■■ V -ty f The weather 'i ;■< Showers and thunderstorms tonight. ' Inside today Lows in mid 60s. Gearing Saturday and turning cooler and less humid with Area 2-B.3-H Kditorial ....... 4-A highs in the tow 80s. Probability of rain Classlticd 4B. Family...........J-A 60 per cent tonight and 10 per cent . 5-B.6-B.7-B Obituane.s .. 8-A Saturday. National Weather Service 'H j : ~Manche»ter-^A CUy o f i^tiage Charm ■ Comics .. 7-A Sport.s &-A.6-A Forecast map on page 6-B. MSMCttE^feR, com., FRIDAY, m>TESMBi3t i. 1177 - VOL. XCVl. No. !•» Dear Abby 7A PRICK* t-IKTEEN CKNTS Town will devise way to test water in homes By GREG PEARSON in an attempt to eliminate the con­ will then select homes that would contractual obligations for providing tamination. Herald Reporter provide a cross-sample of the entire pure water and sought restitution for Although the sewer cross- water system. These homeowners the 12-day period. connection was not found until this will take part in a training session to A plan to begin a new system of Weiss said that non-legal questions testing water in some private homes week, Jodaitis said that tests of learn how to properly take a sample, water in the area have still been which will be tested at the town's should be answered early next week. was formulated at Thursday night’s He had no estimate on how long it meeting about water problems in acceptable since the boiling order water laboratory. was lifted on Aug. 19. Another concern of the residents — will take to answer some of the legal Manchester. questions that were raised. The meeting was scheduled after a Concerned comments notification in case of an emergency 12-day period last month when water — was also discussed. Other residents said that they had About 100 people attended the experienced health problems, par­ in the southwest section of town was three-hour meeting, which was held Notification of the water con­ ticularly cramps and diarrhea, that contaminated. Residents in the area tamination was made through the in the Manchester High School they believed caused by the water. had to boil their water during the 12 auditorium. news media, and residents felt that days, and some are still concerned they should have been told individual­ Some speakers also discussed "What I’m saying is we still have ly of the problem. about the water quality. doubts in our minds. Who determines water problems in other areas of Jodaitis said, as he has before, that Speaking about the contamination, the water is safe?" Joseph Reynolds town. Residents from Spring St. and his department followed the notifica­ Frank Jodaitis, water and sewer ad­ of 88 Niles Dr., which is in the Duncan Rd. talked about problems tion procedures required by the ministrator, announced Thursday southwest section, said. that they had with water color. state. night that a problem that may have Jodaitis and Bob Young of the Many of those who spoke talked He said, however, that the depart­ contributed to the water contamina­ Water Department said that testing about the need for improvements to ment now realizes it probably should tion was found this week. is being done in the area daily and the entire water system. have done more. While answering a complaint at 87 meets safe drinking standards. "It’s time that the town look at "We feel we were a little bit Niles Dr., his department found a Testing is not done, however, in in­ preventive maintenance for all its erroneous just by going by the law, " sewer line that crossed a water line, dividual homes. facilities. You wouldn't operate your he told the audience. he said. The sewer line had apparent­ Some residents requested that such car by letting the oil run down,” Town Manager Robert Weiss said ly collapsed. a step be taken. After some discus­ Charles Boggini of 15 Francis Dr. that if any further problems develop One cause that was already given sion, Young said that the department said. with water tests taken from the area, for the problem was a valve on Diane would seek volunteer households The town is studying im­ Joseph Reynolds listens at the Thursday night meeting concer­ the residents will be notified by hand- Dr. that was closed and should have from all sections of town who would provements to the water distribution ning the recent water contamination problem in the southwest delivered messages. been open. provide samples once a week on and treatment facilities. Water of­ section of Manchester. Reynolds is a resident of the area where Town officials said this morning specific days. Petition ficials said that such steps will im­ homeowners had to boil water for 12 days because of the coh-^ that the Niles Dr. situation may have He said that anyone interested in Reynolds also asked why a petition prove water in Manchester. The tamination problem. (Herald photo by Pearson) ~ contributed to the problem after providing samples should contact the from 770 residents has not yet been work, which would have to be ap­ flushing of the water mains was done Water Department. The department answered by the town. The petition proved by a bond issue referendum, charged the town with breach of its will costs several million dollars. Anita shifts, smashes Mexico Today’s summary MATAMOROS, Mexico (DPI) - cut off from the mainland by high eye had moved 25 miles inland and helicopters,” Acres said. “It’s been Hurricane Anita, after terrifying tides and partially flooded, but it winds had weakened to less than 100 raining hard there and the roads will Compiled by United Preea International residents of the south Texas coast for appeared little damage had been miles per hour. The NWS said the be impassable.” two days, dived sharply southward in done. storm would continue to slide the final hours and today smashed its There was no immediate report on southwestward, probably to die in the The heavy rain created a serious State National 150 mile an hour winds into lightly damages or injuries in the sparsely eastern Sierra Madres. threat of flash flooding. A Mexican BRIDGEPORT (UPl) - Police CHICAGO (UPIl - The populated fishing villages of weather service official said the San populated areas of Mexico where the Meanwhile, heavy rain moved up have refused to comment on their American Medical Association northeastern Mexico. eye hit the mainland. However, of­ Fernando and Puriticacion rivers investigation into the deaths of says federal action to allow doc­ Anita hit the coast shortly before 4 the Rio Grahde through Texas and were expected to flood all of the San ficials at Tampico 100 miles to the Mexico parallel with the hurricane. two young girls who were stuffed tors to advertise may lead to a.m. CDT at latitude 24 north near south, said residents of the villages Fernando Valley in the Mexican into an abandoned refrigerator. A deception of patients and a break the villages of La Pesca, Las had been evacuated late Thursday. Brownsville, Tex. police Capt. state of Tamaulipas. medical examiner says they were down in medical ethics. The Guayavas, El Charco Largo and Soto The storm’s highest sustained George Acres, said Mexican raped. Police officials Thursday Federal Trade Commission is la Marina, 135 miles south of the Deputy David Martinez of the would say nothing except that a w inds of 155 m ile s an hour authorities told him it would be Cameron County (Texas) sheriff’s scheduled to begin a hearing U.S.-Mexico border. homicide investigation was under diminished rapidly as the hurricane "quite a while” before authorities department said the towns of Port Wednesday in Washington to Gales, high tides and wind on its moved inland on a course toward the could enter the rough mountainous way. decide whether doctors should be fringes flooded offshore towns in Isabel and Boca Chica were sur­ Mexican mountains southeast of country where the hurricane hit. rounded by water. Five foot tides permitted to advertise. South Texas and raked the coastal oil Monterey. " It’s going to be hard to get in covered the blacktop road over the Regional city of Tampico, Mexico. Two At 8 a.m. CDT, the National there; possibly only with salt flats leading to the towns. LOS ANGELES (UPl) - Sirhan offshore towns in ^ u th Texas were Weather Service said the hurricane WALTHAM, Mass. (UPl) - A $690 million hydroelectric project B. Sirhan cannot be "popped out " proposed in Maine would provide of pri-son to return to the hotel the area with jobs and flood con­ pantry where he assassinated Sen. trol, but the U.S. Army Corps of Robert F. Kennedy to jog his Hospital picketed by ex-patients cloudy memory, a judge ruled Engineers says it also could lead to crime, prostitution, alcoholism Thursday. The judge said there Several former patients of obligation in full and in fact has CCAG and, in fact, reports the free without prior approval in writing and social conflict. An analysis of was no precedent for such a trip and no reason to believe it would Manchester Memorial Hospital, exceeded it in each of the last three service financial data to the state’s from the patients,” he continued. the socio-economic impacts of the do any good. demanding payment on their hospital years. Department of Health each year. "The hospital has attempted to Dickey-Lincoln project will have bills under the Hill-Burton Act, ‘"rhe Hill-Burton Act allows the "The CCAG would like the hospital comply with the requests of CCAG to on the St.