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1.3 Million Homeless In PhilippinesMANILA, The Philippines (UP1) — The Red Cross said Sunday mare than 1.3 million people have lost their homes on Luzon island in floods caused by Typhoon Olga.The latest death toll stood at 203, the Red Cross said, including five persons who died of starvation and exposure after being marooned for seven days in a mountain pass isolated by landslides.Mrs..Loreto Paras Sulil, the Red Cross secretary general, appealed for more assistance to the 1.313,636 flood victims, jl-welve days after the typhoon' flooded seven Luzon provinces, many displaced families still sought shelter in schools and ot-her public buildings.Damage to crops and private and government property wasofficially estimated at $70 million.Military authorities said two Philippine air force helicopter's, h acked by 14 choppers from the U.S. Clark Air Force Rase in the I- V'rl oT tiie disaster zone, 80 miles north of Manila, evacuated about 1,01)0 persons marooned at Dalton Passbecause of landslides.Although floods have been receding steadily from the flat-plain of Luzon, the main island in the Philippines, about too landslides and eroded roads stranded travelers for a 20-mle stretch of the Cugavan Valleyroad leading to Dalton Pass.Authorities announced the arrest of 67 persons on charges of' profiteering and hoarding foodstuffs. Police motorboat, patrols were sent out in flood areas to check on reports that abandoned homes were being looted.Before his departure Sunday for an eight-day official visit to Moscow, President Ferdinand E. Marcos ordered a one-week postponement of the opening of I he new school year, originally scheduled for June 7.
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Cumberland News
Cumberland, Maryland, US
Mon, May 31, 1976
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