Show Mean Red Cross disaster relief spanned the North American continent June 25 as tens of thousands of Americans fled devastating floods in 12 including FOCAL PINT for concern were two areas in Pennsyl-vania-the state capital of Harrisburg and nearby Wilkes-Barre-both facing the onslaught of the rampaging Susquehanna which crested at a record Red Cross officials put the number of evacuees in their Pennsylvania shelters at Harrisburg has been designated as ARC relief headquarters for both New Jersey and AT where the power supply has been 60 hospital patients have joined the shelter population and are being cared for by Red Cross In New York evacuees have sought refuge in 61 Truckloads of food are being dispatched from Rochester to where four shelters are housing WITH contaminated water a major concern in a local brewer has switched from making beer to bottling water The Olean chapter reported that persons sought shelter from the flooding Allegheny Other towns hard hit were Weston Salamanca and in all of which shelters are The inevitable sex was born in a shelter at but there was no need for worry over the newborn's milk sup-ply-the Upstate Milk Cooperative Association has supplied the Red Cross with quarts for shelter IN THE same poultry Brooks have furnished over dozen eggs for the In other flood related Virginia's state of Richmond was still under siege by the bloated James With the city's commercial center deserted save for National Guardsmen and police security the ARC chapter there had volunteers shuttling food to them in three station wagons being used as THE Richmond shelter population stood at over although the chapter reported that many thousands were being fed by mobile Red Cross During the Red Cross workers evacuated two endangered nursing homes within an hour and brought the aged some in their to The breakdown in emer gency relief for the other states affected by Hurricane Agnes' torrential Maryland evacuees housed in 18 Jersey no but 10 chapters involved in emergency West Virginia but 5 chapters involved in emergency Connecticut no but 4 chapters involved in emergency Delaware no shelters but a chapter involved in emergency in the Sacramento-San Joaquin delta area of an estimated persons were affected when on Andrus Island gave Shelters have been opened and Red Cross workers are feeding the homeless and emergency Over homes in and sustained wind or water damage and chapter workers are meeting the immediate needs of the victims and providing emergency recovery IN THE state of the Okanogan and other rivers have been flooding for two weeks and thus families have registered with the Red Cross for recovery The total needing such assistance is exT to reach The and J Yukon rivers systems in Alaska brought misery to villagers during the annual spring ice Eleven villages in all were affected by the floods and Red Cross staff has been touring area to provide building and occupational supplies and OF THE of fam- affected in j. have been assisted by the Red |