Dawn of Destruction Flood Grows Into Midwest Disaster
National Weather Service hydrologist Gary McDevitt warned of flood potential on March 3 as a wet autumn and heavy snowmelt saturated the upper Mississippi basin. Federal officials toured floodstricken areas in southern Illinois to reassure residents. Minor to moderate flooding was forecast, but heavy rains could worsen conditions. Five months later the Great Flood of 1993 became a nationwide disaster, surpassing other natural events in scale.
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Illinois
Heritage USA Revives as Faithful Return to Old Resort
In South Carolina New Heritage USA draws modest crowds in a second summer after reopening. The site shows partial life with busy campgrounds and a filled Heritage Grand Hotel, while an unfinished 21 story hotel and empty spires loom over the site. Church groups and entertainers keep the facility active despite its troubled past linked to Jim Bakker and the PTL era.
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New Heritage USA
Main Street
Wendy’s Castle
Richard Whitmire
Heritage
Christian Reso
Ma E Charismatic TV
Resgees
PTL
Heritage USA
Jessica Hahn
Bakker
Heritage Grand Hotel Hosts Major Attractions on Main Street
At New Heritage USA the Heritage Grand Hotel complex along Main Street features the Heritage Island Water Park, Grand Train attraction, tennis courts, and the Heritage Island shoppes drawing visitors to the Heritage Island area.
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Richard Whitmire
New Heritage USA
Heritage Grand Hotel
Main Street
Heritage Island Water Park
Grand Train
Allied air strikes in Bosnia may be approved this week
NATO diplomats meet to review plans for bombing Bosnian Serb positions to lift the siege of Sarajevo. Allies plan a final plan and possible execution later in the week amid concerns from peacekeepers and some member states about reprisals against troops.
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Brussels
Belgium
United States
NATO
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Sarajevo
Bosnia-Herzegovina
U.S
Canada
France
Spain
Britain
U.N
Yugoslavia
Clinton vows further budget cuts after victory
President Clinton, buoyed by the budget passage, warns the victory is only a first step. He aims to assemble another spending cuts package by fall and refocus on trimming government and deficit. Health care reform lies ahead with potential tax increases tied to funding.
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Clinton
White House
al Gore
IDEX Arts Business Classifieds Feature Highlights
The section traces classified items across IDEX Arts and Business listings with brief notices and inserts. It notes multiple subsections such as 10C 4-78 and 6E-8 comics along with a crossword, home, and Hometown pages at 18.
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