i 'i-uLi 1II ■ ii 11'l [., !■ "rfTTwrrrrT” Our Neighbors ... Happy Holidays! Hanrlj^Hl^r iUrralft Saturday, Dec. 24, 1988 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm 30 Cents BANK ROBBED OF $40l000 lO Iftt l!3f I5 S Second incident S on Spencer St. ____________ S The second bank robbery in two months occurred ---------- Z on Spencer Street Friday afternoon when an armed Z man robbed a branch of Manchester State Bank of about $40,000. The gunman, wearing a dark blue mask, according to initial police radio reports, reportedly brandished a small, black handgun. He robbed the z bank at 185 Spencer St. shortly after 1:30. z Nathan Agostinelli, president of the bank, z . J- -V.. confirmed late Friday that the robber made off with r L j " about $40,000. Agostinelli said he was confident the z robber was filmed by the bank's camera. z The film was being developed Friday night, he z said. Initial police radio reports described the robber z -j T ■z as a white man, possibly a teen-ager, with dark hair. ‘Z Reports also described the robber as approxi­ mately 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighing 165 pounds. z He was initially reported over the police radio to be z wearing a gray wool jacket, denim pants, and white z sneakers. z Friday night police would not give a description of the suspect. They would confirm only that the z suspect is a white male, who was carrying a gun and z left the scene on foot. z Richard Lauzier, vice president and security z tr officer at the bank, said the gunman "cam e in, z jumped over the counter, demanded the money, z jumped over the counter and left.” The alarm was set off as the robber left, he said. z Agostinelli praised the actions of the three bank «v* z tellers working at the time of the robbery. ■li “ I am feeling very fortunate no one was injured z »■ I ■ z and our people did just an outstanding job of just complying with procedure,” Agostinelli said. "The z > “- '. i . A▼ . % « three young ladies just kept their cool and I z commended them for it.” z Agostinelli also said the bank is fully insured and z customers need not worry about their accounts. z sNv Initial radio reports said the robber ran out of the z bank and into the K mart shopping plaza parking lot after the heist. Reports also said he had dropped his z + : mask along the way. z Five employees were in the bank at the time of the z •------ f- M ' robbery, Lauzier said. He said he wasn’t sure how z V- / many customers were there. in d ry z ^ • Two more police cruisers searched the parking lot Ite r rpj:^. and woods behind the shopping plaza, radio reports z Patrick Flynn/iyiancheeter Herald indicated. z Police radio reports indicated the robber was seen nllvsi2e z SOLITARY SKATER — Scott Gentllcore, of 155 Grissom St., enjoys some solitary running towards the rear of Edwards Food sher hockey at Center Springs Park Friday. Gentilcore, a freshman at Franklin Tver z tain I z Pierce College In New Hampshire, Is home for the holidays. S ee ROBBERY, p a g e t se z tings 5eed z noos z Minute z Time z z rs Price! z z z I49 z z z z •z z Connecticat Weather ' British viewed piane threat Sleet, snow, rain create havoc for drivers By Maureen Leavltf Beckwith said a car being driven by Beckwith also reported two acci­ Walt Waterman, a spokesman for REGIONAL WEATHER Manchester Herald a female slipped off the road and dents on Camp Meeting Road near the airport operations, said the airport broadsided a utility pole. She suffered Bolton line Friday afternoon. was experiencing some icing by early Aocu-W«a(her*fonocast for Saturday as confidentiai information Dozens of motorists in the greater head and leg injuries. Beckwith said. Outlying roads in Manchester and evening but that crews were working Daytime CoodWons and High Tew>patatur»s Manchester area slid off roads and He .said her name was not imme­ roads with higher elevations like to de-ice runways. He said that was sometimes into each other after sleet. diately available. causing minor delays in departures By The Associated Press The flight originated in Frank­ Lydall Street were still slick because An Air India jumbo jet bound snow and freezing rain fell Friday. Vernon ambulance service was on of lower temperatures Friday night, and arrivals. furt with a Boeing 727 and for New York with 250 people Manchester residents had a The British government issued stand-by because several Manchester Beckwith said. The state Department of Transpor­ passengers and luggage were aboard returned to London on slippery start to their holiday wee­ no public warnings about a threat ambulances were tied up during the Bolton and Coventry police re­ tation said Friday that state highways transferred to the Boeing 747 at Friday after a bomb threat, and a kend when the snow, sleet and made against Pan Am flights Heathrow. time of the Lydall Street accident. ported some minor weather-related were wet but were being sanded by the Heathrow Airport terminal was freezing rain began falling around because the information was Beckwith said Manchester was able to accidents Friday afternoon because state’s entire force of sanding trucks. Mick Charles of the depart­ evacuated after officials spotted noon Friday. Driving conditions on considered confidential, an offi­ produce an ambulance ‘ ‘ fa irly of slush buildup on secondary roads. Dick Poole, operations superintend­ ment’s Air Accident Investiga­ an unattended suitcase. Manchester secondary roads were cial said Friday. tion Branch, who is heading a quickly” and there was no long delay. ent for DOT, said the full crew was .•?-.*nrra Nothing suspicious was imme­ hazardous as temperatures hovered A spokeswoman for the Manchester The Department of Transport team of 40 U.S. and British “ We’ve been busy,” Beckwith said. called out because holiday traffic was diately found on the plane, the around the freezing mark in down­ highway department said some crews said British airports also were not investigators at the crash site, At one point Friday afternoon, while expected to be heavy. airline said. town Manchester into the early who were sanding roads all afternoon told about the information passed said; “ We have no evidence he was at Manchester Memorial The incidents came hours after evening hours, officials said. were called back Friday evening to “ Crews will be out until the threat of on by U.S. authorities. The threat whatsoever yet of sabotage.” Hospital. Beckwith said he saw four a British Airways Tristar, which A string of weather-related acci­ tackle some isolated slippery spots inclement weather is out, ” Poole said. mentioned a Pan Am flight from Speaking about the warning, ambulances in the emergency section was forced to make a 10-hour dents occurred in Manchester reported by local police. Weather reports are calling for rain Frankfurt, West Germany, and 'Transport Minister Michael Por­ and another was coming in. unscheduled stop in Rome be­ throughout the afternoon and early No one was available for comment this afternoon, highs in the 40s. with did not specifically mention tillo said in a British Broadcast­ Another car apparently rolled over cause of a bomb threat, arrived at evening, police and fire officials said. Friday night at highway departments rain tonight accompanied by gusty Britain. ing Corp. television interview in front of the Lowe Program Center Heathrow Airport, the airline Peter Beckwith, deputy chief of the in Andover, Bolton and Coventry. winds. Temperatures are expected to A New York-bound Pan Ameri­ that the warning was not made of Manchester Community College said. Town of Manchester Fire Depart­ Bradley International Airport in be 35 to 40 degrees. Christmas day is can World Airways jumbo jet that public because “ this was confi­ At Heathrow, large crowds of Friday afternoon, Beckwith said. The ment, reported a one-car accident at Windsor Locks received about a forecast to be partly sunny, windy and took off from London's Heathrow dential, classified, U.S. intelli­ Christmas holiday travelers wa­ driver, a female, failed to negotiate a the 600 block of Lydall Street around 2 half-inch of frozen precipitation Fri­ mild, with highs of from 45 to 50 Airport broke up at 31,000 feet gence information and we didn’t ited for their flights Friday turn, slipped and the car rolled over. p.m. Friday. day and by nightfall skies were clear. degrees. Manchester and vicinity: Today, becoming Wednesday night, killing all 258 have the right to divulge it.” apparently undeterred by the Her name was not available. cloudy. Rain likely in the afternoon. High in the mid people aboard and bombarding The opposition Labor Party’s crash of the jumbo jet. 40s. South wind 10 to 20 mph. Chance of rain 70 the Scottish countryside with transport spokesman, John Pres­ There was no indication of any ■i percent. Tonight, rain and windy. Low 35 to 40. flaming wreckage over a 10-mile cott, said the government’s fail­ increase in security, which is Higher age Chance of rain 90 percent. Christmas Day, partly radius. An undetermined number ure to publicize the threat ended considered to be on a continuous sunny windy and mild. High around 50. Outlook for of people on the ground also were in “ the poor, ignorant traveling high level, and there appeared to Monday, partly sunny and colder. High 35 to 40.