Titusville Herald (Newspaper) - September 10, 1988, Titusville, Pennsylvania WELL Established June 14 1865 Oldest Daily Newspaper in Northwestern Pennsylvania Mostly Sunny GOOD MORNING Mostly sunny today and Sunday with high both days 75 Fair tonight with low SO PA SATURDAY MORNING SEPTEMBER 10 1988 30 CENTS Hurricane Florence Hits Tip of Louisiana EVACUATION BEGINS Nathan and Carla Desport evacuate their home in Buras La Friday The Desports evacuated due to the approach of Hurricane Florence AP VENICE La AP Hurricane Florence moved across the tip of Louisiana and headed toward the Mississippi Gulf Coast on Friday night flogging coas tal communities with 80 mph winds as thousands of residents fled to higher ground An Alabama man preparing for the storm drowned while trying to tie down a boat Winds were well below the 100 mph predicted while Florence was offshore When its a hurricane get said Melodia Boothville La who joined about 500 others Friday night at Belle Chasse High School which was opened as a shelter for Venice and other Plaquemines Parish towns in coastal Louisiana At 10 pm the center of the 250mile wide storm was about 70 miles south east of New Orleans and 70 miles south of Waveland Miss The eye of the storm about 30 miles wide was expected to sideswipe east ern New Orleans and hit the Mississippi Gulf Coast about 4 am Forecasters warned coastal residents to prepare for 9foot tides and up to 10 inches of rain Tornado watches were posted from Pensacola Fla to Lake Charles La A Coast Guard helicopter had to abandon plans to rescue four men on work barges trapped at the mouth of the Mississippi River said Coast Guard spokesman Dan Dewell It looks like theyre going to have to ride it out The hurricane as well as I can make out is right about there said Dewell Earlier a Coast Guard helicopter rescued two fishermen who got into trot ble while running their crab traps also near the mouth of the river Fn Alabama police in the coastal community of Orange Beach said a 32year old man drowned Friday afternoon when he fell into the water as he wa trying to tie down a boat in windy rainy conditions They were trying to secure a boat and one of their lines got caught up underneath it Cpl Marvin Glass said He said the man who could not lost his balance tugging on the snagged line and fell into a bayou about half a mile from the Gulf Democratic presidential candidate Michael Dukakis postponed indefinitely an outdoor rally at New Orleans Jackson Square in as well as two indoor fund raisers a cocktail party and a buffet Florence which had been stalled in the Gulf of Mexico suddenly strength ened into a hurricane Friday morning and began churning northward at lB mph the National Hurricane Center reported Maximum sustained wind speed near the storms center was 80 mph at pm well over the 74 mph threshhold at which a tropical storm is designated a hurricane and more strengthening was possible said Bob Sheets director of Continued on Page Thirteen been 1 despite government to ban traditional Louring the Summer Games s rom soup arid other exotic dishes to avoid offending foreigners during Olympics which begin Sepir Of said visitors be by the unusual Would be catted u l An AP Extra Habits of their meat la still a lunchtime favorite In many AGlance number dog not training for the others dog and snake will give them trie and strength of the animals v 4 l Vs reported the Korea Amateur Hockey the womens Olympic team with worth of Association officials declined v Kim was quoted by The Korea Herald as 3I so Surprised when the association brought the snake us But after taking the soup I felt muck s V Senate Curbs Imports Threat of Veto WASHINGTON AP Senate approved new curbs on textile clothing and shoe imports Friday defying the threat of a presidential veto just weeks before the November elections We ought to pass this now and not put it off and deprive American work ers of jobs they could have Sen Strom Thurmond RSC said minutes before the Senate approved the measure 5732 aimed at protecting American manufacturers from foreign compet ition would freeze this years imports of textiles apparel and nonrubber foot gear at 1987 levels and limit their growth to one percent annually thereafter It also would bar foreign manufacturers of nonrubber footwear from increasing their share of the American market beyond existing levels supporters of the textile industry and their opponents came away t the roll call frustrated With 11 lawmakers not voting sponsors fell short he margin and critics lacked the 34 votes needed to assure that a would be sustained n the roll call 17 Republicans joined 40 Democrats in supporting the measure and it was opposed by nine Democrats and 23 Republicans Afterward US Trade Representative Clayton K Yeutter issued a statement jailing the action regrettable I am pleased that the margin was far short votes necessary to over ride a presidential veto Yeutter said A veto which will undoubtedly come reaches the presidents desk should clearly be sustained T White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater noted that President Reagan had vetoed a 1985 textile protection and said the president will veto the 1988 version if it reaches his desk Credit Trotsky 1 Role in Revolution AP In a stunning reversal of a of Communist Pravda on Friday acknowledged that Leon Trotsky played a key 3xle in the Russian Revolution before he was purged by Stalin and murdered exile the years of revolution and civil war the most popular leader after i was Trotsky declared Soviet historian Col Gen Dmitri language that might once have cost a Soviet citizen his life The article in the Communist Party newspaper an excerpt from a biography is writing of Stalin is the latest example of the Krem lins new willingness to confront aspects of Soviet history It represents a significant change in the official medias treatment of Trotsky the hottempered revolutionary who was long reviled as a traitor and accused of heading an antiSoviet plot But the title chosen by Pravda for the article The Demon of the Revolu tion showed that Soviet officialdom still apparently opposes any full reha of Trotsky who was killed in 1940 in Mexico City reportedly on In a forward Pravda pointedly noted that Soviet founder Vladimir I Lenin called Trotsky a Judas in 1911 and that he joined Lenins Bolsheviks only in 1917 the year they seized power after the overthrow of the Russian czar i But Pravda added Having his share of the abilities of a publicist orator and organizer played a well known rote in the October armed ing and in the years of the civil war when he was peoples commissar for war and naval affairs and chairman of the Revolutionary Military Council That well known role was expunged from the official Soviet record during Stalins 29year rule when documents and even photographs that showed Trotsky at historic events or at Lenins side were doctored to remove him Wind May Fan RANGOON Burma AP Former Prime Minister U Nu Burmas last elected leader before the military ousted him 26 years ago defied the authoritarian rulers Friday and announced the formation of a rival government About 500 soldiers mutinied and joined the massive movement for an interim government and full demo cracy in the first major defection of troops to the opposition BANGKOK Thailand AP A Vietnamese jetliner crashed during a thunderstorm and exploded three minutes before its scheduled landing Friday Officials said 75 people died the other six abeam were cally injured The jet blew up after hitting a rice field about four miles north of Don Muang International Airport said air force spokesman WASHINGTON AP Window service at the nations post offices cut last February to save money is being restored starting Saturday PITTSBURGH AP USAir say reconstruction of a major runway at Greater Pittsburgh Inter national Airport is in part to blame for the airlines continued poor on time ratings In July 744 percent of flights arrived on time among 13 major domestic air carriers according to US Depart ment of Transportation figures released Thursday WASHINGTON AP Department said Friday it was giving conditional approval to the export of tions satellites to China HARRISBURG AP The Pennsylvania State Education Asso on Friday announced its support for US Sen John Heinz RPa in his bid for a third term but backed Democrats in other ide contests The however balked in the attorney generals race deciding not to support either Democrat Edward Mezvinsky or Republican Ernie HARRISBURG AP State employees angered over a new law that requires them to pay union fees although they are nonmembers sought a preliminary injunction against the plan Friday in US District Court PITTSBURGH Attor ney General LeRoy Zimmerman and worried county prosecutors called Friday for swift renewal of vanias wiretap law warning crimi nal investigations will be if the statute expires in a few months PHILADELPHIA AP Vandals spraypainted on a wall of dence Hall but officials said Friday the paint was quickly removed and the shrine of American liberty was not permanently damaged The white paint was on the south side of the hall where the Declaration of Independence was signed and the Constitution framed YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK Wyo AP Firefighters and equipment were redistributed Friday to prepare for wind gusts up to 60 mph while fires kept two small towns evacuated and the oldest national park mostly closed to visitors Saturday may be the worst day since this entire episode began US Forest Service official Brian H Avery said Friday Were trying to prepare for that today because tomorrow will be too late to prepare for it Elsewhere a firefighter battling a blaze that doubled overnight to 27500 acres in Glacier National Park and adjacent forest in northwestern Montana was killed by a falling burning tree the first death directly attributable to this years forest fires That blaze destroyed 15 homes and dozens of outbuildings and We see no direct relief in site and we are anticipating major fire burned structures at two ranger stations a bridge and several historic cabins Last month a helicopter involved in battling a blaze Bighorn National Forest crashed after losing power killing a ger a Bureau of Land Management technician Meteorologists had been predict ing that an advancing weather front would produce extremely high winds during the weekend jn Yellowstone but might also bring some rain or snow by Monday A revised forecast Friday no longer anticipated any rain or snow Avery said at a briefing on fire conditions We see no direct relief in site arTd we are anticipating major fire ty Avery said adding that ably in excess of 150000acres Continued on Page Thirteen SIGNS OF THE TIMES Steelworkers wave signs and gesture at the plant gate as Sen Dan motorcade arrives at Mercury Stainless Inc in Massillon Ohio Friday for a plant tour AP Less Spectacular Fall Foliage Is Expected STATE COLLEGE Pa AP A drought that had fanners seeing ted this year probably wont do the same for dos of fall foliage according to two Penn State forest researchers Marc Abrams and James C Finley blame the lack of summer rain in their prediction that colors may not be as brilliant when trees change color but said leaves may turn over a longer period As a result Abrams said red leaves may be fewer although orange and yellow leaves may still be seen We anticipate less spectacular fall coloration this year because many trees were very highly stressed from the drought said Abrams assistant professor of forest ecology and physiology However Finley a forest resources extension specialist said some tree species are begin ning to change leaf color Gas Prices n u A 44 i i i Fuel Hike Bush Attacks Dukakis In inflation On SDI Deployment FRANKFURT West Germany AP Kurt Carlson 41 of Rock ford 01 who was held hostage on a TWA jet testified Friday that Mohammed Ali led the hijacking shouted One American must die and beat him so hard with an iron bar he prayed for death By The Associated Press George Bush said Friday Michael Dukakis must explain how he could say he would consider deployment of Star Wars after denouncing the proposed missile defense system as a fantasy in the sky Dukakis called Bushs attacks on him McCarthyism and said voters can smell the garbage Meanwhile Bushs Republican running mate Indiana Sen Dan Quayle was peppered with new questions about his entry into law school Bush speaking to GOP women in Rockford 111 said of Dukakis and the Strategic Defense Initiative Calling it a fantasy one day something he wont rule out the next suggests a confusion in my view on the basic facts a sion in terms of what he really believes and where he would take this country The governors going to have to he said The Democratic nominee said this week he supports continued research on a missile defense system and would back deployment if it were shown to be feasible and essential to the national interest Dukakis was campaigning in Texas after attending a million Democratic fundraiser in New York at which he told the audience I wont kid you this is not going to be an easy 60 days The Massachusetts governor was striving to regain momentum in the face of recent polls that have said Bush had surged into the lead in the presidential race Speaking at East Texas State University the alma mater of the late House Speaker Sam Rayburn Dukakis said that Republicans once attacked Rayburn as a communist Sam Raybum knew that when you fight for the real people the other side will attack your patriotism Dukakis said He saw it again in the 1950s when the cheered as Joseph McCarthy slandered good Democrats as communists And those Republican tactics havent changed Just as they did to Franklin Continued on Page Thirteen WASHINGTON AP A late summer surge in gasoline prices fueled wholesale inflation in August at a pace matching the highest level of the year even though food prices began recovering from the drought the government said Friday The Labor Department said its Producer Price Index for finished goods rose a seasonally adjusted 06 percent last month the heftiest increase since an identical rise in March If that rate held for 12 consecutive months inflation at the wholesale level would amount to 69 more than triple the 22 percent price rise for 1987 For the first eight months of 1988 wholesale inflation was running at an annual rate of 43 percent White House officials said they were unconcerned about the news Fluctuations of this size are commonly observed said spokes man Marlin Fitzwater We still believe inflation is under The steep August increase did not disturb financial markets because when volatile food and energy categories were excluded the index rose a modest 03 percent just half the July rate
