Evening star

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made it difficult to assess the

extent of the disaster.

Rains still lashed parts of

Haiti as Flora hung over Cuba,

across Windward Passage to

the west. This added to the

misery of the homeless, already

without food, medical care or

safe drinking water.

Southern Ann Hard Hit

Preliminary surveys showed

not a town southeast and

southwest of the capital es

caped damage.

Hardest hit was the south

ern arm of Haiti stretching out

westward from Port-au-Prince.

It was In this area that Hai

tian officials reported 100.000

homeless and without food or

water.

I Among the hardest hit was

Jacmel, a port of about 9.000

population; Petit Goave. a port

of 6,000; St. Marc, a port with

a population of 10,500; and

Aquin, a town of 2,000.

Haitian official* said 96 per

cent of farms, factories and

homdl were destroyed in the

stot.ni areig. They said destruc

tion waa -complete on many

coflee, rice and banana planta

tions. which produce Haiti's

principal crops.

CARE Relays Call

Gtrard Phlllppeaux. Minister

of Health and Social Welfare,

estimated two-fifths of the

country was devastated. He

made the first call for outside

help through Fred Devine,

CARE’S representative in Haiti.

In response, the United

States Navy sent the Lake

Champlain to Port au Prince.

Naval o(ficers worked with Hai

tian officials to expedite relief.

Hays Will Probe

Why Mrs. Nhu

Got U. S. Visa

Representative Hays, Demo

crat of Ohio, announced in the

House today that a Foreign

I Affairs Subcommittee will try

i to determine why the State

I Department gave a diplomatic

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1963). Washington, D.C., 1963-10-08. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1963-10-08/ed-1/?sp=6

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1963-10-08.