European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday february 22, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 rain soaks Kentucky Tennessee adore flooding feared disaster Aid requested by the associated press flood weary Kentucky got another soaking monday As heavy rain brought new fears of Flash flooding and Many Western Tennessee Rivers remained above flood stage and kept people from their Homes. The National weather service predicted up to 3 inches of rain would fall on Kentucky through wednesday morn ing and issued flood watches for the entire stale saying new rain could not be absorbed by saturated ground soaked blast week s heavy rain that pushed Rivers out of their Banks. But Rivers in Western Kentucky posed the greatest problems because of Backwater flooding from the swollen Ohio River officials said. The Kentucky and Licking Rivers could take that precipitation and not get Back to flood stage but the Salt and Green Rivers Are still up in some places and Are Back up from the lower Ohio River said Mike Murphy of the weather service office in Louisville. At Owensboro in Northwestern Ken Tucky a loaded school bus slipped off the Road into a flooded ditch but All the Chil Dren aboard it were removed safely by Rescue workers in boats. In Western Tennessee about 130 people were still unable to return to their Homes in Obion county where nearly 400 people fled last week said Cecil Whaley an operations officer for the Tennessee emergency management Agency. He said the Obion River was beginning to recede but another Inch or so of rain could Send water Back into evacuated houses and could cause flooding in some Rescue workers use a boat to remove children from a school bus that Slid into a flooded ditch in Owensboro by. Previously untouched places As Well. Heavy rain was scattered Over parts of Western Tennessee during the afternoon. Tennessee gov. Ned Mcwherter monday made Obion county the ninth county for which he has requested Feder Al disaster assistance to allow Low inter est Loans a spokesman said. In other flooded areas along the cum Berland River in Central Tennessee peo ple who evacuated their Homes last week probably would not be seriously affected by additional rain the spokesman said. In those places an Inch or two might not be too bad in their situations he said. It takes about 30 to 40 hours after the rain hits for them to feel the effects on the Cumberland. If it Only lasts 24 hours it May not be too bad of an effector  the Ohio River apparently crested during the night at Louisville 3 to 4 feet above flood level Murphy said. The Western Kentucky Parkway was reopened Early monday a spokesman for the state division of disaster and Emer gency services said. The Parkway the major Highway Between Elizabethtown and Eddyville had been closed Between Elizabethtown and Leitchfield. Juk museum opens of Texas Book depository Dallas a prayers and tears marked the opening monday of a museum on the sixth floor of the old Texas school Book depository from which Lee Harvey Oswald is believed to have fired the shots that killed president John f. Kennedy. Some came to forget that november Day a Quarter Century ago when Kennedy was assassinated. Others came to recall the legacy and Hope of his administration. Our purpose is not to preserve the memory of that death it is not in our Power to preserve what already lives so powerfully any More than we could erase or escape this history Dallas county judge Lee f. Jackson said at the opening ceremony of the sixth floor museum. The lessons of history found Here will be passed like a Torch to All  the Rev. G. James Christopher of the St. Mark african methodist episcopal Zion Church said about 26 years ago America was wounded. But today we stand Here whole  several Hundred invited guests attended the opening ceremony on monday president s Day then viewed the collection examining Kennedy s life and death. The exhibit in what is now the Dallas count administration building contains 350 photographs 30 artefacts a 30-minute audio tour and six film running a total of 40 minutes. It was organized by the Dallas county historical foundation. Packed with people the room was nevertheless quiet save for some Small talk and a couple of Chil Dren asking questions. Jeremy Livingston 4, looked up at his father Jerome a computer Programmer from new York. Why would anyone want to kill a president the boy asked. For Many the tears fell Only when they came to the window where investigators said Oswald ate his lunch on nov. 22, 1963, and waited for the presiden tial motorcade As it moved through streets lined with cheering crowds. I guess that s when it hit me said Danny Veno,33, of Dallas. I got a big Lump in my Throat when i saw this window. I be waited a Long time to see  Long Long  that Corner window is walled off by Glass. Stacks of books and boxes Are arranged just As they were More than 25 years ago. Visitors gathered at win Dows a few feet away and stared Down at Elm Street sharing the View of the sniper. It took me Back that View it really did said Pat Radmacher 38, of Grandbury. Clifford Carr 47, of Spring Lake n.j., said he planned a business trip to Dallas to coincide with the exhibit s opening and his son s Spring break. He and his14-year-old son Jason walked along Dealy Plaza and the Grassy Knoll which figures in Many assassination conspiracy theories after visiting the sixth floor. It kind of feels like 1963 All Over again Carr said. Bonk loses $ i million Man Over 50-Cenf parking Tab Spokane Wash. A a Man upset when his Bank would t validate his 50-cent parking ticket took his business at least $ 1 million Worth to the competitor officials at both Banks said. The manager of the main Szafir stank instructed tellers to be kind to their new customer John Barrier in an item in the Bank s newsletter appearing this week. Barrier withdrew $ 1 million from Spokane s old National Bank now the , last october when a Teller and the manager refused to validate his parking Tab after he cashed a Check. Barrier 59, deposited those funds at sea first. The first Check he brought me was for a million dollars said Dennis Veter vice president of sea first s main Spokane ranch. David Samson sea first s vice presi Dent for corporate affairs in Seattle said the Story illustrated the importance of every customer. The Eastern Washington area manage for . Bank Phyllis Campbell con firmed Barrier s Story and said it has prompted the Bank to review the Way it does business. Every customer should be treated Asa guest she said. Barrier said a Teller and a Bank manager told him cashing a Check was t transaction that qualified a customer for free parking. Sandside Tirrie in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. 22, 1949 embassy officials in banking China confirmed that they had been unable to communicate with the . Consular staff in Mukden since the communists captured the City on oct. 30. 30 years ago today feb. 22, 1959 president Eisenhower and Mexico s president Adolfo Lopezmatos ended a two Day meeting in Acapulco by agreeing to go ahead with construction of a $100 million dam on the Rio Grande. 20 years ago today feb. 22, 1969 pakistani president Mohammad Ayub Khan who had ruled the country for 10 years announced that he would not run for office in the next presiden tial election scheduled for january 1970. 10 years ago today feb. 22, 1979 Baltimore police said the City was slowly returning to Normal after a crippling storm that brought More than 20 inches of Snow