The Republican from Springfield, Massachusetts (2024)

October 4, 1990

Publication:

The Republicani

Location:

Springfield, Massachusetts

Issue Date:

Thursday, October 4, 1990

Page:

43

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UNION NEWS THURSDAY OCTOBER 4 1990 23 1 I TV: station outlines Murder trial to start M'' School project funding in doubt Dare to Compare roo Static BaUndnf OS Member DICD1M BIG SAVINGS Your Bank iq's Bank Services Daniel Howard Electrical Engineer MON SAT Addressing the jury directly for the first time yesterday both Stern and assistant Suffolk County district attorney Thomas Mundy asked the jurors to pay special attention to the rear stairway at 104 Bellevue St which pros ecutors have said Lewin used to escape from his third floor apart ment after Griffiths was shot Philip Castleman Republican candidate for Hampden County district attorney yesterday took issue with a proposed cut in the number of state police assigned to offices Castleman termed a potential 1 shift of 25 percent of state police from district offices back to uniformed duty severe to many law enforcement services provided to the 23 cities and towns Castleman was reacting to an announcement last week that was linked to budget cuts on Beacon Hill State officials said as many as 25 percent of state police now as signed to offices may have to go back on uniform duty to make up for a shortage of 106 Troopers not being replaced be cause of budget problems Hercules 31 1050R15 33 1250R15 235 85R16 i lO Ply rom Birge Ave to Meadow St Entire street rom Mechanic St to Elm St House Number 24 nicnkwwwwuu warm uwm The state Department of Edu cation is not scheduled to decide whether to grant the 74 percent reimbursem*nt until before 1992 Allard said or the council to a de cision not to bond today is compli cated by the fact that no one is asking them Allard said Of the $412 million oper ating budget $55 million or 13 percent is going toward the re payment of bonds The city has $36 million in out standing bonds to be repaid Kallfa said woman who said she was married to a police dispather Among the final roster of ju rors however are the wife a dis trict court judge and a former Athol police dispatcher defense attorney Max Stern had asked that the trial be moved here because Lewin could not get a fair trial in Boston $43 $46 $48 $45 $48 $49 $55 Pleated ShadesDuette Shades 50 607 $43 $45 $47 $48 $49 $51 $45 $46 $49 $50 $52 $55 20575R14 21575R14 20575R15 21575R15 22575R15 23575R15 16580R13 17580R13 18580R13 17575R14 18575R14 19575R14 20575R14 21575R14 22575R14 20575R15 21575R15 22575R15 23575R15 their ability to separate testimony regarding drugs from the charges facing Lewin several so strong ly that the they were excused from consideration Others were either excused or challenged when they disclosed family ties to po lice officers push came to shove I would favor police noted one Mini Blinds Verticals 507 In the rear the Old Countryside Cuisine Next Door to Stargazer Video rom Main St to Birge Ave on the West side of Mechanic St rom Main St to 61 Mechanic St (Apartments) on the East Side of Mechanic St rom Mechanic St to the railroad overpass rom Mechanic St to the railroad overpass Mt REE MOUNTING STATIC BAL ROTATION! Evwy 5000 tnl SNOI Continued from Page 21 $15 million for two elementary schools now under construction The expansion is contingent on the city receiving 74 percent re imbursem*nt from the state for all construction cost School Superintendent William Allard said yesterday he could understand the appre hension about the $86 million bond but he cannot understand why the issue is being raised now when the bond will not have to be issued until next year at the ear liest the larger communities in Hampden County with well trained detectives look to the state police assigned to the dis trict office for techni cal assistance in major criminal investigations within their juris Castleman said The Longmeadow attorney who faces Democrat William Ben nett in the Nov 6 election said such cuts do not well for our law abiding citizens who will suffer because of the lack of Castleman said the next district attorney will be faced with difficult experienced decision making to continue the programs and investigations which should be provided to the citizens of Ham pden SPORT RADIAL PREMIUM AU SEASON BY GOODRICH 50000 MILE GUARANTEE 16570R13 17570R13 18570R13 18570R14 19570R14 20570R14 J25O J500 Associated Press photo JURY AT SHOOTING SCENE Jurors from the trial of Albert Lewin are led yesterday by court offi cers past apartment house in Boston where Boston police Detective Sherman Griffiths was fa tally shot during a police drug raid in 1988 Lewin is charged in the shooting His trial began this week in Greenfield DECORATING WORLD 5 North Westfield St eeding Hills MA 789 2100 ULL ROAD HAZARD SO 000 MILE 141 Elm Street Westfield 568 1911 300 Southampton Road Westfield 562 2308 206 Park Street West Springfield 739 2555 655 Main Street Agawam 786 8590 462 College Highway Southwick 569 1223 Compare your present checking account to ours and you'll end up coming to Westfield Savings Bank for an Advantage NOW account 563 Salmon Brook St Rt 10 202 GRANBV CT 06035 653 2201 Using a projection screen tele vision Minniti played a videotape samnler of nroerams offered 'on roomful of reporters and cable TV company executives Channel 13 relies on satellite feeds from RAI an Italian based network and Telemundo a His panic network for much of its weekday programming On weekends Channel 13 adds Portuguese Polish and Greek programs to its lineup Spanish language programs in clude reports from Cable News Network (CNN) Top Rank Box ing World Wrestling ederation matches theatrical films situa tion comedies and game shows Channel 13 also offers a daily news broadcast from Italy as well as operas concerts and Euro pean soccer Soccer is one of the top attractions Minniti said will interrupt our Spanish broadcasts from Telemundo for Minniti said Minniti said he Ruzzier and' partner Paul all avid? soccer fans founded Channel 13' partially out of frustration over the lack of European soccer broadcasts in the area As proof Minniti waited unfilj Inter Milan an Italian soccen team had built up a healthy lead over Rapid of Vienna during a live broadcast before he switched off the game in the reception halls and played the videotape sampler of the programs Springfield service Westfield Savings Bank "serving your needs since 1853" $59 $61 $60 $63 $65 $68 GUARANTEE Electrical Outage Saturday October 6 1 990 On Saturday October 6 1990 the Westfield Gas Electric Light Department will be upgrading the electrical distribution system in the Mechanic St area As a result of this work there will be periodic power outages between approximately 6:30 AM and 12:00 PM in the following areas: Mechanic St Mechanic St Chapel St Thomas St Also there will be periodic power outages between approximately 10 AM and 3:00 rM in the tollowing areas: Mechanic Street Birge Avenue Bartlett Street Meadow Street In the event of inclement weather the work will be done on Saturday October 13 1 990 at the same time We are sorry for any inconvenience that this may cause By WESLEY BLIXT GREENIELD Opening arguements are expected to begin this morning in the murder trial of Albert Lewin accused of shoot ing Boston police detective Sher man Griffiths during a drug raid on apartment 30 months ago A ranklin county jury of 12 women and four men yesterday visited the building and apartment where Lewin lived and where Griffiths was shot as he tried to break down the door to apartment on eb 17 1988 The all white jury was chosen from among a pool of more than 100 potential jurors more than a quarter of whom were excused almost immediately after saying they held a bias or prejudice that would prevent them from judging the case fairly Judge John Irwin asked each remaining juror individually whether the fact the Lewin is black and Jamaican would influ ence his or her ability to render a fair verdict and whether imparti ality might be skewed by testimo ny regarding drug dealing Lewin has not been charged with any drug offense A significant number of those screened expressed doubts about DUNLOP QUESTOR AU SEASON STEEL RADIALS 1 5580R 1 31 WHITEWALL 16580R13 17580R13 18580R13 17575R14 18575R14 19575R14 Castleman criticizes plan to reassign state police By RAY KELLY HARTORD Inside a small brick building between a pizzeria the multilingual station too aind on Ita han A morinan cnmnl 0 nw club the owners of a multilingual television station last night out lined plans to begin broadcasts to Greater Springfield viewers on Jan 1 Lucio Ruzzier president of Channel 13 W13B TV said con struction of a 199 foot transmit ting tower on Provin Mountain in Agawam would begin within seve ral weeks The 1000 watt tower will relay the Channel 13 signal to viewers in Springfield Agawam West Springfield Chicopee and Holyoke over Channel 65 W65BX TV he said soon as the ground breaks to build the tower we will also begin negotiations with Western Massachusetts cable Ruzzier said He announced the start date for Channel 65 during a press confer ence and open house called to cel ebrate the inclusion on two additional Connecticut cable systems Owners billed Channel 13 as global superstation from Although Channel 13 has only an 80 watt signal it is carried by seven cable TV franchises and reaches viewers in 61 commu nities in Connecticut Once the signal is offered by cable companies its visual and audio quality rivals the 4 million watt stations Salvatore Minniti Channel 13 vice president said Minin111111 Balance for ree Check Writing Minimum Balance to Earn Interest Interest Earned Unlimited ree Check Writing Privileges Monthly Maintenance Charges ree ATM Card Overdraft Protection Available Safe ully Insured Deposits I Local Savings Bank riendly Knowledgeable Service fl 1 nlimitedfreecheekwmgpnvi 4 cheek written rom our to yours News about homes maintenance and decorating in the Home section of The Sunday Republican CUSTOM WHEELS WE HAVE THEM ALL! 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