European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Inside strikes d combined Federal Campaign will begin late Page 2 d Senate panel to review Iowa probe Page 5 d Al leaders Toronto Oakland win sports Page 21 d Bush pushes for action on clean air Bill Back Page the stars and stripes authorized unofficial publication for the . Armed forces vol.48. No. 157 thursday september 2/fl9a5 j 2w a d 8693 a Hugo lurches toward 25 deaf is left in storm s Wake from wire reports Miami Hurricane Hugo the Caribbean killer blamed for 25 deaths seethed past the Bahamas tues Day on an Uncertain path that threatens an area fro Florida to North Carolina by Friday. Disaster teams found death and destruction in puerto Rico and a string of resort islands clobbered by the mightiest storm in the northeastern Caribbean in decade. More than 50,000 people were homeless and Mili tary planes ferried radios drinking water generators Chain saws and other equipment to stricken areas that pleaded for More help. Forecasters used computers satellites and charts fold storms but could not predict Hugo s wobbly path. It lurched to the North and West because other weather systems seemed to be blocking it from heading into the open Atlantic. At 10 30 . Not the Hurricane s Center was near latitude 23.8 degrees North and Longitude 69.5 West about 190 Miles Northeast of grand Turk Island British Island off the Southern Bahamas according to the National weather service. Winds were Down to 105 Mph and forecasters expected some fluctuations in Hugo s strength overnight. Hurricane warnings were downgraded to storm warnings for the Southern Bahamas As Hugo skirted past but the bahamian government issued warning for the Central islands of the archipelago. Islanders boarded up their Homes As a precaution. No one is relaxing their Vigil because it can Chang direction said Bill Kalis press Secretary for the government s information office. In Florida workers at Kennedy space Center tues Day started buttoning up and preparing to Roll the space shuttle Atlantis from its launch pad to a giant hangar As Hugo threatened the launch Complex. The shuttle is scheduled for launch oct. 12. Nasa officials also delayed Friday s schedule launching of a Navy communications satellite from an Atlas Centaur rocket. That rocket is sitting on another launch pad at the Center. I think Hugo has certainly got people nervous said Kathleen Hale director of the Dade county of fice of emergency management. Fred Kronsc spokesman at Brevard county emergency management office in Rockle dec fla., said volunteers were getting 100 Telephone Calls an hour. Cruise ships steamed out of the Way while Ameri see Hugo on Back Page Cuba v Bahamas storm Center Haiti Jamaica dominican reps a map an Aerial View shows Dama e left by he o in Chiba puerto Rico near the Roosevelt roads naval base. Plane with 170 aboard missing Paris a an All out search Effort began at Daybreak wednesday for a do to that disappeared in route from the Congo to Paris with 170 peo ple aboard. The French airline Uta said Conta twas lost with flight 772 less than an hour after it took off from n Dja Mcna Chad tuesday afternoon after a Stop Over on a flight that originated in Braz Zaville capital of the Congo there were 155 passengers and 15crew members on Board the airline said in a statement. Among the passengers who boarded in n Ndjamena was mrs. Bonnie Pugh wife of . Ambassador 19 Chad Rob Ert l. Pugh the embassy said. Robert Ayling the Deputy chief omission reached by Telephone in n Ndjamena said information on the missing plane was sketchy. The French Navy sent a patrol air Craft from Dakar Senegal to help in the search flying along the path Theta flight should have followed North and slightly West across niger. The last radio Contact Between the plane and air traffic controllers 40 to50 minutes after leaving the Airport at n Ndjamena indicated everything was Normal the airline said. Uta said that would be enough Timeto Lake the plane Over the Border into neighbouring niger where the search was focused. It reported there was no unusual weather in the area. The French foreign ministry announced it had formed a crisis team to maintain Contact with the countries Over which the plane could have flown. The flight left n Ndjamena at 1 13 . And should have arrived at Charles de Gaulli Croissy International Airport about five hours later. The French news Agency Agency France or Csc quoting unidentified sources said chadian planning minister Mahamat Soumaila was on the plane headed for an International monetary fund meeting in Washington. The report was not confirmed Auduta did not immediately Issue a Pas Senger list. The aircraft purchased by Uta in see plane on Back Page
