European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 16, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday May 16, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5rising Waters Force More evacuations red Trinity Rivers ravage Texas Louisiana by the associated press the steadily rising red River forced More Louisiana families to evacuate monday and May have contributed to a murder suicide by a Farmer. Evacuations also continued along Texas Trinity River where 7,000 were urged to head for High ground. The red River had started to recede in parts of Arkansas As 100 National guardsmen reinforced by two helicopters hauling sandbags Laboured to prevent the collapse of a levee guarding the town of Garland. Thirteen deaths have been blamed on flooding 12 in Texas and one in Oklahoma since april 15. Damage to Texas agriculture alone during the past two weeks from the heavy rainfall in Oklahoma and Northern Texas in the watersheds of the Trinity and red Rivers has been estimated at $500 million-$700 million. The red River is expected to flood 600 Square Miles of Louisiana 200 in cropland said maj. Jack Scherer of the army corps of engineers. A Tornado brought More misery monday night injuring three people and destroying several Homes near the West Texas City of Abilene. Several buildings in the communities of Radium and Tuxedo were destroyed the Jones county sheriffs department reported. The flooding May have led a Farmer in Northwestern Louisiana to kill his wife and himself a neighbor said. Desoto Parish Farmer James Mcmullen 58, shot his 58-year-old wife Billie and then himself sunday said sheriffs capt. Marvin Melton. The threat of losing All of his crops May have been too much for Mcmullen said neighbor and close Friend Tommy Dugan. Mcmullens 300 to 400 acres of wheat and 800 to 900 acres in Cotton were threatened by the flooding some 250 families have or May have to flee their Shreveport and Bossier City Homes. The red River was expected to hit its highest level in 45 years. In Texas operators of the Lake Livingston dam on the Trinity River increased releases of water to allow for the approaching flood Crest augmented by earlier heavy Rains upstream at Crockett. Flood Gates were opened wider monday releasing water at a rate of about 71,500 cubic feet per second. The dams record of 75,000 cubic feet per second in 1973, was Likely to be bettered by tuesday officials said. Anything Over the Normal flow of 20,000 causes flooding. The River a Crest which started in the Dallas area is expected to reach Lake Livingston in a week. Dam personnel May then have to release up to 100,000 cubic feet per second he said. Below the dam an estimated 7.000 people were urged to evacuate. A a what s scary is what we know is coming a a said Alanna Shaver whose family left their Hardin Home and moved into a trailer next to a red Cross shelter which already has 50 people. Texas agriculture commissioner Jim Hightower said flooded regions Combine to produce 33 percent of the slates wheat crop. 66 percent of its Oats and 49 percent of its Hay. Hightower said damage also includes a Houston county 50,000 acres including 20,000 in cropland under water. A the majority of the $1.3 million wheat crop in Henderson and Anderson counties destroyed. A the Texas prison system largest single farm operator in the mid Trinity River Basin anticipates losing $500,000 from flooding of Corn Cotton Grain sorghum and other crops. Ribbon cutting ceremony stunt Pilot Jeff David flys upside Down to Cut a ribbon stunt was performed sunday during an air show at sky stretched across the runway 20 feet off the ground. The fest a a at the Spartanburg s.c., downtown Airport. Minister sentenced to prison for thefts from salvation army new York apr a minister who stoic More than $271,000 from the salvation army while employed in the organization s property division was sentenced monday to two to six years in prison. James Scott Thompson 25, who pleaded guilty april 2 to one count of second degree grand larceny begged slate supreme court Justice Thomas Galligan to give him probation so he could repay the stolen Money. A i do not consider myself a thief Quot said Thompson who had no arrest record before the larceny charge. A that Money was used for the  Thompson worked in the salvation army a new York office As a Liaison Between the organization and contractors. He was responsible for submitting contractors invoices for payment. The prosecution charged that from december 1988 to March 1989 Thompson submitted four invoices for a sound system allegedly installed at the army s sul Fern n.y., Headquarters. Four checks Worth $267,000 were issued to pay for it. Thompson who was pastor of the Healing Center Church in Yonkers claimed that most of the Money was used to fund after school programs for children a Community food pantry a monthly Rural Retreat for children and counselling for families. Quot i did not take the Money and run to South America Quot he said. Sands in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. May 16, 1950 a foreign ministers of the 12 North Atlantic pact countries meeting in London As the North Atlantic Council agreed that Quot total diplomacy Quot against the soviet Union coupled with a very determined Quot economic and defense efforts was needed to preserve world peace. I preserve Oriu  recalling nude graced shares 30 years ago today. I Chicago apr Ever since Playboy enterprises inc. Went Public in 1971, its Stock certificates have been graced with the nude image of the february 1971 playmate of the month Willy Rey. T but Playboy said monday it would replace the nude figure with a clothed one in conjunction with a recapitalization plan unveiled last week. The unusual design gave the Stock a certain measure 6f Novelty Appeal. Spokeswoman Terri Tomcisin said Playboy has about 14,000 single share stockholders a about six times As Many As most other companies its size. Many of them bought one share just to gel the racy Stock certificate she said. I at the time of its first Public Stock offering Playboy thought that was a Good idea. No More Tomcisin said. The problem she said is that it costs Playboy about $100,000 a year to service the accounts of those shareholders. The company Hopes to Cut that expense. In the recapitalization stockholders with just one share of Playboy will get just a Check a $ 12.62 v2 at mondays closing Price a and a facsimile of the old Stock certificate. Larger shareholders will take part in what a called a reverse Stock split. For each two shares of Stock they own  get one share of a new class of voting Stock plus three shares of another new class of nonvoting Stock. Tomcisin said the design of the new Stock certificates will include someone a image. She did no to know whose but she was sure the person would be clothed to discourage Novelty purchases. All she knows she said is that the new design a will somehow reflect the fact that the company is a global  May 16, 1960 a a nearly 5-ton satellite carrying a Dummy spaceship inside circled 200 Miles above the Earth in a soviet Experiment aimed at putting a Man into orbit. 20 years ago today. May 16, 1970 a Deputy defense Secretary David Packard announced that benefits for service members in pay Grade e-4 would be upgraded. Some of the new benefits included travel of family members at government expense transportation of household goods and dislocation allowances. Such benefits previously had been reserved for those in pay Grade l-5 and above. 10 years ago today. May 16, 1980 a the West German National olympic committee voted to Boycott the Moscow summer olympic games