The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 198, Ed. 1 Sunday, April 10, 1983 Page: 3 of 64
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Paris, Texas residents are better
prepared for storms this season
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NEA/Mark Gabrenya
The time is now for learning
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rective lenses improve a
person's eyesight?
ANSWER: The optical
center of the lens is a tiny
point positioned directly in
front of your pupil. Light
passes through this point
on its way to the retina, if
the image is clear, the
retina sends a clear picture
to the brain. But you can't
get a clear image unless
the light is bent correctly.
That's what corrective
lenses do. They bend the
light just enough to create
The Tracking and Relay
Data Satellite, which went off
course because of a rocket
malfunction hours after it
was launched from the space
shuttle Challenger Monday
night, is now in a stable '
mode, with its solar power
cells pointing at the sun. said
Robert O. Aller, director of
the satellite program
The machine is circling the
Earth every 1612 hours in an
orbit of about 21,800 by 13,800
miles
Plans called for a circular
orbit of 22,300 miles, a posi-
a clear image.
Usually both eyes need
correcting, but never in ex-
actly the same way. Each
lens has to be special!)
ground to correct the vision
problems in each eye.
Glasses or contact lenses
will not cure any structual
errors in your eyes. But
they'll make it possible for
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PARIS, Texas (AP) - Ex
perience being the moil
valuable preparation for
disaster, citizens of Ma Nor-
theast Texas community are
better prepared than most for
the 1983 tornado season.
Last year's April 2 killer
twister is still fresh in the
minds of all who loot friends
and family members, homes
and possessions, time and
money And a vivid memory
remains for all who pitched
in. unselfishly with helping
hands to rebuild a half-mile-
wide. six-mile-long path of
destruction in the city, and
dozens of structures damag-
ed that day for miles around
gas leaks. Watch out tor
downed powerlines. And be
careful of broken glass
Once the storm has passed,
and any injuries are treated,
survivors need to check the
extent of property damage
"Insurance companies
always recommend that
policyholders regularly in-
ventory their property and
keep the inventory in a safe
place," Walker said.
That also goes for in-
surance policies and other
important papers, such as
deeds, wills, titles and birth
certificates.
Keep them where they can-
not be damaged by wind,
water or fire, the Insurance
Information Institute sug-
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Both the Soviet Union and the United States the third and fourth most populous
countries, reported new population estimates as ofjan 1 1983 Both, however, still
remain far behind the leaders China and India The four nations together contain
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Safety and news helicopters
filled the skies during the
long night and following day
City officials learned by
trying to coordinate these
groups and their efforts that a
central facility should be
equipped with emergency
power generators, radios,
phones, maps and any
number of details impossible
to round up at the last minute
Dick Boots, emergency
management coordinator for
the city, now heads the city’s
new Emergency Operations
Center.
The center’s latest addition
is a teletype linked directly to
the National Weather Service
in Fort Worth, donated by In-
terfaith Disaster Services
Inc. of Paris and Lamar
County.
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HALF A WORLD
_a The Population Leaders
by spinoff storms.
The "wound that will take
long to heal" - as one report
noted the day after the tor-
nado hit - left 11 people
dead, destroyed 480 homes
and rendered more than 3,000
homeless in this town of
25,000.
One year later, the city is a
different place. Not only are
the physical changes evident
- the lack of trees in the
cleared path of the tornado,
the disproportionate number
of new homes in the zone, new
church buildings that each
congregation thought would
be years away — but in
everyone's mind a plan for
safety during the next storm
is worked out.
Residents of this region
always have known that
nothing can prevent a tor-
nado In recent years, the
1979 Wichita Falls storm and
a May 1981 twister that wiped
out the Emberson community
just eight miles northwest of
Pans have reminded in-
dividuals and city govern-
ment that preparation has no
substitute
Jim Lynch, a retired
military officer acting as a
consultant to the city, worked
out a storm-warning plan for
Pans after the Wichita Falls
disaster — and after the City
“’Koa
Council decided not to buy a
siren warning system The
dispersal of police, fire and
emergency units with lights
flashing and sirens blaring to
assigned sectors in the city is
credited with saving many
lives last April 2.
But now the city has that
*90.000 stationary siren warn-
ing system.
Mark Welch and his wife,
Diana, always had heard the
bathtub is the safest place in
the house when a tornado is
imminent. But the fiberglass
tub Diana. 3-year-old Undsay
and 9-month-old Ryan climb-
ed into April 2, 1982. only
aided in their flight" as they
were propelled upward with
the exploding house, Welch
remembered.
This year, the Welchs have
"reserved seats" in their
next-door neighbors' new
25-place concrete storm
shelter
Pans' U.S. Army Reserve
unit is an engineer-oriented
outfit, whose assignment in
case of war is to assist local
foreign officials with public
safety and the operation of
utilities With permission to
join the Texas National
Guard personnel already
maintaining order after the
tornado hit, local Reserve
( apt Chip Harper planned
with public works director
Dan Brotton in restoring
utilities, clearing downed
power lines and organizing
cleanup operations with the
unit's heavy duty equipment
This is exactly what our
unit trains for," Harper
noted. We got some in-
valuable experience."
Still, the most outstanding
occurrence in the aftermath
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1937 for his experiments
with paprika He discovered
a group of substances in
paprika called bioflavonoids
which have been found valu
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of the 4:05p.m. Friday storm,
in the opinion of most, was
the immediate response of
volunteers — neighbors,
citizens, rural fire depart-
ments. religious groups, even
a hitchhiking "day laborer”
from Michigan — when news
of the chaos was broadcast.
The buzzing of a hundred
chain saws operated by
volunteers, coupled with the
night of sirens screaming and
helicopters thumping in the
air, remains the most haun-
ting impressions of city
residents. Giant oak trees
and utility poles were being
removed from streets, yards
and roofs; advancing
emergency vehicles formed a
long line of flashing lights
seemingly back to Dallas;
Texas Department of Public
SPACE CENTER. Houston
i API - It will be at least a
week or two” before
engineers start moving a
wayward (100 million com-
munications satellite into its
proper orbit, NASA officials
say
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By BOB WIELAND
Associated Press Writer
Most tornado deaths can be
avoided, experts say. by
following a few simple safety
rules And now, they add. is
the time to learn them
That's because Texas leads
the nation in the average
number of tornado deaths per
year — 11 — and this spring's
storm season started a month
early, meteorologists say
So planning now is the key
to surviving tornadoes, says
Barry W Walker, regional
manager of the Insurance In-
formation Institute
No matter how effective
early warning systems
become, propertv and lives
can only be saved if people
know what to do and do it
quickly and calmly , Walker
says.
The basic rule, Walker says
in a statement, is to seek
shelter — the lower the bet-
ter
“Go to the basement if
there is one If not, a small
room or closet in the central
At least a
tion that would hold it sta-
tionary over one point on
Earth.
Engineers are working on a
plan to fire small rocket
thrusters on the satellite to
move it to the planned orbit
Aller has said the process
would take up to two weeks
and involve a number of
rocket firings lasting up to
three hours each
"Plans to manuever the
spacecraft are still being
developed and no action is an-
ticipated for at least a week
or two," Aller said Friday.
The TDRS satellite is being
monitored from a new control
center at White Sands. N M.
The spacecraft is to be one of
three TDRS satellites form-
ing a network that will relay
radio communications from
orbiting satellites and space
shuttles to the Earth.
Population 1
in Millions ,
sturdy furniture, tornado
safety experts say
Mobile homes are par-
ticularly vulnerable to
destructive winds, even
though tie-downs could help
prevent overturning, the
NWS says in its Tornado Safe-
ty Rules
In schools, follow advance
plans to an interior hallway
on the lowest floor, trying to
avoid those that open to the
south and west — as that's the
direction most twisters come
from
Avoid auditoriums and
gymnasiums or other struc-
tures with wide, freespan
roofs. If a building is not of
reinforced construction, the
NWS advises, find a ravine or
open ditch outside
Hollows, ditches and other
low places are also good spots
to seek shelter if caught out-
doors when a storm ap-
proaches But stay away
from trees or structures that
could topple onto you.
Although tornadoes travel
an average speed of 30 mph,
do not try to outrun a twister
in vour car.
Over half of the deaths in
the Wichita Falls tornado of
1979 were attributed to people
trying to escape in motor
vehicles,” says the NWS.
Experts advise that it's bet-
ter to stay indoors or seek
shelter in a ditch than to stay
in a car or truck that could be
flung by the storm or smash-
ed by other objects thrown
about by the twister.
Once you reach cover, pro-
tect vour head and stay there
Large tornadoes have a calm
eye similar to a hurricane,
so make sure the storm has
passed before leaving
shelter
Slav tuned to a local radio
or NWS weather radio station
for advisories about the
storm's progress.
But that doesn't mean the
danger is over once the wind
dies down
Avoid lighting matches un-
til you make sure there are no
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safest,” Walker advises.
Bathrooms are especially
good, he said, because the
water pipes help reinforce the
walls
Prepare a place of refuge in
advance. Walker advises.
"Stock it with a spare
flashlight, radio and spare
batteries — along with a first
aid kit,” he says.
The important thing, the
National Weather Service
says, is to stay away from
windows. Most tornado
deaths and injuries are caus-
ed by flying debris, with head
wounds the most serious
At .ne time, it was thought
that opening a window could
help relieve some of the at-
mospheric pressure drop
caused bv the storm But
research shows that the
powerful swirling winds do
most of the damage
Opening the wrong win-
dow can actually increase
damage.” warns the NWS
if possible, get under a
mattress or large piece of
week before
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