The Lowell Sun from Lowell, Massachusetts • Page 21

THE SUN Lowell, Ma, Suburban CHELMSFORD WISTFORD Aclon Ayer Boxboro Carlisle Concorrt Harvard Littleton Maynard Shirley Thursday, Oct. 6, 1977 'age 21 23 Chelmsford High students commended CHELMSFORD Twenty three Cholmslorrj High School seniors have been added to the list or students nationwide lu achieve 'commended student" status in the National Merit Scholarship Program, Principal George Simontnn has announced. The commendation is given to students who achieve hifih scores in the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test, an examination taken hy most junior students a year before the college entrance exams. Three Chelmsford seniors previously were named to (he program's list of semi finalists fur its nationwide scholarship program. The 23 who reached the "ciiimnended student" status received test scores ranking in the top two per cent of the nation in PRAT exams taken in October, 1976.

Letters of commendation have been presented to Robert Carosso, Lawrence Castro, Deborah Craven, Linda Crowe, Dennis Ducharme, Natalie Edfiolm, Frederick Finnegan, Joseph Gamache, Sherri Gaudette and Sharon tireeno. Also, to Jacqueline Hebeil, Donna Koulas. Karen LaRochr John Lllley. Joanne Marcott. Kathleen Melt, KimberJy Messner, Joyce Miller.

Elizabeth. Hoyle, Ha jirrie Sano, Gerald Semi nature. Jeffrey Snover and Taiuara Thomas. Carlisle man hurt in one car crash CARLISLE A 20 year old Carlisle man was hurt this morning when the car he was driving veered off the read and slid down an embankment. Earl Koinfeld of 320 Heald was taken to Emerson Hospital in L'uncurd for treatment after sustaining lacerations in the accident which occurred shortly before fl a.m.

Officer Alan Willi pan investigated Ihe mis iiap which occurred on ileald Street. Shirley man "critical" after motorbike crash HARVARD An 10 year old Shirley man is in critical condition today at Nashoba Community Hospital Following an accident last night in which he apparently lost control ot his motorcvcle and slammed into a stone wall off Prospect Hill Road. According to Harvard puliee, David M. Gjonel of Harvard Road. Shirley, was injured in the 7 p.m.

accident. He was rushed to the hospital by ambulance where he is currently in the intensive care unit. The accident is being investigated hy Sergeant Hicliard Fuulems and Registry Inspector t'hilip Dynice. In another accident in Harvard last night, Armando J. Reyes of the 14tii Ordinance Detachment, Fort Devens, was injured when his vehicle apparently failed to negotiate a curve on Still River Road in front Df St.

Theresa's Church. The accident occurred at about 8:15. Reyes' vehicle went over an emhankment on the side ol the road, accusing to police, lie was taken to Cutler Hospital at Fort Devens. The accident is being investigated by Police Chief John Reardon and Ultieer Ronald Rohhins. Well oldster clinic scheduled in Ayer AVER A well oldster clinic will be held next Tuesday, rrom 1 to 3 p.m.

at Ihe former U.S.O. (YMCA1 for Harvard and Ayer residents 55 years of age and above, sponsored by the Nashuba Associated Boards of Health. In addition to testing for blood pressures and urine, glucose testing will alsu take place Further information can be obtained Irani Town Nurse Kathleen Kuehu at the KABH offices in Ayer. College may drop plan to leave state QUIrVCY (API Eastern Nazarene College, which had announced plans in the spring to relocate to Media, is nnw Ihinking about staying in this Boston area city, its trustees announced. A sLHemcnt issued by the college's board Wednesday said a decision would be made by spring commencement whether to stay put or move elsewhere.

A college spokesman said the move to Media, a Philadelphia suburb, had been scrapped because Area had purchased the site Eastern Naiarene was interested in. Gov. Michael S. Dukakis met with the trustees Tuesday, urging them to keep the college in Massachusetts and pledging state help in expanding their facilities. College authorities have complained that the SOU studen! liberal arts institution is too cramped in its present location in a congested urban neighborhood.

Arbitration compromise offered By CAROL KOPI' Sun Stall CHELMSFORD Those directly involved in working out a proposed new arbitra tinn system for police and tire employees believe they have hit upnn experiment lhat will he watched by towns and Driveway to back parking lot at Waldsn Pond Is ready and waiting for last coating of Porous pavement test to occupy land where Thoreau roamed By DAVID PEVEAR Sun Staff CONCORD Where 150 years ago Henry David Tiiercau escaped to cnnducL his study nf nfUurp in the woods surrounding Walden fond, now primes the Massachusetts Department of Environ mental Quality Engineering conducting a project it Jiupes will evetilually help in preserving nature. Jn the rear parking iot si WaldtMi Pond. DEQE will be installing 15,000 square feet or porous pflvement which it someday hupes will prove beneticial lo the environment or all New England. The I i a work Wnldeu" represented I lie culmination uf TJioreau's studies from his cabin on Waliln lJund. What DfcQt; hopes lo do during it two study is present the state with nnnngh evidener In prnnve porous pavement which absorbs water is the best puisibU: solution tn about 50 per cenL ol the stale's water pollution problem.

That pnllutlun Is said to be the direct result ol water runoff tm preaenl pavement surfaces. ONLY A scattered few similar projects are located throughout the country, with this projwt, lucuttd in the rear parking lot of Waldi Pond, the firsl of its kind in iMew England. It yvjIJ be the first instrumented study at the pavemeiiL ujider Mew England's freezethaw whither conditinns. Northeastern University will supervise the research aspect ol the S60.00O project which began lo lake shape as a result of the park simply needing a new paved parking Jot. fanning for a porous pavement study in Mas began in EPA tests in other parts of the country proved its advan Several Littleton budgets running tight LITTLETON Tk: first of a series of periodic reviews of hud ye Is under the selectmen's control took place recenlly as Lhe board met with (he finance committee in an effort lo predict any future liscal problems.

Puliee department expenses were considered to be a "disaster" three months into the liscal year, 54.032 of Hie Slti.lHU annual cjtpcnst appropriation has been spent. Unlike nthcr departments, where early year onc lime expenses have inflated the proportion, loo police department's problem, said the selectmen, is raused by increased repair work on the unions nationwide. Rut. as Ihe details ot the legislation tiled yesterday in Ihe legislature tiller down lu Intra I union presidents and town officials loo are il in see if il looks better than (he system they have had to work with in Uie past. No hot top yet porous hottop, which was supposed to have been In place for media demonstration yester tages.

All were conducted in warmer climates. Both Ihe. press and state officials were on hand yesterday lor the first scheduled demonstration ol Ihe absorbing power or the new pavement hut, unexpectedly, there wasn't any pHvemcnt In demonstrate. A slight niixup with the contractor forced the ceremonies to be rescheduled far suirie time next week. "BECAUSE IT'S Walrien Pond, was a simple reason J)QE Commissioner David btandley gave for Ihe pro jeel's iuealiou.

Thuusands of tourists from around the world visit Ihe famous author's hideaway each year. When next tourists arrive Lo park their cars at Ihe rear lut. although it may took like ordinary pavemenl Ihey're resling their four wheels on, they will be treading on special sLuff In act they wilt be handed a brochure describing the project as a reminder. Conventional asphalL pavement, like thai found on is a mix Lure nF large and small slone panicles bonded together with asphalt tar. In porous pavement, the smaller particles are left nut and the percentage ot tar reduced.

This mixture creates openings in the pavement which allow water in seep into il rather than run off. "IT IS THE most promising single tool lo mntrol the urban run off pollution says Richard Miller, executive dlieclor ol the Lake Cochituate Watershed Assodalinn. If people know there is a pipe directly dumping sewage or industrial waste Into a cruisers. In an elfort lo eennnmize. lot annual appropriation for a new cruiser was eliminated this year.

According Id Administrative Assistant Waller Wright, a total of $4,01 1 still remains in previous accounts lor cruiser purchases The selectmen directed Wright lo cheek wilh lhe town accountant to assure the muney conld be spent toward a new cruiser, and to have Police Chief Bruce Barker inquire as lo whether il is possible, wilh lo trade ins. lo purchase a cruiser lor thai snni. ANOTHER ACCOUNT which has exceeded one 'Ihe basics nl lhe propusal" a 12 momber committee, equally staffed wilh Jnbur and management representatives, and lillli as impartial chairman. This Joint Ijhor Management Committee will have substantial powers. Il will decide whether an impasse exists.

It will (hen either river down the street, points out Millrr. they will probably tfiout out about it What people don't realize is that "non pnint source' pollution, caused by surface runoff, is hall the water pollution problem. water travels across a hard surface without seepage, it collecLa any pollutants that happen Lo be in ils path Many areas in New EnglHnd oin bine slnrin rirains with sanitary sewers making overlluw common and execrating the problems, nf ficiabs suy. The Walden Pond project is CKpecled to establish costs and design criteria lor the use of pnrous pavement in the en tire New England Region. OTHER LABORATORY tests have shown parous pavement able to ubsurh 75 inches ul water per hour, which is mure than 511 times higher an amount than storms we MGH head hits need certificate rules By JANET WU BOSTON (UP! I The hpiii! or Massachusetts General Hospital says mm promise with the slate is im jjossible over proposed chaniits in repulaliuns Biuir ing research institutions tc get state approv.il before making major expenditures.

At a three hour hearinfi bfur lliu legjsliituj e's leallh Care Commitlee Wednesday. MGH general tiirectur Charles A. Sanders and Human Services Sexrclitry Jeiald Stevens testified en legislation to ciianfje the 1972 Certificate nf Need Law also known as fourth of its annual proportion is Ihe ambulance expense. Only $et renin ins in the original S2.200 account. The selectmen were not sure, however, whether the expenditures consisted of many unc time purchases for the new vehicle.

A survey nf the lown nail telephone needs will he taken as the average monthly bill lisi been approximately $1,000, well aver the Sa50 per month estimate. The fire department is also running low, wilh Chief James Ogilvie expecting lo need an additional $1,300 lo 52,000 more brfurc tile fiscal year ends. Ihrow it back iolo negotiation or rule that arbitration is necessary. II will name an arbitration panel, and lhai pane! will select a single nrbltrator. Some or Ihe substantial differences wilh the present system: this governor, appointed committee will day.

Il wasn't and slate officials will lay the material sometime in the next week. generally classify as "downpours." Usmf (he Waltlcn Pond parking Lot and adjacent roadway, rather lhan conducting Ihe pi ojeut iji Uie middle uf a super highway, will allow officials Lo observe the pavcmenl uniler a totally enn Troliahle situation. They hope iL will prove applicable to super highways, allowing; improvements in safeLv in addition to environmental lacLors. With water seeping intn ihe grim ml rather than puddling the surface, according lu Standley, il will cut down on Ihe problem ol hydroplaning lor motorists. "We have no answers yet, only a tut uf questions," said Miller whn explains porous pavement is no more expensive tu install lhan regular pavement.

"We are just beginning to find out," he said. the Determination of Need Law. The law run entry inundates any prospective purchase by a hospital of equipment costing over tlfM.ilOO must be reviewed by lhe state Public Health Council in an atlempt to control Hie rising cost ol health care. The committee is considering lesislaliun to change the law by raising lhe minimum limit to 5I50.0O0. including loelurs purchasing equipment and excluding research and eduealiunal inslilutinns.

The commitlee next week is expected lo up and vote nn a single hill reforming the law. AFTER THE meeting, Slovens said iie felt close to reaching a compromise widi Sanders and will "continue to try lu work with before the committee meels again. Asked il lie intended tn continue to work wilh the stale tn reach a compromise, Sanders said "1 don'l think sn. I ihink we've reached an impasse The last thing 1 want to do is en (angle reserach giants and educational grants willi the bureaiitralie process," said Stevens. "But if a research grant comes down from Washington, 1 want lo make sure it pays for itself in both direct and inilirecl Public Health Commissioner Jonathan Fielding said lhe state was only concerned wilh "ihnse jiranls ivlneh are have the power to decide whether a declared impasse docs exist.

whuLher all or only sonic issues should be resolved arbitration, and whai fnrm ol arbitration should be chosen. THUS, THE stale's "last lies! offer" system thai forces choice or either the entire management offer or the entire union demand will tint necessarily be the rule. Mnsi area union spokesmen have not yet had tfie chance to study the full proposal, but they have an initial reaction to the impact it may have. Hussell linslad, president of the policemen's union local in Chelmsford, said! he would not oppose changes in Ihe system us long as the basic rigid of binding arbitration is nnt Inst. Arbitration, he said, is "the only thing we have to fall back on" in a system that forbids strikes by public employees.

He is. however, in favor of making the "last best offer" system an option rather lhan a rule. The present system, Officer UnsLad said, has equal potential "tn hurl either side The union "could have a good offer and one thing out of line would throw the whuie Hung ofr," leading the arbitrators Lo choose Lbe town's proposal On the opposite side of the negotiating table in Chelm jsford is Selectman William Murphy who. as president of thi; Massachusetts League of Cilies and Towns, sees the compromise as one thai could make hefth sides happier wilh the arbitration system and eventually, with each other. MURPHY EUS led the petition drive to reverse Lhe present and is one of those who helped Work out the compromise.

He also is chairman or Lhe Ineal government advisory committee, a board that meets monthly with the governor on local issues and will recommend the six management representatives to the committee. Murphy believes the the experiment will be watched nationwide by other towns and unions looking for a better syslem of resolving disputed labor contracts. ft may he of pqual inlcrest, he said, to other public employee unions not covered by the binding arbitration system, as an alternative to such events as the reecnl teacher's strike in Franklin. Before the compromise was negotiated, the unions had lobbied forcefully in favor of binding arbitration. The Jinmieipal associations were seekirg to abandon it The latest etrort to that end has been a petition for a statewide referendum on the arbitration process.

WILLIAM GRAHAM, president of Ihe Dracut police uti ion, is already 'a pessimist" about die chance for success of Ihe proposed compromise. His fear i thai the commit LtON applicable, lliuse involving the building of a wing or a hospital, installing CAT scanner ia sophiscaled Ray type of equipment), or a new building." A spokesman lor groups representing doetnrs in the private sector said they op pused bringing doctors under lhe COS law. 'THIS IS A foot in lhe door of lolal control ot private doc tor ulfices.1' said Dr Daniel O'Connor ol the Massachusetts Medical Society, Alsn propositi was eight monlli limit on the council considering applications lo purchase equipment, providing one twotnunth extension it requested. It a decision was not rendered in that time, the application would be considered approved. tee might reaen its own im passes.

With a committee made up of six labor people and six management people "I can visualize il now," he said: a six six split that will drag uul longer than town union negotiations. If they cancel each other oul. he said, "we won't fjel anywhere." tie, too. believes that Ihe only rucuurse fur policemen is binding arihtralinn At this point, he fears the proposal could be a reflection of the municipal organization's desire to "do anytliing in their power lo water it down." If Ihe committee begins to negotiate against itself, he said, it will stall the lengthy process ol a contested con true I even more, and ullow management to "pnieraslinate even more." tn Dracut, a new policeman's enntract is now in the facl tindiug stage. WILLIAM LAFFERTV is an allnrnry who has been retained by the firemen's unions in contract negotiations with three tuwns.

including flillerica and Anduver. His initial reaction 15 that it "sounds like a good idea, especially since right now binding arbitration is a joke on bulb tic believes the present system encourages lowns io give up nothing in negotiation, so they can delay setllemenl until artcr the long arbitration process is exhausted. "There is no sense of urgency on the part of the towns." he said. A similar complaint is levelled by town officials against the unions Uiey deal wilh: that'tlie unions will give up little or nothing al Ihe bargaining tabic because the option or arbitration is nuw there. LafferLy has spent up to twu years in negotiating on both Billeriea and Andovcr fire union contracts.

He believes the same flaw may he built into the new proposal. He believes if stems from the fact lhat eluded of licials "wnald prefer thai nollling happen Some eases go on so long LVil the officials can "let Ibeir successors worry about il," and those successors can try to change in midstream Ihe terms nf the nffers. Meanwhile, the new system may obligate the unions tu cave in on some of their own demands, lodemonslrate, if it gnes tn arbitration, thai "good faith" in bargaining was shown. BUT HE TOO believes that arbitration is uniy linn for the unions." He is willing In try the new system. "It's so truly speculative now," he said, "trial no one has had a chance lo gauge ils impact.

There's gut to be something good in it. We'll start digging into il soon." i The bill to create the joint iabul management committee was submitted yesterday. Hearings before the Puhlic Service Committee were expected hi begin today, and the report on it may reach the House floor by early next week. The proposal is expected to have little difficulty in passage. It has the support of (Jov.

Uukakis, and reportedly ol cummiltee chairmen iviek Buglinne in the House and Chet Alkins in Ihe Senate Just in case il does not succeed, the petition drive for a statewide leleieudum Lo abolish the present system will not he abandoned until lhe legislation is officially made law. THE COMMITTEE is ex peeled to have a 5125,000 annual budget, and roughly half thai amount is included the bill lo keep Ihe committee running lluuugli this Hiatal year. llichanl Howe, direelftr tir the joml legislative commitlee of lhe municipal League ol Cities and Towns, said his group expects die system tn lead lo fewer arbitration cases lhan in Uie past. TOWN of CHILMf FORD NOTICI rail Cluon Up Govt will be ccnducW duiinq th opt oi October 197 7 Iknugh Gtlflbw 21. 1 977.

The scried Ja will bo oi follow: OcK I 7, MONDAY'S cclludion routti Oct. IB, TUESDAY'S collection route Oct. 19. WEDNESDAY'S collection route Oct. 20, THURSDAY'S collection route Oct.

21, FRIDAY'S collection route Opftn dump l. iir.h will ha uif.d a p'rd up itemi lhat regular packer body truth connof take, such as old rci rig era I on. vashinq machines, household furnilure. ere. Tirat, Mi th, grovel, tlonbt, bruih, Iruwv and ihrubt and rubbish From burJj.o rpaut and construction NOT be Ircmt must ho deposited a 4, ih flet i'mn tirjfrjre RtDD a.m.

on the day of collnclinn. LOUIS RONDEAU Supt. oi Slfimls.