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FIFTEEN,tK.\TS . ■ ~ ’ W News summary Brush fire threatens Compiled from United Press Internetlonel suburb in California flames have scorched 3,500 acres. State A spokesman for the Forestry CORONA, Calif. (UPI) - A force threatening to drive it into the city creeping fire " in the hills and of reddish brown” from boiling Bureau at the scene said the sky of 900 firefighters fought back a for a third time. canyons over the city, said U.S. clouds of smoke, firefighters hacked GROTON (UPI) — More than 60 was overcast and ”it looks like brush fire ”at the doorsteps” of sub- Firefighters, many of them rushed Forest Service spokesman Tom at the brush and called for rein- survivors of one of the worst dis- rain.” The spokesman said the urban homes that were saved by an in straight from the Santa Barbara Hoose. He said the blaze was fueled forcements as 30 m.p.h. wind gusts asters in American naval history fire was contained and was con- airdrop of water mixed with fire- disaster 160 miles to the north and by tall brush ’’more like trees" that hurled the fire toward the houses. were to be present at today’s sidered stable, “but not under retardant chemicals. going into their fifth day on the lines, has not burned since the Forest Ser- "The firefighters halted that blaze launching ceremonies for the control.” The fire, ignited Thursday by an il- got a break Friday night. Winds sank vice began Jteeping records in 1919. at the doorsteps of the high-speed nuclear attack sub- legal campfire, continued to burn out to 5 miles an hour, and the Firelines contained only 20 per development,” said U.S. Forest Ser- marine Indianapolis. The sur- of control through Friday and into temperature, which hit 105 during the vice spokeswoman Debbie Gold. vivors were aboard the cruiser In- National cent of the perimeter, leaving wide today over 3,000 acres of high brush afternoon firestorm, dropped into the open stretches of flame that could Firefighting helicopters swooped dianapolis when it was torpedoed in the canyons of the Cleveland 60s. blow back into city’s outskirts if the in on a "bombing run," hovered over by a Japanese submarine exactly WASHINGTON (UPI) - New National Forest, with erratic winds “ What we have now is a calm wind shifted, duplicating the Santa the street and, aiming through the 32 years ago today. experimental drugs have Barbara blaze that destroyed 234 smoke, let loose 30,000 gallons of fire rekindled the sex drive in impo- homes. retardant. The dull red liquid NEW BRITAIN (UPI) - The tent men and created it in women Such a thrust Thursday forced splashed down on the flames — and Board of Trustees for State “who never had an erotic feeling Taxi firm seeking evacuation of 25 homes that eventual- on the houses, cars, residents and Colleges has elected a new chair- in their entire lives,” scientists ly were saved, and another sent firemen. man because Gov. Ella T. Grasso report. In the new issue of its flames racing to within 100 yards or "It was just a fluke that the air said she will not reappoint Ber- weekly magazine. Chemical and less of the Village Grove housing drop hit the houses. We don't like to nice C. Niejadiik to the board. Engineering News, the American to serve Manchester development at the mouth of Mabey get that stuff on houses, but it was a Mrs. Niejadiik, board chairman Chemical Society says the drugs Canyon Friday. godsend, " said a spokesman for the for the past 10 years, has been ac- Dial-A-Ride of Connecticut, Inc., of have relieved a wide variety of applied for a suspension of its As patrol car loudspeakers blared state Forestry Department. "It 134 E, Center St., has filed an cused of keeping the board in the sexual disorders in clinical operating license earlier this month. orders to evacuate the area, many saved the houses ' application with the State of Connec< dark about criticisms of building experimentation carried on in Ita- No other firm is presently licensed residents mounted their roofs with When the wind shifted again, the ticut to provide taxi service in the for such service. plans at Western Connecticut ly. West Germany, the garden hoSes, spraying blowing houses on Mabey Canyon Road were towns of Manchester and South Wind- Manchester residents who do not State College in Danbury. Netherlands and Sweden. embers and battling to save their a colorful sight — their fresh paint sor. have their own cars have said that new $75,000 to $150,000 homes. Others splotched black by smoke, scorched The application for the service has HAjRTFORD (UPI) - In a U.S. WASHINGTON (UPI) - the loss of such in-town taxi service piled keepsakes and valuables in yellow by the heat and streaked with been submitted to the state’s.Public District Court lawsuit the state is Secretary of State Cyrus Vance presents transportation problems for their cars and prepared to flee. the red fire retardant. charging 13 major paper com- says his Middle East trip, begin- Utilities Control Authority (PUCA). them. Many had depended on the taxi Under a sky described as "a mass But they were still there. ■ panies with conspiring to fix ning Sunday night, may not A hearing for the Manchester firm’s service for trips to the doctor’s office prices in meetings around Canada produce the common ground request has been set for Aug. 8 at 10 or grocery store. and the U.S. since 1965. Attorney between Arabs and Israelis a.m. at the authority’s office, 165 General Carl J. Ajello said Friday needed for a reconvening of the Capitol Ave., Hartford, a PUCA The M anchester law firm of the state is seeking triple Geneva conference. Asked Friday spokesperson said. Lessner, Rottner, Karp & Plepler Dial-A-Ride is seeking licensing for will represent Dial-A-Ride at the damages for the state and local at a news conference if his trip governments of 49 other states will draw together the loose ends three taxis to provide service in both Aug. 8 hearing. Manchester and South Windsor. If that use commercial printing in the way of a peace conference, PUCA’s rules of practice require supplies produced by the com- Vance said, “I don’t know. That the license is approved, it would per- that anyone wishing to be admitted mit the firm to provide service both panies. remains to be seen.” as a party to the hearing file a within the towns and from the towns written petition with PUCA no later to any other area. MIDDLETOWN (UPI) - A 40- WASHINGTON (UPI) - The than five days before the scheduled Manchester has been without an in- date. A copy of the petition should year-old forensic psychiatrist second-ranking House Republican from Montreal has been chosen says top Justice Department of- town taxi service since the East also be forwarded to the applicant or H artford-M anchester Cab Co. director of Connecticut's prison ficials should stop hinting at a its attorney. for the criminally insane. Dr. Ford administration cover-up of Colin C.J. Angliker, now at South Korean influence-buying or McGill University in Montreal, produce some evidence of one. Panama proposes will take over the Whiting Foren- With allegations of the sic Institute in Middletown at a widespread payoff scheme yet to reported salary of $46,000. be proven, GOP Whip Bob Michel of Illinois told reporters Friday canal compromise that Carter administration was guilty of “ cheap shots” against its PANAMA CITY, Panama, (UPI) were the key issues remaining to be Regional predecessor by insinuating the in- — Panama has rejected the latest settled. vestigation never really got going U.S. proposal for a new Canal treaty Carter said none of the problems BOSTON (UPI) - The state of until Gerald Ford left the White but says it will submit a counter- was insurmountable, but cautioned Massachusetts has awarded a $120 House.