Your neighbors^ views: Today*S quostlon: Are you ready to go back to achool? A photo-toatur* of briof eommonto on loplct of tho day. m rm i : jk Vi. ';:o! •#: "V- Lisa Perrone David L4iVertue Shawn KilcoIIins Mike Jacobs Joseph Gilman 1726 Manchester Rd. 152 School St. Joanna Robinson Ricky Correia Rhode Reardon 162 School St. 73 Florence St. 91 Florence St. Claatonbury “Yeah. I like all kinds of "Yeah. I like math and 80 N. Main St. 154 N. School Si. 22C Jefferaon St. No, because vacation is “No. I don’t like school. "Yeah. I want to meet o 2 “ "“I “hool sports and soccer, gym and school’s fun.” "Yeah. I’m gettin’ kinda "Well, yeah. I’m ready good to see all my school over. Who likes school?” I’m going to quit when I’m my new teachers.” bored.” old enough.” but a little nervous because friends.” I’m going to a different , (Herald photos by Dunn I school this year.” The weather Inside today Clearing and less humid late today. Highs in mid 80s. G ear and cooler A re a ......................7-8 Editorial ...........4 tonight. Lows in mid 50s. Sunny Sunday Classified 10-11-12 Obituaries .......14 with highs about 80. Little chance of Comics 13 S ports........... 9-10 rain tonight or Sunday. National Ser­ !faiw?ke«i«i^i^ City of Village Charm vice Forecast map on page 11. % SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 8.1977- VOL. XCVI, No. 28S PRICE: FIFTEEN CENTS Today’s news summary Penney environmental case Complied by United Prete International State listed for trial on Tuesday MEXICO CITY (UPI) - Hurricane Anita, once packing 185 HARTFORD (UPI) - Connec­ By GREG PEARSON Atty. Anthony Pagano, who, along Commerce all are involved in the ticut Natural Gas Corp., which mile-an-hour winds, fizzled out in their discovery is because some ot with Atty. Bruce Beck, represents defense. reported record profits in 1976, is northeastern Mexico today, but Herald Reporter their clients have been involved in The trial of the court case that the plaintiffs, said Friday that he Penney signed a contract with the seeking an |11,2 million — or 14.4 its floodwaters and torrential property settlements with the town. affects the proposed industrial park does not expect the case to go Town of Manchester for about 160 percent — rate increase from the rains flattened one fishing village These clients, who own property in Manchester has been scheduled for forward Tuesday. acres of the park property. The con­ within the proposed park site, had Connecticut Public Utilities Con­ and reportedly killed three farmers. Newspaper reports said Tuesday at 10 a.m. in Hartford Pagano said that he and his partner tract was contingent upon the land been involved in a first legal action trol Authority. CNG sent the Superior Court. were not informed that the case had being ready by Sept. 1, but the firm the season’s first hurricane against a zone change granted for the re^latory body a letter of intent has said that it is willing to extend claimed its first three victims The case — the Manchester En­ been placed on trial list. He said that park. The zone change appeal was Friday saying it will submit its that deadline because of the court when floodwaters from the San vironmental Coalition vs. the state they have not yet completed their denied by the state Court of Common detailed, formal application for a discovery, a legal step in which one case. rate increase early next month. Marcos River drowned three Department of Commerce — in- Pleas and Supreme Court. farmers near Ciudad Victoria, 75 ,volves a suit filed by the plaintiffs, side seeks pertinent Information The company, however, has not Some of the clients have reached a miles inland and 175 miles who say that Edward Stockton, state about the other party’s case. said how long it is willing to wait for settlement with the town on purchase completion of the trial. southwest of Brownsville, Texas. commerce commissioner, granted Pagano said that they would not be of their property. Part of the agree­ National approval of the J.C. Penney Co.’s ready to proceed with the case this Attys. Beck and Pagano indicated ment included a clause that they drop proposed catalog distribution center Tue^ay. that part of the delay in completing all involvement in legal action WASHINGTON (UPI) - The RYE, N.Y. (UPI) —Dictaphone without properly weighing its en­ Atty. Ronald Castleman, who against the park. Agriculture Department Friday Corp. says it will move all its vironmental effects. represents the Manchester estimated 1977 world coffee manufacturing operations from Economic Development Commission production at 69.9 million bags — ’The Penney facility, which would Bridgeport, Conn., to Melbourne, (EDC), the planning agency for the 14 per cent above last year’s cover more than two million square Fla., some time next year. A new park, said that he and other defense small crop of 61.1 million bags feet, would be the major occupant in plant to employ 225 workers will the town’s proposed industrial park, attorneys are ready to proceed. State won’t accept which sent prices soaring. The be built at Melbourne at a cost of Attorneys representing the EDC, new estimate was slightly below a planned for a 393-acre site in the $2.2 million, the firm said Friday. Buckland section. Penney and the Department of previous forecast of 70.37 million citizen water tests CLEVELAND (UPI) - The bags. For Brazil, the world’s Cleveland Press expects a long leading coffee producer, produc­ “The department will not accept queue today when it sells a special tion is expected to be 17 million The state Department of Health those results in any type of reports to shipment of 24-page Elvis Presley bags. ’That’s nearly 80 per cent said Friday that it would not accept above the freeze-damaged 1966 Holiday to mark water samples taken by Manchester the state, " Young said.. He said that newspapers published in the the state will recognize only those singer’s hometown of Memphis, crop but still well below the homdowners. average of about 25 million bags At Thursday night's meeting on samples taken by the town depart­ Tenn., for 50 cents each — with a ment. limit of five per customer. The before a 1975 freeze. water problems in Manchester, a close of summer volunteer water testing program was Young said that he will discuss the Press announced the special ship­ proposed. The program would have matter Tuesday with Frank Jodaitis, ment a week ago and had such an Shorts will soon be out of style, Emergency telephones numbers in allowed residents to take samples water and sewer administrate enthusiastic response executives radio stations will stop playing as effect Monday for Manchester from their homes once a week and The department might be able to had to place a second order for International many songs by the Beach Boys and residents will be: highway, 649-5070; bring them to the Water Department. obtain additional staff members that 10,000 more copies. TEL AVIV, Israel (UPI) - sports fans will start talking about refuse, 649-1886; and sanitary sewer Residents at the meeting had would permit increased testing in football instead of the Red Sox and and water 649-9697. expressed concern that water in their private homes, he said. Such ad­ THURMONT, Md. (UPI) - Israel has unveiled an ambitious Yankees. The Herald will not publish Mon­ homes was not being tested. The ditional staff might be available President Carter, awaiting a and controversial plan to set up strings of new Jewish Although the calendar still shows day. Water Department tests water mains through the federally funded Com­ report on the cause of the three weeks of summer, the Labor The Recreation Department for throughout Manchester, but it does prehensive Employment Training dramatic jump in joblessness settlements, primarily on the oc­ Day weekend traditionally marks the the Town of Manchester has an­ not test water in individual homes. Act (CETA) program. among America’s black youths, cupied West Bank of Jordan, to double the nation’s population by end of the summer season. nounced the schedule for town swim­ Bob Young, of the Water Depart­ was spending the Labor Day For many, the weekend is one last ming pools. ment, proposed at the meeting that a holiday weekend today at Camp the end of the century. Agriculture Minister Ariel chance to travel to the beach, have The pools will have normal hours volunteer sampling program be David with his family. Press cookouts or lounge in the sun. today and Sunday. For Labor Day, developed. Secretary Jody Powell told Sharon, 49, author of the plan, gave a general outline of his in Manchester and surrounding Saulters, Swanson, Verplanck and Residents who volunteered would reporters before Carter’s depar­ towns, the three-day weekend will Waddell will be open from 1-6 p.m. have been trained in sample-taking ture from the White House that proposals on nationwide televi­ sion Friday. mean the normal shutdowns that ac­ Globe Hollow will be open from 10 and would have been asked to bring Carter was “deeply concerned” a.m.-l p.m. and from 2-6 p.m. He said Prime Minister company a holiday. one sample a week to the depart­ No Herald over black teen-age unemploy­ Town, state and federal govern­ Globe will be the only pool open ment, Young said. ment and has asked top ad- Menahem Begin has received the after Labor Day.