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United Press International
LAKE CHARLES, La. —
ale-force winds, heavy rains
nd flooding from Tropical
torm Chris forced thousands
I heurjAf people along the Louisiana
iieeiiJIoast to evacuate their homes
the Saturday, but no injuries result-
pig from the storm were re-
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*r§| The National Weather Ser
vice late Saturday downgraded
Chris to a tropical depression
? ind said the storm was centered
nceB. 15 miles south of Alexandria in
’■sini® tentral Louisiana, moving
. ilightly northeast at about 12
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randa ( The storm dumped five to 10
cade: ji hches in many coastal sections
<f] »f Louisiana, and the NWS said
v p a ||i evere rainfall and possible tor-
’1 lado were continued threats.
Tornado and flash flood watch-
'P/ is were posted throughout
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ns wtt! Louisiana State Police early
v me4 Saturday evacuated about 6,500
eople in Cameron, right on the
ulf, and all roads leading into
he city were closed for a time,
bout 35 people who went to
he beach to watch the storm
W^Were (emporari/y stranded, offi-
1^)^, ials said.
Residents were allowed to re
turn to their homes Saturday
afternoon.
Civil Defense officials in the
parish, which has a population
of about 10,000, said no damage
estimate had been made.
The storm, which packed
winds of more than 55 mph,
reached land early Saturday east
of Sabine Pass on the northeast
ern Texas coast, the NWS said.
Winds at speeds of about 50
mph tore down electrical lines in
the Sabine Pass area, where ab
out 900 people live, but
emergency generators were sent
in to restore power.
On one oil rig, officials said
the seas rose more than 25 feet,
the wind was blowing at 50 to 70
mph and the rig was swaying.
Another crew, evacuating on a
crew boat, was reported safe af-
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United Press International
Jane Fonda attended Vassar
for one year — in 1955 — and
once raced through the Victo-
rian-style halls on a high-
powered motorcycle.
BIOCHEMISTRY
SOCIETY
MEETING
Tuesday, September 14
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“The Future of Biochemistry
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ter the 80-foot boat got stuck off
Sabine Pass.
In a helicopter operation con
ducted under ink-black skies
early Saturday, the U.S. Coast
Guard rescued three men whose
small craft was stalled a few
miles from the coastline.
Chris made landfall on the
21st anniversary of one of the
coast’s most devastating hurri
canes.
On Sept. 11, 1961, Hurricane
Carla came in near Port Lavaca,
Texas, battering the central
Texas coast with 175 mph winds
and unleashing a vicious torna
do that swept across Galveston
Island, killing 45 people and
doing $300 million in damage.
United Press International
DALLAS — Potential Demo
cratic candidates for the 1984
presidential nomination, includ
ing former vice president Wal
ter Mondale and Colorado Sen.
Gary Hart, Saturday jeered the
Reagan administration for two
major defeats in Congress this
past week.
Mondale, who was the last of
the five speakers to open the
second day of the state Demo
cratic convention, called on the
4,000 delegates to give their
thanks to Texas senior senator,
John Tower, a Republican.
Tower was in Austin for the
state Republican convention Fri
day when the Senate overturned
the president’s veto of a $14.2
billion spending bill by a 60-30
vote, exactly the two-thirds ma
jority needed.
The president had reported
ly counted on Tower’s support
of the veto and one vote would
have been enough to prevent
the overturn. The House
Thursday overturned the veto,
301-117.
“Tower did something for us
in the past couple of days,” Mon
dale said. “For the first time, he
did a sensible thing. He stayed
home. John, that was a good
idea. I think the next time you
run for office, we’ll give you a
big hand and let you stay home
all the time.”
Hart opened the convention
with a charge for the state party
members to support Democratic
gubernatorial candidate Mark
White, attorney general candi
date Jim Mattox, agriculture
commissioner candidate Jim
Hightower, land commissioner
Gary Mauro and U.S. senatorial
candidate Lloyd Bentsen in the
November general election.
The senator said he was
“proud to be a member of a sen
ate which had finally reasserted
the priorities of this country in
overriding the president’s veto.”
Also appearing at the conven
tion were California Sen. Alan
Cranston, former Florida Gov
ernor Reubin Askew and South
Carolina Sen. Ernest Hollings.
Sen. Edward Kennedy, D-Mass.,
and Sen. John Glenn, D-Ohio —
the other two early prospects for
the Democratic nomination —
were unable to attend.
The five speakers struck com
mon themes in their 15 minute
addresses, including a call for
greater spending on education,
sounder fiscal policy, more sup
port for American workers and
small businesses, and wiser de
fense spending.
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