iH a n d ifO tn 'Ty4, Residents pack parks vol XCIX, No. 236 -- Mtolwiwrtfe • Since 1881 • : and roads By L'nilcil iVess Inlernutionul Jr ., 26, of Centerbrook, died Saturday Bright sunny skies drew capacity night after the motorcycle he was crowds to beaches, state parks and riding struck a car and a telephone picnics and packed highways with pole, police said. The car's occupants traffic to keep police busy as Connec­ were not injured and no charges had ticut residents wrapped up the long been filed. Fourth of July holiday weekend. TJ Henry Green, 29, of Bristol, died At least 10 people had died in traf­ Saturday of injuries sustained when fic accidents in the state as of today, his pickup truck struck a telephone including a young race car driver pole in Wolcott Friday night. who was killed when his car went out State police were investigating a of control and slammed into a safety two-car crash Friday night crash on barrier at Lime Rock Park in Route 219 in'Barkhamsted in which Salisbury. William Simpson, 58, his wife Anne A high school athlete working a Simpson, 59, both of Wethersfield, summer job also died when the golf and Ralph Dimenna of Bloomfield cart he was riding on flipped over died. and pinned him beneath in Windsor In Danbury, 8-year-old Paulo while a Greenwich man died in a Mendes died Friday- after a pick-up tra ffic accident in New York, truck traveling too fast to brake for authorities said. slower traffic crossed into the on­ State police said Keith Flye, 23, of coming lane and collided head-on Hartford, died Sunday apparently with the Mendes family car on Route after he was struck by a truck in a 6, police said. hit-and-run accident on Interstate 95 Daniel Martin, 22, of Newton, the in Milford. Officials said Flye was driver of the pick-up, was charged found on a service driveway at a with negligent homicide with a motor Howard Johnsons along the highways vehicle, reckless driving, failure to westbound lanes. He was pronounced i drive right, and operating with un­ dead on arrival at Milford Hospital. safe tires, police said. The same weather system which The victims father, Louis Mendes- Weeding time brought fresh air and sunshine to the Riberio, 36, of Danbury, was listed in state Sunday bringing out crowds satisfactory condition at Danbury Despite the influx of modern technology some things remain Newfields farm in Buckland, Manchester. The process is still also was blamed for gusty winds and Hospital while two other family the same. An example is the process of weeding beets at the done by hand. (Herald photo by Pinto) high waves which caused several members were treated and released dozen small sailboats to capsize on at the hospital. Long Island Sound. Also in Danbury, Osvaldo Rivera, Authorities said no injuries were 20, of Danbury, died Friday when the reported as a result of the 45 knot car he was driving skidded on Chamber forms rental unit winds and 4 to 6 foot seas, but a Coast Interstate 84, struck a guard rail and Guard spokesman in New Haven said rolled over. MANCHESTER - A new division, subcomommittee of the m ayor’s recently designated the human ser­ Economic Development Commis­ some of the accidents could have A Greenwich man died Thursday to act as a clearinghouse for apart­ committee,” she said. “It’s logical vices department as a referral sion, and past chamber president, been prevented had sailors heeded evening when the car he was driving ment rentals, has been formed by the for the chamber to act as aTi um­ center for tenan' , with complaints. owned a number of apartment com­ marine warnings. was involved in a crash on Route 17 G reater Manchester Chamber of The department will provide infor­ plexes that converted into con­ While most state residents had a brella for the division, as most of the in Blooming Grove, N.Y., in which a Commerce. property and apartment owners mation on tenant’s rights and how to dominiums last spring. weekend off, state police were at New Jersey woman also was killed. Formation of the Apartment and belong to the chamber.” pursue a complaint. This was also a The rash of conversions, which work issuing more than 1,000 traffic Police said Wendy Antori, 21, of recommendation of the .mayor’s Property Owners Division is in Several chamber members served tightened the rental market by about tickets — all but a few for speeding Emerson, N .J., was thrown from a committee. response to recent recommendations on the mayor’s committee. 400 apartments, sparked the call for — between the official start of the car operated by Joseph Herschel, 21, Besides the clearinghouse, the divi­ of the Mayor’s Committee on Con­ There are about 20 members in the the moratorium on conversions. The holiday period 6 p.m. Thursday and of Ordell, N.J., when it crossed a sion will provide a means of com­ dominium Conversions, a committee new division. Mrs. Flint believes that mayor’s committee was formed midnight Sunday. highway divider and struck a car which studied Manchester’s housing its membership will be limited to munication for property owners. State police Sgt. Raymond An­ when the town Board of Directors operated by Worthington Mayer. 46, shortage. chamber members. While the Apart­ Mrs. Flint said the division will dis­ drews said traffic on the interstates of Greenwich. imposed the moratorium. The mayor’s committee ment and Property Owners Division cuss legislation, group purchasing of had been average during the day Sun­ recommended a clearinghouse for is a private organization, it will common products and other issues The mayor’s committee report, day but became heavier as motorists rentals to aid apartment seekers in cooperate with town government, ac­ “ o r cricital concern” to property which included recommendations for headed home at night. Manchester, which has a less than cording to Mrs, Flint. 'lywners. relaxing the town’s M zone which Race car driver Tom Stewart, 20, Youth arrested one percent vacancy rate. This will The chamber plans to coordinate She expects the division, one of regulates multi-family housing con­ of Syosset, N.Y., died Saturday when be the primary task of the chamber’s the clearinghouse service with the several within the chamber, such as struction has been given to the Board his car went out of control while at chief’s home the division on fuel, ho begin m'eeting of Directors. new division, Anne Flint, chamber newly-created Department of traveling at 100 mph on the back MA.NCIIKSTER - A 17-year-old within the month. ' president said. Human Services. The division will With the creation of the new straights during a practice run at Vernon youth was charged with At its organization meeting. John The chamber initiated the new catalog the vacancies, while the town chamber division, Mrs. Flint said the Lime Rock Park. breach of peace after he was division, without encouragement department will take calls for infor­ DeQuattro, an owner of JD Real com m ittee’s clearinghouse Stewart, in his first season on the arrested at the home of Police Chief Estate, was elected chairman. from town offjcials, Mrs. Flint said. mation. recommendation would be fulfilled. North American Formula Atlantic Robert Lannan where he had created “The idea came as an offshoot of a Robert Weiss, town manager DeQuattro, a member of the With the division’s clearinghouse circuit, died of multiple injuries. It a disturbance on the front lawn Sun­ was the first' fatality at the track in working in conjunction with the day night. ^town, she said a separate town 14 years and the fifth in its 23-year Police arrived at the location at 'clearinghouse should not be needed. history. about 11 p.m. to find David Rothwell She said the chamber hopes to avoid James Kevin Pinckney, 15, died Grasso is feeling better of 44 Hartl St. struggling with a man duplication of effort, Saturday when the golf cart he was who was assisting Lannan. Rothwell, riding on ran off a bridge and into a HARTFORD (DPI) - Gov. Ella on May 8. She received her last treat­ Mrs. Grasses physician. Dr, Robert Faucher, chairman of the according to police, was intoxicated brook at Millbrook Country Club in Grasso has completed radiation ment Friday. Joseph Russo, said the radiation mayor’s committee, was "pleased” and shouting obscenities at officers Windsor. An autopsy was planned on treatments for ovarian cancer and Mrs. Grasso said today sh e*is treatments were precautionary. at the announcement. “The Chamber and others gathered nearby After a the body of the youth, who played said today she is feeling better, her feeling better and expects that her The governor has made few public of Commerce recognized the brief scuffle, he was taken lo police baseball and football at Windsor High office announced. condition will improve steadily. appearances since the treatments problem and is taking a responsible headquarters. There were no injuries School. Spokesman Lqrrye deBear said the began. position,” he said. although Rothwell was taken to Mrs. Grasso, 61, underwent a Police in Ridgefield were in­ governor, who has been conducting She bowed out oT a New England He mentioned the mayor’s com­ Manchester Memorial Hospital for hysterectomy April 3 for removal of vestigating a Saturday night crash on business from the executive regional conference last month and mittee recommended a private observation. malignant cells from a cancerous Route 7 in which Tori Hansen, 20, of ovary.