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VOLUME CLXXXVI CCOOUURRAANNTT..CCOOMM SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 2022
CORONAVIRUS IN CONNECTICUT
Lamont asks to extend emergencies
Governor wants public health, civil preparedness submit to weekly testing. began spreading in the state in extend the emergencies and also
While Lamont had been talking March 2020. codify most of the remaining exec-
declarations to continue as pandemic persists
for days about shifting some While the Democratic-con- utive orders into law.
authority to the legislature, his trolled legislature has extended “We shouldn’t be doing both,
By Christopher Keating In addition, Lamont is asking formal request — distributed to Lamont’s powers six times, Repub- and his letter is asking for both,
Hartford Courant the legislature to codify into law 11 all legislators — did not come until licans and some Democrats have which doesn’t make any sense,’’
executive orders, such as a mask shortly after 6 p.m. Friday. pushed back by saying that the Candelora said in an interview.
HARTFORD — In a late letter mandate for children in school “I say to the legislature: what legislature should be restored to “The governor, on the one hand,
issued Friday evening, Gov. Ned and COVID-19 safety measures say you?’’ Lamont said in a news a co-equal branch of government is asking for the status quo to keep
Lamont asked the legislature to for nursing home visitors. But he conference this week. after nearly two years. things the way things he’s had it
extend Connecticut’s public health is not asking for an extension of Lamont’s emergency powers House Republican leader with the emergency powers. Yet,
and civil preparedness emergen- the current mandate that requires as governor are scheduled to end Vincent Candelora of North Bran- at the same time, he wants us to
cies as the coronavirus pandemic state employees in the execu- on Feb. 15, which would be almost ford said Friday night that he was
heads toward its third year. tive branch to be vaccinated or to two full years since the pandemic confused that Lamont wants to Turn to Emergencies, Page 3
Russia,
US to
keep
talking
Answer to Kremlin’s
demand on troops is
expected next week
By Michael Crowley
and Anton Troianovski
The New York Times
GENEVA — The United
States and Russia agreed Friday
to keep diplomacy alive in their
standoff over Ukraine, even as
both sides continued to raise the
military stakes on the ground.
Secretary of State Antony
Blinken told his Russian coun-
terpart, Foreign Minister
Sergey Lavrov, in Geneva that
the United States would provide
written responses next week to
New Amtrak President and CEO Stephen Gardner speaks Friday about the future of transportation at Union Station in New Haven. Cutting ride times Russia’s demands that the West
and adding trains to the fleet are part of the Northeast Corridor Commission’s Connect NEC 2035 plan. SEAMUS MCAVOY/HARTFORD COURANT scale back its military presence
in Eastern Europe.
Both sides said that the diplo-
‘AN EXCITING
mats planned to speak again
after that, and they left the door
open to another conversation
between President Joe Biden
and President Vladimir Putin.
Blinken said he also wanted
TIME FOR RAIL’ to use the opportunity to share
directly with Lavrov some
“concrete ideas to address
some of the concerns that you
have raised, as well as the deep
concerns that many of us have
about Russia’s actions.”
Blinken said Lavrov repeated
Slashing Amtrak ride times among goals amid surge of federal funds Russia’s insistence that it has
no plans to invade Ukraine, but
the U.S. and its allies were not
By Seamus McAvoy | Hartford Courant How much is convinced.
“We’re looking at what is
While the dreamed-of one-hour ride time from New Amtrak getting? visible to all, and it is deeds
Gardner, who stepped into the job on and actions and not words that
Haven to New York City remains far away, Connecti-
Jan. 17, on Friday called himself “abso- make all the difference,” he
cut lawmakers and Amtrak leaders said Friday they lutely the luckiest CEO in Amtrak said, adding that Russia should
history,” and it’s easy to see why. remove its troops from the
intend to maximize historic levels of federal funding
Gardner will oversee the largest Ukrainian border if it wanted
to improve the region’s rail infrastructure. one-shot investment into the rail system to prove its point.
since its creation in 1971: $22 billion in But tensions continued to
The injection of rail funds made possi- in New Haven with newly appointed direct funding, which far exceeds the $8 rise. Russia has been ferry-
ble by the Biden administration’s $1 tril- Amtrak president and CEO Stephen billion it received in 2009. Tens of billions ing more troops, armor and
lion infrastructure law runs parallel to Gardner. of dollars will also be available to Amtrak advanced anti-aircraft systems
the projects already underway in the “This meeting today, I think, cements and other groups in the form of compet- toward Belarus, a Russian ally
state, leaders say, which aim to cut ride the partnership between the state of itive grants. and Ukraine’s northern neigh-
times while increasing safety, reliability Connecticut and Amtrak to make the The Northeast Corridor, which refers to bor, putting a growing force
and comfort. most beneficial, most creative usage of the larger rail network primarily owned by within range of the Ukrainian
“This is an important relationship,” the Amtrak dollars, and the state/local Amtrak, will receive $30 billion; Amtrak capital, Kyiv, for what Russia
said Sen. Chris Murphy, at a news partnership dollars,” Murphy said, insisted were exercises.
conference Friday inside Union Station flanked by Gardner and state leaders. Turn to Amtrak, Page 2 And the United States
Turn to Russia, Page 2
Delta Sigma Theta leader made ‘great impact’
Hartford native Hickmon dies months after being colleague, friend, and most of all, “Divine Nine,” during their last tions at the national, regional and
sister,” the sorority said in a state- national convention in November local levels.
elected national president of ‘Divine Nine’ sorority
ment. 2021 in Atlanta. The 1984 gradu- “Throughout her member-
“The entire sisterhood of Delta ate of South Carolina State Univer- ship with the organization, she
By Kellie Love ment from the sorority. Sigma Theta Sorority, Incorpo- sity was a member of the Hartford served in many capacities. From
Hartford Courant “President Hickmon was a rated mourns the loss of President Alumnae Chapter of Delta Sigma vice president to Atlantic regional
devoted member of Delta Sigma Hickmon. During this difficult Theta Sorority, Inc., and was initi- representative, her dedication
Hartford native Cheryl A. Hick- Theta since 1982 and served in time, we ask that you respect her ated through the Alpha Xi Chapter and commitment to seeing the
mon, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority various capacities at the chapter, family’s privacy and keep them in at South Carolina State University. legacy organization thrive were
Inc. national president and chair region, and national level before your prayers.” For 39 years, Hickmon was an unmatched,” the NAACP said in a
of its national board of directors, being elected National President. Hickmon was elected to lead the active member of Delta Sigma statement.
died on Thursday after battling a She is remembered not only for Deltas, one of nine Black sorori- Theta and held numerous elected
recent illness, according to a state- her role as a leader but for being a ties and fraternities known as the and appointed leadership posi- Turn to Hickmon, Page 2
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FROM PAGE ONE
Amtrak Proponents of high-speed slash ride times by 30 minutes is an exciting time for rail artery for the state’s shoreline in the city’s Pennsylvania
rail say Amtrak has been and grow the number of trains in Connecticut, and in the communities. Station, in addition to Grand
from Page 1 underfunded for years. The in the service’s fleet by 33%. country,” Giulietti said, high- Murphy suggested that Central, in “the near future.”
rail service was a repeated “Connecticut, right now, lighting the state’s ambitious the difference in economic Other projects include
will pocket $6 billion target of the Trump adminis- has the best team for rail I Time for CT plan. development between cities replacing the century-old
directly, with the other $24 tration, which threatened to can imagine,” Gardner said. The project aims to slash like Stamford and Bridge- Connecticut River Bridge,
billion going into a state and slash its already meager fund- Gardner’s ties to the state ride times by 10 minutes port has much to do with which currently services
federal partnership account, ing sources by as much as 50% extend to a 20-year relation- before the end of 2022, the difference in travel time freight carriers and nearly
Murphy said. ahead of the 2021 fiscal year. ship with Joseph Giulietti, and 25 minutes by 2035, by to New York City. 40 Amtrak-owned trains.
The infrastructure bill On Friday, Gardner Connecticut’s transporta- upgrading the state’s aging It currently takes about 52 “These opportunities don’t
also makes borrowing terms praised Connecticut’s lead- tion commissioner. Giulietti tracks and signal system. minutes to get from Stam- come around often ... and this
more favorable for Amtrak ers and expanded on his served as president of Leaders see myriad ford to New York; leaders is an opportunity to make a
through its primary low-in- vision for rail in the state. Metro-North Railroad from economic benefits, in addi- hope the commute from difference,” Lamont said.
terest loan program, called Through the Northeast 2014 to 2017 before joining tion to environmental ones, Bridgeport to New York
Railroad Rehabilitation and Corridor Commission’s the administration of Gov. in upgrading the state-owned shrinks to about 67 minutes Seamus McAvoy may be
Improvement Financing Connect NEC 2035 plan, Ned Lamont. New Haven line, which by 2035. Lamont added that reached at smcavoy
(RRIF), Murphy said. Gardner said Amtrak plans to “There’s no question this makes for a crucial economic he’s working to get a stop @courant.com
Russia massing more than 100,000 and a withdrawal of NATO
troops near the Ukrainian troops from countries like
from Page 1 border. Biden said this week Poland and Baltic nations
that he thought Putin would that used to be aligned with
has authorized Estonia, attempt to “test the West” or part of the Soviet Union.
Latvia and Lithuania to by launching an invasion, The United States has
send Stinger anti-aircraft a prediction that went well dismissed those demands
missiles to Ukrainian forces, beyond the formal intelli- as nonstarters, even as U.S.
augmenting the Javelin anti- gence assessments described officials offered talks on
tank missile deliveries to by White House officials. other matters, such as mili-
Ukraine that Britain began The U.S. might welcome tary exercises and the place-
this month. more time to rally and ment of missiles.
The State Department coordinate allies and plan “We didn’t expect any
also confirmed this week contingency options. But breakthroughs to happen
that the Biden administra- the Russians may value the today,” Blinken said. “But
tion approved an additional appearance of an extended, I believe we are now on
$200 million in defensive good-faith diplomatic effort a clearer path in terms of
military aid to Ukraine, on before any potential inva- understanding each other’s
top of $450 million in the sion and may welcome time concerns.”
past fiscal year. to mobilize more troops. Lavrov, addressing the
“The president will head The 90-minute meeting media separately after the
this weekend to Camp David Friday came at the end of a meeting, said Russia would
with his national security whirlwind trip to Europe wait for the United States’
team to discuss the situation A Ukrainian soldier maintains a position Friday in a trench on the line of separation across from for Blinken, who stopped in written response before
— some will be virtual; some pro-Russia militia fighters in the Donetsk region of Ukraine. ANDRIY DUBCHAK/AP Kyiv and Berlin this week. deciding on next steps. Putin
will be there in person,” Lavrov described the talks has warned that Russia
White House press secre- rhetoric, there were signs Dec. 30 with a phone call use of force as its only option. as “a useful, honest discus- would take unspecified “mili-
tary Jen Psaki said. “We will that both sides were trying between Putin and Biden, It is unclear who might sion,” while Blinken called tary-technical” actions to
also continue to consult with to keep tensions in check and and continued with a series benefit more from a delay, them “direct, businesslike” ensure its security if the West
our allies and partners, and give diplomacy time to play of three meetings last week if Russia remains poised to and “not polemical.” did not agree to its demands.
we will respond next week out. Their agreement Friday that provided no break- invade Ukraine — a decision Russia’s demands include
in writing.” to keep negotiating draws throughs but prevented U.S. officials believe Putin a legally binding halt to Associated Press
Still, after weeks of heated out a run of talks that started Russia from portraying the has not yet made, despite NATO’s eastward expansion contributed.
Hickmon nor Ned Lamont remem- Susan Bysiewicz also offered Twitter. for Andrology and Endo- Hickmon is the daugh-
bered Hickmon as a “valued her condolences to the Hartford Mayor Luke crinology at Montefiore’s ter of the late Dr. Ned Hick-
from Page 1 member of our big Connecti- family, friends and sorors of Bronin also shared his Institute for Reproduc- mon and the late Consuella
cut family” in a statement on Hickmon. thoughts on Hickmon’s tive Medicine and Health Anderson Hickmon of
“Among her accolades, Twitter. “I had the pleasure of passing. in Hartsdale, New York, a Hartford. She has two older
she received the 100 Most “As the National President meeting President Hickmon “What a heartbreaking division of the Montefiore brothers, Ned and David
Influential African Ameri- of Delta Sigma Theta Soror- when she spoke at Hartford loss. Our prayers are with Medical Center and a teach- Hickmon, both of Hartford.
can in the State of Connecti- ity Inc. and President of the Alumnae’s annual Martin Cheryl Hickmon’s family ing hospital of the Albert According to her bio
cut by the Connecticut Hartford Alumnae Chap- Luther King, Jr. Scholarship and with all of the Deltas she Einstein College of Medi- on the Delta Sigma Theta
Chapters of the NAACP ter, her work to enlighten, Breakfast. Her passionate led and loved here in Hart- cine. She was a licensed website, Hickmon lived
and the Citizen of the Year educate, and elevate young remarks were both inspiring ford and around the country clinical laboratory tech- her life by the motto, “Don’t
Award from Omega Psi Phi Black women made a great and uplifting and her service and the world.” nologist and worked in the measure life by the number
Fraternity, Inc. (Tau Iota impact on many lives,” he to the Connecticut commu- Professionally, Hickmon reproductive medical labo- of breaths you take but by
Chapter).” said. nity will not be forgotten,” supervised the In Vitro ratory for more than 30 the number of moments that
Connecticut Gover- Connecticut Lt. Gov. she said in a statement on Fertilization Laboratories years. take your breath away.”
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FROM PAGE ONE
Lamont: Property tax relief a priority
Governor seeking Industry Association. manufacturing apprentice- agree to business requests Interest rates are low, at last year’s annual CBIA
The Democratic gover- ships would cost the state a for additional federal making borrowing cheaper meeting to rule out broad-
to ease burden
nor, who has announced relatively small $1.4 million, pandemic aid to help reduce and unemployment claims based tax increases that
on the middle class he’ll seek a second term this but would send a “huge debt in the unemploy- have plummeted as the helped set the tone for the
year, said he also hopes to message” to manufacturers. ment insurance fund. The economy strengthens and legislative session.
By Stephen Singer eliminate taxes on pensions. Lamont said he and the state has used relief from businesses hire workers, With a state budget
Hartford Courant Pressed on business tax General Assembly should Washington to pay back he said. The state has paid surplus and an election in
relief, Lamont advised CBIA “take a good, hard look at about $150 million of $700 down an additional $250 2022, Lamont and state
Gov. Ned Lamont on President Chris DiPentima the property tax” on homes million borrowed from the million, the governor said. legislators are now debat-
Friday told Connecticut’s to work with the administra- and cars. federal government when DiPentima said in an inter- ing proposed tax cuts.
largest business group he’ll tion and “our friends in the “It’s a tax that’s fixed. jobs vanished during the view following the meet- Senate Republicans
make property tax relief a legislature to see what the You’ve got to pay it during pandemic and unemploy- ing he was not surprised by have called for temporarily
priority this year and will priorities are.” bad times and good times,” ment claims soared. Lamont’s priorities. With cutting the state’s sales tax
leave to the General Assem- If tax cuts were tied to he said. “The rest of it as of right about three weeks until the and eliminating an addi-
bly any action on business job creation and economic “It’s unforgiving in that now would fall on the General Assembly’s Feb. 9 tional 1% tax on meals at
tax relief. growth, that would make “it sense. It hits the middle class shoulders of the business start, the governor and the restaurants and supermar-
“I’m going to present to all the more compelling and particularly hard,” Lamont community come around House and Senate Demo- kets starting on Feb. 15. The
the legislature a plan for a much easier case for me said. “That will be one of November when the assess- cratic and Republican total tax cut by Republicans
significant property tax to make,” the governor said. my strong initiatives... to do ments come,” DiPentima caucuses are setting their would be $315 million for
reform that particularly hits, DiPentima said business what we can to reduce the said. priorities, he said. the remainder of the 2022
I think, the middle class, to tax relief would cost the property tax and expand the Lamont said he is a “little Lamont, who wore black calendar year.
provide relief there,” he state about $200 million, base of who gets access to hesitant” and that he has to to mark the death Thurs-
said at the annual economic but no tax cut or credit property tax reduction and decide if it’s more important day of rocker and one-time Stephen Singer can be
outlook meeting of the alone would be significant. also focus on the cars.” to use federal money to buy Connecticut resident Meat reached at ssinger@
Connecticut Business & For example, a credit for Lamont also would not additional testing resources. Loaf, used his appearance courant.com,
Emergencies “There are compelling In addition, the state Kelly and all other Repub- week requires that visitors tic that we have seen the
reasons to continue the would receive $32.6 million licans have voted against the to nursing homes must show peak of omicron COVID-
from Page 1 emergency declarations for families for food stamps extensions in the past. either proof of full vaccina- 19 infections,’’ he wrote.
because, as the past few for January 2022 alone. For “Instead of declaring tion against COVID-19 or a “There has been a steady
vote on 11 executive orders. weeks have shown, we are eligible households, the the emergency himself, recent negative test. decline over the past week
I don’t support pretending still in a state of emergency,’’ average additional supple- he’s saying to the legisla- “To wait until a Friday in the number of patients
that we’re going to do our Lamont wrote. “The nature ment would be nearly $155 ture: why don’t you declare evening to let these impact- hospitalized due to COVID-
job by voting on orders that of this virus is such that per month. it?’’ Kelly said. “This is ful intentions be known 19, and the decline follows
the governor ultimately has conditions change rapidly, Candelora, however, said the seventh request for an speaks for itself,” said trends that public health
final say on, anyway. I don’t with the resulting need to he believes the state could extension, and I think the Republican Sen John Kissel, experts have seen with the
understand it.’’ have the tools in place to still receive the federal people are tired. They want who has served in the legis- omicron variant in South
The next regular session respond quickly to an ongo- money without extend- their government back. lature for nearly 30 years. Africa and Great Britain.
of the General Assem- ing public health threat.’’ ing the emergencies. The They want their voice back. “As the voice of the people of But, while hospitalizations
bly begins on Feb. 9. No The emergency declara- Lamont administration, The governor sees that and north-central Connecticut, are trending downward,
final decisions have been tions are important, he said, however, rejected that feels that. We’ve had 22 I continue to note that the they remain very high and
announced, but Senate because the state would argument in the past. months to get this right. Connecticut legislature has rising nursing home cases
President Pro Tem Martin receive more than $50 Senate Republican leader It’s not the emergency it been relegated to sit at the continue to pose a chal-
B. Looney said previously million in federal funds. Kevin Kelly of Stratford initially was.’’ ‘Baby Table’ for far too long. lenge. There remains a
that it was possible that the If the state remains in said the legislature should While the vaccination and While the governor’s Friday need to maintain the limited
legislature could take action a state of emergency, the hold public hearings in the testing mandate would not evening notes are welcome, number of executive orders
on opening day — less than a Federal Emergency Manage- coming weeks before voting be extended for low-risk my answer to his request is that we have successfully
week before the governor’s ment Agency, known as on the 11 executive orders. state employees like accoun- still a strong ‘no.’ ‘‘ used to respond to both the
powers expire. FEMA, “will continue to “We need to get the people tants in offices, Lamont’s Despite seeking contin- delta and omicron variants
In a six-page letter to cover 100 percent of the involved,’’ Kelly said in a tele- executive order for state uation of the emergencies, of COVID-19.’’
General Assembly leaders, non-congregate housing phone interview. “The poli- hospital employees would Lamont expressed optimism
Lamont said the state has costs, which is estimated cies would be better. When continue. about the state’s health pros- Christopher Keating can
still not gotten full control by March 2022 to be $20 the legislature wants to Another executive order pects. be reached at ckeating@
over the deadly virus. million,’’ Lamont said. move, they can move.’’ that was announced this “I am cautiously optimis- courant.com
MEAT LOAF 1947-2022 LOUIE ANDERSON 1953-2022
‘Bat Out of Hell’ singer and Emmy-winning comedian
actor was a beloved superstar made waves in ‘Baskets’ role
By Hillel Italie By Lynn Elber
Associated Press Associated Press
NEW YORK — Meat LOS ANGELES — Louie
Loaf, the heavyweight rock Anderson, whose four-
superstar loved by millions decade career as a come-
for his “Bat Out of Hell” dian and actor included
debut album and for such his unlikely, Emmy-win-
theatrical, dark-hearted ning performance as mom
anthems as “Paradise By to twin adult sons in the
the Dashboard Light,” “Two TV series “Baskets,” died
Out of Three Ain’t Bad,” and Friday. He was 68.
“I’d Do Anything for Love Anderson died at a hospi-
(But I Won’t Do That),” died tal in Las Vegas of compli-
Thursday. He was 74. cations from cancer, said
No cause of death or other Glenn Schwartz, his long-
details were given, but the time publicist.
singer, born Marvin Lee Anderson had a type of
Aday, had numerous health non-Hodgkin lymphoma,
scares over the years. A Schwartz said previously.
family statement provided by The round-faced Ander-
his longtime agent Michael son used his girth and a
Greene confirmed his death. checkered childhood in St.
“Our hearts are broken,” Meat Loaf was one of the most recognizable performers in Paul, Minnesota, as fodder
the statement said. “We rock. He died Thursday. JAMIE SQUIRE/GETTY 2003 for his early stand-up Louie Anderson, a stand-up comic who won an Emmy for the
know how much he meant routines. series “Baskets,” has died at 68. PRESLEY ANN/GETTY 2018
to so many of you and we film appearances, including sity of North Texas. He had a lifelong battle
truly appreciate all of the “Fight Club” and cameos on He left for Los Angeles with weight, but said in a his mom with the character. appearances in several TV
love and support as we move “Glee” and “South Park.” after college and was soon 1987 interview with The Anderson’s early jobs series, including “Scrubs”
through this time of grief Meat Loaf’s biggest fronting the band Meat Associated Press that he’d included counseling trou- and “Touched by an Angel,”
in losing such an inspiring musical success after “Bat Loaf Soul. For years, he put a stop to using his size bled children. and was on the big screen
artist and beautiful man.” Out of Hell” was “Bat Out alternated between music as stage material. He changed course after in 1988’s “Coming to Amer-
“Bat Out of Hell,” his of Hell II: Back into Hell,” and the stage, recording “I’ve always been big,” he winning a 1981 Midwest ica” and in last year’s sequel
mega-selling collabora- a 1993 reunion with Stein- briefly for Motown, open- said. “But I don’t do fat jokes comedy competition, where to the Eddie Murphy
tion with songwriter Jim man that sold more than 15 ing for such acts as the Who anymore.” he was spotted by veteran comedy.
Steinman and producer million copies and featured and the Grateful Dead and In later years, his life as comic Henny Youngman, In a magazine interview,
Todd Rundgren, came out the Grammy-winning single appearing in the Broadway one of 11 children in a family according to Schwartz. Anderson recounted getting
in 1977 and made him one “I’d Do Anything for Love production of “Hair.” headed by a troubled father Anderson worked as a the role after he spotted
of the most recognizable (But I Won’t Do That).” By the mid-1970s, he and devoted mother was a writer for Youngman and Murphy, who he knew from
performers in rock ’n’ roll. Meat Loaf’s other albums was in the theater and film deeper source of reflection then gained onstage expe- working in comedy clubs,
Fans fell hard for the included “Bat Out of Hell versions of “The Rocky and inspiration for Ander- rience while crisscrossing at a Los Angeles restaurant.
roaring vocals of the long- III: The Monster is Loose,” Horror Picture Show,” had son, both in his screen work the United States. Anderson said hello, then
haired, 250-plus pound “Hell in a Handbasket” and served as an understudy and in his bestselling books. His big break came in made a costly decision that
singer and for the comic “Braver Than We Are.” for his friend John Belushi His latest book, 2018’s 1984 when Johnny Carson, paid off.
non-romance of the title His songs included “Dead for the stage production of “Hey Mom,” was a trib- known for showcasing “Take Eddie Murphy’s
track, “You Took The Words Ringer for Love” with Cher. National Lampoon and had ute in letters to the lessons rising comedians on “The check and put it on my
Right Out of My Mouth,” She shared on Twitter that begun working with Stein- he learned from her and Tonight Show,” brought credit card, but don’t tell
“Two Out of Three Ain’t she “had so much fun” on man on “Bat Out of Hell.” how-to tips on facing life’s him on to perform. him until after I leave,”
Bad” and “Paradise By the the duet. “Am very sorry for Steinman had known challenges. Anderson was a famil- Anderson recalled telling
Dashboard Light,” an oper- his family, friends and fans.” Meat Loaf since the singer He also gave the late Ora iar face elsewhere on TV, a waiter. He ended up with
atic cautionary tale about A native of Dallas, Aday appeared in his 1973 musical Zella Anderson a shoutout including as host of a revival a $600 charge, but Murphy
going all the way. was born Sept. 27, 1947. “More Than You Deserve” for his “Baskets” role. of the game show “Family called to thank him and
After a slow start and He was the son of a school and some of the songs on “I just started writing Feud” from 1999 to 2002, offered to write a part for
mixed reviews, “Bat Out teacher who raised him on “Bat Out of Hell,” including with one letter, saying, ‘Hey and on comedy specials and him in “Coming to Amer-
of Hell” became one of her own after divorcing his “All Revved Up With No Mom, I’m playing you on in frequent late-night talk ica,” Anderson said.
the top-selling albums alcoholic father, a police offi- Place to Go,” were initially TV. I hope you see it. I hope show appearances. His books included “Dear
in history, with world- cer. He was still a teenager written for a planned stage you’re a part of it ...’ ” Ander- Anderson voiced an Dad — Letters From An
wide sales of more than when his mother died and show based on the story of son told the AP that year. animated version of himself Adult Child, “ a collection
40 million copies. Meat when he acquired the nick- Peter Pan. “Bat Out of Hell” He won the best support- as a kid in “Life With Louie.” of letters from Anderson to
Loaf wasn’t a consistent name Meat Loaf, the alleged took more than two years ing actor Emmy in 2016 for He created the cartoon his late father; “Good-bye
hit maker, especially after origins of which range from to find a taker as numerous his portrayal of Christine series, which first aired Jumbo. Hello Cruel World,”
falling out for years with his weight to a favorite record executives turned it Baskets, mother to twins in prime time in late 1994 a self-help book, and “The F
Steinman. But he main- recipe of his mother’s. down. played by Zach Galifianakis, before moving to Saturday Word, How To Survive Your
tained close ties with his Aday, who sang and acted He is survived by Debo- in the FX series “Baskets.” morning for its 1995-98 run. Family.”
fans through his manic live in high school, attended rah Gillespie, his wife since Anderson, who received Anderson won two Daytime His survivors include
shows, social media and his Lubbock Christian College 2007, and by daughters three consecutive Emmy Emmy Awards for the role. sisters Lisa and Shanna
many television, radio and and what is now the Univer- Pearl and Amanda Aday. nods for the role, credited He also made guest Anderson.
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CDC: 3 studies back booster shots
Extra doses shown made by Pfizer-BioN-
Tech and Moderna, or two
to limit omicron
months after a single dose
infections, death of the Johnson & Johnson
vaccine.
By Apoorva Mandavilli The usefulness of booster
The New York Times shots in Americans younger
than 50 was a topic of strong
Booster shots of the debate last fall. Several
Pfizer- BioNTech and experts argued then that
Moderna vaccines are not third shots were unnec-
just preventing infections essary for younger adults
with the contagious omicron because two vaccine doses
variant — they are also keep- were holding up well.
ing infected Americans from Some of those experts
ending up in the hospital, remained unconvinced by
according to data published the new data.
Friday by the Centers for It was clear even months
Disease Control and Preven- ago that older adults and
tion. those with weakened
The extra doses are 90% immune systems would
effective against hospital- benefit from extra doses of
ization with the variant, the the vaccine, said Dr. Paul
agency reported. Booster Offit, director of the Vaccine
shots also reduced the like- Education Center at Chil-
lihood of a visit to an emer- dren’s Hospital of Phila-
gency department or urgent delphia and a member of
care clinic. The extra doses the FDA’s vaccine advisory
were most effective against committee.
infection and death among But “where is the
Americans 50 and older, the evidence that a third dose
data showed. benefits a healthy young
“If you are eligible for person?” he asked.
a booster and you haven’t “If you’re trying to stop
gotten it, ... you need to get A teen prepares for a COVID-19 vaccine booster Wednesday in Rochester Hills, Mich. EMILY ELCONIN/THE NEW YORK TIMES the spread of this virus,
your booster,” CDC Director vaccinate the unvaccinated,”
Dr. Rochelle Walensky said “Data from other coun- have received one. did after two shots, noted United States — for exam- he said. “We keep trying to
Friday during a briefing on tries have also shown signif- Friday’s results are Natalie Dean, a biostatisti- ple, in the way Israel defines further protect the already
the Biden administration’s icant benefit of getting the based on three new stud- cian at Emory University. severe illness — that made it protected.”
response to the pandemic. booster, but this is really ies led by the CDC. In one “We just have to recognize challenging to interpret the But other experts
Overall, the new data showing it in the U.S.,” Akiko study, researchers analyzed that all these estimates of relevance of Israeli data for changed their minds in favor
show that the vaccines were Iwasaki, an immunologist hospitalizations and visits omicron third-dose protec- Americans, they said. of boosters because of the
more protective against the at Yale University, said of to emergency departments tion are going to be people Some members of the highly contagious omicron
delta variant than against the figures released Friday. and urgent care clinics in 10 who are pretty recently Biden administration variant. Even if two doses
omicron, which lab stud- “These numbers should be states from Aug. 26, 2021, to boosted,” she said. “We do supported the use of booster were enough to keep young
ies have found is partially very convincing.” Jan. 5, 2022. wonder the durability of doses even before the scien- people out of hospitals, they
able to sidestep the body’s On Thursday night, the Vaccine effectiveness boosters themselves.” tific advisers of the agencies said, a third dose could limit
immune response. CDC published additional against hospitalization with When debating booster had a chance to review the virus spread by preventing
It is generally accepted data showing that in Decem- the omicron variant fell shot recommendations for data from Israel. Federal infections.
that booster shots keep ber, unvaccinated Amer- to just 57% in people who all American adults, scien- health officials intensi- “They’re both data-
people from becom- icans 50 and older were had received their second tific advisers to the Food fied their boosters-for-all driven, legitimate posi-
ing infected, at least for a about 45 times more likely dose more than six months and Drug Administra- campaign after the arrival tions,” said John Moore, a
while. Data from Israel and to be hospitalized than those earlier, the authors found. tion and the CDC repeat- of the omicron variant. virus expert at Weill Cornell
other countries have also who were vaccinated and A third shot restored that edly bemoaned the lack of The CDC now recom- Medicine in New York. But
suggested that boosters can got a third shot. protection to 90%. booster shot data that was mends booster shots for at this point, the debate is
help prevent severe illness Yet less than 40% of fully It is unclear whether specific to the United States. everyone 12 and older, five over: “We are using boosters
and hospitalization, espe- vaccinated Americans who protection from the boost- There are differences months after getting two in everyone and that’s what’s
cially in older adults. are eligible for a booster shot ers might also wane as it between Israel and the doses of the mRNA vaccines happening.”
Optimism high at March for Life
Protesters gather string of defeats over efforts lenge and overturn Roe,”
to block a law that since said Sen. Jeanne Shaheen,
while justices mull
September has banned abor- D-N.H. “It’s time to sound
abortion rights tions once cardiac activity is the alarm and make clear:
detected, which is usually decisions about our bodies,
By Ashraf Khalil, around six weeks and before our health care and our
Paul J. Weber some women know they are future belong to us.”
and Emily Wagster Pettus pregnant. Dozens of GOP lawmak-
Associated Press Another loss for Texas ers appeared at the march
clinics came Thursday, or as part of a video voic-
WASHINGTON — when the Supreme Court ing allegiance with those in
Thousands of anti-abor- refused to speed up the attendance. White House
tion protesters were in a ongoing challenge over the press secretary Jen Psaki
celebratory mood Friday as law, which providers say is took note of the anniversary
they rallied in the nation’s now likely to stay in effect of the Roe v. Wade as part
capital and marched to for the foreseeable future. of Friday’s press briefing,
the Supreme Court with a “This law is cruel and saying “reproductive health
growing sense of optimism unconstitutional, and I am care has been under extreme
that their goal was finally in deeply disappointed that and relentless assault ever
reach: a sweeping rollback of our judicial system has done since, especially in recent
abortion rights. very little to stop it,” said months.”
The March for Life, for Amy Hagstrom Miller, pres- She said the Biden admin-
decades an annual protest ident of Whole Woman’s istration was committed to
against abortion, was held Health, which operates four working with Congress to
as the Supreme Court has Some of the thousands of protesters at the annual anti-abortion March for Life on Friday in abortion clinics in Texas. pass a bill that protects the
indicated it will allow states Washington. SUSAN WALSH/AP Lawmakers from both right to provide and access
to impose tighter restrictions parties weighed in Friday to abortion care free from
on abortion with a ruling in on the event’s Facebook ous marches may have had marched to the Supreme note the anniversary of Roe forced waiting periods,
the coming months — and page that they will not attend larger crowds but he doesn’t Court with chants that v. Wade and reflect on the biased counseling and other
possibly overturn the land- because of vaccine mandates recall this level of optimism. included “Hey hey, ho ho, shifting political landscape restrictions.
mark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling for people going to restau- He said the crowds grew Roe v. Wade has got to go!” surrounding abortion. Mississippi state Sen. Joey
that affirmed the constitu- rants and other places in the “gigantic” under former Abortion rights groups “It has been an eye-open- Fillingane, a Republican
tional right to an abortion. District of Columbia. President Donald Trump worry that at least 26 states ing year for the cause of life who pushed for the state’s
“It doesn’t feel real. Still, the rally drew a and the movement’s enthu- are in line to further limit in America, and we have strict abortion laws, said
There’s so much hope and heavy contingent of young siasm grew with each abortion access if Roe is made significant progress in that if Roe were nullified, he
vibrancy and happiness and people and students bussed Supreme Court appointee weakened or overturned. In defending our youngest and expects states to take differ-
joy at this thing,” said Jordan in by schools and church appointed by Donald Trump December, the court indi- most vulnerable,” said Rep. ent approaches to setting
Moorman of Cincinnati. “I groups. Many were treating during his presidency. cated in a major case that Kevin McCarthy of Califor- their own abortion laws.
really do believe that we’re the end of Roe v. Wade as an “Sometimes I would come it would uphold a Missis- nia, the Republican leader in “I think that’s the way it
in a post-Roe generation.” inevitability. to the March and it would sippi ban on abortions after the House. should be,” he said. “The
The rally, held one day “Hopefully this will be be great to be united with 15 weeks of pregnancy, and “The stakes are higher laws in California, based on
before the 49th anniver- the last March for Life,” said people who share my beliefs, allow states to ban abortion than ever, with the health their population and what
sary of the Roe decision, is the Rev. Andrew Rudmann, but there would also be this even earlier. and autonomy of women they want, may be very
taking place amid a COVID- a Catholic priest from New heaviness,” he said. “This The Mississippi case and families across the different than the laws in
19 surge that limited turnout Orleans, who was attending time the whole language and directly challenges Roe. country hanging in the Mississippi based on what
at the National Mall. Some his 11th event. vibe is different.” Courts have also dealt balance as Republicans our population feels about
abortion opponents posted Rudmann said previ- After the rally, the crowd Texas abortion providers a work to methodically chal- the issue of life.”
Judge in Texas blocks Biden’s vaccine mandate for federal workers
By Adeel Hassan announced in September have sought medical or reli- Texas by President Donald dure as a condition of their on the rise.
The New York Times that more than 3.5 million gious exemptions. Trump in 2019. employment,” he wrote in In that case, conservative
federal workers were “We are confident in Brown said his ruling — in his 20-page ruling. That, justices deemed the policy
A federal judge in Texas required to get vaccinated by our legal authority,” White a lawsuit filed by the group he said, was “a bridge too an improper imposition on
issued a preliminary injunc- Nov. 22. He said that there House press secretary Jen Feds for Medical Freedom far, ” adding that less inva- the lives and health of many
tion Friday blocking the would be no option to get Psaki said Friday after the — was not about whether sive measures could protect Americans. But the court
White House from requir- regularly tested, aside from ruling. people should get vacci- public health. allowed a more modest
ing federal workers to be some religious or medical The judge in Texas, nated against the coronavi- Last week, the Supreme mandate requiring health
vaccinated against the coro- exemptions. Jeffrey Brown, ruled that rus. He wrote that “the court Court blocked the Biden care workers at facilities
navirus — months after the After the deadline passed, opponents of the mandate believes they should.” administration from enforc- receiving federal money to
White House said that 95% the White House said that for federal employees were “It is instead about ing a vaccine-or-testing be vaccinated.
of federal workers were more than 95% of federal likely to succeed at trial and whether the president can, mandate for large employ- The administration’s third
already in compliance. workers were in compli- blocked the government with the stroke of a pen ers, dealing a blow to a major vaccine requirement,
The Justice Department ance with the mandate. On from enforcing the require- and without the input of key element of the White which was aimed at employ-
said it would appeal the Friday, the administration ment. Brown was appointed Congress, require millions House’s plan to address the ees of federal contractors,
ruling. said that 98% of federal to the U.S. District Court for of federal employees to pandemic as cases resulting was blocked by a federal
President Joe Biden workers are vaccinated or the Southern District of undergo a medical proce- from the omicron variant are judge in December.
Hartford Courant | Section 1 | Saturday, January 22, 2022 5
WORLD & NATION
NEWS BRIEFING
Giuliani associate gets
year and day in prison
in foreign donor case
From news services campaign, which was the
subject of one of former
NEW YORK — A Flor- President Donald Trump’s
ida man who helped Rudy impeachment trials, but
Giuliani seek damag- focused instead on dona-
ing information against tions that Fruman and
Joe Biden in Ukraine was Parnas made to U.S. politi-
sentenced to a year and cians as they sought to build
a day in prison and fined influence among Republi-
$10,000 Friday in an unre- cans.
lated campaign finance case. Parnas was convicted in
Igor Fruman was told October of campaign finance
to report to prison March crimes.
14. He pleaded guilty in
September to a single charge Synagogue standoff: The
of solicitation of a contribu- gunman who held four
tion by a foreign national. people captive at a Texas
He admitted soliciting $1 synagogue in a 10-hour
million from Russian entre- standoff that ended with
preneur Andrey Muraviev the hostages escaping and
to donate to Republicans an FBI tactical team rush-
in several states as part of ing in was killed by multiple
an effort to launch a recre- gunshot wounds, according
ational marijuana business. to a medical examiner, who Environmental emergency: Workers remove oil Friday from Peru’s Cavero Beach. Peruvian officials said 21 beaches were
Federal prosecutors in ruled the death a homicide. contaminated by an oil spill at a Spanish-owned refinery caused by surging waves following the Jan. 15 eruption of an undersea
New York had urged Judge The Tarrant County volcano near the South Pacific nation of Tonga. People have been barred from all affected beaches in Peru. MARTIN MEJIA/AP
J. Paul Oetken to sentence Medical Examiner released
Fruman to between three initial information from
and four years in prison. the autopsy of Malik Faisal the assassination of Geor- initial appearance. Republicans in seven has repeatedly called out
Defense lawyers had argued Akram on Friday, six days gia’s election officials on the Stark was not required states — Arizona, Georgia, Beijing over its crackdown
he should not face incarcer- after the 44-year-old Brit- day before the Jan. 6, 2021, to enter a plea and asked Michigan, Nevada, New on democracy activists in
ation. ish citizen took hostages at attack on the U.S. Capitol. the court to appoint him an Mexico, Pennsylvania and Hong Kong and forced labor
Oetken said the crime of Congregation Beth Israel Federal prosecutors attorney. Wisconsin — submitted practices targeting China’s
soliciting foreign money for in the Dallas-area suburb of accused Chad Christo- He faces up to five years in paperwork to the U.S. Senate Uyghur Muslims and other
U.S. political campaigns was Colleyville. pher Stark, 54, of Leander, prison if convicted. and National Archives ethnic minorities in Xinji-
serious and deserved incar- In Texas, a death being Texas, of calling for “Geor- saying they believe Trump ang.
ceration. ruled a homicide indicates gia Patriots” to “put a bullet” Fake electors: Democratic actually won, even though
“It undermines the integ- that one person was killed by in a Georgia election official U.S. Rep. Mark Pocan of he didn’t. Deadly Taiwan fire: Taiwan-
rity of elections in our coun- another but does not neces- whom the indictment refers Wisconsin on Friday asked New Mexico and Pennsyl- ese prosecutors on Friday
try,” he said. “It undermines sarily mean the killing was to as Official A. U.S. Attorney General vania Republicans added a formally charged a suspect
democracy.” a crime. Stark, according to the Merrick Garland for a caveat saying it was done in with homicide and arson in
Fruman, 55, was charged Matt DeSarno, the FBI’s indictment, made the Justice Department inves- case they were later recog- the case of an October fire
with Lev Parnas, another special agent in charge in admonition in a post on tigation into 10 Republican nized as duly elected, qual- that killed 46 and injured
Florida businessman who Dallas, said Friday that Craigslist while then-Pres- electors who submitted false ified electors. dozens.
helped Giuliani’s attempt to Akram’s death “was a result ident Donald Trump and paperwork last year saying Huang Ge-ge is accused
spoil Biden’s quest for the of the deadly force used by his allies were putting pres- former President Donald US-Japan talks: Presi- of deliberately pouring hot
presidency on the Demo- the FBI.” sure on Brad Raffensperger, Trump had won. dent Joe Biden and Japa- ashes on the sofa in the room
cratic ticket. DeSarno also stressed the Georgia secretary of President Joe Biden nese Prime Minister Fumio where her partner, Kuo
The pair served as liai- that the FBI regarded the state who certified Trump’s carried Wisconsin by just Kishida on Friday used Ching-wen, lived, accord-
sons between Giuliani and episode as an act of terror- defeat in the state to Joe under 21,000 votes. their first formal meeting ing to a statement posted
Ukrainian officials and busi- ism that threatened the Biden. The Republicans who met to discuss concerns about by prosecutors in the city of
ness tycoons as the former Jewish community and Stark was charged with have defended the move, China’s growing military Kaohsiung, where the fire
New York City mayor tried “intentionally targeted” a one count of communicat- saying they were submitting assertiveness. took place.
to persuade prosecutors house of worship. The act, ing interstate threats. the votes in case courts over- Kishida said the two The prosecutors said that
in that country to investi- he said, “was committed In addition to the two turned Trump’s loss. leaders spent a “significant Huang, 52, was unhappy
gate Biden’s son, Hunter, by a terrorist espousing an Georgia election officials, Pocan said it was impera- amount” of their 80-minute that Kuo, 53, had not
over his work for an energy anti-Semitic worldview.” Stark’s Craigslist post also tive for the Justice Depart- call on issues surrounding answered her calls or replied
company. threatened a third Georgia ment to act “to deter other China. to messages after they quar-
U.S. prosecutors haven’t Election threats charge: official. officials who may seek to Biden and Kishida also reled earlier that night.
brought any charges The Justice Department on Stark appeared before engage in election fraud.” discussed the situations Huang has been detained
in connection with the Friday charged a Texas man a federal judge in Austin, He urged Garland to act in Hong Kong and China’s since Oct. 16, two days after
Ukrainian influence with publicly calling for Texas, on Friday for an quickly. Xinjiang province. Biden the fire.
Saudi-led airstrike on prison
kills scores, Yemeni rebels say
By Jon Gambrell
and Maad al-Zikry
Associated Press
SANAA, Yemen — A
Saudi-led coalition airstrike
hit a prison run by Yemen’s
Houthi rebels on Friday,
killing at least 70 detain-
ees and wounding dozens,
a rebel minister said. The
strike was part of a pound-
ing aerial offensive that
hours earlier knocked the
Arab world’s poorest coun-
try off the internet.
Islamic State fighters are detained Friday after an attack on a prison in Hassakeh, Syria. More The intense campaign
than 100 militants stormed the facility. KURDISH-LED SYRIAN DEMOCRATIC FORCES comes after the Iran- An image grab taken Friday shows a prison in the Houthi rebel
backed Houthis claimed stronghold of Saada in Yemen after a Saudi-led airstrike. At
IS jailbreak, attacks in Syria a drone and missile attack least 70 people were killed. ANSARULLAH MEDIA CENTER
that struck inside the
United Arab Emirates’ and U.N. efforts failed to building.
and Iraq leave dozens dead capital earlier in the week bring the two sides to the TeleYemen is run by the
— a major escalation in the negotiating table. Houthis. More than 18
conflict in Yemen where the Basheer Omar, an Inter- hours later, the internet
Saudi-led coalition, backed national Committee of remained down.
By Qassim Abdul-Zahra in the northeastern city where inmates remained by the UAE, has battled the the Red Cross spokesper- The Houthi’s Al-Ma-
and Sarah El Deeb of Hassakeh, the largest in control and attempted a rebels since 2015. son in Yemen, said rescu- sirah satellite news chan-
Associated Press of around a dozen facil- second escape. Taha al-Motawakel, ers continued to search for nel said the strike on the
ities run by U.S.-backed Pentagon press secre- health minister in the survivors in the rebel-run telecommunications build-
BAGHDAD — The Syrian Kurdish forces tary John Kirby said Friday Houthi government which prison in the northern city ing killed and wounded
Islamic State group holding suspected IS fight- the U.S. used airstrikes to controls northern Yemen, of Saada. The Red Cross an unspecified number of
unleashed its biggest attack ers. Gweiran holds some support the SDF. told The Associated Press had moved some of the people.
in Syria since the fall of its 5,000 inmates, including Shami said that the SDF that 70 detainees were wounded to facilities else- Save the Children said
“caliphate” three years IS commanders and figures had cordoned off the area killed at the prison and that where, he said. the Hodeida strike killed
ago. Over 100 militants considered among the most and so far recaptured 104 he expects the number to Doctors Without Borders at least three children play-
stormed the main prison dangerous, according to militants who escaped rise as many others were put the number of wounded ing on a soccer field. Satel-
holding suspected extrem- Farhad Shami, a spokesman from the prison. But he said seriously wounded. alone at “around 200.” lite photos analyzed by the
ists, sparking a battle with for the Kurdish-led Syrian the total number who had “The world cannot be Ahmed Mahat, the orga- AP corresponded to photos
U.S.-backed Kurdish fight- Democratic Forces, or SDF. broken out was not deter- quiet when faced with these nization’s head of mission shared on social media of
ers that continued 24 hours The forces’ commander, mined. crimes,” al-Motawakel said, in Yemen, said they had the telecommunications
later and left dozens dead Mazloum Abadi, said IS Friday’s attack in Iraq and asked for international reports of “many bodies still building being flattened by
on Friday. mobilized “most of its was on a barracks in the aid organizations to send at the scene of the airstrike, the airstrike.
Across the border in Iraq, sleeper cells” to organize mountainous al-Azim medical staff and aid. many missing people.” The Saudi-led coalition
gunmen infiltrated an army the jailbreak. district outside Baqouba. He said medical work- The organization Save acknowledged carrying
barracks north of Bagh- The militants, armed Two security officials ers in Yemen have been the Children said the Saada out “accurate airstrikes to
dad early Friday as soldiers with heavy machine guns told The Associated Press exhausted by the influx of prison holds detained destroy the capabilities of
inside slept, killing 11 before and vehicles rigged with that IS militants broke injured from the strikes, migrants. the militia” around Hodei-
escaping — the deadliest explosives, attacked Thurs- in at 3 a.m. after killing a after already operating with The Saudi-led coalition da’s port. It didn’t imme-
attack in months on Iraq’s day evening, Shami said. guard, shot the soldiers and scarce resources during the did not confirm the Saada diately confirm striking a
military. The fighting started with fled. The officials spoke on pandemic. attack. It has frequently telecommunications target,
The assaults suggest mili- a large explosion, followed condition of anonymity as Earlier Friday, a Saudi struck civilian locations but instead called Hodeida a
tants are revitalized after by two blasts later, said they weren’t authorized to airstrike in the port city of during the war, now in its hub for piracy and Iranian
maintaining a low-level one nearby resident. Pris- issue official statements. Hodeida — later confirmed eighth year. It remained arms smuggling to back the
insurgency in Iraq and Syria oners inside the facility The Iraqi military said a by satellite photos analyzed unclear if the detention Houthis.
over the past few years. The rioted and tried to break lieutenant and 10 soldiers by the AP — hit a telecom- facility was the intended Iran has denied arming
group’s territorial control in out simultaneously as a car were killed. munication center that’s target. the Houthis, though U.N.
Iraq and Syria was crushed bomb went off outside and Iraqi Prime Minister key to Yemen’s connection As for the airstrike in experts, independent
by a yearslong U.S.-backed gunmen clashed with secu- Mustafa al-Kadhimi vowed to the internet. Airstrikes Hodeida, NetBlocks said the analysts and Western
campaign, but its fighters rity forces, Shami said. A car the attack on the barracks also hit near the capital, nationwide internet disrup- nations point to evidence
continued with sleeper cells bomb hit a nearby petro- “will not go without deci- Sanaa, held by the Houthis tion began around 1 a.m. showing Tehran’s link to
that have increasingly killed leum depot, sparking a fire sive punishment.” since late 2014. and affected TeleYemen, the weapons.
scores of Iraqis and Syrians that still burned Friday. IS was largely defeated in The escalation was the the state-owned monopoly On Friday, Houthi
in past months. On Friday, Kurdish forces Iraq in 2017, but its militants most intense since the 2018 that controls internet access supporters rallied, calling
The attack in Syria were trying to retake the have continued to wage fighting for Hodeida and in the country after a strike the airstrikes “an American
targeted Gweiran Prison northern part of the prison, attacks. comes after a year of U.S. on a telecommunications escalation.”
6 Hartford Courant | Section 1 | Saturday, January 22, 2022
Senate panel OKs bill to Chipmaker
Intel set to
blunt Big Tech platforms
build $20B
Measure would bar dominant firms from favoring their goods and services Ohio plant
By Marcy Gordon nesses and innovation. reins around a powerful industry whose
Associated Press Lobbying by Meta — formerly Facebook services, mostly free or nearly so, are popu-
— Google, Amazon, Apple and other tech lar with consumers and embedded into By John Seewer
WASHINGTON — Congress has taken giants was intense ahead of the Senate daily life. and Andrew Welsh-Huggins
a new step toward reining in the market panel’s action. The new legislation is complex and sena- Associated Press
dominance of Big Tech. The industry warned that the bill’s tors of both parties had objections to some
Bipartisan legislation advanced by a restrictions would hurt Amazon Prime, the provisions, even though all condemned the COLUMBUS, Ohio — Intel will invest
Senate panel would bar the dominant popular streaming and shopping service tech giants’ conduct. $20 billion in a new computer chip facility
online platforms from favoring their own with free delivery and an estimated 200 Many proposed amendments were in Ohio amid a global shortage of micropro-
goods and services over those of rivals. It million members around the globe. carried over for negotiations before the cessors used in everything from phones and
could, for example, prevent Amazon from The bill “would harm consumers and bill reaches the Senate floor, and those talks cars to video games.
steering consumers to its own brands and the more than 500,000 U.S. small and promise to be strenuous. After years of heavy reliance on Asia for
away from competitors’ products on its medium-sized businesses that sell in the With the midterm elections coming in the production of computer chips, vulner-
giant e-commerce platform. Amazon store,” Brian Huseman, Amazon’s November, the window for action is narrow, ability to shortages of the crucial compo-
The bill also could bring restrictions for vice president of public policy, said in a blog noted Klobuchar, who heads the Judiciary nents was exposed in the U.S. and Europe
Google’s search engine, which accounts post. It “would jeopardize Amazon’s ability subcommittee on competition policy. as they began to emerge economically from
for about 90% of web searches worldwide to operate a marketplace for sellers, and it “We’ve got to get it to the floor before then,” the pandemic.
and routinely places its services at the top would significantly degrade the benefits of she said in a phone interview. The U.S. share of the worldwide chip
of search results. Amazon Prime that customers love.” If the Democrats were to lose their tenu- manufacturing market has declined from
The legislation won a 16-6 vote in the Sen. Amy Klobuchar, the Minnesota ous majority in Congress, prospects could 37% in 1990 to 12% today, according to the
Senate Judiciary Committee on Thurs- Democrat leading the legislation, and greatly dim for passing legislation that Semiconductor Industry Association, and
day and was sent on to the full Senate. The other lawmakers gave assurances that the would curb the tech industry. shortages have become a potential risk.
action marked a new turn in Congress’ bill wouldn’t affect Amazon Prime or other While most Republican lawmakers are Two chip factories on the 1,000-acre site
effort to curb the dominance of the tech subscription services. critical of the dominance of Big Tech, many in Licking County, east of Columbus, are
giants and anticompetitive practices that The dispute highlighted the delicate task of them balk at a major revamp of compe- expected to create 3,000 company jobs and
critics say have hurt consumers, small busi- facing lawmakers as they aim to tighten tition rules. 7,000 construction jobs, and to support tens
of thousands of additional jobs for suppli-
ers and partners, California-based Intel and
local and state officials announced Friday.
Construction is expected to begin this
year, with production coming online at the
end of 2025.
The U.S. and Europe are pushing to
aggressively to build chipmaking capacity
and reduce reliance on producers that are
now mostly based in Asia.
Taiwan leads the world in chipmaking,
accounting for 22% of global manufacturing
capacity, followed by South Korea with 21%,
and Japan and mainland China each with
15%, according to the SIA.
Several chipmakers such as South Korea-
based Samsung last year signaled an interest
in expanding their American operations if
the U.S. government is able to make it easier
to build chip plants.
BUSINESS BRIEFING
Toyota slammed
by parts shortage
TOKYO — The shortage of parts caused by
the coronavirus pandemic is further denting
production at Toyota, Japan’s top automaker.
Production at 11 plants in Japan was
halted Friday and will continue Saturday
and Monday, Toyota Motor Corp. said.
Mexico is a buying an oil refinery in Texas that depicts U.S. rebels led by Sam Houston. BRANDON THIBODEAUX/THE NEW YORK TIMES 2021 That comes on top of reductions planned
for February that were announced earlier.
Those reductions will be on various days
Bid for energy independence
at eight of its 14 plants in Japan, including
assembly lines making the Prius hybrid and
Lexus luxury models.
Supplies are low because of a lack of
computer chips. Plants in and out of Japan
Mexico acquiring refinery in gasoline and diesel supplies the country ful Pemex labor union is a crucial part of have undergone lockdowns and stoppages
currently buys from other refineries in the his political base. He ran on a platform of related to COVID-19 measures.
Texas nearly 200 years after
United States with fuel produced domesti- rebuilding the company, and he has raised Production in January will be reduced by
rebels secured state’s freedom cally or by the refinery in Deer Park, which its production budget, cut taxes it pays 47,000 vehicles, according to Toyota.
would be made from crude oil it imports and reversed efforts by his predecessor to
By Clifford Krauss from Mexico. restructure its monopoly over oil produc-
The New York Times The shift would be an ambitious leap tion in the country.
for Petroleos Mexicanos, the company When he took office in 2018, López Obra- Calif. gun store
DEER PARK, Texas — Two giant murals, commonly known as Pemex. The compa- dor began undoing changes made in 2013
on storage tanks at an oil refinery here, ny’s oil production has been falling for more to the country’s constitution intended to
closings illegal
depict the rebels led by Sam Houston who than a decade, and it shoulders more than open the oil and gas industry to private and
secured Texas’ independence from Mexico $100 billion in debt, the largest of any oil foreign investment. He is also pushing to
in the 1830s. This week those murals will company in the world. reverse electricity reforms that his prede-
become the property of the Mexican The decision to pay $596 million for a cessor, Enrique Peña Nieto, put in place to SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Two Califor-
national oil company, which is acquiring controlling interest in the Deer Park refin- increase the use of privately funded wind nia counties violated the Constitution’s
full control of the refinery. ery, which sits on the Houston ship channel and solar farms and move away from state- right to keep and bear arms when they shut
The refinery purchase is part of Pres- and would be the only major Pemex oper- run power plants fueled by oil and coal. down gun and ammunition stores in 2020
ident Andres Manuel López Obrador’s ation outside Mexico, is central to fulfill- Energy experts say Mexico is backtrack- as nonessential businesses during the coro-
own bid for an independence of sorts. In ing López Obrador’s plans to rehabilitate ing on a commitment it made a decade ago navirus pandemic, a federal appeals court
an effort to achieve energy self-sufficiency, the long-ailing oil sector and establishing under President Felipe Calderón, to gener- ruled Thursday.
the president of Mexico is investing heav- eight productive refineries for Mexican use. ate more than one-third of its power from Officials in Los Angeles and Ventura coun-
ily in the state-owned oil company, plac- Mexico also agreed to pay off $1.2 billion in clean-energy sources by 2024. Mexico now ties had separately won lower court deci-
ing a renewed emphasis on petroleum debts that Pemex and Shell jointly owe as produces just over 25% of its power from sions saying gun stores were not exempt
production and retreating from renewable co-owners of the refinery, which is prof- renewables. from broader shutdown orders aimed at
energy even as some oil giants such as BP itable. “They are going to heavier fuels rather limiting the spread of the coronavirus early
and Royal Dutch Shell are investing more “The most important thing is that in 2023 than to lighter fuels,” said David Goldwyn, in the pandemic. A three-judge panel of the
in that sector. we will be self-sufficient in gasoline and a top U.S. State Department energy official 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals rejected
López Obrador aims to eliminate most diesel and there will be no increase in fuel in the Obama administration. both lower court rulings.
Mexican oil exports over the next two prices,” López Obrador said in 2021. López Obrador’s government has said Similar restrictions were imposed in
years so the country can process more of López Obrador hails from the oil- it will combat climate change by investing 10 other states, according to the Firearms
it domestically. He wants to replace the producing state of Tabasco, and the power- in hydroelectric power and reforestation. Policy Coalition, one of the groups that sued.
Total, Chevron to stop Myanmar operations Airlinetraffic
MonthlyscheduledpassengersonU.S.
airlineflights,internationalanddomestic,
By Lori Hinnant the resistance from the United States and cracked down brutally against dissent, scaleinmillions
Associated Press France. abducting young men and boys, killing
80
Total and U.S.-based Chevron had come health care workers and torturing prison- Oct.2021:65.1million
PARIS — Total Energies and Chevron, under increasing pressure over their role in ers.
two of the world’s largest energy compa- running the offshore Yadana gas field, along Total said it would withdraw without
nies, said Friday they were stopping all with the state-owned Myanma Oil and Gas financial compensation and hand over its 60
operations in Myanmar, citing rampant Enterprise and Thailand’s PTT Exploration interests to the other stakeholders.
human rights abuses and deteriorating and Production. Total has a majority stake About 50% of Myanmar’s foreign
rule of law since the country’s military over- in the venture and runs its daily operations, currency comes from natural gas revenues, 40
threw the elected government in February. while MOGE collects revenues on behalf of with MOGE expected to earn $1.5 billion
The announcement came a day after the government. from offshore and pipeline projects in 2021-
Total, a French company, called for inter- “The situation of rule of law and human 2022, according to a Myanmar government 20
national sanctions targeting the oil and gas rights in Myanmar has clearly deteriorated forecast. Prior rounds of U.S. and European
sector, which remains one of the military over months and despite the civil disobedi- sanctions against the Myanmar military
government’s primary sources of funding. ence movements, the junta has kept power have excluded oil and gas.
It also comes a month after an Associated and our analysis is that it’s unfortunately for The Yadana field, which supplies gas to OCT. OCT.
2020 2021
Press story on the growing push for oil and the long term,” Total said. Myanmar and Thailand, is expected to be
SOURCE:BureauofTransportationStatistics TNS
gas sanctions on both companies and on Since the takeover, the military has exhausted in the next several years.
Hartford Courant | Section 1 | Saturday, January 22, 2022 7
BUSINESS
Labor report: Afghan crisis to
blame for massive job losses
By Elaine Kurtenbach
Associated Press
BANGKOK — More than
a half million people in
Afghanistan have lost their
jobs since the Taliban take-
over in mid-August, the
International Labor Orga-
nization said in a report
released this week.
The ILO said the crisis has
paralyzed the economy and
slammed the labor market.
The situation is especially
devastating for women and
Known for its online presence, Amazon announced plans to open its first brick-and-mortar for people working in farm-
clothing store later this year at a mall in Glendale, California. GREG MONTIJO/AMAZON ing, government posts, social
services and construction,
Online titan Amazon to open with many people losing
their jobs or not receiving
their wages.
clothing store in Calif. mall Many companies are A report says over 500,000 Afghan workers lost their jobs
hard pressed to stay afloat, after the Taliban takeover in August. Above, workers waiting
as thousands of Afghans to be hired in Kabul, Afghanistan. FELIPE DANA/AP 2021
flee the country each
By Anne D’Innocenzio other department stores ber 2020, it launched an day. Between 700,00 and meet immediate human- compared with what it
Associated Press like Macy’s. However, it will online shop called Luxury 900,000 jobs are likely to itarian needs, lasting and would have been had there
offer more than double the Stores. have been lost by June as inclusive recovery will been no Taliban takeover.
NEW YORK — First, number of styles as tradi- Shoppers at the Amazon work becomes more scarce, depend on people and The decline for men was
Amazon competed with tional stores do because Style store can browse items said the report by the ILO, communities having access 5%, it said.
malls. Now, it’s moving only one of each piece of on display and scan a QR the United Nations agency to decent employment, live- While a severe hardship,
inside one. clothing will be on display, code to see sizes, colors and working to promote labor lihoods and basic services,” that suggests most women
The online retailing giant with the rest in the back customer ratings. Shoppers standards and decent work he said. who were employed still
said Thursday that it plans room. Items are chosen by can send items to fitting for all people. Women held about one have their jobs, working in
to open a clothing store in Amazon curators who also rooms or directly to the The economic fall- in five jobs in Afghanistan the airport, customs, health
a Southern California mall use feedback provided by store’s counter. Once in a out from the takeover has in 2020, but are now being and education among many
later this year. It’s the latest millions of customers shop- fitting room, customers can been vast, with cash short- prevented from working in other places.
foray into brick-and-mortar ping on Amazon.com. request other items using a ages and limits on bank some areas. Education for Women’s rights had
for Amazon, which already Simoina Vasen, manag- touchscreen. withdrawals leaving both girls has also been limited, improved markedly over
sells more than 10% of all ing director of Amazon Neil Saunders, manag- companies and individuals though Taliban leaders have two decades of interna-
clothes in the U.S. Style, declined to comment ing director of GlobalData struggling. said they hope to be able to tional presence in Afghan-
The store, which will on rollout plans of the Retail, said the proto- The economy was already open all schools for girls istan, but are seen as under
sell women’s and men’s new store concept or sales type store could deepen teetering after four decades across the country after late threat with the return of the
clothing as well as shoes projections. Amazon didn’t Amazon’s influence in the of war, a severe drought and March. Taliban, whose earlier rule
and other accessories, will give a date for the opening sector, especially among the pandemic. After the The ILO’s report is the in the 1990s saw them virtu-
open at Americana at Brand of the Glendale store. clothing shoppers who Taliban seized power amid latest call for more interna- ally cloistered.
in Glendale, California. Amazon unseated love exploring and brows- a chaotic withdrawal of tional support for the Afghan The ILO report noted
The entry into malls could Walmart as the largest ing physical stores. And it U.S. and NATO troops, the people, as the U.N. warns 8.7 that the worsening employ-
become another threat to clothing seller last year could empower Amazon international community million Afghans are on the ment conditions also may
traditional clothing sell- during the pandemic as with more shopping data. froze Afghanistan’s assets brink of starvation. lead to more use of child
ers because of the data and more people began shop- But he also cautioned that abroad and halted all fund- Last week, U.N. Secre- labor in a country where
shopper insights Amazon ping online. Amazon’s success depends ing, unwilling to work with tary-General António more than 1 million children
may gain, experts say. Wells Fargo forecast in on execution. a Taliban government given Guterres urged the interna- aged 5-17 are working.
Amazon says its algo- March that Amazon’s cloth- “Traditionally, it is not all its reputation for brutality tional community to fund a Many children are not in
rithms will spit out real- ing and footwear sales in the that good at creating a great during its previous rule 20 $5 billion humanitarian school or working — only
time recommendations as U.S. increased by about 15% in-store experience,” said years ago. appeal, release Afghani- four in 10 were attending
shoppers keep scanning in 2020 to more than $41 Saunders. “It tends to be “The situation in Afghani- stan’s frozen assets, and school according to a survey
items they see. Shoppers billion. That’s about 20% very solid at technology and stan is critical and immediate jump-start its banking conducted in 2019-2020.
can also fill out an online to 25% above Walmart and operations but can fall short support for stabilization and system to avert economic UN agencies are work-
survey of their preferences 11% to 12% share of all cloth- on spirit and soul — both recovery is required,” Ramin and social collapse. ing with Afghan companies
for style and fit. ing sold in the U.S. of which are particularly Behzad, senior coordinator The ILO report esti- and trade unions to try to
The store will be about Amazon has been making important in fashion where of the ILO for Afghanistan, mates that female employ- provide crucial assistance
30,000 square feet, simi- a big push into fashion in consumers love inspira- said in a statement. ment dropped by 16% in the and sustain community
lar in size to a Kohl’s, but recent years through its tion, curation and personal “While the priority is to July to September period, services, the report said.
about one-third the size of own labels and in Septem- services.”
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OPINION
Helen Bennett
Executive Editor
[email protected]
COURANT.COM/OPINION
OP-ED
LETTERS TO
THE EDITOR
Biden’s road back: Asking
Putin again seems
to be working for GOP
Vladimir Putin’s antics along
the Ukraine border could easily
GOP, ‘What are they for?’
be interpreted as another attempt
to interfere in our elections and
worse. There is hardly a way
to deal with his antics without
believing that how we deal with
them will help Republicans in the
By E.J. Dionne Jr. midterms and help Donald Trump
The Washington Post to get reelected. Sanctions, mili-
tary aid or, even worse, our mili-
WASHINGTON — The old tary intervention with air strikes
joke about Wagner’s music being will only give Republicans ammu-
better than it sounds applies to nition to use against President
President Joe Biden’s first year Joe Biden. I wouldn’t rule out an
in office: It’s better than it looks. attempt to impeach Biden should
Alas for Biden, that’s not good they get control of the House.
enough. The chances that Putin’s antics
With the president’s approval will be resolved in any way before
ratings languishing, the first the midterms is virtually nil and I
anniversary of his inauguration am sure he knows that. If anyone
has turned into a Rorschach test thinks the situation Putin created
for partisans and commentators. is not good for the Republicans
Advice on how to turn his presi- politically, I would submit they
dency around bears an uncanny are wrong. I can only hope that I
resemblance to the preexist- am the one who is wrong.
ing views of those offering their Vincent Curcuru, Simsbury
counsel.
Republicans say Biden needs Antibody tests more
to be less partisan, centrists that
he needs to be more moderate, efficient than boosters
the consensually minded that
he didn’t do enough to bring us So there are tons of articles and
together — and so on. commercials and scare tactics
None of us checks our values at being deployed to get people to
the analytical door, but let’s try to take the vaccine and the boosters,
separate our assumptions from but there are very limited articles
realities. about how the vaccine does not
Biden and his supporters are protect you from the virus —it
frustrated at how little notice is just reduces the symptoms if you
given to all that has gone right get sick. So, if the initial vaccine
this past year, as the president doesn’t protect you, how will the
took pains to remind us at his boosters, and how many more
news conference on Wednesday. President Joe Biden’s task is to combine effective, visible engagement on the front-burner problems with a will there be in the future?
With 6.2 million jobs created determined effort to raise the stakes in our politics. ANDREW HARNIK/AP If you already have natural
on his watch, the unemployment immunity, why would you even
rate is at 3.9%, far lower than and omicron variants rolled back ble members: Transportation And on the biggest struggle consider getting the vaccine?
anyone anticipated when he took progress against the coronavirus Secretary Pete Buttigieg; Energy of this generation, the battle And the way to test your immu-
office. Gross domestic product pandemic and pointed to how Secretary Jennifer Granholm; for voting rights and democ- nity is to get a COVID antibody
is up and workers have more Biden, in betting big on vaccina- Cecilia Rouse, chair of the White racy, Trumpified Republicans test, which is widely available.
bargaining power than they’ve tion, shortchanged testing. It’s House Council of Economic are plainly committed to giving The test costs about $75 and it’s
enjoyed in decades. also true that some Republican Advisers; Commerce Secretary the states they run free rein to a blood test. If you have a high
Some 210 million Americans politicians, a massive disinfor- Gina Raimondo; Labor Secretary suppress votes and subvert elec- immunity level in your system,
are fully vaccinated, as Biden mation campaign and, lately, the Marty Walsh; and Agriculture tions. you should be confident that your
noted, through more than a Supreme Court, undercut those Secretary Tom Vilsack. Have Democrats need to enact body is fighting the way it should.
half-billion shots. With very vaccination efforts. them report publicly every week whatever they can of Build Back Blood never lies. The more you
narrow congressional majorities, Here is where middle-of- on concrete steps the adminis- Better and then move on to pass- are exposed to germs, the better
Biden secured his $1.9 trillion the road critiques of Biden are tration is taking to fix the prob- ing pieces of what’s left individ- your natural immunity fights
economic relief package and a right: He needs to focus inces- lems. ually, if only to force the question them. Science doesn’t lie; people
$1.2 trillion infrastructure bill. santly on the virus and inflation But as progressives insist, Biden asked of Republicans at his do.
It’s a good record. The prob- — twin challenges that are top of Biden also needs to resolve the news conference: “What are they Pat Schmidt, East Hampton
lem is that much of this occurred mind for most Americans. Biden core contradiction of his presi- for?” And whatever happens the
in the first part of Biden’s open- clearly knows this, which is why dency — between his longing to next few days on voting rights, Tip of the hat
ing year. His approval ratings he spoke at length on Wednes- be the great unifier and his desire they cannot walk away from the
then, a healthy 50% to 60%, day about how his administra- to do big things Republicans struggle — in Washington or in to UConn Health
reflected this. tion has made testing widely were bound to oppose. Not, mind the states.
in Farmington
Then came the pell-mell available through an easy-to-use you, radical things. Simply help- Biden’s task is to combine
withdrawal from Afghanistan, website and is boosting access to ing Americans on health care, effective, visible engagement on A week ago I was admitted to
the fruitless wrangling among high-quality N95 masks. child care, education and relief the front-burner problems with the emergency room at UConn
Democrats over his Build Back Going forward, he needs to for our ailing planet. a determined effort to raise the Health in Farmington. I was seen
Better program and a partial settle on a strategy that reaches The problem with dreams of stakes in our politics. Ameri- immediately. The area was calm
unraveling of Biden’s earlier toward as much normality as is bipartisan Nirvana is that the cans need to come to terms with and peaceful and my ER room
achievements. consistent with the virus threat, other party must be willing to the radicalism of the Repub- was cheerful. My condition was
The last development might be and he needs to put an end to cooperate. Except on physical lican Party and its attacks on constantly monitored by medical
most important because voters confusing messaging from vari- infrastructure, achieving this our democracy. If the president professionals and I felt safe. I am
incline toward what-have-you- ous parts of the government. would have required Biden to can make progress on the first eternally grateful for the excellent
done-for-me-lately thinking. Neither will be easy. abandon all his campaign prom- imperative, he’ll earn the nation’s care provided by UConn medical
The strong economic growth On inflation, he needs highly ises around economic justice. attention on the second. personnel and the exceptional ER
combined with much-dis- visible efforts to unsnarl the He acknowledged Wednesday department.
cussed supply-chain problems supply chain. One idea: Create a that he had not “anticipated” the E.J. Dionne Jr. writes about Devora Epstein,
to produce inflation. The delta task force on these issues. Possi- ferocity of GOP obstruction. politics for The Washington Post. West Hartford
OP-ED
State needs meds program for inmate opioid users
By Harrison Martin and buprenorphine can reduce treatment method in correctional MOUD programs in place with the staff working in corrections; in
mortality by up to 50% among facilities despite limited research end goal of offering all three medi- 2019, there was one nurse per
Over 60% of people incarcer- those with opioid use disorder. on its effectiveness. cations to those in need. However, 43 people incarcerated. Due to
ated have a substance use disor- Additional benefits of MOUD Statewide, correctional depart- the treatment gap remains signif- fears of diversion, nurses must be
der. While incarcerated, they for those formerly incarcerated ments should aim to offer all icant. The three correctional vigilant when supervising people
develop a reduced drug tolerance include reduced criminal activity three forms of medication to institutions without MOUD incarcerated as they take their
that makes them 129 times more and recidivism. all individuals at any point in programs (Brooklyn, Cheshire, medication. Thus, staffing short-
likely than an average person Despite these benefits, only the treatment continuum. This and Garner) together house over ages present a legitimate chal-
to die from an accidental over- about 12% of correctional facili- means not only continuing the 20% of the state’s incarcerated lenge to expansion.
dose in the two weeks following ties in the U.S. offer MOUD. This prescriptions of those on MOUD population. This means a signifi- Investment in medical staff,
their release. Most drug overdose small percentage results from in the community but also screen- cant number of people incarcer- however, is worth it. Researchers
deaths in the U.S. today involve stigma surrounding opioid use ing for opioid use disorder upon ated in Connecticut struggling have shown that MOUD reduces
synthetic opioids, particularly disorder and MOUD as well as intake and initiating treatment with opioid use disorder are not recidivism and, in Connecti-
fentanyl. Connecticut follows this lack of funding, among other if necessary. Facilities should receiving treatment. Frankly, this cut, where the average cost per
same pattern; in 2020, over 90% reasons. Many of these facili- also refer patients to community is unacceptable. incarcerated person is $62,159,
of drug overdose deaths involved ties continue methadone and providers upon release to prevent Connecticut must imple- implementing a statewide
opioids and 85% involved buprenorphine prescriptions gaps in treatment, which can ment a statewide correctional MOUD program might actu-
fentanyl specifically. only for pregnant women to last for months or years depend- MOUD program immediately. ally save the state money in the
Fortunately, there is a solu- prevent withdrawal symptoms ing on an individual’s needs. In In 2020, a record-breaking 1,374 long run. This is the reasoning
tion. Medications for opioid use that might may harm the fetus, 2016, Rhode Island became the people died from accidental drug from an economic standpoint.
disorder (MOUD) are the stan- and offer naltrexone to other first state to fulfill these objec- overdoses in Connecticut (93% The true value of correctional
dard of care for individuals with incarcerated people upon release. tives when it implemented a of which involved opioids), a MOUD programs is that they save
opioid use disorder. There are Since methadone and buprenor- comprehensive MOUD program, 14.3% increase from 2019 fueled lives, period. It’s far past time
currently three FDA-approved phine are opioid agonists, many which resulted in an astounding by effects of the COVID-19 we stop villainizing individu-
forms of MOUD: methadone, view them as substituting one 61% reduction in drug overdose pandemic such as social isolation als with opioid use disorder and
buprenorphine (Suboxone), and drug for another though, when deaths post-release. and economic instability. With no start caring. Opioid use disorder
naltrexone (Vivitrol). People who dosage is regulated, they do Connecticut, therefore, must end to the pandemic in sight, the is a chronic illness, not a moral
receive behavioral interventions not produce the same euphoric look only to its neighbor for an time to act is now. failure.
alone are more likely to relapse effects as other opioids. Naltrex- excellent model of a statewide This isn’t to say that imple-
than those on long-term MOUD one isn’t as stigmatized because correctional MOUD program. mentation won’t come with Harrison Martin is a fourth-year
treatment. Researchers have also it’s not an opioid agonist and is Currently, eight out of its eleven challenges. Connecticut in partic- undergraduate student at Wesley-
demonstrated that methadone therefore often the preferred adult correctional facilities have ular faces a shortage of medical an University
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hereby warned that the Annual Town Meeting of said Town will be held on January 27, 2022 at Connecticut General Statutes, Starling
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OBITUARIES
Berlin Newington
Melanie Forand Kimberly G. Roberts Bigoness, Gail (Threlfall)
Bristol Other Towns in CT
Margaret Masi Margaret Masi Gail Bigoness, age 70, passed away peacefully the morning of Sunday, January 16, 2022.
Gerald Pagano Louis A. Olinski Gail was born February 19, 1951 in Hartford, CT, and graduated from Glastonbury High
Burlington Barbara S. Rowe class of 1969. Later, she set up a life in Tolland, CT with her husband, Stephen Bigoness.
Gail Bigoness Donald S Taylor Steve was her childhood sweetheart,soul mate,and husband of 50 years.After being resi-
Cromwell Plainville dents ofTolland,CT for over 48 years,Gail & Steve recently moved to Burlington,CT to be
James Magoon Lois Lindskog close to their daughter & family.Gail was employed by CL&P for 10 years and later worked
atRockvilleGeneralHospitalasavolunteer&administrativeprofessionalfor13years.Her
East Windsor Frederick
favorite part about working at the hospital was being close to people, helping, and caring
Richard M. Harrison Sunderland, Jr.
for them when they needed support. She felt delighted every time they walked away with
Enfield South Windsor
a smile. She was a wife, a mother, a Gigi, a sister, and loving & caring friend to so many.
Louis A. Olinski Howard E. Fitts
Shewasanavidgardener,lovedmusic,tennis,decorating,andagoodlaugh.Shelovedher
Farmington Southington
friends in Niantic. The world did not make a better listener. She always wanted to get to
Matthew Paskov Victor Scaringe, Jr.
know every person she met. Gail is survived by her husband & best friend, Stephen
Hartford Tolland Bigoness, daughter and son-in-law Sarah & Daniel Telgarsky, her grandsons Jack & Logan Telgarsky, and her brother
Donald S Taylor Gail Bigoness GlenThrelfall.The Loper Family andThe Fulton Family had a very special place in her heart.Each of them and their
Meriden Vernon childrenwereconsideredfamilytoher,spendingmanyvacations,holidays,andmemoriesofalifetimetogether.Her
Kimberly G. Roberts Melanie Forand wish was not to have a service, rather to have each person in her life remember a moment of happiness they had
Middletown Waterbury together that made them smile. In lieu of flowers, please make donations to the American Cancer Society.
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OBITUARIES DonaldBlanc,91,ofCromwell James (Jim) Magoon, 70, of
passed away peacefully on Cromwell, CT passed away
Saturday January 15th, 2022, suddenly at home on January
at Middlesex Memorial 16, 2022. He was born on
Forand, Melanie
Hospital. He was born in June 26, 1951 to Russell L.
Middletown on January 11th, and Lucy T. Magoon. He was
Melanie Ann (Borgo) Forand,
1931, to the late Paul Jr. and raised along with his siblings
wife of the late Richard Paul
Helen (Grabowski) Blanc and in Cromwell and graduated
Forand, passed peacefully on
was predeceased by a broth- from Cromwell High School in
January 18, 2022. Born
er,PaulIII.Donaldfollowedin 1969. He graduated from
October 10, 1939, Melanie
his father’s footsteps work- Widener University in 1973
lived much of her long life in
ing for many years as a milk- where he received his degree
Berlin, CT. She spent her
man for Borden’s Dairy later working for Dattco as a in Engineering. He began his long and successful ca-
youth in East Berlin sur-
bus driver, eventually retiring in 2001. Donald loved reer with Westinghouse Electric in Allentown,
roundedbyfamilyandfriends
both his careers as both gave him the opportunity to Pennsylvania. He went on to pursue his career selling
in “the Grove” and later
travel to many different locations and meet new robotics and eventually founded his own company in
moved to Berlin. She attend-
friends. Donald truly loved his family and especially 2011, Magoon Technology Group.
edBerlinschoolsandenjoyed
cherished family gatherings. He loved watching the Jim was loving and compassionate, someone who
participating in school activities and making life-long
Yankees and could also be found rooting for the UConn always provided support to family and friends. He
friends.She cherished being able to keep in touch with
men’s and women’s basketball teams. In his earlier loved spending time outdoors and had a passion for
herclassmatesallthroughherlife.Melaniespentmany
retirement years,Donald could be found spending time golf, boating and fishing. He always looked forward
wonderful summers at Lake Pocotopaug in her youth
at Misquamicut Beach, taking care of his home and to his annual fishing trip with his dad, and his love
and had fond memories of friends at the Lake and the
visitinghissoninLongIsland.DonaldisSurvivedbyhis of nature was influenced by his mom. Jim was a pas-
summer talent shows. Melanie attended the Teachers
fourdaughtersCindySclafaniandherhusbandAnthony sionate Boston Red Sox and Patriots fan,and loved the
College of Connecticut, now CCSU and received a de-
of Pine Grove CA, Deborah Tranmer and James of Travelers PGA golf tournaments, where you would find
greein Business/Secretarial Science.She loved being a
Middletown, Maria Pallein and Michael of Columbia, him taking pictures with pros. Jim also was a dedi-
Secretary for Otis Elevator and later for Aetna. In her
ReneComtoisofClinton,asonDonald“Marty”BlancJr. cated member of the First Congregational Church in
retirement years she worked for Ames, Caldor and
and his loving partner Eva of Port St. Lucie Florida, six Cromwell.
lastly Walmart. She was recognized by customers any-
grandchildren Alison, Kaitlyn, James, Meadow, William Jim is survived by his loving wife, Pamela (Horsey)
where she went who thanked her for being such a
and Alex and his ex-wife and close friend Jacqueline Magoon,hisfatherRussell,hisbrotherPaul(Sandi),and
pleasant, dedicated worker. Melanie’s most cherished
Myers. Donald is predeceased by his dear companion, sister Linda Singer. He also leaves behind his nephew
roles were as a wife, mother and later a grandmother.
Rose Flood as well as his good friend and neighbor, Steven Heidenis (Deb), three nieces, Tammy (Rob),
She and her husband enjoyed day-tripping to the shore
Michael Hurlburt. The family would like to thank his Holly (Bill) and Valerie (Tim), great nephews, Thomson
andsightseeing,alwayswantingtokeepclosetohome.
live-in caregiver Louisa for devoting her life to him for Heidenis, Nickolas Tefft, Joshua Tefft, Evan Presta and
She attended every concert, sports event and Scout
over two years. Donald loved Louisa, or “Babe” as he hisgreatniece,LaurenHeidenis. Healsoleavesbehind
ceremonyforherchildrenandgrandchildren.Hergreat
affectionately called her, like a daughter. Private ser- his sister-in-law Ellen (Dan) Reinhard and his nephew,
joys were reading,writing and singing.She was a long-
vices willbeheldatthefamily’sconvenience.Inlieuof Brian Palmisano. Jim was predeceased by his mother
time member of Sacred Heart Choir and missed singing
flowers, donations may be made to Donald’s favorite and his brother-in-law, Donald Singer.
in the Choir as her health declined.If you ever sent her
charity; Horizons, P.O. Box 323, South Windham, CT A service celebrating Jim’s life will be held at a later
a card or letter she kept it,amassing quite a collection
06266 or visit www.horizonsct.org. To share memories date. In lieu of flowers, donations in Jim’s memory
as she never wanted to discard a memento from a
orexpresscondolencesonline,pleasevisitwww.biega- may be made to First Congregational Church,355 Main
friend or relative.
funeralhome.com Street, Cromwell,CT 06416. Cromwell Funeral Home is
Melanie is survived by her brother Peter Borgo of
Pleasesignguestbookatcourant.com/obituaries handlingthearrangements. Tosharememoriesorsend
Montrose, Co, sister-in-law Diane Reynolds of Hobe
condolences to the family, please visit www.doolittle-
Sound, FL, her son Michael P Forand of South Windsor
funeralservice.com.
CT, her daughter and son-in-law, Suzanne and Stuart
Fitts, Howard E. Pleasesignguestbookatcourant.com/obituaries
Topliff and grandsons Jacob and Justin of Berlin CT as
well as extended family and dear friends.
Howard,alwaysknownasHap,
Calling hours are Sunday, January 23 from 5-7 p.m.
died January 20, 2022, after a Scaringe, Jr.,Victor
at Berlin Memorial Funeral Home 96 Main St. in
long illness. Son of the late
Kensington, CT. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held
Howard P. and Katharine Fitts, It is with heavy heart that we
Monday, January 24th at 10am at Sacred Heart Church
he was born in Newton MA announce the peaceful pass-
in East Berlin, CT with burial to follow at St. Mary’s
and spent his life in Wellesley ingofVictorA.Scaringe,Jron
cemetery in New Britain, CT. Donations are welcomed
MA until he graduated from January 20th, 2022 surround-
in her memory to The American Heart Association or a
Trinity College. Hap was em- ed by family. He is survived
charity of your choosing.
ployed by the Travelers by his wife of 60 years, Anita
Pleasesignguestbookatcourant.com/obituaries Corporation for over 50 years (Ouellette) Scaringe, and his
andretiredasSecondV.P. Hap children, Darlene Belanger
Paskov, Matthew moved to South Windsor with (Bruce), Stephen Scaringe
his wife Suzanne and lived there for more than 60 (Sarah Morelli), Denise
Matthew Joseph Paskov years. Scaringe-Dietrich (Robert
(Mike), 94, passed away on He is predeceased by his brother Peter C. Fitts and Dietrich), and Michael
Monday, January 17, at John sister Paula Fitts Scott. He leaves behind his wife Scaringe. Victor was blessed with two grandchildren,
Dempsey Hospital due to of more than 60 years, Suzanne, his daughters Janet Robert Belanger and Christine Grabowiecki (Stephen)
Covid complications. He was Brown (Donovan) of Newark, Delaware, Alison Bond and 3 great-grandchildren, Ethan Belanger and Nora
born in Hartford to Mate and (John) of South Windsor, grandchildren: Katharine and Hailey Grabowiecki, as well as half a million
Mary Paskov. He attended BrownofCharlottesvilleVA.,ElizabethBrownofBoston "grand-bees." He was pre-deceased by his parents
Hartford schools and gradu- MA, Sarah Bond of Vernon and Austin Bond of South Victor Scaringe, Sr and Mary (Costa) Scaringe Croft;
ated from Bulkeley High Windsor. sister,MarieScaringeClark,andnephews,Kennethand
Schoolin1945. Hejoinedthe While Hap enjoyed family life, his other passion was Scott Clark. Born November 6, 1935 in New Britain, CT,
United States Navy and communityservice. Hespentmanyeveningsandweek- he loved music and at 7 years old he learned to play
served on the U.S.S Pocono. ends serving the community. He enjoyed the political the accordion. Later he taught himself to play key-
He graduated from the process and was elected to the Town Council, serving boards. He founded the 3-piece all-occasion band,
Hartford School of Architecture and Design as Mayor from 1967-1971. He joined the Emergency Sounds of Life, and played occasions throughout
and began his career with the Architecture Medical Services Commission and the Personnel Board Connecticutforover20years. HelaterplayedwithThe
Office of Thomas Whaple who was his in- ofAppeals. He went on to serve on the Public Building Jerry Limmer Band and Top Shelf. He worked for Singer
structor and mentor. Subsequently he Commission from 1975 until 2019,serving as chairman Business Machines and TRW as a field service techni-
moved to the Architecture office of Huntining and for most of those years. During his tenure, the library, cian until his retirement. In "retirement," he ran his
Darbe. 2 firehouses, the community center, the Middle School owncomputerbusinessbuildingandservicingcomput-
Mike married his high school sweetheart, Gladys and High School renovations as well as the police sta- ersandalsodroveaschoolbusformorethan10years.
Tomalonis,and shared 71 years of a loving relationship tion were all built. He was also instrumental in the He was a member of the Franco-American Club of
together. They raised three children; Michelle Avery, startofthecommunitygardensintown. Inrecognition Meriden and ran bingo for 10 years. He was a parishio-
Jeanine Flaminio, and Matthew John Paskov. He moved of his years in service,he received the Eugene Policelli ner at Our Lady of Mount Carmel parish in Meriden
to Farmington and designed and built his “dream” Service Award in 2013. before moving to Plantsville where he became a pa-
home in which he lived until he died. Thank you to the staff of the Village at Buckland rishioner at Immaculate Conception Church and was
Mike worked as a building official for Farmington for Court for their incredible care. All services are pri- active as a lector and member of the Men's Club. Vic
31 years. He was proud of Farmington and thankful vate. Memorial donations may be made to The South enjoyedboatingthroughouthislife,atLakePocotopaug
to serve in its needs. He always worked for what was Windsor Volunteer Fire Department at 1175 Ellington to the Connecticut River, Long Island Sound, and Block
best for the town. In addition to his duties as inspec- Road South Windsor, Connecticut. Island. He enjoyed computers and playing cards. Vic
tor he designed and supervised construction of many For online condolences please visit www.carmonfuner- thoroughlyenjoyedvisitingwithfamilyandfriends,and
auxiliary buildings for Farmington, most notable the alhome.com hewillbegreatlymissed.Inlieuofflowers,Masscards
addition to the Farmington Fire Station on Main Street are greatly appreciated.Calling hours will be held from
and the gazebo on Clover Pinney Park in Unionville. 2-5 p.m. on Sunday, January 23rd at Plantsville Funeral
Mike was truly a family man. His family was his great- Home, 975 S. Main St, Plantsville. A Mass of Christian
est love. He was a devoted son, a fabulous husband, Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Monday, January 24th
anda wonderfulfather.Healways thought of his family Pleasesignguestbookatcourant.com/obituaries at Immaculate Conception Church, 130 Summer St,
with loving care and affection. Mike was also proud Southington.Burial will follow in St.Thomas Cemetery,
of the home he built. He spent all his free time on the Visit the obituary section on courant.com Southington. Please gather directly at church. For on-
maintenance and upkeep of the premises, never com- line condolences and directions, please visit www.
plaining!! Mike enjoyed watching sports, particularly to share memories of loved ones. plantsvillefuneralhome.com.
theCeltics,theRedSox,andGolfing!Hewasamember Pleasesignguestbookatcourant.com/obituaries
of the Unionville Golf League and enjoyed the game.
Summers were spent at the beach swimming and fish-
ing. He planted a garden every year and spent hours
caringforhisgardenandlawn.Heenjoyedworkingwith
Gladys planning dinner and parties, shopping, cooking,
“potwallaping”andentertaining.Wetreasuredhimand
everyone who knew him called him “a keeper”.
Mike is survived by his wife and children and their
spouses, his grandchildren Ashley, Emily, Matthew
and Corin Paskov, and Taylor Flaminio, and his sister
Laura Pickett, his sister-in-law Marion Paskov. He
was predeceased by his brothers; Marijan (Irene), Leo
(Ann), Kreso, his sister Mary Rolka (Leo). His nephews
Michael Paskov, James Paskov and Niece Joan Palfrey.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Monday,
January 24, at 10:00 am in The Church of St. Patrick
Main St. Farmington, followed by burial with full
Military Honors at Riverside Cemetery, Farmington.
In lieu of flowers donations may be made in Mikes
name to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital
501 St. Jude Place/ Memphis, TN 38105, The Wounded
Warrior Project, P.O. Box 758516, Topeka, Kansas
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66675-8516 , or to a charity of your choice.
The Paskov family would like to thank the doctors and
staff of Dempsy Hospital I.C.U Unit for their loving care
and exceptional service. Thank you! God Bless!
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