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McHENRY PLAINDEALER Section A Friday, August 16,1995 Page 5 Nation/World Danny hits coast, farmland damaged By Janet Plume United Press International LAKE CHARLES, La. - Hur­ ricane Danny, called minimal by storm-wise coastal residents, Thursday struck the swampland of southwest Louisiana with 85- mph winds, three tornadoes and torrential rain that was expected to cause the most damage as it rolled across inland sugar cane (arms. There were no reports of inju­ ries or deaths. The storm dealt moderate damage to power lines, trees and roofs of buildings and caused lowland flooding throughout the Louisiana coast. The Coast Guard in New Or­ leans said a 41-foot sailboat with seven people on board that had been trapped by the storm was found safe, though battered by 70-mph winds and 15-foot seas. "Danny is not so disastrous because it's turned out to be a minimal hurricane," said Lionel Oubre, Iberia Parish Civil De­ fense communications director. "This is basically an exercise for us to resharpen our emergency preparedness so we can be ready when the bad one hits." The National Weather Service said that Danny's eye first hit land near Intracoastal City, a small town 90 miles south of La­ fayette on the central Louisiana p coast, at about 9:30 a.m. The storm drifted north northwest and the official landfall was at about 11 a.m. at Pecan Island, a small community on the south­ west coast. Maximum sustained winds were 85 mph, with gales extend­ ing to the east 150 miles. The NWS warned of rainfall totals of up to 10 inches and isolated tor­ nadoes as the storm moved inland. • >-- Coast Guard Petty Office Chuck Kalmbach said the sail­ boat -- The Fine Wine -- was found tied to an offshore drilling rig, and that all seven aboard were safe. "We have a helicopter enroute, and we're hoping to lift them off," he said. Prior to landfall, three torna­ does struck Louisiana towns, causing moderate damage. Squalls rolling off the storm to the east knocked out power to thousands of people as far east as New Orleans. Two of Danny's tornadoes hit Grand Isle, a resort on the south­ eastern tip of the state, taking the roofs off an apartment build­ ing and a private camp. The third did minor damage to the Texaco plant at Paradis, south­ west of New Orleans, officials said. No injuries were immedi­ ately reported. "We have a so-called hurri­ cane-proof building down there," said Grand Isle Mayor Tommy Marullo, who evacuated to Thi- bodaux. "This tornado hit it, tore the roof off and put it in the middle of the highway. "There is no electrical power on most of Grand Isle right now. Tranformers blew. Power lines are down." Torrential rain began falling in coastal cities before dawn, and sustained winds were clocked at 80 mph -- just above hurricane force -- as Danny churned across the Gulf of Mexico. Heavy squalls hit New Orleans and the coastal parishes along the Mississippi Hiver early to­ day. Power was lost in about 18,000 homes and businesses in metropolitan New Orleans. Utili­ ty officials said the outages would get more widespread as the day wore on. Forecasters said the greatest danger is not from wind or rain but from storm surge -- a dome of salt water that will sweep along the coast, flooding the fish­ ing hamlets that have been Hurricane Danny Heads for Gulf Coast Port Arthur, TEXAS # Lake Mobile ...Charles *;W( '.'ft Hurricane Danny 6 a m EOT Thursday Gulf of Mexico UP1 Graphic turned to ghost towns by evacuations. "It's a hurricane and a hurri­ cane as such is dangerous," said forecaster Bob Sheets of Miami. "We're fortunate it doesn't have a long time to be out over water and strengthen up to a major hurricane. We don't think it will happen." Tornado watch and flash flood watch were issued for all of southern Louisiana, including New Orleans and the cap of Ba- Rouge. Sprecasters said the hurricane might veer west toward Port Arthur or Galveston, Texas, where residents also evacuated low-lying areas. With 10 inches of rain expected in the path of the stormt farmers worried their crops would be ruined. The wind and rain could hopelessly tangle the ripening sugar cane, said farmer Leroy Faul of Welsh, La. Tides 5 to 8 feet above normal were expected to cut off evacua­ tion routes today but authorities said 98 percent of the residents in the coastal villages already had followed orders to leave their homes. "People in Cameron are used to this," said Patty Clopper, the Red Cross coordinator of the shelter at Boston High School. "They bring their (electric) fans and their folding cots and it's like a party. For 30 years, they've been doing this." NEWS UIIB Enjoy your coffee and your newspaper bright and early every morning. Call 385-0170 to arrange convenient home delivery. You pui up the coffee and we'll tell you what's happening locally in your area. There's no better way to start your day. Call 344-4800 Today! McHenry Plaindealer 3812 W. Elm St., McHenry, ID. 60050 Botha: No voting rights for blacks By Brendan Boyle United Press International JOHANNESBURG, South Africa -- President Pieter Botha, in "a manifesto for the future," pledged Thursday to involve blacks in deci­ sion-making but said he would not lead the nation's white minority "on a road to abdication" by giving blacks an equal vote with whites. In a major policy speech, de­ scribed by Foreign Minister Roelof "Pik" Botha as "the most impor­ tant statement in the history of South Africa," Botha pledged to ne­ gotiate with black leaders but gave no details of how the talks would be set up. "I am not prepared to lead white South Africans and other minorities on a road to abdication and sui­ cide," Botha assured supporters of his all-white National Party during a party conference in Durban. Shortly before the speech, the government declared a curfew in several, troubled black townships and black activist . Winnie Mandela warned a failure by Botha to ad­ dress black concerns satisfactorily could trigger unprecedented violence. The curfew, invoked under the terms of a state of emergency im­ posed July 21, applies to Johannes­ burg's giant Soweto township and to troubled townships near Port Eliza­ beth. It will be effective from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m. Mandela, the wife of jailed black leader Nelson Mandela, earlier told reporters Botha "must be aware that (if he disappoints the black majority) he will simply plunge this country into the worst violence any country has ever seen," she said. Nobel Peace Prize-winner Bishop Desmond Tutu also said blacks would reject any changes imposed without consultation with black leaders. Botha told the party conference the nation's blacks would have a voice in deciding what role they would play in South Africa's future. "We will not prescribe and we will not demand," he said. "Any future constitutional dispensation providing for participation by all South Afr icans should be negotiated." However, he rejected giving blacks an equal vote with whites, saying a universal franchise would "lead to domination of one (race) over the others and it would lead to chaos." He did not say which leaders he was prepared to meet or how the talks should be set up. Despite widespread speculation, he did not announce the release of Mandela , leader of the out lawed Af­ rican National Congress, after 22 years in prison. Botha said Mandela would not be released unless he first renounced the use of political vio­ lence, a condition Mandela rejected when he was offered his release once before his year. Highlighting specific areas for re­ form, Botha said he regarded the Influx Control Act limiting the movements of blacks as "outdated and too costly," but did not say what would replace the so-called "pass law," a cornerstone of South African apartheid. He said tribal homelands that re­ ject the independence Pretoria has offered them will not be forced into statehood. He gave an assurance that their residents "are South Afri­ can citizens and will be accommo­ dated within political institutions." Botha said he believes in "partici­ pation of all the South African com­ munities on matters of common concern" but that those communi­ ties must be kept separate. 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