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Show Vo!. 229, No. 173 Salt Lake City, Utah Wednesday Morning September 12, 1984 Diana Batters North Carolina N.C. (AP) Hurricane Diana, whirling 135 mph winds around its eye, slammed into North Carolinas southeastern coast Tuesday night with torrential rain and wind that threatened to push tides up to 12 feet above normal. Thousands of people fled to higher ground and no injuries were reported in the first major hurricane to threaten the East Coast of the United States in a quarter of a century. Winds were clocked at 115 mph on Oak Island near Cape Fear as the eye of the first Atlantic hurricane of the season was just off the coast, about 20 miles of downtown Wilmington. The hurricanes surge of high water was expected to coincide with a full moon high tide. WILMINGTON, tree-bendin- g south-southea- .. areas of five coastal residents of counties to evacuate. In Brunswick County, commissioners issued a mandatory evacuation order shortly after 8 p.m. requiring people in emergency shelters to stay there until further notice. Almost all residents on the beaches and one mile back from the Inland Waterway had been evacuated to county shelters and churches by 6 p.m. Farther north along the coast, near Sneads to warn Ferry, firefighters went the elderly to seek shelter. Flooding was possible along New River Inlet, near Camp if the surf pushed over the dunes, said Don Herman, civil defense coordinator for Ons- States for about a quarter of a century, said Neil Frank, head of the National Hurricane Center. "The last one to move up in this area ton late Tuesday night, with the center of the was Donna, in 1960, so its been a long time. storm expected to pass just to the east of the city of about 44,000 people, the hurricane center Earlier in the day, roads were jammed at said. times as people headed for higher ground along the North and Sout: oina coasts. Others se Wilmingtons abandoned streets were awash cured boats and mobile homes, taped or under more than 3Va inches of rain, 11,000 cusboarded up windows and stocked up on emertomers were without power, and winds were so gency supplies. strong that it was difficult to stand up. Some adventurers in South Carolina went 10 Nabefore of Hal Gerrish the p.m., Shortly tional Hurricane Center in Miami said Diana's surfing and others organized hurricane parties. strength has been steadily increasing. "The hurricane is so large that the entire southeast North Carolina coast, from Little Gov. Jim Hunt declared a state of emergenRiver to near Cape Lookout, will be struck with cy, called out 200 National Guard troops to help low County. hurricane conditions," the weather service said. with "traffic control and security, and urged Sunset Beach Holden and Earlier, winds at "This is an extremely dangerous situation. Beach hit 70 mph and heavy winds lashed the lines down and entire coast, tearing Since Monday, the storm's movement had power bending trees almost to the ground in some sped up from 5 mph to 10 mph, and it turned from a northeastward course to a northward places. in at Jackson Shallotte heading. Canady Meteorologist Brunswick County reported that 2Va inches of rain had fallen Tuesday before the storm made its final rush to the coast. Ten inches of rain were expected farther up the coast. There were 14,000 people in 58 shelters in the Wilmington area counties of New Hanover, Brunswick, Columbus, Pender and Onslow, according to officials at the state Emergency CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) Hurricane DiManagement Center. This is the first major hurricane that has ana could be as destructive as Hurricane Donthreatened the eastern coast of the United na, which killed 50 people and left nearly $400 million in damage when it hit the Carolinas 14 years ago, a forecaster said Tuesday. Diana, upgraded to a Category 3 storm, is the same strength as last years Hurricane Alicia, said Mark Zimmer, a forecaster at the National Hurricane Center. In 1960, Donna drove westward across the Florida Keys, curved back across the southwest Florida coast and crossed into the Atlantic off northeastern Florida. It picked up strength out over the ocean then hit the Carolinas, Zimmer said. None of the three hurricanes, however, ranks highly compared to some of the centurys deadliest and costliest hurricanes. Only two Category 5 storms have occurred this century, the document said. In September 1928, another unnamed hurricane emptied Floridas largest lake, Lake Okeechobee, and killed 1,836 people. Category 4. In 1919, between 600 and 900 died from the effects of a storm that swept across the Florida Keys and southern Texas. Category 4. Six hundred died in September 1938 when a storm brushed Long Island and New England with its deadly winds. When skies cleared, nearly $310 million in damage was left behind. Category 3. Audrey plagued Louisiana and Texas in 1957, caused 390 deaths and $150 million in damages. Category 4. Hurricane Hazel hit the Atlantic coast beAssociated Press Laserphotos South Carolina and New York in October tween waves spawned by hit full force, while Mike Rondeau, a Jacksonville 1954, killing 95 and destroying more than $280 S.C., before storm Beach, Fla., resident finds refuge in glass doorway. million in property. Category 4. The dangerous hurricane," which was moving to the north at 5 mph, took aim at Wilming- low-lyin- g door-to-do- e, Diana May Rival Fury of 2 Others Children play against backdrop of Hurricane Diana at Myrtle Beach, Mondale Moves To Right on Foteign Policy York Times Service - attract erate and conservative New WASHINGTON To mod- Democrats, Walter F. Mondale, the Democratic presidential candidate, will be moving to the right on foreign policy issues, according to his aides and advisers. The feeling in the camp of the former vice president is that while President Reagan remains vulnerable on matters of war and peace, Mondale is also vulnerable because of his liberal image and identification with Carter administration foreign policies. To broaden his appeal, his aides and advisers said, Mondale will be emphasizing what they called strength issues, such as focusing defense budget increases on military preparedness. This would form a second track alongside his standard attacks on Reagans failure to negotiate nuclear arms control pacts with the Soviet Union. The aides and advisers cited two recent Mondale moves in the conservative direction. One was the plan released Monday for reducing the federal budget deficit, essentially by holding overall spending on domestic programs constant while increasing military spending 3 to 4 percent annually. The second was Mondales choice of Max Kampelman and James R. Schlesinger, two Democrats with strong conservative credentials in foreign policy, to join him for a secret briefing by Robert C. McFarlane, Reagans national security adviser, in Minnesota on Sept. 1. Their presence "speaks for itself," said Aaron, who was also present. Kampelman is Reagans chief negotiator at the Conference on European Security. Schlesinger served in Cabinet posts under Presidents Nixon, Ford and Carter. The moves came when Mondale aides realized conservative Democrats didn't like what their candidate was saying. "Mondale must have set the Guinness Book of World Records record for delaying his return to the center since the convention," said Ben a public opinion expert and Mondale supporter. U.S. Entry Opening for Vietnamese By Bernard Gwertzman New York Times Writer - of WASHINGTON Secretary State George P. Shultz announced Tuesday that the United States was ready to admit the thousands of Vietnamese children fathered by Americans as well as some 10,000 former and current Vietnamese political prisoners from camps. He appealed to Hanoi to live up to a promise to let them leave Vietnam. In separate testimony to Senate and House judiciary subcommittees on refugees, Shultz for the first time publicly signaled that the Reagan administration would give priority to those two categories of Vietnamese, each with special ties to the United States from the Vietnam war. Premier Pham Van Dong of Vietnam said last May that Hanoi would be willing to send all the Amerasian children as well as the inmates of the camps to the United States. Dong said that there were 15,000 such children, many of them ostracized in Vietnam because of their skin color. Vietnamese officials have said about 10,000 prisoners are in the camps. State Department officials said they believed the number of children fathered by American servicemen and others prior to 1975 when South Vietnam fell to the Communists was closer to 8,000, most of whom live with their Vietnamese mothers and siblings. The State Department believes the number of current prisoners may range from 6,000 to 15,000. In opening his presentations to the two committees, Shultz said he wanted to announce two new initiatives approved by President Reagan. The first, he said, is that the Unit oys- Asian-America- n - WASHINGTON (AP) Education Secretary T.H. Bell apparently didnt do his homework before meeting with his Japanese counterpart Tuesday. Bell lavished praise on Japan's netafter-hour- s work of juku cram schools only to discover that Mori, the minister of education, science and culture, wants to eliminate the need for private tutoring academies. "Were trying to develop the spirit of juku in America, Bell told the We Japanese education minister. say we must have juku because the Japanese are so productive. What we need is a continuation of your magnificent example. Wants Them Eliminated But Mori, a member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party, quickly explained through an interpreter that he was seeking a rebirth of Japans public schools so that students would not have to resort to juku to pass stiff college entrance examinations. Bell has spearheaded a crusade to raise standards in American schools. He made clear afterward that what he wants is not a proliferation of private tutoring academics in America, but more time devoted to homework. "I didnt understand the concept of juku, Bell said in an interview. I thought maybe the teachers stayed after school and spent another period of time, and I was going to ask the minister how he persuaded the teachers to do that, since I know that would be a problem in our unionized system. Private System And then it came out that it was private, with parents forced to pay for the tutoring out of their own pockets, Bell said. I wanted to have a longer school day, another period, which is a supervised, studying, tuthing." toring, juku-typ- e Mori, a longtime member of the Diet and a former journalist, received an honorary doctor of laws degree in Bells office from John F. Kennedy University of Orinda, Calif. The minister said in an interview afterward that he is trying to expand the opportunity for higher education in Japan and make the entire school system less rigid. Inflexible Schools Japan has poured a lot of energy and time into developing its once backward schools, but in the process the system has become inflexible, he said. So now the Japanese government is trying to remodel the educational system in order to enjoy more flexibility, the minister said through an interpreter. I think we should establish an educational system that does not have to depend upon cram schools. About 350,000 Japanese students vie for admission to Japans 127 public universities, or four times as many as the institutions can accommodate. If they can afford the fees, students who fail the annual two-da- y entrance test attend juku Japanese educators worry that although their system turns out 73,000 engineers a year, it breeds citizens g keen on skills but short on creativity. Also, the Education Ministry blames the pressures of the annual examination hell in part for the 237 suicides among middle and senior high school students last year. In Japan, far more than in the United States, students career prospects are determined by the university they attend. Many students are known to coast through college once they get in the door. Yo-shi- e. test-takin- ar riod. Because many of the prisoners were South Vietnamese military and civilian officials with close ties to the United States, or actually worked for the United States, they are of particular humanitarian concern to the United States, he said. Preparation full-tim- Todays Forecast DeSalt Lake City and vicinity creasing showers, partly cloudy. Highs 70s, lows 40s. Details, B-- Demo Dares President to Show How David Espo Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON - President Reagans support for a constitutional amendment to ban all such operaRea- gan denounced Walter F. Mondales n program Tuesday as little more than a "tax increase plan, but Mondale renewed his challenge to the president to come up with a blueprint of his own to reduce the red ink. Reagan also announced he would meet with Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko later this month, but Mondale countered that it was pretty pathetic for the president to wait until his campaign for his first session with a senior Soviet official. While Reagan and his Democratic challenger clashed over the budget and relations, their running mates talked of abortion. "I will be judged by my maker," said Democratic vice presidential candidate Geraldine Ferraro, a Catholic who personally opposes abortions but favors giving women the right to choose, and has drawn criticism from her archbishop over the deficit-reductio- U.S.-Sovi- fUttaimrivtti. your ter, youre allergic to seafood. children and all their qualifying family members presently in Vietnam. He said that he hoped they could be brought into the United States over a three-yea- r period. The second initiative, Shultz said, is for the resettlement of political prisoners currently and previously confined in the camp prisons in Vietnam and their qualifyHe said he ing family members. hoped that 10,000 such prisoners and their families could be resettled in the United States over a two-yepe- T Reagan Takes Jabs at Mondales Deficit Plan Wat-tenber- Chuckle Todays By the time the world is ed States will accept for admission Give Educator An for niimftraiiiiwmft, President Reagan tells reporters that Walter Mondales deficit-cplan. prtgam is little more than a utting tax-increa- se issue. Vice President George Bush, campaigning in Charleston, S.C., said he personally favors permitting rape victims to undergo abortions, despite tions. All four candidates campaigned even though the president never left as their aides arthe White House ranged the second negotiating session in as many days on the subject of debates. Officials in both camps have said agreement seems near on a plan defor perhaps two Reagan-Mondal- e bates, with one confrontation between Bush and Ferraro. In addition, the first television commercial of the Reagan-Bus- h -election campaign joined Mondales advertisements on the air. In a appearance before reporters at the White House, Reagan dismissed Mondales new budget plan, which would trim deficits from a projected $263 billiion in 1989 to $86 billion. general- What specifically has he proposed other than some additional spending and his tax cuts, and hacking away at the defense budget, Reagan said. He apparently meant to say tax Increases instead of tax cuts, since Mondale's plan calls for $85 billion in higher taxes, as well as $25 billion in cuts from Reagans defense budget and other reductions. Most of the tax increases would be felt by upper-i- n Hell Cut Red Ink come wage earners and corporations. As for Mondales challenge to outn line a plan of his own, Reagan said, Its as simple as this. If that rate of increase in spending can be brought down as weve brought it down already, if at the deficit-reductio- same time, through economic growth, the rate of revenues begins to climb at a steeper rate, those two lines have to meet. And where they meet is a balanced budget. And this is what our plan is. Budget deficits have soared to record levels in Reagan's term in office, and the red ink is estimated to reach $172 billion for the current fiscal year. The president said the deficits would be $40 billion to $50 billion lower if Congress had approved all the spending cuts he requested. I think that I put more specifics on the table in this term than probably any administration I know, he said. But Mondale, in Chicago, said he stood up and proposed his plan before the election, adding, I want Mr. Reagan to do the same thing to deal with the "deep and profound problem of deficits. 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