I iiattrhpHtpr Mpralb Monday, Aug. 15, 1988 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm 30 Cents N o w ord N o w a y to beat on Bush the heat Bv Andrew J. Davis Manchester Herald The hazy, hot and humid V P pick weather which will continue to grip Connecticut has forced at least 10 people to seek treatment for heat-related illnesses at Man­ Related atortee on pages 4 and 5 chester Memorial Hospital. Nor­ theast Utilities Co. said it may bo By Terence Hunt forced to implement selected The Associated Press blackouts if customers do not cut down on electricity. - NEW ORLEANS — George Bush, keeping up the The hot weather, which has suspense about his running mate, said on the baked Central Connecticut with opening day of the Republican Nationai Convention over 90-degree temperatures ev­ that he has narrowed the list of candidates but has ery day this month but one. forced not picked one. “ I think my choice will be widely 10 people to seek medical atten­ accepted when I decide on who that choice is,” Bush tion at Manchester Memorial said today. over the weekend, said Am y ‘ T v e not decided,” Bush said during a round of Avery, hospital spokesman. Nine AP photo interviews on morning television shows. Asked if he people were treated and released were leaning one way or another, Bush replied, THE GIPPER'S GAVEL — President Reagan waves Orleans Convention Center. Reagan told the crowd for difficulty breathing, while one "Yes, of course but (toward) some peopie, I’dsay.” was treated for heat exhaustion, to the crowd as he holds a giant gavel over his that America needs the strength and true grit of she said. Bush remained in Washington, giving the first George Bush as president. day's convention spotlight to President Reagan, shoulder Sunday during his speech at the New That is a particularly' high who planned to make a prime-time address to the number of people seeking treat­ delegates tonight to arouse political passions for ment for heat-related illnesses Bush, who has been trailing Democratic rival compared to the past few weeks Michael Dukakis in most polls. of summer, she said. Reagan told an adoring audience welcoming him 8th ponders sewer rate deal Northeast Utilities spokesman to New Orleans on Sunday that he would jdevote Cheryl Duey said today that the company is asking customers "every ounce of energy and every fiber of my Bv Andrew Yurkovsky district residents with sewer service. review all provisions of an agreement, through the media to conserve being” to helping Bush. Manchester Herald That offer was contingent on the town’s including a sewer rate formula. power or face the possibility of Amid intense speculation about Bush’s running acceptance and on the settling of a District Director Joseph Tripp, who selected blackouts or reduced mate, former Transportation Secretary Elizabeth An attorney representing the Eighth formula by today for the calculation of is also the district fire commissioner, power. Dole said on “ CBS This Morning,” “ I do not expect Utilities District hopes to have a future rates. had proposed two months ago that the Since another scorcher was to be asked to be vice president.” Her husband. Sen. recommendation tonight on whether a LaBelle said today that he wanted to directors seek bids on the firehouse if predicted for today, coupled with Bob Dole of Kansas, also a prospect, said, “ I think sewer rate formula proposed by the, compare the town’s estimated sewer an accord was not reached by July. But high humidity, people will be Elizabeth would be an excellent choice.” town will be acceptable to the district. budget for the next five years with the Tripp would not say today what action turning on their air conditioners The senator denied that he had been campaigning Attorney John D. LaBelle said today rates the formula would produce in he was likely to take tonight. and it may be too much for tlje for the job. “I haven’t done anything to try to that he had not yet had a chance to order to determine whether the for­ “ I don’t know,” Tripp said. “ I have to company to handle, she said. influence George Bush. It’s his call,” Dole said. review the proposed formula but hoped mula was fair. wait and see what hapens tonight. I The problem is doubled since it The vice president, his understudy days nearing to do so before the meeting of the have to see what the others want to do. ” is Monday, and businesses, which an end, will arrive here Tuesday, just as Reagan district directors tonight. Thedirectors For the past two months, the district were closed during the weekend, leaves town for a long vacation at his California meet at 7 in Cronin Hall. M ayfair directors have held off going out to bid District Director Samuel Longest, will be using high loads of power. ranch. In a symbolic passing of the baton, the two Gardens. on a new firehouse in the Buckland area who has been negotiating the agree­ Duey said. Because of the busi­ men will meet briefly at the airport before Bush The sewer rate formula is the last because the accord being worked out ment with Mayor Peter P. DiRosa Jr., nesses. the company is predicting jteads downtown for a big welcoming rally. step in arriving at a broader agreement would allow the district to acquire the would not comment on what would very high usage, she said. ” It’s a big moment for me. It’s the culmination of between the town and the district on town’s Buckland firehouse. happen if LaBelle had no recommenda­ “ If we reach that load we may a lot of years of politics,” Bush said on ABC’s “ Good questions of fireand sewer jurisdiction. Those district directors who could be tion on the formula. have to” reduce power by 5 Morning Am erica.” “ It feels like this is it.” The formula would determine what reached today would not commit Director Willard Marvin also would percent or start selected black­ On NBC’s “ Today” show. Bush said, “ I have to rates the district would pay the town in themselves on what action they would not say how he would vote, but he said outs, Duey said. “ I ’m sure we define how I want to lead this country.” the future to treat the sewage collected take if an agreeable formula were not M that the other directors would probably don’t want to do that.” Fending off attempts to learn the identity of his in district lines. ready by tonight for their considera­ go ahead with the bids. “ I hate to say No decision had been made this running mate. Bush said, “ I think it’s a very Last Monday, the district offered to tion. But LaBelle said he did not expect it,” he said. “ It’s now or never.” morning where, or if. selected important choice and there’s a lot of very good pay the town a current rate of 95 cents the directors to vote on the firehouse “ AH I can say is I ’m hopeful.” said people from whom to make a selection. I think my per 100 cubic feet of water used by until after they had the chance to Director Ellen Landers. lER, page 10 choice will be widely accepted when I decide on who that choice is.” Looking ahead to his campaign against Dukakis, Bush_sal(LRepubllcan8inf’eunttedr**The'conVt!iltlon | ^EBA:^aturej6ses is unified. I think the party is unified. We have a platform that states the general principles of our party and looks to the future. I don’t look for any divisiveness coming out of Thursday night.” when wetlands lost Bush acknowledged that many people will measure him against Reagan. “ He’s been a great Bv Nancv Concelman wetlands. But the agency offers president. ... I ’m not going to try to be a Ronald Manchester Herald few solutions, saying that mitiga­ Reagan because there’s only one,” Bush said. tion plans such as restoring Aides said Bush may depart from his plan to make It is the classic struggle; wetlands are generally failures. his decision known on Thursday and instead unveil development against nature. So If plans to create new wetlands his choice Wednesday night, then make a dramatic far. federal Environmental Pro­ to allow the rebuilding of Route 6 appearance before the convention — the same tection Agency officials say. are approved by the Arm y Corps procedure Reagan employed eight years ago when nature is losing.. of Engineers, the state could end he named Bush as his vice presidential choice. Thousands of acres of wetlands up with acres of mud holes, says Sen. Bob Dole of Kansas, Sen. Dan Quayle of are lost across the country each Matt Schweisberg, an en^ron- Indiana and Rep. Jack Kemp of New York acted like year to development, according mental biologist with the water they were auditioning for the job, appearing on to the EPA. In Connecticut, management division of the EPA. Sunday talk shows to bash Democratic presidential highway projects such as the A plan to restore wetlands at the hopeful Michael Dukakis. Route 6 expansion will result in town sewage treatment plant off Sen. Alan Simpson of Wyoming took himself off the loss of hundreds of acres of Olcott Street may meet with the list of potential candidates, saying “ I would be a wetlands, agency officials say. similar success, he says. liability for George” as a result of advocating curbs In Manchester, the issue was But that’s just par for the on Social Security increases.