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TW tLVE PAGES MANCHESTER, CONN., TUESDAY, JULY J8,1977 - VOL, XCVI, No,' 251 I'RIGKi EIPI'EEN CKISTS Cluster zone denied By GREG PEARSON the northwest corner of Hillstown 136 single-family homes on the site, Residents of the area, which is Herald Reporter Rd. and Woodside St. The approval was supported by the residents. predominantly Residence AA Zone, The Manchester Planning and included conditions that the • Approved a seven-lot subdivision had voiced objections to both of these Zoning Commission (PZC) Monday developer install curbing and raise plan on Vernon St. that had been sub­ items when speaking against the night voted 3-2 to deny a Residence the level of the driveway. mitted by Joseph Swensson Jr. The proposal. They had said that the AA Cluster subdivision proposed for • Approved a Residence AA Zone commission also issued an inland- detention ponds would be a safety the Lenti Farms tract off Gardner St. for the 68.4-acre Walek tract off wetlands permit for the project, hazard for the neighborhood and that . The proposal, submitted by Keeney St. The zone change from which is near the Richmond Rd. in­ cluster zoning was out-of-character Manchester developers Jack Rural Residence was sought by Her­ tersection. with the area. Goldberg and Robert Stone, had man M. Frechette, Albert R. Martin, Commission members mentioned Leo Kwash, a PZC member, received strong opposition from Gerald P. Rothman and Atty. David two factors in denying the Lenti agreed. residents of the area. A. Golas, who has previously sought Farms subdivision —a drainage "In addition to potential problems In other action, the PZC: a Residence M Zone for the site. detention plan and the cluster zone that could develop because of the • Granted a special exception that The M Zone was opposed by concept, which would have permitted drainage area, 1 don’t think the will permit the First Baptist Church residents of the area. The AA Zone, lots and houses smaller than those cluster concept i» in keeping with the of East Hartford to build a church at which would permit a maximum of permitted in a regular Residence AA h Zone. —See Page T'ueKe Pros and cons aired on zone rules easing way for housing for elderly By GREG PEARSON weakening of town zoning if the project that has been proposed for said, "Manchester has always been a Herald Reporter change is made. the South United Methodist Church's leader in being concerned about peo- About 150 people attended Monday Lamson made a brief presentation Hartford Rd. campus. pie. This is an ideal opportunity to night's meeting of the Manchester to explain the proposed change. He The first speaker, Atty. Harold show we are concerned.” Planning and Zoning Commission said that the town has a list of 250 Buckingham of the law firm Day, Long wail elderly residents who are interested Berry & Howard, presented a peti­ (PZC), which featured a public Diane Wicks, Manchester's in moving into some type of elderly tion to the PZC signed by 622 persons. hearing on a proposed change in the Outreach worker for the elderly, Vernon man favors HMO housing project. The law firm has represented Wesley regulations governing housing for the said, “The need for elderly housing is About six per cent, or over 200, of Retirement Center Inc., which has elderly and handicapped. great. The 3W-year wait for housing John R. Coleman speaks out vigorously for the Health the present elderly units in town are proposed the Hartford Rd. project. The proposal, written by Town is a long wait for an elderly person,” substandard, Lamson said. The petition, however, referred to Maintenance Organization (HMO) planned for location on Ash Planner Alan Lamson, would permit she said. Before the formal hearing began, support of the proposed project as St., East Hartford, to serve the 16 towns surrounding it. His com­ housing for the elderly and han­ Other speakers for the proposal in­ well as the proposed regulation ments and others made Monday night at a hearing in East Hart­ dicapped as a special exception in PZC Chairman Alfred Sieffert told cluded Atty. Dominic Squatrito and most zones in the town. the audience that speakers should change. Because of this, Sieffert Dr, Joseph Danyliw, Manchester ford are on Page 5. (Herald photo by Barlow) requested that Lamson seek a legal Supporters of the proposal who only direct comments to the specific Housing Authority vice-chairman proposed change. He said that no opinion from Town Counsel Victor attended Monday night’s hearing and member of the Commission on remarks should be made on specific Moses on the submission of the peti­ spoke about the town’s need for Aging. projects — an obvious reference to tion. elderly housing. Opponents Atty. David Cail, representing the expressed concern about a the 100-unit housing for the elderly M. Philip Susag of 46 Adelaide Rd. Today’s —.See Page TweUe news summary Compiled from United Press Internatlonel There’s too much coffee in Brazil 1976 to a high of $3.40 dollars a pound RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (UPI) According to Brazilian industry dealers simply had no means of in April 1977. — A few months ago, the Brazilian sources, roasters, fearing even selling coffee. The price rise was attributed to a State many as 1,000 deaths a year from coffee industry was enjoying record higher prices, bought up all the The complete stop in Brazilian an often fatal side effect, is being' July 1975 frost in Brazil, war and high prices, much to the chagrin of coffee they could get in late 1976 and sales hasn't stopped the price decline civil unrest in Africa, drought in HARTFORD (UPI) - Morris banned in the the first govern­ the American coffee addict. early 1977 while Brazilian exporters, and last week the New York market Kenya and floods in Central Amitay, 41, and his family, ment action of its kind. The drug, But today, no one is buying hoping to keep profits rolling, kept suffered its greatest single-day drop America. formerly of Middletown, escaped called phenformin and marketed Brazilian coffee because of a glut on purchasing all the stocks available in in history, plummeting 48 cents from injury Monday when a bomb for the past 18 years under the the market and the consequent drop the interior. $2.55 to $2.07. brand names “DBI" and exploded outside their home in in prices has left the nation’s ISo smokee, - > Then the Northern Hemisphere “The basic position of the Brazilian “Meltrol,” is being taken by 385,- suburban Washington, police said. exporters reeling. summer brought a traditional drop in coffee industry, except the farmers, 000 Americans in the early stages no serves Amitay, a former aide to Sen. Brazilian exporters felt the first coffee consumption, combined with a is that if wishes could bring another of diabetes. shock from the market collapse when Abraham Ribicoff, D-Conn., is The “No Smoking” signs in drop in consumer demand due to frost there'd be three feet of snow in executive director of the the old, established trading firm of public places may please a lot of supermarket coffee prices of more Parana right now, " a Rio broker FAIRBANKS, Alaska (UPI) - American Israel Public Affairs Leite Barreiros Comercial E Expor- people but not all of the people. than $4 per pound. Roasters suddenly said. Committee, the only pro-lsrael An explosive device apparently tadora in Santos was unable to honor The Vernon Town Council, Mon­ found themselves with surplus stocks Despite the current market down­ lobby group registered with was set off near the trans-Alaska its purchase contracts early this day night, accepted the resigna­ and stopped buying. turn, the broker predicted coffee will Congress. pipeline Monday night, damaging month and lost about $44 million. tion of Gayle Polhemas from the Consequently, the Brazilians found still remain in short supply. some insulation, Alaska State Leite Barreiros was an extreme Zoning Board of Appeals. themselves with warehouses full of According to sources in the IBC, police reported. Oil flow was not HARTFORD (UPI) - The case, but its bankruptcy showed the Her reason for resigning? “I coffee and high-priced purchase con­ Institute President Camilo Calazans disrupted by the blast because the other Santos exporters the salad days Connecticut Supreme Court has have found that I cannot comply tracts to honor and their losses has adopted a strategy of sitting still pipeline itself wasn’t harmed, of the first half of the year — when ruled state courts have the any longer to the government mounted quickly. and gambling that prices go back up. police said. sales topped $2 billion — had come to authority to decide a 20-year dis­ regulation which prohibits Despite the slack demand, the "Caiazans thinks the IBC is strong pute between Bridgeport and an abrupt halt. smoking at public meetings.” Brazilian Coffee Institute has enough to wait it out. The answer Stratford over whether Sikorsky WASHINGTON (UPI) - The In the last year, coffee prices shot refused to lower a minimum export should come in another four or six Memorial Airport should be roast beef sandwich soon may up from about $1.30 a pound in August price of $3.20 and with the world weeks when the market picks up.