A one-ton chunk of cheddar cheese slipped into the A&P store on Canal Street yesterday without chipping a hunk. The operation consumed the energies of four trucks, a squad of men, a nervous manager, and an array of well-wishing cheese-lookers. Activities, since the monster food was dressed in cheese-cloth, smelled less than expected. "This is my first big cheese," Manager Robert McConnell confided as the moving action began. For some moments, however, it appeared that his big cheese would crumple into little bits of crummy cheddar. Bill Cohen and his tow truck were assigned the first job of pulling the crated cheese from a truck onto the ground. "Don't worry," Cohen said, "I'll move it out. Just leave me alone." The towman wrapped chains about the crate amid a chorus of "He'll never do it..."

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