European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 25, 1964, Darmstadt, Hesse                              24 the stars and stripes oct Mytr 1964 far West floods Maroon thousands for Yule holidays  Png 11 the worst is Over in but the picture could change at any said George death rage of the California depart ment of water if we get another heavy we could be in More in Oregon the rampaging Wil Lamette River continued to Rise Over the flood threatening about in the Salem suburb of in Calisla an myth full dam burst wednesday night and flooding threatened the town of six Miles West of us Marsh about 700 per sons live in the High Waters and slides marooned two passenger dozens of Bridges were washed away and Road and railway travel Between Oregon and Idaho was at a Gale whipped Rains which soaked Northern California Stead ily for More than 48 hours gave Way intermittently to Sunshine wednesday weather for Caslor Nosey said a new storm was heading toward the coast from the Pacific but it is not Likely to be an Strong As previous lighter Rains were also predicted for Idaho expected occasional rain in the valleys and Snow in the Snow la Moi Lalas temperatures in the three slates ranged from the Midas to Low melting Snow in the mountains and sending water cascading into the the air Force and a Commer Cial Pacific began an Airlift of food into 225 Miles North of san Francisco on the flying boxcars and two engine Passen Ger planes loaded with groceries were Landing and taking off every 30 minutes in an Effort to replenish the dwindling food sup plies in the Redwood Empire one of the hordes hit by the the disaster also disrupted the Christmas plans of thousands of in at least possibly persons died in flood connect de High Waters and slides drove about from their Mark hat Field declared the entire state a disaster area and asked for fed eral he warned that heavy damage could be expected in the state capital Popula Tion with the expected Rise of the Willamette 11 feet above flood one Hundred patients in the Salem memorial Hospital were the Willamette forced several Hundred residents of nearby Kel Zer to Nee their Many re airy rogue River water of the rogue swollen by recent cascades Over cold Ray dam a and damages be feel above 1u flood Bridge to the eight Miles Northwest d the River was at 22 ii a communities were under water in the Southern part of the every major Road was residents in some areas boiled water to avoid food supplies dwindled in several As the roaring Columbia and rogue Rivers continued to in two deaths were the Yuha City disaster which earlier warned residents to prepare to leave if the swollen Yuhn and Feather Rivers reached 77 declared the situation More favourable but still Many of the residents left town but some have officials pinned their Hopes on n new dam and new levees built since Christmas of 11195 when the two which meet at the broke Over their dikes and inundated the claiming 38 motorists stranded on the California hundreds of motorists were stranded when the eel River washed across Highway the Redwood and swept Nway several giant Trees homeowners floated Down the eel on top of dead livestock bobbed in the 00square mile Inland sea created at the Mouth of the eel and at least four Small towns in the Lum Ber and Dairy country were under fourteen counties were declared disaster in one Man died when a Snow slide swept his Bulldozer off a Road while he was trying to reach 10 stranded cars in the Contra part of the helicopters flew food and blankets to the with at least nine have been stranded in the area by slides since in Western a National guard helicopter bombed the Wulser River twice in an attempt to unclog an ice the continued to Rise and flooded acres of potato and beet Forest rangers be scud 10 persons near the famed Sun Val Ley ski at least 200 persons fled their Homes in Northern Idaho and slides blocked a Union Pacific Streamliner carrying 200 Passen troop from past to str cited to developing parts of a possible new strategic chiefly engines and despite its urging that a plane itself be built the air Force minuteman mis Sile program will be limited to the authorized figure of of which in Are it wanted another it will More of the advanced of Luteman 2 missiles to replace older the Navy will give up several a Potpourri of room with Tom Chru Moi spirit Rudda Honolulu a Mele freely translated from Hawaii that Means merry and if you spend Christmas in expect to do some these Beautiful multiracial is lands of the Pacific produce a picnic of Tongue twisting Good will this cheery time of How Are the ways they say merry Christmas in Hawaii Johnson trims new budget some postal hikes proposed Johnson a president Johnson got Over the Hump on a Federal budget that will Call for a moderate boost in secondhand third class postal budget director scr met Gordon came out of Johnsons final budget trimming session before the Christmas Holiday predicting the government spending figure will be very substantially below that was the sum f requests by Federal department and Agency Heads for the 1886 fiscal year beginning july it was Gordon who said the work on the budget is Over the he the administration is considering asking Congress to raise the pay of the people on the govern ments civilian postmaster general John Gronouski announced a presidential decision to ask Congress to increase secondhand third class mall which now fall considerably Short of paying handling Secund class rates apply to newspapers Ulm White the bulk of third class mall is us Vert Sinai Gronouski offered no figures on proposed Rule firs class and Ulm mail More than pay their and the Post master general indicated there is no thought now of boosting the rates for in Kurl Sumas Omed to More than americans of japanese ancestry live in the in Kung to sen there Are chinese americans in the in mall Yang Pas in the 50th slate there Are 000 in korean its Kuju Sung Tun Meng there Are koreans in a people eat lots of food besides Turkey on Christmas Day in Hawaii japanese Suk Lyald korean Kim Chee filipino Bacayo hawaiian Laulaau chinese mow goo Gal but All have something in com Mon the spirit of 2 50 Hurt As bomb rips boy in Saigon from Page j Cone shelled american Jet bomb ers seven weeks the troops were informed of Hopes Arr Vul it Blen Iloa Only two hours before Hope und his troupe stepped onto a hastily erected More than 100 Milbury policemen formed a bodyguard for the this is the fifth time Ive seen Bob Hope overseas at Christ said 35yearold rut Otto Mckibban of Sun Ive seen him in Korea during Tho korean und in and now Hes Sunta Claus to i think its wonderful that he would come to a place like Hope had planned to bring his troupe to Vietnam last Christmas but the trip was ruled out by Gen Paul then com Mander of forces who said that the Largo crowds would be easy targets for the Viet Gen William far kilns gave the Green Light this but Secu Rity und secrecy precautions Are greater even than those exercised during visits by de sense Secretary Robert me even after Hopes his itinerary Here was not he was expected to make most of Bis slops at Field detachments and possibly skip hers to residents of took the stranded persons into their Homes for an expected 24hour Spring like Rains and Chinook winds con an unexpected change in nevadas weather spared where the truck of which flows through the biggest Little City in the threatened for a time to inundate City outlying areas suffered some near blizzard conditions hit a wide area of while Western and Southern parts of the slate were drenched by blown Over from the coastal heavy Snow and Strong winds forced the closing of Long stretches of Highway in Glacier National where visibility was reduced to Zero at tires warm Rains and mild temperatures continued to whittle away an Early season Snow pack in the causing some flooding in flooding on a smaller occurred in Eastern Washington state As rising temperatures thawed Snow from last week at june an evacuee who took Refuge in a firehouse with her two i dont know what Well do for there Are about 10 youngsters Here in the firehouse separated from their families for one Rea son or i dont think they realize Christmas is the Day after in the i think Treyve forgotten about routed third time Fred a Muldwork or from starvation Flats in Cali Fornias eel River abandoned his Home to rising Witcra for the third Lime since he was staying with his wife and two at a Hall in Hydesville turned Over to the red in 1153 we went Down the mid dle of the Road in a motor to the second in we Camo through 10 feet of water in a lumber on monday we took our we were All packed to go to san Jose for so we were ahead of other people be cause we had suitcases of clothes in the flood listed from four states san Francisco lowing Ore the deaths caused by this weeks mini and flood in Northern and Nevada Gary Coos was electrocuted monday when he touched a lamp in his flooded Joseph Chi died tuesday when an interstate 80n Bridge across the Mouth of Oregon John Day River collapsed into the flood swollen John was presumably drowned tues Day when the Road collapsed under his jeep As he was trying to reach High Henry was electrocuted tuesday while checking operations at the Caza Dero dam in Ella about and de Suther were swept away in a Swift flowing Creek cast of Suth Douglas their bodies were not buddy of died when the car in which he was Riding went through a barricade at a washed out Bridge Over Tho John Day Phil Reno Tele vision station was lost in a Sierra storm monday to died tuesday of exposure and exhaustion in the arms of one of the sheriffs deputies who res cued