European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 3, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 24 the stars and stripes Friday october 3,198fto floods Force evacuations in Midwest Ivy United pros International floodwaters fed by heavy rain deluged the Midwest wednesday forcing thousands of residents to abandon heir Homes in two Stales threatening to burst a wis Consin dam and sending water gushing through win Dows in Tahlequah okla. St related stories pages 2, 13. In Westfield in Central Wisconsin officials ordered.300 residents Back out of their Homes briefly for a second Day when a crack in a 2p-foot-High dam on Lawrence Lake widened threatening 10 unleash a 10 Footwall of water. Officials from the department of natural resource Shad warned thai he dam holding Back the 200-acre Lake could collapse. Residents were allowed to return Home wednesday when water Levels dropped but were told to leave again when the dam deteriorated further. Marq Cilc county sheriff Kelly Campion again called off the evacuation Al 4 . Wednesday two hours after he ordered in but told residents to stand boat their Homes in the event the situation changed. Thunderstorms Sercl Chad from the Ohio Valley into he Southern Plains pouring rain on areas already saturated by showers. Flooding also was reported in a Kansas Indiana Michigan Missouri Montana and Ohio the National weather service said. Four deaths in Illinois one in Oklahoma and one i Montana were blamed on the flooding. Illinois was among the worst Hil slates with up to s40 million i Hood damage reported including 600 houses washed out. In Oklahoma flood Walers swollen by 15 inches of rain Over two Days swept one Motorist to his death forced he Eva Calion of 7,500 residents sent water gushing through windows in downtown Tahlequah an covered Muskogee streets with 10 feet of water in places. We re going to have inc highest water we be had i history said James Waters a civil defense worker in Tahlequah. Where the Illinois River was expected to Crest at 24 to 25 feel about 13 feet above flood stage this is As bad As we be Ever had since 1941," . Thomas the Muskogee county civil defense director. Muskogee county s flooding from one end to the  children on a school bus near Checotah okla., had to scramble onto their seals to escape floodwaters that stalled he bus. There is about 2 feet of Waitr in the bus but Wedon t think the kids Are in any danger Highway patrol m Jerry Blackford said. Nearly All secondary roads in l the Justice Ducaj Nicot  teas air Bojaj flans to become the nation Areese Ait Way announcing that it will not blocks to Rupany s propose Purchase of people ii fun airlines for $122 million _0the propose Jimale still re of transp Jaklon approval.  the transportation Imen approved Texas air s proposed $676  of Eastern airlines. The Jusli part men previously agreed to that Deal quake rattles West coast i ego Ufi a second earthquake in two Otry Nick wednesday off the California  same area juju Arstrong or one hit two to the latest  no dam age or injuries  the Ritcher scale and occumpm1 12 , Geo logical Surve Normal Ion Center colo., Lor was entered in the Pacific 1i Northwest of san Diego. Loris to and i lad on � bicycle take their chances on the flooded streets of Kingfisher civil defense workers and Oklahoma National guard members began rescuing stranded motorists and residents at Daylight. Charles Theodore Rogers,68, of Westville was reportedly swept away As he tried to escape his stalled ear on a county Road in Bixby okla., officials said 7,500 residents were evacuated about noon wednesday where rising flood water from Arkansas River tributaries reached As High As 2 feet in some areas. Evacuees were taken to red Cross shelters. In Northern Illinois floodwaters engulfed More of Chicago s suburbs where at least 2,500 families already have fled their Homes since flooding began sunday. But officials said they expected conditions to stabilize. Residents in Kane county were warned that the Fox River could flood their neighbourhoods. Officials said i could be a week before the water subside in Lake county. The weather service predicted rain through saturday in flood weary Cook Lake and Mchenry counties. Gov. James r. Thompson wednesday declared six waterlogged Cook county townships state disaster areas As Federal officials toured Lake and Mchenry counties and parts of Cook county that were declare disaster areas earlier. The officials Wilt recommend whether president Reagan should Issue a Federal disaster declaration making residents eligible for Low inter est Loam. An official with the Illinois division of water re sources Bureau said the Des Plaines River created tuesday night at Gurnet and and dropped i fool. In northeastern Missouri flooding closed a 23-mile stretch of interstate 70 in Saline county. Between 7sand 100 secondary roads in the stale have been dosed by flooding. Gov. John Ashcroft said he would ask Secretary of agriculture Richard Lyng to declare two counties in Northeast Missouri disaster areas due to Rains and flooding since sept 19. Ashcroft estimated the damage at 12 million. Up to 9 inches of rain in three Days doted several roads in Northwest Arkansas. One death was reported in Montana flooding described As inc worst in More than 30 years. Dockworkers strike Eastern ports new York a about 30,000 dockworkers struck 11 ports from Maine to Virginia on wednesday. The walkout began after the expiration of a three year contract. At Issue is a demand by some ports for a two tier wage system."1 Hope it will be Over tomorrow said Thomas w. Gleason president of the International longshoremen s association. I Don t like to see a  Gleason was to meet thursday in Arlington va.,with the Council of North Atlantic shipping associations representing Hampton roads va., Baltimore Philadelphia and Providence . Gandhi from Page 1 two sikh Security guards on oct. 31, 1984. Gandhi won a five year learn As prime minister in landslide parliamentary election Victory in december and was sworn in dec. 31,19b4. Since taking office Gandhi has had to Deal with violent sikh movement in Punjab slate. The sikhs there Are attempting to break away from predominantly hindu India and form a separate stale. A peace Accord Gandhi signed last july with Moder ate sikh leaders Bai not held As violent separatists have killed hindus in Punjab and hindus have in turn killed sikhs. Tax fro i disability and i an exempt veterans _.,combat benefits profession storage group term life insurance a a i survivor Aad retirement Protection plans. Abo mustering out payme Ati Ujj