European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 11, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday july 11, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5georgia toll rises with floodwater Albany a. Apr More water spilled into the swollen Flint River through a breached earthen dam saturday As volunteers worked frantically to gather up the Quick and the dead a flood trapped residents drowning victims and corpses from floating coffins. The states death toll from the six Day deluge reached 24 with the discovery of a teen agers body in Americus. The heaviest Rains from tropical storm Alberto had ended by saturday but Rivers continued to Rise. One person also died earlier in the week in Alabama where High water woes eased saturday. In the Florida Panhandle More than 3,200 people fled Low lying areas As water flowing from Georgia pushed Rivers Over their Banks. About 1,200 feet of the earthen dam at the 8,515-acre Lake Blackshear North of Albany was breached saturday morning but authorities said there was no immediate danger. The water will Drain from the Lake slowly and the dam will continue to erode As the Lake level Falls said Joe Tanner state commissioner of the department of National resources. A a there a certainly not going to be any Wall of water Rushing Down the Flint River a Tanner said after inspecting the area saturday. Albany remains Cut in half by flooding which spread As far As three Miles from the River a Edge. Mounds of fire ants floated in chocolate coloured water lit Quot tired with parts of children a swing sets Yard furniture tires and tree limbs. About 50 coffins floated from their cemetery crypts As floodwaters Rose Friday and saturday. Some of the bodies popped out before workers could retrieve the coffins the recovered remains will be stored until relatives claim them. County Coroner Buckey Brookshire said. Raging floodwaters from the Flint River swirl around the rooftops of buildings in an apartment Complex in Albany ga., on saturday. About 20,000 of Albanys 80,000 residents fled their Homes voluntarily. Makeshift shelters in schools churches and private Homes have housed about 5,000 evacuees. Rescue boats continued to patrol neighbourhoods and evacuate residents who had refused to leave. Police ordered residents to Stop boating into flooded neighbourhoods after a Man almost drowned saturday trying to retrieve his cats. A 59-year-old Man who had been stuck in a tree for two Days in a flooded neighbourhood was rescued saturday and treated at a Hospital for dehydration and minor injuries. Divers on saturday resumed the search for a 2-year-Bld new Jersey boy who was killed when the family car was swept into the River in Albany. The body of his 4-year-old brother was found in the submerged car. His father told police he did not see barricades blocking the flooded expressway. He and four other passengers escaped but the two sleeping children did no to make it. In Newton about 20 Miles downstream from Albany flooding Cut Power and water and closed roads. Evacuations continued. A a in be lived in Baker county All my life and its just amazing to me a Newton City clerk Patricia Hart said. A i have never seen the River come up like  town going loony to Mark Moonwalk Wapakoneta Ohio apr Neil Armstrong a Hometown has turned into a Moonwalk town. A. To Mark the 25th anniversary of the first human Steps on the Moon residents in this town of 8,500 Are honouring their native son this month with several events. They started with a Parade saturday sans Armstrong. A the was very reserved Quot recalled Pauline Metzger one of his High school teachers who was in the Parade Armstrong reviewing stand. A and he a the same today As he was  bands bagpipers soldiers and others marched downtown from the a Glaize county Fairgrounds to Honor the former astronauts historic Moonwalk on july 20,1969. Jeanne Zofkie Derryberry was doing a brisk business Selling Moonwalk to shirts in front of the family clothing store. A Twenty five years ago it was absolutely the most wonderful thing that could happen to Wapakoneta a she said. A everybody is really proud of Neil. It was just incredible that somebody from this Small town was up there on that  Armstrong rarely makes Public appearances. Chicago a Young Blacks at the a act convention that opened Here saturday Are sending a message to their elders Stop complaining about the evils of White society and Start looking within. A we can to blame another race for our problems a a said Angel Walters one of the hundreds of Black teenagers competing for writing and artistic awards at the 85th annual National association for the advancement of coloured people convention which runs through Friday. A the new generation of Black youth wants to Stop blaming the White society. Its up to us to change a said Walters a i7-year-old High school senior from Pasadena Calif. Speakers at the opening session a marking the 40th anniversary of the . Supreme courts landmark school desegregation decision in Brown is. The Board of education of Topeka Kan. A called on the a act to work toward improving inner City Public schools. A a it a not a matter of integrated schools or equal schools but we might not have schools at All a rep. Major Owens d-n.y., told the convention delegates Many school systems Are near bankruptcy because the voters do not want to fund these schools Quot he said. In the writing contest judges who sampled poems essays and plays said there is a common theme of Hope Black Pride and the need for a sense of Community. At the previous two conventions the theme was dominated by recurring messages of death and suicide said Carol Rancifer Gearring a Chicago educator and director of the humanities portion of the Competition. A maybe they re sick and tired of being sick and tired a she said. Abortion protesters mourn fetus in finale Little Rock Ark. Apr abortion opponents wrapped up three Days of protests targeting president Clinton a Home state saturday with a memorial for an aborted fetus. Abortion rights leaders called for Federal charges against 30 people cited Friday for trespassing at a women a clinic. . Attorney Paula Casey said a decision would be made in consultation with attorney general Janet Reno. Under the Freedom of Access to clinic entrances act signed by Clinton in May people who Block clinics damage clinic property or injure or intimidate patients or staff can face prison sentences and fines. A the president has spoken out very strongly that these clinics will stay open a said Katherine Spillar National coordinator of the feminist majority foundation. A i think they came Here in an Effort to Embarrass him and they be done nothing but Embarrass  the Rev. Flip Benham of operation Rescue said the abortion Battle was not Over in Arkansas. A the real effectiveness is not what we do this weekend. Its what happens after we leave a he said. At the memorial service a protester carried a tiny coffin to a vacant lot next to a women a clinic. In the coffin was a Small Jar that Benham said contained the remains of a male fetus aborted in 19s8. Police said Possession of a fetus was illegal but no one would be arrested. Earlier about 200 abortion protesters converged on another clinic where they Sang and prayed while about 150 abortion rights demonstrators chanted such slogans As a four six eight 10, Why Are All your leaders men a