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low" 1 HIGH Hi 'r 1 Bearing fruit Clinton insists aggressive trade campaign will reverse America's record-high trade deficit 9 A Musical legacy Sacred harp singers preserve one of Alabama 's most neglected art forms 1C 'The New Devout' Laid-back churches spur awakening 1C 7. H'S WEATHER 30 chance of rain early today with i decreasing clouds I by late afternoon Details, 16A 4K i rs2 1 is in: Lrr is- tt is MOOTGOMEEY AOVER' THE FEBRUARY 18, 1995 MONTGOMERY, ALABAMA FINAL EDITION 35 EEESBSJSESBE null off irdl 0011 MOOBDg thing was taken from the restaurant. The men fled into the rainy night. The four or five other employees at the Burger King could provide only limited descriptions of the two men. Montgomery Mayor Emory Folmar has offered a $10,000 reward for information leading to a conviction.

Barry Pegram, the owner of that and several other area Burger Kings, has added another $5,000 Please turn to REWARD, 4A Eddie Allen, shown in this recent photo with his wife, Bethany, was shot and killed in an apparent robbery attempt just after midnight pects in the slaying of the night manager. Two men slipped in through a back door of the fast-food restaurant a door that is normally locked when an employee opened the door to go outside, said Capt. Wyatt Gantt, a Montgomery police spokesman. Armed with handguns, heads covered with ski masks, the two men apparently intended to rob the restaurant. There was a struggle.

The 38-year-old Mr. Allen was shot and killed. Police said they have yet to determine if any chest during an apparent robbery attempt just after midnight Thursday. He died before he realized his dream of opening a Christian bookstore. He died before his youngest son reached his second birthday.

He died before he could offer any description of the man who shot him to police. Detectives combed the Burger King for clues until dawn Friday, working through the night. But police say they have no firm sus Victim: Police are short on clues in the shooting death of 38-year-old Eddie Allen By Ben Spiess ADVERTISER STAFF WRITER Eddie Allen died before paramedics could lift his body from the narrow back hall at the Carter Hill Road Burger King. That's where he fell after a single gunshot struck him in the 0 vV, a KB Twisters claim fourth victim Judge refuses to halt election of NAACP chief Birth of a tornado Thunderstorms act as a cooling agent by drawing hot, moist air from the ground. When temperatures vary greatly between ground and atmosphere, this air rises rapidly, condenses and forms thunderheads.

This heated updraft collides with higher cold air and creates turbulent winds surrounding it. These winds are forced into a violent upward spin and are the beginnings of a tornado. nSucr- TROPOPAUSE i A I 1 COLDAIR 3g RAIN UPDRAFT I WARM AIR Iwarmair GROUND I- I The momentum of the v. voriex mesocycioriej c. By Jay Reeves ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER ARAB The death toll from a powerful tornado rose to four Friday as screaming chainsaws and old-fashioned muscle began moving mountains of storm debris and the governor asked for federal help.

Ora Lee Whitaker, 70, died during the night at Guniersville-Arab Medical Center, which was inundated with patients after the killer tornado marauded through Cullman and Marshall counties Thursday. A second twister to the east also tore up homes and property but caused less devastation. Mrs. Whitaker's home at Arab was among those hit by the pre-dawn funnel that skipped without warning through the community of Joppa and on to Arab, where the three previous victims included a 4-year-old girl. Gov.

Fob James sent a letter to President Clinton Friday asking him to declare Arab a disaster area, making money available under emergency assistance and disaster relief laws. "I have determined this incident is of such severity and magnitude that effective response is beyond the capabilities of the state and the affected local governments," Gov. James wrote. The National Weather Service said its upgraded radar equipment detected the twisters and that tornado warnings were issued. But the alerts were too late to help scores of people in the path of the storm, which hit while most were still asleep.

At least 105 people sought treatment at two hospitals, and untold numbers of Please turn to TORNADO, 4A ASS(X FIIOIOS generates sufficient strength to extend a funnel below the cloud base to the ground. The funnel spins at tremendous speeds, picking up debris and dust in its path. The gymnasium and much of Joppa Elementary School were destroyed by a tornado that hit Cullman and Marshall counties Thursday. By Sonya Ross ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER NEW YORK Infighting over NAACP Chairman William Gibson's spending habits raged Friday as a judge refused to block a weekend election for Mr. Gibson's job, and his only challenger said donations may dry up if Mr.

Gibson stays. "So many people are waiting for what the outcome will be, and they are waiting with checkbooks in hand," said Myrlie Evers-Williams, widow of slain NAACP leader Medgar Evers, as she campaigned to unseat Mr. Gibson. Informal tallies gave Mr. Gibson a majority of votes going into today's election.

But a band of dissidents who want to oust Mr. Gibson closed the gap slightly Friday, winning three of seven at-large seats on the 64-member board of directors. However, the dissidents suffered a blow in court, as a state Supreme Court justice refused to delay the election until the board could learn the results of an Please turn to NAACP, 4A Inmates in leg irons to work along roads THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Inmates in leg irons will appear this spring along Alabama's highways as part of the James administration's plan to put more inmates to work. The administration is also considering developing a program with county governments to put inmates with good behavior records into community work programs. The state Department of Corrections already has Please turn to IRONS, 4A II IIHJrj jiuiii.nj.il i CLOUD BASE I RAIN i STORM DIRECTION I A tornado generally occurs at the rear I of a thunderstorm, i drawing Its strength from colliding warm and cold fronts.

TORNADO riAINHOpK 1- WARM cold FRONT FRONT Alabama Gov. Fob James on Friday signs a request for federal disaster aid, which U.S. Rep. Tom Bevill, center, was to hand deliver to President Clinton. ASSOCIATED PKKSS Source: TimeLite Storm; National Geographic Magazine Connie Harper 1929- those who help themselves, unsung hero says trialization Center was spawned 'God helps Probes undermine higher ethics vow elieving that every man and Mrs.

Harper became the first female executive director. and woman should be I given the chance to help themselves, the in, II tf. r.lZ3 BUSINESS A CLASSIFIED 10 COFFEE BREAK 4E COMICS 5E CROSSWORD 4E. EDITORIAL 14-15 A GOVERNMENT 3F HOMES 1E LOCAL NEWS 1F MOVIES 5C OBITUARIES IE RELIGION 1C SOAPBOX 15A SPORTS li WEATHER 16A Central Alabama Opportunities Industrialization Center in Montgomery endeavors to train or retrain people for jobs. At the heart of the center is Consuello J.

Harper, the execu-tive director, 3 in i in Mrs. Harper accepted tne cnai-lenge, because she says her philosophy is, "God helps those who help themselves." For a quarter of a century, the center's message has been one of responsibility and hard work. Its mission is helping people on welfare, or those displaced from their jobs, to learn new skills and become self-supporting. It's important to Mrs. Harper that individuals learn about self-empowerment rather than relying on government programs.

OIC offers job training and placement, affordable housing in enterprise zones and an childhood development program. In 1987, Newsweek named Mrs. Harper one of America's "unsung heroes." The thousands whose lives have been bettered attest to her heroism. Lucy RidolphlStaff investigations pending against two more Cabinet secretaries. And federal prosecutors have been asked to investigate another White House adviser.

"It does appear to be an unusually high number under investigation or forced to resign because of scandal," said government professor Larry J. Sabato of the University of Virginia. "But you probably would have had at least as many under a cloud in the Johnson administration if the press had scrutinized them as closely," he said. Indeed, every administration seems touched by scandal. But Mr.

Sabato says the American public is more cynical and the news media more aggressive when it comes to the transgressions of the Clinton White House, Please turn to PROBES, 4A who began with the organization in 1967 as a Ford Fellow and the center's first intern. Prior to that, she'd By Sandra Sobieraj ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER i WASHINGTON Money, sex and the trappings of privilege. At the midpoint of Bill Clinton's presidency, one or another has already toppled one Cabinet official, forced the resignations of several aides and sparked investigations dogging other officials, including the Clintons themselves. The flurry of criminal and ethics investigations has taken some of the gloss off an administration that arrived in Washington full of promises to set the highest ethical standards. Special prosecutors are investigating two cases one involving a former agriculture secretary and the other involving the Clintons' past business dealings in Arkansas.

There are preliminary criminal 1 Jackson 7 a.m. today to 7 a.m. Sunday We recycle paper and use soy-based inks. BLACK HISTORY MONTH OIC," Mrs. Harper said.

"He invited me to tell him about my proposal to provide a self-survival program for the many rural poor who are forced off the farms to the big cities." From this meeting, the first, rural-type Opportunities Indus- been a Macon County teacher. "Just before the end of my fellowship year I had one of the greatest opportunities in my life to meet Reverend Leon H. Sullivan, the founder of A Multimedia Newspaper 1 995 The Advertiser Co. Vol. 1 68, No.

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