Philadelphia Daily News from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania • Page 8

PAGE 8 THE PHILADELPHIA DAILY NEWS SATURDAY. APRIL 27. 1991 f- r- 1 yr- 4- 14 im inn i Tag' Hi tMs ASSOCIATED PRESS Tiffany Trekell shuts her eyes after surveying tornado damage in Andover, Kan. the state's southeastern, eastern and northeastern portions. A twister battered Grand Isle in Louisiana.

New Orleans area subdivisions were awash in floodwater and unrelenting rain postponed the opening the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival. The festival, attended by more than 300,000 people last year, was put off until today because rain flooded the infield at the racetrack where it is held. Intense storms pelted areas of Arkansas with hail up to the size of golf balls and knocked out power to thousands, officials said. As much as a foot of snow was on the ground in Wyoming's higher elevations and lesser amounts fell throughout the state. TWISTERS Continued from Page 3 across the field," he said.

"A barn disappeared and it tore the devil out of the house." A tornado touched down at McConnell Air Force Base in Wichita about 6:30 p.m., causing a few minor injuries and heavily damaging the base hospital, community center, bowling alley, gymnasium and other buildings, said Sgt. Larry Dean of the base public affairs office. In storms elsewhere: In Nebraska, a tornado damaged houses, farms and trees south of Beatrice as thunderstorms and hail up to the size of golf balls pummeled Former meat firm to pay $1M fine ASSOCIATED PRESS Associated Press The former Sandy Mac Food Co. of Pennsauken, N.J., that admitted to processing adulterated meat products was fined SI million yesterday said Assistant U.S. Attorney Paul H.

Projecting their fear Members of the environmental group Greenpeace project an anti-nuclear symbol on one of the cooling towers of a nuclear power plant in Bohunice, Czechoslovakia, Thursday. During the demonstration, Greenpeace also erected 3,000 crosses to protest the plant's operation and in memory of the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl five years ago. Zoubek. Company president Merton Zitin, 64, of Bala Cynwyd, agreed to pay a $500,000 fine, and faces a maximum eight years in prison. His son, Michael, 38, of Narberth, vice president; and nephew, Robert, 45, of Philadelphia, treasurer; face up to three years in prison and $250,000 in fines.

The company and the government had agreed in 1989 to the fine and that the company be sold, Zoubek said. Fla. woman contracts cholera in S. America tk-HH 'I ESS t'-feiBMsag- BAHHM REMODELING AT LOWEST PRICES EVER! CARPENTRY PLUMBING KITCHEN WINDOWS 30 Years Experience No Subcontractors! FREE ESTIMATES Excellent References License 530 CALL: 333-8943 Associated Press MIAMI A Florida woman who recently visited South America was confirmed to have cholera yesterday and health officials suspected a second case in the United States. Cholera has reached epidemic proportions in South America, killing more than 1,000 people in Peru and spreading into Colombia, Ecuador, Chile and Brazil.

The woman, who had visited Ecuador, was treated in a hospital and is recovering at home, said Miriam Ayers, a spokeswoman for the Dade County Health Department. Test results were expected in 12 days for a Dade County man who recently visited Peru and has symptoms of cholera. The man was also hospitalized. Health officials wouldn't release the victims' names, but said they posed no threat to other people. Cholera is an intestinal disease that causes extreme diarrhea and vomiting and can be fatal.

Lack of safe water, clean food and sanitation have spread the disease. South America's epidemic threatens about a quarter of the region's population, or up to 120 million people, the head of the World Health Organization said Thursday. The agency's director-general, Hiroshi Nakajima, said the epidemic was a health emergency and announced creation of a WHO task force to develop a strategy for helping countries fight cholera. Providing safe water and sanitation in Latin America could require a $50 billion investment over the next decade, he said. CALL 24 HRS.

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