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iUanrliratrr iirralft ) Manchester — A City ol Village Charm Monday, March 31, 1986 irday. March n , 1W6 Ferris begins 3 bid for seat in state Senate By Alex GIrelll seat currently held by Rep. Elsie Auoclate Editor Swensson, R-Manchester. Ferris confirmed today that he Town Director Stephen T. Cas- wants the nomination after his sano may step out of the race in the name came up in comments by 4th Senatorial District to make Theodore Cummings, the Demo way for the candidacy of William cratic chairman in Manchester. E. Ferris, the Democratic chair Ferris told the Herald he plans to man in Glastonbury. actively seek the nomination and Cassano said today he is se has sought support from area riously considering dropping out of Democrats. He said he will for the race. He said he may instead mally announce his candidacy in seek the Democratic nomination to the near future. run for the 13th Assembly District Although Cummings said town Democrats have been urging Cas sano to mount a campaign in the 13th District, Cassano had insisted Plane crash until today that he wanted to run in the 4th District a second time after losing heavily to Sen. Carl A. in Somers Zinsser. R-Manchester, in 1984. Neither Swensson nor Zinsser has announced plans to seek kills five re-election to what would be athird ,• ’-vei?. Meield photo by Beshew term for each. But both have acted .. f . • . SOMERS — State and federal as though they will run again. The race is on for the most colorful eggs it^fn Easter King Bhd the Manchester Jaycees.,The children agencies are investigating the Zinsser said today he had not egg hunt Saturday morrilng'in psnter SpriA(^ Psrk. , hunted fbr^specialiy marked eggs in the fields and crash of a small plane near heard of Ferris’s interest and wooded W'eas:^of the park in order to claim special Ellington Airport that killed five voiced no opinion about Ferris as These children wer^ aipongjn 4stl^atei| iB!Q0^ people, including the co-owner of a an opponent. .prikss.’ Manchester business, and ignited " I f he wants to try for it, he has rV.iV a fire that burned about four acres every right to do so." said the of forest. Manchester real estate broker. "I The single-engine Piper Co don’t want to get tied up in manche crashed into a wooded en masse Democratic politics.” area and burst into flames Sunday Until Ferris’s name arose, Cas night, state trooper John Hill of the sano was the only announced hit the whits stemki «t the “ Man not only resigns Umself Stafford Springs barracks said hopeful in the 4th District. Holiday events Center.. the two siher indoor Pontiff seeks to death but be has often made today. State police said the plane One other Democrat, Robert aervieee were heldin thefireohly death the method of bis existence went down at Soapstone Mountain Faucher, has said he may seek the packed jn town prayer summit on earth," he said. near Somers at about 8:30 p.m. nomination to run in the 13th painted white agaetfsiy. Break* ’.r-bahi Mary Joe Byberg, a spokeswo District. Former Manchester Speaking to a crowd of some twoaaryiosfr^.,<< man for the Federal Aviation Mayor John Thompson, who was , :VATB;ytN CITT (UPI) - Pope 200,000 pilgrims and tourists who By StiMA Vaughn, v v ' -V- AO M ii Administration in -Boston, said defeated by Swensson twice in Harold fteportor . 'jeim Paul lli. in «n impassioned Jammed into St. Peter’s Square, there were two men, two women close votes, is also a potential PaMt.' Esster mnssage, called on the the Polish pontiff wished the attandsd a ;«w ji^ jM}iee;4aT. world a happy Easter in 48 and a child on the plane. She said candidate. Faucher has said he Recoid.8SHadnil^ M dmrcli a.n».,, cpnAiCtadStlt^f^^ M‘s .Christian and nop- the crash is being investigated by will drop out if Thompson runs. n rvices, nregkttatk fg g huiita to Join him for a languages, including Russian, the National Transportation Neither could be reached today . and a revival meMlnB Olibllgli- Chinese, Hebrew, Arabic and Tagalog, the chief native lan Safety Board. for comment on the possibility of ted a pteture-peflSdi Eaater peace. Chris Hoverman, who was one of Cassano’s enterinjg the race for the a>.hreakfSM « : ‘hP!i»'><%tM;^S In Ue traditional “ UrU at guage of the Philippines. (Re weekend in Mancheeter. d mrehes; aeeimi!ti)|*tp^dih'-ltdA' the plane's co-owners, told the 13th District nomination. Orbi” (Tt> the city and the world) lated story, page 5.) . A ll .churches contacted today Jamee I. Keek, niaetdr at Coin* Herald late this morning that the Cassano, a Manchester Com reported ftill hoOits Easter message Sunday, he also im aircraft was piloted by its other munity College professor who sells munity Baptist. ; . "v plored the world to reject modem The crowd, so huge it spilled nMMming. < ^ pssiHs Bliss the out of St. Peter’s Square into the owner, Steven M. Scribner, 27, of real estate part time, said today Center Congregational Church man’s litany of death, including Ellington and was carrying .aandnaty.at thechpreh later streets nearby, stood in warm that if he drops out of the race in drew record crowds for all three ithanmrni8g,lleflksslS.' war, terroriem, torture and iM InrCndy members of his family and two the five-town 4th District, he may sunshine for the celebration of Hs Easter servicee, accordtng Also M 7 ft.ini4 Ena GoSiM ahortfon. MMrawIraMi friends when it crashed. simply elect to remain in town ’’Mon oontinually inflict death centering on ChrisUanity’s cen to the Rev. Newell H.-Curtis Jr. lifoBrdenxmfostiaM l .Chpirch e n - Hoverman, who with Scribner government. He said he feels his uponethen, people who areoften tral belief — that Jesus arose The more than US people who Main Street sSrved caaiiminion owned New England Metal Works position as a second vice president aaknown, innocent people, peo- from the dead on Easter after attended the 8 a:m. aunrise being crucified on Good Friday. Co.. 21 Tolland Turnpike, Man in the Connecticut Cpnferenoe of service saw the Easter eunUght Pleeeejiw*e.peie'S |de not yet bora," John PauUaid. chester, said that the other pas Municipalities and as a second vice ■ ' A' ' sengers on the plane were his president in the National Leagueof partner's pregnant wife, Wanda; Cities puts him in a position to save the Scribners' 4-year-old son. the town money. Mark; and two friends, a woman In the past. Cassano and Ferns and a man be identified as Jeff have been close political allies. O’Neill wants final report on Galvin King of Vernon. The Scribners' Ferris worked in Cassano’s unsuc other child. Jeanie, 7. was with her cessful campaign to unseat Zinsser tiously as humanly possible." be present during autopsies. adding that he is now awaiting the grandparents in East Hampton at in 1984, and Cassano said today By Mark A. Dupuis The Democratic govieroor has TTiere have been reports that final report on the medicolegal the time of the crash. Hoverman that Ferris worked hard to help United Press International said he may have some questions Lloyd knew months ago that commission’s study of the medical said. him pay off his campaign debts HARTFORD - Gov. William A. about the way a commission Galvin b rou ^t her dogs to the examiner's office. He said his friend was last seen after the election. O’Neill said today he has asked the head^ by Lloyd investigated Farmington medical examiner’s Galvin has threatened to sue the about 5:30 and had taken off from Ferris said he discussed his state’s health commissioner to problems at the medical exannin- office. O’Neill said today Lloyd state seeking reinstatement to the Ellington Airport, where the plane plans Saturday with Cassano. submit a finarreport on the chief er’s office and decided to dismiss told him he did not learn until $78.00(l-a-year medical examiner’s was tased. Ferris, 47, has been employed by (3iief Medical Examiner Dr. Cath January that dogs were allowed in job and damages. Her lawyer has A spokesman at Brainard Air medical examiner’s office as soon the state Motor Vehicle Depart erine A. Galvin. autopsy rooms. blamed her dismissal on politics. port identified the plane as a Piper as possible. ment for more t han six years and is Galvin was dismissed by the O’Neill said he did not discuss O’Neill reiterated today that he Comanche. He said the plane had O'Neill met for about 30 minutes now commissioner of its Division Commission on Medicolegal Invn- Lloyd’s future as health commis supports the commission’s deci landed, refueled and taken off with Dr. Douglas S. Lloyd and said of Auto Emissions Control. He tigations after a preliminary In sioner during today’s meeting. sion to remove Galvin. The com from Brainard between 6:30 and 7 afterward he had told the health served two terms on the Glaston vestigation into complaints about "There's not a threat of him mission found that her term as p.m. He said the pilot had spoken of services commissioner to com bury Town Council and six years as the medical examiner’s office and being terminated or not being medical examiner had expired and beading northeast toward plete a report - on the medical charges she allowed her pet dogs to terminated.” the governor said.