MANCHESTER CONNECTICUT Feds give MCC Six incumbents Rice is carrying its biggest grant have free ride red-hot Bosox ... p ag « 3 page 5 paga 9 ilanrhrBtrr) Manchester — A City of Village Charm Hrralft Monday. Sept. 8, 1986 25 Cents S 1M6 ifs too ciose to cali result E T m I V\ M of GOP vote FI By Judd Everhart The Associated Press Related stories P HARTFORD — Connecticut's on page 5 too-close-to-call. three-way Re­ ■ / publican gubernatorial primary is set Tuesday, with 460.000 regis­ tered Republicans eligible to school teacher. participate. Bozzuto. also 56. is an insurance The election will likely turn on agent. He spent eight years In the personal style rather than posi­ state Senate. He and Labriola tions on issues. Indeed, there have unsuccessfully sought the guber­ been no burning issues in the race natorial nomination four years that's been carried on in the seven ago weeks since the nominating Labriola ended up running for Harild photo by Pinto convention. lieutenant governor In 1982. Boz­ The convention gave its endorse­ zuto lost a bid in 1980 for the U S. Mary Willhide (left). Republican registrar of voters, and primary Tuesday from noon to 8 p.m. One of registrars' ment to former state Sen. Richard Senate nomination. Belaga has Patricia Cottle, her deputy, check a voting machine this C. Bozzuto of Watertown. But never before sought statewide tasks Is to be sure the tally in each slot on the machines Deputy House Majority Leader office. morning at Martin School. The school isoneof 12polling reads zero before the machine Is locked up In preparation Julie D. Belaga of Westport and All three candidates acknowl­ places to be used In the Republican gubernatorial for the vote. former state Sen. Gerald Labriola edge that the turnout in Fairfield of Naugatuck won enough conven­ County — long a bastion of tion support to qualify for a Connecticut's Republican Party — primary. could decide the election. Bozzuto and Belaga could be Belaga. the only candidate from Area Republicans predict light turnout classified as moderate to liberal that southwestern county, has Republicans. Labriola is the clear spent thousands of dollars on conservative in the race. commercials on New York radio Bv Alex GIrelM the Nov 4 election. said. • District 10. Manchester High Polls will be open from noon to 8 and television stations, which and Georoe Lavng Kuehl said party workers have Mary Willhide. Manchester's School. p.m. Tuesday. Party officials say many Fairfield County residents of the Manchester Herald been making calls to Manchester 9 Republican registrar of voters and • District 11, Mahoney Recrea­ they'd like to see a 40 percent listen to and watch. Republicans, urging them to go to a Bozzuto supportel*, JoifiOd tion Center. turnout, but concede that It will Labriola has done some New Republican leaders in the Man­ the polls. The election Tuesday will Mercier in declining to predict • District 12, Howell Cheney likely be closer to 20 percent. York radio advertising.'but no New chester area are predicting a light be held from noon to 8 p.m. either the turnout or the outcome of Regional Vocational Technical GOP leaders say the race is too York T V . Bozzuto has done all his turnout and a ciose race in Workers will continue to make the contest. School. close to call; all three candidates a d v e rtis in g on C o n n e cticu t tomorrow's three-way gubernator­ calls Tuesday afternoon while the Labriola’s local campaign coor­ In Bolton, GOP Chairman Mark have expressed confidence In stations. ial primary. election is in progress. Party dinators did not return phone calls Johnson said this morning he winning. '’ "ter W. Gold, executive dlrec- M Manchester Republican Chair­ officials will use a checklist to from reporters. expects a close race between Repunlicans will also pick a th man Donald Kuehl said he hopes 30 determine who has voted, but will toi t-f the state GOP. calls Fairfield Willhide and other election offi­ Bozzuto and Belaga. with about 30 candidate for lieutenant governor County "the whole ballgame” In percent of the 8,655 Manchester also make random calls. Kuehl 8 sc cials toured town polling places percent of the town’s 890 registered Tuesday The nominees are East party members eligible to vote will Tuesday's balloting. said. today, checking the voting ma­ Republicans casting ballots at the Lyme First Selectman Dennis J. J( show up at the polls. The contest is "You cannot win In Connecticut i He said party workers have been chines that are in place for the Community Hall. Murphy. Bozzuto’s choice: E. a "tossup." Kuehi said. ft as a Republican without a signifi­ fa llin g voters who have requested primary. Johnson, a Belaga backer, said if Clayton Gengras Jr of West Jonathan Mercier. a member of \ cant showing In that county.” rides to the polls in the past. Any Each polling place has two the voter turnout increases, Bela- Hartford. Belaga's favorite; and the Republican Town Committee according to Gold. voter who wants a ride to the polls voting machines, the second a ga's chances would improve. If the Leo J. Redgate of Bridgeport. and former candidate for the^ Gold's boss, state Republican may phone Kuehl's home at spare to be used in the event of a turnout is lower than expected, Labriola's preference Legislature, also predicted a light Chairman Thomas J. D'Amore Jr., 646-4809. breakdown. Labriola's chances would be better A pediatrician who spent one I vote — not only in Manchester but had been pushing for a prim ary all Mercier declined to predict the Following is a list of the 12 polling because his supporters are more term in the state Senate from 1981 year. throughout the state. outcome of the race. places in Manchester: organized and likely to make the to 1983. Labriola. 56. displayed He said any turnout over 25 He saw it as the best way to "Do you have a three-sided • District I, Robertson School. effort to cast their ballot, he said. im pressive strength In last percent would favor the candidate generate publicity for Republicans Tc coin?" he asked. • District 2, Bowers School. On the whole, however, Johnson spring's delegate primaries, win­ he supports, state Rep. Julie In a state where they're outnum­ Marion Taggart, also a Belaga • District 3, Buckley School. said most Bolton Republicans are ning five of the eight contests. Pi Belaga of Westport bered more than 3-to-2 by the supporter, said she was discour­ • District 4. Martin School. turned off by Labriola's "ultra­ His supporters Include the so- Democrats. cle c The three candidates on the aged to find that many normally • District 5, Senior Citizens' type conservatism.” In particular, called right-to-llfers and other The winner of Tuesday's contest of le prim ary ballot are Belaga. insu­ well-informed Republicans she Center. he said voters are "leery” of conservatives who seem to get out will face Democratic Gov. William Mail rance agent Richard Bozzuto of talked to did not even know about • District 6, Nathan Hale School. Labriola's call for a >175 million and vote no matter what the A. O'Neill, who's been in office for Fc Watertown and pediatrician Ge­ the primary. • District 7. Waddell School. tax cut. weather. rald Labriola of Naugatuck. The six years. Also on the November ter 1 But Mercier has found more • District 8, Verplanck School. Johnson said party officials have Belaga has spent the last 10 winner will face incumbent Gov. ballot will be Unaffiliated Party Unit interest. "Th e entire race has • District 9, Keeney Street years in the House of Representa­ William A. O'Neill, a Democrat. In gubernatorial candidate Frank whlc taken place in the last week." he School. Please turn to page 8 tives. She is a 56-year-old former Longo. a former Bristol mayor. Ri with pubi PZC to air plans for development around Buckland mall Ovei Mott mac By John F. Kirch developer John Finguerra. who for high-density housing nearby. helic development in a C U D zone must achieve what the town administra- as Winchester, and a lawsuit has Herald Reporter has proposed to build the 750.000- The first hearing will concern a "A be 70 percent residential and 30 tion wants in northern also been filed in connection with square-fool mall in conjunction zone change for 19 acres off percent commercial. Finguerra is Manchester. excu The developers hoping to build the Buckland Hills plans. with the Homart Development Co. Buckland Street. The second prop­ proposing that the ratios be was the Mall at Buckland Hills are The town's Comprehensive Plan of Chicago, a Sears subsidiary. osal covers 97 acres along Slater dropped, paving the way for more The South Windsor shopping Th bringing three separate applica of Development, approved by the The first two seek the rezoning of Street. commercial and industrial PZC in July, calls for a special center, which would be like the tion tions before the Planning and about 115 acres abutting the The land includes the Red Rock development. mixed-use district in the North Manchester Parkade. was pro­ whlc Zoning Commission tonight that 138-acre mall site from Rural Golf Course, which Finguerra "It's a much more flexible type End. That allows a combination of posed by Bronson and Hutensky of Chrli could mean additional develop­ Residence to Comprehensive U r­ purchased last year.