2 4 - THE HERALD, Thurs., Feb. 19. 1981 Warning to gardeners isnH spring yet NEW HAVEN - It may look snow and cold weather. I would urge it could be different. We have a problems with the current un­ "I think what perhaps is more freezing rain and ice storms were like It and it may feel like It, but the people not to remove any mulch flowering shrub near the labroatory. seasonably mild weather unless it dangerous to our fruit trees is un­ still part of the weather picture. fact ii iprlng hain’t sprung. An tto t’s on their perennials or shrubs Part of the same shrub is plants continued for an extended period - seasonably mild weather in “Farmers prune their orchards Important news forultra low tar smokers. expert suggests gardeners be on the because we are still subject to alter­ seven miles north out in the open, say a couple of weeks. December followed by extremely this time of year because they have alertr But not on their hoes. native freezing and thawing there’s about a two-week difference .He said that five or six years ago cold weather. But if we should get no choice. But a homeowner can Dr. George Stephens of the CorniM- temperatures,” he said. in flowering time. there was an unseasonably warm some unseasonably cold weather in wait. There’s no point in their doing ttcut Agricultural Experiment Sta­ As a matter of fact, by keeping the period in eariy April followed by a March, it could have an effect,” he it in February,” he said. tion urges resisting the temptation mulch on, the soil is kept cool and "It's simply because the hard freeze two nights in a row which said. No m atter what the weather that sometimes comes when the sun warming is retarded,-particularly laboratory’s brick wall serves as a damaged flowers and fruit trees. He said the experiment station had brings, there’s not much anybody can pushes temperatures into the upper out in the open, Stephens said heat reservoir,” he explained. “ But coming this early - as long as been getting lots of calls the past few do about it if they don’t like it, 50s ■<nd w am ^ green thumbs. Thursday. Stephens, whose specialty is hor­ it doesn’t persist - I don’t really days from people who want to do Stephens said, “except one thing - "We still luve time for ice and "For something next to a building. ticulture and forestry, foresaw no foresee any difficulty,” he said. some pruning. He warned them ring your hands.” Serving The Greater Manchester Area For 100 Y»en Manchester, Conn. Friday, February 20, 1081 25. Cents 2 Announces Storm swells rivers; 0 blinding fog kills 15 By United Press Ihlemalional In Los Angeles,. 80-degree fog-shrouded road. ficials in one northeastern Ohio dis­ Thunderstorms accompanying a temperatures, low humidity and a In western New York state, two trict to cancel classes for today. mid-winter heat wave swelled rivers forecast of gusty winds prompted people died Thursday night in the Also in Ohio, a flood warning was to flood stage across the country county fire officials to declare a crash of a light plane in a foggy field in effect for the Cuyahoga River, today. Blinding fog from the Gulf ‘.‘red-flag alert” - indicating extreme at Batavia. ’Three others were killed which was expected to crest at 3 feet Coast to the Great Lakes was blamed brush-fire danger. in a plahe crash in blinding fog at above flood stage in Cleveland’s for at least IS deaths. Deadly fog that swathed the coun­ Pontiac, Mich. southern suburbs. Winds up to 80 mph that whipped try from Texas to New York was In Purchase, N.Y., a small private Hefivy rain and record warmth through western Oregon and blamed for two chain-reaction traffic airplane crash-landed into a reservoir lingered over much of the nation Washington, breaking windows, accidents in Texas and Illinois north of the Westchester County Air­ ‘Thursday. N av Merit blowing down tree branches and ‘Thursday. port, but the pilot, who was trying to Sioux Falls, S.D., under a siege of knocking out power to thousands of In Texas, one person was killed and land in fog with a quarter of a mile 20-below temperatures«.only a Week residents, subsided today. But at least seven w^re injured in an ac­ visibility, was unhurt. ago, recorded a record high of 59 thunderstorms that dumped nearly 2 cident involving 50 cars. In Illinois, ’The heavy fog closed at least a degrees. The 52-degree mark at inches of rain pushed rivers to nine people were killed and three in­ dozen schools in northwestern Ohio Alpena, Mich., also established a dangerous levels. jured in a multi-vehicle plleup on a ’Thursday and flooding forced of- Feb. 19 record. Fire roars out of the space shuttle Columbia as the three Several rivers in Washington were l;"!. at or near flood stage, as runoff from rocket engines were test-fired for 20 seconds this morning. a horrendous storm flowed off the Astronaut John Young and Robert Crippen will fly the F Cascade Mountains. No serious Columbia on the first orbital flight slated for April. (UPl flooding was predicted. photo) ’The Chehalis River at Centralia surpaasedi its flood stage of 63 feet Thursday and was expected to crest at 63.5 feet early today. A flood warning was issued for the Systems go Ultra Lights! Naches River and the mid and lower reaches of the Yakima River. ‘The E Yakima was expected to crest 1 foot above flood stage at Parker and Kiona, Wash. for Columbia ‘The King County Public Works Department issued a flood alert for CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (UPl) bum of all three engines,” said M)w the MERIT idea has been introduced at only 4 mg tar- the Snoqualmie Valley, where minor — America’s trouble-plagued space launch control spokesman Hugh lowland flooding was expected. shuttle appeared to pass its most Harris. ‘The thunderstorm brought winds critical ground test today with a The flames from the hydrogen bur­ ' gusting to 65 mph and dropped nearly mighty roar and 20-second blast of ning engines shot through a hole in NewMERIT Ultra Lights. A milder MERITfor those who prefer 2 inches of rain at Hoquiam on the orange flame that set the stage for an the mobile launch platform and were Washington coast. early April maiden launch and 36- deflected out a trench lined with fire ‘The storm tore down power lines orbital mission around earth. bricks. an ultra low tarcimrette. and trees in Oregon and dumped “All three engines up and run­ A steady roar swept across the more than an inch of rain along the ning,” said the launch control water and coastal flatlands to coast. spokesman as the rocket truck viewing areas three miles away. Widespread power outages were (Columbia roared into life at 8:45 a.'m. The shuttle, drawing electricity New MERIT Ultra Lights. Its going to set a whole new taste reported from ^ le m to Portland and from its four fuel cell generators, EST at the end of a long and difficult from Zig Zag to Sherwood, affecting countdown. operated as if it were taking off. If thousands of residents. “Beautiful engines going here,” he this had been an actual launch standard for ultra low tar smoking Schools in Douglas County closed said from the “firing room” which takeoff, the shot would have been because of the power outage and controlled the launch rehearsal. postponed because upper altitude others opened late. Shuttle operations director George winds would have created dangerous k : . _______ In the Blast, minor iflooding was F. Page said “everything went fine" pressures on the rising space plane. A huge Jam on Oil Creek In Oil City, Pa., some Instances are shown as they flowed reported along the Allegheny River and the flight crew now has added Tlie firing may have been a visual in western Pennsylvania. French confidence of meeting the April 7 disappointment to seasoned broke up Wednesday and moved Into the through the town. (UPl photo) Creek at Meadville flooded some launch date. It would be America's observers accustomed to watching Allegheny River. Slabs of Ice 30-feet wide In roads and lowlands. first manned flight since 1975. rivers of orange flame pour out from “I think everybody got a real big the base of kerosene burning Saturn boost from^this,” Page said. rockets which took off from the same Medical plan overcomes politics It was the first trial by fire of the pad a decade ago. TTie shuttle's winged space ship Columbia that the hydrogen engines produce a nearly United States is counting on to usher invisible flame. in a low-cost era of space flight. Nevertheless, observers empted Astronauts John Young and Robert into applause and cheers as soon as it Crippen, who had waited out 2Vz became apparent the test was a 2 Study group finally agrees years of flight delays, saw the spec­ success. m e r it I merit By MARTIN KEARNS there. TTie paramedic plan, developed at tacle from the air as the three main In 20 seconds, the engines gulped Related story on page 5. Christensen pointed out that dis­ the direction of Robert Weiss, town engines generated more than 1 15,000 gallons of super-cold liquid Herald Reporter hydrogen and 5,600 gallons, of liquid A Ultralights Lights be housed. ’The council, however, trict taxpayers do not financially manager, would have to first be ap­ million pounds of push - power equal Oriiy I support the town Fire Department, to that generated by 23 Hoover oxygen.