■ ,.u JManrIlPatfr Sunning Hmlh MANCHESTER, CONN., WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 1975 - VOL. XCIV, No. 113 Manchester—A City of Village Charm . t h ir t y -t w o p a g e s — TWO se c t io n s PRICE: FIFFEEN CENTS 5p-' WM: -W Kissinger In Egypt CAIRO (UPI) — Secretary of State exploratory and not conclusive. He called iW V , 1 “I am here to see what I can do to make Henry A. Kissinger met President Anwar them "very constructive and useful.” progress toward peace,” he said. “I am Sadat today to find out how much Egypt always optimistic.” W-*' ^ ili compromise in exchange for a new Seeking Progress Before leaving Tel Aviv, Kissinger said Israeli military withdrawal and said he On arrival in Egypt, Kissinger said, “I he did not “attempt to reach any final con­ definitely plans to return to the area next clusion this trip but rather to explore the month. am in this area to see what I can do to make progress towards a just and lasting basic principles.” ‘T definitely plan to come back,” “I will now go to Egypt and I will have Kissinger said in answer to a newsman’s . peace and to take the next step on that road as soon as possible.” similar discussions with the Egyptian question whether he would return in leaders,” he said. March. It was the first time the secretary The secretary and his wife Nancy drove directly from the airport to Sadat’s rest Israeli Foreign Minister Yigal Allon saw confirmed he would make a second trip in Kissinger off at Ben Gurion airport near his current diplomatic efforts. house on the Nile, 18 miles north of Cairo, for a working lunch. Tel Aviv and said the Kissinger-Israeli Early March Speculated Sadat greeted Kissinger with a “Hello, talks were “preliminary” but “very con­ structive.” Diplomatic sources said Kissinger Henry,” and the two men embraced and would come back to the Middle East the kissed on both cheeks. Different Approaches week of March 9. Asked whether he expected a second- “There may be different approaches to stage Israeli withdrawal on all fronts, how this interim agreement should be The secretary said his nearly 10 hours of Kissinger said, “I cannot make any achieved and what should be the result of talks in Israel Monday and Tuesday were predictions now. it,” Allon said. “But once we start we must stick to the initiative and until we get positive results with great patience and good will of both sides.” Town Directors Shuffle Kissinger planned to talk with Sadat today and Thursday and to bring the Egyp­ tian leader’s ideas back to Israel after the Block Grant Priorities discussions and after a brief stop in \ By SOL R. COHEN Damascus, Syria. day care facilities, a walk-light at Oak The secretary is trying to find room for The Board of Directors shuffled, its and N. School Sts., and sidewalks, sewers compromise in Sadat’s often-expressed priorities Tuesday night, to bring and drainage corrections in the core area refusal to issue a declaration of non­ recommended community development (downtown). belligerency unless there is a total solu­ programs within the limits of a $301,000 Removed from the list is a tion to the Arab-Israeli conflict. annual federal grant set aside for recommended sum for a feasibility study Israel wants such a declaration in return Manchester. for renovating the old Cheney Hall on for giving back at least some of the Sinai Originally, Manchester had been Hartford Rd., possibly leading to town territory its troops seized from Egypt promised ^70,000 annually under the acquisition. Cheney Hall has been leased during the 1967 Middle East war. The key federal Community Development block for five years to a fabric outlet. lands include the Mitla and Giddi passes grant program. Because the town has a March 1 and the Abu Rodeis oil fields. i Last. Friday, after several weeks of deadline for submitting its application to At a farewell banquet in Jerusalem, work by town personnel and the 29- HUD, it will meet again next ’Diesday (at Kissinger said, “Israel, which was built on Proclaim Year of Concern member Community Development Ad­ 8 p.m. in the Municipal Building Hearing faith, is being asked to undertake another visory Committbe in preparing a priority Room) to take action on an amended act of faith. Now the process of peace The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward J. Rear­ on World Hunger bless a group at St. to a year of concern for the hungry of list under the $470,000 expectation, word application. requires another act of faith — for all of don and the Rev. Clifford 0. Simpson James Church after sharing a the world. (Herald photo by Pinto) was received the sum will be $301,000 in­ In the interim, the reshuffled priority us.” representing the Manchester Council proclamation calling the community stead. HUD (the federal Department of list will be reviewed by the Community Housing and Urban Development) Development Advisory Committee for its explained it had made an error in the for­ recommendations. ’The committee will mula it follows for determining the grants. meet sometime this week —• possibly Community Launches Program In shuffling the recommended Thursday night. Inside Today priorities, the board gave top priority to The directors, on a motion by Jack land purchase for housing for the elderly Goldberg, will notify HUD of its dis­ Area Profile ............. Pages 3, 6, 7, 8, 22 and handicapped. It accounts for about pleasure and disappointment at HUD’s Senior Citizens.................................. Page 2 Of Concern for the Hungry $175,000 of the available $301,000 grant in miscalculation and misinformation in Hi Neighbor ................................... Page 4 1975-1976. A fixed expense for administra­ computing the limits of the grant. ’The Dr. Malone heads MMH staff___ Page 5 tion expenses adds $35,000 to $40,000 more. board’s letter will mention the work .done Stamps and Coins ......................... Page 9 Multi-service facilities for the han­ Recognizing that Ash Wednesday begins of Manchester for our brothers and sisters Manchester Council on World Hunger, in in good faith by town personnel, in On Second ’Thought...........................Page 14 a period of prayer and fasting for the throughout the world who suffer.” care of Manchester Conference of dicapped were next on the priority list, preparing an application (now scrapped followed by ramps for the handicapped at Pension changes tabled ............. Page 28 Christian community, the Manchester During the Year of Concern, the people Churches, P.O. Box 773, Manchester. and to be replaced) based on the $470,000 MHS clinches tourney b e rth ___ Page 17 Council on World Hunger has called those various public buildings. sum. of Manchester are asked to fast twice Those wishing their donation to go to Herald Angle...................................... Page 17 concerned with the global food shortage to weekly in keeping with the recommenda­ Manchester area famiiies in difficulty and Placed low on the priority list for the In addition, several directors will visit East upended ................................Page 18 begin a simplified life style and devote the tion of many national political and hunger should mark their check, “Local first year of the anticipated three-to-five- HUD’s area office, to express in person money saved to feed the hungry both here religious leaders; to simplify their lives Relief,” the Rev. Mr. Simpson said. year grant were revolving loan funds for the board’s displeasure and disappoint­ Bolton tops Tech ..........................Page 18 and abroad. by dispensing with luxuries and things that housing and commercial rehabilitation, ment. Winter Sports Information.......... Page 16 The plea was made by the Rt. Rev. are culturally necessary but not truly Msgr. Edward J. Reardon, pastor of St. necessary to lead a good, wholesome life; James Church, and the Rev. Clifford 0. and to give the money thus saved to the Simpson, pastor emeritus of Center hungry and the poor” the Rev. Mr. Simp­ Congregational Church, who are serving son said. Technical Education Interest Increasing on the Manchester Council on World To Use Existing Agencies Hunger. Money may be channeled to the hungry Year of Concern and starving through local church By June Tompkins education was successful, so much so the instruction in English and social studies. year, two were accepted but they didn’t They have joined Mayor John Thompson programs, national relief organizations “The big probiem with technical schools program was expanded three years later This continued until nine years later when show up. inissuing a proclamation declaring “1975, such as Catholic Relief Services, Church today is increased interest.” to include instruction in carpentry, elec­ a full-time program at the technical In the near future, Garofalo says a beginning the first day of Lent, Asn World Services or the United Jewish So says S. John Garofalo, director of one tricity, machine shop and mechanical school was begun. woman will join the staff to teach social W^nesday, a year of concern by the Town Appeal, or by sending a check to the of the top rated technical schools in the drafting. Along with the increasing interest in and studies and English. state. The school moved to the Franklin need for vocational education, Garofalo Dress Code The increased interest in technicai Building, and in 1943 to its own specially says the state should double the number of The dress code at Manchester’s schools is largeiy because more students built building on School St. where it vocational schools. technical school dispels any notion of slop­ are finding that coilege isn’t always the became known as the Howell Cheney “The schools should provide for all kinds py dress commonly associated with a answer.