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18 THE BOSTON GLOBE MONDAY. SEPTEMBER 11, 1989 BEARING FRUIT i Nynex strikers protest speech by NET president at commencement At I I By Doreen E. Iudica Globe Staff I Angered by the appearance of I New England Telephone Co. Paul C. O'Brien as Went-, t'T''? worth Institute of Technology's cOnfmencement speaker yester-r day, about 150 striking Nynex ern 'I can understand they have a right to protest, but they should work out their problems ployees chanted loudly througn- out his speech and, in one case, i clashed with graduates.

O'Brien, who received an hon- orary degree in engineering tech- nology during the outdoor ceremo- ny, seemed unruffled by the jeers turing engineering. "They shouldn't have come here and interfered with our day." In an interview after the ceremony, O'Brien said he was dismayed by the strikers and would have preferred that their "decibel level were lower." "I feel sorry for the school because they were disruptive," he said. "Incidents like this are not good for building teamwork or making an impression on our customers." Adele Stacy, business agent of Local 2222 of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers, who helped organize the protest, was enraged that the school honored O'Brien. "He's getting his money, but we don't get any," Stacy said. "He doesn't care about us, his own alleged Why should he be honored for anything?" The group left the grounds peacefully after O'Brien finished speaking.

There were no arrests or reports of violence, police said. Thousands of Nynex workers have been on strike since Aug 6. O'Brien said: "No one's more anxious than I am to get people back to work." I and spoke louder when the cat-u calls and boos threatened to Vdrown him out. 2 "I'm happy to be here despite the circumstances," O'Brien told the 340 graduates, in his only refit erence to the protest or the Nynex strike during his minute speech. "We thought we'd 1,..

bring our own excitement." Most of the protesters rallied behind a fence surrounding the quadrangle, but several others al-j lowed to gather in front of the po-I ndium where O'Brien spoke shout-! T. ed "liar," "hypocrite," and "stop i putting our benefits." Dedham aims to limit hours of Ts new commuter rail station l' i Helen Loring of Hingnam reads for 20 years. tit David SordelkC Wentworth graduate Many students were upset by the disruptions. One student grabbed an outspoken protester by the shirt collar, and said, "We don't appreciate this," before Wentworth police officers pulled them apart. "I can understand they have a right to protest, but they should work out their problems elsewhere," said David Sordello, who graduated yesterday in manufac BOSTON Debby sensed lb mm bridge, near Kendall public is encouraged transportation, emphasize factors in on the Keep moving: Works is considering highway reduce maintenance within two or would remain in Weymouth and two others complaints about are on the hit list DRIVER'S NOTEBOOK By Paul Dinger it was time for an oil change.

By Jerry Ackerman Globe Staff Capping years of argument with local officials, the MBTA last week voted to open a new commuter-rail station with 500 parking spaces in an industrial area of Dedham by the end of the year, as part of an ongoing campaign to encourage Boston-bound motorists to park and take the train Into the city. But Dedham officials hope to have the last word as they ask Environmental Affairs Secretary John DeVillars to stick to an earlier recommenda-tion to limit use of the station to off-peak hours, 'which would help reduce traffic on local streets at rush hour. The station will be called Dedham Corporate Center and be located on Allied Drive, in an indus-; trial area one-half mile off Route 128 and accessible from the East Street-Canton Street 'exit. The $527,000 contract awarded to Reynolds Bros. Construction Co.

of Canton covers one-quarter of MBTA plans for a "transportation center." Proposed for the larger project is a garage on Rustcraft Road, on the opposite side of the tracks, along with a vehicular bridge to tie the two sides together. MBTA officials admitted that by limiting the size of the first phase they will not have to undergo intense review under state environmental laws. Even a smaller scale project makes Dedham worried about additional traffic. Marie-Louise Ke-hoe, Dedham's representative in the state Legisla- E3EO EMStAC3 BEliEErS pi I a it Globe staff photoBill Brett She says she has been selling fruit Police say R.I. man killed relative, self WEST WARWICK, R.I.

A West Warwick man shot his sister-in-law to death on a street, then drove to Cranston and killed himself, police said yesterday. The body of Deborah A. Wright, 35, of West Warwick was found Saturday night in a gutter next to a street where she had apparently argued with her husband's brother. Charles W. Wright, Police Chief Anthony Ventura said.

"They must have met and a confrontation occurred and he just shot her," Ventura said. He said the, nature of the dispute may never be known. Police in neighboring communities were warned to look out for Charles Wright's car and Cranston police found it parked near a fishing hole early Sunday morning, Ventura said. Wright, 51, was found nearby, dead of a single gunshot to the head. Ventura would not say exactly what led police to suspect Wright.

(AP) Activists hit launch of new nuclear sub NEW LONDON, Conn. Peace activists fired mock missiles from the water and marched on land to protest the commissioning of the Navy's second submarine designed to carry Trident 2 ballistic missiles. Six people were arrested Saturday when they crossed into a Coast Guard security zone and attempted to board the USS Pennsylvania during the ceremony at the Naval Underwater Systems Center, police said. The giant submarine officially joined the fleet in the ceremony attended by Pennsylvania Gov. Robert P.

Casey and top Navy brass, including Navy Secretary H. Lawrence Garrett III. As the dignitaries looked on, protestors organized by the group Greenpeace fired mock missiles from a 40-foot boat made up to look like a submarine and dubbed the "Expennsylvania." The six people arrested were taken into custody after they crossed into the security zone on the Thames River in motorized rubber dinghies and attempted to attach a "Nuclear Free Seas" flag to the submarine. (UPI) TP during a lull business yesterday. post a guard at the warehouse, and workers from Millstone's health physics office have secured the building.

They are screening the equipment to determine whether any more tools might have been contaminated, he said. (AP) N.H. firefighters fight tire lot blaze Firefighters from at least 20 New Hampshire communities were battling a blaze last night raging out of control on a two-acre lot in Danville, N.H. containing an estimated 15 million tires, officials said. All roads surrounding the fire were closed and an undetermined number of area residents had been evacuated.

The cause of the fire had not been determined late last night and officials would not provide any further information. The property, which has been a source of controversy, is owned by Ernie Hunt and has been filled with discarded tires since 1973. In 1981 a judge ordered Hunt to enclose the yard with a fence and separate the tires into plots leaving 25-feet wide spaces in between, as fire lanes. Swimmer missing in Wellesley lake Divers will return to Lake Wa-ban in Wellesley today to resume their search for a man who disappeared Friday while swimming in the Wellesley College lake. Wellesley Fire Capt.

William Me-lonl said the unidentified man, believed to be disabled, was last seen by a Wellesley College custodian on Friday evening. The man's clothing and bicycle were found on the shore, but no identification was with his belongings, Melon! said. The man, who apparently swims at the pond daily between 6-8 p.m., was reported missing by the custodian after he noticed the clothing and bike still on shore several hours after speaking with the swimmer. Divers from Natick and Wellesley searched the bottom of the murky pond throughout Saturday and until nightfall yesterday, but found nothing. Melon! said.

The lake reaches depths of up to 70 feet. ft --'O 1 I St StartS and Stops Square, on the Red Line. The to testify on all facets of but this particular hearing will technological innovation and human transportation. A series of experts is already schedule. The state Department of Public closing several dozen underutilized rest areas statewide as a way to costs.

Most are likely to be' three miles of another area that, open. A rest area on Route 3 northbound was the first to get the ax, on Route 24 In Avon, the subject of illicit sexual activity In the as well. -i i ture and chairwoman of the Board of Selectmen, said the 500-space lot will generate 1,600 additional automobile trips daily on East Street. If you were in charge. Boston gets its say in shaping the US Department of Transportation's national transportation plan for the 1990s at a daylong public hearing today in Cambridge.

The hearing, the last of 33 held nationwide this summer and fall, starts at 9 a.m. at the DOT Transportation Systems Center at 55 Broadway, Cam- 1 Colombian national faces drug charges A Colombian national allegedly carrying up to $250,000 worth of cocaine was arrested in Brighton Saturday and police later confiscated $7,000 in cash from his apartment. Police spokeswoman Jill Reilly said Alonso Gustavo, 25, of 60 Waverly will be arraigned today in Brighton District Court on cocaine trafficking charges. Officers from the Drug Control Unit arrested Gustavo after he dropped a plastic bag and fled when police approached him near his home, police said. Reilly said the bag Gustavo allegedly dropped contained smaller bags of Chinese food, soy sauce and mustard.

When police sifted through the food, they found several bricks of cocaine carefully wrapped in green tape, plastic foam and Colombian newspapers. Reilly said "depending on how it was cut," the drug had a street value of between $40,000 and $250,000. Police, who had Gustavo under surveillance for the past few weeks, obtained a search warrant for the Waverly Road address where they found more than $7,000 in alleged drug money and his passport, void of a US entry. Conn, utility probes contaminated tools WATERFORD, Conn. Northeast Utilities officials are investigating how 50 tools contaminated with radioactivity apparently left a nuclear power plant and got to a company warehouse, a utility spokesman said.

The tools, all with relatively low levels of radioactivity, were found In the same warehouse on Great Neck Road where last week the utility found a contaminated water cannon, company officials said. "Our procedures are that nothing contaminated should ever leave the plant," said Anthony J. Castagno, a utility spokesman, which owns the three Millstone nuclear plants In Waterford and another in Had-dam Neck. "All our administrative controls are getting a very serious review right now." Castagno said no radiation controls were in place at the warehouse because nothing radioactive was supposed to have been stored there. Castagno said the company would XtSSSSl! The Lottery Saturday number 5592 Saturday payoffs (based bet) Exact order All 4 digits $5,658 First or last 3 $792 Any 2 digits $68 Any 1 digit $7 Any order All 4 digits $471 First 3 digits $264 Last 3 digits $132 Megabucks 8 10 23 25 33 35 Jackpot: There was one jackpot winner Saturday.

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