Greenhouse’ Talks Urgent

30 Cents J ‘Greenhouse’ talks urgent Town Director Ronald Osella said today that he with drought has asked the town manager to make the public works director responsible for getting wetlands permits in the future to avoid a recurrence of the By Jeff Bradley by the seven-nation Economic current problems over the town’s sewage treatment The Associated Press Summit in Toronto. plant. Others expected to attend in The failure to obtain a wetlands permit from the TORONTO - With the North clude the heads of U.N. environ U.S. Army Corps of Engineers could hold up the $27 American farm belt parched by mental agencies; cabinet minis million improvement of the sewage treatment plant its worst drought in 50 years and ters from Indonesia, the off Olcott Street for a year, officials have said. 'Town fears the "greenhouse effect” is Netherlands and Senegal; scient Manager Robert B. Weiss has said that the permanently changing the ists from Harvard University and consulting engineer for the project, Metcalf & Eddy, earth’s climate, a gathering of 300 the Soviet Academy of Sciences, was responsible for getting the permit, although scientists in Toronto this week and Sen. ’Timothy E. Wirth, I some directors have said that that responsibility takes on a special urgency. D-Colo., and Rep. George E. ultimately rested with the town administration. The World Conference on the Brown, Jr., D-Calif. Osella said that he asked Weiss to change the Job Changing Atmosphere brings to Scientists will discuss ozone description for public works director tojUclude gether researchers, economists depletion, acid rain, water man responsibility for obtaining wetlands and other and politicians from 40 countries agement and food prospects, but federal permits. He said that he also asked Weiss to to examine the profound implica much interest centers on the include a clause in future town construction tions for life on earth unless recent warming of the earth’s contracts saying who is responsible for obtaining damage to the environment is surface due to the greenhouse such permits. halted. effect, in which gases humans Town officials are to meet in Hartford Wednesday “The dramatic effects of global have introduced into the atmos with a representative of the U.S. Attorney’s office warming can be curtailed, but phere prevent heat from and officials from federal agencies to discuss the only if all industrialized countries escaping. future of work on the sewage treatment plant. act now to implement tougher Although experts are not yet Nathan Agostinelli, a civilian aide to the secretary pollution control measures," said ready to ascribe the 1988 drought of the Army, has said that a resolution tothedispute Canadian Environment Minister to the greenhouse effect, the could be worked out that would allow the town to Tom McMillan, a keynote earth has been warmer in the first continue work on the project. speaker in the conference that five months of this year than in Agostinelli said today that he planned to speak starts today. any comparable period since with Col. Thomas Rhen, the commander of the The conference will attempt to measurements began 130 years Corps of Engineers’ New England division, later draft an international "law of the ago, a NASA climatologist, today about working out the dispute. air," asking ail countries to set James Hansen, told a Congres Rhen could not be reached for comment this voluntary limits on all types of air sional hearing in Washington last morning. Matt Schweisberg, a biologist for the pollution. week. federal Environmental Protection Agency, said Hosted by Prime Minister Five of the warmest years on today that officials from the EPA and the Corps of Brian Mulroney, speakers will record have occurred in the 1980s Engineers have had discussions in the past week but also include Prime Minister Gro and scientists at Environment have not agreed upon a course of action. Harlem Brundtiand of Norway. Canada predict global tempera "Nothing has been decided,’’ he said. She chaired a world commission tures could rise up to 8 degrees by Osella said that the contract for the treatment on the environment whose land the year 2050, partially melting plant improvements, with Fred Brunoli & Sons of mark report, “ Our Common Avon, is not specific about a wetlands permit. He Future,” was endorsed last week See GREENHOUSE, page 10 said that while the contract says that Brunoli is responsible for getting permits, he does not believe ■ 9 wetlands permit is included among those permits. Weiss said today that Osella’s suggestion about Reginald Plnto/Manchaatar Herald Highland Park gets the Job description "makes sense,’’ although he HOUSE DESTROYED — Peter Morra, center, and Lance Dimock, right, does not think that such a change would prevent a future oversight in obtaining a wetlands permit. work on the roof of a Boiton house which was destroyed in an eariy official OK tonight Weiss said that responsibility by the public works morning fire today. Ken Qeisler, assistant fire chief, ieft, begins to puii director for wetlands permits is implicit in the Town down a wail. By Andrew J. Davis cis A. Maffe Jr. “I haven’t heard Charter. But he reiterated his belief that Metcalf & AAanchester Herald Eddy was expected to obtain a federal wetlands otherwise.” permit if one was required. The reopening will result in the Fire destroys Bolton house, The Board of Education will need to move the building’s Weiss said that the change in the Job description formally vote tonight whether to could include a reference to the Town Charter. He current tenants — the town fully reopen Highland Park Recreation Department, the Vis would not comment on Osella’s interpretation of the School at the same time it iting Nurse and Home Care of construction contract. forces closing of highway considers whether to accept the Weiss said that the administration was working Manchester Inc., and one of the resignation of the former princi school system’s day treatment on estimates of how much delay of the improve Bv Andrew J. Davis The cause of the fire is still under pal of the school, officials said. programs. ments could cost the town, but no figures were Manchester Herald investigation, he said. The vote to reopen the school available today. He has said that a 90-day shutdown The reopening will force the The fire forced the closing of the road, fully in 1989 is Just a formality day treatment program’s move of work could mean that the Job would be completed BOLTON — An early morning fire that since the reopening was an to the town-owned Bentley a year beyond the present deadline of August 1990. sent clouds of smoke into the air and also known as Boston Turnpike, Preuss said. The two-lane highway was closed nounced by school board Chair School. That move will mean that i-1 The town stopped work Thursday on the forced the temporary closing today of man Richard W. Dyer and Mayor en secondary portion of the plant, where about 4 acres from 5 a.m. to 6:30 a.m., but one lane of the Manchester Association for Route 6 and 44 destroyed a vacant traffic was opened up from 6:30 a.m. to Peter P. DiRosa Jr. earlier this Retarded Citizen’s Second Hand th of wetlands are said to be affected, after receiving a two-family house before it was extin month, said James P. Kennedy, cease-and-desist order from the Army Corps of guished, fire officials said. about 8:45 a.m. when the road was completely opened. school superintendent. See SCHOOL BOARD, page 10 to Engineers. Weiss said that the town officials have The fire started at 4; SO a.m. and was The board also will vote ho been informed that it could take from 60 to 120 days brought under control by firefighters “It’s ruined. That’s for sure,” said whether to accept the resignation ne for the Corps of Engineers to issue a wetlands within a half-hour, said James Preuss, Preuss. “It’s totally destroyed.” of Gail Rowe, principal of Wad Poll: Dukakis n . permit to allow work at the secondary facility to Bolton fire chief. No one was living in the dell School and former principal ’s continue. home and no one was injured, he said. See BOLTON FIRE, page 10 of Highland Park School, which le was closed in 1984 due to declining ‘a blank page’ k- enrollment. The agreement to reopen the despite a lead 47 Pap smear center of much attention school reverses a January deci sion to open the school only to creased 70 percent in the last think people were looking to be kindergarten through Grade 3. It Dole yearning to be Many wonder forty years. This dramatic de Test concerns reassured.” has not been decided whether to veep choice? — page 7 crease is largely the result of Dr. Samuel Smith, chairman of open Highland Park through about reliability women having Pap smears to unfounded here the obstretics and gynecology Grade 5 or Grade 6 in 1989. By Evans Witt detect treatable conditions that department at Manchester Mem School board members also The Associated Press could lead to the disease. By Anita AA. Caldwell orial Hospital and physician in said they considered tonight’s First in a series Recently, however, the validity AAanchester Herald private practice, agrees. vote on the school’s reopening to WASHINGTON — To an uncer and accuracy of the Pap test have “This was another thing that be a formality. tain and divided electorate, Mi Bv Dr. Robert C. Park been questioned. Reports have Area medical personnel have got blown up beyond its reasona "It’s absolutely Just a formal chael Dukakis is “a blank page” cited false-negative findings of 15 not found massive errors in Pap ble proportion.” Smith said.

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