Times Recorder, The (Newspaper) - June 11, 1972, Zanesville, Ohio The Times Recorder 62 PAGES 7 SECTIONS ZANESVILLE OHIO 43701 SUNDAY JUNK II 1972 TWENTY CENTS Good Reading On The Inside New Yellowstone Boredom And Bugs Along Suez Page Riva Ridge Wins It's Flag Day Every I-D McGovern Victory i-D Fear 300 Missing In Rapid City Disaster 122 Die In South Dakota Flood RAPID CITY flash floods col- lapsed a dam and sent torrents of water sweeping out of the Black Hills upon Rapid City touching off fires and sions and sending more than 120 persons to their deaths Friday night and Saturday Thousands of persons were homeless scores injured and damage conservatively ted at million The death toll was expected to rise Authorities pointed out little had been heard from more than tourists believed to be camping in the Black Hills of western South Dakota Gov Richard Kneip toured the area and placed the death count tin Rapid City at 107 Shortly after he made the statement nine more bodies were found in the basement of an apartment house There were six more dead in the nearby town of Keystone for a known total of 122 President Nixon declared the stricken region a federal disaster area South Dakota Sen George S McGovern said he would interrupt his tial campaign and fly to Rapid City for a firsthand look Sunday He called on the President to expedite all possible assistance Regular Army troops were en- route from Ft Carson Colo and National Guardsmen who had been training in the area moved in Looting and shooting incidents were ed in the stricken city of Water supplies were turned off for fear of contamination Rapid Oily was a devastated city Cars were washed by the flood tide into tangles of what amounted to scrap metal Dwellings were collapsed swept into streets deposited in golf courses or simply washed away Survivors told of riding for their lives on the roofs of homes of trying to snatch bodies from the rushing waters Many of the homeless had lost everything but the clothes they were wearing City residents who still had homes opened theirs to those who did not Three emergency Ked Cross centers were established to aid other refugees The disaster began when up to seven inches of rain started pouring down on the rugged Black Hills surrounding the lowland city of Rapid City Friday night Rains through the past week had been heavy and Canyon Lake Dam above the city could not withstand the pressure It broke and sent a four-foot wall of water roaring down upon the western section of Rapid City through Rapid and Canyon Creeks The impact was devastating The overwhelming water broke gas mains and fires and explosions erupted in the flooded city At least one third of Rapid City went under water up to 5 to 10 feet deep Many of the bodies found Saturday lacked any tion since the victims had rushed from their homes in their nightclothes before the flood waters caught up with them All those in charge of the emergency mortuaries could do in many cases was to separate the bodies by age and sex Herman Booth stood in a mortuary with tears running down his cheeks Saturday afternoon and told of his escape I was sleeping in the Warren Lamb Office Building when the flood he said The old store building behind the office went first and floated Then the building I was in collapsed I grabbed onto the roof and floated with it I floated for about two blocks then grabbed a tree branch and On Page Sect Reds Attack Outposts SAIGON forces launched attacks on government outposts around Saigon and Hue Saturday a few hours after President Nguyen Van Thieu predicted those cities might be the next targets of the North Vietnamese offensive In the air war U.S bombed Communist positions near Vinh the second largest North Vietnam port bombers flew more than 300 missions over North Vietnam focusing on fuel dumps and bridges around the major port The Viet Cong took credit for the death of a top U.S official John Paul Vann in a helicopter crash Friday in the Central Highlands Radio Hanoi said the Viet Cong had congratulated the antiaircraft unit Military sources said troops overran two ment posts early Saturday 15 miles south of Saigon and that two companies manning the bases near Rach Kien fled leaving behind 25 American rifles Five government Whirlwind Visit Confer General scene shows overturned cars and a boat In Rapid City S D More than persons are dead and some 300 others missing as a flash flood hit the city following a six Inch rain storm early Saturday Damage was expected to reach million Objects To Antiwar Amendment Nixon Backs Arms Aid WASHINGTON UPI ident Nixon Saturday asked the Senate not to cut back his proposed billion foreign military assistance program and urged the lawmakers to kill a provision designed to stop funds for the Vietnam War by the end of August The request in letters to Senate Democratic and lican Leaders Mike Mansfield and Hugh Scott came as the Senate prepared to open debate on the measure Monday said changes in the program proposed by the Senate Foreign Relations Com- were incompatible with his efforts to achieve a lasting peace in Vietnam The President particularly objected to a tough antiwar amendment proposed by field designed to cut off funds for all U.S forces in Vietnam after Aug 31 and force a total U.S disengagement from all of Indochina once American ers of war are released I share with you the desire to withdraw our remaining forces from Indochina in a Owned By Teacher Fire Destroys Noble County Home The seven room two story remodeled farm home of a Zanesville High School teacher and his family together with an attached garage and two automobiles were destroyed by fire Saturday afternoon at about four miles northwest of Belle Valley The house was owned by Charles Coyle who teaches conservation science natural resources and environmental science at the high school He was working in a field nearby when his wife called the alarm to the Belle Valley Volunteer Fire Department about Thel Hijack Meeting Urged TOPEKA Kan The Kansas Democratic Convention voted Saturday to send its five delegates uncommitted to the national convention in Miami but party spokesmen said Sen George McGovern would probably gel as many as 30 votes from the state delegation Soviet Poet To Teach In U.S VIENNA Soviet poet Brodsky said Saturday he ex- to leave for the United States in about one week to take up a teaching post at the University of Michigan Brodsky 34 a Leningrad Jew obtained an exit visa on condition that he emigrate to Israel McGovern Wins Kan fas Delegates GENEVA Kurt Waldheim secretary general of the United Nations said Saturday he had urged the president of the Security Council to call a special meeting ft consider ways to stop hijacking Tilo Home Front Moscow Visit p.m The children were outside the house and none of the was injured Belle Valley Fire Chief Claude Wilson said his department and the Caldwell Volunteer Fire Department answered the call with 15 men and four pieces of equipment but the fire had gained con- headway when they arrived In addition Wilson said gasoline in the cars parked tin the garage a Cadillac and a Volkswagen exploded shortly after arrived and the strong wind added to the intensity of the flames Wilson said the fire originated in one of bedrooms but its cause was not determined He said the loss would run into several thousand dollars Two firemen sustained burns on the hands and arms but were not hospitalized Wiilson said Sold Quickly timely and honorable manner But congressional amendments which can be misconstrued by our adversaries to be hostile to my peace proposals of May 8 do not serve this Nixon said The committee pared Nixon's original request by about 20 per cent to billion and tacked on several conditions in addition to the Mansfield amendment which the ident said he found ble These included a tion on military aid for any country with a U.S military base not approved by the Senate The Mansfield amendment is the latest in a series of war efforts by Congress The last such effort launched when Nixon was involved in summit negotiations with Chinese and Soviet leaders failed by seven votes Backers of the Mansfield proposal claim now to have 43 favorable votes FORECAST Sunny with little change in temperatures with highs in upper 60s Monday increasing cloudiness and wanner Details on Page 2-D AKRON UPI William 11 McNair 32 Akron died day from a chest wound May 29 during an tal shooting at his home TOKYO A Kissinger President Nixon's national security adviser met four hours with Prime Minister Eisaku Sato Saturday night in after-dinner discussion of straining relations during the past year Kissinger arrived in Japan Friday night for a three-day visit of whirlwind talks ty precautions were some of the most stringent seen here in several years Kissinger's hotel was rounded by hundreds of riot police Plain clothes men roamed corridors around his suite Saturday two right- wing students caused a brief stir when they darted out from a shop in the hotel and threw leaflets into a crowd watching Kissinger pass by They were arrested no further incidents Kissinger's first day in Japan was spent meeting a group of Japanese business leaders iting a national museum to view Chinese and Japanese art and the dinner meeting with Sato Japanese leaders have been eager to talk with Kissinger about differences that include the China issue and ly harsh trade relations Thieu Loses In Key Vote SAIGON ber of Deputies refused day to override the Senate and grant President Nguyen Van Thieu nearly unlimited power for the next six months Congressional defeat of the controversial and larly the earlier Senate tion was a blow to Thieu's prestige The support of two-thirds or 106 of the 159 lower house deputies was needed to override the Senate defeat Of the 126 present for the vote SO backed Thieu but the remaining 46 The House had passed the in May on an vote but it was rejected by the Senate May by 27 to 21 The would have given the president virtually unlimited power for six months without the need to consult the frequently maverick Congress except for ratification of peace treaties and for declarations of war Meeting with 47 business leaders he reassured them that the United States had no intention of casting Japan adrift in world affairs Kissinger aides described the meeting as frank ing and candid The business leaders have powerful influence in Japan Kissinger attended a tion in his hotel Saturday evening and then dined with Sato After dinner they sat down with only a translator to discuss relations and Nixon's Peking and Moscow trips The meeting lasted from 7 to shortly before 11 p.m ions were sent to the area to try to oust the occupying Viet Cong battalion The sources said intelligence officers expected the Viet Cong now to turn attention to the nearby town of Can Communist commandos also launched a hit-and-run attack under mortar cover early Saturday on a base camp at Lai Khe 30 miles north of military sources said infantrymen ning Lai Khe pushed the attackers out after two hours of fighting The South Vietnamese com- in Saigon said attacked government tions southwest of the former imperial capital of Hue Friday night and early Saturday They said 128 Communists were killed in stiff fighting at base Bastogne 17 miles from Hue with U.S accounting for 68 of the deaths The South Vietnamese tost 3 killed and 23 wounded It Was Like Old Times ORLANDO Fla Florida's biggest and squarest graduation party broke up just before dawn Saturday as soberly as it had started For some six hours high school graduating seniors had been locked inside Walt Disney world where booze is banned grass is for scenery and necking is a no-no were required at all times Even coats and ties Except for the rock music shaking Fantasyland it seemed like a of an old Andy Hardy movie Throughout a hot and humid night the young men and their dates strolled from land to stopping to have a souvenir photo made in front of a garland of flowers or to get a soft drink at the corner drugstore A dozen or more were asked if they resented having to dress up Most responded like Mike Walls of Dunedin who glanced at his date Liz Larkin Well you he said it's like tonight is something kind of special The million amusement park was turned over to the graduating seniors from 45 Florida high schools plus a group from Bayview High in Milwaukee Wis who chartered a plane to fly The only adults allowed inside the gates after 11 p.m when the party started were the spent most of the night playing newsmen and Disney employes The youngsters weren't lowed to bring their own cars and couldn't leave until the party was officially over at 5 By 4 one youth was asleep on a park bench in town square his head resting in his girlfriend's lap Costumed Disney guards gled with the celebrants but there were no disturbances and no arrests Alabama Governor George Wallace was paid a visit Saturday in his hospital room in Silver Spring Md by presidential hopeful Sen George McGovern The senator presented the governor a book entitled Jefferson The President E UPI President Tito returned home from Moscow Saturday ending a five-day visit to the Soviet Union during which relations between Russia and Yugoslavia entered a new phase of friendship 1961 nulo runs The person who placed this ad called in on the first day to cancel this ad She was pleased with the quick results To put your ad in the want ads all you do prepare what you want to say call or stop in then wait for your ad to get results Call Classified at Inside The Times Recorder McGovern Visits Wallace Page Sec Books 8 1 Builders 5 Classified 1 Crossword 7 Deaths I Financial Gift of 4 A Money D Ohio A Ohio A Page Sec Perry County A Profiles C Question of Week Sports Television Theatres..................6 8 Weather D Week In 6 A Women's News C ISv United Press International With the Democratic tion only one mouth away and Edmund S Muskie withholding his support George S Govern visited George C Wallace in his hospital room Saturday and later hinted he might offer the Alabama governor a Cabinet post if elected President After what lie described as a and friendly talk McGovern told a news conference at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring he still would not consider Wallace as a running mate and indicated that he had not sought the governor's support for his bid to win the nomination on the first ballot The South Dakota senator acknowledged that he had discussed the Miami convention opening July 10 with Wallace who has said he will be there oven though he still is confined to the and partially as a result of the May attempt on his life think the governor does want to have a real input at the convention but he didn't discuss any real issues with rot On Page Sect
