European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Quot if i to a of a r f. A c .1 du1 or. Sits in front of his flooded s3 million Marina and restaurant on Lake Texoma in Texas. Flooding aftermath to disrupt thousands of lives for months in Pottsboro. Texas apr the $3 million High port manna on Lake Texoma has a restaurant and even an outdoor dance floor but these Days its More of a scuba diverse Haven. Nearly a month after severe flooding began the Marina and other Lakeshore properties Are still under As much As 10 to 12 feet of water. Record rain in the first Days of May. Following the wettest Spring since 1922, made the Man made Lake on the red River Rise to 28 feet above Normal flooding hundreds of properties. Water flowed Over the dam s spillway for Only the second time since it was built in i 944. Residents of Lake Texoma a 1,200 Miles of Shoreline in Texas and Oklahoma Are among thousands whose lives will be disrupted for months by flooding. On memorial Day boaters approaching the sprawling High port Marina can refuel at a floating Gas station and buy food under a tent pitched on a Hill overlooking the submerged Pompano and puffers restaurants a Many months from now the Lake businesses and residents along with More than 8 million visitors who come to Texoma every year will still be feeling the flooding s Impact a a said High port owner c a. Loe or. A the whole area will have an economic problem through next year including decreased sales lax Only the rooftops of Loews two restaurants and a bar can be seen at the Lake about six Miles North of Pottsboro. Texoma is slowly receding but at 6 inches a Day it will take two months just for water to Drain from his development. Flooding on the red and other Rivers also prompted disaster declarations for More than one third of Arkansas 75 counties and caused millions of dollars damage to Farmland and Homes. Farther downstream on the red More than 100,000 acres have been flooded in Louisiana. More than 1,000 oklahoman were affected by flooding and tornadoes said the red Cross. Not far South of Lake Texoma the same storms made the Trinity River flood in the Dallas area. Downstream in Southeastern Texas that River will continue to flood Low lying subdivisions until fall As Runoff is slowly released from swollen reservoirs said David Haun of the Texas division of emergency management in Austin. The upper Trinity River has a Normal flow of 7,000 cubic feet per second said Trinity River authority spokesman John Jadrosich in Arlington. But for the next few weeks it will course at nearly three times that rate. A a that a the Point at which the River begins to leave its Banks and cause Low level flooding so that will continue through the end of the summer a he said. Texas croplands Many acres of which remain underwater suffered hundreds of millions of dollars in damage said Heather Ball a Texas department of agriculture economist in Austin. Downstream at the Trinity River a Lake Livingston dam. The release of water through the spillway has exceeded 100,000 cubic feet per second five times Normal. Below Lake Livingston several Hundred Homes were flooded and Jim Mitchum Liberty county emergency management coordinator said the High water could affect As Many As 7,000 residents. Of 24 . Army corps of engineers reservoirs on the red Trinity and five other River basins 20 Are still storing excess water said corps spokesman Ron Ruffennach. It will take More than two months to Drain the excess from some of them he said. Although the corps says the system of dams and levees built since the 1940s spared Texas from suffering More than the $500 million Worth of losses already estimated critics said More and better flood control is needed. In Arkansas gov Bill Clinton appointed a task Force to examine the corps release of water from reservoirs along the red and Arkansas Rivers. And the Lake Texoma association is urging the government to build More dams upstream on the red and Washita Rivers. A it is obvious that Lake Texoma cannot hold All the water that the watershed can Supply a said Loe. A where Are the political and Why Are they not doing something about the problem if Texoma can to hold the water Why done to we have another Lake a Cheney hears spam concerns from scientists Washington apr defense Secretary Dick Cheney met saturday with the directors of three National weapons laboratories but made no decision on their request to ground a Short Range nuclear missile carried by air Force planes. The meeting focused on the Short Range attack missile a or spam a which is carried aboard b-52, by and fb-111 bombers that Are on Alert. The Laboratory directors fear that a plane will crash or catch on fire by Accident and that the flames will spread to the missiles destroying protective Walls and dispersing radioactive material into open air. The directors believe the missiles should be taken out of the air and stored. A they had a very Good discussion. Cheney was briefed firsthand by the lab directors but they reached no decision a said Tom Olson an Energy department spokesman. Defense department spokeswoman Jan Bodanyi said most of what was discussed at the session was classified. Also at the meeting were Energy Secretary James Watkins and Gen. Colin Powell chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. The three directors were Albert Narath president of Sandia National laboratories in Albuquerque . John Nuckolls director of the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and Sigfried heckler director of the los Alamos National Laboratory in new Mexico. Their safety concerns about the spam a emerged wednesday at a hearing held by the Senate armed services subcommittee on strategic forces. House speaker Thomas s. Foley d-wash., who has an air Force base with combat ready b-52s in his District telephoned Cheney following the testimony to urge a meeting with the directors. The three laboratories design and test nuclear weapons but they Are manufactured elsewhere. How Many of the missiles Are currently being flown aboard a a alerts strategic bombers has not been catch Drunken Drivers Hartford Conn. Apr Michael Creamer could produce a show called a a american a most inebriated videos a but the Veteran policeman is just glad to show the videotapes in court to convict Drunken Drivers. During nearly three decades As an officer Creamer has arrested scores of Drivers who walk a straight line or recite the alphabet Only to see them acquitted once they got to court looking sober and respectable. But thanks to one of the nations insurance giants he and other Law enforcement agents across the nation have been turning on video cameras to capture on tape the evidence of Drunken driving swerving cars slurred speech wobbly Steps. A with the video cameras you have a pretty Clear Case a said Creamer chief Deputy in the Franklin county sheriffs department in Columbus Ohio. The tape says it the Hartford based Aetna life amp casualty has donated More than 300 video cameras to 19 police departments in 10 states under a program it began last year with mothers against drunk driving. So far results have been impressive. A pc at ers department has a perfect conviction rate All 27 Drivers whose videotaped arrests have made it to court have pleaded guilty. In Tampa fla., where police have used cameras for almost a year 36 out of 37 cases that went to court have resulted in a conviction a most through guilty pleas entered after defendants and defense attorneys watched the tapes. Aetna concedes that its move is just Good business As Well As being philanthropic. The company estimates it paid $250 million in claims trom Drunken driving accidents last year. The $300,000 hat who a a a sma11 Price to pay to combat what has become a National epidemic Aetna says. I in inc i Eil a or so for the american civil cram ifnt\i�on\s2 -s1 e 9 u 1s monitoring the pro i u decided whether to Challenge it. Although actual testimony Isnit being Given video Seff scrims nhe pre nce of an attorney raises the sell inc nomination question and that a a Basic Nart of ta�53�?? Law Quot Tel Quot one Stout no Agama ump a Quot a verbal or 0,
