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flrOEN ADO iDeath Dips From Storm By Elson Armstrong, Jr. If you're in your A few Sundays ago, v lome and it has a base . Jesse D. Vick waited at ;an intersection for traffic to pass following a shop ping trip, near his home . in Zebulon, a' small, quiet - town -in eastern Wake County. A gentle summer rain pelted the top of his car." ' ' Suddenly, , , witnesses said later, .a .tornado swung out of the clouds, snatched Vick's car from - the ground and slammed it against a brick ' wall ., several hundred yards away. ..- ' . Vick, was; killed ' stantly. , - . -; "Both the tragedy and us suuuenness grapmcai ly illustrate the dangers ot a tornado. They often s never seen an actuartor, nado, because the state is .not considered a part of ' the " infamous so-called "Tornado Alley".- that runs v trom I exas ment, go there. If not get under a sturdy table or bed . 4 If possible, cover yourself for, your protec tion against falling or flying debriis a f ' In schools or office,,,-"Dakotas and Midwest. buildings stay away rroro windows. f there's time and one is available go to a storm 'or defense parts of, the Triangle , have been hit on at least ' three. 't)ccasions by tor- nadoes. ' py A.':;: On January 4, a line ol heavy . '" ' thunderstorms ' " SATy?.3AY,JULY3,1S32-TKECWCLnaTJ AAfiPNRTA Applauds Action ; . ' : Lifting Medicaid Restrictions shelter. If hothing else is Available climb ' under desks. H A r , , -v. Never try to outrun a tornado in your car or. truck, The funnel, even a v in-:'' seemingly harmless one-i ... van JIVF. u JfUUI VCIIICIC- and toss it like a child ;toyj, . - , . ri If you spot a .funnel ;and you're at a safe eastward to Alabama ' was moving eastward out and Northward to the1 of v Oranee Countv v around 7:30 a.m. Sud- , Although ;! North . denly, without warning, I Carolina is not in the a; small tornado swung center of the most torn out of a storm cloud and k nado X prone . region v of A? touched down ' between . America the state has its Hillsborough i- v- and ; share of them . They also Durham, moving east s have ; hit the Triangle north-east.. The storm Area. Already this yea; 'Continued On Page 16 ' RALEIGH The N.C. , Chapter . of American Association of Retired PersonsNa tional Retired Teachers A ssociati on, (AARPNRTA) - and representatives of A the statewide v organization , which represents low imcome people in' civil -legal matters, has jointly i 1 applauded , Assembly available -- prescriptions medical care the for General making . needed and to elderly come without,, warning.' distance call your local On the day -that Vjck , police or fire department died,;; the .temperatures hovered in the mid-70's, and no :. storms were predicted in the forecast. ' This tornado ; developed arid ; disappeared so ' quickly - that meteorologists at the Na tional Weather Service at the Raleigh-Durham Air port say they never saw it ori their weather screens Weather fronts such as have, rippled across the Triangle area over the past several , weeks are almost perfect tornado breeding grounds. North Carolina tor-1 nadoes usually bounce out of a parent storm cloud and quickly disap pear. The weather service says tornado' habits are very frustrating because often when a tornado warning is issued the twister has already run its course. . Therefore, you should ! keep an alert eye on the skies when the weather is threatening and take the following precautions if a tornado warning is issued or a telltale funnel is spotted in your area. ; Seek safe shelter if you're outside and the funnel is approaching rapidly. Lie in a ditch or. other low ' lying area, cover your head. and inform them of the location and ' direction that the storm is moving. - Avoid farge trees and , power poles which can be uprooted or just snap ped by the force of the wind. , ; . Nothing ,is' safe in the paths ,of these un welcomed .... : visitors. Trees, buildings, animals, and people can be swept up into the powerful , ! winds ' and crushed. Buildings ... ex plode under the tremen dous force. Even straws can be blown through bricks. But often as ; ; quickly asi they come, ' i tornadoes are gone. If.( you've survived, you'll i never forget it. Tornadoes, also called cyclones or, twisters, are , definitely fhe strongest : windstorm? on . the face of the earth. . Although no accurate wind speed has ever been measured in the center of a tornado, it has been estimated that V these, violent rotating masses of air can reach from 75-mph (small tornado) to ovej. 500-mph in the giant or maxi-tomadoes . which often hit the Great Plains or Midwestern States. Most people living in North Carolina have" .2 r i 1 1 V -inn- - iiiimiitiiii i M ilm.':. H n a If) II l' SIM1 1 V I I ' -fli 17 If I 1 . -i . ... ... . and low-income persons. As part of the FY 1983 ; budget approved yester day and today , by the 'General Assembly, the number of prescriptions which can be filled under : Medicaid was. raised from four . per month, 1 with no exceptions, to six per month with 'excep tion in life-threatening situations. The budget 'also removed limits on the number of mental . health visits that . Medicaid will pay for an nually, and increased the ; number of Medicaid paid physician visits from 13 per year, to 24. "As- a result of previous restrictions enacted a year ago by the ; legislators in response to V federal budget cuts, large numbers of elderly and low-income persons icross the state were 'orced to choose among ital drugs prescribed to 1 hem by physicians," ;aid AARPNRTA Legislative Committee Chairman Ms. RoSalie Andrews of Charlotte. "Many of these elderly " people were having to do without one or more necessary prescriptions because they, could not. afford to pay for them." i v Ms. Andrews cited one 'person who has a fixed imcome of $250 per r month. In addition to bemg elderly and poor, this person also ' has cancer and her bilt for pain-killing drugs ex-r ceeds $400 per month. "Under the previous rest rict ion s, " said Ms. Andrews, "this person was having to do without other needed drugs so that she could use her prescription 'allowance' to obtain the drugs she needed to help her en dure the pain caused by her illness." In leading efforts within the Joint Ap propriations Committee to lift certain of the restrictions, Reps. Ruth Cook and Al Adams of Wake County urged lawmakers to "maintain a strong sense of com passion for the elderly and low-income citizens of this state even at a time when tax revenues are down." In addition .to legislative assistance v f rom Reps. Cook , Adams, and Watkins in ' ; the N.C. House," Ms. , . Andrews also praised the efforts of Senators' Har dison, Royafl - and Walker t for " - their assistance irt getting the measure through the Senate. ' " ' . Besides showing com passion; the, legislators ; who actively supported V this measure alio showed good fiscal sense," said Jean Cary, a Legal Ser vices attorney from Raleigh. "Jf elderly and low-imcome citizens: can continue to .receive, the prescription drugs; they need and medical care at home rather; than being hospitalized at state ex pense under Medicaid, it saves money for the state and the taxpayers." 1 TOEEiTVE RASMCCZSTd CUiTOCCCICCU) C2FUL "i way By Joe Black IIOUSTON-Owning a home is an American dream many people can no longer attain.' But when Ms Verna Bush found the house she wanted she literally took it. The 28-year-old mother of three made no down payment and signed no loan agreement. She claimed the house as a squatter; one of a grow ing number of people nationwide willing to face the risk of eviction to move in to unclaimed, abandoned homes. HPIPhiMo I have never said that racism does not exist is these United States, because racism has been a part of our society since 1619 when John Hawkins'flrst brought us into this country as slavesf And I do say that too often Black people use the word racism as an excuse for our inadequacies. Quite often these are the same people who. in a bragging fashion, talk about HarrietTubman and the "Underground Rail-. ? roadv" CrispusAttucks and the Boston Massacre, -t " Malcolm X and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., . " encouraging Our people to strive for lndepen ; I dence and equality of opportunity. But those V f same people are not doers; they seem to have f : lost that fighting spirit Thus, I keep saying f" that racism Is an excuse, not the only reason . why Black Americans fail to achieve our antici pated socio-economic growth. . We must admit that some of our failures are because too marry of us have allowed apathy and welfare to make us lazy and abandon the '. fighting spirit of'fc Shall Overcome:' Well somebody up there must like us and is giving us : a second chance to destroy this unconcerned listlessness and put forth the needed effort. -My friends, it Is no longer a jrequest but an ultimatum that Black Americans become more involved in the political process. Black people failed to put forth the necessary efforts ; during the last national elections and are now grumbling about budget cuts and loss of . . Jobs. Procrastination and postulation can no ' -. longer be tolerated because the survival of . the Voting Rights Act of 1965 is dependent . upon pressures from millions of Black people. ' lb impress you with the importance of the . ' voting act to Black America, let me cite a ' statistic from the Voter Education Project: "Since passage of the act Iri 1965. minority voter registration has increased by a thou sand percent in Mississippi more than a hundred percent in some other Southern states; additionally; the region now has 2400 Black elected officials as compared to . less than a hundred prior to 1965." , . So, write to the President your senator, . and congressperson. Remember! The vote you save may be your own. , r , "4 j; Tx 1 1 jGeBBck Vice President The Greyhound Corporation Life cantinudHy renews itseK. 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