Show Local funds aid disaster victims The vast nationwide resources re resources resources re- re sources of the American RedCross Red RedCross RedCross Cross a network of thousands of volunteers hundreds of disaster dis- dis disaster disaster dis dis- aster relief specialists first alders nurses emergency vehicles ve vehicles vehicles ve- ve communications supplies supplies sup sup- plies were Involved Saturday June to the greatest extent ever in meeting emergency needs of an estimated record disaster victims In 15 states and the District of Columbia Columbia Columbia Co Co- lumbia according to LaRue M. M Nielson chairman of the Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete County Red Cross chap chap- ter She said that funds raised in Sanpete County and other places are used In helping the victims of these disasters Mrs Nielson said that at noonon noon noonon noonon on June reports showed that persons were beIng be being being be- be ing cared for tor in Red Cross shelters In eight Eastern states where torrential rains spawned by Hurricane Agnes have created created created cre cre- one of the most widespread flood disasters in the nations nation's history In Pennsylvania the Red RedCross RedCross RedCross Cross had shelters In oper operation with occupants in New York 61 shelters with 20 In Virginia 65 shelters with and In fri Maryland 18 UJ shelters shelters shelters shel shel- with Additional sheltering sheltering shel shel- and feeding operations were being cond conducted in New Jersey West Virginia Delaware Delaware Delaware Dela Dela- ware and Connecticut In California where persons persons per per- sons were affected by a flood in the Sacramento Delta the Red Cross continued emergency care at shelters and mobile units in Rio Vista and was assisting as assisting assisting as- as with relocation for hundreds hundreds hundreds hun hun- who will not be able to return to flooded Isle Isleton ton Andrus Andrus An- An drus and Brannan Islands for months Working In shifts around the clock were more than Red Cross personnel mostly volunteers from the San Francisco Bay Area Sacramento Sac Sacramento Sacramento Sac Sac- and other neighboring chapters Hundreds were being cared for in five Red Cross shelters in Phoenix Arizona Floods and scattered windstorms damaged damaged damaged dam dam- aged 1115 homes in Arizona In South Dakotas Dakota's Black Hills area where a tragic flood claimed claim claim- ed more than lives the Red Cross continued recovery assistance for families requiring aid Cost to the RedCross RedCross Red RedCross Cross of this one disaster is conservatively estimated at Help also continues for people people people peo peo- in Florida who were the first to be hit by Hurricane Agnes At the storms storm's peak the Red Cross cared for people in 78 shelters Red Cross disaster workers were still on the the job job seeing to it that all aU in need of recovery assistance get It At the other end of the U US U.S. Alaska there was help also for tor flood victims In Washington and Oregon 1028 families affected by earlier this month received Red RedCross RedCross Cross aid families now being aided by Red Cross in obtaining federal assistance Help to victims in applying for federal aid is a further Red Cross service Mrs Nielson concluded that there is still an urgent need for additional funds to operate the county and national RedCross Red RedCross RedCross Cross organizations She said that anyone who may desire to make a contribution to the Red Cross may do so by sending sendIng sending send send- ing it to her at Ephraim |