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30 mm Democrats Keep Moffett Import Limits Ordered President Acts To Stem Tide of Machine Tools monies -v 'r -fiS i ill I U' Governor Loses Ground; Waterbury Tally in Doubt By MICHELE JACKLIN Courant Political Writer Democrat Toby Moffett kept alive his quest for governor Tuesday, defeating Gov. William A. O'Neill in key delegate challenges around the state and moving to within striking distance of the 20 percent of the delegates he needs to qualify for a statewide primary. Moffett's political career hung in the balance as the vote tallies trickled in from the 27 towns where delegate challenges were mounted. By 9 p.m., an hour after the polls had closed, 26 of the contests had been decided.

Only in Waterbury, with 49 delegates at stake, was the result not certain. As of 11 p.m., both sides were claiming victory in Waterbury. A Petroni scores upset victory in Stamford GOP primary. Page A20, recount of Waterbury's machine and absentee ballot vote was scheduled for today. James A.

Wade, a lawyer and close friend of O'Neill's, said state law requires a recount when the difference is less than 1 percent of the ballots cast. The total vote in 26 of the 27 communities was 23,635 for O'Neill to 20,638 for Moffett, or 53.4 percent to 46.6 percent. Moffett, a former 6th District congressman, needed to win about 106 delegates to reach his targeted goal of 270 delegates, or 20 percent of those who will attend the Democrat-- See Voting, Page A20 hyM Challengers Savor Primary Victories By JACK CROFT Courant Staff Writer Supporters of Toby Moffett's uphill fight to wrest the Democratic nomination from Gov. William A. O'Neill reveled in the results of Tuesday's delegate primaries.

In Enfield and Torrington, jubilant Moffett supporters celebrated unexpected victories, while subdued O'Neill backers mulled over the returns in an effort to figure out what went wrong. More than 100 exultant Moffett supporters gathered at his Torring By DAVID LIGHTMAN Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON President Reagan, vowing to create a "world-class" American machine tool industry, ordered new steps Tuesday to curb imports from Japan, Taiwan, West Germany and Switzerland. Reagan's actions could provide long-sought relief to the embattled American industry, which has seen its share of the U.S. market drop below 50 percent. Connecticut, Ohio, Illinois and Michigan are the country's four major machine tool manufacturing centers.

Most of the Connecticut industry is in Bridgeport, New Britain and West Hartford. In 1984, the last year House Democrats, GOP split over how to reform trade laws. Page A6. for which figures are available, 10,952 people worked in the machine tool or related industries in the state. Reagan's decision, which came more than three years after the industry first sought relief, drew a mixed reaction.

Rep. Nancy L. Johnson, who along with Rep. Barbara B. Kennelly, has pushed hard for relief, hailed the steps.

"The president's response is very good for the machine tool industry," Johnson said. "This says we cannot tolerate the erosion of basic, critical industries beyond a certain point." And James A. Gray, president of the National Machine Tool Builders Association, said he was "delighted" by the action. Others were more restrained. "Is it too little too late?" asked Richard C.

Noyes, president of the Manufacturers Association of Hartford County. "The decision is certainly a positive step for the machine tool manufacturers left to enjoy it," Kennelly said, "but 25 percent of the industry isn't going to benefit. They have gone See Reagan, Page A21 improvement complaints, which involve work done shoddily or not at all, because homeowners reached by The Courant from a list provided by Lieberman's office said they were satisfied with what they had bought. But they said they had no idea the projects entailed second mortgages, and were angry at what they considered deception. "We've got a daughter in high school who wants to go to college," said Patricia Cloutier of Enfield, who purchased $10,800 worth of windows earlier this year.

"There's no See Lieberman, Page A10 INDEX Raids Defended South African President Pieter W. Botha Tuesday strongly defended South Africa's raids on reported African National Congress guerrilla bases in three neighboring countries and declared that his troops would strike again "when the occasion demands." Botha displayed a renewed determination to destroy the congress. Page A19. BASKET LIFT Scott Jeffrey, one of eight survi- day, is lifted into a Coast Guard helicopter from a vors of the Pride of Baltimore, a schooner that Norwegian tanker Tuesday. The tanker found the sank 300 miles north of Puerto Rico last Wednes- survivors in a life raft Monday.

Story on Page A4. Lieberman Says Homeowners Deceived on Second Mortgages ton headquarters Tuesday evening to bathe in a victory that they hoped would be repeated in neighboring towns. Meanwhile, in City Hall, Torrington City Clerk Addo E. Bonetti, a staunch O'Neill supporter, quietly downplayed the primary, which drew a surprising 43 percent of the city's 7,667 Democratic voters. The last time more voters turned out for a primary in Torrington was in 1981, when Bonetti himself was challenged.

"I think people were confused," See Supporters, Page A20 to- Rr I 1 41 By MICHAEL REGAN Courant Staff Writer A New York finance company, aided by home-improvement contractors, illegally obtained second mortgages on hundreds of Connecticut homes without the homeowners' knowledge, Attorney General Joseph I. Lieberman said Tuesday. About 200 second mortgages have been identified by his office as having been obtained through deception, Lieberman said, and more than 1,000 cases, involving at least $5 million, may be involved. "It is the most-widespread in She Stands by Her Convictions In Scout Case By ANITA M. SELINE Courant Staff Writer MILFORD Catherine N.

Pollard has always believed that if you want something done, you do it yourself. It was in the spirit of that conviction that the 67-year-old grandmother recently dug a hole 15 yards long in her backyard for a swimming pool, moved a couple loads of dirt with a tractor to start a vegetable garden and fixed the top of a rabbit cage housing two of her many pets. And it was with the conviction that she has been wronged that Pollard sat Tuesday atop a large pile of wood she had split Monday, and talked about her 12-year fight to become the first woman Boy Scout troop leader in the United States. She suffered a setback in that battle Monday when Derby Superior Court Judge Joseph J. Chernauskas overturned an earlier decision by a state anti-discrimination agency.

See Pollard, Page A9 Associated Press stance of fraud I have seen in Connecticut in three-and-a-half years as attorney general," Lieberman said. He described the problem at a news conference Tuesday morning, when he announced he would file a civil suit against Dartmouth Plan Inc. of Garden City, N.Y., and 12 contractors who Lieberman said obtained the mortgages at Dartmouth's behest. Dartmouth's Connecticut lawyer, Richard Lublin of East Hartford, said Lieberman's accusations were "meritless," and the company had done nothing wrong. The case is unlike typical home That criticism included charges that state leasing officials violated state laws by negotiating to lease the building before advertising for space, and by approving nearly $100,000 in renovations without putting the work out to bid.

Freedman's report said the laws cited by the auditors either do not apply or were misinterpreted. "The law recognizes the need for broad administrative discretion in making repairs and improvements," he wrote. "It is not mandatory that our agency solicit bids in all instances." Donohue Tuesday called Freedman's report "a collection of excuses." Any further action in the matter would have to be taken by O'Neill. The governor read the report Tues- State Officials Rebut Criticism by Auditors 22 CATHERINE N. POLLARD '32 boys didn't have a leader' Reaction to Ruling Stuns Judge By JON LENDER and BRANT HOUSTON Courant Staff Writers State officials have rebutted auditors' claims that they violated state laws in leasing and renovating a Hartford building for state offices, but in a report released Tuesday they admit to "confusion over who did what where and when." The report, concerning the lease of a six-story building at 1049 Asylum was released Tuesday by the office of Gov.

William A. O'Neill a day after O'Neill received it from state Commissioner of Administrative Services Elisha C. Freed-man. The seven-page report was a point-by-point rebuttal to harsh criticism earlier this month by Henry J. Becker Jr.

and Leo V. Donohue, state auditors have any objection if Mrs. Pollard was my son's scoutmaster." Chernauskas overturned a state board's 1984 ruling that Pollard be given the scoutmaster title, even though the Boy Scout organization prohibits women from holding that position. He maintained as he had Monday that the commission improperly interpreted the state Public Accommodations Act in its ruling. The commission had said the Boy Scouts were violating the act by denying Pollard the title of scoutmaster.

The act, Chernauskas said, was meant to cover situations that involve food and lodging establishments, housing and transportation. "It was never See Reaction, Page A9 By ALAN ACOSTA Courant Staff Writer DERBY Judge Joseph J. Chernauskas sat in his spartan Superior Court office Tuesday, somewhat bemused by a controversy in which he has become a central figure. His befuddlement centered on a conflict he suffered Monday: On one hand, he admitted, he would not have objected if Catherine Pollard were scoutmaster of his son's Boy Scout troop. On the other, he said he had to make a ruling based on the law when he denied Pollard a scoutmaster position.

"The gal is a terrific gal," Chernauskas said. "That woman could well have been one of our old pioneers on a trek to unexplored territory. I certainly wouldn't Amusements B3 Crossword B7 Ann Landers B6 Editorials C8 Bridge B7 Food El Business B8 Horoscope. B7 Classified D10 Legal Notices D10 Comics Bt Lottery D9 Connecticut. CI Obituaries C6 Connecticut Sports Dl Living Bl B2 WEATHER: RAIN 6rto73F(16to23C) Complete Weather.

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