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<br /> ►By LEE WEISB'ECKER (��.{ `t'�t{(g1�; ' rthat the Triangle is on awaiting li to receive a "'namely,detecting wind sheer,which is radical
<br /> `Doppler radar:by_February''1994.,"` shifts in atmospheric pressure recently blamed <
<br /> Staff Writers Unlike conventional:'radar; Doppler allows - '`in some airline crashes:
<br /> HILLSBOROUGH The federal Small Busi- weather watchers to spot'tornados as they form . '' In Orange County, 162 homes and two bu
<br /> ness Administration has declared .tornado- and reach dolm''from'the"clouds. It also tells sinesses were damaged or demolished,,and ttivo: •
<br /> battered residents of Orange County eligible to _them the direction a twister is taking,improving persons were killed Nov., 23'after':a'tornado
<br /> receive low-interest loans for rebuilding homes' forecasters' earlywarning capabilities. -. Eormed'over the Eno River and cut a'4-mile path'
<br /> and businesses knocked flat by last week's ,'; The congre�srnan had a briefing on this with of destruction'west-of HilLsborougk"k":,., j
<br /> twister. . : ::� ' :.'� officials from.:the weather•service yesterday ' ,`While= Orange and' Stokes counties
<br /> SBA spokesperson'" Catherine' Thom' in '' [WednesdayJ,'`'said Price"ispokesman David. named as the primary locations in the SBA'de-
<br /> Niagara'Falls, N.Y.,* said.;Thursday that-the Feldman "Our area has bee'n'mbved up into the claration,`all'counties'surrounding them'
<br /> agency's loan processors ziiould begin arriving.' stop third of the priority'list for the Doppler.But also declared eligible for'federal rebulll g`y
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<br /> in FMIsborough as early as.Saturday. we'can t expect installation•before';'1994." loans. "f 7 ...... 1;,
<br /> 'In all,'we ve'declared,12 North Carolina ."` ?The radar; which;"costs .up`tto`.$4`million,'•,,., Touching Orange,the duster of couttties des-
<br /> counties eligible for,assistance,".:Thom;said. would be installed-on-a`&a n 'owne'd by N.C. lured eligible were Alamance,Caswell;Person,'; `.
<br /> `But Orange and Stokes�are the primary coup-; _j State University about°30'miles from Raleigh-, :Durham and Chatham
<br /> ties because of the amount•of tornado damage. Durham International`Airport { #z' .:: Surrounding Stokes, in-the northwest Piedd ..r
<br /> Meanwhile,a spokesman-for U.S.Rep.David ; 'At that distance;-Feldman said,-the idar'is
<br /> Price's Washington,D.C.,office said Thursday bettersuitedto perform its other maj}or function, ►See LOANS, Page A10
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<br /> :Loans ',' offers three types of loans,usually t
<br /> at 4, percent interest."victim-
<br /> s Continued from Page Al .' assistance loans for lost personal
<br /> u v ;7 n,! +' :: property up to$20,000;home loans
<br /> mont, the counties named by the to $100,000 and business loans to
<br /> L SBA included Surry„Yadkin, For- $500,000.
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<br /> This`Is:fouriusual procedure, from SBA consideration. `. ;-
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