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Partly doudy Today's high, 67 Overo'ght bw, 43 Weather report, DI2 Hews index, A2 THE ATLANTA CONSTITUTION Monday, November 23, 1992 A A r7 )K WH Governor to tour areas devastated by tornadoes A world of f-3rt "''i av 1. iA 1' 1 Illllllll.il HI T. 11.11 ,1, lh i Victims of nature's fury. This north Cobb house was one of hundreds destroyed or damaged as tornadoes roared across JONATHAN NEWTON Staff; Georgia at midday Sunday. Death toll rising in wake of storms Storms across Georgia Tornadoes that ravaged the South moved into Georgia on 'f Sunday, killing at least seven people, causing numerous Injuries and destroying and damaging many homes.

14. Exotic recipes can add International appeal to after-Thanksgiving turkey. Special Monday food section. Wl PLUS Eat and Run: Thanksgiving takeout services are plentiful, from Pilgrim-traditional to nouvelle-regional to soul-vegetarian. C4 HP' 1 1 wn Twenty-nine years later, Dallas remembers the assassination of President John Kennedy.

A2 Heavy bombardment of Sarajevo destroys a once-promising cease-fire. A6 Judge Carol Hunstein says she never thought she'd become a state Supreme Court justice. Bl OQ2E3 "I was in Gay teenagers have a tough time dealing with their homosexuality CI TV sweeps stakes are high, and things can get weird as networks scramble for ratings. C7 Falcons lose The Bills collect most of the points in Orchard Park, beating Atlanta4l-I4. Dl Tax refunds: See if you made a list of 2,000 the state Department of Revenue owes money.

El, 6, 7 Holiday editions: The Atlanta Journal and Constitution will be combined Thursday and Friday, with morning delivery. Sunday subscribers, will receive the Thanksgiving paper. VOL 125, NO. 113 92 PAGES, 6 SECTIONS Copyright 1992 The Atlanta Constitution BAXTER BJ HOROSCOPE C8 BRIDGE C8 JUMBLE EI8 CLASSIFIEDS EI4 MOVIES C4 COMICS C8 OBITUARIES B6 CROSSWORD EI8 TELEVISION C6 TO SUBSCRIBE, CALL 522-4141 This newspaper Is printed in part on recycled paper and is recyclable. For the recycling station nearest you, please phone 222-2010.

Vil ill "22011 TEENS III! ii 00092 1-1. I tl 11 wr- 1 '1 VS DOUGLAS CO. 1 snta fj 'i'w pimi 1 1 fi JOHNNY CRAWFORD Staff Mac Smith carries the cash register from the destroyed Golden Gallon store on Cherokee Street in Kennesaw. building lost iti roof in the storm and three walls 1IHIIWI III PI I I1IIMIIII 1 By David Corvette STAFF WRITER ff ov.tZell Miller was travel-t( ing to the hardest-hit parts of Georgia today to determine what aid will be needed to rebuild areas crushed by tornadoes that killed at least seven, injured dozens and caused massive damage to homes and businesses Sunday. Four people were killed near Eatonton in Middle Georgia when a tornado cut about a 20-mile path through the southeast third of Putnam County during the midday carnage.

Two deaths were reported in Lumpkin County near Dahlon-ega. Another person was killed when a twister flattened the tiny east Georgia town of White Plains. One of the most heavily damaged areas was Kennesaw in Cobb County, where numerous, homes were destroyed, power lines downed and huge trees uprooted but nobody killed. Hospitals across the state were flooded with injured people. "We've got from four to six dead and they're still looking," Putnam Sheriff Gene Resseau differences in campaign for Mr.

Fbwler today in Macon and Albany, part of a cavalcade of politicians from both parties who have appeared here during a bitterly fought three-week runoff campaign. While Mr. Fowler and Mr. Coverdell visited metro churches, Tennessee Sen. Al Gore, the vice president-elect, stumped for black votes in Savannah churches.

Quoting Gandhi, Georgia Congressman John Lewis and Abraham Lincoln, Mr. Gore urged worshipers, at three 5 into Georgia from the west after; killing at least 17 people across the South, including IS in Missis- sippi. 1 Mr. Miller planned to travel with emergency officials to hard: hit Greene and Putnam counties and possibly other areas to I survey the damage, spokesman Please see STORMS, A8pv INSIDE Reaching the top Carol W.Hun-stein, who overcame family hardship and illness to finish college and become a lawyer and judge, today ascends to a seat on the state Supreme Court. She is only the second woman to attain that post.

Details Local, I 'age I INSIDE Three full pages on the storms across Georgia, A7-A9 Bad weather kills at least 24 across the South, Al 2-AI 3 a -1 SPALDINCTO. WALTER CUMMING Staff raising taxes on the wealthy and the Freedom of Choice Act. "I've said we've got to get the tax burden down," Mr. Coverdell said during an hourlong debate broadcast live on WXIA-TV (Channel 11). Mr.

Fowler, seeking his second term, voiced support for those proposals. "I favor a fair sharing of the tax burden," he said in response to a question about whether he would back President-elect Bill Clinton's economic proposals. Mr. Clinton is scheduled to Fowler, Coverdell define said Sunday night, as emergency workers searched for several people who had not been accounted for. Darrell Oglesby, administrator of Putnam General Hospital, said at least 35 people were treated for injuries and eight were admitted.

The tornadoes were spawned by thunderstorms that pushed last debate churches to "break the gridlock in Washington" by returning Mr. Fowler to his seat in the Senate. "In Congress, the margin of one vote can make a tremendous difference," Mr. Gore said during his second campaign visit in five days. The congregations sang Please see SENATE, Al 4 Columnist Tom Baxter says Senate race another step in the rise of Bozo Politics B2 By Mark Sherman and Jingle Davis STAFF WRITERS In their last televised appeal for votes before Tuesday's runoff, U.S.

Sen. Wyche Fowler Jr. and Paul Coverdell offered starkly different visions Sunday of how they would vote on key issues in the next Congress. Mr. Coverdell, a former Peace Corps director under' President Bush, said he would oppose gun-control measures including a waiting period.

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