Grim Misery After Grand Chenier Hurricane
Grand Chenier Louisiana residents recount devastation as bodies are retrieved by helicopter. A husband waits for his wife’s body while his two children remain missing. Gravediggers bury victims near a damaged chapel as residents endure the eerie aftermath and mourn their losses.
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Irwin Frank
Grand Chenier
Creole
Norman McCall
Later
Marine Service Co
Grand Chenier McCall
McCall
Lake Charles
Mack Vincent
Curley Vincent
Top Project Chemist Returns to Westvaco
Dr Louis H Diamond returns from Army service to resume his post as senior project chemist on Westvaco's research and development staff in South Charleston He served at the Rocky Mountain Arsenal and joined Westvaco in 1954 after earning a chemistry doctorate from the University of Illinois
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Louis H. Diamond
Army
Westvaco
South Charleston
Rocky Mountain Arsenal
Diamond
University of Minois
Canada Repays Flood Debt to American Red Cross
The Canadian Red Cross sends a 50000 gift to the American Red Cross to aid Hurricane Audrey relief. Marshall Stearns notes it is an interim measure and Canada stands ready for further aid if needed. Funds go to the American Red Cross national office in Washington. He cites past $250000 Manitoba flood aid.
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Toronto
Canadian Red Cross
American Red Cross
Audrey
Marshall Stearns
Red Cross
Washington
Stearns
Manitoba
Man recalls voyage as four grandchildren die in flood
Sosthene Broussard recounts the Pecen Island tsunami journey that split the house, loosed his grandchildren and led to the death of his grandson Steven Jr. after a long night afloat with survivors and moccasin dangers. He survived with his wife and two remaining children.
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McCall
Sosthene Broussard
Pecen Island
Cameron
New Orleans
Pecan Island
INS
Steven Broussard
White Lake
Steven
Estelle
Florence
Michael
Papa
Carolyn
Larissa
Veronica
Beatrice
Steven Jr
Fly
Pie Gaspard
Mr. Streeter
Bert Broussard
Earl Hardin
Army Units Aid Hurricane Rescue at Lake Charles Area
Fourth Army reports mass relief deployment into the Lake Charles Cameron area to provide medical aid. Helicopters ferried six doctors and medical crews, 11 ambulances arrived, and an emergency hospital was set up at McNeese State College football field. Over 300 Army personnel and two dozen vehicles are active in the region.
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Sam Houston
Tex
Fourth Army
Lake Charles-Cameron
Army
McNeese State College
Lake Charles
4Th Army
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Tully & Bailey
Point & Wollpapar
Lestar
Guthrie & Beane Music CO
Quarrier & Dickinson Sts
Canada
Babes
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Grandma
John Ruskin
McCormick Jewelers
MacCorkls Ave
Kanawha City
Ashington
West
Carswell Air Force Base
Young's
W. Washington
Stockton and Patrick Sts
U. S
Federal Reserve Bank
Complete Trust Service
Peral Res
Valley Bank
NCE Corp
N'S
Maytag
NORGE
Mayiag CW
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