Colman said Mon day The City Council has allo- Reporters Can't Join TV Union Reporters at Channel 3, WFSB-TV, lost the right to Join a union there in an elec-ion earlier this month.

The vote was 4 to 4 with one eligible person not voting. The reporters had sought to join the National Association of Broadcast Employes and Technicians, an AFL-. CIO affiliate with 39 mem-bars at WFSB. The election was held July under the supervision of the National Labor Relations Board. The tia vote means that the reporters cannot have an election to decide whether to join a union for another year, A local union said the union is trying to de cide whether to appeal the election results on the basis Explosion Rip3 United Parcel Building; 9 Hurt NEW YORK J(AP) r- A package which police' said apparently was United Parcel Service (UPS) head-, auarters Monday night, injuring at least nine persons.

There were no reports of fatalities. All the injured were inside the building at the time; and no passersby were hurt. The eight-story building on West 43rd Street hear the Hudson River piers was evacuated after the blast ripped apart the first-floor garage area where about 45 employes normally; work. Robert Cassidy, a UPS employe, estimated that "a couple hundred" employes were scattered throughout the block-square building at the time. The main force of the ex Silosion was limited to the irst floor, but windows on the second and third floors were blown out.

An employe said the ex- plosive was contained in a package, one of the thousands that flow along belts to be sorted and rerouted to their destinations. Fire marshals were sent to the scene in an attempt to pinpoint the type of explosive and determine, whether the target was the UPS building or some other destination. The explosion occurred about 7:49 p.m. It blew a hole In the concrete floor of the garage area, where packages are sorted and loaded onto trucks. A small fire was quickly ex- tinguished by arriving firemen.

Six of the injured were taken to Roosevelt Hospital, and three to St. Clare's. All were reported In satisfactory condition. Police said one of the nine male victims had his clothes blown off, by the force of the blast. Quit Rene, in fact, played with authority on several reed instruments and His work on soprano saxophone glowed with a fine fire and added an extra dash of tonal color Ao the septet's already varied sound.

1 Both Jackie and Bene took ample time for' solos, stretching out comfortably and creatively. Venge Hino, a Japanese, trumpeter and flugelhorn I player, provided a third voice on horn that brought even more depth to the group's, overall sound. Hino was fiery on trumpet as he launched blasts from the bandstand aimed at the. rising moon. But he was more mellow on flugelhorn when the band switched moods to something more contemplative, i Both McLeans and Hino had the benefit of a strong rhythm section that skilfully held everything together even on the longest and most adventuresome solos by the three hornmen.

Working in the rhythm section were1 drummer Michael Carvin, Wins Squad as an undercover narcotics agent and has been assigned since as a community relations specialist in the. northeastern part of the In a statement accompanying the promotion, Masini said that Campbell's performance in the investiga tive field has been one of continuous diligence, and. that he has often worked on his own time to pursue leads. "It is these qualities thai we look for in our officers who we designate officer on special assignment (detective). In view of these qualities and the degree to which Officer Campbell possesses them and demonstrates his prof iciency in applying them to the area of investigation I have excepted him from going before our board of investigator selection which we are presently structuring." Masini's directive concerning the promotion said it is to become effective imme- diately.

Campbell was called to headquarters about 2 p.m. to be told of his promotion. Hartford will ask a Hart-' ford County Court of Common Pleas judge today to reconsider bis decision that the Capitol Towers housing pro-; ject is tax-exempt a deck, sion which, if it stands, may cost Hartford $1 million in revenue. -The city plans to base its Spear on the fact that the ineral Assembly Monday overrode Gov. Grasso's veto of a bill that removes non-prof it housing from the list of institutions eligible for tax exemptions.

Judge Harold M. Missal said Capitol Towers, 'whose tax bill was about $100,000, is tax-exempt as a charity because its rents are below market level, it has only eld HarConn Thomas K. Standish, recently nominated for ap- Kintment to the new state iblic Utilities Control thority (PUCA), said Mon-- aay ne win resign as presi- dent of HarConn Associates if his appointment is confirmed. Standish also saids.be doesn't plan to continue as Hartford's economic con-, sultant. -Standish has served as the city's economic adviser on Eublic utility rate casts and; arConn has done economic development work for the city.

Standish said he would re--sign from HarConn and Elace the corporation in a lind trust, administered by United Bank and Trust to avoid any appearance of conflict of interest. Anthony Llberatore, also of would take over, as president, Standish said. He said he would take these actions only if confirmed. Standish last week also was nominated to fill a vacancy on the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) which will disband Dec. 1 when the PUCA starts operating: Standish said sipce the PUC appointment is a part- StandiphYould and Included shifting rhythms and a free, uninhibited Sound, intricately rich and xr From the beginning to the 'end of the set; it was clear that; vit was a triumphant father-and-son night as the McLeans ruled the park with their royal music.

Currently, the group is at the Five Spot in Tiew York City, where it swill perform through next Sunday. Just before McLean and Co. came on, the crowd was entertained by the Dick Taylor Octet, Which consists of students and teachers from the Artists' Collective, an in- dependent group which em- fhasizes black cultural arts, 'erforming with Taylor, a trumpeter who was just re-centlv named president tof the Hartford Jazz Society, were saxophonists David Peterson and Ted Thomas; trumpeter Yvonne Jordan, Sianist Ernie Long, bassist Wallace Nixon, drummer Doug: Woods and guitarist f.Lanceames.;l?-:0 Next Monday free concert in the park will feature guitarist Bui Harris and his quintet. Harris specializes in many guitar styles, ranging from classical to blues. Icarus, a local group, will open the program.

sponsored oy ine uommu- nitv. Renewal the weeklv an concerts are part of the Qowh Town Council's musical series, "Summer '75 Music in Downtown Hartford." Pile to Gis rUnss Cdlsd Energy fiivc MANSFIELD, Ohio (UPI) A new pilotless gas range that uses electrical sparks to ignite top burners and oven is an energy-saving idea from a manufacturer nere. Home economists at the Tappan Co. estimate that feel costs for range operations can be trimmeti as much as 10 to SO per cent when pilot flames arc eliminated. That's the per centage of fuel used by a continuously burning pilot light on a gas range Common Pleas 14 Two Men Bound Over On Robbery Chargea Hartford Police Chief Hugo J.

Masini waived newly instituted departmental procedures for screening detective' candidates and gave a spot promotion Monday to a tour-year veteran of the force. He singled out policeman Edgar L. Campbell "because of his extraordinary dedication and performance in connection with solving the deadly assault on Officer Willard Fullard." Besides his role in the cap- ture of two men charged with attempted murder and first-degree robbery in the Fullard shooting and robbery at the Cleveland Cafe, 3019 Main July 12, Campbell was cited tor helping solve several other major crimes. Campbell joined the department April 12, 1971, and has served most of the time since then in the Field Serv- ive Riipooii Ua U70c aivan special plainclothes; assign- ments on several occasions. Campbell also acquired in- vestigative experience with' the Capitol Region Crime Benjamin Montgomery.

24, of iZi Thomaston and Noel Reaves, 35, of 24 Greenwood Bloomfield; waived bearings on charges of first-decree, robbery. Montgomery was arrested Friday in connection with a tZO knifenoint-robberv last week of the Garment Care dry cleaners at 639 Blue Hills Ave, Reaves also was ar- rested Friday in connection with a $250-holduo Oct, 21 at Two men were bound over to Superior Court Monday on robbery charges arising from holdups. the Sigoumey 99 Ashley Judge Joseph A. Chernaus kas set bail at $5,000 for Montgomery's and $3,500 for Reaves. Neither bond was.