Soviet blast levels arsenal f for missiles WASHINGTON (U PI) — A sin- enemy aircraft, are vital in defend- gle massive explosion in the Soviet ing warships from attack. Union destroyed a large number of "There would be a lot of reasons missiles belonging to the Soviets’ to be intere.sted in something of Northern Fleet and killed an that nature,” one official was undisclosed number of techni- quoted as saying. "Any explosion cians, defense sources said today. of that magnitude ... would, of The sources said the explosion course, decrease readiness in was detected last month by a U.S. weapons supply. You also have the satellite. It destroyed surface-to- question of, it it did blow up (by- surface and surface-to-air missiles accident), what are the safety at a repair arsenal along the procedures elsewhere? ... It im Soviets’ north coast. plies poor quality control.” Although there is no accurate One official told the newspaper assessment of the damage, the that the explosion was one in a sources said the facility was series of explosions during the last destroyed and there was "a loss of six months at Soviet military technicians” but no count on the installations but refused to number killed. elaborate. The Washington Post, in its Members of the House Armed report on tbe blast, said cruise Services Committee were given missiles and up to one-tbird of tbe sketchy details of the explosion in a Northern Fleet’s surface-to-air briefing last week by Pentagon stockpile were destroyed. officials, the newspaper said. A spokesman for NATO’s Euro- There have been other major pean command in Mons, Belgium. explosive disasters in the Soviet said the reports were "substan- Union, including the explosion of a Herald photo by Tarquinio tially accurate” He declined to Soviet rocket in Asia in September, Tony Taylor and Lorraine Comeau look over some of the awarded tonight at the Manchester Association for provide additional details. another rocket explosion in I960 73 trophies that they rehabilitated. Trophies will be Retarded Citizens' annual bowling banquet. In Moscow, Leonid Zamyatin, a that reportedly killed dozens of top spokesman for the Communist Soviet space technicians and an Party, told reporters, “ I have not explosion in the 19.'i0s in the Ural A world of flavor in a low tar. seen the article or seen The Mountains attributed by some to Her trophies strike up a new Washington Po.st, so I can’t say buried atomic waste, anything whether or not details of That explosion has been des- the article are tru e ’’ cribed by one U.S. scientist as By Adele Angle Thursdays. People donate trophies from all The trophies are an odd army of shapes and The newspaper said the mid- causing a thousand times as much Focus Editor kinds of sports — baseball, swimming and sizes. May blast at the principal North- radioactivity as the fallout from golf, to name a few. All kinds end up at the “ We try to give the bigger ones to the bigger ern Fleet ammunition depot at atmospheric nuclear tests. Some, need polishing. Others are chipped workshop. people and the little ones to the little people — Severomorsk, on the Barents Sea and cracked. One has a baseball player on its Since March, Mrs. Comeau, along with so they’ll be able to hold them in their hands,” top. One has a broken head. Another a broken Tony Taylor, recreation director of the she says. about 900 miles north of Moscow, • • • • • « # * * * » » « * * » » ■ * * ■ * arm. Manchester Sheltered Workshop, has been Her daughter Lynn Comeau, 29, will get one was so powerful that Western But by the time Manchester Association for cleaning and polishing the trophies, replacing of her trophies. Miss Comeau is a Sheltered intelligence agencies initially sus- IflSIClG XOCIRV Retarded Citizens has its annual bowling pieces that need replacing, and transferring Workshop client and is a member of the pected it was a nuclear explosion. * banquet tonight, the 73 trophies wili be parts back and forth. Teddy Bears team. "It did a hell of a lot of damage,” cooes, 2 sections, shipshape. Up until recently, the trophies were sitting Until about four years ago, only those on the The Post quoted a senior U.S. B-ooge toblold succlement Getting them that way is Lorraine G. in her basement rec room, making the place first-place team got trophies at the bowling official as saying. Comeau’s job. look like a trophy repair shop. banquet. "W e could put it this way: This Business....................................... t6 "Even if the bottoms are cracked, that’s “ My bar is loaded with trophies,” she says. No more. would not be a good time for the ciosslfled^ . i o OK. I can save pieces of marble and just use Mrs. Comeau insists she’s not "artsy- -23 " I t ’s through the generosity of parents and Soviets’ Northern Fleet to engage Com ics................................................u them later," she says. craftsy or anything like that.” She just feels friends that we can do this,” she says. the U.S. Navy,” the official said. .............................. 'o Mrs. Comeau is the angel behind the everyone should be a winner. And, no, she doesn’t mind the chaos in her bowling trophies. "They all work so hard. ... Why not?” she rec room. Not when she sees the proud smiles Such a disaster would have Obltuories ! ^ '! .' . io All year, people donate their old trophies to asks. “ You bowl all year, whether you bowl the trophies bring. implications for the readiness of Opinion..................................................6 the Manchester Sheltered Workshop. Some 120 or 12. They bowl their hearts out.” ’’The banquet and the trophy at the end of the Northern Fleet, considered the sonrt .............................. n' io drop them off at the Parkade Lanes, where The tools of her trade? "Oh, screwdrivers. the year — that’s the big thing to them,” she Soviets’ largest and most impor- Television ^ ' .14 most clients of the workshop bowl on Pliers ... Pliers are the main thing,” she says. says. tant naval force. Surface-to-air Weother................................................ j missiles, used to shoot down • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • ■ • Paula Cheatwood conquers McKinley She scaled new heights, but her husband bowed out By Sarah E. Hall tain, and his mother, reported While the climbers were pre­ week.” " I t ’s been his dream. But at jeast Wyoming’s Grand Teton Park. Herald Reporter Thursday. pared to wait out storms on the Pisch’s mother said she’s sure he had enough sense nut to " I t ’s a once-in-a-lifetime oppor­ " I think he was having difficulty snow-covered alp if they had to, the her son is disappointed. An expe­ continue if he was having difficul­ tunity," Pisch said at the time. He After months of preparing for breathing,” said Pisch’s mother, spokeswoman said they’ve had rienced climber and co-director of ties.” had not ruled out accepting the the highest climb of her life, Paula Irene Pisch. “ He only got up to “ really good weather” that proba­ Adventure Challenge) an experi­ Pisch and Ms. Cheatwood had invitation, though the July 21 Che.atwood, a mountaineer and 16,000 feet. He couldn’t make it the bly speeded their ascent. mental education outfit, Pisch was hoped to return again to McKinley departure date for that expedition co-director of the Adventure Chal­ rest of the way.” According to Mrs. Pisch and the looking forward to the McKinley after this trip and become part of falls close to the date of his return lenge program in Manchester, has The seven remaining expedition spokeswoman, Pisch is now hiking trip as a personal challenge. the first expedition ever to film a to Manchester from Alaska. made it to the top of Alaska’s members reached McKinley’s through the lower part of Alaska’s When he married the 25-year-old trip up the mountain. A biology teacher at Glaston­ Mount McKinley. 23,320-foot summit — the highest in Denali National Park to meet his Ms. Cheatwood last year, their And not long before they left, bury High School. Pisch was But her husband, 35-year-old North America — on Sunday, wife and the other six members of wedding cake was sculpted to look Pisch received an invitation from recently chosen by the National Frank Pisch, was forced to drop nearly a week before they ex­ the expedition on their way down. like McKinley — complete with Paul Petzoldt — “ probably Ameri­ Science Foundation as one of seven out of the climb late last week when pected to, the spokeswoman said. "They’re making better time miniature climbers and signs ca’s most famous climber,” ac­ Connecticut teachers to partici­ the altitude proved overwhelming, The air taxi service had made than they thought they would,” the marking major passes. cording to Pisch — to accompany pate in a month-long leadership a spokeswoman for an air taxi occasional radio contact with them spokeswoman said. “ We’re ex­ "It’s something he’s wanted to him on what is supposed to be the conference at the Boston Museum service at the base of the moun­ as they ascended. pecting to see them early next do for years,” Mrs. Pisch said. 75-year-old man’s last climb, in of Science. Consumer Prices May prfces up slightly Seasonally adjusted percent Reagan blames Soviets changes from previous months WASHINGTON (UPI) - Consumer prices Overall energy costs rose 0.2 percent, for impasse on summit increased Just t>^o-tenths of a percent in May as although the actual increase was greater iMf ore food prices d r o p i^ and housing and fuel prices being smoothed out by the government’s WASHINGTON (UPI) - Presi­ reductions,” he said.