European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 9, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5swollen River rips Central arkansas300 Homes evacuated 13 killed in 3-state flooding by the associated press More than 300 Homes were evacuated by monday because of a slowly rising River in Central Arkansas and a Texas River on a record rampage claimed scores of Homes As it bulged out to two Miles wide. A Reservoir on the Texas Oklahoma line hit a record of More than 27 feet above Normal after flooding More than 80 Homes and began falling monday a but Only at a rate of about 6 inches a Day. Thirteen deaths have been blamed on the weather during the past two weeks one in Oklahoma and the rest in Texas. Texans living in Rural areas South of Dallas were fleeing flooded Homes As the Trinity River a swollen from the worst Northern Texas flooding in More than 80 years a rolled slowly southward through Homes Fields and pastures toward the Gulf of Mexico. Near Palestine about 90 Miles Southeast of Dallas red Cross officials said about 50 Homes had been destroyed or sustained major damage sunday in the Lakeside Community of Long Lake. A we can to Tell exactly How Many residences Are affected yet because we can to count underwater a said Bill Walters manager of a red Cross shelter set up in a Campground about 100 feet from the River. He said the victims a saved practically nothing. The water came up too  Walters said that although the Trinity had widened to about two Miles at Long Lake Many residents were reluctant to leave. A these people Are pretty stubborn As All texans Are. They think they can stick it out but they really can to do it a he said. In spite of the amount of water at Long Lake Troy Freeman Anderson county sheriffs dispatcher said head been told the River  Crest there until Friday. And 90 Miles Back up River water still had not fully drained out of a Dallas neighbourhood. Monday was the fifth Day residents of the Rochester Park neighbourhood were out of their Homes. More than 400 people were evacuated late last week before the water Rose above a Steven c. Moses watches water run out of his truck which he retrieved from 15 feet of water in the Rochester Park area of Dallas on monday. Rooftops. In Trinidad 60 Miles Southeast of Dallas at least 150 people had been evacuated and main roads were closed. In Central Arkansas Relief workers stayed Busy around the clock shoring up levees sandbagging and helping residents Rescue valued items from Homes Likely to be inundated by the Arkansas River. Arkansas gov. Bill Clinton added two More counties to last weeks disaster declaration monday bringing the total to 29 counties. An estimated 325 houses were evacuated in six counties said state office of emergency services spokesman Gary Talley. The River was expected to Crest 5 feet above flood stage tuesday at Little Rock. Down Treani in the area of Pine Bluff water was up to 3 v2 feet deep in Homes in some Low lying areas officials said. Officials said the flooding along the Arkansas River was the worst since a 1927 rampage that prompted construction of Many levees along the River. Lake Texoma a on the Texas Oklahoma line a crested during the night to nearly 5 feet above the overflow spillways. It was Only the second time since the dam was built that water flowed out the spillways. Mike Mccoy of the army corps of engineers said he expects it will take 45 to 60 Days for the Lake to return to a a a decent level As the corps plans to try to lower it by 6 to 9 inches a Day. A preliminary Survey sunday found 83 Homes at least partially submerged in Oklahoma a Marshall county. The county is partly Cut off from the outside by the swollen Lake which has flooded some highways. Highway flooding made life strange for Judy Peterson who works in Madill okla. Instead of simply driving the 18 Miles from her Home on Sand Point to the office she and her husband now must first take a boat a half mile and then drive a circuitous 56-mile route around the Northern Edge of Lake Texoma and Back to Madill. They a been doing that for a week As of monday. A a it a really getting old a she  lied Iran Contra prosecutors say again Washington apr a prosecution remark during the trial of John m. Poindexter that former president Reagan lied about trading arms for . Hostages was fully supported by the facts the prosecutors said monday. Dan k. Webb a remark in closing arguments of the Iran Contra trial was defended in court papers filed in response to defense motions to set aside Poindexter a five felony convictions. In papers filed with the court lawyers for the former National Security adviser argued that Webb a remark to jurors was an improper expression of personal opinion. But Independent counsel Lawrence e. Walsh replied that a the prosecutors remarks were fully supported by the evidence and were relevant to the charges in this  a the evidence introduced at trial clearly established that a november 1985 shipment of Hawk missiles to Iran a was intended As part of an Exchange of arms for hostages a Walsh said. A the evidence further establishes that on nov. 13 1986, president Reagan addressed the nation and denied to the american Public the allegation that his administration had been involved in an arms for hostages Deal a the prosecution filing said. During his summation Webb told jurors he would not criticize Reagan a decision to Trade arms for hostages. A you make judgments As president and you carry them out and maybe you re right and maybe you re wrong a Webb said. A but you done to lie to the american  Poindexter a lawyers had argued that Webb a remark a was clearly designed to inflame the jury to make them feel As if they themselves were victims of the alleged crime in this  but Walsh replied that Webb a comment a was properly made on the basis of this evidence and was in no Way framed As defendant now claims As an expression of the prosecutors personal  Poindexter who was Reagan a National Security adviser from late 1985 to november 1986, was convicted april 7 of five counts of conspiracy making false statements to Congress and obstructing congressional inquiries into the Iran Contra affair. Poindexter who was found guilty of trying to cover up a secret operation to Arm the nicaraguan rebels and the . Role in the 1985 Hawk missile shipment is to be sentenced june ii. He faces up to 25 years in prison and a Fine of As much As $ 1.25  Oft Irne it Ain the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 9, 1950 a Secretary of state Dean Acheson said . Economic and military help would be sent immediately to French Indochina to assist the French in fighting the communist led victminh.30 years ago today. May 9, 1960 a the inspector general of the Central intelligence Agency refused any comment on the shooting Down of a . High Altitude plane Over the soviet Union and the capture of its pilot.20 years ago today. May 9, 1970 a vice president Spiro Agnew said that National guard troops a a overreacted and May in a sense have been guilty of murder in the fatal Kent state University shootings.10 years ago today. May 9, 1980 a tens of thousands of yugoslavian mourners lined the streets of Belgrade As an Honor guard carried the simple wooden casket bearing Josip Broz Tito. Prosecutors say Case on Barry Strong by the Baltimore Sun Washington a Federal prosecutors claimed monday they have a Strong Case including chemical evidence to show that Washington mayor Marion s. Barryjr. Used cocaine repeatedly in the six weeks before he was arrested last january. Moreover they said the evidence was confined to a six week period because testing to reveal the chemical makeup of a Sample of hair was done on a Sample that represented Only six weeks of growth. The hair Sample was taken from Barry the night he was arrested during an under cover operation. In addition prosecutors said that witnesses will testify at the mayors forthcoming trial that they saw him a repeatedly use cocaine for five years beginning in 1984. Barry is facing five charges of using illegal drugs and three charges of lying to a Federal grand jury about drug use by himself and others. His trial is due to begin june 4. When the mayor was arrested Jan. 18 after being lured to a downtown hotel by a female Friend Federal agents and local police took a hair Sample for testing. Federal prosecutors in a new court filing monday disclosed what the chemical tests of that Sample indicated. Before the undercover operation the Fri had obtained a court order allowing them to take a hair Sample if Barry were arrested. An Fri expert said that cocaine takes one to four Days to show up in the chemical composition of hair. Tests at the of big a Headquarters Laboratory can determine signs of cocaine residue from the hairs chemical makeup according to Bureau experts. With Barry the Sample represented about 1v2 months of growth. The analysis prosecutors said monday showed no sign that cocaine residue was absent at any Point throughout that time Span. The revelation came in response to a move by barrys lawyers to exclude the hair Sample evidence from the trial. His attorneys argued that any evidence from testing the hair would not be valid proof of any crime and would Only serve to create prejudice in jurors minds. Prosecutors however asked . District judge Thomas p. Jackson to allow the hair Sample evidence. They said that an Fri expert will testify on the stand that Laboratory analysis of the Sample indicated that Barry a had used cocaine repeatedly Over the six week period immediately prior to his  testimony according to prosecutors will be a extremely persuasive evidence that the mayor a was not induced to smoke crack against his will when he met his female Friend at the hotel. Prosecutors have said that a secretly made videotape will show the mayor smoking crack cocaine from a Small pipe. Discussing the other drug use evidence they plan to offer prosecutors said that the mayors female Friend Rasheeda Moore will testify that a on dozens of occasions from 1986 through 1988, she and Barry used cocaine crack and marijuana. Prosecutors also said that numerous other witness will testify that from 1984 through 1989, they saw the mayor a repeatedly use cocaine and either using or providing drugs with a dozen individuals at private Homes hotels and businesses in Washington in other states and in the Virgin islands and the Bahamas