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Fort Lauderdale News from Fort Lauderdale, Florida • Page 5

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TwSste hi Broward! Fort Lauderdale News, Thursday, March 17, 1983 hf 5A Storm pummels block; winds flip tractor-trailer on its side ment. Chunks of ceiling material standing among hunks of jagged By Fred Schulte i mt it. 1 1 1 1 dangled under the weight of the water. "Hopefully, we'll be able to open tomorrow (Friday)," said assistant manager George Papas. Papas, who recently moved to the area from Boston, said he was mystified by the might of the storm.

"We never had anything like this in Boston," he said. One of six employees stocking shelves before opening for the day said the "whole building started shaking." "The storm came right across the building. It just lasted for a minute-and-a-half. I didn't have a chance to get scared," he said. glass strewn through the small shop.

Inside, employees moved racks of dry cleaning, undamaged despite the fury of the storm, through the rubble. A small clock torn from the wall marked the time the storm hit 8:30 a.m. She said the shop would remain open despite the damage. Zayre's, 3772 N. Federal Highway, was not so lucky.

The raging winds ripped 13-foot signs from the front of the department store and tossed them onto the roof. Water poured through holes in the roof, soaking merchandise in the store's hardware depart 5 PI i- am i J' i 1 1 i SUff pboux by ARNOLD KRNtST A satellite-receiving antenna stands crumpled atop the; Spaceship Odyssey Lounge at; Sample Road and North Fe-; deral Highway. I AVZU til 1 CONTACT LENSES Staff Writer LIGHTHOUSE POINT Publix truck driver Gilbert Milian bad finished his fourth delivery of the day when the winds came up out of nowhere. His 48-foot tractor-trailer carrying frozen food overturned seconds after he it onto Sample Road. "When the wind hit me I tried to straighten out, but I just flipped over," said Milian, of Miami.

"I just hung onto the steering wheel. "I was afraid I'd get blown away if I got out. Scared is not the word," he said. "I had two more stops to go. I guess I didn't quite make it," he said as wreckers attempted to right the truck.

In the same block, the morning storm translated into a terrifying few minutes for Ruby Maxson, manager of the Betty Brite Cleaners, 2041 NE 36th St. She was waiting on a customer when the tornado hit. "It started to blow a little bit and I saw hail for the first time," she said. "I was laughing. Just then the window blew.

"We ran and hid ourselves in the bathroom. We damn near got killed," she said, 1 dead, 64 hurt in Cuban storm The Associated Press MIAMI One man was killed, 64 people were injured and power and water supplies were disrupted when tornadoes and heavy rainstorms carrying gale force winds swept through western Cuba Wednesday, Havana radio reported today. At least two tornadoes in Pinar del Rio leveled 70 buildings and damaged 397.. Extended Wear Soft Contacts $129 Bausch Lomb Soft Contacts $69 Prices do not include eye examination or fitting fee. Choose fashion frames from the world's leading designers.

For your convenience, eye examinations by an independent Optometrist are available in Burdines. Downtown Miami 577-2516 The Mall at 163rd St. 9404325 Dadeland 662-3243 Broward Mall 475-3334 Pompano Fashion Square 946-5100. Ext. 395 Boca Raton Town Center Mall 393-4226 Rurdines mJ OPTICAL CONTACT LCNS CENTER Closed Sunday (Optical Dept Only) Suff photo by ARNOLD ERNEST Sandy Douglas, a worker at Betty Brite Cleaners on Sample Road cast of North Federal Highway, casts a wary glance at the debris inside the establishment.

Divorces Never the same 51 Injuries Accidents ulo. Slip 6 Fill. OogBiln. Malpractice. Defocliw Products i Know your legal rights ana obiiga- wa lions Proper ty wife's rights to husband pension, retirement 'a uur only tee is a percentaqe of it pians, insurance Alimony can A husband be forced to pay lor wife's 5 attorney Taxes deots who I ft nothing is collected, there is no A attorney (ee Costs such as tiling ees are not included.

Free initial consultation Over the phone of tn the ottice 9-5 wMttdayi. Saturday A i averting appointments. Uncorttesled Avtxce 9S 2 Perioral Bankruptcy 22 Stmpte Wills 30 Adoption 85 Find out il you are entitled to recover (or pain and suffering A medical expenses, lost wages i Immigration Problems A Find out now you can live, work 5 and invest in the USA. Since I laws change rapidly, it may Oe, possible to do today' t. Ft.

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Federal Hwy. 1304 S.E. 17th Ft. Lauderdale RIVFRTOWNE SQUAREDEERFIELD BEACH.

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