84 - MANCHESTER HERAI.D. Wednesday. March 28, 1984 Prime Seabrook owner supports cancellation of Unit 2 Public Service's announcement The relative weight of Public reactor is completed. But at least MANCHESTER. N.H. (DPI) - voted to .cancel but they are plaintiffs seek an undetermined Tuesday followed several weeks ot Service's ownership is expected to two efforts by a minority of owners Theresa’s s/eep Coventry gets The prime owner and strongest scheduled to meet again Friday in amount of damages. increasing pressure to cancel Defense beginning case affect other owners who have to cancel the unit outright have supporter of the Seabrook 11 Manchester. The support of 80 percent of the Seabrook II and to concentrate Seabrook owners is required to oppose)' or abstained from cancel­ been halted as Public Service and nuclear plant has reversed its It was also learned Tuesday that utility regulators tried to deter­ resources on the first reactor. In Lorbler murder trial a heart breaker] sewer funding position, making cancellation of a class action lawsuit 'has been cancel the unit. As the largest lation votes. owner. Public Service holds the Half of the 16 utility-owners had mine who would pay for a can­ the unit almost a certainty. filed against Public Service by celled unit. The pressure has .. page 11 ... page 9 Public Service Co. of New stockholders who claim the com­ controlling share and has been previously called for cancellation since March 1 when utilrty ... page 3 able to thwart recent attempts by — some under intense pressure The first unit is rated at 73 Hampshire, which owns 35 percent pany withheld information about percent complete while the second announced the of the controversial $9 billion delayed completion dates and other owners seeking to scrap from utility regulators in other could reach $9 billion to $lo.i Seabrook II. New England states to get out of - unit is rated at 23 percent. Public two-unit plant, announced Tues­ increasing cost estimates. Service has set a July 1986 day it would back cancellation of “ They feared accurate informa­ With Public Service's new posi­ Unit 2. **'That estimate is up 9 times from tion. at least 79.2 percent of the The owners previously voted to completion date for Unit 1 and a the second reactor. The 16 joint tion would risk a drop in stock 1990 completion date for Unit 2. the original cost a decade ago. Seabrook owners have not yet prices." the suit charges. The ownership supports cancellation. postpone Seabrook II until the first Snow and sleet Manchester, Conn. continuing tonight Thursday, March 29, 1984 REAI ESTATE eaturing: — See page 2 Single copy: 254 Winter returns, THIS W EEK shuts schools, 2 cuts electricity By United Press International Bernard Moncrief of the Westport barracks. 9 A snow storm packing gale-force Connecticut Department of winds today returned winter to Transportation officials said Connecticut, knocking down power crews worked through the night lines, disrupting electrical power Wednesday and would be out all to more than 50,000 customers and day today. triggering coastal flooding. Ray St. Louis of the DOT storm The National Weather Service center in Wethersfield said no predicted the weather system roads were closed because of the would dump up to 10 inches of snow- storm and most we.-e in fairly good FOR THE LARGER FAMILY before the storm ended tonight. condition for the morning commu­ NUNCHESTCR $11$,900 Spread out and enjoy every square foot of this The storm is from the same system ter rush. Have you considered the roominess and low coat of a that triggered tornadoes in the The Mount Washington Observa­ double home? Beautiful 1 year old Duplex with 3 bed­ nine room Coioniai. Five bedrooms makes Carolinas. tory, atop the 6,288-foot New rooms. country kitchen, gasd utilities and maintenance The weather service issued a Hampshire summit, recorded free aluminum exterior. An excellent opportunity for in­ privacy easy to come by, whiie the large living winter storm warning and alerted vestment. 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Herald photo by Tarquinio SO mph and tides well above We can help you become a 643-4060 M normal in Bridgeport and New Winds high, "REALE" PROFESSIONAL! London. Flood warnings were Call 046-4525. and ask lor Oan. posted for the Bridgeport area. D. F. REALE, IN C .,,, ‘'-^‘Spooky," a Great Horned Owl, made a visit to Dick Lucius, a master falconer from Massachusets and [B Forecasters predicted 5 to 8 wires down D.F. REALE, INC. PHEE Real Estate 646-4525 Manchester High School Wednesday as part of a special the man she thinks is her father. inches of snow.would accumulate Real Estate ____ ________ MARKET in interior sections of Connecticut Gale-tforce winds and several I7S Main St., Wemkeiter, Cl. program — for teachers, not for students. Holding her is REAL. ESTATE SERVICES evaluatio n 646-4525 • 175 Main Street, Manchester and 6 to 10 inches in the state's inches of wet, heavy spow that 223 East Canter St., Manchester 6-tT 1666 to R k iiigk ImH Northwest Hills. By this morning, began falling W ednes^y night several ski areas had reported kept power company crews busy accumulations of up to 8 inches. this morning and gave area A ^ /r Teacher workshop's for the birds Temperatures were forecast to students an unexpected day of Redwood Farms peak in the 30s during the after­ leisure. noon with readings tonight 30 to 35. Public and parochial schools in those gathered in Room 131 at MHS "She either thinks she’s a person Northeast Utilities spokesperon Manchester. Andover, Bolton and By Soroh E. Holl or thinks I'm an owl,” he quipped. Jackie Harris raised to 52,000 the Coventry were closed for the day. T r r i Harold Reporter were there to learn about birds of prey, and they were avid students. Hooting didn't come naturally to number of NU electric customers Roads in the area were cleared Spooky — she had to be taught with without power at 10 a.m. by early morning and warming Next to lab sUtions and gas jets r,- i , the tape-recorded sounds of her The hardest hit areas were in the temperatures turned much of the and a shelf-full of half-disected M ASTER FALCO N E R Dick Lu- wild sisters. Her repertoire is shoreline communities, with 7,890 snow to slush by mid-moming. frogs, eight students sat listening of Springfield, Mass., h^rst extensive: She can cry like a baby Northeast Utilities customers State police at the Colchester to their teacher talk. briefed them on should-nots. Fal- and bark like a dog. without power from from New barracks reported some snow- Not such an unusual scene. But w n i7 — the sport of hunting with “ I'm convinced that many ghost London to New Haven and another related accidents in Bolton and FOUR BEDROOMS!! ■ in this case, the “ students” were illegal in Connecticut, Family Room and garage In this Aluminum Sided stories got started because of the 15,00fTin Fairfield County, Ms. Manchester, but said no details all Manchester High School .k . u • ■ t i . sounds great horned owls make,” Harris said. were available. Cape. Nice areall teachers — and what looked like a . .®prairie falcon at $63,900. Lucius said. Ms. Harris said a combination of “We're very busy,” said a mounted specimen on a table was }*!f ® Though powerful — their talons heavy snow and heavy winds spokesman. , >> actually a live prairie falcon. u ^**°“ *^ Sioux can crunch a skunk or cat — the caused the outages. She said there Coventry police reported no A golden eagle, a red-tailed looked harmless as she sat very owls have a mortality rate of 80 was no timetable for restoration'of accidents due to the snow and ‘Bolton hawk? and a great horned owl still, on her perch, Lucius said that percent when young. Some just power. Manchester police reported only "At the Center." 2,400 square feet of would soon emerge from the the species can swoop down on its living area with this lovely 7 room, never learn how to hunt well A spokesman for United Illumi­ one.