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..' Os flMrilrr > ^SSsSS figpsqr William Wii Frederic rij. Florida, G By Garry Mitchell i Associated Press Writer ] MOBILE, ALA. (AP) ? Hurricane Frederic crashed into this 300-year-old port with 130 mph t winds early Thursday, ripping i apart homes, flattening businesses ( and felling trees and power lines t along the Gulf coast from Florida I tn T /tiiicinna r ? By morning the storm had moved inland over Southeast Mississippi, growing weaker but 1 still whipping winds up to 80 mph I as far as Meridian, Miss., about 100 I miles to the north. I There were two confirmed deaths as the born-again storm hit j Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi < and the Florida Panhandle, \ churning up 15-foot tides, i Forecasters said the greatest > threat today was from floods and 1 tornados. 1 THIS FESTIVAL CITY of 300,000 i and neighboring Pascagoula, j Miss., a smaller city to the west, > bore the brunt of the hurricane 1 which first hit land at Dauphin 1 T-l 1- a % * isiana, a resori lsiana live miles I long that was reported "sliced in ] half." "I would say there is not a i dwelling, business or any other \ building in Jackson County that < does not have damage ranging 1 from minor to total destruction," i THE ROLLS OF R tin ? LI WE'VE GOT THE TOP OF THE COPIER WITH ALL THE EXTRA BUT AT THE ECONOMICAL P [ OUR EXTRAS INCLUDE: Spotless t eyai and Letter Size Cof two-Sided Copies Copies on Q ; i abeis Vour Letternead 933 MAIN STREET IjrEmft ! 799 3807 HUH "Sra^K&g ''IP^ft N M&: vt? ' j^jAI v^ >MR:.: ::'::>>a^K:~ fr.r~" if/ npismger >s through ulf Coast said Ken Phillips, director of Disaster Relief in Pascagoula. Whilp fin inniHonfo nf 1 nnfi?-in Kn/1 IT ?*HV AAV lAAVAVIVlil'O VI iWtllig liaU >een reported, Alabama Gov. Bob fames sent armed National Guardsmen and state troopers into he area and Mayor A.J. Cooper of ^richard, a Mobile suburb, told his >fficers to fire two warning shots it looters, then "shoot to kill." Nearly 500,000 people fled their homes as Frederic followed close to the path that Hurricane Camille took 10 years ago in killing more than 250 people. AT 9 A.M. EDT, the center of the storm was located near latitude )r? O I 1 ? it. 1 - on /% ' >4.o IIUI Ul ctllU lUIlgllUUU tttt.O wesi, /ery close to Meridian. It was noving north at 15 to 20 mph and vas expected to turn northeast ater in the day. Florida Gov. Bob Graham said le expected the damage in the irea from Panama City to Pen>acola to exceed the $95-million in wreckage left by Hurricane David L3 (lays ago. Frederic destroyed L25 houses and mobile homes and slacked out the entire tip of the Florida Panhandle. In Mobile, streets were nearly impassable and 160,000 customers ?vere without electricity. A power company spokesman said it would take several weeks to fully restore power. ~ "" i PDDnnf I ft IWi^l \ LINE RICE OF AC Per Copy Dies deductions Collation ; Dlored Paper Cardstock j Hours mjMP* Mon Thurs ... 8:30 7:00 Friday 8:30 6:00 ooiu/uoy ... iu:uo-B:00 jj AFL-CIO exec Kennedy for By Karen Addy Q?m?cock Si?tf Writer The national vice president of the AFL-CIO an| nounced his support of Sen. Edward Kennedy as a I presidential candidate for the 1980 election, at a Dress conference in Columbia; Wednesday. "I am satisfied that he will be nominated ? and that he will win," said William Winpisinger, international president of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers and vice president of the AFL-CIO. Winpisinger said Carter had not kept his promise to the people to reduce inflation and in fact, rather than | displaying the Democratic Party platform, was "the I best Republican president since Herbert Hoover. jmviv 10 a junc v*c nave in ttaoniiigiuii. iitaicau ui I 'Jimmy Who?' it's 'Jimmy Hoover,'" Winpisinger I said. I WINPISINGER APPEARED in Columbia on the J eve of the three-day, annual state AFL-CIO con| vention held at the Holiday Inn on Assembly Street. | Sen. Tom Turnipseed, D-Lexington, arranged the | press conference as one of his first contributions to j* the Kennedy campaign. "The average person is pissed off about Carter's oerformancp " Ti*mirviP*?H caiH The importance of union support on a national level is shown in a study contained in the June 4 issue of US News and World Keport. The article reports that _ 1 % iraae, laDor and other political action committees of special interest groups spent eight times more money than the respective political parties in 1978 to elect their candidates. Although there are ceilings on the amount of money an organization may contribute to a candidate; trade and labor provide vital, organized manpower in election efforts. junn trooie, a local AFLr-uiu member, said union members were upset with the Carter administration, which has not passed any legislation to allow easier unionization. There is skepticism as to whether Kennedy, if nominated, could win in South Carolina over a Republican candidate. Winpisinger said Kennedy would have no trouble winning in South Carolina or the South in general. But he could site no statistics or nrtlllS Koplr nrv hie ctotamant wuvn up 1UU tA^CJJL UIC UUUSCUSUS of the state AFL-CIO, whose membership totals about 2,000 people. KENNEDY'S MAIN opposition in the state would be the "Old Boys," the more powerful, conservative members of the Democratic Party who do not trust V/vn?/.rl.. rn : 1 ?:j ivciiucvi^y, x ui uipsetju saiu. r ^=========^========== Einii EHHil s650 A MO TUE Dl BB1E HI YOUR SEN Interested in math, nhvsics or I engineering? Then you could earn as much as $650 a month, for the rest of your senior year, in the Navy's NUPOC-Collegiate Program (NUPOC is short for Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate). If you qualify, you'll get tn i__ _r ni i* i i iu weeKs oi wuicer v>anaiaaue School, and an additional year of advanced technical education. Education that would cost thousands in civilian life, but in the Navy we pay you. And you'll Space For Recruiter Nam NAVY 01 GET RESPON! utive endorses 1980 election Winpisinger said the belief that the Democratic Party will be split if both Kepnedy and Carter run, is "ridiculous. We have not deserted us." he said. Issues which Winpisinger stressed as important legislation which Kennedy would push include: curbing unemployment, creation of a feasible mass transit system, national health care insurance and creation of a taxpayer-owned corporation that would compete with national oil companies in refining and distributing petroleum products. State AFL-CIO members feel the issues are not really the deciding factor in the Kennedy-Carter race. "CARTER AND KENNEDY are not split on the issues. It will be a personality-based campaign. Kennedy is refreshing." Poole said. Winpisinger was asked ,';bout the Chappaquiddick incident, other unethical episodes and Kennedy's rocky marriage. "I don't think we should become traumatized by an incident from 10 years ago. He is a dramatically different man, and there is a growth factor to consider," Winpisinger said. A former Massachusetts resident, now living in Columbia, was present at the press conference and commented on Kennedy. She notei? how much Kennedy had changed since his brother's deaths and the Chappaquiddick incident. As to whether he could handle the pressures of the presidency in view of past situations she said: "One of his greatest strengths is that he is bred to the system. He knows how to deal with existing systems." She said one of his major problems would be dealing with the extremely liberal reputation he acquired during the sixties. As to possible running mates, should Kennedy be nominated, Winpisinger said there was a rumor U.S. Sen. Ernest Hollings was a possibility. TURNIPSEED DENIED harboring any aspirations of a position in the Kennedy administration should he be elected. "All I want to be is secretary-general of the United Nations," Turnipseed said, laughing. 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