Show Pag 2 —The Herald Journal Logan Utah Saturday September 18 1999 "NationM Boats helicopters rescue stranded residents PRINCEVILLE NC (AP) — Emergency workers in boats and Marines in helicopters swarmed into North Carolina’s coastal plain on Friday to rescue more than 1500 people from roofs and trees after the torrential rains of Hurricane Floyd Another 800 people were saved in New Jersey After rampaging up the entire East Coast Floyd left at least 29 people dead thousands of homes and businesses damaged and more than a million people without electricity or water Although the storm was nowhere near the monster that was feared it dumped enough rain to create one of North Carolina’s worst natural disasters ever and cause unprecedented flooding in New Jersey In Bound Brook NJ serious flooding from the Raritan River forced police to rescue at least 800 people many of them from second-floroofs or windows or off porch es of rain on North Carolina's coastal — two weeks after an Hurricane Dennis — and the rain-ro- m ch “We've never seen anything like this” New Jersey Gov Christie Whit- effects were devastating In Princeville under 12 feet rtf water rescue choppers roared over the town of 1600 The nearby Tar River already 13 feet above flood stage was expected to rise another 2 feeL man said “This is going to take a long time This is not something that is going to be cleaned up immediately” President Clinton declared an emergency in the state allocating federal funding to help deal with the cleanup In southeastern Pennsylvania more than 4000 people were homeless Friday after torrential rains sent rivers over their banks In North Carolina James Lee Witt director of the Federal Emergency Man- Rescuers helped Curtis and Doris Whitehead and Curtis' mother Bessie Whitehead into a boat from their home outside Princeville “I'm so scared I've never been in a boat before I just want to get out’’ Bessie Whitehead said Neighbors Shaveda Shaw and her sister cradled their teen-ag- e brother who suffers from cerebral palsy in a boat as it glided away from their home across a flooded ditch “I've been here 20 years and I've agement Agency said the damage appeared worse than the state's worst-evnatural disaster Hurricane Fran which inflicted $6 billion worth of dam- er age in 1996 The drenching storm dumped 15 inch never seen it like this” Ms Shaw said In Rocky Mount 30 miles upriver Miriam Thanington gazed at the house she grew up in now under 6 feet of water “Never never has it been like this” she said “This is not in a flood plain We don't have flood insurance” Many people were in the same predicament Friday and forecasts indicated the flooding will worsen before the water recedes The coastal plain’s major riven — the Tar the Neuse and the Cape Fear — all were well above flood stage Friday and still rising “What we're looking at is flooding of historic proportions" said state meteorologist Ron Wall Parts of Interstates 95 and 40 the state’s busiest highways were closed Friday because of floodwaters and 500000 people in North Carolina remained without electricity In all about Stoplights rise to new heights Ridge Road winds through the Rock- ies Elk and marmots wander the slopes in the dizzying thin air where not even a dwarfed tree invades the panoramic mountain view But even up here you can sit in traffic At the top of a ridge stands a yellow-painte- d metal traffic light towering over a construction site Many believe it's at the highest elevation of any traffic signal in the nation “Well why wouldn't it be?" said Jim Leons supervisor of roads for Rocky Mountain National Paik “It's got to be in the clouds with the eagles" Visitors often don't believe what road which winds 46 miles through Rocky Mountain National Park and reaches a peak elevation of 12183 feet Some 35 million people visit the park each ile WASHINGTON (AP) — House Speaker Dennis Hastert promised Friday to bring legislation to the House floor in early October though he declined to endorse any particular bill Hastert said he plans to bring at least two bills to the floor — both of which give patients new rights to sue their health plans — during the week of Oct 4 Another more limited plan is also in the works and Hasten suggested he would allow that plan to have a vote as well “This will allow members of the House to fairly express their views on the important subjects of patient protections and access to quality health care” Hastert said in a statement Friday There are two significant HMO bills pending neither one of which enjoys the support of GOP leaders The first bill is backed by most — if not all — of the House Democrats plus about 20 Republicans led by Rep Charlie Norwood R-It gives patients a host of new rights in dealing with their health insurance companies and removes a provision in federal law that has prevented many patients from suing their HMOs when they are harmed Hoping to counter that and win back some- of those 20 Republicans Hastert asked Reps Tom Coburn and John Shadegg to craft an alternate They insisted on including some new rights to sue But Hastert remains unwilling to endorse their legislation Other GOP leaden have said they oppose it but the itmhip has been unable to crane up with an alternate strategy and determined it has no choice but to allow die full House to vote on die issue i R-1- 11 they're seeing “I was like 'Whoa!'" said Mary Lou Van Ttiyl “I just have one picture left but I'd take it of this just to show someone that there's a traffic light up on a recent sunny weekday morning The traffic signal — not the small group of elk splashing in a nearby pool of water — caught them by surprise The signal controls cars on the two-lan- e South Carolina Gov Jim Hodges heavily criticized for failing to act quickly to keep thousands of evacuees from becoming stuck on clogged highways apologized on Friday He vowed that in the future all lanes would be opened to evacuees leaving the coast On Tuesday Hodges ordered the evacuation of as many as 800000 people at midday but did not get Interstate 26 turned into a one-wa- y highway westbound until that night In Pennsylvania electricity remained out for 276000 utility customers Friday patient-protecti- clouds at nearly 12000 feet Trail Tuyl'df San Antonio made the drive Carolina People climbed into trees to escape the flooding heliBy Friday afternoon military 400 people to had transported copters safety and others were being rescued hourly HMO vote being set for October ft ROCKY MOUNTAIN NATIONAL PARK Colo (AP) — High above the here” She and her husband Larry Van 250 roads were listed as impassable: third of North nearly the entire eastern AP photo used to control traffic on Trail Ridge Roed In Rocky Mountain National Park Colo shows red while oncoming traffic passea where a road crew rebuilds a retaining wall The two --lane road ie bided as the nation' highest ContihuduSly pavdd highway It winds 46 miles through Rocky Mountain National Park and reaches a peak elevation of 12183 tael A traffic tight ' "retaining wan at 11900 year Leons estimated that 1 million vehicles will have driven on Trail Ridge Road over the summer before snowfall shuts it down for the winter probably some time in October The temporary traffic signal is actulights 400 ally two generator-powere- d feet apart timed to work together to allow one lane of traffic at a time to move through while crews build a In brief Los Angeles police scandal widens thanks to corrupt cop’s cooperation LOS ANGELES (AP) — One of the largest scandals in the city's history widened Friday as investigators took another look at a fatal 1996 shooting and suggested that evidence in hundreds of other cases may have been tainted by police corruption The Los Angeles Police Department rocked this decade by the videotaped beating of Rodney King and the O J Simpson case hasn't since the corruption-rip- e had a scandal this days of the 1930s former underIt began with help from Rafael Perez a cover narcotics officer He is revealing details of crimes on the force in exchange for a lighter sentence after pleading guilty to stealing eight pounds of cocaine from a police evidence room “The district attorney has sent out over 200 letters to defense lawyers saying that Officer Perez's testimony might be tainted in their case” Police Chief Bernard Parks told reporters Friday Although most of the letters went out about a year ago the district attorney expects defense lawyers to respond now because of the recent ublicity Parks and Police Commission President Gerald Chaleff also licated Friday they have no idea yet how widespread the scandal Leons said the construction project will be completed by the end of this month and the lights will be removed — so the distinction of taking traffic lights to their greatest heights won't last long The lights change about every 4 12 minutes though on busy days traffic has been backed up an estimated 60 to 70 cars It I'M- - I Signs warn of 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