\. MANCHESTER, CONN., MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 1973 — VOL. XCII, No. 272 Mancheater—A City of Village Charm TWENTY PAGES PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS MM F'SiSS - Monorail Job WM--M Given To Ford HARTFORD (AP) - The national Airport, Gov. Thomas Ford Motor Oo. has been chosen the state Bond Commission Meskill said Ford’s bid was* J . Meskill announced today. meets Friday. to build a |4.4 million monorail neither the hiGhest nor the Money for the system is The final contract will system at Bradley Inter­ expected to be approved when lowest of the seven firms that negotiated after the funds are competed for the project. He approved, Meskill said. said Ford was chosen because it The monorail will shuttle had “an obvious capacity to do passenGers between the the Job.’’ Bradley terminal and a^nw Assassination 1,500-car parkinG lot three- oo. Cut quarters of a mile away. A prototype of the monorail • % Two 30-passenger cars will was demonstrated last year at Threat Cancels travel over a single-lane track TRANSPO ’72 - the Inter­ I at about 30 miles per hour. national Transportation PassenGers will operate the Exposition at Dulles Inter­ cars in the same manner as an national Airport in WashinGton, Nixon Motorcade automatic elevator. D.C. More than 25,000 visitors Ford says passenGers never rode on it durinG the exposition. will have to wait more than a Meskill also said the Ford NEW ORLEANS, La. (A P)— President Nixon’s motor­ few minutes between cars. monorail, unlike some of the »• • cade through New Orleans was canceled today on advice of It is expected that passengers others, appeared suited for wr at tlw the Secret Service, which said it had uncovered a “possible will pay a small charGe to cover possible future use in Conrec- rm” conspiracy to assassinate the President” during his visit to operating costs. Meskill said he ticut’s urban centers. the city. didn’t know what those costs He said the system would be would be once the system was thorouGhly tested at Bradleir • •» The Secret Service asked New Orleans police to arrest a completed, hopefully by the and at Ford’s test center In former policeman who was described as armed and summer of 1975. Dearborn, Mich., prior to 1975. extremely dangerous. Police declined to say whether the former policeman, identified as Edward N. Gaudet, alias “Puncy,” was wanted in connection with the President’s visit. Forest Fire A White House spokesman said the change in motorcade R Health Director Assumes Duties plans resulted from an investigation by the Secret Service, the FBI and the New Orleans Police Department. Crisis Shifts Today was the first day on the job for Dr. Alice J. Turek, school health needs and will not engage in private practice. In Washington, Secret Service spokesman Jack Warner center, Manchester’s first fulHime health director. She and her husband, Victor, a retired self-employed said: "Over the past week we have received information Welcoming her were Mary DellaFera, left, director of cabinet maker, moved to Manchester from ArUn^n, Va. over a possible conspiracy to assassinate the President welfare and social services, and Nancy Banks, the town’s To California and have purchased a condominium in Northfield Green, during his visit to New Orleans this date.” administrative interne. Dr. Turek will assume the duties of off Lydall St. They have no children. Dr. Turek was direc­ By The Associated Press Dr. Nicholas Marzialo, who served part-time as director of Warner said if was believed more than one person was tor of the state-operated Child Development Clinic in Sixteen fires burned out of control on 93,000 acres of land public health, and Dr. Robert Galvin, who served part- involved. Lynchburgh, Va. From 1958 to 1964 she was maternal and today in the West’s “explosive” ranGe and forest fire time as school physician. Under the terms of her employ­ child-health consultant to the Connecticut Department of crisis. ment, Dr. Turek will devote her time to municipal and Health. (Herald photo by Ofiara) Losses have been estimated at several million dollars. Information officer Dick —Idaho: two on 5,000 acres; ^GK RAIN Klade of the InteraGency Fire 32,285 burned. RGB Center in Boise, Idaho, said the —Oregon: one on 2,200 acres; TH5D Laotian Rebel News Capsules 1 Ups crisis was shifting to Northern 17,650 burned. California and firefiGhters were TrWashlQitoa- noM; t,lM tfum tm tounied. Set of Pacific Northwest debris that has trapped two ^WyominG: none; 150 iPleads Innocent states. burned. Showers or thunderstorms m oi since Friday at the end of a wiaity NANTUCKET, Mass. ( A P ) - Klade said 156,735 acres have John Russell, a fire center likely tonight. Low in the 60s. copper mine tunnel south of >U8 Joseph P. Kenney III pleaded been blackened by the fires. spokesman, said no deaths have VIENTIANE, Laos (AP) — Laotian government troops Partly sunny Tuesday. High in here. innocent and went on trial today NEW YORK (AP) - First Affected land included maJor been reported amonG today crushed a right-wing general’s attempt to overthrow the low 80s. Verne McCutchan, state mine N on a charGe of neGliGent driving National Bank of Chicago an­ big Game reserves in Montana firefiGhters. However, a U.S. Precipitation probability 60 inspector and head of rescue ef­ utaa Premier Souvanna Phouma and torpedo a pending agree­ stemminG from an automobile nounced today that effective and northern Idaho, timber in Forestry Service spokesman per cent tonight, 20 per cent forts, said it would take about eatin’ ment on coalition government with the Hanoi-backed accident that left one Girl par­ Tuesday it was raisinG its Oregon and Northern California said one man was killed In an Tuesday. nine more hours to burrow [larable Pathet Lao. tially paralyzed. prime rate to 9t4 per cent, the and range lands in Oregon and auto accident when he fell Winds southwest at 10 to 15 through the mound of wet earth Montana. Ibe coup leader, exiled Gen. meetinG in his private dining Kennedy’s uncle. Sen. highest in history. asleep at the wheel after mph to n i^ t and shiftinG to to the trapped miners. The fire center Gave this ’Thao Ma, a former commander room. Edward M. Kennedy, D-Mass., ’The move was not unexpected workinG lonG hours ferrying northwest Tuesday. breakdown by states of maJor of the Laotian air force, was “The kingdom remains com­ and bis mother, Ethel, were WaterGate Views since lendinG money remains in firefiGhters. reported killed when a T28 High Low amonG spectators in the small short supply. Other banks were fires out of control, the acreaGe Officials said forests in pletely quiet while Government WASHINGTON (AP) - If bomber he had commandeered Anchorage 66 54 crowded courtroom. e x p e c^ to follow suit soon, they affect and total acreaGe southeastern WashinGton, troops showed themselves to be President Nixon flouts a court crash-landed after being hit by Boston 72 63 credit analysts said. burned: northeastern OreGon and parts completely behind the order to release White House Ground fire. ChicaGo 84 72 Some analysts have predicted —California: four fires out of of northern Idaho were Government.” Rescue Try Continues tapes. C onfess must seriously ’The uprisinG, mounted by Denver 93 67 the rate may hit 10 per cent or control on 26,000 acres with 42,- extremely vulnerable because The premier said he had CASA GRANDE, Ariz. (AP) consider impeachment, says Thao Ma from his exile in San Francisco 58 52 higher before beginning to level 950 acres burned. of dead trees due to a tussock telephone°d the Pathet Lao — Rescue crews hoped to reach Sen. GeorGe S. McGovern, Thailand, lasted only 10 hours. Washington 84 67 off. moth infestation. deleGation in Vientiane at mid- by this afternoon the cave-in DS.D. Prince Souvanna Phouma went The prime rate is the —Nevada; one on 3,000 acres; And the center said liGhtninG morning to tell them they were But Atty. Gen. Elliot L. on national radio at midday and minimum lending rate banks 3,150 burned. storms in southern Idaho, safe and not to worry. It is the Richardson says Nixon has told his people: “The coup has charGe their larGest and most —Montana: eight on 57,000 northern Utah and western neGotiations with the Pathet made “a very stronG case” for failed.” credit-worthy corporate acres; 59,350 burned. Montana are startinG new fires. Lao, in which the Communist- Man Convicted not turning over the tapes to the The premier imposed a dusk- customers. While it is not backed insurgents are expected WaterGate special prosecutor, to-dawn curfew on Vientiane directly tied to rates on small to win wide powers, that Archibald Cox. but said it probably would be prompted Thao Ma’s ri^ tist Of SlayinG 10 business and consumer loans, necessary only for tonight, flie coup attempt. an increase in the prime rate frequently is an indication of capital’s airport and all border Souvanna Phouma said two AlleGes KidnappinG Five Killed crossinGs remained closed SANTA CRUZ, Calif. (AP) — Herbert W. Mullin, con­ higher interest rates Generally Government troops were killed ROME (AP) — American “Government troops and during a bombing run by the and a tightening money supply. victed of murdering 10 persons in a three-week shooting television correspondent Jack police had shown a complete The move by the Chicago Thao Ma rebels on a military spree early this year, is to be sentenced Sept. 18. BeGon walked into a Rome loyalty and devotion to the camp on the outskirts o f Vien­ bank, the nation’s 10th larGest In Accidents Mullin, wearinG an oranGe clinic today four weeks after cause of national unity,” tiane.