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THE HARTFORD COURANT: Saturday, March 5, 1977 WHCKV Petition Sought Gaines' Ouster fe illllllll SAWMILL. BROOK RACECOURSE LEGEND C3 PROPOSED RAMPS IV. EXISTING TO REMAIN EXISTING RAMPS -TO BE DELETED E39 MATTABASSETT RIVER 3 MAM RACECOURSE MV mm 1 i LhwmmmhmJ Av 4 iff mi mi iwri TO WW MVClT 1 Support Troubled Station As many as 50 persons at a time gathered outside WHCT-TV, Channel 18, in Hartford Friday as the station's management battled city tax claims and a possible eviction. Some even brought money to aid the religion-oriented station, despite Dr. Gene Scott's state-ments that station owner Faith Center Inc.

of California bad enough money. All the porters had to stand outside in the rain, however, and no one except staff members was allowed inside (Courant Photo by Michael McAndrews). Station Fights TV Taxation ing, Brown, Mrs. Campbell and Mrs. Sanchez changed their minds.

Brown said he wanted to keep Mrs. Gaines and help her succeed at her job. He admitted he had some problems with her administration, but hoped they could be resolved perhaps by hiring a deputy superintendent. Mrs. Campbell would not comment on her decision "until the board has had a chance to meet and study its options for resolving the controversy." But she added Friday her decision should not be intrepreted as a vote of confidence for the superintendent Mrs.

Sanchez could not be reached for comment. Kelly denied putting pressure on the board members to change their minds about Mrs. Gaines. "They made that Judgment on their own' he said'and I'm pleased that's the way it came out" Four of the, seven Democrats including Brown and Mrs. Sanchez on the board come up for election in November.

Kelly said if the board cooperates with Mrs. Gaines and gives her a chance to succeed, the business community will be willing to increase its contributions to the school system by helping Mrs. Gaines get extra staff members to help her. Continued from Page 1 ministrators' professionalism and professional integrity, causing poor morale. Represented the positions of the board falsely to the city manager and others.

Made personnel actions contrary to fair labor practices and roster and budgetary allocations. Provided financial information that has hindered the board's making process. -Stalled or ignored board directions and requests. Kelly said he and black community leaders met with all the Democrats on the board last Saturday to discuss the tensions between the board and the superintendent He said he knew of the resolution then. But at the meeting the group went over the basic evaluation of Mrs.

Gaines' performance in the last year and a half what her strengths were and what was expected of her. "A number of us reached the conclusion through the discussion that Mrs. Gaines had strengths that should not be lost to Hartford," he said, adding a number of the problems raised by board members did not seem to be entirely Mrs. Gaines' fault. "In order for an administration to be truly tested it must have the cooperation of the board'Kelly said.

After the Saturday meet Disputed Ramps The proposed Sawmill Brook Race Course in Middletown has hit another snag the Cromwell Zoning Commission is now insisting it must grant approval before the new 1-91 access ramps, shown above, can be built The portion of the ramp system shown on the map to the right of the Mattabassett River lies in Cromwell. The state Traffic Commission approved the ramp reconstruction in November 1976. Middletown Track Given Permit: Obstacle Remains As Scott continued his attacks on "ruthless tax collecy tors" and other officials and issued pleas for support, as many as 50 of his followers, some bringing money to help the station, huddled in the cold rain outside WHCT's offices, barred by a guard be- thing to show they are a Connecticut religious organization." City Assessor John Mc-Dermott said WHCT appealed for tax exempt status to the Board of Tax Review in 1972 and 1973. The appeal was denied, and the station never challenged the board's ruling. No other appeals have been taken, and the unpaid taxes have been mounting since 1974, Sataro said.

He said attempts to negotiate an agreement have ended with no success. Continued from Page 1 fore the issue is settled violates constitutional guarantees of due process of law. Deputy Corporation Counsel Richard Cosgrove said the city does not believe Faith Center qualifies for the exemption under a state law which says tax relief is available only to Connecticut religious groups. "They're a California nonstock corporation, not a Connecticut religious organization," Cosgrove said. "They've never offered any uuiu iwacu ii vuii uwi a.

The door was opened only infrequently to allow Faith Center personnel, some bringing food, to enter, and once to allow a few police and fire officials in, over Scott's initial objections, to respond to a bomb threat Technically, Curry's finding, on which Pac's decision was based, only concerned the question of whether the toll booth situation should be taken into account in granting the air permit DEP officials said last month that if Pac agreed with the recommendations, department regulations would require a 30-day waiting period before the actual permit could be granted. However, a DEP spokesman said Friday that the state attorney general's office had since said the permit could be granted at once. at other intersections that will carry its traffic. Last year, the DEP denied the Wolcott track a water quality permit because, the agency said, runoff from the track would pollute a nearby reservoir that supplies drinking water to New Britain. A court appeal of that decision is pending.

The massive Middletown project includes the construction of a combined thoroughbred and harness racing facility and extensive rebuilding of 1-91 access ramps in Middletown and Cromwell. Continued from Page 1 recommended it be denied because traffic from the track would add to carbon monoxide pollution at an I-95 toll booth 25 miles distant in West Haven. DEP hearing officer John Curry, however, said last month that it was "unreasonable" to expect the track developer to correct a pollution problem that would exist even without the track. In his decision, Pac said he agreed with Curry's stand. He noted that the track wasn't projected to cause any other pollution problems Solve Your Identity Gisis U.S.

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No serious damage was reported in Yugoslavia, but many people stayed for several hours in the cold streets after the tremor. The Hungarian news agency MTI said "residents of multistory houses ran into the streets" and factory work came to a standstill in cities near the Romanian border in eastern and southern Hungary. Tanjug reported from the Bulgarian capital of Sofia that the quake sent residents fleeing into streets and parks. age in Romania's Transylva-nian Alps. Julius Drimmel, a seismo-logical expert in Vienna, said the quake was recorded at 7.2 on the Richter scale and was believed centered in the Alps, which link with the Carpathians to form a mountainous semicircle through the center of Romania from northwest to southeast.

National Earthquake Information Center in Golden, said the quake was centered about 65 miles north of Bucharest. Frightened residents re- G)rted tremors in the Soviet nion, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Austria, northern Greece and central Italy. No major damage was reported immediately from those countries. Radio Bucharest was off the air for about Vz hours after the quake struck at shortly before 9:30 p.m. local time, a spokesman for Radio Free Europe said in Munich, West Germany.

Several people were reported injured in Yugosla II 3 initials without charge; each Continued from Page 1 tercontinental Hotel, largest in Bucharest, said by telephone that only the city's newer buildings came through the quake without damage. The clerk said Bucharest radio reported that the quake was some 50 miles from the capital, "and army troops and rescue teams have been dispatched to the area to dig out the dead from the debris." A spokesman for Austria's Central Institute for Meteorology and Geodynamics in Vienna said the quake probably caused widespread dam- 2 Charged With Drug Case Bribe Continued from Page 1 ing him innocent of the two drug charges. Rosado said he agreed to pay her $200 before the jury's verdict and another $200 after the decision. Friday, Mrs. Waters lawyer, Peter Sterling, said the bribery charge was unfounded because his client had absolutely no connections to Rosado.

At the end of his statement, Rosado asked why he was found innocent of sale of drugs, but guilty of possession of drugs when, he claimed, he had bribed the juror. In a motion for a new trial filed in court, Rosado says he deserves further consideration in the case because of the alleged bribery incident Rosado is represented by Asst State Public Defender Vincent Giedraitis. additional letter 250. Saturday, meet Howard from Just Howard, the man who made your initials Let Us Entertain You. mean Weekends.

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