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Man uses radio help to locate relatives in flood area
Marlboro resident Lawrence Baumgartner, aided by Orange County Civil Defense and ham radio operators, located his in laws near Dallas Pennsylvania after Tropical Storm Agnes cut ground communications. The search involved Pike County state police, Port Jervis deputy sheriff Robert Pierson, and Amityville operators. progress spanned three days as they coordinated efforts amid widespread flood damage across New York regions including Elmira, Olean, and Salamanca with Red Cross relief limits and a plan for a local supply system.
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Marlboro
Ulster County
Wilkes-Barre
Lawrence Baumgartner
Orange County
Baumgartner
Marshalls
Red Cross
Downey and
Reynolds
Philadelphia
Orange-Ulster
United Press International
New York
Olean
Salamanca
Attica
U. S
Buffalo
U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Joseph Sartori
Elmira
Albany
State Health Department
Hollis S. Ingraham
Corning
Painted Post
Corning Hospital
Stan Douglas
Chemung County Red Cross
George Allen
Allen
Joseph Maloney
United Fund
Roscoe
Sullivan County
Allegheny
Mareta Cornell
Civil Defense