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Show Page 20—THE HERALD, Provo, Utah, Friday April 27, 1979 Red River Flood 2 Sets of Parents Tell ‘Return Crest Awaited as To Life’ by Son and Daughter Pearl Begins Drop Good Friday ‘Miracle’ By United Press International Bone-weary sandbaggers along the North Dakota Minnesota bordercalled on reserve strength to con: tain the rampaging Red Riverof the North and hoped for a long-postponed flood crest predicted for today Thousandsof victims in the South began mopping up from two weeksof record floods along the Pear! River. Rises along the Mississippi River however backed up fiood waters in tributaries in Louisiana and Mississippi. Clay dikes and sandbags,fortified by the work of thousandsof sweatyflood fighters, held back the Red River which swirled through Grand Forks, ND. at about 30 timesits normal flow North America’s only river that flows directly south to north spread 20 miles wide across thousands of acres of rich farmland in North Dakota and Min nesota. Downstream in Canada’s Manitoba Province. of ficials ordered 10,000 residents evacuatedin anticipa tion of major flooding in the next few days More than 75,000 pourds of sandbagswereairlifted to Win nipeg. the provincial capiial from Chicago At Grand Forks, the National Weather Service predicted a crest at 49.5 feet some time today Several predicted crestsfailed to materialize earlier this week when newrains drenched the watershed Riverlevels are expected to hover around the 49foot mark for days. and flood danger on weakening dikes can extend into May, weather forecasters and Corps of Engineers spokesmensaid “The city is not out of the woods yet,” said NWS flood forecaster TerrySpies.‘They will have to have dike watchers probably into May.” Floodwaters receded in much of southern Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, but a new onslaughtof severe weather caused property damage nearVidrine, La. High windsor a small tornado blew out windows in the south-central Louisiana community and forced the closing todayof Vidrine High ool. Severe thunderstormsandhail lashed portions ot central and north Alabama. No major damage was reported. Heavy rain in Birmingham set a new record for rainfall in the month of April Louisiana Gov. Edwin Edwards declared a state of emergency for tnree parishes — Catahoula, Concordia and LaSalle — affected this week by severe backwaterflooding that forced water into homes and commercial buildings. Residents in the River Gardens subdivision near Slidell slogged through waist-deep water and complained NWSflood forecasts for the Lower Pearl River — site of some of the worst flooding in the state — were inaccurate and understated. “It’s the worst I've ever seen — andI'velived out here for 12 years," said Dexter Smith Rescue workers traveled water-covered streets in amphibious vehicles to check on thoseliving in the area, but most said they wanted to stay. Many paidled pirogues and canoes past sand-bagged homes and cars in water up to the roof. AVON, Conn (UPI) Friday the 13t Friend Killed, Not Him a ver lucky day for Joseph and Lorraine Dela The daughter. Karen Anne awakened from a year-long coma and spoke her first words Since then, Mrs. Delahanty says Karen has talking every day to her nurses doctors anda stred of friends who have cometovisit her in New Britain Memorial Hospital where she is undergoing exter sive therapy It was Good Friday (the 13th) and when work in the morning I just hada good fe the day" at Mrs Delahanty said today from her Avor home I thought she was sleeping when| went to visit her after work. I was just talking abou ing hi and making dinner for the boys when she eyes and said. ‘I don’t want youto gc Mrs Delahanty said Karen keeps ask ng for her sider brothers. one of whom is in Ge ther in North Carolina Karen, who will be 23 on May 16. was injured Apr 15. 1978 She keeps asking when she can come home but | tell her she has to walk first Mrs Delahanty said Shesaid doctors havenot said whether Karen wil ever walk again COL MBUS. Ohi UPI) James and Maxine Blakenshy athied relatives of their 23vear-old son's dea and were discussing funeral arran ements when he shocked themby walkinginto their West Side home Wednesday night The Blankenships had been told by Franklin County sheriff's deputies that their son. Kenneth had been 1 several hours before in a motorcycle crashin Lincoln Village South It turnedout the m. killed actually was Kenneth s John CS dner 22 of Columbus Snyder est was riding Kenneth s motorcycle Mrs Blankenship. hearing sirens of emergency vehicles enroute to the scene of the accident just a few blocks away from her home. turned on ar road aw enforcement frequencies She said eh ers transmit the license nu 1 Kenn torevcle and asked to e scene to verify that her son wa The aunt Louise Burden arr covered yody Was being put stretcher She said she did not look at the body because deputies did not ask her ». but told of $s she thought it was Kenneth Deputies. in turn, thought she had seen the body and positively identifed the victim, so they told Mr and Mrs. Blankenship their son was dead India Fears CowsIssue Strife NEW DELHI, India (UPI) — Prime Minister Morarji Desai’s pledge to ban the slaughterof India's cows to stop a hunger strike by a Hindu holy man sparked cries of ‘coercion’ from Moslems and raised fears of new sectarian strife A hungerstrike by an 84-year-old Hindu religious leader, popularly regarded asa saint, forced Desai to pledge his commitment to a total ban on thes! aughter of cows which Hindusconsider sacred Acharya (teacher) Vinoba Bhave, disciple of the late Mahatma Gandhi, began a “fast unto death Sunday and by Thursday his condition had seriously deteriorated India's 28-year-old constitutioncalls for the protection of cowsbutdoes not make it mandatory. Regula tions to ban cow slaughter areleft to state govern: ments Desai apparently fearing an outburst of Hindu anger if Bhave were allowed to die, announced in veteran employee of Chicago's South Works of U.S. Steel Corp., outnumbered by more than 500 million Hindus. were angered by Desai’s decision president of United Steelworkers But India’s 75 million Moslems. avid beef eaters Desai's announcement produced protests from Communist Moslemparties and regional groups. who walked out of Parliament shouting cion “This is coer Relations between India’s Hindus and Moslems. always a sourceof friction. have been worsened by riots earlier this month in Jamshedpur in which more than 100 died accordingto official estimates NEED HELP? Youths Attack DamagesFace SHERIDAN, Wyo rell was jogging earlier in police reports (UPI) A man who told the week when several local authorities he was youths knocked him to Doctors said Morrell attacked by two carloads the ground and kicked suffered cuts, bruises, of high-school aged him. Later that same partial paralysis of the youths has suffered par- night — Tuesday — Mor- face loss of expression tial paralysis of the face rell asked his wite to take and “moderatelysevere” and damage to his right him to the emergency damageto his right eye. eye oom of the Sheridan Doctors plannedtests to Local police said County Memorial see if he also suffered Thursday that Tony Mor- Hospital, according to skull or jaw fractures ‘ = wie: —_ By United Press International North Platte Temperature and precipita Oakland tion table for the 24-hour period ending at 4 a.m. Pacific time Oklahoma City Omaha as prepared by the National Palm Spriesngs Weather Service in San Fran- Paso Robl cisco: Philadelphia Hi Lo Pep P' lbany 70 58 33 Pittsburgh Albuquerque lant Bakersfield Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville 71 %™ 55 86 60 9 8 7 8 76 58 8 72 72 43 7 58 4 39 65 38 68 41 B50 a7 38 a 4 69 41 49 31 Portland, Me 111 Portland, Ore. 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