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« l - MANCHESTER HERALU, Tuesday, June 2B, 1983 Yankee Traveler Many special events set for Fourth of July weekend Magazine taught Profile of chief Reagan sees Editor’s note: Another in a from the Old State Hou.sc. The tradition of parading in In Mushpee, Muss., on Cape Cod, holds an Independence Day Festi from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on July 4th her how to cook of 1-86 builders no Impropriety series of weekly features written Other Boston events include the grotesque costumes, or in cos- the Wampanoag trihe of Native val on Monday, July 4. and includes puppets, music, fire for U PI by the ALA Auto and annual turning of the U.S.S. turnes that mimic political and Americans will hold a tribal Events include a Civil War works, softball and a barbecue. ... page 13 ... page 3 ... page 2 Travel Club aimed at providing Constitution and the firing of the social figures, originated in medie reunion during the long July 4th military encampment set up on the Call (802) 254-5808 for details. New Englanders with fuel- ship's deck cannon in the afternoon val Europe. weekend. seaport grounds, a parade, a The Arlington, Vt., celebration conserving, close-to-home leisure and the Boston Pops Concert at the Call the North Shore Chamber of Their celebration will include formal ceremony and a small boat on Monday, July 4, begins with an trips. Hutch Shell on the Charles River Commerce at (617) 922-1450 for tribal ceremonies, canoe races, regatta. 11 a.m. parade on East Arlington Esplanade in the evening. information on the parades. dancing and a clambake. The Call (203) 572-0711 for Road, followed by games, relays, By Jon Zonderman public is invited. information. square dancing and a 5 p.m. ALA Auto and Travel Club IN IPSWICH. MASS., north of HISTORIC DEERFIELD in Call the Wampanoag Tribal For a typical old-fashioned cele barbecue. Boston, Independence Day at the Deerfield. Mass., hosts a July 4th Council at (617) 477-0208 or 477- bration, travel to Houlton, Maine, Barton, Vt., holds its celebration W ELLE SLEY, Mass. — There Crane Estate will include the celebration throughout the 3063. where the town celebrates from at the Orleans County Fairground Clear tonight; weekend. Manchester, Conn. ^•"0 0 number of special events for Mandala Folk Dancing Ensemble, July 1-4. from 9 a.m. to dusk on Monday, the whole family in addition to the sunny Thursday picnicking, fireworks and more. Fife and drum corps music, a HARTFORD. CONN., uses this Events include road races, arts Juiy 4. The celebration includes V)/ednesday, June 29, 1983 traditional Independence Day The program begins at 2 p.m. new play written especially for the weekend for an annual River and crafts, a carnival and horse pulls, a flea market, an — See page 2 events during the weekend of July Call (617) 3.56-4070 for details and celebration, special house tours Festival, which will include enter fireworks. auction, a carnival and fireworks. Single copy: 25C: 1-4 this year. The ALA Auto and admission prices. and other musical and historical tainment, exhibits, boat rides, Call (207) 532-3050 for Cali (802) 525-3711 for details. Travel Club suggests you try them. During the weekend, there will events will highlight the weekend. races and fireworks. information. iUanrhpHtpr Mr ralb In Boston, the Fourth of July be "Horribles" parades in a Call (413) 774-5581 for details. The festival is on Sunday, July 3, The July 4th fiesta in Warren. kicks off with a flag-raising at to number of Massachusetts cities Old Sturbridge Village in Stur- from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. VERMONT WILL ALSO feature Vt., runs from 10 a.m. to5p.m.and a.m., on Monday, followed by a and towns, including Marblehead, bridge. Mass., reenacts a typical Call (203) 247-6849 for a number of Independence Day includes games, booths and a parade and reading of the Declara Danvers, Salem. Beverly and 1850s Fourth of July celebration. information. celebrations. parade. Call (802) 496-3409 for tion of Independence at It a m. Gloucester, Call (617) 347-'>'»s‘> for details. Mystic Seaport in Mystic, Conn., Brattieboro's celebration runs information. Illegal cable TV hookups Bridge may reopen in two weeks Bv James V. Heallon O’Neill could not estimate how Burnett also announced it would That could have cost dozens of severe left shoulder fracture. United Press International much repairs would cost the state, rying beer and sides of beef, and investigate. lives had it been at peak traffic but said the state has insurance. two cars plunged 70 feet into 10-15 Ms. Weldon’s Toyota Celica O’Neill said inspections would be hours,” O’Neili said. collapsed like an accordion after GREENWICH — Repairs begin Investigators suspect one of the feet of murky Mianus River water > costing industry miiiions made today of other Connecticut The bridge, built in 1958, was when the bridge gave way. nose-diving onto the river bank. today to a 100-foot section of a steel pins, used to hold sections of highway bridges. inspected less than a year ago and Connecticut Turnpike bridge that the expansion bridge together may Killed were Harold W. Bracy Jr., Aiso criticai was David Pace, 27, Despite DOT warnings as early rated "fair,” meaning major of Warner Robins, Ga., driver of Continued from pdge 11 than their systems required and filters. collapsed early Tuesday plunging have sheared off, contributing to 45, of Slidell, La., a prize-winning as 1979 about deteriorating maintenance or minor or major the beer truck. He suffered com n then sold or illegally installed the Addressable descramblers, four vehicles into the Mianus the collapse around 1:30 a.m. truck driver, Luis Zapata, 31, 'of bridges, there have b^n only two mone, of Taylor, Pa., a 23-year-oia extras, pocketing the money however, are only being used in 2 River, killing three people and rehabilitation was needed. Stamford, driver of a BMW which pressed fractures of the spine and Pieces of the pin were found in the other bridges collapsed, both in electronics whiz who dubbed him themselves. million of the 32 million cable injuring three more. Still, the Mianus River bridge fell upside down into the water and chest injuries. His wife Heien, 23, water. 1%7, over the Sandy Brook in self the “ HBO K id," a sobriquet he households across the country and Gov. William O'Neill said Tues was in better condition than many Reginald K. Fischer, 21, of Stam was serious with back injuries and “ The problem is you don’t know Colebrook and the Division Street brashly displayed on his calling PERLOW CONTENDED that ' therefore have had little impact on day the three-lane missing section others in the state, including about ford, a passenger in Zapata’s car. cuts and bruises. what came first. Did the pins come Bridge in Middletown. cards and the license plate of his most converters in use by pirates the piracy problem, Dooley said. will be replaced with a temporary 30t) classified by the DOT as in Police said William Anderson, The three remained in intensive off and cause the span to collapse In both cases the bridges col sports car. have either been stolen or obtained Many companies are using 190-foot span costing $500,000 and "drastically deteriorating 30, of Knoxville, Tenn., and.Sharon care and Miss Migliardi said there or did the bridge collapse cause the lapsed under the weight of a truck Officials said for a fee of $50 to from mail order companies that teams of auditors to tour their the westbound lanes braced with condition.” Kelley of Atlanta, Ga., stopped 10 were no plans to operate. pins to shear. That’s the purposeof and the drivers escaped serious $125, Cardamone and members of service areas and trace the coaxial reinforced steel. " I was surprised this bridge feet short of the gaping hole and It was the second major tragedy advertise in trade journals. He and the investigation,” said Larrye injury. an alleged ring of pirates he other industry officiais named C & lines running from main cables With crews working around the collapsed. I wasn’t surprised a averted further tragedy by warn on the turnpike since Jan. 19, when deBear, spokesman for O’Neill. At a news conference in his' headed provided residents with D Electronics, of Jenison, Mich., into homes to insure they are clock, O’Neill said the bridge could bridge collapsed," said Sen. Thom ing other drivers. seven people burned to death after The investigation will be made Stamford office, O’Neill said the illegal, homemade converters and as one of the largest such outlets. legitimate connections. reopen in two weeks to traffic on Serrani, D-Stamford, former Three others were injured. Nurs a tractor-trailer truck slammed by state Department of Transpor loss of three lives was a tragedy, hooked them into their local Larry Bostelaar, president of C Others use car patrols armed Interstate 95 — a major artery that chairman of the Legislature’s ing supervisor Sue Migliardi said into several autos at the Stratford tation engineers and an outside but said it could have been much cables. & D, denied the company was with sophisticated electronic gear carries 90,000 vehicles a day Transportation Committee. Eileen Weldon, 21, of Darien t(4l plaza. engineering consulting firm. The worse if the collapse came during Authorities said the ring seliing converters so they could be that can detect signal “ leakage” "W e know we have deficient remained critical Tuesday night in National Guard helicopters between New York and National Transportation Safety rush hour.