European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse A re monday november 12, 1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5 Pacific storm swells Washington Rivers by the associated press. By the associated press the a pineapple express swelled Rivers in Northwest Washington state to near record flood Levels saturday causing hundreds of evacuations and a Tornado skipped across Hatteras Island off North Carolina knocking out Power. The Gulf coast also was walloped As wind whipped seas caused offshore accidents from Texas to Alabama. Despite the pounding from disparate weather systems across the nation just one death was reported. An unidentified crewman died after he fell off a ship in the Gulf of Mexico on Friday. In Washington state the downpour began to subside. But hundreds of people were evacuated unable to reach their Homes or were isolated by floodwaters in Rural areas from the Snoqualmie Valley East of Seattle to southwestern British Columbia More than 100 Miles to the North. A helicopter was called in to Pluck one elderly woman from her trailer Home said Mike Razey an emergency services spokesman. National guard troops used amphibious vehicles to evacuate people from Sumas on the Canadian Border said Bill Ruehm a spokesman for the whatcom county department of emergency services. A a there a about 200 people in Sumas who feel they re not Safe there and who want to get out a he said. Numerous highways were closed by High water slides and washouts. County officials estimated the number of people evacuated unable to reach their Homes or isolated by flooding at 300 to 500 in whatcom county 150 in ska git county 50 to 70 in Snohomish county and 10 in King county no injuries or major damage was reported. A it looks like we could get through with minimal damage depending on the next weather system we get a said Dave Brookings assistant flood control Engineer in ska git county. If dikes along the ska git River become soggy and unstable a the whole lower base is going to be vulnerable a Brookings said. A if we have a Dike failure that Emily Lawson 12, takes a picture of water surging past a stack of sandbags along a Street in Sultan Wash. Could be a the National weather service reported seven Rivers cresting within a foot of flood Levels the Cedar at Renton the Skykomish at Gold bar the Snoqualmie at Carnation the Snohomish at Snohomish the stil lag Amish at Arlington the ska git at Concrete and the Nooksack at Deming. The deluge resulted from what forecasters Call the a pineapple express a a fall storm track that carries warm moist weather systems from Hawaii to the Pacific Northwest. The North Carolina twister ripped roofs off Homes and downed Power lines and Trees. No serious injuries were reported said Graham Wilson spokesman for the state division of crime control and Public safety. Ferry service to the Island a the Only Way of reaching the outer Banks a had been suspended because of winds gusting up to 78 Mph said Tabitha Hooper at the Hatteras ferry office. Service was restored about noon. The Road linking Hatteras to the Mainland via Bogue Island was ripped apart two weeks ago when a dredge broke Loose from its moorings in a Gale and smashed into the Herbert c. Bonner Bridge severing the 2v�-mile Span. A a it a something every week. If its not tornadoes its Hurricane warnings a Hooper said. Fri kept secret file on Picasso paper about half the islands 5,000 residents lost electricity after saturdays storm Only a week after getting Power restored following the Bridge collapse. Wilson said the Bridge Accident could have helped emergency management authorities Cope with this weather related Accident. A we already had those generators Over on Hatteras so that could at least be one positive thing a he said. Near Biloxi miss., wind driven seas threw a Barge into the Walter l. Nixon Bridge knocking pilings Loose. Officials said the Bridge which connects a coastal Highway with interstate 10, will be closed indefinitely. New York apr the . Government kept an extensive secret dossier on Pablo Picasso for 27 years because it considered him a possible subversive the new York times said in its sunday editions. Although the artist never visted the United states the Fri and the state department kept track of the Spanish born artist monitoring what he wrote said and signed his whereabouts and his affiliations the times reported. The newspaper said the Fri still maintains a Picasso file although the artist died 17 years ago at the age of 91. Picasso spent most of his life in France. The documents show that . Officials worried about the effect Picasso who joined the French communist party in 1944, might have on Public opinion in the United states the newspaper said. The article was written by author Herbert Mitgang whose 1989 Book a dangerous dossiers a examined the of big a practice of maintaining files on leading writers residing in the United states including Nobel laureates Sinclair Lewis Ernest Hemingway William Faulkner and John Steinbeck. Mitgang said he obtained the Picasso files 2vi years after requesting them under the Freedom of information act. He said some pages in the files were withheld and others had paragraphs blacked out. The Fri labelled Picasso As a a Security matter a cd for communist and As a possible a subversive a the newspaper said. It said then Fri director j. Edgar Hoover initially took notice of Picasso when the artist wrote a statement in 1944 titled a Why i became a communist a in which he wrote a my joining the communist party is a logical step in my life my work and gives them additions to the Picasso file diminished in the 1960s, but his name appeared in Fri references up to 1971, the times said. Mitgang said that to find out More about Picasso a politics he spoke to a Friend of the artist Dominique Desanti Sands of time in the stars and stripes says who was Active in the French resistance. Desanti who teaches at new York University told Mitgang that Picasso was a a communist but not a party line communist. He never attended his cell meetings in Vallauri the Little town in France where he lived a if there was a meeting they came to a had he known the Fri was watching him he would have laughed his head off a Desanti said. A the might have put on a mask makers red nose and made jokes about it. No doubt he would think such an absurd thing was 3 women deputies win lawsuit 40 years ago today. San Francisco a a . District court jury has awarded $2.7 million to three sheriffs deputies who claimed a male officer demanded sex in Exchange for favourable work reviews. In making the award Friday the court 5f� that the Santa Clara county Ane rites department and several officials. Not do enough to discourage the on-8�mg harassment. The deputies Zana Murphy Cynthia Bates and Toni Daugherty a filed the Assiut in 1985, charging sheriffs officials with failure to investigate their comp Samts against Deputy Craig Nelson. Me three said Nelson made lewd comments and sexual advances while he was their training officer at the county jail. The department suspended Nelson for 14 Days but the harassment continued in the form of Anonymous obscene phone Calls and rumours about the women a sexual habits said Byron Wells a lawyer for the women. Nelson who works for the county department of corrections was dropped As a defendant this year after his insurance company agreed to pay $150,000. The county is considering whether to Appeal a spokeswoman said. County lawyers had argued that the sheriffs department was not responsible for Nelsons action and that officials a took Quick and immediate response.�?�. Nov. 12, 1950 chinese communist foreign minister Chou in Lai rejected a u n Inch korean conflict.16 a a he Wiy cd a a a so a a a a a a a a it of red 30 years ago today. To mrs of he United Sta a a temperatures 20 years ago today. .nov,12, 1970 a the United Auto workers and general motors Coro announced againsu1teamomaker.tatlve a8reemem on a con act a hat could end an Leek strike 10 years ago today. Prjsfi.v1 us a Quot a the of liar fc1 2�a.inst major currencies trading for 1.88 Marks in Pound Cost 39 yen a Okyo and 1/70 Swiss francs in Zurich. In London a
