Outside today Partly cloudy, windy and cold today: highs in the teens. Fair and cold tonight Inside today and Wednesday: lows tonight zero to 5 ............. 6-7 Editorial . 4 above and highs Wednesday around 20. Classified .. 10-12 Family 5 Outlook: Fair Thursday and Friday: Comics..........13 Obituaries .,.. 14 chance of snow Saturday. National Mancheiter-—A City of Village Charm Dear Abby — 13 Sports.........9-io weather map on page It, FOlIRTEKN PAGES MANCHESTER, CONN., TUESDAY, JANUARY JO, 1978 - VOL. XCVII, No, 84 PRICEt FIFTEEN CENTS Region eyes flood threat United Press International The intense winter storm that raked New England Monday was Residents and merchants centered just north of New England Mil: along two rivers in central and early today. It will continue off to the western Maine, brimming with north and northeast but will be slow run-off caused by Monday’s to relax its hold on the region, heavy rains and warm A gale warning remained in effect I along the southern New England temperatures, braced for flooding today as bitter cold coast today with a storm warning in effect along the northern New from Canada held New England coast, the NWS said. England in its grip. An inch or two of snow was Blizzard warnings witi; near zero predicted for southern New England temperatures were in effect for today and two to four inches was extreme northern Maine while Civil predicted for most of northern New Emergency Preparedness officials England. turned their attention to flooding A two-block section of downtown along the Kennebec and An­ Portland, Maine, was briefly closed droscoggin rivers. to traffic as high winds tore apart The Kennebec was expected to hit roofs and broke windows on tall of­ a flood crest of 20 feet - 7 feet above fice buiidings, showering the street the 13-foot flood stage — in Augusta below with debris. by early afternoon. Merchants along One of the hardest hit areas was Water Street, the capital city’s main Wells Beach, Maine. Police said street, were warned to move about 15 people were evacuated from Jy merchandise from lower levels of coastal cottages and the fire depart­ their stores to protect it from the ment suffered about $200,000 damage / h rising water. when ocean waves broke down the A flood crest near 13 feet was station’s front doors and flooded its Smothering a Rockville barn fire predicted for the Androscoggin River basement and furnace room. Rockville volunteer firefighters clamber over piles of hay water onto the blaze while wind whipped the freezing air tonight, but a “sizable ice jam” in Blocks of ice washed over the to pour water into the top of Kominski’s barn at the end of the Oxford County town of Canton banks of the White River Monday around them. Often flames broke out within inches of rock- was causing added problems on that afternoon, damaging an estimated 18 Bellevue Avenue in the west side of Rockville late this mor­ hard icicles. The roof of the whole barn was lost to the flames river cars in the Vermont Law School ning. The fire was deep in the mountains of hay stored in the but the lower portion of the barn where farm implements The storm Monday apparently parking lot in South Royalton, Vt, barn which is on a hillside. Firefighters from Rockville, Ver­ were stored appeared to have been saved by noon. (Herald claimed the iife of Anthony In a special report for southern non, Tolland, and Ellington poured thousands of .gallons of photo by Pinto) Woodbeck, 13, of Haverhill, N.H. New England, the Weather Service Authorities said a search for the said some rivers were swelling boy’s body would resume today in the because of runoff. It said flooding Oliverian River near his home where was expected in Connecticut today it’s presumed he drowned. along the Connecticut, Farmington The temperature in Boston early and Housatonic Rivers. Grounded ship freed by tugs today was 15 degrees — far from the The Army Corps of Engineers in record low of 1 below set in 1875. But Waltham, Mass., said 36 federal BRISTOL, R.I. (UPI) - The 712- feet. That was sufficient so that she ordered to undergo a drydock inspec­ shallows late Monday despite the winds of 30 mph made the wind chili reservoirs in five river basins in New foot tanker Achilles was freed today was barely sitting on the bottom...It tion to check for full damage. work of two tugboats which strained factor minus 26. England were storing flood waters. by tugboats from the shallow, sandy didn’t take very much of a pull from The cause of the grounding for an hour and a half after the tide Some ski areas in western Also, the corps said hurricane bottom of Mount Hope Bay where it the tugs to slide her off the mud this remained under investigation, but peaked at 8:14 p.m.' Massachusetts were closed for the barriers were closed at Providence, grounded Monday while carrying morning,’’ said Cmdr. Richard A. Sutherland said: “Obviously, the fact more than 11 million gallons of home The ship, with a crew of 44 aboard, second day in a row today because of R.I., New Bedford, Mass., and Stam­ Sutherland of the Coast Guard that it went aground without high winds and a wind chill factor heating oil. was swept out of a narrow shipping ford, Conn., to prevent tidal flooding. Marine Safety Office in Provideace. mechanical failure indicates human that hit minus 20 degrees in some Just 24 hours after it grounded, the lane in the bay Monday morning by Power outages affected thousands Sutherland said there was no oil error.’’ parts of the Berkshires. American-owned ship was towed free spill and no visible damage to the high winds and waves. in New England at various times The weather was probably a fac­ Three hikers were rescued by New Monday. at 8:45 a.m. It was freed from the huge' tanker. tor, “but in navigating a ship, one The Coast Guard said the oil was Hampshire Fish and Game officers bottom during high tide after 88,(XI0 After moving under its own power Amtrak’s Washington-to-Boston must make allowances for the stored in a number of sealed tanks Monday when high water in the Pem- “Night Owl” train was delayed about barrels of its 310,000 barrel load of oil to unload at its original destination, weather which you are en­ aboard the Achilles which would pre­ migewasset River cut off their exit two hours west of New Haven when a was transferred to three barges. the Northeast Petroleum Corp., pier countering," Sutherland said. vent the full cargo from escaping from a wilderness trail in the Fran­ billboard blew off tpe top of a “It lightened her by seven to eight It had refused to budge from the in nearby Tiverton, the Achilles was even if a leak developed. conia Notch area. building and scattered debris PZC rejects Head sleuth to retire housing plan By SUSAN VAUGHN In a letter to Sartor accepting the Hcruld Repurlcr resignation, Lannan said, “I am sure that not only will you miss the per­ Capt. Joseph Sartor, the first and sonal involvement and personal due to error only head of the Manchester Police friendships established here, but we Department detective division, today will miss your friendly and wise announced his intended retirement counsel.” By GREG PEARSON from police service as of Jan. 31. Commenting on his plans. Sartor Sartor has been with the said, “It’s time I left this place, Herald Reporter Manchester Police Department 29 though 1 know I’m going to miss it at The Manchester Planning and Zoning Commission years, since he became a super­ Monday night rejected the proposed Wesley Retirement times.” numerary Jan. 1, 1949. He said, “I’m 63 and I feel great. I Center because pf a technical error in the submitted plan. Police Chief Robert D. Lannan, A second public hearing on the proposed tOO-unit plan to do a lot of fishing and hunting who has worked under Sartor and as and taking it easy. I'll keep active.” housing for the elderly center probably will be held in Sartor’s third police chief in his March. He said he and his wife of 48 years, years in the department, accepted Angeline, will also probably do some The original plan for the center, which would be located the resignation with a “deep personal traveling. on the South United Methodist Church’s Hartford Road feeling of regret.” They may go as far as Brazil where campus, included an incorrect south-side boundary. “We’re going to miss him,” Lan­ their daughter Jeannette Moffat, Because of the incorrect marking, a strip of land owned nan said. “He’s the anchor point for lives with her husband and daughter. by the state appeared to be par,t of the proposed project this (police) family. He'll be hard to site. The Sartors’ other children are replace.” Richard, who is deputy chief of the Zoning regulations require that the building be at least Lannan talked of Sartor as a man 45 feet from the boundary. The building is 45 feet from Manchester Police Department and of “ integrity and honesty, everything Raymond, who is a member of the the boundary shown on the original plan, but the state a police officer should be, and always Capt. Joseph Sartor owns a strip of land inside that boundary. consistent.” —See Page Fourteen Thus, the PZC voted to reject the plan because of the technical mistake.