School's Oil Leak Pollutes Brook, Pond

MANCHESTER FOCUS WEATHER Chance of snow; j Medics* get credit Yawns at lunchtime? New Year’s a day some sun Thursday for saving mom, baby Make yourself a hero for college football \ page 2 ... page 3 ..., page 13] ... page 9 Wednesday, Jan. 2, 1985 — Single copy; 25<i: Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm School’s oil leak pollutes brook, pond By Susan Vaughn state D E P to install the bar across Herald Reporter the pond to prevent the oil from spreading any further . An estimated 300 to 400 gallons of downstream.' oil that spilled into Lydall Brook A layer of yellow oil could be andSaulter’s Pond Tuesday from a seen all along Lydall Brook this leaking oil line at Buckley School morning from the storm drain at was being cleaned up by crews Vernon Street to the boom which from the State Department of was installed behind Saulter's Environmental Protection this swimming pool. morning. East Coast trucks were using The leak, discovered early Tues vacuums to clean up the oil. day morning by Robert Marconi, a Ed Alexander, a field inspector maintenance supervisor for the for the DEP, said that about 75 Manchester Board of Education, gallons of oil was contained occurred in an oil line from an Tuesday where the storm drain underground oil tank leading to the enters the brook. He estimated furnace in the boiler room of the that the total arnount of oil'which school, Buckley Principal Edward leaked into the brook was 300 to 400 Timbrell said this morning. gallons. ^ The line was repaired Imme Alexander attributed the leak to diately by school maintenance a broken valve on the oil pump. crews, Timbrell said. Alexander said he was recom Prior to the repair, however, a mending that the oil tank be tested large amount of oil was sucked up for leaks. from a trench in the boiler room by Inside, the leak had been cleaned a pump and carried into the storm up and posed no problems for the drain which empties into Lydall school which was in session this - Brook at Vernon Street, according ' morning. Timbrel! said. ;to town Deputy Fire Chief William The oil leak did not p(>se any Griffin. Officials said the oil could problems for the town water harm fish in the brook and pond. system, according to Robert The town Fire Department was Young, chief water and sewer called Tuesday morning to flush administrator for the town. The the storm sewer from the school to Water Department was asked to Lydall Brook, Griffin said. Both- open up the water from Lydall Herald photo by Taraulnlo the town and Eighth District fire Reservoir to force more water into departments were called late the brook, Youjig saief This action Workers hired by the state Department of Environmental upstream on Lydall Brook to try to consolidate an Tuesday afternoon to provide would help raise the water level estimated 300 to 400 gallons of oil which leaked out of lighting for the installation of a and speed up collection of the oil at Protection try to maneuver rowboats over a containment containment boom across Saul- thaJi^m, he explained. boom on Saulter's Pond this morning. Art Dietrick (rear) Buckley School Tuesday. Once the oil is contained in a ter’s Pond. The1)i>Iy,long-range effect of the and Scotty Parrel of East Coast Environmental Service, smaller area, the workers will vacuum it into nearby East Coast Environmental Ser oil might he on the fish and water trucks. vice of New Haven was hi red by the life. Young said. contractors for the DEP, were moving the boom O’Neill picks former chief justice to probe feud Bv Mark A. Dupuis announced jointly House's ap of the system if this continues,” Peters and decided immediate dismissed if the dispute continues. received access to a portion of the - transcript (tf the grand jury probe United Press International pointment to conduct the review ^O'Neill said at a news conference steps were needed to address the “ A1 this ' sti^ge of the game under a state <aw dealing with “ where he and Peters announced problem. anything is in the reaim of by Superior Court Judge John D. Brennan. McGuigan’s office had Ha r t f o r d — Former chief executive powers. the appointment of House. ■* In a joint statement, the two possibility,” the governor said. Justice Charles S. House, a Man O'Neill and Peters said they O’Neill said both McGuigan, who officials said House will “ review fought against relea.se of the chester resident, was named today were concerned the disagreements heads the Division of Criminal the practices and procedures that Police and prosecutors have, transcripts. been at each other’s throats since a to study procedures for reso lvin g between Chief State’s Attorney Justice, and Forst, the state police should be employed whenever Brennan said police hud spead disagreements between prosecu Austin J. McGuigan and Public commander, had been asked to differences of opinion arise be one-man grand jury issued- a unsubstantiated rumors linking tors and police in light of an Safety Commissioner Col. Lester cooperate with House’s review. tween law enforcement officials report last month criticizing the former Chief Justice John A. ongoing feud between state police J. Forst could erode confidence in The governor said he had hoped and prosecutorial officers in the way state police handled a 1982 Spcziale to alleged illegal gam and the chief state’s attorney. the criminal justice system. Forst and McGuigan would have exercise of their duties.” investigation into allegations .^of illegal gambling in Torrington. bling and muffed an investigation Gov. William A. O’Neill and “ M y concern is a breakdown of worked out their differences on O'Neill left open the possibility State police fought for and into wiretap leaks. Chief Justice Ellen A. Peters the system, a possible breakdown their own but met Tuesday with that Forst or McGuigan could be N ew Year Rescuers battle elements baby picks to s^rch for lost plane her time at the U.S. Embassy in Asuncion, jeeps and other land vehicles. LA PAZ, Bolivia (DPI) — He said seven .Americans, in Rescue teams struggled through said the ambassador was not on the M i plane, declined comment on cluding Marian Davis, the wife of While still in the womb, Kristen dense fog in the towering Andes U.S Ambassador to Paraguay, Mountains today toward a peak whether his wife was aboard. Sara Twarz must have had a keen Arthur Davis, were on the list of 31 where they suspect they might find “ We are told by Eastern that sense of timing there were a number of American ■ passengers aboard the plane. Although she was due two weeks the wreckage of a missing Eastern -Til Airlines jetliner. citizens on the plane,” Leonard ago, she delayed her appearance said. FerrufinosaidSl pas.sengersand just long enough to become the Bolivian authorities said they 10 crew members were on the first baby of 1985 at Manchester had no word that any wreckage An Eastern official in Bolivia. Gonzalo Ferrufino, said heavy jetliner, hut an Fastern official at Memorial Hospital. had been found and U.S. authori- . ties at mid-morning said they were cloud cover made it difficult to u.se the airline's headquarters in Mi The 8-pound, 9-ounce infant was - ami said the flight carried 25 bom at 8:16 p.m. Tuesday to now uncertain if aircraft wreckage planes to conduct air searches for wreckage, and the search was pa.ssengers and eight crew Randy and Gena Twarz of Stafford had been located. therefore limited to a number of members. Springs. ‘T m still trying to sort it out.” “ She was expected on the 18th of said a Federal Aviation Adminis December,” Gena Twarz said tration spokesman in Atlanta who from her hospital bed this morn earlier said it appeared some_ debris had been spotted 50 miles Mishap cuts power ing. Twarz. 21. was recovering from an emergency Caesarian southeast of La Paz. section that was performed by Dr. At least 33 people but perhaps as More than a thousand customers panels will have to be replaced Illsuk Oh of Manchester. many as 41 — among them seven lost electrical power for Just over befon' power can tw restored to Twarz said she and her husband, I”. Americans, including the wife of an hour this morning when a those houses. Hughes said. 24, a laborer for J.J Mottes in the U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay transformer apparently exploded The outage was confined to the Stafford, had been spending a quiet — were aboard the Boeing 727 that at the corner of Wt^t Middle area bordered by Chambers Street iast was fn touch with La Paz’ El Turnpike and Dover Road, accord oil the North, Middle Turnpike on New Year’s at home when she went '4 into labor. The couple already has Ki Alto airport less than 11 minutes ing to the town Fire Department the South, Main Street on the West a 3-year-old son named Randy Jr. before it was due to land Tuesday and Northeast Utilities Co and flover Road on the East, Kelly night on a flight from Asuncion, NU spokesman Steve Kelly said Though Gena Twarz said she ' H i said. Buildings on both the north was not aware that Kristen's Paraguay. wires were reported down at 10:45 and south sides of Middle Turnpike timely appearance would entitle A Bolivian Air Force spokesman a.m., cutting off power to 1,033 were affected, Kelly said.

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