■I t '• *'A H1 . ( .I ilanrhpBlfr Mfralh Saturday, June 18, 1988 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm 30 Cents - r - > * » 0«vM Kool/ManchMtar Herald Grad fashion — Reid a . Martin wears the latest in graduate fashion at Bolton High School Friday night. Story and more pictures on pages lOand 11. No answers yet on sewage plant Reginald Pinto/Manchasttr Harald We did ni — Manchester High School’s 529 graduates celebrate Town seeks legal advice Friday after the school’s 95th commencement, held in the gymnasium. on construction ... page 2 Stories and more pictures on pages 4,5 and 6. » .♦ »• •»< •, ♦* (i* if ^ « kf i k i- « . t I > Dr. Crane’s Quiz N o answers yet in dispute Pentagon scandal 1. A menu of hay and oats delights the creatuire nicknamed ' over sewage plant expansion is ‘most serious’ PETER TOM DOBBIN TABBY . i\ 2. Which tree produces winged seeds? By Andrew Yurkovsky the end of next week. occurred. By Pete Yost turn up on the wiretaps, which are a HICKORY SYCAMORE RED OAK MAPLE Work on the plant began last “ This I would say is a signifi­ central part of the investigation, said Manchester Herald - / The Associated Press 3. Which one of these is inappropriate in this summer and is scheduled to be cant violation,” Roach said. “ The other government sources, but they generai grouping? The future of the upgrading of completed by the summer of 1990. town was in a position to know WASHINGTON - The dimensions emphasized that the inQuiry at this CORAL COTTONTAIL COTTONMOUTH the town’s sewage treatment The town is under federal orders that permits are reQuired.” of the Pentagon procurement bribery point has zeroed in on strong evidence COPPERHEAD plant remains unclear after a to upgrade the quality of effluent Roach said that the Corps has to investigation are "beyond the wildest of wrongdoing which has nothing to do 4. Which one of these starts events in a track Friday meeting of town, state and being discharged from the plant decide whether to grant a permit imagination,” Sen. Giarles Grassley with Congress. meet? federal officials to discuss the into Hockanum River. and whether to take any kind told his coileagues Friday while The sources refused to characterize ' GONG FLAG WHISTLE GUN need for a wetlands permit. The area where the wetlands punitive action. Such action could another senator called the matter the the context of any taps containing the 5. Which is best at cieaning weeds out of a pasture 7 Robert J. Young, the superin­ are said to have been affected is include finesof upto$25,000every “ most serious case in the history of voices of congressmen, to say in how fieid? ' tendent of the town’s water and where the existing plant’s secon­ day for each violation of the the Department of Defense.” many instances that occurr^, how DOBBIN ELSIE BILLY PETER sewer division, said after the dary treatment section, built in regulations. President Reagan said investiga­ many congressmen were involved or 6. Match the reiigious ieaders at the ieft with the meeting that the town adminis­ 1971, is located. Young said that Roach said that he will make a tors waited until this week to tell him whether the conversations were in­ ioiiowers thereof, as at the right. tration would have to confer with the Corps of Engineers is consid­ recommendation to his superior, about the two-year investigation of criminating in any way. (a) Jesus - . (V ) Buddhist the town attorney beforedeciding ering land that had been filled in the district engineer of the New the alleged sale of confidential A company in Chappell’s congres­ (b) AJiah (w) Jewish if, and when work affecting the for the exisiting plant as though it England division, on whether a Pentagon information to defense sional district, Armtec Inc. of Pa- (c) Jehovah (x) American Indian wetlands would continue. were wetlands. fine should be levied. He said a contractors through their paid consul­ latka, Fla., is one of 15 defense (d) Mapitour (y) Christian “ We’ll seek advice of counsel He said that the entire project decision on punitive action is tants so that there would be no leaks. contractors whose offices were (fe) Cautama (z) Musiim before making any determination at the secondary section en­ "more than a week away." He The affair came to light when search searched by FBI agents Tuesday. of what the future of construction croaches on the area regarded as could not say when a wetlands warrants were issued and telephone Armtec’s president, William W. Answers on ciassified pages will be,” Young said. wetlands, estimated at about 4 permit could be issued. taps disclosed. Roberts, is a personal friend of the Chappell. He said his company ‘,‘is not ’The town has been informed by acres. Roach said that the number of Reagan, in an interview on Public So far, work has begun on a new aware of any wrongdoing” and will the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers violations the New England div­ Broadcasting Service’s “ Nightly Bus­ building near the secondary cooperate with investigators. that the $27 million expansion of ision prosecutes numbers be­ iness Report,” said, “ I think all of that W eather section and on the foundation for the plant encroaches on wetlands tween 12 and 15 per year, and the was part of the need to keep it so After getting a briefing from U.S. a treatment tank. and is in violation of federal size of the fines is increasing. absolutely secret that there wouldn’t Attorney Henry Hudson, who is regulations because of the lack of No work involving additional Manchester and vicinity; Partly sunny Saturday. be any tipping off that then might coordinating the massive investiga­ a permit. Officials from the Corps impact on the wetlands is being William R. Hogan, an engineer High near 80. Wiiid northwest around '10 mph. allow some wrongdoers to escape and tion, Grassley, an Iowa Republican, of Engineers and the federal done now officials, said Friday. of water pollution control facili­ ' Saturday night, clear with low 50 to 55. Sunday, take cover.” said the probe “ involves people Environmental Protection Work at the primary section, near ties for the state Department of Reagan said he was informed “ the mostly sunny With high around 80. Environmental Protection, said enriching themselves on propriety Agency said after Friday’s meet­ the entrance of the landfill off minute they had something to tell.” information.” . ' Central, sonthwest interior: Paftly sunny Satur- ing that they had not determined Olcott-Street, will continue as that he thought the question of the Meanwhile, Rep. Bill Chappell, ,day. High around 80. Wind northwest around 10 whether a wetlands permit would planned. Young said. wetlands permit was “ resolva­ In a Senate speech, Grassley said % D-Fla., characterized as “ a bunch of ,mph. Saturday pight, clear with Low 50 to 55. be granted or whether punitive Young said that Questions over ble.” He saidthat he believed the bunk” a report that he had come the scandal is “ widespread, beyond Supday, mostly sunny with high 80 ^ 85. action would be taken against the the need for the permit should not expansion would be completed, under scrutiny in the investigation. the wildest imagination of what’s town. affect the receipt of state and though possibly at some incon­ The Los Angeles Times reported going on.” East coastal: Partly sunny Saturday. High 75 to -'Though the town has been federal funds already committed venience tQ the town. Friday that Chappell, who oversees 80. Wind northwest around 10 mph becoming CBS News, citing an unidentified notified of the violation, no order for the project. The work is to be • Young said that the failure of \ the Pentagon budget as chairman of onshore in the afternoon. Saturday night, clear with administration official, reported Fri­ has yet been issued by the Corps paid for through $13 million in the town to get the wetlands the House Appropriations subcom­ low 55 to 60. Sunday, mostly sunny with high 75 to 80. to stop work. state and federal grants and $14 permit was a result of an day that seven Defense Department mittee on defense, was identified by employees are suspected of accepting Town Manager Robert B. Weiss million in state loans. oversight due to a rush to begin sources as one of two congressmen bribes or gifts in return for inside described the meeting as a Richard Roach, the chief of the project. under scrutiny. information on Pentagon contracts. Lottery “ productive” one. He said that enforcement for the Corps’ New The town has received town Federal law enforcement sources, the town would try to provide England division, said that the permits for encroachment on speaking on condition of anonymity, Some 200 subpoenas have been answers to a series of questions Corps is confident that a violation wetlands and flood plains. Young told The Associated Press that no one issued this week for grand jury about the project to the Corps by of federal water regulations said. in Congress is under investigation in appearances, said federal law en­ Connecticut daiiy frid a y: 330. Piay Four: 6412. ^ photo Connecticut “ Lotto” Friday: 16,24,25,- 30,32,40. the probe at this time. forcement sources, speaking on con­ BRIEF RESPITE — Alabama tamer Ben Cosby looks skyward The voices of several congressmen dition of anonymity. Residents mobilize to fight with thanks on Friday as nearly 2 Inches of rain falls on one of his Index cotton fields. It was the first rain since April. Several Alabama communities have called on the National Guard to haul water to Jane’s says she’s sorry f -Business _ _ them as the record-breaking drought continues.