European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 27, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Fray May 27, 1994 . The stars and stripes Pago 9panel urges change in flood control by the new York times Washington a a year after the Mississippi River and Many of its tributaries spilled Over their Banks devastating much of the nations midsection a committee of government experts is urging the Clinton administration to abandon the army corps of engineers longstanding preference for dams and levees As the primary Means of controlling floods. The committees draft recommendations which were to be made Public thursday after an intensive review that began in january Call instead for greater efforts to promote the evacuation of risky flood Plains the relocation of businesses and farms to higher ground and the restoration of natural flood cycles. A it is a fairly hefty set of recommendations a a White House official said of the report which culminates nearly a year of soul searching by Federal agencies in the aftermath of the catastrophic flooding in the upper Midwest last summer. A a \ environmental groups that have Long called for Basic changes in How the government deals with floods said they View the recommendations As a wholesale Retreat by the corps and a remarkable reversal of Federal policies. The corps of. Engineers and Congress Are expected to rely heavily on the panels recommendations. John Hirschley the assistant Secretary of the army for Public works was to present the findings at a Senate hearing on this years water projects legislation thursday. A this is like asking Mahatma Gandhi to take up arms a said Scott Faber the director of flood Plain programs for american Rivers a conservation and preservation group in Washington who has consulted closely with the advisory committee. Brig. Gen. Gerald e. Galloway an army Engineer who directed the task Force said it had already consulted closely with governors and mayors visiting 63 communities before drafting its recommendations. But the general who is Dean of the academic Board at the military Academy at West Point said he would not be Able to comment on the document until it is officially presented to the administration. At the Core of the recommendations according to people closely involved in the review is a commitment to a Quot watershed management approach that controls flooding not Only with dams and 1c-vees, but also by preserving and restoring the wetlands that act like sponges to absorb excess rain and release it slowly. From Russia with love Patti Norman greets her four new russian daughters at los Angeles International Airport on wednesday. The girls who were orphaned two years ago had been living in a Small orphanage outside St. Petersburg Russia until their adoption by Norman and her husband Mike three weeks ago. A Day vet learns uses new London Conn. Apr Gene Langan has Ridden the ferry across Long Island sound plenty of times. But not. Until this month did he learn Why one ferry boat had always Felt so familiar. The Cape Rie Lopen is not Only a converted world War ii Landing Craft its also the very ship that transported him to the beaches of Normandy France on d Day june 6,1944. ,. Langan 67, a retired conductor for the Long Island rail Road had suspected the ferry was an old tank Landing ship or list and the ferry company confirmed it a couple of weeks ago. But the real kick was learning the Cape he Lopen had been lst-510, on which Lang an served As a Seaman second class. Langan plans to be on Board this june 6, when the ferry company takes the vessel out of service and sails it into the sound for a special 50th anniversary commemoration of a Day including dropping a Wreath into the water. Stan Mickus a spokesman for Cross sound ferry service got Langanis address from Ernie Williams another former lst-510 crewman and a member of the . List association. A i still have Many vivid memories of those amazing times a Williams said when contacted at his Gladstone mo., Home. A you never forget something Hethe a Day invasion and what it was like at Utah and Omaha bet?Eelst-510 is a 327-foot-Long, Flat bottomed land ing Craft built in Early 1944 at the shipyard in Jeffersonville ind. It was part of the enormous Allied Fleet that crossed the English Channel before Dawn june 6,1944. The list designation stood for Landing ship tank but. Gis suggested it realty meant a Long slow  a there were ships everywhere a Williams recalled. A the Channel was crammed with ships it was ships ships and More ships As far As the Eye could see and there were hundreds of planes overhead we were All headed for  Williams was a 17-year-old machinists mate at the time. But he was so excited and jittery on the a Day trip that his Crew chief sent him up on deck to help with the Forward anti aircraft gun. A a that a where i was when our forces hit the Beach i had a front Row seat a he said. A the germans were shooting at us like crazy with their machine guns and the water was full of floating  the Normandy coast was so crowded with other ships that the 510 never made the Beach instead unloading its 200 men and 70 pieces of equipment into smaller boats a mile out. A but we later made it ashore plenty of times a Williams said. In ensuing Days he said the 510 made nearly 40 Channel Crossings taking troops and supplies to Normandy and bringing wounded men Back to England. Bank glitch makes Man Rich for a Day Tampa Fla. Apr Howard Jenkins became a multimillionaire on his lunch break and he did no to have to Rob a Bank. In fact it was the Bank that put an extra $88 million in his  response to the computer error he withdrew $4 million and took his Girlfriend to lunch. His Brief stint As a Rich Man started when he lost his Check Book and called nation Bank to put a hold on his account. When he went to make a Deposit last Friday he was told to Check the automated Teller machine out Side to make sure the account was working. When he withdrew $10, the receipt said Jenkins balance was $889,437. R. Incredulous he went Home called the Bank a Telephone system and cot even better news a computerized voice told him Nis account topped $88 million. The 31-year-old promotional manager for a roofing company returned to the Bank and asked a Teller for. His balance. A \ _ a. The reply was eight digits Long. A i almost fainted a Jenkins said. A she said a did you get an inheritance or something a a Jenkins said. A i said a or  a after Jenkins filled out the largest withdrawal slip of his life Quot they handed me $4 million and did no to Bat an Eye a he said. He picked up his Girlfriend for lunch and showed her the Money $3,000 in Cash and seven checks one for $997,000 and the rest for $500,000 each. Quot her first reaction was a where Are we going a her second reaction was a you know we can to keep this a Jenkins said. Quot i said i knew  later that Day he went Back to the Bank a with his lawyer to make sure he Wasny to arrested a and gave Back every cent. The Bank was stumped. Quot i know something happened a said Alex sink president of nation Bank of Florida Quot although i done to know exactly  psychiatric files of Rich dumped on sidewalk new York apr a psychiatric Hospital that treats wealthy drug addicts discarded patient files on a sidewalk where passers by were Able to read the conf a. Dental papers. The Regent Hospital a private 67bed facility on the East Side said it made Quot a mistake when a storage room was cleaned out. The files spilled from boxes along East 61st Street exposing confidential notes about psychiatric problems and drug addictions to anyone who wandered by the new York Post reported thursday. It said some files were As recent As november 1987. Marc Madia a lawyer for the state department of mental health confirmed thursday that people were Able to pick up files and read them. Improperly disposing of confidential medical records is a violation of state and Federal Laws he said. Regent administrator Art Mcgrath told the Post the Hospital had to move the records because of flooding in a warehouse. A obviously its a mistake that they landed on the Street Mcgrath said