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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
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Subject: Treasury will replace hurricane-ravaged bonds
Keywords: money, bonds, wall street, severe weather, trouble
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 11:13:28 PDT
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	WASHINGTON (UPI) -- The Treasury Department said Wednesday it will
replace U.S. Savings Bonds destroyed by Hurricane Andrew's slash through
southeast Florida, and also will immediately pay off storm victims
holding the securities.
	The Treasury's Bureau of the Public Debt said it will speed up the
replacement or payment of savings bonds for bond owners in Dade, Monroe
and Broward counties -- badly hit by savage Andrew on Monday.
	``Public Debt's action waives the normal six-month minimum holding
period for Series EE savings bonds presented to authorized paying agents
for redemption by residents of the affected area,'' a Treasury news
release said. ``Most financial institutions serve as paying agents for
savings bonds.
	``The replacement of bonds lost or destroyed will also be expedited
by Public Debt.'' Treasury said bond holders can get replacement forms
at most financial institutions.
	The emergency procedures announced Wednesday will remain in effect
through September.
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: biz.clarinet.sample,clari.news.disaster
Subject: Atlas hauling goods to hurricane victims
Keywords: severe weather, trouble, trucking, transportation
Date: 2 Sep 92 19:49:11 GMT
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	EVANSVILLE, Ind. (UPI) -- Atlas Van Lines, the nation's fifth-largest
mover of household goods and special products, said Wednesday it is
providing free transportation for 252 tons of badly needed goods to
Hurricane Andrew victims in Louisiana and Florida.
	Atlas, based in Evansville, is using 48-foot vans carrying 14 tons
each. At least eight Atlas agents are participating along with the van
line.
	Robert Jeske, senior vice president of operations for specialized
transportation, said Sears, Roebuck and Co. shipped $1.5 million worth
of household goods to the afflicted areas from Chicago.
	Atlas corporate vans picked up three generators Tuesday in
Madisonville, Ky., as well as 170 74-quart coolers donated by The
Thermos Co. from its plant in Batesville, Miss.
	In addition, eight Atlas vans from its direct lease fleet will haul
building materials, including lumber, along with bottled water, canned
foods, mattresses and tents. Various east coast private agencies
assembled enough goods to fill five of these trucks, while three
truckloads were donated by Home Depot home centers.
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: biz.clarinet.sample,clari.local.michigan,clari.news.interest,clari.news.disaster
Subject: Kmart sending money, diapers to hurricane victims
Keywords: general merchandise stores, selling, tearjerkers, human interest,
	severe weather, trouble
Date: 25 Aug 92 20:54:15 GMT
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Location: michigan
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	TROY, Mich. (UPI) -- Kmart Corp. Tuesday today announced plans to help
Florida victims of Hurricane Andrew by sending $20,000 to the American
Red Cross for immediate aid to ravaged Florida communities.
	In cooperation with Weyerhauser Corp., Kmart also will donate a
truckload of 800 cartons of diapers to victims of the hurricane. The
diapers will be distributed by the Red Cross.
	Kmart associates at 130 stores in Florida communities unharmed by the
hurricane have launched disaster relief fund-raising and supply
collection efforts.
	Associates of eight Kmart stores in Georgia, two in Alabama, one in
Kentucky and one in Pennsylvania also will join in the relief efforts.
Beginning immediately, Kmart associates will sponsor local fund-raising
events such as bake sales and car washes, proceeds from which will
directly support the Red Cross' relief efforts.
	The participating Florida, Georgia and Alabama Kmart stores also will
serve as collection sites for customers and associates to donate new
clothing, baby food, diapers and other supplies. The supplies will be
distributed through area United Way agencies to hurricane victims.
	Six of Kmart's 159 Florida stores sustained damage from the
hurricane, the company said.
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
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Subject: Charleston police helping Andrew victims
Keywords: severe weather, trouble, police, legal
Date: Wed, 26 Aug 92 18:22:14 PDT
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	MIAMI (UPI) -- The police chief from Charleston, S.C., where Hurricane
Hugo struck nearly three years ago said Wednesday he has never seen the
kind of devastation that Hurricane Andrew inflicted on Homestead, Fla.
	Police Chief Reuben Greenberg arrived in south Florida Monday with 50
officers and 24 public works personnel to help Dade County authorities
clean up after Andrew.
	``I don't think I've seen a community as badly devastated as
Homestead in my life. It was horrible,'' Greenberg said.
	``If ours was worse, it would only be because we had water plus wind.
I've never seen any wind problems like this,'' Greenberg said.
	Greenberg said the estimates of homeless, which range to more than
200,000, were more than in Charleston, after Hugo hit in 1989.
	``You have more people homeless than we did, but you also have more
resources,'' he said.
	Greenberg said his 75-member contingent was sent to the south Florida
disaster area as well as others in the last three years because so many
people helped Charleston during the Hugo cleanup.
	``I had street lights in the front of my house repaired by people
from Tampa, Fla., and my garbage was picked up by people from
Pittsburgh,'' he said.
	He also said he and his men hope to contribute some of the expertise
they picked up as a result of their experience with Hugo.
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: biz.clarinet.sample,clari.news.disaster,clari.news.election,clari.news.gov.agency,clari.local.florida
Subject: Florida primaries to proceed as scheduled
Keywords: severe weather, trouble, election, politics, government agencies,
	government
Date: 26 Aug 92 22:34:41 GMT
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	TALLAHASSEE, Fla (UPI) - Florida's primary elections will be held
Tuesday as scheduled, despite damage from Hurricane Andrew that wiped
out many polling places in south Florida.
	Gov. Lawton Chiles concluded he has no authority to postpone the
Sept. 1 Democratic and Republican state primaries for U.S. House and
Senate as well as state Legislature and many local races. By law, the
Florida Legislature sets primary election dates.
	``The Emergency Powers Act makes no reference to the governor's
authority to change elections dates,'' said the governor, who has been
operating state government in South Florida since the storm left the
area.
	``The election law, on the other hand, does provide changing polling
places during an emergency,'' he said.
	The National Guard will have to install about 200 temporary polling
places by Tuesday to cover the devastated area.
	``Even if we were empowered to act, I'm afraid one week would not
have addressed the election problems we face in South Dade County,''
said the governor. ``Those problems are very real, and the state will do
everything in its power to ensure that polling places are available and
accessible in South Dade.''
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
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Subject: Hurricane Andrew threatens crops
Keywords: general weather, weather, crops, agriculture, domestic economy,
	economy, rbn
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Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 15:16:24 PDT
Location: southwest states
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	COLLEGE STATION, Texas (UPI) -- As Hurricane Andrew casts its deadly
glance at Texas and Louisiana, agriculture experts worried Tuesday about
the havoc the storm could inflict on the two states' vital crops.
	The Texas Agricultural Extension Service said Andrew is expected to
drench parts of East Texas overnight, which could destroy two-thirds of
its rice crop.
	``Hurricane Andrew is making the biggest difference in the weather
patterns right now,'' said Rusty Billingsly, meteorologist at the
Southwest Agricultural Weather Service in College Station.
	Fleeing residents and producers in Orange and Jefferson Counties may
lose their livestock and crops left behind, other experts said.
	``We can generally expect to lose 50 percent of our traditional rice
crop varieties if we receive a direct hit,'' said James Tansel, resident
director of the Texas A&M Research and Extension Center at Beaumont.
	A survey conducted Monday showed the places most likely to receive
the devastating winds are the areas with the least amount of rice
harvested, Stansel said.
	``In the areas east of Houston we have 33 percent harvested, and in
the areas south of Houston, near Galveston, we have 40 percent
harvested,'' he said.
	In Louisiana, the concern was about the state's sugar cane crop.
	``It could be disastrous,'' said P.J. DeGravelles of the American
Sugar Cane League in Thibodaux.
	Experts said Andrew carries the potential of destroying 25 percent or
more of the expected cane harvest of 9 million to 10 million tons. In
1990, a severe freeze damaged the crop and in 1991 the crop was hit by
heavy rains and a freeze.
	``Some farmers are in financial trouble,'' DeGravelles said. ``This
crop was supposed to make a lot of people healthy again.''
	Louisiana Agriculture Commissioner Bob Odom warned that the state's
rice and corn crops are in jeopardy because of Andrew's threat.
	``This was looking like a good agricultural year. This could destory
that,'' he said.
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
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Subject: Bush to go to Louisiana
Keywords: severe weather, trouble, municipal goverment, government,
	general weather, weather
Date: 26 Aug 92 15:01:54 GMT
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	WASHINGTON (UPI) -- President Bush announced he would travel to
Louisiana to make a first-hand assessment of the damage caused by
Hurricane Andrew.
	``I want to go to Louisiana as soon as possible,'' Bush said at a
news conference, adding that the ``destruction from this storm goes
beyond anything we've known in recent years.''
	The president also said the federal government is ``making available
today $10 million to create 5,000 short-term jobs for Floridians to
clean up and restore public services in the aftermath opf this
hurricane.''
	He said the $10 million will be administered by Florida Gov. Lawton
Chiles and ``may be used to employ workers left without jobs by the
hurricane.''
	``We will be assessing similar needs'' in Louisiana, Bush said.
	The president appealed to the private sector ``to help in every way
possible.''
	``As I earlier this disaster threatens to overwhelm the resources of
all public and private institutions and so we ust all chip in and help.''
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
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Subject: Georgia-Pacific plants at full tilt in wake of Andrew
Keywords: wood products, agriculture, housing, construction, severe weather,
	trouble
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Date: Thu, 27 Aug 92 14:28:47 PDT
Location: florida
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	ATLANTA (UPI) -- Georgia-Pacific Corp. said Thursday all its plants
are operating at full capacity to help meet the demand for construction
materials in the wake of Hurricane Andrew.
	Georgia-Pacific, the nation's largest producer of building products
such as lumber and plywood, also said employees at its Atlanta
headquarters had begun a canned-food drive to help victims of the storm
in Florida and Louisiana.
	The canned-food drive is being led by T. Marshall Hahn Jr., chairman
and chief executive officer of Georgia-Pacific, and A.D. ``Pete''
Correll, president and chief operating officer, each of whom contributed
$1,000 worth of groceries to the effort.
	Also, the company has donated a tractor-trailer load of tissue
products manufactured at its Palatka, Fla., pulp and paper mill, as well
as food collected as part of a drive in which its Palatka employees
participated. Similar efforts are under way in Louisiana.
	``This storm, however, could not have come at a worse time as far as
the availability of plywood is concerned,'' said Correll. ``Product
delivery dates already were extended due to increased demand. There is
no additional capacity available in the industry to meet the tremendous
need that has been created by the hurricane.''
	Correll said when Hurricane Hugo hit the South Carolina coast in
September 1989, the industry had the capacity to meet the heavy demand,
although prices rose.
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
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Subject: South Florida agriculture may take decade to recover
Keywords: corporate products & services, corporate finance, agribusiness,
	agriculture, crops, insurance commodities, financial services
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:36:51 GMT
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	MIAMI (UPI) -- South Florida's multi-million dollar agriculture
industry is in ruins and experts say it will be at least 10 years before
it can recover from Hurricane Andrew.
	``Ten years -- minimum -- to be where we were,'' said Keith Mitchell, a
production manager for J.R. Brooks and Son, Dade County's largest
grower, packer and shipper of tropical fruit.
	Dade County's $150 million nursery and foliage industry is withering
in the hot Florida sun because Andrew tore roofs from greenhouses and
demolished buildings.
	The $20 million lime crop is uprooted and the partially picked $13
million avacado crop is scattered all over.
	Hundreds of farmers line up at Homestead's Dade County Farm Bureau
looking for help.
	``People were just breaking down and crying -- grown men just weeping,
'' said Hal Arvy, Farm Bureau Insurance agent. ``It's a mess.''
	In Homestead, insurance agents took 1,000 insurance damage reports.
	And growers also worry about how they will pack and ship the winter
row crops of tomatoes, beans and strawberries not yet planted.
	About 50 percent of all the winter vegetables sold in the United
States come from Dade County.
	``For this season on row crops, it's whether or not they can repair
their packing houses and process their product,'' said Jerry Underwood,
Farm Bureau Insurance manager. ``I've already heard talk of bypassing
this season. But, it's still early.''
	Arvy said the big losers in Andrew were the nursery owners.
	``There's not a nursery left. And a lot of those nurseries with big
mortgages and no crop insurance -- they'll be wiped out,'' Arvy said.
	Florida Agriculture Commissioner Bob Crawford toured the area
Wednesday and agreed with local assessments.
	``We've lost that (nursery) industry,'' Crawford said.
	Farm bureau agents said it would be at least five years before South
Florida produces any tropical fruits, such as limes, avocados or
mangoes.
	At J.R. Brooks, packing and sealing the last of the summer harvest
went on until late Sunday, just before Andrew struck the Florida coast.
	``I'm shipping right now,'' said owner Pal Brooks.
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
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Subject: Hurricane cuts U.S.-Cuba telephone service
Keywords: general weather, weather, telecom, media
Date: Tue, 25 Aug 92 13:25:33 PDT
Location: florida
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	MEXICO CITY (UPI) -- Hurricane Andrew cut the antiquated telephone
lines connecting Cuba and the United States when it roared through the
90-mile wide strait between the two countries, Cuba'a official news
service said Tuesday.
	No direct calls were possible between the two countries and repair
work was needed on lines that have not been modernized since the early
1960s when a U.S. trade embargo went into effect, a Prensa Latina report
monitored in Mexico City said.
	Cuban immigrants in the United States have said the outdated lines
are an important means of communication, allowing them to talk with
relatives and friends on the Communist island.
	Earlier this year American Telephone & Telegraph Co. sought
permission from the Cuban and U.S. governments to modernize the
telephone lines that run from Cuba to southern Florida.
	Prensa Latina gave no information on damages from Hurricane Andrew,
which Monday grazed Cuba's northern coast.
	An alert remained in effect for fishing vessels on the northern coast
of Cuba because of higher than normal tides, the news agency said. 
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
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Subject: Brewery to send fresh water to hurricane victims
Keywords: food & beverage, manufacturing, severe weather, trouble,
	embezzlement, court proceedings
Date: 25 Aug 92 20:39:42 GMT
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Location: florida, southwest states
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	DETROIT (UPI) -- The Stroh Brewery Co. Tuesday said it will join the
national relief effort to support victims of Hurricane Andrew by
shipping more than 7,000 cases of fresh drinking water from its Tampa,
Fla., and Longview, Texas, breweries to hard-hit cities in Florida and
other affected areas.
	The water is currently being bottled at both facilities. Stroh will
ship 32-ounce bottles from Tampa to Miami Wednesday. An additional
shipment of 40-ounce bottles will be standing ready in Longview
Wednesday to accommodate other Gulf cities.
	In total, nearly 50,000 bottles of water will be distributed free of
charge to local residents through American Red Cross disaster relief
teams.
	``When disasters of such a magnitude strike, the innocent people who
are left to pick up the pieces need all the support they can get,'' said
William Henry, president and chief operating officer of Stroh.
	When news of the impact of Hurricane Andrew reached Stroh, the
Longview and Tampa breweries mobilized quickly, converting their filling
lines from beer to fresh drinking water within a few hours. The bottles
are being packaged in cases and will be transported on two semi-trucks
from Tampa to Miami; another five semi-trucks will be loaded to
transport water from the Longview facility to Gulf Coast cities as
needed.
	Stroh is the nation's fourth-largest brewer.
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
Newsgroups: biz.clarinet.sample,clari.news.disaster,clari.news.aviation,clari.local.florida
Subject: Two killed in crash of relief plane
Keywords: severe weather, trouble, aviation problems
Date: 27 Aug 92 19:36:51 GMT
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	MIRAMAR, Fla. (UPI) -- A twin-engine plane carrying relief supplies to
South Dade County crashed into a house on takeoff from North Perry
Airport Thursday, killing two people aboard the plane, officials said.
	The Cessna 402 twin-engine plane was part of a three-plane caravan
carrying relief supplies to migrant workers in South Dade County who are
victims of Hurricane Andrew.
	The effort was organized by WIOD-AM Radio sports director Joe
Zagacki, who was the only survivor of the crash, the station reported.
	Zagacki was in stable condition at Memorial Hospital in Hollywood
suffering from a broken leg.
	The names of the two other victims, who were trapped inside the
airplane, were not released.
	A witness said the plane appeared to bank to the left and crashed
into a house in Miramar.
	An elderly woman resident in the house had not yet been located,
rescue workers said.
	The airport is in Broward County near the Dade County line.
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From: clarinews@clarinet.com (UPI)
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Subject: Indiana gives clear sailing to relief trucks
Keywords: severe weather, trouble, trucking, transportation
Date: 28 Aug 92 21:49:35 GMT
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	INDIANAPOLIS (UPI) -- Indiana said Friday it will waive certain
restrictions on trucks carrying emergency relief supplies to hurricane
ravaged Florida and Louisiana.
	Gov. Evan Bayh said the restrictions are being waived because
supplies are frequently being moved in trucks that normally would not be
used in interstate transportation and consequently have not been
registered for such things as fuel tax payments.
	The driver of each truck will be required, however, to hold a
commercial driver's license and to honor size, weight, speed limit and
other traffic laws in Indiana.
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