iHanrljMtrr lEupnin^ I m l i MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, JULY 14, 1975- VOL. XCIV, No. 241 Manchester^A City of Village Charm TWENTY PAGES PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS Flood Watch Implemented Countdowns Start Watertown Area 4 Soyuz-Apollo Reports 5-lnch Rain Crews Ready 3.1 inches at Saugatuck, 2.68 inches at (UPI) — A number of Stevenson, 2.42 inches at Falls Village and CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPI) - Watertown residents left their homes ear- sons around the world, will watch the 2.06 inches in Barkhamsted. To the east, Countdowns continents apart moved launch on television. ly today after a flash flood brought on by Middletown showed .89 inches for the 24- smoothly today toward Tuesday morning’s The U.S. launch is set for 3:50 p.m. EDT more than five inches of rainfall since Sun- hour period and Mansfield Hollow Dam at launch of Russia’s Soyuz spaceship and the Tuesday. day swelled Steele Brook to overflowing. Willimantic showed only .21 inches, the blastoff 7 1/2 hours later of America’s (For a schematic of the joint mission Town Manager Paul Smith said as many weather service said. Apollo in a mission a Soviet official said plans, please turn to page 15.) as 30 people, most living on Westbury The weather service issued a flash flood would strengthen peace and deepen “We will see you in a couple of days,” Park Road, safely fled their homes to es- watch for Massachusetts and Connecticut detente. Stafford said in a telephone call to Leonov cape the rising waters. Property damage west of the Connecticut River for today Astronauts Thomas P. Stafford, Vance while both crews relaxed Sunday. was heavy. Smith said. and tonight. D. Brand and Donald K. “Deke” Slayton The threat of thunderstorms remained Storms Sunday brought strong winds were ready. And Russian managers said in the one big worry for project officials The Red Cross set up shelter in the that knocked down power lines in parts of a in Moscow that cosmonauts Alexei A. although meteorologist Jess Gulick said junior high school, Smith said, although the state, leaving thousands without elec- Leonov and Valeri N. Kubasov likewise the trend is for more favorable conditions. the waters began to recede after daybreak tricity for an hour or two. were set at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, 8,- There has been lightning and rain in the and as of 9 a.m. the rain had stopped. Winds were estimated at 60 m.p.h. in 670 miles from here, for the rendezvous in Cape area for the past eight days and Greenwich and measured at 37 m.p.h. at orbit. forecasters said more was likely State police said heavy rains that came Bradley International Airport in Windsor Admiring Medal “All the training has been completed sometime Tuesday. on a line of storm cells extending from Locks, the weather service said. and the crews are in full readiness for Lightning or even electrified clouds Massachusetts deep into Connecticut About 1,200 Hartford Electric Light Co. Col. Alexei A. Leonov, right, of the two-man Soyuz crew which will link up ASTP (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project,) said overhead could delay the shot a day. Scien- around daybreak flooded roads at rush customers lost power in parts of East with the U.S. Apollo in space, shows a military decoration he received Sun- Andrian G. Nikolaev, deputy director of tists were prepared to drop metallic fibers hour and forced closure of a section of Granby, Granby, Simsbury and Canton. day for service to his country to his mission partner, civilian engineer the Gaprln Cosmonaut Training Center, into cumulus clouds in an attempt to short Interstate 91 in Enfield where rainwater at a midday news briefing in Moscow. About 1,500 Connecticut Light & Power Valery N. Kubasov, left and backup crew civilian Nikolai N. circuit potential thunderheads. Four air- pooled three feet- deep. Co. customers lost power in Norwalk, “We are convinced that the crews will craft will be constantly measuring the Rukavishnikov, second left, and Col. Anatoly V. Filipchenko, second right. fully cope with the mission and we wish Westport, Wilton and Redding. Another 1,- The Soyuz is scheduled to liftoff from the Soviet space complex in Baikonur electric potential of clouds 24,000 to 41,000 Traffic was slowed by heavy rain in the cosmonauts and astronauts a feet overhead. 209 CL&P customers in Bristol lost power. at 8:20 a.m. EDT Tuesday. (UPI photo) other areas, police said, but no accidents successful launch, a full completion of the The weather forecast at Baikonur was were reported. flight program and a soft landing.” good. Meteorologists expected a high of 91 The National Weather Service said the It was also reported that the two degrees Fahrenheit and northerly winds of weather system responsible for the cosmonauts aboard Russia’s Salyut 4 16 to 22 miles per hour. weekend deluge would continue to bring space lab will continue to fly during the The shot marks the end of the Apollo era rain well into the week. The heaviest rain- Soyuz-Apollo mission, ending their two for the United States. Local officials es- Town Given month mission during the last 10 days of fall was in the hilly northwestern part of $431,750 Grant timate it may draw as many as 1 million the state, the weathermen said. this month, Leonov and Kubasov land July spectators to the Cape area. There won’t Since 7 a.m. Sunday, rain gauges showed 21. be another American manned space shot totals of 4.35 inches at Thomaston Dam, Foreign Ministry press chief Vsevolod until 1979 when the space shuttle rocket To Help Buy Water Company Sofinsky said in opening the Moscow news plane begins flying. conference that the two ships’ union in or- The astronauts’ wives were here. bit will “strengthen peace and deepen the Among other visitors will be Russia’s am- By SOL COHEN value of the 184 acres. The grant is under has approved our application and we’re Town Reports No process of detente. 'This is an example of bassador to the United States, Anatoly Manchester will pay 3431,750 less for the the condition it remain open space and it hopeful the state will pick up its 25 per solving many difficulties and mutual Dobrynin. America’s Moscow am- privately owned Manchester Water Co. cent share. Rainstorm Damage be used only for recreation. An application problems in an atmosphere of cooperation bassador, Walter Stoessel, will watch the than originally thought, thanks to a federal to the state Department of Environmental “This money will reduce significantly and mutual understanding.” Soyuz launch from Baikonur, becoming grant in that amount for designating 184 Protection seeks a state grant represen- the bond issue authorized by the voters The Russians open the doubleheader the first Westerner to see a Soviet manned Manchester fared very well during the acres of it recreation land. ting one-fourth the appraised value. There last November. In addition, it will set with an 8:20 a.m. EDT blastoff from their launching. U.S. Rep. William R. Cotter, D-First weekend rains, reports this morning in- is no indication to date what the state’s aside open space and recreation land for desert base east of the Aral Sea. The If all goes well, the Apollo will catch up District, announced today the Department dicate. answer will be. future generations to enjoy.” America pilots, and millions of other per- with the Soyuz Thursday and the ships will of Interior’s Bureau of Outdoor Recrea- Spokesmen for the highway department, dock 136 miles above Germany. Two hours tion has approved the grant and that it police and fire departments, water and Purchase of the Manchester Water Co. later, Stafford and Leonov will shake sewer department, Southern New England covers about half the appraised value of awaits only Public Utilities Commission the 184 acres. hands for the first time in space in the Telephone Co. and Hartford Electric Light review and approval of the agreement first of four crew transfers between the Co. reported there weren’t .any storm- Manchester voters last November ap- drawn by town and water company of- Economic Aid Reported two Ships white they are linked for 44 related problems and a minimum of proved a 32.25 million bond issue for ficials. hours. purchasing the North End water com- problems of any kind., Assistant Town Manager Charles “People of good will will see this experi- frank Jodaitis, water and sewer ad- pany-including land, waterworks, reser- McCarthy predicted today the transfer Part of Mideast Pact ment as a forerunner of joint work by the voirs, wells and all pipes, pumps etc. ministrator, reported 1.90 inches of rain- should be made by Sept. 1. peoples of our countries and a pooling of fall to 8 a.m. today — 0.35 inches from The 3431,750 from the Interior Depart- McCarthy said of the federal grant, “We TEL AVIV (UPI) — Israel and the their efforts in battle with the elements ment represents one-half the appraised are delighted the Bureau of Recreation aid of 31.7 to 31-8 billion and that ad- Friday morning to Saturday morning, 0.65 United States have agreed Washington ditionally the United States would carry and in investigating the universe,” the of- inches from Saturday morning to Sunday would provide up to 31.8 billion in the expense of supplying oil to Israel for a ficial Soviet newspaper Pravda said Sun- morning, and 0.90 inches from Sunday economic aid to Israel if a new interim three-year period,” the newspaper said.