Show - 4A Saturday Febta7 25 1959 National Deep South’s Housing for poor urged by Kemp deep freeze East battered in Secretary of HUD tours projects PHILADELPHIA CAP) — Housing Secretary Jack Kemp toured public housing alterna-me- s Friday and told homeless advocates he wants to be one of them using federal money and his agency to expand housing projects for the poor "I don't want to spend my time wallowing in poverty I want to combat it" Kemp said after touring the Richard Allen Homes a public housing comd North plex in a Philadelphia neighborhood The new housing secretary a former Republican congressman for New York who is closely identified with conservative “supply-side- ” economic theory acknowledged that dealing with homelessness would not be cheap “Sure it takes money tax money but it’s aimed at socially desirable goals on which we can reach a consensus on in this country” he said “I think there is a lot of goodwill today that people are ready to set aside some of the polemics and get busy and make an important contribution to working on this tragedy and I plan to be an advocate” Kemp said visit to BaltiHis more and Philadelphia was the second in a number of tours he plans across America “to see what's going on about housing” he said Last week he was in At drug-infeste- two-da- y lanta Officials estimate that Philadelphia the nation's city has more than 18000 abandoned houses and more than 10000 homeless people Kemp's tour guide Robert M Haves a national Coalition for the Homeless lawyer said Kemp “is hearing that federal housing is needed desperately needed (and) the message we get from him is that he is anxious to help” At the Richard Allen Homes Kemp visited the apartment of Virginia Wilks 36 president of the tenants’ council She told Kemp about vacancies vandalism drug trafficking and the lack of security but ex- -' pressed hope that a $7 million grant from the US Department of Housing and Urban Development which Kemp heads will turn things around “We are going to take this place back but we need his supfifth-large- i ifrk23ril st A f N r il-MS)- ! "‘1 non-prof- it once-homele- ss V J Langhorne Pa couple said Friday they would not continue to press for custody of a Florida girl they believe to be their daughter but would seek instead an “extended family” relationship that would allow them to get to know her Ernest and Regina Twigg also said they planned to drop a lawsuit against three doctors and a nurse whom they had accused of participating in a baby swap that caused them to bring the wrong A V it f r-- "JvC ± A IE£ j -- V ti oh - Ml: infant home from a Florida hospital 10 years ago The girl the Twiggs raised as their own had a congenital heart defect and died last summer Their true daughter the couple say grew up with strangers The Twiggs said further legal actions seeking damages would be aimed only at the rural hospital where the girls were born The Twiggs have also asked that a court declare them the biological parents of the girl blondhaired Kimberly “nor'easter" blizzard battered the East Coast with wind and snow Friday lashirg the sea into waves and the Deep South shivered with unaccustomed temperatures in the teens that iced highways and froze early spring blossoms Temperatures dropped to record lows at 35 cities from the Great Lakes to the Gulf of Mexico as arctic air surged southward Miami hit a record low- of 37 equalling the temperature at Minot ND The chilly weather at Miami Beach which had a low of 39 forced NBC’s “Today” show indoors to the Carlyle Hotel The show had moved south to boost a local affiliate and show some warm weather to a shivering nation Slippery roads were blamed for hundreds Associated Press Housing Secretary Jack Kemp (center) puts his arm around Virginia Wilks president of the Richard Allen Homes tenants council as they toured the Philadelphia housing project on Friday suit mix-u- p Couple dropping baby Knight Ridcler Newspapers - Temperatures fell into the teens across parts of Mississippi 30-fo- ot -- port” she said Kemp responded “It’s yours to take but it’s more than a federal effort It’s a state effort a city effort and also help is needed from the private sector" Kemp also visited a home rehabilitated with city help by a group called Dignity Housing and then rented to a former homeless family as well as a downtown residence for 44 adults c- a'-- A who lives with her father Robert Mays of Sarasota However they said Friday they now seek a “balancing of interests" in determining how the girl should grow up “We are willing” Regina Twigg said “to work with the extended-family relationship in getting to know Kimberly and sharing in Mays her childhood and giving Kimberly the chance to get to know her brothers and sisters she was denied getting to know because of the switch” Regina Twigg speaking in a conference call along with her lawyer John Blakely of Clearwater Fla said she and her husband earlier had sought custody of Kimberly because they had suspected that Robert Mays was involved with the switch of babies they say occurred at Hardee Memorial Hospital in Wauchula Fla in 1978 Blakely said though that sub- sequent investigations have found no evidence that Mays took part in the alleged swap of accidents and schools were closed from Georgia to New Jersey Three weather-relate- d deaths were reported “All the roads are covered we’ve got ice and people are wrecking right and left” said Officer Dennis Anders of the Alleghany County NC Sheriffs Department The storm dumped 6 to 12 inches of snow across southeastern Virginia and wind gusted to 60 mph said Terry Ritter chief meteorologist for the National Weather Service in Norfolk He said it was the region’s first storm classified as a blizzard since 1980 The wind generated waves up to 12 feet on Chesapeake Bay waves were reported and on the Atlantic Ocean Coast Guard officials said The Navy cut back on all but essential services and delayed the departure of seven Norfolk-base- d ships that had been scheduled to sail Friday morning to k the North Atlantic or a 20-fo- ot three-wee- exercise “The problem is visibility There is none” said Lt Cmdr Steve Burnett a spokesman for the Atlantic Fleet Alabama and Georgia just over a week after record highs in the 70s and 80s The storm veered northeastward and snow began falling on Massachusetts’ Cape Cod by late morning while its wind was felt at sea A Coast Guard cutter raced most of the day to reach a disabled fishing trawler with five men aboard fighting snow and seas 50 miles off ChatMass ham cutter Escanaba The trawler Paul reached the and Dominic based in Gloucester Mass and began towing it south with the wind behind it said Coast Guard Chief Petty Officer Jack Mason “It’s very dangerous” Mason said “Seas are between 20 and 30 feet which is monstrous Visibility is real limited with snow” Temperatures fell into the teens across parts of Mississippi Alabama and Georgia — with wind chills below zero — just over a week after record highs in the 70s and 80s brought peach trees and daffodils into premature bloom Record lows included 16 degrees at Birmingham Ala 19 at Mobile Ala on the Gulf Coast and 28 at New Orleans Atlanta tied its record of 7 Grand Rapids Mich hit a record 9 below zero The cold was especially noticeable to tourists 30-fo- ot 270-fo- ot 75-fo- ot 1 “It’s probably warmer in New York” Kristin Horne 28 said in Fort Lauderdale Fla “I didn’t bring any warm clothes to Florida We couldn't even go to the beach today and it looks like this weekend we’ll have to drink and stav warm somehow” Prudential praised for policy on AIDS Knmht Ridlor Newbpapers SAN JOSE Calif — An insur- ance company in Canada is paying death benefits from life insurance policies before terminally ill AIDS patients die — a move that insurance experts say is unprecedented The new policy of the Canadian operation of the Prudential Insurance Co of America is being praised by AIDS activists and industry analysts as both creative and compassionate because it allows AIDS patients to tap their life insurance to pay for medical care Although the payments to more than a dozen policyholders have been made only in Canada North American insurance companies have indicated that they may follow Prudential’s lead Ron Barbara Prudential’s Canadian president decided on the policy after asking a dying AIDS patient “What can I do?" Barbara was a volunteer a year ago at an AIDS hospice in Toronto when the patient made a plea to help him “die with a little more dignity” “Here was a situation where this young man’s parents were in Europe and he was alone” Barbara recalled in a telephone inter-vieThursday from Toronto “When he died there would be a fair amount of money — $20000 or $25000 — and yet he had nothing right now” Barbara 56 said it was too late to do anything for the patient but he “vowed that I would find a way to give some living benefits from our industry” to such w people Soon afterward he sat down with the company's lawyers actuaries and underwriters and came up with a policy that Barbara and others sav is an industry Guest guilty GALESBURG III (AP) — A dentist faces up to five years in prison and a $10000 fine for forging the signature of a man whose mummified corpse was tended for nine years by his wife and children in their home Richard G Kunce 57 was convicted of forgery by a Knox County jury Thrusday after two hours of deliberation He was accused of helping forge the name of Carl Stevens of Knoxviiie on a document granting power of attorney to Stevens’ widow Carole in 1984 five years after Stevens’ death at age 39 Knox County Judge Daniel J Roberts released Kunce on a $55000 bond and set no sentenc first The policy applies to all ter- minally ill patients not just those with AIDS Hundreds of thousands of dollars have been paid out in the past year he said The benefits range from 40 percent to 70 percent of what the policy will pay at death depending on the circumstances of the patient The benefits are paid to the policyholder rather than the beneficiary When the patient dies the remainder go to the beneficiary Barbara said he has received numerous telephone inquiries from other insurance officials in Canada and the United States Most seemed excited about the idea Barbara said “They’re looking very seriously at it because there's no downside” Barbara said adding that insurance companies don't lose any money by making the pay- - in mummy Kunce who faces up to five years in prison and a $10000 fine showed no emotion as he heard the verdict “We intend to appeal I am not very happy with the decision of the jury” defense attorney John Pepmeyer said as Kunce stood silently nearby “I feel he’s anything but a criminal” In closing arguments Pepmeyer contended that Kunce “was simply trying to help Mrs Stevens refinance a house” when he helped forge her husband's signature But prosecutors said Kunce knew Stevens was dead and signed the document with intent to defraud ing date YUCCA FLAT Nev (AP) — nuclear device was detonated 1200 feet beneath the desert today in the second nuclear test announced this year at the Nevada Test Site the federal Energy Department said The 8:15 am lest which was and vvcapons-rclated code-name- d Kawicli "was very successful from all standpoints" department spokesman Jim Boyer said No ground motion was felt at a control point 15 miles from ground zero The device was buried beneath Yucca Flat about 85 miles northwest of Las Vegas It carried an “Conventional wisdom” Barbara said “has always been that you don’t pay a claim until somebody has died But my question was why not if the numbers work out?” The move was lauded as “extraordinary” by Leonard Graff legal director of National Gay Rights Advocates in San Francisco a law firm that has filed nu- merous suits against US insurance companies for alleged discrimination against AIDS patients One leading expert on insurance companies said it was the first time he had ever heard of A Civilized Fish & Steak Emporium! “Our Servers Have The Best Legs In Town” ALASKAN KING a& CRAB LEGS 373 31st Street o Mon--Sat- Lunch- - such a policy - Ogden 627-418- 1 1 1:30-2:3- 0 Closed Sunday © Mon-Th- Dinner- - Fri ur & Sat 5:00-9:3- 0 5:00-10:3- 0 case The signature was accepted by bank which refinanced the Stevens family home in rural Knoxa ville Stevens a diabetic died after joined a holistic group and stopped taking insulin Authorities say there were no signs of he foul play Mrs Stevens 43 kept her husband’s corpse in the family home from his death May 12 1979 until authorities discovered it Jan 29 1988 Mrs Stevens a registered nurse pleaded guilty last March to forgery' and failure to report a death and was sentenced to 12 days in jail and placed on two years' probation Energy Department announces nuke test A ments in advance But as of now the policy doesn't apply to Prudential's policyholders in the United States explosive force of less than 20 Tests are generally announced as having a force of less than 20 kilotons or 20 to 150 Kawich the name of a ghost town in northern Nevada was the 689th announced test began in Nevada since-testin-g I op ruX VIDiO " This madcap crime caper stars Jamie Lee Curtis Kevin Kline and Michael Palin as double-dealin- g diamond thieves John Cleese is the straight-lace- d barrister who accidentally gets hooked in their plot — — ROY OGDEN 5317 S 1900 W 3595 Harrison 776-555- 9 394-922- 4 NO 2588 OGDEN LAYTON 782-540- N 0 400 E 563 No Main 546-628- 2 |