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4 A The Charlutte News Monday Sept 17 1979 3 CLIP SAVE THIS AD Henri heads for From wir Reports Florida From Wirt Reports Florida Mexico to Louisiana Sunday to Louisiana Sunday FOR SALESPEOPLE ONLY! CUP SAVE THIS AD H- Ul CO AT residents prayed in darkened churches for the survivors of Hurricane Frederic while the work of cleaning up the devastation went on In Pascagoula Miss more than 1000 people poured into the Jack-son County fairgrounds Sunday to pick up emergency food stamps In Hollingers Island Ala a business owner painted on the wreckage of a store: die hard be hell! It had to be a woman!" someone added below The storm hit the Gulf Coast from Florida to Louisiana on Wednesday driving 130-mph winds into homes and businesses before moving north The trip over land cost the storm its brutal winds but it packed enough rain to flood parts of Ohio and Pennsylvania About a dozen people were killed MIAMI Henri grew to hurricane strength in the Gulf of Mexico late Sunday night but slowed its forward speed as it neared the Mexican Gulf Coast near Vera Cruz early today Forecasters at the National Hurricane Center had predicted Henri the eighth tropical storm of the season would gain strength before it went ashore But the storm does not pose a threat to the US coast at this time At 3 am the center of Henri with minimal hurricane strength of 75 mph was about 150 miles east-northeast of Vera Cruz and 100 miles north of the Mexican coast A forecaster said the storm was moving toward the southwest at 10 mph it continues this motion Hurricane Henri will move inland along the Mexican Gulf Coast near Vera today In coastal communities from PRESENTED BY EJ TAYLOR CORP DATE MONDAY SEPT 17th TIME TONIGHT CHARLOTTETOWN INN GOLD ROOM 600 KINGS DR AN ORIENTATION IN: 1 MAKING A PROFESSIONAL SALES PRESENTATION 2 HANDLING OBJECTIONS AND PUT-OFFS 3 KNOWING WHEN AND HOW TO CLOSE THE SALE 4 ORGANIZATION OF YOUR SALES TIME 5 THE USE OF SHOWMANSHIP IN SELLING FOR INFORMATION CALL (704) 554-7872 ANYTIME clip save this ad AM IwaiWtlifliVRt TitllMf I 1 i1fimi1f--Sf1f Eastern Tops On-Time Battle ATI Thursday August 23 1979 Again the Atlanta-Miami market with per cent of its flights on-time mark was 586 per cent Delta reported 557 Eastern out ahead in the Atlanta-New Orleans market with 672 per cent followed by Delta at 577 Eastern also finished first on the Atlanta-New York route recording on-time arrival percentage mark was 457 per cent In the Atlanta-Orlando market Eastern was in the top position too a 625 per cent mark followed Delta at 573 The Atlanta-Philadelphia market showed 641 on-time performance percentage again at the with Delta lagging behind due 465 per cent mark Eastern again captured the top honors in the Atlanta-Tampa market 67 per cent Northwest came in second with 591 while Delta reported 522 per cent Atlanta Airport Newspaper an average on-time percentage of 467 On that route on-time arrival mark was a low 383 while Eastern came out on top with 557 per cent The worst single performance was recorded by Braniff on the Atlanta-Dallas-Fort Worth route with 333 per cent of its flights on time Eastern reported the best mark with 661 and Delta's flights arrived on-time 458 per cent of the time Southern was the winner of the best single performance recording 800 per cent in the Atlanta-Washing-ton DC market Eastern followed with 668 per cent and Delta brought up the rear with 592 per cent of its flights on-time On the Atlanta-Boston route Eastern took top honors with 647 per cent on-time arrival while Delta recorded 495 Eastern also was first in the Atlanta Charlotte market with 683 Atlanta Georgia Eastern remained first in on-time arrival performance in 17 competitive markets dominating the statistics on 13 routes according to April figures recently released by the Civil Aeronautics Board Overall on-time performance increased slightly over the past several months with seven of the 17 markets recording performance ratings in the CO per cent range nine in the and only one in the 40 per cent range A flight is considered on-time by the CAB if it arrives within 15 minutes of its scheduled time The best overall market was Atlanta-Fort Lauderdale with an on-time average of 65 per cent Eastern recorded 663 per cent of its flights on-time while Delta turned in a 641 per cent figure The worst overall market however was Atlanta-Los Angeles with I I 4 I ho-- 'f I "v- 2 iC-i ijSsES 9yr Jk 'sr a- ij A vV7" J-T -Tigris Pascagoula resident guards his radio store (AP) Afghanistan ruler ousted in coup From Wir Reports AFGHANISTAN'S hard-line communist prime minister and secret police boss has taken over as president Reports today indicated Hafizul-lah Amin might have staged a brief but bloody coup in the former pal- the world ace Official reports said Nur Mohammed Taraki resigned on health grounds But Taraki 62 did not broadcast his resignation and his whereabouts are unknown prompting rumors in Kabul the Afghan capital he was was forced out by Amin and possibly even killed former prime minister has urged the United States to end all arms shipments to Ayatollah Ru-hollah Islamic regime Shapour Bakhtiar also called on Washington to resolve conflicting interests between the intellectuals who Kohomeini as contrary to human and businessmen who demand oil" in its policy toward Iran It is believed at least some of the American arms ordered by the shah before he was ousted in February are still being delivered In Africa: Three black civilians one a parliament member were hacked to death by black insurgents late Sunday in a tribal reserve 40 miles north of Salisbury Zimbabwe Rhodesia The three were connected with the government's amnesty campaign aimed at persuading guerrillas to defect now that the country has a black-led government Outgoing UN Ambassador Andrew Young meets with Kenyan officials today in Nairobi to discuss major problem spots including neighboring Uganda Zimbabwe Rhodesia and Namibia Young flies to Tanzania Tuesday on the sixth leg of a farewell seven-nation tour of Africa Voting: In Sweden's general election today the opposition socialist bloc held a one-seat edge over the governing non-socialist coalition But conservatives were posting the biggest gains and mail-in votes from traditionally conservative areas could reverse the standings In Norway the ruling Labor Party was expected to receive a serious setback today as 3 million Norwegians voted in local and municipal elections Pre-election polls had predicted a sharp swing to the right Briefly: Former President Richard Nixon left Hong Kong by train today for Canton China where board a plane for Peking He said he wants to evaluate Sino-US relations during his four-day visit The price of gold hit an all-time high of $35150 an ounce in London today The previous high for gold was $34580 an ounce hit during trading in London Friday Fourteen Indonesian school-children were trampled to dea'h by a crowd trying to jam into the single entrance of a stadium in the northern Sumatra city of Medan to hear a singing group Diplomats from around the world converge on New York today for the ceremonial opening of the 34th annual UN Genera! Assembly Tuesday 'Homing' penguins travel 500 miles PORT ELIZABETH South Africa (UPI) Four penguins staggered ashore on their island home after swimming 500 miles through gales and stormy seas in a journey scientists say is baffling The penguins who arrived home last week were among 150 that were air-' lifted 500 miles to Cape Town in July from an island near Port Elizabeth to be treated for oil pollution The birds were tagged and later released Zoologist Rod Randall said they must have traveled 30 miles a day to get back home saw them stumble ashore like drunks" he said "They found their way like homing pigeons It is per cent of its flights on-time Delta followed with 584 performance again topped that of the other carriers in the Atlanta-Chicago market with 639 on-time percentage Delta turned in 527 while Northwest recorded 366 per cent On the Atlanta-Detroit route Eastern reported 665 per cent followed by North Central at 604 and Delta 575 Delta finished first in only one market: Atlanta-Houston with 590 per cent Eastern recorded 473 on that route Eastern again finished first on the Atlanta-Jacksonville route with 739 per cent of its flights on-time Delta followed with 536 Southern took top honors in the Atlanta-Memphis market with 716 on-time arrival percentage Delta turned in 605 Braniff captured the top position Reprinted from A TL The OURWINGS EVERYDAY in 657 while came 622 with by top to a with WHEN YOU REALLYTRYHARD TO DE ON TIME IT DOESN'T 0 UNNOTICED They noticed ATL own airport newspaper noticed Easterns on-time performance record So remember Eastern next time got to travel through Atlanta VT really try hard to get you where going on time WE HAVETO EARN i 1.