European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 8, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday august.8, 1993 . The stars and stripes Pago 5. A. A. A a a a a a. A 1 flood fighters wary of River s moods by the los Angeles times Ste. Genevieve to. The Mississippi River a Tricky old Man climbed higher Friday to a new Crest and then began falling As the levees at this town held fast. A. What officials had thought was the Crest thursday evening at 49.43 feet turned out to be a ruse. The River kept climbing. Sand baggers worked through the night plugging leaks in the levees which threatened to collapse. Finally on Friday the River peaked at 49.6 feet. Then slowly it began to fall. The levees held. However Vernon Bauman who was directing workers stayed jittery. He toured the dikes in his pickup truck with his red hard hat pushed Back. He would not declare Victory. A a we be fought this River hard a Bauman said a and so far its been a  he inspected levees Only 4 inches higher in places than the Peak of the flood they Nad been built Ever higher during 40 Days of hand to hand combat with the River. A a we be Learned one thing a he said. Quot you can to turn your Back on the  in St. Louis 6,600 residents were to Din the stars and stripes10 years ago aug. 8,1983 a tight Security helped prevent protesters from disrupting flugtag�?T83, where More than a half million visitors jammed the flight line of Ramstein a Germany for the largest one Day air show in the world.20 years ago aug. 8,1973 a vice president Spiro t. Agnew announced that no was under investigation for possible criminal violations.30 years ago aug. 8,1963 a Jacqueline Kennedy wife of the president gave birth 5v4 weeks prematurely to a 4-Pound, 10vfc-ounce boy at Otis fab mass.40 year Sago aug. 8,1953 the United states and South Korea agreed to walk out on the korean peace conference after 90 Days if both governments Felt that the communists were not negotiating in Good Faith. World War ii 50 years ago today aug. 81 a 9 a 4 3 Britain a Royal air Force begins a we Klong bombing Campaign in Northern Italy with a devastating attack on Milan by 916 bombers which destroy 11,700 buildings and severely damage 15,000. Italy s government jails fascist Leader Benito Mussolini on Maddalena Island. German radio says 1 million women children sick and elderly Are evacuating Berlin. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. That they could return Home As officials scaled Back an evacuation area surrounding propane tanks that had been knocked Loose by the flood. Authorities said chances of an explosion were reduced. Another 6,000 residents who live right next to the tanks were told to wait a while longer. Two of the evacuees sued Phillips pipeline co., owner of the tanks saying it was negligent. Their class action suit on behalf of All evacuees said Phillips should have removed propane from the tanks when flooding began. Phillips said it had acted appropriately and could not have anticipated the height of the writer. Across the River in Prairie Durocher iii., a flood Wall leaked in places hut held against a receding flow of water. Town officials declared a tentative Victory crediting their risky system of deliberate breaches in a levee along the Mississippi. The Breaks Drew the floodwater away from town and dumped it Back into the River. The floods have contributed to the deaths of 48 people and caused damage estimated at $15 billion. Cleanup and repairs Are expected to take months. Some of the restoration however has already started. A horse being rescued Friday by humane society workers near Portage pcs Sioux mo., Falls into floodwaters while being taken ashore. It eventually made it safely to dry land. Congress oks $5.7 billion in Aid for victims of flooding drought Washington a Congress he Whit air damage from months of flooding and Assed and sent to the White House on i Friday a $5.7 billion spending Bill to re pair damage from months a a heavy rain in the Midwest. The measure also provides Aid to Farmers suffering crop losses this year from the Southeastern drought Ana weather problems elsewhere. Approving the measure by a voice vote the House made Only minor changes in the Bill passed wednesday by the sen. Ate. The Senate accepted the House measure Friday on a voice vote without debate or dissent. President Clinton was expected to sign it quickly. Clinton requested or endorsed All the items in the Aid package which totalled Only $2.5 billion when he introduced it july 14 in waterlogged Des Moines Iowa. The amount of Aid has grown steadily with the scope of the disaster and the figure is expected to keep rising As the floodwaters recede exposing More damage to communities Homes farms highways railroads and livelihoods. Damage has been estimated at $12 billion. Hie loss to farm production is expected to become clearer wednesday when the agriculture department issues its first com and soybean production estimates based on Field surveys conducted this weekend. A a we be scattered Money All Over the world a said rep. William h. Natcher d-ky., chairman of the House appropriations committee urging the House to move quickly. A these arc our people and they re  besides approving $2.3 billion in pay ments for crop losses the Bill gives $2 billion for the Federal emergency management Agency the front line Agency for aiding individuals and families. The Bill provides funds for repair of la vees highways and rail lines temporary jobs in flood cleanup individual Loans of up to $1.5 million for Small businesses and Grants for communities to rebuild. It offers a variety of other Aid aimed at protecting water supplies safeguarding against epidemics and helping individuals repair their Homes and farms. Some of the spending that was approved will service nearly $600 million in Loans bringing the total value of the Aid to $6.2 billion. A because of the crop loss provision added by the Senate growers should be Able to collect the full amount of disaster payment under a formula contained in the 1990 farm Bill. The formula enables growers to collect about 42 cents on each Dollar of loss. Disaster spending Bills since then however have limited payments to Farmers at 21 cents on the Dollar. Senate clears Way for Freeh to assume top Post at Fri Washington a Federal judge Louis j. Freeh who began his Law enforcement career As an Fri agent is now poised to return to the Bureau a this time As its director. Freeh a Federal District judge in new York won Senate confirm Maitin Friday night to succeed William s. Sessions who was fired last month by president Clinton. Freeh is  to be officially sworn in As Fri chief this week. The 43-year-old Freeh won Senate confirmation without debate or dissent. The Senate approved his nomination on a voice vote a week after he was lauded by senators of both parties during a vhf hour confirmation hearing. Freehe a nomination was approved three weeks after it was sent to the Senate an unusually speedy process. A graduate of Rutgers University and its Law school in new Jersey Freeh began his career As an Fri agent in 1975. He specialized in investigating organized crime working undercover to bust waterfront racketeers. In 1981, he became a Federal prosecutor in new York City where he helped crack the infamous pizza connection International heroin ring. He was appointed by the Justice department to supervise the of big a Mammoth investigation of the 1989 Freeh mail bomb murders of a Federal appeals judge Robert s. Vance of Birmingham ala., and civil rights lawyer Robert Robinson in Savannah a. Clinton turned to Freeh to replace sessions whom the president dismissed after an unsuccessful Effort to get the beleaguered Fri director to resign. Sessions had been criticized among other things for using Fri aircraft for personal  on elders delayed for month Washington a the nomination of or. Joycelyn m. Elders to be . Surgeon general got sidetracked Friday amid partisan bickering and the congressional clamor to leave town for the summer recess. Republicans who opposed her nomination succeeded in running out the clock. To the end democrats Clung to the Hope that a Deal could be made to allow a vote. No Deal came. Sen. Wendell h. Ford d-ky., Illy told colleagues just before mid the no. 2 Senate Leader final night Friday that the chamber would take up elders confirmation again when senators return from recess in september. Conservatives opposed elders the director of the Arkansas department of health because of her support of sex education and condom distribution