'Hope' Hits Hong Kong
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Bids on Oil Too High, S ^ e r Talks PosWoned, Directors to Act Yankees Await Series Town Will Reject Them FOI Violation Feared On Proposed Questions With Leading Orioles Page 11 Page 2 Page 2 Page 10 iianrljpatpr Hazy, Warm, Humid, Chance of Showers Details on page 2 Meat Suit Vol, XCVIII, No. 257 — Manohaster. Conn., Thuraday, August 2.1979 • A Family NEWSpaper Since 1681 • 20* Single Copy » 15* Home Delivered VERNON (UPI) - Five per sons who had sued a Hartford meat market for more than $6 g m million after eating a prepared pork spread they'Claimed con I- i tained worm larva have settled Typhoon ‘Hope’ nar, tha out of court for more than $100,- tar Com- 000. mlnlatra* The five had filed suits in 1977, ilgnad to claiming they had contracted n. Thiala trichinosis from a prepared pork Hits Hong Kong Program. spread they ate at Adolf’s Meats aCaraar and Sausage Kitchen Inc. in 1975. HONG KONG, Aug 2 (UPI) - was so extensive that one 6-year-old official said. “If they are in small 1. All five said they became sick Typhoon Hope slammed into Hong boy was killed in a iandslide in South boats and they’re caught in this ■amlnara after eating the pre-cooked Kong with ferocious 150 mph winds Korea sparked by heavy rains. typhoon, it is disaster.” •rgy coat spread. today, killing two people and tossing Tree limbs, metal roofing, aw The typhoon, the worst to hit Hong financial George-Kiaffas of Portland, freighters around in the harbor nings, potted plants and other debris Kong in nearly a decade, veered who claimed he had lost 50 per causing four collisions. flew through Hong Kong streets and straight into the colony after shifting ilyamora richocheted off buildings. Parked course today. It already had killed at lualnaaa, cent of the use of his lower leg as The government said two people a result of the illness, will receive were killed and 123 injured, most of cars were crushed by falling trees. least six people in Taiwan and the 2 137. $81,000 in damages as a result of them hy glass, roofing material and The typhoon sucked windows out of Philippines. the settlement. trees that Hope rocketed through the buildings and flooded many homes. Officials said Typhoon Hope was Irene Provost of Tolland, will street. Officials said many of the flimsy the worst storm to threaten Hong •nior receive $8,500. Jane Gurzeda of The fatalities were a 3-year-oId girl shacks that serve as homes for im Kong since Typhoon Rose killed 100 Windsor Locks who said she lost who drowned when she was swept off migrants from China were blown people in 1971. all her hair as a result of the il the deck of her family’s fishing junk away. But the residents, evacuated raas, tul- lness, will receive $7,000. Karol and a 50-year-old electrician elec as a precaution, were reported safe. About 67,000 Vietnamese refugees alvadfor Marchut of Wethersfield will trocuted by a cable knocked down in were being housed in abandoned For non- receive $3,500 and bis wife the storm. A 10,300-ton Greek registered con warehouses, factories and other Mwlllba Izabella was awarded $3,000. The t3rphoon tossed ocean-going tainer ship, the Argonaut, crashed resettlement camps. One govern freighters wildly in the colony’s har into the famed Star Ferry pier, inflic ment warehouse condemned eight bor, collapsed dozens of squatter ting major damage and wedging years ago was particularly Health Care shacks, flooded low-Iying areas, itself into the sea wall. The 6,300-ton vulnerable to the typhoon. HARTFORD (UPI) Con toppled cranes and knocked out elec Panamanian-registerd Lamma tracts negotiated between Blue tricity, water and communications in Island ran aground at a cargo In addition to the Vietnamese Cross & Blue Shield of Connec parts of Hong Kong. handling pier. There were no reports refugees, Hong Kong officials were ticut and the state's general Marine police said 17 ships were of injuries in either incident. worried about an estimated 50,000 hospitals will reduce the com tossed about in the harbor, eight of Chinese living on boats. The govern pany’s payments but may not Uiem colliding in four separate in One ship’s anchor damaged ment established 135 temporary reduce health care costs. cidents. telephone lines on the bottom of the typhoon shelters throughout Hong Severe tropical storm “Hope” packing center winds of 120 harbor running between Hong Kong Kong and encouraged the squatters The one-year agreements miles-an-hour hurtled through Uie South ^ in a Sea towards the Hope passed over Hong ICong between the health insurance westward and was hovering.over the island and the Kowloon Peninsula, and boat residents to take refuge. company and 36 general hospitals British Colony of Hong Kong today leaving one man killed and Pearl River delta of southern China, knocking out cross-harbor calls. over 100 injured. Gusty winds together with floods scattered Typhoon Hope spared Taiwdn the will reduce payments to the where no reports of damage or injury Western refugee officials said the full force of its fury but still killed hospitals by about $1.5 million. debris and many vehicles over the roads. (UPI photo) were available. The storm system typhoon meant almost certain death four men and disrupted highways and ^ t the contracts, negotiated for any Vietnamese refugees caught railroads along the island’s under pressure from the state In on the high seas but no one knew how southeastern coast. Twenty-foot surance Department will just many boat people were being waves washed out 150 miles of shift the cost of health care. overrrun by the torrential rains, railroad track in one incident. The hospitals will bill non-Blue Political Newcomers rough seas and'intense winds. Cross patient7{or the$l.STnillloB, Two people also drowned in fishing said Itenald Berkowitz, associate "We don’t know how many towns in the Philippines as Hope IT vlge president for finance of the refugees are in the sea but there brushed through the northern tip of Connecticut Hosoital Association. Slate must be some." one Western refugee the archipelago. Oil Spill By GREG PEARSON "We have strength because we center. CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas Herald Reporter have unity,” Kleinschmidt said. "The Democrats came in with a Treaty Ratification "We’re going to work together and better mill rate for the budget than (UPI) — Black swatches of sticky MANCHESTER - The Democrats tar marring a 5- to 10-foot-wide we’re going to be a winner," Maffe the other party did,” he said. will emphasize their unity and past Penny also mentioned the revalua ribbon of Mexican beach could record as they campaign to maintain added. Linked to Spending Democratic Town Chairman Ted tion phase-in, which led to lower begin appearing on U.S. shores by control of the Town Board of Direc Cummings also told the town com taxes for most homeowners, and an Friiday, and the task of protecting tors with a slate of two incumbents WASHINGTON (UPI) — The necessary commitments have been fragile sea life from the record oil mittee that the party would run an improved fiscal rating, which shows Senate is leaning towards ratification made with respect to our strategic and four newcomers. the positive effects of the board’s slick responsible is under way. The Democratic Town Committee aggressive, but clean, campaign. of the SALT II treaty coupled with a needs,” he said in remarks prepared "We’re not going to be snowed or financial work, he said. , Scientists have been using Wednesday night cheered and vote to increase defense spending by for the Foreign Relations Com swerved from a clean campaign by He referred to a townwide survey aerial surveillance, computers applauded its slate of six candidates some 3 percent to 5 percent, accor mittee. and educated guesses to track the any profane statements by the op that showed more than 90 percent of ding to Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif. “Until such firm commitments and that will run for the board. the town’s residents are satisfied oil from a spill In Mexico’s Bay of Mayor Stephen Penny and Deputy position,” he said. Cranston called a news conference their underlying strategy have been Kleinschmidt also referred to a with local government. Campache for more than a month. Mayor 'Stephen Cassano, both Wednesday to announce he knows of confirmed and resulting (strategic) One U.S. official says the effects remark Republican candidate At the completion of his speech, only 12 senators unalterably opposed programs ... have been carefully seeking re-election, will lead the which had been interrupted several to the ecology from the giant ticket Uiat includes newcomers Bar Qarence “Bud” Brown had itiade to the arms limitation pact as three assessed and agreed upon, and until Tuesday night. Brown had used a times by applause. Penny received a series of slicks could linger eight bara Weinberg, Francis Maffe, Ar weeks of congressional hearings the senate has assured itself that the four-letter word to describe the smell loud, long round of applause. months. nold "Ike” Kleinschmidt and James draw to a close today. flaws in SALT II have been resolved, of a problem at the sewage treat Cassano also talked about the par A national strike force, com McCavanagh. Henry Kissinger, former secretary I urge that ratification of SALT II be posed of teams from North ment plant and some of the problems ty’s record and the amount of work of state, and Gen.