The Daily Item from Lynn, Massachusetts • 11

Dnilu Evening Stem The price is wrong DAVID LISCIO bbot HaHMarblehead7 It stands on the hill overlooking Old Town all stately red brick and clock tower You know the place It's on the national register of historic buildings a serious site Inspiring A landmark You know this because a gaggle of camera toting tourists always seems to be parading across the rolling green lawn' Inside the hall drips history Plenty of polished wood and that fife and drum feeling me liberty or give me An entire wall in the room where the Board of Selectmen meet weekly is covered by the famous painting Spirit of Opposite is a large oil painting of George Washington and his troops crossing the Delaware to save our nation Yes This is a no nonsense structure a shrine to government a sober atmosphere where at any moment you expect to see men in powdered wigs seated at plank tables drafting manifestos aimed at turning the political world on its nose The issues bantered about during meetings here must then match the toney furnishings freedom justice liberty or so you might think Here's what happened last Wednesday at a public hearing It concerned a dog named Wilson a 10 year old whose gene pool leans toward black Labrador retriever Seems Wilson was having trouble controlling his sexual urges Although 70 in dog years Wilson was acting randy as a spring ram It had his masters James and Kathy Walters of 42 Washington St rubbing their worry beads Every chance he'd 7 get Wilson would escape and beat for the nearest pooch of the fairer sex The behavior put him on dog officer Lori Gilman's hit list Well you know that during one of these leash buster moods Wilson picked on the wrong bundle of paws and fur So good looking was she Wilson revved his love motor and plowed through a picket fence to ravish his prize In seconds he went from mild mannered mix breed to ravenous rover Little owners were less than flattered and so brought their complaint to Abbot Hall No mention was made of whether Wilson succeeded in his conquest Although the Walters had been trying to ignore attitude the notice from Town Hall forced them to confront it They realized the carousing canine had a problem and that his seemingly insatiable desire for amour amour was about to become his nemesis Wilson was taken to the veterinarian where he was as they say forever altered Some prefer the word It was that or be banished from the town Since the operation primary motive in life has turned elsewhere though his new lack of hormonal rocket fuel has not voided four citations issued by the dog officer during his heat wave Last Wednesday selectmen listened to all that had transpired while George Washington blushed on the wall Marblehead veterinarian Joseph Parisi testified as an expert witness telling board members actions were a natural biological Elaborating yesterday Parisi said a neighborhood dog was exuding certain scents and literally driving Wilson wild with desire James Walters said Wilson was not always so troublesome and only recently had begun acting like a college freshman on grain alcohol BuLsnch latency is as natural as the weather said Parisi reminding all that men go nearly their whole lives and never stray Then the right one comes along and no holding xi After the hearing a selectman commented that Wilson the But Walters said Wilson got a raw deal for following his instincts and that the town should be concentrating on more serious matters like overdevelopment and vanishing boat yards Wilson agrees and if he ever gets loose again his opinion will be left on the lawn of Abbot Hall ityOuburban Lynn Mass Wednesday arch 291 989 11 Saugus PLUS Pages 12 13 Business Page 17 Saugus has voiced objections to the tie in citing the possibility its sewer would rise and that an ongoing grease problem it has would be exacerbated Casey said while the inter municipal agreement says that Nahant and Saugus must give their approval it also specifies that no town or city may un reasonably withhold permission "There's a possibility it could wind up in court or before theDEQE Department of Environmental Quality Engineering) if there's no said Casey Saugus Town Manager Norman Hansen could not be reached for comment Also to be determined is which route the town will take to tie into the plant and where the MDC will allow it to cross the Lynnway Lewis and Broad streets are the most likely route and City Council President Robert Tucker is already calling for a strict time table for the work and possible compensation for small businessmen who could be "We want a one month job stretched into three months" said Tucker the Lynnway ripped up Lewis and Broad streets are already getting more traf fic and something like this could only make it worse Burke said the Town Meeting vote gives his committee really had no good feel for what people were thinking until Burke said may not be running "again but I'm sensi tive to the political climate and we were looking for a clear indication of preference We got Burke said that although the town may now sweeten its offer to the commission it has limited amount of money to work in the up to $18 million more it is authorized to spend Burke hopes that if a tentative agreement is reached with Lynn federal officials will recognize it and the details can be worked out at a later date The two wild cards in the negotiations are the towns of Nahant and Saugus the other two partners in Lynn's regional sewage sys tem? They must approve any agreement to By RICH AHEY ItPfTI Staff LYNN With the deadline looming the town of Swampscott and the Lynn Water and Sewer Commission will sit down at the nego tiating table tonight and try to hammer out an agreement that will allow the town to tie into Lynn's sewage treatment system Negotiating committees for both sides will meet at 5:30 at the Water and Sewer Commission headquarters on Parkland Ave nue Swampscolt nwsrrrTeetar Apr i 1 dead line to informs state and federal officials whether it will be building its own secondary sewage treatment plant or? hooking into Lynn's Negotiations' seemed to be stopped dead in their tracks until Swampscott Town Meet ing members voted 157 69 Monday night to reject buildingrthe plant in town and pursue the option of tying into the Lynn system Two weeks ago residents at a Board of Public Works meeting in an informal vote were 2 1 against tying into the Lynn system While the vote Monday night was non it is expected to carry weight with the board which makes the final decision After a series of negotiations the two sides are about $3 million apart 'on what Swampscott should pay to tie into the sys tem Swampscott has proposed paying around $78 million and the commission has asked for $108 million "We seenf 'loTe getting closer" said John the commission's director on the news that the town may be willing to close the gap further Casey consulted with his committee Commission Chairman Scott Poole Com missoner David Cyr and Ward 6 Councilor Norman Cole yesterday before setting up tonight's negotiation meeting A meeting of the full commission has been set for Thurs day night to discuss the Swampscott issue The Swampscott negotiating team is Selectman John Burke Board of Public Works member David Phillips and inance Committee Chairman Kevin Gookin Their technical advisor is consultant William Mackey of the firm of Camp Dresser and McKee Lynn Swampscott resume sewer talks 4 1 7 rr If i allow Swampscott to tie in I hough they re? million apart the town now has a mandate to settle its differences with Lyhn and tie into the city's sewage plant Not all Soviet change for better Ex captive Daniloff says new freedoms are mixed blessing for Jews By JESSICA WARDEN or The Item SWAMPSCOTT Despite the traumatic and emotional experience of being abducted by the KGB in 1986 Nicholas Daniloff former Moscow correspondent for US News and World Report gave a journalises perspective of a changing Soviet Union last night at Temple Israel He introduced his talk with the story of his friendship with Soviet dissident and geneticist Dr David Goldfarb It was a relationship he said an older and wiser man with a young correspondent I looked upon him as my mentor" Ironically he went on it was his friendship with Goldfarb that the Moscow KGB twisted to look like a relationship between a courier and an informant resulting in Daniloff imprisonment for espionage This he said was in retaliation for the arrest of a Soviet agent in New York by the BI or two weeks in August 1986 Daniloff was the focus of world attention as US and Soviet officials negotiated for his unconditional release and the release of refuseniks held by the Soviets including Goldfarb Responding to questions from the audience' Daniloff whose recent book Lives One Russia" deals with his experiences in the Soviet Union talked about the mental hardships he endured while imprisoned in a Soviet jail after he was in plain daylight handcuffed and thrown into a white The KGB took away his belt and shoelaces to stop any attempts at suicide creating within Daniloff a feeling of despair His watch was taken away and he was interrogated for four hours every day he was in prison It was an experience Daniloff said that "was lousy horrifying and Daniloff saw many changes occurring for Jews in the Soviet Union in his 30 years of covering the superpower for various publications" He said his hard hitting reporting style antagonized the Soviet secret police has been happening in the Soviet Union is a real change and a hopeful Daniloff told a captivated full house yesterday addressing a question about SovietPremier Mikhail Gorbachev's political and economic strides "Gorbachev is an extraordinary leader who realizes that Russia has fallen behind in the world He is a clever politician who knows that he is not going to be able to change the Soviet Union overnight" DANILO Page 18 NICHOLAS DANILO His style antagonized Soviets WILLIAM JOHN BOUDREAU Kennedy was their hero Kw Diplomat says Africa misunderstood Swampscott native tells how times have changed for US abroad By JEREMY EARP or The Item MARBLEHEAD William John Boudreau of Swampscott a State Department career diplomat last night talked of the diversity and division of Africa where he served during a 24 year career that spanned seven presidential administrations from Ike Eisenhower to the end of Ronald Reagan's first term Speaking as the guest of the Marblehead Republican Committee at St Church Boudreau gave an overview of Africa with slides illustrating its vastness and added personal anecdotes to broaden the picture of the continent in the United States are pretty ignorant Boudreau said later supporting his point with a study that revealed the most common words 12th graders? associated with the continent are wild animals witch doctors spears tribes natives and naked think a fairly homogehous place" he said "It is not diverse large has an extensive history and is full of Boudreau said that these cleavages or divisions which were brought on in 1885 at the Berlin Conference when European leaders split up the land without consulting the Africans still exist today and lay at the base of many modern problems Berlin Conference cut tribes in half without even consulting them" tie said set up artificial boundaries that still exist today Part of today's fighting is over these arbitrary boundaries The European leaders were only interested in the spoils not anything else" Boudreau who served most recently as the charge for Madagascar also gave an overview of US diplomacy in general breaking it down into two distinct thrusts "Our national interests are very clearly Boudreau said have two major ones: irst DIPLOMAT Page 18 St Pius begins drive for new parish center LYNN St Pius Parish on Maple Street has begun a fund raising drive in hopes of constructing a $18 million par ish center behind the churcti on Bowler Street According to the pastoral staff of St Pius a center is needed because the existing clubhouse across the street from the church is inadequate and in a state of disrepair According to the Rev Paul Kilroy of St Pius there is no timetable on when the building would be completed "The focus right now is strictly off the fund he" said results of the fund drive will dictate when we can build the The St Pius clubhouse was' purchased in 1928 and it serves as gymnasium and meeting place for many parish ac tivities The parish also loans the clubhouse its school library and its lower church hall out for Girl Scouts and Boy Scouts Anonymous Over Anonymous ALANON and dances for retarded youth ST' PIUS Page 18 7 MBTA reverses decision won't cut Boston buses By RICH AHEY Item Staff LYNN The MBTA has backed off a planto terminate North Shore bus routes into downtown Boston under fire from North Shore lawmakers and passengers Lawmakers outraged over a plan they say was on them without notice said they wel comed the reverse which will be formally an nounced at MBTA board meeting The plan to cut the bus routes from Marblehead Swampscott Revere and Salem to Boston was criticized in Boston and Lynn hearings last week as counter productive at a time when the MBTA is trying to offset commuter woes and increase ridership "Here we are trying to encourage people to take public transportation and they do said Senate Majority Leader Walter Boverini Lynn who said Salem bound buses rumble by his Western Avenue house every day will stay as they said Sen rancis Doris Revere Senate chairman of the Joint Transportation Committee who said Revere resi dents were outraged about the proposal very pleaseci that the MBTA has been so responsive to the strong reaction received from the North said Rep Lawrence Alexander Marblehead who said he learned of the proposal when an Item reporter questioned him after reading a legal advertisement about it Doris said although statistics show that 25 percent of passengers continue to Boston for the morning commute after the bus reaches Wonder land halting bus service for those 25 percent could vastly increase cars traveling into the city could mean 30 cars going into Boston I think wise to keep the express said Boverini "We think this proposal was a little bit he added A coalition of North Shore legislators had asked the MBTA to change its proposal to divert six bus routes and a member of the MBTA board said earlier Tuesday there was a good chance the agency would comply with the request A letter sent to MBTA General Manager Thomas Glynn by six state representatives and three state senators expressed strong opposition to the plans to end six bus routes at the Wonderland or Wood Island stations un lhe Blue Line "instead7 of Haymarket 7 station in downtowfi Boston would like to express our anger regarding the lack of timely information to commuters and us about the proposed said the letter islators were not informed in a timely manner that the MBTA was going to propose changes and in stead had to read about it in the section of the newspapers urthermore commuters and members of the North Shore legislative delega tion were never asked prior to the development of this proposal for their Legislators signing the letter were Sensrederick Peabody Boverini Doris and Reps Steven Angelo Saugus Michael Ruane Salem Thomas McGee Lynn Vincent Lozzi MBTA Page 18 INSIDE 9 In Lynnfield: There was no surprise when the school board named its choice for high school principal Page 14 In Marblehead: Or ganizers of scholarship telethon hope for another busy profit able day Page 15 The re lost In Nahant: Repairs at the town wharf top this warrant Page 16 In Peabody: Skiers at the high school hope to compete on the varsity level next year Page 14 In Revere: The city will stop construction of apartments on Revere Street because of insuffi cient parking Page 15 In Saugus: ines for violators of water restric tions top the Town Meet ing warrant Page 13 In Swampscott: School Department gains a small bit of funding Page 16 1.