2(1 - MANCHESTER HERALD, Monday. June 4, 1984 In aftermath of flood ConnecticHt Residents warned of safety hazards In Three die In jet crash Bolton’s Jim Klar has Helln tosses McKinney seeks eighth By United Press International now, said Mary Webber, as she preparation." water. at Bradley Airport Amherst photo exhibit no-hIt game surveyed the damage t(> her New Environmental authorities noted "Polluted waters carry the dangers NORWALK — Rep. Stewart B. McKinney, dean of hepatitis, dysentery and diarrhea," Connecticut residents returning to Milford home, with bookshelves, lamp­ that five sewage treatment plants of the state delegation to the U.S. House, today Lloyd said. Boiling water or adding six ... page 10 page 11 ...page 15 their flood-torn homes have been shades and toys bobbing aroun(l in the along the Connecticut River had shut announced his candidacy for an eighth term, drops of bleach and allowing it to stand warned to beware of -wet electrical water. down and were discharging about 7 citing his record over the past 14 years hi for 30 minutes before use wiil disinfect wiring, pockets of natural gas and raw But Lloyd advised there are ways of million gallons of sewage a day into the Congress. sewage swirling in torpid waters. coping with post-flooding doldrums. river. a quart of water and make it safe for “ I intend to run on my record, one I am proud But State Health Commissioner He advised those returning to homes Private wells that have been inun­ drinking, Lloyd said. of, and present the voters with a vigorous, Douglas Lloyd said Sunday he saw no to wash their hands after handling dated by the raging river should be Food that has been contaminated by issue-oriented campaign,” McKinney said at a threat of serious public health prob­ flood-soaked materials, and to be flushed and disinfected, he said. If water shouid be discarded, Lloyd said, breakfast meeting in Norwalk. lems because of recent flooding if basic "especially careful about clean hands, debris or silt has entered the well, such as fresh fruits, vegetables, meat, He said he decided to run lor re-election in the sanitary precautions were taken. clean utensils, and clean surfaces Lloyd recommended pumping the well fish, poultry and food packaged in bags 4th District, which includes lower Fairfield or boxes. " I would love to walk out of here right before commencing any food out until it clears and disinfecting the County, because of his “ affection and fondness” Fair tonight; Manchester, Conn. He also cautioned against using food for his constituents and “ the level of effectiveness processed in containers and sealed I have achieved” in the House. Sunny Wednesday Tuesday, June 5, 1984 with screwtops, corks, crowntops or “ And !• love the job,” added McKinney, who is s • — See page 2 home-canned rubber-ring seaied jars if unopposed for the Republican nomination. Single copy; 25<t they have been submerged in flood McKinney is considered the favorite in the waters. general election, where he is expected to face Commercial canned goods may be Democrat John Merchant of Fairfield, an used if the outside of the container is attorney. if r 1Ti U- ^ \i{i\i I washed with a detergent soiution and then disinfected with boiiing water or a i- chlorine solution, Lloyd said. Discard water-soaked upholstered Gas ‘slightly radioactive’ furniture, mattresses and stuffed toys, , Gillespie HADDAM NECK — A small amount of Iraq braces Lloyd said. “ slightly radioactive gas” was released at the Flooded cellers must be drained or Connecticut Yankee Nuclear Power Plant, but a pumped out, hosed down with clean spokesman said there was “ absolutely no danger I - water and washed with a disinfectant. safe after to the public. Toys also can be washed with hot, NU spokesman Tony Castagno said Sunday the itself for ^ soapy water and disinfected. release took place at 9; 10 a.m. and was corrected ' f in five seconds. Lloyd recommended curtains, cio- Castagno explained the gas was released from shipwreck thing and bedding also be washed, a tank used for evaporating water. “ The release bleached whenever possible and dried was stopped immediately, and there was new fighting in the sun. Rugs shouid be flushed with absolutely no danger to the public.” ciean water, shampooed and air dried, Woman from Hebron and furniture rinsed with clean water By Rawhl Abeldoh fighters shot down an unidentified United Press International aircraft as it flew toward the Saudi 5 and washed with soap. missing off Bermuda Beluga whale dies at 25 coast. Power outages can pose health ABU DHABI, United Arab Em i­ A report from the Saudi Defense hazards, Lloyd said, urging residents MYSTIC — Alex, a 14-foot begula whale who at .jKto rates — Saudi Arabian fighters Ministry did not say the plane was to unpiug appliances and use heat and age 25 was the oldest whale in captivity, has died Bv Herald Staff shot down an unidentified plane in Iranian, but Khomeini's regime and United Press International light with caution. Don’t use charcoal of old age and recurring illness, a spokesman at a dogfight as it flew toward the has threatened to attack Saudi grills indoors for heating or cooking, the Mystic Marinelife Aquariuam said. Saudi coast today and Iran Arabia and other Arab states who While the search for a Hebron woman missing after and don’t use gas stoves as a source of Aquarium spokesman Laura Kezer said charged Iraqi warplanes killed or have sided with Iraq in the war a Bermuda shipwreck continued this morning, the heat since either one can lead to Sunclay an autopsy showed Alex died of cardiac wounded 400 people in an air raid with Iran. wife of oneofthe survivors — Stuart Gillespie Jr., the suffocation, he said. arrest and various problems associated with old on a northern city. “ When this object surpassed the i ' l l chorale master of the Manchester Symphony A fireplace is safe to use for heat or age. She said he was buried Saturday in the Iran threatened to bomb 11 cities international waters and entered Orchestra & Chorale — said he is fine. cooking if it is property vented to the Trustom Pond Wildlife Refuge in Charlestown, in Iraq in retaliation for the raid on into the kingdom’s regional waters outside, Lloyd noted. R.I. the border city of Baneh. toward our coasts, aircraft from “ He sent me a telegram saying he is safe and welt,” The whale, a popular figure at the aquarium, The reports came as Iraq braced the Saudi Royal Air Force inter­ said Gillespie's wife, Margaret. She said Gillespie — a “ If your home has been flooded, pilot died quietly Friday in his pool, said aquarium for a major ground offensive by cepted it and shot it down in a resident of Watertown — is aboard a Canadian frigate gas lights may have been extinguished trainer Curt Horton. Iran, whose leader Ayatollah Ru- dogfight,” the ministry statement and gas could have accumulated in the bound for Halifax, Nova Scotia, and that ftc''has UPl photo “ There’s just a whole lot of emotion wrapped up hollah Khomeini warned today said. Tjie statement was carried by J basement,” Lloyd said. “ Flooding may spoken with her via shipboard radio. in him.'It’s like I ’m talking about my grandfather would be an “ epic day” in the Riyadh radio and monitored in Water Street in Chester, Conn, takes on more rise Saturday. Businessmen rescue some also cause short circuiting of electrical But Mrs. Gillespie said she thinks chances are here. Basically that’s what it feels like,” Horton 44-month-old Persian Gulf War. Kuwait. appliances such as hot water circula­ “ very slim " that Susan Peterson Howell. .37. the than the appearance of its name as flooij stock and equipment. said. However, there was no immediate The ministry said the “ object” tors, storage tanks and driers. Hebron woman, survived the sinking. waters of the Connecticut River continueij to Aley had battled a variety of illnesses in the word the expected attack had was detected by the Saudi early past few years, and seemed to live on a steady diet begun. warning system. Four U.S. Air­ All indications are that Mrs. Howell was on the of Maalox and Tagament for ulcers, along with 50 Iran’s news agency IR N A said at borne Warning and Control Sys­ lower level of the tall ship when it capsized Sunday at pounds of fish a day, the aquarium said. least 400 people were killed or tems (AWACS) planes operate out about 4 a.m., Mrs. Gillespie said. Because the sinking Farmers staring at massive crop loss wounded among thousands attend­ of Riyadh airport and the Reagan occurred wit hint wo minutes, she said, those who were ing a revolutionary ceremony administration last week supplied below probably had little chance to e.scape. By Lyda Phillips supplement feed rations will be "hard four consecutive days of rain dumped He said losses of both silage and when Iraqi planes attacked Baneh, Saudi Arabia with 490 Stinger United Press International hit.” up to 10 inches of rain over the lands sweet corn as well^as vegetable and in the northwest province of antiaircraft missiles to defend Another Connecticut woman,, Andrea Lee, 19, of and submerged at least 1,000 acres of nursery stock will occur not only from Kurdistan. Saudi oil installations. Mystic, was also listed among the 18 people missing Across the state, he said crop New Engiand j HARTFORD — State Agriculture, field corn under four feet of water, flooding, but from severe erosion and IRNA gave no more details or King Fahd in a Cabinet meeting, after the 117-foot Marques went down Sunday.