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Hurricane Debby gains strengthH i^Tt PfIAV -*/. / » T) I^ ^ A t ^ W W ■ ■ X. » «A «■* — s ■ ■ ■ /Hurricane Debby strengthened over the warm waters of the Atlantic Ocean and howled toward Bermuda on Wednesday packing lib mpft winds, forecasters said.Shopkeepers boarded up their windows, airlines canceled flights and cruise liners hurried out of the harbor - one minus 2UU passengers - as hurricane wam-WASHINGTON (APl - The Veterans Administration was accused by members of Congress on Wednesday of footdraggmg” and bureaucratic paralysis'* in its investigation into the effect of Agent Orange on the health of the 2.5 million Americans who served in Vietnam At an oversight hearing. Rep. Thomas Daschle, D-S.D., drew from VA officials an acknowledgment that key inquiries have not• — — «. ~ _ tu . 4:_, I t”-^ V * V a lt;■ Nr 'm m a w Si te «. * * a a m. « r ■-land of 60,000 residents.Holland America's cruise liner Volendam left for New York on such short notice Wednesday afternoon that more than 200 passengers were left ashore, forecasters reported. They said ship agents arranged emergency accomodauon for me stranded travelers.Rep Margaret Heckler, R*Mass., said the VA was spending only 15 million out of a 1140 million research budget on Agent Orange and said That is an in-credibly small amount M “Well, that is the figure. replied Dr. Donald L. Custis, chief of the VA's department of medicine and surgery. There is a limit as to what can be done re-Custis denied cateeoricallv to'ru- lt;•i Uin0 rVvttt*in Miami saio the second hurricane of the 1982 Atlantic season probably would hit the island arouna aayoreak Thursday.Debby was upgraded from storm status Wednesday afternoon when its winds accelerated from 90 mph to 105 mph within three hours, tore casters sata.Debby was located about 225 miles southwest of Bermuda at 6 p.m. EDT. Its gales extended 175 miles to the north and east and 75 miles to the south and west of the center, forecasters said.The season s first hurricane was Alberto, which crossed Cuba as a squally tropical disturbance in early June - causing 23 drowning deaths - before quickly failing out off the west coast of Florida.Tropical storms Beryl and Chris formed last week — Beryl harm* iessly at sea and Chris as a rainy weather system that moved into the Central Gulf Coast.A tropical storm has minimum sustained winds of 39 mph A hurricane has sustained winds of at least 74 mpn.Agent Orange controversy brings criticism of VA
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Doylestown Intelligencer
Doylestown, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Sep 16, 1982
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