The Michigan Daily-Thursday, July 17, 1980-Page 11
Industrial
HURRICAN-FORCE WINDS upended these aircraft early yesterday morning at the W.K. Kellogg Regional Airport in
Battle Creek. A massive storm front, which caused extensive damage locally, hit the Battle Creek area at approximately
7:15 a.m., tearing down power lines and blowing apart newly constructed houses.
Storms packing hurricane force
winds make A disaster
(ContinuedfromPage 1) reported before the siren can be ac-
private, and University structures. tivated. Yesterday morning, the mayor
"This is the worst storm I've ever explained, the city was warned only of
seen," Belcher said. severe thunderstorms.
THE MAYOR appeared angry about "I can't conceive of the fact that we
the failure of the city to sound the storm were not warned about the storms that
sirens. HIe blamed a city procedure were coming in," he said. Belcher said
which requires that a tornado warning he will ask that a more detailed
from the U.S. Weather Service be weather report be given to the city to
Korean reporter reflects
(Conlinued from Page 5) of government, the methods politicians
And he is quite honest about his
obligation to the Korean people to let
them know exactly what Americans are
doing.
"From an American point of view,
South Korea is not so important, but
from South Korea's point of view,
America is the number one ally," he
said. What happens in America could
have a profund effect on Korea, so Kim
tries to let his readers know changes
both in American policy and American
attitudes.
He filed a convention story on
Tuesday which focused on the GOP's
plank on Asia and the Pacific. While the
Korean government has not yet come
out in favor of a candidate, Kim pats his
nearby copy of the platform and says he
thinks his government will be pleased
with the plank's strong language -
language that acknowledges the unique
danger South Korea faces and
recognizes the need for American
ground and air forces there.
"To the Koreans, security is the most
important thing," Kim emphasized.
When Carter first, assumed office, he
reduced U.S. troops in South Korea -a
move which upset the Korean people,
who feel much more secure with a
strong U.S. force firmly established in
their country.
"We've had a lot of demonstrations,
but up until now, we've never had any
anti-American demonstrations," Kim
said. "I would say more than 99 per
cent of the Korean people love the
American people."
Kim's convention coverage has in-.
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use to get campaign funds, the different
platform planks, and profiles of the
candidates.
When complete martial law was
declared May 18 in Korea, military
censors, set up in the news offices,
checked every piece of copy and every
broadcast, so no scrap of anti-gover-
nment sentiment could reach the
public.
"Yeah, they (censors) are there
sometimes," Kim admitted with a
shrug. "But it's not so important." He
said his stories are not censored.
Kim is amused by the GOP "political
festival." "It's a golden opportunity for
the Republicans to get their names and
ideas repeated over and over." He
laughed when he described how the
media scurry around to pick up the
latest rumor on Reagan's vice-
presidential choice.
The delegates and their parties have
really impressed Kim. "The American
delegates are doing their own work, but
they know how to enjoy life. That is
good."
area
more accurately indicate the typec
weather conditions expected.
THE STORM swept into the city froi
the northwest at about 8:30 a.m
replacing the early-morning light wi
a night-like blackness. Two inchest
rain fell in less than half an hour, an
for another 45 minutes, a light rain fe
from an eerie green sky. By that tim
the damage was done:
*A tree split by lightning at Stat
and Hill lay in the middle of the street
" Ann Arbor Municipal Airpo
reported at least nine aircra
damaged;
* At Arborland Shopping Mall, hig
winds peeled back part of the roof. A
the glass windows in shops facing tI
west were shattered, and some of th
stores were drenched with three to fii
inches of water;
" More than 300 alarms were calle
into the Ann Arbor Fire Department;
* A towering tree smashed an
crushed an automobile parked alon
Hill St.; and
" A flaming power-line jumped an
fizzled on the ground outside the Blu
Front Market. Firefighters cautious
piled chunks of concrete on the smokin
wire until the Edison repair team cou
repair it.
CITY ADMINISTRATOR Ter
Sprenkel said it would take about thre
days to fully gauge the severity of th
storm.
Repair crews were on the scenea
soon as the rain ceased.
spokeswoman from Michigan Be
Telephone said the company wa
receiving an average of 400 calls a
hour.
- production
plunges in
May, June
WASHINGTON (AP)-The nation's
industrial production took its steepest
plunge of the recession in May and
June, the government said yesterday,
but there were signs the process of
recovery is starting in the auto in-
dustry.
The Federal Reserve said industrial
production fell 2.4 per cent in both May
and June. The May figure was revised
from an earlier estimated decline of 2.1
per cent.
THESE WEE the steepest monthly
to drops since production fell 3.4 per cent
in January 1975 during the last
recession.
But government and private
economists saidethe latest figures
showed possible signs of recovery, star-
ting in one of the areas where the
current receasion began-automobiles.
Auto production rose about 7 per cent
from an annual rate of 5.5 million cars
in May to 5.9 million cars in June, ac-
cording to the Fed's statistics.
of The government also is counting on
housing-another area where the,
recession began-to begin to show
recovery soon. Housing start figures for
.' June will be released today.
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