Beaten East Catholic, Manchester ) are victims on the gridiron /II ilanrhpHtPr Mpralfi Monday, Sept. 26, 1988 Manchester, Conn. — A City of Village Charm 30 Cents •sH Reagan sees fit $ \ < '* IC B M curbs within a year By W. Dale Nelson can public to stand behind those The Associated Press who resist this attempt to impose f ' S t J L - a totalitarian regim e" on the UNITED NATIONS - Presi­ Nicaraguan people. dent Reagan, in a farewell Turning to negotiations on address to the United Nations, «’% v ■ long-range nuclear weapons, the said today it is "m ore than a president said, " I can tell thi.s possibility" that a treaty curbing assembly that it is highly doubtful intercontinental ballistic missiles such a treaty can be accomp­ can be signed with the Soviet lished in a few months, but I can Union within the next year. tell you a year from now is a In a speech prepared for possibility, more than a delivery at the opening of the possibility.” General Assembly, Reagan also Then, in an emotional passage, called for an international confer­ he said, “ Poison gas. Chemical ence to stop the use of poison gas warfare ... the terror of it. The and other chemical weapons. horror of it. We condemn it. The The president reviewed what use of chemical weapons in the he said has been progress toward peace in his administration, but See REAGAN, page 10 added that “ history teaches us i caution" and that "even in this time of hope, the chance of failure is real.” Discovery He called upon Iran and Iraq to cooperate in implementing the U.N. resolution on their Persian countdown Gulf war, saying, "L et this war end now .... Let peace come.” Pitrick Flynn/Minchmtsr Herald In Afghanistan, he said, "W e under way encourage the Soviet Union to BIG HIT — Patrick Sanzo of Manchester sets up a display downtown Main Street. Sanzo’s wife, Michelle, says complete its troop withdrawal at in the window of his new store, the Fielder's Choice baseball cards are the No. 1 investment in America today. the earliest possible date so that CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Baseball Card Shop, in the Manchester Mall on Story on page 9. the Afghan people can freely (AP) — NASA set the countdown determine their future without clock ticking today for returning further outside interference.” Americans to space on Thursday The president condemned "the aboard the shuttle Discovery. continuing deterioration of hu­ "The launch countdown is now Debate standoff may help Dukakis man rights in Nicaragua and the in progress,” test director Terry refusal of the tiny elite now ruling Willingham announced promptly that nation to honor promises of at 8 a.m. EDT as he signaled the By Walter R. AAears campaign than for Bush, less for Because the Washington out­ deniocracy made to their own traditional "call to stations.” The Associated Press Reaction in Connecticut, what they did in debate than for sider is the likely beneficiary, the people and to the international That call assembled more than judges' ratings, and a look where they started. Bush campaign wanted fewer community." 100 controllers at their consoles. WASHINGTON - In lines at the issues ... page 7 It usually has worked that way debates than Dukakis sought, and He called on the Soviet Union to The countdown had been set to they’ve been polishing all cam­ for the challenger, for Kennedy wanted them early In the fall, not "assist in bringing the conflict in begin at midnight but was post­ paign long, George Bush and versus Nixon, Carter versus close to the Nov. 8 election. They Central America to a close by poned when launch pad workers Michael Dukakis traded familiar away. Ford, Reagan versus Carter, got their way; the final Bush- halting the flow of billions of fell behind in preparations accusations in a leadoff debate In 90 minutes of Sunday night even, in their first debate, for Dukakis debate will be in Los dollars of arms and ammunition Sunday. with no clear winner — a standoff campaign debate. Bush and Du­ Democrat Walter Mondale Angeles on Oct. 13 or 14. to the Sandinista regime” in NASA said that did not affect that may well benefit the Demo­ kakis summarized what they against President Reagan. Rea­ There were no major gaffes in Nicaragua. the goal of launching Discovery cratic challenger. have been saying to voters every gan, heavily favored for re- the opening debate, nothing to lerald And he said he will "continue to The confrontation at Wake day for months. election, reversed that when they compare with Gerald R. Ford’s urge the Congress and the Ameri- See SHUTTLE, page 10 Forest University put Dukakis on There were no surprises, no met a second time. 1976 insistence that the Soviet an even platform with the better- secret weapons. Neither man The vice president is an admin­ Union does not dominate Eastern :known Republican nominee, two landed a major punch. The istration incumbent with an ad­ Europe. men displaying their presidential campus chapel, converted to a ministration record to defend. He Bush did misspeak in a discus­ HUD slowing start wares. Absent a telling blow from television auditorium for the did so at one point by saying he sion of weapons systems, but one debater or the other, that night, was just anothercampaign would take all the blame for the sought to deflect the slip-up with a usually works to the advantage of stop — with a vastly larger Iran-Contra affair and for any joke on himself. Dukakis shunned the outsider, in this case the audience. mistakes in dealing with Panama the scholarly, defensive stance of housing project Massachusetts governor. Based on the presidential cam­ if he could have only half the that once gave him problems, and But a breakthrough on the paign debates that have gone credit for the things President concentrated on offense. issues will have to await their before, the forum itself is likely to Reagan has accomplished in the names to the list for congregate See DEBATE, page 10 By Michele Noble ssLL next confrontation, three weeks be more of a plus for the Dukakis cause of world peace. Manchester Herald housing, but said the list would probably be quite large. mted Housing Authority members The development at Westhill ■This say they are getting impatient Gardens provides housing for 100 since XT- after waiting more than three tenants. Spencer Village on months for federal approval to Spencer Street provides 80 units Dave use land within Westhill Gardens and M ayfair Gardens in the North T on for a $2.9 million congregate End provides 76. latch housing project for the elderly. Shanley said last week she sent Hand Carol Shanley, the authority’s HUD a letter concerning ease­ right executive director, said the au­ ments to allow the authority to Tim thority has already received build a road to the building. She funding approval from the state also said HUD will probably ask Department of Housing to build her for an environmental assess­ )ge 46 / on a 1.7-acre site off West Center ment to determine the feasibility Street within the Westhill of building the project at that site. Gardens housing for the elderly These and other “ paperwork” project. The authority applied for requests are holding up the approval from the U.S. Depart­ approval. Shanley said. U ment of Housing and Urban Shanley said that she recently received an extension on receiv­ Allan Covey James S. Smith Mike Turner Joyce Sorenson Development before June to use Reno Coma Patricia Hoar the land. While the authority has ing the funds from the state owned the land for almost 30 because of the time it was taking years, HUD holds the mortgage. for the approval from HUD. She " I ’m getting pretty anxious to Most unmoved by presidential debate See HOUSING, page 10 get this thing started,” Shanley said during a meeting of the rance benefits. would be in the news today. ■'as clear as the Boston Harbor.” By Nancy Concelman Housing Authority last week. Most of the 20 residents inter­ Retired resident Patricia Hoar, “ I find that there’s too much Manchester Herald "Three months is starting to viewed said they were more 60, of 60 Arsella Drive, said she nitpicking at each other,” Hoar TODAY sound like a year.” concerned with the candidates’ was undecided before and after said. " I find it to be in bad taste.” Sunday’s presidential debate The two-story congregate hous­ appearance and demeanor. last night’s debate and didn’t see Hoar, like other residents, said between George Bush and Mi­ ing project would house about 45 Nearly half of those approached either candidate as the clear neither Bush nor Dukakis really Index chael Dukakis didn’t change the frail elderly tenants who do not this morning at various locations, winner. answered all of the questions the 20 pagM, 2 ••ctlona minds of any Manchester voters need constant care but occasional including the Mister Donut at 255 Hoar, a Democrat, criticized three-member press panel asked Interviewed this morning, many assistance. It would be the first of Builnett 9 Obituaries-------2 W. Middle Turnpike and on both candidates for the "little them. of whom said they couldn’t or its kind in Manchester. Clatsifled -10-20 Opinion----------6 downtown Main Street, said they Zingers” they employed. Early in "They talk a lot, but they don’t didn’t watch the exchange. Shanley told Housing Authority Comics _ 16 People------------ 8 didn’t watch the debate for the debate, Dukakis called Bush say much,” Hoar said.