Add Leak at Plant Forces Evacuations Stepped Forward at the Democratic About Bolton Politics to Caucus Upl Photo Caucus in Bolton Wednesday Night, Members
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2(1 _ MANCHFSTER h e r a l d . Thursday. J;in. '24. 1985 MANCHESTER FOCUS SPORTS WEATHER Pearson resignation Snow ends early; r> Test scores rise Hamlet Hill winery ^ Area towns for ninth-graders is fine winter fare not totally voluntary windy on Saturday ... pape 151 ... page 2 Andovei page ^ ... page 111 Bolton /Coventry UAW agent commences bid iiaurteslrr MrralJi for Bolton selectman’s seat Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village. Charm.r-ki * PriHav/Friday, .Ian Jan. 25, 1985 — Singie copy: 25<t the company in 1979 to work lor By Sarah Passell Local 376. where he now serves Herald Reporter both as a paid business agent and its elected recording secretary. BOLTON — A surprise candi After he was nominated, Madore date for the Board of Selectmen explained his change of heart Add leak at plant forces evacuations stepped forward at the Democratic about Bolton politics to caucus UPl photo caucus in Bolton Wednesday night, members. adding a political veteran whose Feeling the heat By Alex GIrelli influence has previously been felt “ WHAT CONCERNS ME Is the Herald Reporter more in Manchester than in Bolton participation that we have, not U-shaped copper tubes are bundled III. When a shell and head are added.the to the party ticket for town Two thousand gallons of a 2 only with the elderly, but with the into a heat exchanger by Wha Soon completed unit will heat or cool liquids 2 elections next May. younger people and the middle Kang at ITT Fluid Handling Division’s and gases in industrial process systems. hazardous acid material leaked First Selectman Sandra W. class in town,” he said. “ I ’m going Pierog, unanimously approved as from a tank at the town’s new to do whatever I can to try ^to Bell & Gossett facility in Morton Grove, water treatment plant early this the party's candidate for the same enhance the spirit of the party.” post in the upcoming elections, in He elaborated on his reasons morning and flowed into the turn nominated Robert Madore, a after the caucus a^urned. "What sanitary sewer system. business agent for the United Auto really speared my interest was the Workers in Hartford, as the party’s The material, hydrofluoro-silicic election between Reagan and third candidate for four vacancies acid, released fumes which entered the 4 Mondale,” he said. “ I take part of Lynch Toyota building on West Center 5 on the board. the blame for that. The Democrats BUSINESS By state law, no party may win Street' and the Hour Glass cleaners had ^ tte r look at the party.” nearby, forcing the evacuation of the more than three seats on the board, Pierog said that in another term including the first selectman's buildings. It did not enter the drinking as first selectman, she would water distribution system. post. ROBERT MADORE renew efforts to get voter approval The caucus also unanimously ... restoration Democrat The first sign of the problem came to renovate Community Hall and Commercial jet engine pact when a homeowner on South Main renominated incumbent Michael build a new public works garage. A. Zizka, who was appointed a Street called firefighters at 5:40 a.m. to GOP also chose incumbents Law Both projects were defeated in a report what the he thought was a leak of selectman last fall to fill Pierog’s November referendum, although a seal when she took over as first rence A . Converse and Carl Preuss natural gas. Officials determined later proposal to spend up to $800,000 to selectmen after the death of fellow to run again. at Pratt totals $144 million that the odor was from fumes from the build a new central fire station was Democrat Henry P. Ryba. Madore helped lead an leak. organized-labor campaign against approved. When water department workers Madore, a Tolland Road resi , "There are a lot of things in town between Pratt & Whitney and dent, Is business agent for Local Stephen T. Penny, a Democratic By Kimberly Dwyer percent interest. came to work at 7 a.m. at the new $6 that have been on the back General Electric Co., a major 376 of the UAW. He said last year member of Manchester's Board of United Press International “ This engine is the Class of the million water treatment plant on burner,” she said Wednesday. competitor. Pratt & Whitney pow THerald photo by Tarquinlo that he had stayed out of Bolton Directors, in Penny's unsuccesful ‘90s,” Robert E. Rosati, president Spring Street, they discovered venting "W e need to put them on the front ers over 100 Pan Am aircraft and politics because those in power 1982 bid for the fourth district seat EAST HARTFORD — Pratt & and chief executive officer of lAE, systems in operation to dispel fumes burner. We need to rethink the two has been supplying engines to the Town officials at the water treatment plant this Works Director George Kandra, Fire Chief seemed like a tightly knit group. in the state Senate. Madore also Whitney says Pan American World said in New York Wednesday. and traced the problem to a leak in lAe (capital projects) that failed.” airline since it entered the jet age John Rivosa, water and sewer Administrator After Wednesday’s caucus he worked to unseat Penny in his 1984 Airways’ selection of its new “ Pan Am made a most thorough tank of acid, the material used to add morning ponder what steps to take in the wake > Pierog said that the Democrats’ during the 1950s with the Boeing credited Pierog with changing his bid for re-election to the Board of commercial jet engine is "a comparison of the A320 with our fluorides to the water supply. of the discovery that 2,000 gallons of acid had Robert Young, and General Manager Robert campaign for the Board of Select 707. mind and recruiting him for the Directors. significant milestone” for the engine. Their decision confirms The e.scape of acid began at 3 a.m., leaked from a tank at the plant into the Weiss. men will be a team effort. "W e’re our view that there is a very large Gitner said the choice of the two 1985 campaign. Local UAW officials accused company. monitoring equipment indicate.^. Town sanitary sewer system. From left are Public attorney Penny of counseling running a three-man campaign, Arthur E. Wegner, president of future market for new turbofan new engines completes the air officials immediately recommended although Bob doesn’t realize that line’s advance planning for a fleet BOLTON REPUBLICANS, who corporate clients to use unfair the United Technologies’ subsi engines to power 150-passenger precautions to homeowners in the area. Kraatz was at the site this morning yet,” she said, smiling at Madore. of high-performance and high- to taking the other precautions. Department of Environmental Pnilec- caucused Tuesday, are running labor practices against workers. diary, Wednesday told more than aircraft,” Officials said if fumes from the leak along with a host of otlier officials, "W e won’t be succesful unless efficiency airliners. The homes that could be affected are tion and chemical experts this morning Deputy First Selectman Douglas Madore, 39, is a former machi 1,000 employees gathered around a Both the engine order and a $1 enter a dwelling, residents should including General Manager Hol)crt we’re a team.” “ These new generation engines along Hartford Road from Main Street were trying to determine the best way T. Cheney against Pierog. The nist for the Emhart Corp. He left model engine at the Connecticut billion order for 28 Airbus wide ventilate the area and leave the Wei.ss and town Fire Chief John (', J represent the latest state-of-the- to We.st Center Street and along South to neutralize the acid lltat remains in bodied aircraft, announced last J premises. (Turntopage lOfordetailsof plant that the engine is “ the most Main Street from Interstate 384 — the lank. It will have to he removed so Rivosa. September, are contingent upon on art design in fuel conservation and the recommendations.) fuel efficient, high-thrust engine formerly called the 1-84 extention — to that workers can delcrriiine what ever developed.” definitive contracts with the manu noise reduction,” Gitner said. Officials said at press time the facturers and Pan Am ’s signing of “ The engines also offer growth Lewis Street. caused the leak. AFTER THE .5:40 A.M. CALL, the Pan Am is Pratt’s first commer situation was under control. town Fire Department and Connecticut new labor contracts with its five potential in such areas as added Public Works Director George Kan One possibility was to neutralize it Democrats field partial slate cial customer for the new engine. dra said most hou.scs and businesses on the site, but that course of action Natural Gas Co. investigated the report unions, said Gerald L. Gitner, Pan thrust which is key to Pan Am ’s THE PLANT IS NOT YET in “This is a real mark of team of an odor of natural gas at the home of Am ’s vice chairman. long term needs.” operation. If it had been, the escape along those streets would not be may be impractical since it will require work,” Wegner said. "W e com Richard A. Erwin at 129 S. Main St. BOLTON — In a party caucus to As expected, the Democrats election. Gitner said in New York Wednes Wegner emphasized the overall would have triggered an alarm at the affected. The fumes will not escape 9,000 gallons of lime to do the job.