Avalanche-Journal (Newspaper) - May 17, 1973, Lubbock, Texas 17 1973 Draining Flooded Land Slow Job By THE ASSOCIATED the eruption of a A buildup of flood a the base of a near the Miss Sixtyfive Na is expected to take Guardsmen were sent in cr wo months to drain enough to try to control the a to a return to normalcy point where water begins sush Its a very slow ins from the ground a spokesman for the Illinois They built a sandbag chim Gvil Defense headquarters around the spot about 30 Wednesday in diameter and water Two Foot Drop j stood eight feet deep within the We cant do much in ing water xr of the flooded Pressure Relieved I areas Its like going around in Two more gates of the a circle The Mississippi is over Spillway in Louisiana bank full We need a twofoot were Wednesday to fur drop before begin her relieve pressure on the pumping trapped water and levees of the lower Mississippi the river when it goes down The water from the river is is only dropping about over the tenth inch a he said lava floodway a The spokesman said it would wilderness area extending be ai least Sf days given SO miles to coastal areas before the area can along the Gulf of Mexico return lo normal And since ii of IS gates have been takes several weeks for a on the to ride down the river le oi areas are expected to be thai Baton Rouge La Some 3million acres of landi were flooded in seven states along the river and damage esj raa to million As many as persons were in their i far behind the north in ery Few lit the families nf by the flooding in Mis souri and have been able to return Those homes may no bo fit ti live in once the waters are gone The was three to four feet said Mrs Tod Mit chell of her West Alton home when she abandoned it three weeks ago Delay The floors are warped President over the a mess know it will three to four months before wej Wednesday can move back In Illinois Wednesday Rogers Peru Chief Discuss Oil Mineral Expropriation j LIMA Peru AP of the International Peti However a live topic is the of Slate William P Co The government of fishmeal and Wednesday with to pay compensation fish oil production The fish in Juan Velasco at the insists that the firm employs Peruvian country home in than million for and firms have a i Andean foothills east of Lima Velasco is recuperating from the amputation of his right leg He underwent sur illegal extraction of oil since 1924 Rogers is unlikely to get very far on this dispute Peru con in February and led to the the matter closed in March Also at Wednesdays meeting were Ambassador Taylor and Miguel Angel de laj Flor Valley Perus foreign minister Paternalism Cone Earlier Rogers conferred million interest in it American businessmen also are concerned that this trend could lead to the nationalization of U lead zinc tung sten copper and silver mines Two Governors Due At El Paso SANTA FE AP Gov and Mrs Bruce King to fly to El Paso toi The governor said he and his woud so to Floyd SETTING THK SCENE Workmen install the lights and other equipment in the Caucus Room of the Old Senate Office Building Wednesday for the start of hearings Thursday by the Senate Watergate committee Senators sitting on the committee will hear testimony from the table in the foreground AP Wirephoto Congress Delays Cambodian Showdown military government and Amer ican businessmen whose prop erty may face the threat of na m tnc day for a high In this fourth stop on commencement address tour Rogers conj The Kings plan to attend a tinned the theme that at EI Paso cin hal King noted Gov Oscar Flores of the Mexican state of also plans to attend the ceremonies and will accompany the two U S governors and their wives on a 14block ride in horsedrawn vehicles the WASHINGTON UPH A j very concerned about congressional confrontation situation in Congress The antiwar measure cleared was postponed the Appropriations until early stronger than a similar while the White House warned provision approved earlier by legislation to cut off funds the House was attached to a acres were still under water j for bombing of Cambodia could seven communities in undermine peace southern pan of the state mained flooded and Kaskaskia Senate Republican leaders Island reported eight standing flood waters feet of forced delay of an vote until White House envoy Henry A Kissinger has had a chance to meet with North Vietnams Le Due in Paris feet at St Louis feet above Senate Democratic Leader An Army Corps of Engineers spokesman said the Mississippi dropped almost a foot to billion supplemental for the Pentagon Written by Sen Thomas F Eagleton it would prohibit use of funds in the any other money previous ly appropriated by Congress for military action in over or from the shores of Cambodia or Laos Republican leaders exercised flood stage But he said it Make Mansfield said he had no would be the end of the month 1 choice but to agree to the delay their right to delay floor action before the river returns to of parliamentary tilie measure for three days mal levels j but the move had no discernible j to allow time for drafting of Commercial traffic north of i effect on the drumfire of i minority views to the to the Ends Support Sen Edward J Gurney R This prevented the from going on the Senate calendar until Monday or Tuesday And after that its opponents could prevent its more days callup for By that three time Congress would be in recess for Memorial Dav St Louis has been halted opposition seven weeks A Corps spokes continuing conflict man said locks are expected to be back in oration by late Wednesday broke his long support of Thursday reopening the river Nixons Indochina policy and to traffic from St Louis to Hani urged immediate action by where the Missouri i Congress lo disentangle the joins the Mississippi i United States from Cambodia I A few days respite however Millions Of Acres Flooded j The White House said the was all that Congress seemed In tlie south of i Senate Appropriations to give the River in 240 vote Monday to halt Antiwar senators believe they have begun a slow draining any further financing of only have the votes to pass process But three million involvement in Eagleton amendment but are under water in the or Laos could severely can muster the twothirds and rapid drainage cant prospects for suc place until the Mississippi falls below flood stage some time in early June Evidence of the strain on riv er levees surfaced Wednesday gler said the President cess of peace talks in Paris which are to begin on Thursday Press Secretary Ronald Zie majority required to override the President if he vetoes it Amtrak Railroads To Ask More Pay WASHINGTON UPI 12 railroads that operate railroad spokesman served j Amtrak trains figured Amtrak j notice Wednesday that payments fail to cover costs ofj roads would demand railroads by about 552 j increased payments to million The 11 railroads arc Support for the measure by such members as Gurney and Sen Norris Cotton indicates a massive defection from the Presidents ranks Woman Fund Raiser Seeks Success WASHINGTON AP Ro salind Wiener Wyman 42 the run Amtrak passenger trains about million a year president of now Stephen Ailes the Association of American Railroads testified that 11 Not included in those calcula Outdoor Life Proves Not So Healthy first woman to be placed in charge of a major fundraising effort for a national political 1 is the bankrupt party has two reasons forj i Central Railroad by far to make a success of largest operator of Amtrak j the job trains which is seeking at least One reason is that she wants additional million ato Democratic party j women are as capable as men Operation Private Although Amtrak owns I own cars and locomotives its I trains are actually operated by at the ob In the past she says with a smile Democratic politi cians never let women near the big INNSBRUCK Austria iA They say outdoor life is healthy but in Austria last win ter brought the highes death toll in 14 years Sixty persons died under ava lanches in the Alpine while skiing hiking or just in a snowball fight failed had of any hazards of outdoor Hie than when Dont Herd Warnings service has a poor attack Jar Some tourist fal to heed time record has not improved private railroads which The other reason is that she on a formula agreed to honor the memory of afier Amtrak took over most of j her late husband Eugene L the passenger service j Wyman a California lawyer May 1 1971 After July I thewho was regarded as the par formula may be renegotiated Itys miracle fund raiser He Also testifying before Sen raised SI million for each of Vance Senate Hubert Humphreys two Transportation campaigns i a consumer group said two Mrs Wyman has the task of ears of Amtrak operation out the a disappointment Democratic dinner that president of 1974 congressional Mariner chief of the the National Association of campaigns Her husband was toi Austrian Mountain Rescue Railroad Passengers said been thc dinners chair Senice says most of the rnk had made some progress man with his wife as deaths were nue to but had failed to improve Tne carelessness sno rot route hrt operated to carry on Wyman it fatally stricken by a heart i 19 i Goal Set i Avalanche Service scld for n of a group mountaineers sign warning of e ava the basic quality of service in areas and has excessive operating costs Aif speaking fir the testified that tly promised funding of fir of SfO Thc o were Not only In ski in friends cf Aus trias triple Alpine winner died in an avalanche Of Shift The men were skiing lit near nan A province Cup WHS even n s continued to he paid same basis as now A renegotiation of the basis of payment would necessitate vastly increased federal pay ments Adjustment Essential Tre participating railroads cannot be expected to continue cars to accept the present related cost basis for Ais said Adjustment of the The Democrats sre counting OP the dinner giving a start toward the they for key races in election i Tnc dinner presents an im mediate and economic io serve meat She says thc Democrats have friends among the unions and the cattlemen Im thinking of corned and said Mrs Wyj man who served on the Los Angeles City Council fir 12 She can promise one thing about the dinner It will have an absolute minimum of politi ical Mrs Wyman takes on the of putting thc dinner together ith a firm philosophy about Transportation raisins and politics men has asked Hankes raising she says must believed committee ended o become broader funds for rather than having the rasc money from special Kloi ayr projected general appropriation i a r c 1 e expert to reflect a proner said the four basis after July abiy were of a shift n i 1573 is avalanches arc snow ana now formed faid he the of lanches snow storage area the Amtrak meaning to movo ali at government could ask for ones over a section appropriation at any time ini Mrs Wymans theory of People hardly know that it is cover increased payments to tics is that it should bo an of concern whether they railroads but Hartke told honorable profession and ir off an avalanche on its top Railroad have torn or center Once its Ingram at the hearing The latter prompts her sure field is disturbed thc there was no way that seepage from thei in nearly all cases starts would give him an may bring many moving on its entire length authorization i Democrats back to the fold the days of American paternal ism toward Latin America are gone respect your nation we respect your sover and he said in a formal statement on arrival Tuesday In his talks with Latin Ameri can leaders Rogers is the position that expropriation jis consistent with international law but that proper com must be paid I In 19BS Peru took over prop plaza at when Texas Gov Dolph Briscoe is to RIGHTS HOLLYWOOD UPI Warner Bros acquired film rights to The a story present Mayor Fred Hervey the disaster in copy of the citys proclamation the worlds tallest office buil iof incorporation ding FREE CAR WASH regular full service car wash is 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