Federal Aid Opens Flood Victims to Widespread Help
President Nixon declared a disaster, unleashing federal aid for Pennsylvania flood victims. The 1970 Disaster Relief Act offers rent free housing for up to 12 months, SBA low interest loans for homes and businesses, unemployment benefits up to 51 dollars weekly for 30 weeks, and funds for cleanup. Damages statewide may exceed 1 billion dollars. offices to access aid could number up to 100 statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Dimascio
Harrisburg, Pa
Nixon
Pennsylvania
Small Business Administration
Milton
J. Shapp
Shapp
Ernest P. Kline
Kline
Final Susquehanna Surge Due Tonight
Flooding across Pennsylvania after record crests on the Susquehanna basin caused widespread evacuations with hundreds of thousands displaced. The worst hit areas include Wilkes-Barre Scranton and Wilkes-Barre, where 60,000 fled. Rivers rose beyond flood stage, bridges collapsed, and a state of emergency activated National Guard relief. Death toll rising. federal aid organized as flood forecasts update.
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Associated Press
Susquehanna Hiver
Pennsylvania
Harrisburg
Tetasspugidan
Wilkes-Barre
National Guard
Susquehanna
Schuylkill
U.S
Daniel Flood
Wyoming Valley
Flood
Scranton
Hanover Clean Up After Agnes Flood Devastates Homes
After Tropical Storm Agnes battered Hanover with a record rainfall, residents resumed salvage work as water receded. Officials noted up to 9.56 inches in town and reports of up to 18 inches in rural areas south of Hanover. Fire department crews began removing names from relief lists as basements drained and sewer lines regained capacity. Plum Creek water levels fell allowing treatment-plant discharge to increase. Cleanup may take weeks to assess total property damage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agnes
Hanover
Here
Spokes
Fire Department
Jersons
Plum Creek
Flood Devastation Across Eastern Seaboard Leaves 80 Dead
One of the era’s most destructive storms kills 80 and renders over 120,000 homeless as record river crests sweep Pennsylvania Maryland West Virginia and Ohio. Officials say damage tops $1 billion in Pennsylvania and Virginia reports reach $160 million while New York state sees at least 24 million lost. Disaster areas declared by Nixon cover four states and Florida as floodwaters recede and new problems emerge including Richmond water shortages.
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Seaboard
Pennsylvania
Maryland
West Virginia
Ohio
Ynousags
Vuluiplecto
Milton J. Shapp
Marvin
Mandel
Linwood Holton
Virginia
New York State
Allegany County
Florida
Nixon
New York
Agnes
Richmond
Harrisburg
York
Reading
Lanracter
Wilkes
Food and Water Safety After Agnes Floods
In the flood aftermath Department of Environmental Resources advises boiling drinking water 15 to 20 minutes if wells are flooded or pressure drops. Contaminated wells should be disinfected with a chlorine bleach solution. Open foods exposed to floodwaters must be discarded. washed cans are usable. Refrigerated and thawed foods require caution. utensils and homes need thorough cleaning with chlorine bleach solution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Environmental Resources
Adams County Health Center
York County Health Center
John A. Sheffer Jr
Environmental Resources Department
Jet Hijacker Bails Out Over Indiana
A youthful gunman who hijacked a jet in St Louis bailed out with 502000 dollars after switching planes. Air Line officials taught him parachute use. radar tracked the jump near Peru Indiana. Police searched rolling hills and Frances Slocum State Park as boats scouted the Wabash River flood area for parachute debris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe McGow
Peru
Ind
St. Louis
American Airlines
Air Force
Aiffie Atter
Frances Slocum
Mississinewa Reservoir
Indiana
Wabash River
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Ambeau
Codorus
Evening Sun
State Department of Community Affairs
Suphuay Thay
Allegheny
Monongahela
Pittsburgh
Golden Triangle
Post- Gazette
Boston
Mass
Willow Grove Naval Air Station
Philadelphia
Willow Grove
Wyaming Valley
Eldred
McKean County
New York State Line
Braidford
County Civil Defense
US Weather Service
Pottstown
Weather Agency
Pittsburg
Jones Memorial Hospital
Genesee
Wellsville
N. Y
By Doug Bailey
Edison A. Brown
Canal St
Dover, Pa
Arthonrs Skne
Golden Age Nursing Home
Frederick St
Adv
Westinghouse
O. J. Myers Furniture
Chestnut St
Pipeon Hills
Garden Center
York St
Hanover Elks
Jet Hisacker
Sun
Barnhart
Mkt
Kiddie Corner
Hanover House
Poplar St
Mahtenaace
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