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"Twenty four hours from now, coalition aircraft, including those from the United States, will begin flying surveillance missions in southern Iraq," Bush said in a brief White House news conference. He said he was "prepared to take additional steps" if Saddam's attempts to repress Shiite civilians and insurgents continues. At the United Nations in New York, Iraqi Ambassador Abdul was summoned SYRIA of Shiite Muslims. Ji m l I I I . V til 24-ho- ur fixed-win- v.?se 1 4 AP Photo Florida Gov. Lawton Chiles surveys damage Tuesday at a mobile home park ravaged by Hurricane Andrew in Homestead, Fla. Hurricane strikes Louisiana; one dead By GUY COATES Associated Press Writer ' TENN- - ARK. OKLA. --L - HurriFRANKLIN, La. cane Andrew threw its deadly fury into the heart of Louisiana today, weakening as it moved inland but still pounding towns and TEXAS ffl Gatton PiXJ ' ) jmbsJaia.1. J0-,-' I ga. j Ham Orteans V , ' A" oemm " s&&ClUrZZi it pit rfH. , &c.V, fljUl! ap.M. JJjJ ' J 5 PM H sippi River," said state police spokesman Capt. Ronnie Jones. Tens of thousands of people rode out the storm in shelters and boarded-u- p homes. But shelters were not all unscathed. "This house is falling apart around me," said Ken Perry, manager of an airport in Patterson, 60 miles west of New Orleans. "I'm standing in water right now in the house, and we're 0 feet above sea level . " A high school in Patterson where 120 people took refuge lost its roof to the wind, said Sheriff Huey Bourgeois of St. Mary Parish. He said no one was hurt. The hurricane's leading edge came ashore about 11 p.m. CDT and scraped along Louisiana's coast, a marshy area dotted with cypress trees, Spanish moss and fields of sugar cane. The storm 5RM- - JL-- -. See related story, A3 fields with wind. At least one person died. The storm, already labeled the costliest natural disaster in U.S. history with damage put at more than $15 billion, added plenty to the bill it ran up earlier this week in Florida and the Bahamas. "We're really "in bad shape," Mayor Emmett Hardaway of Berwick said this morning after Andrew moved through. Td venture to say this is the worst damage Berwick has ever seen in a hurricane." Evacuees from the south-cen- -' tral Louisiana town, population 4,000, are being told not to return home because "we've had such damage here, there's nothing to hurricane-forc- e K Conditions as of Wednesday. 10 a.m. EOT X.3N. B1.7W Max. 00 mph Uoving: North I1PJ4. 5 PM. BAHAiUS Wn. MEXtO 80 007 AP come back to right now," Harda- drew raked Monday, rose to IS way said. today. There were also three As Andrew moved inland, it deaths confirmed in the Bahaflooded roads, uprooted trees, mas. Several hundred homes were tore off huge limbs and started power lines popping throughout inundated in coastal Terrebonne the region. Parish, said sheriff s Lt. Morris A tornado spun off by the Duplantis. Residents had been storm ripped through LaPlace, a evacuated as Andrew apNew Orleans suburb. A proached. man was found dead in the To the north, a tugboat was rubble of a house there, the only sinking in the Mississippi River d death in the state at St. Francisville, north of Baton confirmed by late morning. Rouge, and a ferry rescued six The toll in Florida, which An- - crew members who were in the By JANET HART Herald Staff Writer X) 100 ton J i SAUDI ARABIA bv ratiaion and ethnics T- KUWAI- christen or miMllmminorittos I 6 ArsbsV Sunni Muslim I APEd Da Guaro to the French U.N. mission to receive a "communication" about (See IRAQ, Page A2) 5,-6- 00 (See HURRICANE, Page A2) walk for one side of the street would cost approximately $50,-00not including curb and gutter. 0, Orem officials have OREM decided to back a group of residents in their quest for state funds to make Geneva Road safe for pedestrians. Orem City Council members Tuesday night approved a motion to submit an application for state Safe Sidewalk funds to install feet of sidewalk along Geneva Road between 400 and 1300 South. If the funding is approved, Orem would also need to supply funding for 25 percent of the project. Safe Sidewalk money has already been allocated for the year, so city staff members will now prepare a request for next year's funds. According to figures from the public works department, side 1 storm-relate- Al-anb- pamM''r? JORDANS. Population I Orem requests state funds for safer road sought. The water in the river is so rough that "they say it looks like the Gulf of Mexico in the Missis- ao im fni ci Aiyt Al-A- water, police said. A seventh crew member was still being Und 1 IRAN Earlier this month, Orem officials received a petition from residents along that portion of Geneva Road and the Springwater subdivision asking for the sidewalks. The petition also asked for crosswalks where Geneva Road intersects with 400 South and 1300 South. Sherrie Nofrey, who started the petition, said the city has planned for development of the area but hasn't gone beyond that to address the safety of the citizens. "Where is your plan beyond just dumping it (development) in the middle of the city? It doesn't matter if it's my family or friends, every citizen in this town is your family and it's time you start . (See OREM, Page A2) Ruling on fee waiver program worries local school districts ZZJlD nificantly higher number of students qualifying for fee waivers. School started this week in the "We already had a fee waiver Alpine and Nebo school districts program, but it was done by princiand starts next week in the Provo pals in individual schools." He School District, and educators are said state guidance has since led to scratching their heads wondering a comprehensive notification how a judicial order relating to process on a district basis. reschool fees will impact their d Under the new school-yewho budgets. student qualiquirements, any Utah Legal Services brought a fies for a free" lunch qualifies for suit on behalf of patrons in 19 of 40 fee waivers. Principals must also Utah school districts over fees junwhose grant waivers to students ior and senior high schools charge families have extenuating circum-stancfor activities which take place outside of the regular school day. A students Throughout the year, 3rd District Court judge ruled the who waivers also fee for qualify fees must be waived for for free admission to activifamilies and schools that qualify ties that usually have a charge atdon't comply can lose funding. tached. "So, districts then won t Because the Utah Constitution know the total effect of the waivers ' prohibits charging of fees in ele- until the last activity is over, said mentary schools, districts' worries Provo Superintendent Kay Laur-seare mostly with high schools and junior high schools. The Provo District will keep acMost schools already had a curate records to show state offiprogram in place, but the cials and legislators just what the court order called for a more rigid change cost the district. notification process. In the meantime, the schools Jack Reid, administrative assist-cwill stretch already tijht budgets to in the Alpine School District, cover the loss of fees. says the new notification requirement is expected to result in a sig (See FEES, Page A2) Herald Staff Reports Find it D3 Classified Ads.. Comics ........................C5 Crossword ...................D7 Entertainment ...............B8 D2 B8 A3 B2 Legate t Movies Nation Obituaries Opinions Sports State Stocks.... World B4 CI B3 ... ........A5 ....A4 court-ordere- o L o ar es low-inco- Woathor Clear tonight and not quite as cool, with lows near 50. Sunny and warmer Thursnud-80- s. day with highs in the See Page A6. Air Quality Today's air quality was good in all Wasatch Front areas, with little change in pollution levels expected. See PageA2. n. fee-waiv- er 8 cfs " 1 nt Htraidphowjonotaon between Provo suffer because of Increased school fee waivers at local schools. Area school district officiate wonder if high school athletics, like this recent soccer game and Jordan, and other activities Y will fan ttnrntp gaiury (group M7j |