PAGE SIXTEEN - MANCHESTER EVENING HERALD. Manchester, Conn.. Mon., Auijust 9, 1976 M A C C n e w s The weather Inside today CUP & REDEEM THESE Fair tonight, lows in 60s. Wednesday Mrs. Edward J. Goss sunny and pleasant, high in 80s. Chance iManrIjPHtpr Eupntnn Mpralii Farm stand of rain 20 per cent tonight, 10 per cent Area news.......11 Editorial . WALDBAUM'S Manchester is not unique Wednesday. National weather forecast the Bright One*’ Classified___ 11-13 Family... in having an Emergency map on Page 12. Comics...............14 Obituaries lU Dear Abby.......14 Sports .... Food Pantry. Many cities FOURTEEN PAGES MANCHESTER, CONN., TUESDAY, AUGUST 10, 1078 - VOL. XCV, No. 265 have them. Although not PRICE: FIFfEEN CENT.S unique, we are very for­ Food Mart tunate to live in a com­ Freshness! COUPONS munity where people's needs are questioned, If you love the taste of "Farmstand Fresh" fruits and vegetables recognized and acted upon then you'll love the fruits and vegetables at Food Mart, Como "Pick FOR MORE SAVINCS MACC, through its out­ your own , , take one pepper or a pound ,, , one orange or a reach, first discussed the benefits of such a pantry. dozen from the greatest bulk variety in town! State spared by Belle’s lateness Through the generosity of Center Congregational JUICY - CALIFORNIA Church, which offered its By PETER A, BROWN Belle knifed into populous Fairfield Gov, Ella T. Grasso scheduled a not had that,” he said. “We do not close to the shoreline, officials said. facilities, and MCC Food Club Sugar drenched a Connecticut landscape WESTBROOK (UPI) - Hurricane County first about 1 a.m., with the helicopter tour of parts of the appear to have widespread damage In 1938, when one of the most students who collected and already saturated from a steady Belle spared Connecticut the worst eye of the hurricane located between stricken area after talking witH local in the city of New Haven.” destructive hurricanes in American sorted food for our first weekend rainfall. Moist soil made it ,by arriving late, but she throttled Norwalk and Bridgeport, where a officials when daylight allowed an Bridgeport Police Superintendent history struck New York and New drive for supplies the f’an- a cinch for Belle's strong winds to up­ M D PLUMS electrical power in about 170,000 high wind gust churning at 81 miles assessment of the damage. Joseph A. Walsh said, " I’m glad for England, it hit precisely at high tide try was opened in March root and topple trees. residences, caused widespread local per hour swept across Long Island They confirmed Connecticut had this one. A percentage of the town with the moon nearest the earth and 1975. Northeast Utilities, the state's JUMBO - 72 COUNT flooding, closed portions of 16 major Sound. been spared widespread destruction. was without power and a few trees pulling together with the sun in Established to provide largest provider of electricity, said highways and knocked out 1,000 Weakened upon contact with the New Haven Mayor Frank Logue were uprooted, but that’s about all. phase. Seven hundred persons died. one to three days food WITH PRIOR PURCHASE OF $10 OO OR falling trees and limbs knocked out telephones. coast. Belle's punch flagged as she was relieved his city had escaped We’re fortunate, 1 think we were Because of inadequate forecasting, supply for families or in­ MORE AND THIS COUPON AT FOOD power at 140,000 residences, mostly No serious injuries were reported headed due north up the Naugatuck without major problem. very fortunate.” no one knew in the four days and dividuals in Manchester, MART. GOOD THRU SAT., AUGUST 14 in the central and southwest sections LIMIT ONE BAG - ONE COUPON PER and officials planned to prepare Valley, steering a course between “The damage is considerably less Bridgeport Police said the storm nights of steady rain that preceded referrals are made by of Connecticut. United Illuminating FAMILY. damage estimates later today. Danbury on the state’s western than we expected. We expected apparently was so much less than the storm that the 1938 hurricane was clergymen. Public Health- Co. said about 30,000 of its customers extreme and industrial Waterbury. severe coastal flooding, but we have expected that four stolen cars were pounding northward to New England Nurses, Crossroads, state in Bridgeport and New Haven were reported while the storm was beating toppling tens of thousands of trees or local welfare, or social left without power. down on the city. from the sodden earth. workers. Gov. E lla T. G rasso set up SWEET - TASTING In Norwalk, officials said there Alan Hekking, operations officer Families and individuals emergency headquarters at the was some flooding, but not nearly for the Civil Preparedness Agency, Westbrook state police barracks, aided by this community LUSCIOUS VINC RIPENED CALIFORNIA Waldorf Tissue what they expected and not unusual said Belle was similar to a 1973 ice support^ program include near the shoreline, and toured the Cantaloupes; WHITE OR ASSORTED for a heavy rainfall. storm, mostly causing power out­ area in the hours before Belle struck those whose welfare Seedless NATIVE IMASS 1 "There’s some flooding in low ages, fallen trees and flooding in "We must be prepared for the checks are lost or late in areas, but in all honesty we get that areas that normally flood. arriving, those out of work RESH RIO-RIPE 4 ROLL worst while hoping the storm takes Tomatoes ^ in a heavy rainfall anyway," said He said the highest recorded wind and seeking employment, GRAPES another path," she Said hours before SWEET CALIFORNIA PACK patrolman William Pitman. gust was in Bridgeport at 81 m.p h Belle zeroed in on Connecticut. recent widows with The Red Cross said 3,(KK) persons and New Haven recorded 55 m.p.h children, elderly persons IMectarines JUMIOM Fifty-two National Guard WITH PRIOR PURCHASE OF I10.M OR were evacuated from their homes winds with eight-foot waves, but no SWEET JUICY CALIFORNIA LOW 4 3 helicopters clustered at Bradley whose Social Security MORE AND THIS COUPON AT FOOD and placed in temporary emergency serious damage was apparent International Airport in Windsor checks just cannot stretch PRICE Bartlett Pears MART. GOOD THRU SAT., AUGUST 14 shelters in New Haven, Clinton, “It seems to be tracking up in the Locks, waiting for the storm to sub­ enough to cover basic LIMIT ONE PACK - ONE COUPON PER U S NO I Westbrook, Milford, Norwalk and western part ol the state, toward the side before flying mercy and rescue needs and neighbors FAMILY. FMdMait other coastal towns. The organiza­ Naugatuck Valley. The main thing missions. The airport remained caught up in all kinds of Yellow Onions tion closed some of the shelters after we're concerned about is the rains open. personal disasters and CALIFORNIA CRISP 3 a.m. when the worst had passed and and flooding," Hekking said em ergencies. In many Officials said fallen trees and sent people back home. "The winds will be dropping off downed power lines caused the cases it is necessary to Fresh Carrots 5J1. Officials at the Civil Preparedness pretty quickly because once the closing of portions of 16 major provide food for longer Agency, operating out of the National storm hit the coast they lost their highways throughout the state that than a three-day limit until Tetley Tea Bags! Guard Armory in Hartford, said power. We've not had a single report ranged from the coastal roads into further aid can be Cucumbers 5J1. GREAT FOR MIXED DRINKS FRESH 50‘ «H Belle was hours late in arriving, mis­ of injuries,” Hekking said. the valleys and as far north as En­ arranged. ON ANY 10 LB. BAG sed the high tide and spared Connec­ When the danger passed in field near Springfield. Mass. Since opening, the Pan­ Lemons or Limes U.S. NO. 1-”SIZE A " PKG. OF ticut a more disastrous blow Hekking's command center, Frank The Connecticut Turnpike was try has been opened every CALIFORNIA If the tropical storm had arrived as Mancuso, his director, leapt into the open most of its 128-mile length and Monday morning from 9:30 All Purpose "Eastern Shore " 100 expected around 10 p.m., coinciding air, clicked his heels, and cried, at West Haven. R J Good, a toll to 11:30, and Wednesday Crisp Celery 49® with high tides, damage undoubtedly "G reat'” taker, told a United Press Inter­ and Friday afternoons NATIVE (MASS.I POIAfOES WITH PRIOR PURCHASE3 OF 3110.04 OR would have been much greater as Local flooding was reported in national reporter. "We have to be from 1 to 4. Volunteers. " WITH PRIOR PURCHASE OF I I 9.M MORE AND THIS COUPON AT FOOD winds and high waves thundered most parts of the state as Belle open all the time " Mrs. Alice Shea, Mrs. Fresh Eggplant 3J1. I OR MORI ANO THIS COUPON AT MART. GOOD THRU SAT., AUO. 14. Nona McCann, Ms. Marion NATIVE (MASS.) FRESH FOOD MART. GOOD THRU SAT., LIMIT ONE PKO. ■ ONE COUPON PER ( AUGUST 14. LIMITONI 10 L I EA O - FtodMart Jesseman and Mrs. Green Cabbage _ O N I COUPON PER FAMILY. ________ FAMILY. The wind blew here, too Florence Parker, have k . J Local damage reported light served one day a month This Salvation Army clothing collector bin in the Manchester Parkade was blown into the since the Pantry opened. They are now joined by street leading off of Broad St. during the night when Hurricane Belle passed through cen­ Mrs. Mildred Kos, Mrs.