MHS Miss Reagan Principal appointment Pageant now stresses Ex~president is due today/3 brains over beaiity/5 is improving/? iianrhpalfr HrralJi _ MAwrwiPCTTrR mroAT r* O»^ A A «AAM Monday, Sept. 11, 1989 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm Newsstand Price: 35 Cents iUaurbrstfr lirraliY Schoolboy teams To our readers: n 150 die as 2 ships collide If you think today’s Manchester and on our daily Focus page and weekend Focus section. Herald looks different, you’re VIENNA, Ausuia (AP) — At least 150 pas­ on whether the 13 crew were among those saved. are getting ready Our body type - what you’re proximity ran to help,” BTA said. right. sengers were killed when their Romanian pleasure Tanjug said the cruise ship sank so fast that reading right now - also is Times It said there were no reports of casualties Starting today, the Herald is boat collided with a Bulgarian tugboat on the only 18 people could be rescued. Tanjug also said Roman and is almost identical in aboard the tug. being produced on a new computer Danube River and sank, the Yugoslav state news the ship had only 10 crew members. SPORTS — see pages 46, 47 system. It’s all part of our effort to size to our old type. agency reported today from Bucharest. There was no report on what caused the boats to The reports did not give the nationalities of the bring you a more complete, easier Type is now printed on laser collide, but Ageipres said the ship sank “in condi­ Romanian officials did not immediately con­ passengers. A British newspaper reported that tions of poor visibility.” to read and more attractive printers which can produce sheets firm the Tanjug report, which gave no sources. newspaper. of type ready for paste up by the Western tourists were likely aboard the Romanian In London, The Independent newspaper said The accident occurred Sunday near the port city ship, the Mogosoaia, when it sank. Our old computer system was composing room within seconds that apart from the 13 crew, most of the 169 pas­ of Galati, about 125 miles northeast of Bucharest. ■The Bulgarian state-run news agency BTA said installed in 1983. The computer in­ after a story has received the final The Romanian ship sank “in conditions of poor sengers aboard the Mogosoaia “were almost cer­ dustry has undergone several approval of an editor. the Mogosoaia collided with the Bulgarian tug tainly Western tourists.” The newspaper report visibility,” the official Romanian Agerpres news Peter Karaminchev, which was hauling a convoy revolutions since then. It was time This means you’ll be reading agency reported Sunday. from Vienna quoted Danube .shipping officials in for a change. more late-breaking news. of loaded barges, then capsized and sank. the AusUian capital. Agrepres said 18 of the ship’s 169 passengers “After the alarm was sounded by the Bulgarian Installation of the new system The new system also will enable Pleasure cruises on the Danube are one of COMPUUNERS WILL EXIT were rescued. The Romanian report was unclear ship, its crew and the crew of the ships in the and training began last week. Most the Herald, already the leader in Romania’s few sources of hard currency, it said. of today’s paper has been local news coverage, to expand its Gorman threatens produced on the new system. By state, national and international the end of the week, the transition coverage. A new 24-hour high­ should be complete. speed Associated Press news wire Germans to oust (dissenters The main computer system has is now in operation. It Uansmits 45 times more storage capacity 1,2(X) words-per-minute. The more By Howard Ulman than the old system. in-depth reports and additional fea­ escaping The Associated Press This means it can process stories tures available on the service al­ in a fraction of the time required ready are evident in today’s BOSTON — Boston Red Sox general m anager Lou by the old system. newspaper. through Gorman said Friday if he gets rid of the team’s Our headline type for news Two new features starting today complainers, it will be because of their bad play, not stories - such as the one above this are easier to read sport box scores their bad mouthing of manager Joe Morgan.' story and others on this page - is and an expanded weather report. A popular figure after he became manager at different. It’s an easier-to-read It’s all part of our effort to make Hungary midseason and led Boston to last year’s American type known as Times Roman. the Herald - your hometown daily League East pennant. Morgan has been criticized Different, easier-to-read head­ newspaper - better than ever. PASSAU, West Germany (AP) — by his own players as their title hopes fade this line styles will eventually appear — Penny M. Sieffert season. Thousands of ecstatic East German on our Editorial and Op-Ed pages Publisher refugees poured into West Germany With a shortage of quality pitchers and catchers. today after Hungary defied a War­ Gorman said he will try to make off-season changes. There are some people who are complaining,” saw Pact ally and boldly threw open he said, and if they aren’t performing, we’ll get rid a door to the West. of them. “Vbu made it!” yelled one young What changes we have to m ake are based on our It’s Primary Day emigre, hitting the hood of his ability to improve the ballclub. The guys who are Wartburg minibus after arriving in playing well aren’t complaining.” the largest mass migration from East Gripes have come from pitchers Bob Stanley, Germany since the Berlin Wall went Mike Smithson, Wes Gardner and Joe Price. None in state tomorrow up in 1961. has an earned run average below 4.00. East Germany angrily denounced Patrick Flynn/Manchester Herald When he was being used sparingly at midseason. By The Associated Press in an uphill battle against state Sen. the exodus and accused Hungary of GLAD TO SEE YA — Former Boston meet vendors at Economy Electric's Stanley said of Morgan: “I hate that man.” John C. Daniels for the nomination “smuggling” human beings. Red Sox standout, and recent Hall of 50th Anniversary Show Friday afternoon Smithson and G ardner ripped Morgan for removing Voters in 25 towns will choose Tuesday. Hungary opened its border to the Fame inductee, Carl Yastrzemski is all tnem from games, and Price complained that candidates for mayor and first The winner is virtually assured West at midnight to the East Ger­ at the company’s facility on Tolland Morgan brought Stanley into a gam e Tuesday night smiles as he walks through the tent to Turnpike. selectman in party primaries Thes- election in November, as Democrats mans. The decision came despite although Stanley hadn’t warmed up enough. Price hold a better than 9-1 majority over Hungary’s concerns that the nation apologized the next day. day, but most attention will be focused on three of the state’s Republicans in New Haven, the could become a conduit for tens of Catcher Rich Gedman, batting .212 before Friday thousands of other refugees from night’s game at California, thinks he should play largest cities: Bridgeport, New state’s third-largest city. Yaz graces the Silk City more. Haven and Waterbury. DeStefano, formerly DiLieto’s Soviet bloc nations. Another 16 towns have primaries chief administrative officer, is In Yugoslavia, meanwhile, about Bv Jim Tierney “If a guy’s pitching well or playing well, obviously roamed left field, in front of the him a long time ago. He was a Morgan’s going to play him,” Gorman said. for other offices, ranging from making his first bid for elective of­ 100 Romanians who have fled from Manchester Herald ominous “Green Monster” wall, their Communist country gathered good friend of (form er Red Sox He suggested that players should look in the alderman to planning and zoning fice. Daniels, a former city alderman better than anyone in Sox history. commission. who’s served five terms in the today at a U.N. office in Belgrade, It’s not too often that a Hall of owner) Mr. Yawkey. He was mirror before they look in the manager’s office to He finished his career with 3,419 great for the game because he The winners will compete in the Senate, has been in public office for applying to be resettled in the West. Famer graces the “Silk City” hits, 452 home runs and 1,844 runs discover the reasons for Boston’s slide from was a fan.” pennant contention. general election Nov. 7. two decades. Bavarian border police said more Especially, one that is en­ batted in. Yastrzemski is also the than 2,000 East German refugees — deared in the hearts of many New The next logical subject was ’’You don’t get too many people who stand up and Municipal primaries generally The GOP also has a primary I) last player to win the Triple Pete Rose’s lifetime banishment generate lackluster turnout. If 35 Tuesday in New Haven, with party- mostly young couples or families Englanders. Crown (leading the league in say, ’I cost us a game,”’ Gorman said in a telephone from baseball by the late Gia­ interview with The Associated Press. “You get tired percent or 40 percent of the voters endorsed Alderwoman Robie Pooley with young children — had arrived a Well, wonders never cease as batting average, home runs and <u former Boston Red Sox great Carl matti for gambling on baseball of people saying the manager didn’t do this or that.