\ Please give blood : ' .4 'f S % Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at >*v the House and Hale Building, Down­ town Manchester. - ^ f ’1^ • ..i..• ;xa.w4^ci^» ^ >..^j’»s*' jw '’ ‘ /.' * i 4 : ’’^' i ‘ ■ f * ialmufo- iw^ •ykirwifi^ r. V * sino» -liw • iw»'^nflt> 6opy V ^^/iij^i8wivi9red ] /' Morning fire damages house By KEVIN FOLEY Flames and thick black smoke lloruld Itrporlcr poured from the top area of the white and green house as firefighters broke MANCHESTER - A fire which through the roof in an attempt to vent Broader started while a child was playing the blaze. Flames gushed from the with a candle ended almost two hours hole, and the rear walls of the and 30 minutes later with a three- f f ,, building were torn apart so water story, two-famiiy home compieteiy could be sprayed into pockets of heat. embargo gutted this morning on Hilliard At the fire's most spectacular point Street and one firefighter injured. — about 8:45 a m. — columns of Thirty Eighth District firemen and flame towered above Hilliard Street, five trucks including the district's while heat forced the dozens of planned tower truck and two pumpers onlookers back. Water from the responded to the 7.45 a m. alarm at tower eventually stopped the attic 169-171 Hilliard St. and found flames WASHINGTON (UPI) - President i-. fire, but not before the entire area had already swept to the building's Carter will ban shipments of food and was exposed second floor. Attempts to contain the medicine to Iran, White House of­ i l Cinders and ash floated through the ficials say, applying new pressure on fire in the half of the home rented by Russell G. Curtiss failed, and the fire clear morning air, while neighbors Tehran to release the American attempted to comfort Huot, his wife hostages now in their 166th day of flared up into the attic where assis­ tant chief John Christensen said it Donna, Michelle and her mother, captivity. “mushroomed", spreading into the Karen. Mrs. Curtiss, husband was Press secretary Jody Powell said half of the home which belonged to not at home although the family was Carter has decided to hold a news the house's owner, Glen Huot. able to contact him in Ashford. conference at 4 p.m. EST in the East Room, and White House, aides in­ Christensen said the fire started By the time the fire was declared dicated he will order an end to all when Curtiss' daughter, Michelle, under control at 10.08, the house s shipments of food and medicine to apparently was playing with a candle front yard was littered with empty Iran. in a dollhouse in the home's kitchen. air tanks and fire equipment. Carter exempted food and The candle then fell over and flames Exhausted firefighters mopped up medicine from the trade sanctions he swept onto nearby curtains as the and moved furniture out while others giri tried to put them out with a imposed April 7 when he broke sat on the sidewalk hanging their diplomatic relations with Iran. bucket of water. heads and fighting nausea. Unable to stop the fire, she ran to a “We have a few other things” that Firefighters from the Town of Carter will announce, one aide said. neighbor's home and the unidentified neighbor returned with a fire Manchester Fire Department were The aide, however, discouraged on standby for the district. speculation that Carter would close extinguisher while his wife phoned American ports to foreign ships the fire department. carrying Iranian cargoes on grounds “1 drove the first truck in, " district that it would constitute a “secondary firefighter Wailace Irish said. "The boycott" against allies. place was in flames and smoke was Funding But a ban on sales of all Iranian pouring out. " products to this country, including The fire was out of control when we of the got here," Capt. Paill Gworek said. nted to caviar, may be among the new sanc­ tions to be imposed. "It was lost before we could even request at the The president plans to wait until start to fight it." will be mid-May to determine the response Gworek explained the older . From form the allies to U.S. appeals to in­ asbestos sided home was of a >ard of crease economic and diplomatic “balloon construction. " wjth no fire denied Kutive pressure on Iran before making a breaks built in. The asbestos con­ chair- reassessment that may lead to a mi tained the fire's heat, and efforts to MANCHESTER - The State has control the fire in the Curtiss side of naval blockade of Iran. rejected the town's request for $485.- Powell told reporters the new the home proved futile. 000 in Urban Action Grant funds for retaliatory steps will be “meaningful Eighth District firefighter Gerald improvements to the downtown and^ 1 and constructive” and indicated they Dennis was admitted to Manchester Cheney Mill areas. could be better implemented in the Memorial Hospital about 9 a m after The town applied in early March context of sim ilar actions by he slipped in an attempt to get over a for $485,000 in two separate grants America’s allies. rock wall. Officials said Dennis suf­ that town officials called effective, Asked why the additional pressure fered a dislocated elbow in the fail innovative and coordinated. The now, Powell said, “Because our peo­ and was being held for treatment. state Office of Policy and Manage­ ple are not yet free.” Other firefighters suffered minor in­ ment indicated in a letter to town “He’s not decided on a blockade at juries and at least one slipped off a General Manager Robert B Weiss all,” Powell said, referring to roof but was uninjured when the line that limited funding was available reports the president was thinking of hoiding him broke his fall. for joint funding requests. bottling up Iranian shipping. Huot had to be stopped by police The town had sought $333,000 to es­ PoWell confirmed the next big step eariy in the fire from entering the tablish bus stops, landscaping im­ may come in mid-May. home to remove belongings. provements and a fund to make low “You are aware that the United Firefighters were worried flames interest loans to property owners in States has advised others we would overhead might induce a coliapse of the downtown area. feel that mid-May is the time period floors to all firefighters were ordered In addition, $155,000 was requested we feel is sufficient” to impose new Eighth District firefighters assist Gerald located his elbow and was treated at from the house and the tower with a for traffic improvements in the major restraints on Iran if it does not Dennis, injured at the scene of a morning fire Manchester Memorial Hospital. (Herald high pressure hose poured water into Cheney Mill area. The money was respond by then, Powell said. at 171 Hjlliard St., Manchester. Dennis dis­ photo by Pinto) the building's attic. marked lor construction projects to ease the flow of traffic through the mill district. The bus stops would have had space for public shelters, benches Harrison feted at chamber dinner and paving for pedeslrians. The stops alone would have cost $100,000. Tomkiel and Rev. Clifford 0. Simp­ and his duties on a number of com­ Allan Lamson, town planner, said By KEVIN FOLEY Related pielures on page 10. presented to the person who most exemplifies the Chambers goals. He son. munity projects and committees, in­ today that a number of communities Herald Reporter cluding charity drives for the Red “I can’t think of a more stable, told the gathbring, “it would have William Johnson, the chairman of were competing for about $3 million. Cross and the American Cancer MANCHESTER —Phillip well respected individual in the com­ been a very lonely trip without my the Chamber's annual meeting com­ Only 12 were selected. Harrison, a 34-year member of the munity,” Agostinelli told the es­ friends and family.” mittee and master of ceremonies for Society. He said that he fell from the begin­ Monsignor Edward J Reardon Manchester Chamber of Commerce timated 200 dinner guests. "He was the dinner, presented the Chamber's ning of the application process that it “ I recently underwent a leg pre.sented Rev. Simpson's daughter. was presented with the prestigious cited for meritorious service while Artistic and Cultural Enrichment would be difficult to secure the operation,” he continued, but Mrs. Anne Flint, president of the 1980 ”M” Award at the 79th Annual serving with the Eighth Air Force in award to Dr. Helfrick who thanked awards. State officials, he said, had tonight, like Peter Pan, I feel like 1 chamber, with the Spiritual Meeting of the Chamber Wednesday England and is the past president of the Chamber for its interest in the told him that a number of good can fly.” Leadership award. Mrs. Flint night at The Colony Restaurant. the Chamber of Commerce. He’s the arts in Manchester. projects were not funded. A graduate of Case Western controlling partner in Harrison’s The 1980-1981 Directors of the explained her father was in China on Reserve, Harrison tearfully accepted Stationery and a member of the Tem- Chamber of Commerce were also in­ Chamber of Commerce Director vacation and thanked the board for The town was to u.se the monies to accomplish some of the public ser­ the award amidst a standing ovation ple Beth Shalom. He’s "Mr. troduced during the meeting and the James McCavanagh was called upon its recognition of his 23-years as and a warm introduction of retiring Chamber’s Community Service to present Edward Tomkiel with the pastor of the Center Congregational vices that will be needed to revitalize Chamber of Commerce.” its two historic areas; downtown and Chamber president Nathan G.