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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday june 2. 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 8 killed 10 missing in Pittsburgh Flash floods. A rescuers searching Muddy liver Banks fur victims of Flash floods triggered by fierce thunderstorms found Throe bodies saturday bringing la right the number kilted by the raging water. Al least in others were missing. Gov. Dick Thurnburg declared 10 communities in Western Pennsylvania disaster areas from the a riday eve Ning storms. Trie National guard was ordered in a help in the cleanup said John c Omey spokesman for the Pennsyl Vania hmm Gracy Mann cent Agency. The deaths and most of the damage were in Pittsburgh"1, suburban North kills communities where Pine Creek and Little pint Creek tributaries of the Allegheny River Sud Denly overflowed their Banks. One preliminary estimate put the damage from the Flash flooding along Pine Creek and Little Pine Creek at �20 million. Firefighters police and maintenance workers helped in the Rescue and cleanup using Low trucks hand tools and water hoses 10 pull ears and other wreckage from Yards bordering the iwo tributaries of the Allegheny River. Pools of water that formed behind piles of debris along the creeks could be concealing More bodies said Joseph Moses director of the Allegheny county maintenance department  have been trying in Drain inc pools. About 10 people presumed to be in the of tax area were unaccounted fur. Ani we re presuming the  Moses said on i woman s body gut past us. We know thai. The water was Loo High and Loo fast said county police in Spector Leonard Jackson. All you have to do is Lake a look at some the the Creek Beds and some of the debris scattered around to kno what a tedious Job in s going to be finding the  about two Dojcin people were treated at hospitals for minor injuries and released we can t even begin to estimate inc damage said Etna police chief Ronald c. Harv there s seven to eight streets that we Haven t gotten Only la Lake a look. In s a disaster no question about  Climey said it would take stale and Allig Iriny county officials several Days 10 assess the Damag in he 10 or More communities. Including roads Bridges and utilities. I d say we re looking at maybe si7 million maybe $20 million in dam age said a turfs. I. Nov. William Scranton and  Dir Ceinor John Patton toured the flood area saturday the storms interrupted Telephone electric and Gas serv ice in inc area and in other scattered regions  Erti Pennsylvania. In urn areas firefighters shut of Gas lines for fear of in Losins. The National weather service estimated up to 4 inches of ram from slow moving thunderstorm. May have fallen in Lutna. I7oi Chapel. Millak and Shalor Imbiana Hamp ton and o llar.1 townships in one hour at the height of inc Rush hour. The Allegheny county Coroner s office identified six of the dead As the Rev. John Price. 50. Of is. Joseph s roman Catholic Church in o Hara township Marilyn Taylor. 47, of Pittsburgh Timothy Kumon ind 28. Of Mill vile his brother Keith Kama grind 2-t. Of Butler Joseph Schus Ter 61. Of Tarentum and George Macbride whose Aue and residence were not known. Survivor of bus crash says Driver was going too fast Walker Calif. A a dozen seriously injured survivors of a our bus that plunged Inlo a Swift flowing River and killed 18 battled for life saturday As authorities tried to determine the caused of the Acci Deal. One survivor said the Driver was speeding at the Lime and had been having difficulty controlling the bus swerving onto the shoulder of the Road about 10 minutes be fore he crash. The Driver inst Klimuck had three previous speeding violations including one for driving a Lour bus too fast. He had once lost his License for failing to appear in court on one of the violations the California Highway patrol said the bus returning 40 passengers to Santa Monica from a Nevada gambling junket went out of control and overturned several times before coming to rest in the River the Pairol said. It left skid Marks 300 to 400 feet Long on the winding Mountain Highway. Some of the victims bodies were swept As far As 15 Miles downstream by the racing River. One person was unaccounted for sat urday afternoon but there was no search under Way and authorities said they cute no sure if Hal person was on the bus. Of the 22 injured taken to sin hospitals in Nevada and California 12 were listed in serious condition and three of those were on the critical list. Mono county sheriffs department investigator Lohn Daniels blamed the Acci Dent on excessive Speed. Cup officer Cory Pianko said the Acci Dent occurred in a Section of a curves and Blind Corners where Speed must be reduced to about 35 Mph. Judy Sobel of Van Guys. Calif., was re Raj urn Man wails for help beside body of fellow pairing a tire on her motorcycle when the bus passed at a Speed she estimated at 55 Mph to 60 Mph. Seconds later she heard the crash the bus owned by starline sightseeing Tours of Santa be Springs bounced off a Fence along . 395 about 90 Miles South East of Reno and plunged Down a 15-foot embankment before coming to rest upright fast inc bus was going but added. It As Uver inc Speed  dryer who was in satisfactory condition said Klimuck appeared to narrowly escape problems Jusi Iglo 15 minutes before the crash. He ran Onlo the soft shoulder and came near to running off the Ruad dryer said. Sometimes you have to use judgment to keep it in control. But i think he was going Loo fast to handle the curves another survivor Clifford thrasher said he did nol rear 1 thinking the bus was going Loo fast i Don l think he was reckless or Speed ing said thrasher. 72. Who was in satisfactory condition lie was a very Excel Lent Driver driving up and Back. Me did t strike me As the Type of Driver who would Lake unnecessary  Klimecki. Hospitalized in satisfactory condition it Washoe. Declined to talk to report ers. Michael l. Nous Tut director of tour operations for Starling said he could not comment an the cup a port about the bus Driver until the company has completed its own investigation. Most of inc passengers were from the Santa Monica Christian towers retirement Home. They left on the trip May 27. Their Ages ranged from the 50s to the 70s. Ann Kinney a . Forest sen ice m a Luycx at the Bridgeport Ranger Slation was first to arrive Al the scene. The Driver was standing up trying to get the door open and he could to she said. I grabbed the emergency lever and opened it. One elderly woman was Lou could and too old to hold on any longer and started float ing out the window Kinney said. Jim Ladd of the cup and i grabbed her by the hair and pulled her Buck  34 Hurt in top floor fire at Michigan state dorm East Lansing Mich. A fire swept through the lop floor of a Michigan slate University dormitory before Dawn sat urday injuring 34 students one seriously. The 5-27 . Blaze which was Pul out after about 20 minutes forced the evacuation of 600 Eudenis. From six Story Holmes Hall Aid Cherryl Jensen a University spokeswoman i turned Over and just saw names and started running around he no said fresh Man Sal Giamma Rusli. Ii was like i was in a dream. 1 did t know if i Ai going to get burned or die from jumping out the window. About 20 of the approximately 100 Stu Dent living on Lite floor climbed out win Dows and Down fire department ladders Jensen said others fled Down stairways. Most of the injured were taken to Hospi tals treated for smoke inhalation and re leased she said. Christopher Sicgel in of Livonia who suffered smoke inhalation was in serious condition at Ingham medical Center Jen sen said. Four others who were hospitalized were in fair condition at Sparrow Hospital. Cause of the fire which did an estimated j30.000 damage is unknown. Boston writer Dies Woburn mass. A Rose Walsh the Grande Fame of new England social writers who covered Boston society for 50 years has died Al the age of 8 s. Walsh who retired three years ago after a half Century of society writing for several Boston news papers died Friday Al a Winchester Nurs ing Home. With its rear ripped apart in a few feet of water. Passenger Cecil dryer said Klimuck was driving Loo fast when the bus went off the Highway Friday. I would be hard to keep control the Way he was going dryer 77, told a news conference at Washoe medical Center in Reno. He said he could not estimate How Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today june 2, 1946 the . Senate passed a sharply modified version of president Truman s emergency labor legislation after rejecting a series of attempts to undermine the measure completely 30 years ago today. June 2, 1956 in Moscow Vyachesav Molotov resigned As Sovil foreign minister and Dmitri Shipilov editor of pravda succeeded him 20 years ago foday. June 2, 1966 South Vietnam s military government in Saigon and its Buddhist opponents agreed on a temporary formula for a political Compromise. But Flud Dhiel splinter groups continued rioting. There were threats of More people burning themselves la death in protests. 10 years ago today. June 2, 1976 an officer Cadet panel has accused 46 More Cade is of violating West Point s Honor code. It could be the worst cheating scandal in the . Military Aca derm s history a spokesman said. Ninety Highl cadets arc charged with cheating  
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