European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes wednesday. April 14, 1965 High water Minnesota River dikes Are threatened Al Makaio Minn. Leda worker await even higher Load Levels. At right Aerial View shows a Block area or Hastings Minn., evac anted when he vet million River Over flowed its Banks. Danger u expected Al least through this week. Vii red mortars blast 3 Viet Nam targets Saigon a Viet con mortar barrages blasted three target in the Quang trl area near the North Viet nun Frontier Early tuesday thirty vietnamese civilians and two soldiers were killed and three american sol Diers were wounded slightly. One of the mortar attacks shortly after Midnight hit the Headquarters area of the  assistance command Headquarters wounding the three americana and a Viet namese interpreter. The marines it Danang have received the heaviest artillery batteries Ever sent into Vietnam including eight Inch howitzers with nuclear  american artillery buildup was in anticipation of a major communist Viet Cong offensive. Eight sap b57 Canberra Jet bombers struck at Asp noted communist positions in the Are monday while the big guns were being unloaded by the leather necks at Danang s main docks. Mea Whita in Washington. Pres ident Johnson assigned Henry Cabot Lodge tuesday to take six nation swing through the for East Ai his personal representative to consult Friendly govern ., Viet. Tooth Ltd from Pant 11 Nomeese bombers dropped scions of bombs on the Bridge at Thanh yen about 7 Miles North of the South vietnamese Border. A a spokesman said . Attack planes supported the vietnamese bombers while an other is  Air Force planes provided flak suppression an photo reconnaissance. Returning pilots said 100yards of the Iso Yard Bridge were destroyed. The Bridge Ison Highway 1, the main route leading from China southward across North Viet Nam to South Viet Nam. Forty  Air Force plane were attacking Han Matt Island and Shore installations at Cuvalo farther North and about 130 Miles South of Hanoi. For u minutes lie plane subjected the two targets to a rocket and a polm attack wit what was called moderate Suc  no enemy planes were sighted and antiaircraft fire was reported Light to moderate. Ments on the vietnamese Situa Tion. Lodge is a former ambassador to South Viet Nam and former ambassador to the United nations. White House press Secretary George e. Reedy said Lodge will leave for the far East Lateran the week after seeing or. Johnson. He will go to Australia new zealand the Philippines Formosa Japan and Korea. Ice jams add peril to flood area from press dispatches St. Paul  jams on tributaries and on the Mississippi River North of the twin cities be Gan crumbling tuesday releasing impounded Waters on flooded Section of Southern Minnesota. The Minnesota flooding which has made More than 20,060 homeless and caused More than120 million damage was expected to become More widespread. At St. Paul where the missis Sippi has been channelled be tween dikes that reach 18 feet the River started to Rise sharply late monday when ice jams so to 60 Miles northward began breaking up. Water flooded St. Paul s Down town Airport and Union Railroad station tuesday. Nine Hundred persons were driven from their  thousand volunteers worked in shifts around the clock strengthening dikes to protect the City i Lowland  George Vavoulis said he was encouraged by indication that the River would fall some what Short of the predicted 27-foot Crest u feet above flood stage late this  Johnson has declared tornadoes9 victims hunted continual rant puffy ii stopped City water pumping sys tems and posed a water Short age threat thirteen Power line serving fort Wayne a Day of 144,000, were blown  Vitato by state look at the cleanup operation Indiana state police feared funeral held for Cardinal Chicago a leaders of religious and civil life packed holy name Cathedral tuesday for the final rites for Albert Cardinal Meyer. The old Limestone Church could hold Only 2,000. The seats were taken by 1.500 members of the clergy and 500 laymen and Community dignitaries. Mayor Richard j. Daley an gov. Otto Kerner represented the City  state. Anthony , Secretary of the department of health education and welfare represented presi Dent Johnson. Thrones were set up in the Chancel for six cardinals Francis Spellman of new York James Mclntyre of los Angeles Joseph hitter of St. Louis Law rence Shehan of Baltimore Paul Entile Leger of Mon Realand Giuseppe ferretto of Italy. Bishop Cletus f. O Donnell administrator of the Chicago roman Catholic archdiocese celebrated the pontifical requiem  Cardinal Cushing of Boston who also underwent sur Gery recently was unable to  Cardinal died in mercy Hospital Friday. More victims would be found inthe wreckage of a trailer Camp near Dunlap. Electric Power line were still Down Early tuesday from fort Wayne to Lima  in the fort Wayne area set up charcoal burners in their living rooms to keep warm nearly a score were hospitalized wit Carbon monoxide poisoning. Ohio gov. James a. Rhodes visibly shaken by his tour of the devastation monday surveyed the area again tuesday. Many areas were still without Telephone communication. State official said property damage would total at least Iso million. Michigan the stale agriculture department warned Resi dents of the stricken areas to avoid food supplied by damaged stores and restaurants. Four National guard companies were activated to prevent looting.  Romney flew Over the storm s path monday and said Federal Aid would be needed to recover. Illinois president Johnson declared three Northern counties disaster areas. Scores of Home were demolished at Crystal Lake Northwest of Chicago and dam age was estimated at $10 million there. The state treasurer announced he was immediately transferring u million in stat funds to Crystal Lake Banks to provide Loans for Tornado victims. Iowa damage in Cedar county was estimated m  re covery operations were Well under Way.  Power fully restofmw4p-. Jno it areas blacked o5sjkthtwiiers. Iowa recorded. . Wisconsin a command postwar established in the office of gov. Warren Knowles to sort out information from the Tornado Belt. Only three persons were killed but damage to property was estimated at More than 120 million. The stale is also threat ened with floods from swollen Rivers. Red Cross to answer disaster inquiries Stuttgart Germany sets overseas servicemen concerned about relatives living in flood and Tornado hit sections of the United states May inquire through their local red Cross Field director Dan Romaine of american red Cross european Headquarters sold Here  want to caution however that it May to a few Days be fore information is received Romaine added. The delay i because of the  affected and the broken  red Cross National Headquarters in Washington d.c., wired Stuttgart that an estimated so,-000 families arc involved in the twin weather m. A Nuiya mind up t 0. To Psi iwo ft-1/