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ilfianrhrHtpr BrralJi Weekend Edition, Saturday, Sept. 1,1990 Voted 1990 New England Newspaper of the Vbar Newsstand Price: 35 Cents Merchants hoping for prosperous ■% T1 O weekend D H By SCOTT BREDE i\ IE Manchester Herald o o MANCHESTER — The swelling prices al the gas pump will not deter vacationers from hitting the highway ^ 03 over Labor Day weekend, many local businesses arc H ■< hoping. I m ___ I The price of a gallon of unleaded regular gasoline I o J hovers around the $1.25 mark at most area fuel stations, but the rise won’t have much bearing on people’s travel plans, businesspx;oplc who profit from holidays agreed. \ “Being the last holiday of the summer, gas prices are o“ 2 not going to deter people from doing what they want,” 1 J3 said Thomas Guerra, the general manager at the o o Pavilions at Buckland Hills. O T l Although Guerra said that he did not expect the price of fuel to have much influence on the number of people flocking to the mall, he did expect a big weekend turnout c3 ^ of back-to-school shoppers. “I expect the traffic [inside the mall] to be good this O O weekend,” he said. Ken House, the assistant manager at the UA Theatre m 2 East in the rear of the Manchester Parkadc, said the num­ 5> 1“> ber of movie-goers over the weekend will be determined by the weather, not fuel costs. D CO “A large part of our audience is children”. House said. The Associated Press “Most of the time, kids don’t even know what the price 33 > [of gas] is because they don’t have to pay for it.” CHEAP GAS — Rocky Rhodes, a WKRZ-FM disc jockey dressed as an Arab, pumps gas > The Manchester Parks and Recreation Department is into a car during a promotion at a Wilkes Barre, Pa. gas station this week. During the promo­ 33 also gearing up for a heavy weekend. tion, gas that now sells for $1.31 a gallon was sold at the pre-Iraqi invasion price of 98.5 The swimming pool at Globe Hollow on Spring Street cents. will be open to accommodate residents staying around the area for the weekend, said Carl Silver, Manchester’s superintendent of recreation. “The pool will be really jammed if the weather is Foreign women, children nice,” said Silver, who noted that Wickham Park, on the west side of town, has always been a favorite picnic spot on past Labor Days. Silver said that local gas prices wouldn’t have much impact on people’s decisions to travel, but that their begin journey from Iraq usual customs do. “There are traditional people, like myself, who never By TERRY LEONARD F^is on Iraqi Airways. He said on against Iraq by the United Nations travel on holiday weekends,” he said. The Associated Press the return leg, the flights should do not resU"ict the movement of Iraqi Despite local merchant’ optimism, the number of carry home Iraqis who he said were nationals. travelers will be down 2 percent over last year’s holiday, BAGHDAD, Iraq — A few stranded abroad. Britain did not object to letting said Lynn Davies, the community spokesperson for the foreigners began trickling out of “This is a humanitarian request, the Iraqi planes utke Iraqis home. regional office of the American Automobile Association. Iraq on Friday under Saddam Hus­ and we hope the two govcriunents “If a plane is coming out here AAA conducts surveys on the amount of motorists who sein’s pledge to free women and will reply quickly and positively,” with British nationals on it, and is will be on the road for different holidays. children tiostages, but Iraq made al-Hadithi said at a news con­ going back ... empty to Baghdad, ‘Two percent is not a significant drop,” Davies said. more requests in connection with the ference. Iraqi nationals want to go on it, of “It just shows that some people are showing a little more release of the remaining captives. He referred to Iraqis being course they can go,” a Foreign Of­ concern about gas prices.” Government spokesman Naji al- suanded in London and IVis by fice spokesman said, adding poin- Hadithi said 237 hostages were “brutal American sanctions.” Please see HOLIDAY, page 3. waiting to be flown to London and However, the sanctions imposed Please see GULF, page 2. 1 9 9 0 REGIONAL Weather Saturday, Sept. 1 Development Aoov-W*ew*<orac«*< *0r < •empeneiree ~ ~ 7 many cousins and close friends. lc»r«>ou|ecn Robert W. Bennett Jr. mass of Christian burial at 9 a.m. in Funeral services were held in San S.S. Cyril and Methodist Church in contract Robert W. Bermett Jr., 32, of San Francisco, Calif, and burial will be Hartford. Francisco, Calif., formerly of Stuart, at the convenience of the family. Burial will be held Tbesday at the Fla., died Sunday (Aug. 26) at his Memorial contributions may be convenience of the family. The nBo»lof>|82n home after an extended illness. He made to a charity of the donor’s family will receive relatives and is awarded was the son of the late Robert W. choice. friends at the chapels Sunday, 2 to 4 Bermett Sr. of Manchester. p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. He is survived by his mother and Julia T. (Swider) By ALEX GIRELLI Manchester Herald stepfather, Carol and Clifford Drezek Card of Thanks Hartnack, of Stuart, Fla.; three Julia T. (Swider) Drezek, 79, of Roger Lemclin sisters, Sandra Bennett of Alpine, Hartford, sister of Mrs. Stephen MANCHESTER — The Housing Authority of Calif., Sharon Bennett Fish of Jen­ August 16,1990 (Anita) Prutz of Manchester, died Manchester Friday signed a $2,086,000 contract with the sen Beach, Fla., Sheila Bermett of Aug. 30 in Hartford Hospital. Bom Our hearts overflow with gratitude Center Star Construction Co. of Colonie, N.Y., for con­ . ^ for all who showed their love at the North Lauderdale, Fla.; three in Hartford, she resided in New struction of a congregate housing development. time of our Daddy's death. IE3 EE3 E33 ^ S f t A brothers, Nilf F^iberg of Fort Britain for 23 years after her mar­ The compiany was the lowest among 11 qualified bid­ Lauderdale, Fla., Stephen Friberg of riage to her late husband, William Geri and 5J's ders who submitted bids July 11. Thailand, and Kirk Friberg of Stuart, Drezek. The next lowest bid that met reQuirements came from Fla. He also leaves his maternal Besides her sister, she is survived Naek Construction of Vernon, which asked $2.1 million. grandmother, Lois F. Ames of In Memoriam by two other sisters, Mary P. Ascual The highest bid came from Alca Construction of Manchester; paternal grandparents, and Bertha Sendra, both of Plain- In sad and loving memory of Mary Donald T. and Dorothy Bermett of Hartford, which asked $2il million. ville; and several nieces and Ann Burke Walker, who passed away Farmington; three aunts, Janice Ben­ on September 3,1983. The two-story building will be located on a site be­ Weather nephews. She was predeceased by a nett of Canton, Susan Bennett Aston tween Blue Field Drive and Waddell Road, adjacent to brother and two sisters. In loving memory. of Farmington, and Roberta Ames the Westhill Gardens apiartments for the elderly. Funeral services will be held on Sorely missed by. It will contain 37 apartments with a common kitchen Hodge of South Windsor; an uncle, Monday, 8:15 a.m., from the Husband, Sister, Sons, Raginald Plnto4yUnchMtM’ Harald and dining room for the frail elderly. The apartments will Donald T. Bennett Jr. of Bluff City, Talarski Maple Hill Chapels, 380 Daughters, Grandchildren also have cooking faciliues. f handicapped — The Instructors of the Handicapped, a student-run or- Fair, chance Term.; a nephew; two nieces; and Maple Ave., Hartford, followed by a and Great Grandchildren Center Star expects to begin work Sept. 17 and com ­ looking to recruit new high school instructors to help teach handicapped plete the job within a year. The project is being financed children how to swim in the new handicapped-accessible pool at Manchester High School of thunderstorm with a grant of $2.5 million from the state’s Department For information, call 649-0036. Pictured are newly elected officers, from left, Stephanie of Housing. O’Neill orders Poike Valade, Lisa Turek. Matt Belcher, Kerri Lindland. Leslee DuPont and Lynne Knapp. Missing is The weather in the greater Manchester area Saturday: sunny. High 80 to 85. Outlook for the remainder of the Labor Day weekend. A chance of a shower or Two injured in Hosts needed thunderstorm Sunday afternoon, otherwise fair. Highs in spending cuts tlie low to mid 80s. car accident for students By JUDD EVERHART the depletion of the rainy day fund, HEBRON — Police believe The CRYSTAL BALL The Associated Press but he said it was too early to say drunk driving was the likely cause Foreign Exchange students Andres LuQue and Ben­ of a one-car accident Friday night, whether it would affect Connec­ jamin Herranz are eager to become Columbia and tells us the..... which has left one man in critical HARTFORD — With a budget ticut’s strong credit rating. Spain’s newest young ambassadors when they arrive in Manchester Herald condition and a Salem man with deficit approaching $400 million “No one wants to give up a the Manchester area to attend high school this fall. just two months into the new fiscal minor injuries. WAITERS RACE savings account.” Milano said.

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