Evening star

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ported its station at Guantan

amo Bay escaped damage in 40

to 50 knot winds.

The storm lashed crops in

sugar-producing Oriente, flood

the Mayari River and paralyzed

travel in Santiago de Cuba, the

island nation’s second city.

The Miami Herald, in a copy

right dispatch by its chief pho

tographer, Doug Kennedy, from

Kingston, Jamaica, reported at

least eight villages on Haiti’s

Tiburon Peninsula were wiped

out by Flora’s fury.

“I sjiw them a few hours after

the storm had passed from a

light plane,” Mr. Kennedy re

lated. “Ninety-nine per cent of

the dwellings in the path of the

hurricane were flattened.

“People seemed to be wander

ing about aimlessly in the

wreckage.

“Everything was flattened in

a swath over the mountains

(from Cotes de Fer near Port

au Prince) to Miragoane on the

north coast. All the trees were

down, even in the mountains.”

“How much longer,” thun

dered the journal, “do we have

to tolerate spurious dealings in

living creatures?

“Hire purchase (installment

buying) is a good thing when

it comes to buying washing

machines and vacuum cleaners.

But what will it mean to dogs?

“The system probably will

work for most people. But it

takes no genius to visualize the

outcome for many in the lower

income group.

“People who buy an expen

sive pedigree poodle for the

child may tire of paying the

installments when they could

have bought a washing ma

chine instead.

“They refuse to pay any

more and the dog is reclaimed

by the pet shop.”

The pet shop then sells the

dog to somebody else. Dogs

How to cite this articleCómo citar este artículo

Evening star. (1963). Washington, D.C., 1963-10-05. Haiti in the American Press. Library of Congress, Chronicling America: https://www.loc.gov/resource/sn83045462/1963-10-05/ed-1/?sp=3

ReferencesReferencias

Library of Congress, Chronicling America: Evening star, 1963-10-05.