Residents Sweat It out As Heat Wave Iingers

ioute 6: *What a terrible thing to do* / page 3 Champs: Oilers ^ beat Flyers for Gharfty: A sweet deal for fund-raisers / page 16 ' V the Cup / page 11 HrralJi MmuimttY) Manchfislnr A City (i( Vlllap Cht* Monday. June 1,1987 30 Cents Tow n fails Residents sweat it out to get O K m for form s as heat wave iingers -y-f .Hr.’, 0 V Andrew Yurkovtky Mandel. A large number of heat- ticut State University in Danbury. By Otoree Layne Herald Reporter < related rashes were also treated, Although the ocean water was Herald Reporter and The Aetoclated Press she said. cold enough to turn ankles blue, Thunderstorms and lightning people flocked to the beaches this ’The town of Mancbesler has mr M r.tiv- apparently violated state law by not caused power failures throughout weekend. By noon Sunday, the Manchester residents sought dif the area, and sent three people to parking lot at Hammonasset State ml: getting state approval before it ferent ways to beat the heat as Manchester Memorial Hospital. Park In Madison had already distributed property tax assess temperatures soared to record Jack Young, 40, Kristen Young, admitted 5,500 cars, a park em ment forms to about 800 owners highs over the weekend. IS, and Richard Bassett, 61, a ployee said. asking them to document Income, a Some turned to ice cream tor Stafford resident, were struck by 'nie search for comfort also took state official said this morning. relief. lightning about 0:18 p.m. at the heat-stricken residents to ap Under state law, such forms must be approved by the state Office of Bruce Holcomb, assistant man Young home in South Windsor, pliance stores to buy air condition Policy and klanagement. Donald ager of the Shady Olen restaurant police said. ’The Youngs were taken ers. ’’The weather really brings Zimbowski, chief of the OPM ’s dn East Middle Turnpike, said to Manchester Memorial Hospital them In,” said Anton Mitchell, a municipal division, said the town of business was up about 50 percent and then transferred to Hartford salesman at Bemle’s Newmark k Manchester never submitted Its over the previous weekend. At My Hospital. Lewis in Bloomfield. form for state approval. Brother’s Place on Main Street, Jack Young was reported In At the CInemart Theater in But there are no penalties for trade in ice cream and milk shakes stable condition this morning, a Hamden, assistant manager John violating the law. ’’Basically, increased about 60 percent. hospital spokeswoman said. Guts! said the air-conditioned there’s nothing we can do about it,” " I wish every weekend was like Kristen Young was treated and theater attracted a few more Zimbowski said. this,” said Charles Paindiris, the released Sunday. No Information patrons than usual. Zimbowski said, though, that owner of My Brother’s Place. was available on Bassett. ” We normally do quite well when property owners do not have to While some ate ice cream, others A transformer damaged by ■ I submit the information requested lightning left seven customers It’s a dog day,” he said. went for a swim. Meanwhile, an emergency room by the town because the form was Attendance was heavy at the without electricity for a half hour In hj- physician said several people a day not approved. Also, the town cannot Globe Hollow pool, which opened Coventry on Saturday. sought treatment for heat exhaus impose a penalty for those who do for the season Friday, said Recrea In Rockville, 1,040 households tion at St. Francis Hospital and not comply, be said. Today was the tion Director Scott Sprague. The were without electricity for several Medical Center In Hartford. deadline set by the town. hours Sunday after lightning pool had originally been scheduled Meanwhile, there Is growing brought down a power line. Power to open May K. ’The first hot spell of the season opposition to the forms among town was restored to all customers at ” As It turned out, we guessed It always claims some victims be elected officials, and an indication about 0:50 p.m. rigbt this year,” Sprague said. The cause people’s bodies haven’t had that the information — which is In Manchester, 015 customers town’s four other outside pools are time to adjust to the change In supposed to be kept confidential — lost power at about 5:50 p.m. scheduled to open June 20. temperature, said Dr. William could become public. ' A slight drop in temperatures Sunday when lightning hit a trans Sanders. The forms were distributed in was exj^cted today, with a high in former on Spencer Street. Power He said symptoms of heat ex mid-May to owners of properties was restored about four hours later. the 00s. haustion include nausea, headache, considered income-producing, sucb The NaUonal Weather Service at Area residents may soon see confusion, upset stomach and as apartment buildings and shop BrafUay International Airport re- relief from the heat. Temperatures thirst. ping centers. Owners were asked to nertaA that Sunday's hM of W are expected to drop Into the OOe document the income they have “ Most of the time it’s healthy Breha the record of aa set in lt44. later this week. received from these properties people who don’t take the precau Manchester Memorial Hospital ' ”rhere Is a chance of some drier over the last three years. tions they should have taken at the experienced a large Increase in the air coming in aloft which will make That information was to be used beginning of the season ... They number of minor repiratory prob It a little less humid,” said Ray as part of the town's revaluation of take it for granted they can tolerate lems treated over the weekend, Castillo, a meteorogist at the real estate being readied for use said hospital spokeswoman Judy Weather Center at Western Connec the heat,” Sanders said. next year. The Information was supposed to be kept confidential, but because a state-approved form was not used it could be subject to Justices send detention case public disclosure under the state Freedom of Information Act, Zim bowski said. The state-proscribed forms are back to iower federai court exempt from the Freedom of Information Act, he said. Changes By Richard Corelli ruled that the government must Although It was expected that the were made in the form used in The Associated Press defend itself at trial against the decision would center on either Manchester, though, and because suit, which seeks compensation for technical questions of legal Juris the changes were not approved, the WASHINGTON — The Supreme property losses suffered by those diction or a statute of limitations, documents now could fall under the Court today sent back to a lower interned. the case was closely watched as the act, he said. federal court a lawsuit stemming The Internment program forced court’s first opportunity to com But Town Assessor J. Richard from the World War II mass 120.000 U.S. citizens and resident ment on its 1944 ruling that Vincent said this morning the detention of Japanese Americans in aliens of Japanese ancestry to condoned the Internment. Information would be kept confi U.S. prison camps. leave their homes, placing them in But Powell’s opinion, and a dential. The form used by the town The Justices, by an 8-0 vote, said concentration camps for up to four separate concurring opinion by was in effect the state-proscribed the case was decided by the wrong years. Blackmun, barely mentioned the H«nld photo by Tuekor one, except for some minor federal appeals court. The Reagan administration, al underlying facta. changes, he said. Today’s decision leaves the out though calling the banishment "a Nothing in today’s opinion ap Early workout The changes included a redesign come of the 1905 suit still In doubt. deplorable episode” in American proached an explanation. Justifica of the form to condense the size and One high court member. Justice history, had urged the Justices to tion or apology for the 1944 ruling. Joe Gilbert of Glastonbury is silhouetted against the sun the addition of one question, Vin either kill the lawsuit or send It The Justices said the issue of Harry A. Blackmun, predicted the this morning while playing basketball at Charter Oak cent said. The extra question asks controversy "wlll^be back In this back to a lower court. whether the lawsuit was filed within the legal deadline should court once again ” In an opinion authored by Justice Park. Gilbert decided to get his workout In before The U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals Lewis F. Powell, the court today have been decided by another temperatures rose. Please turn to page 10 for the District of Columbia had selected the second alternative. federal court. Lifeguard shortage makes waves at some pools, beaches Scharbert, Dade County park and safety and youth services for Rhode tion might Jeopardize safety. By David Pyle Reasons cited for the shortage cruiting, said William J. Hawkins, recreation chief of operations. Island’s Red Cross chapter, said A new Red Cross lifeguard Tht Auoclotod Press include low pay In an otherwise chief of Rhode Island’s Division of The shortage also has affected several municipal pools had to cut training program may ease the boom economy and a new aware Parks and Recreation. beaches. their seasons short last year when crunch this year, Angell said, but If Lifeguards are in short supply ness that the Job is a serious "Last year, we were short Some officials suggested that approximately 20 lifeguards young lifeguards returned to the shortage continues, pools will this season at beaches, summer responsibility that Involves more have to cut back hours, a fear also people are beginning to realize bow camps and swimming pools In the than catching the rays.

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