European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside stripes d Dukakis Bush Trade charges in Campaign. Page 5 q summer olympics Section daily Magazine d Yankees beat red sox in Al East sports Page 21 d tallying Cost of Man Euver won t be easy Back Page the authorized unofficial publication fou the u. Ahmed Forcee Good morning vol. 47, no. 152 saturday september 17, 19bb 2m to Hwy and 5unrjj d quow a thousands flee Texas coast As killer storm approaches Brownsville Texas a thousands of coastal residents from Texas to Louisiana fled to higher ground As fierce Hurricane Gilbert Send storm against the , Gulf coast after thrashing the Yuca Tan Peninsula. This is a killer storm said Gordon Guthric director of the Florida division of emergency of manage ment. I feel sorry for anybody wherever this bus. The death toll from the storm s onslaught through the Caribbean islands and the Yucatan was Al least 47, and damage estimates reached $8 billion. Related Sto Rte and photos on pages 6 and 7. Bob sheets director of the National Hurricane Cen Ter in Miami said the 450-Milc-wide storm would Likely make landfall late Friday along the Northern coast of Mexico or Southern Texas. The first thunderstorms and showers in the outermost spiral bands of the storm had reached Southeast Texas thursday evening. Early Friday just after Midnight the storm Center was about 250 Miles Southeast of Brownsville moving West Northwest Between 12 and 15mph, with maximum sustained winds of 120 Mph the weather service issued a Hurricane warning for Mexico s Northern coast and the Southern half of the 370-mile Texas coast from Brownsville to port o con nor. A Hurricane watch remained in effect for the re Hurricane Gilbert category 3 Hurricane 120 Mph winds heading West Northwest at 15 Mph United states new Orleans Atlantic Ocean Gulf of Mexico Havana Cayman islands Many Bulloni flown to Miami extant save damage phone line Cut Jamaica Al Leas 26 killed. 3 looters shot dead in Kingston 500.000 homeless surinder of the Texas coast from port o Connor Northly port Arthur near the Louisiana Border. The weather service said warnings might be sex ind cd northward depending upon Gilbert s path. Texas gov. Bill Clements sent National guard unit so Alice Mcallen and Corpus Christi the first such deployment for the Hurricane to assist in communications and Rescue also issued an emergency proclamation allowing local authorities to suspend Laws to preserve the health safety and welfare of the Public including such things As the direction of travel on highways. Grocery stores ran Low on bottled water batteries canned tuna and bread As people Laid in supplies. Homeowners covered windows and doors with ply Wood and shatter proofing Hurricane tape. Offshore Oil workers left their rigs in the Gulf of Mexico. In Brownsville Texas southernmost Eily wind began to pick up around noon under overcast skies. We can t Force them to leave but it does t make any sense to Brownsville mayor Bob Pinkerton police said they were asking residents to consider evacuating but were not ordering it. We be never evacuated the City and the Point is where Are you going to move 100,000 people said sol. Dean greyhound trailways bus spokesman said the company was doubling it schedule of outbound buses to accommodate those fleeing the storm. Lorena Curry who has lived in Brownsville since1935, said she plans to ride out the storm. I be been through them before. I m going to Slick around at but she added i could get along without a Hurricane very surged into the Gulf after battering the Yuca con unused on Back Page weeks Dollar slows Dod construe. By Chuck v1nch Washington Burea Washington lawmakers hive Dulude seme overseas construction projects because the defense depart ment Dida t pay enough attention to growing shortfalls in foreign currency flactaa3
