Concord Monitor from Concord, New Hampshire • 1

Concord redefine the role of mayor Candidates present a contrast Little is the maverick Though that sometimes puts him at odds with fel- to keep the codncilmanagcr form of government They also opted for a 66 By CRAIG TIMBERG Monitor staff low councilors in the context of a public campaign he has1 been able to portray himself as a dynamic leader ready to reenergize a struggling city He also promises to be a different type of mmor a salesman and cheer leader visiting every business in town and a few that might consider moving here' The recent charter changes may give him the leeway to deliver on that pledge A year ago citizens rated narrowly new measure of control tossing out the old system which allowed the 15 City councilors to elect a mayor from their own ranks The downside of that system was that other councilors were the may- constituency They elected the mayor They could rate the mayor out of office always underlying if you have some ambitions to See MAYOR Page A-10 1 want to see things get done And the easiest way to do that is be part of it Jf Mike Little The mayor has a responsibility to see that things get done not do them Bill Veroneau viding them privatization of trash collection for it not The more far-reaching differences are in the men themselves and the type of mayors they promise become Veroneau is the incumbent He has a long-standing reputation of fiscal prudence and quiet dignified leader ship The council ejected him mayor in January 1992 and he enjoys wide support among his fellow The word is mandate Look at It Roll it around in your mind Because whether voters mean to or not Tuesday's may-oral vote the first in the city since 1965 will redefine what being mayor of Concord means Candidates Mike Little and William -Veroneau have just one main issue di PSNH trims Bridge ulldMj Fourth-graders at Canterbury Elementary -joy School watch' vas the Well 'bearing ability vumiiiii ayuuj Company blames low 1 demand competition By RICHARD STRADUNG Monitor staff 4 of a toothpick Abridge they -built Is put to vthetestyesterf dayAsaS 4 Main cooper £1 Ration the chll-T drenWeredKiZ -vided Into fbur groups each building ftsown bridge with students as: signed the tasks of project directors transportation chiefs 'ac countantSjl car- penters and ar4 chitectsThe v- sturdiest of the bridges held 10 pounds V'- More than 100 Public Service of New Hampshire employees lost their jobs yesterday The company said it was reducing its payroll to help overcome sluggish demand for electricity ana competition fi other forms of energy- The company eliminated 160 jobs altogether About 50 people took advantage of an early retirement offer while the other 115 were notified yesterday that their jobs had been eliminated effective immediately The company announced the staff reductions in August At -that time company president Prank Locke said 120 jobs would be cut by the end of 1994 and that up to 100 of those people -would leave under raluntaiyearty retirement program The earlier announcement did not in-elude 45 people who work for Public Service but report! directly to Northeast Utilities in Connecticut'- Employees knew in' advance that the conipa-- fl -Jpt rif S-: rf OMUSHOMOI lonRartMl accuser put on the spot by defense Attorney: Woman frairied dei eridant proximate said more than once night I did housemate Charles Kclty who told -the police he helped Roy bury By ANDREW GAURNEAU Monitor staff "it is pretty grim here she said- Staff reductions have become common at Public Service The company had already elimi- nated 300 jobs as a result of its merger with Northeast Utilities of Connecticut Most of those positions were administrative jobs made 1 "redundant when the two companies joined pco pic who worked in field offices generating plants and maintenance crews were spared But the 165 jobs cut this week affected people throughout the company Boisvert said She said she could not identity specific jobs or departments many different functions levels and geographic areas" shesaid Company officials say the lingering recession in New England is largely to blame for the staff fl See PSNH Page A-IO body in an abandoned cemetery Kelly was not offered immuni- -ly by prosecutors and will probably not leslity 1 The state argued that Roy killed Kozak a federal fugitive because Kozak was close to turning in Roy feared that would have led investigators tq him and ruined' hi? software newfound not look at-the Tarnishing credibility wilt be key to Roy's defense since testimony Tuesday that Itoy confessed in detail to murder- ing Kozak are at the -core of the case The state hits so far produced no physical evidence link- ing Roy to the crime arrest in April was based on statements from Zarate who has the murder of Joanna Kozak ahdar- gued that the changes pointed to a plot to frame Roy Roy is oh trial for murder in Rockingham County Superior Court: During a full day of questioning Zarate repeatedly admitted that she was not sure about times of events she said look place on June 27 1992 the diiy Kozak was beaten to death "Once again my times arp ap EXETER Steven chief accuser was herself but on trial yes terday and accused of helping kill the' woman who replaced her in Roy's bed! lawyer Barbara Keshen detailed how Maria Zarate changed her account of events surrounding Zarate had two -children with Itoy anil PS ee ROY -Page A-IO' iThursda 1 Epsom Police identify body They say beeri shot in the head underneath the body held gcrorint that allowed police f- iv a fin-' to 'rnake an identity Epsom Police ingtheTdentificatibbTWotitylng' ItiChicf Cameron Harbisomaid family and tracking down ilarbison said police usually people who knew him makd-an identification by -lifting a- peoplc who knew by -lifting Health plan unveiled Clinton handarrjes his revised health reforms to Congress Page A-2 Nuclear nightmare The man who led the Chernobyl ciean- up brings a warning Page B-l- By ANNMARIE'TIMMINS' staff body and' fingerprint 'from a him-- The state police could not be reached for comment Nadeau said they interviewed people in Manchester and Merrimack Riley is originally from Hampton Va shesaid- body was found iii a remote part of Epsom Sunday even matching it with prints they have on file from -people who Are missing or have been fingerprinted for other reasons Neither he nor Nadeau knew how state police made a match in this case Nadeau and Hprbisnn praised EPSOM The police have identified the body found in Epsom on Sunday os Jerry Riley 25 of Manchester and said yesterday that he was killed by a gunshot wound to the head Few other' details about the case including a motive 'for the murder of a suspect were availa- blc yesterday Tina Nadeau- the assistant attorney general said stale police spent yesterday mak- ing by hikers Police believe he the work- of state troopers hud been there since summer got real-good people on Most of Riley's body was do- it Ilarbison said done composed but one' finger tucked an excellent Some sun Partly sunny today high 50-55 Partly cloudy tonight low 25-30 Alyssa Milano of Chichester draws a partly sunny day UPageB-2 Christmas trees quarantined Government tries to contain gypsy moths By ROSSSNEYD Associated Press have hundreds of growers but most of them are the back yard pick-your-own typeff -Steve Taylor agriculture chief 'They -know they stop it trying to (prevent) its said Jon Turmel an entomologist with1' thc Vcrmont Agriculture Department' The ureas affected by the quaran-' tine are' New Hampshire coastal regions of Maine all the rest of New England New York New Jersey Pennsylvania Maryland and Delaware mast of Michigan and Virginia and a handful of counties in Ohio' and West Virginia' "What trying to do is get the word out to the growers so -they are aware of the new status of the said Mark Michiielis an entomologist See TREES PageA-10 Christmas trees grown in the Northeast have been quarantined by the US Agriculture Department -to prevent a spread of gypsy moths to other parts of the country Farmers have been ordered not to ship their trees outside the regiun unless stale or federal agriculture officials inspect them first and certify that free of the insects Gypsy moths which weaken deciduous trees by devouring their leaves are not a problem in most of the country and federal officials want to keep it that way Wildfire A helicopter dumps water onto a house set ablaze by wildfire yesterday in Altadena Calif Wildfires burned out of control in many areas of southern California destroying 200 homes forcing hundreds to flee and injuring 14 firefighters three critically Page A-2.