European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 28, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                              June 2007 stars and stripes Mideast edition Page 11 in the states Urry Austin Texas a truck is caught in the receding Waters off Whitman Creek on wednes Day in the aftermath of flooding in Marble heavy Rains flooded closed roads and carried cars away As storms pounded the area heavy Rains in Texas blamed for one death by Jim Vertuno the associated press Texas torrential Rains blamed for at least one death flooded parts of Texas Early stranding peo ple on in Trees and in Lehi some helicopter Rescue at tempts were abandoned because of the the worst flooding was in will Lampasas and Burnet counties in the Texas Hill coun try Northwest of officials said about 18 inches or More had fallen in some of those areas since authorities had reports Early wednesday of at least 20 trapped atop on roofs or clinging to Trees surrounded by Fastov ing but the weather was so Stormy that helicopter Crews had to abandon several Rescue at Austi Travis county emergency medical services spokesman Warren Hassinger adding that four Rescue at tempts were halted before Dawn and he did not know what happened to the people needing North of a 13yearold boy died in the Dallas suburb of Garland on tuesday night after being washed Down a flooded Creek As firefighters tried to res Cue police spokesman Joe Harn in other authorities used boats and Jet skis to Rescue Resi dents on tuesday As a local Creek Rose out of its a number of flood warnings were posted throughout parts of Oklahoma were also soaked with rain fall ing on Oklahoma City for the 15th consecutive breaking a 70yearold in that about 20 firefighters had to use a raft to Rescue 16yearold twin Sis ters from their stalled in Rush ing bumper deep water the Oklahoma City area received about an Inch of rain in 24 bringing the cites annual total to inches about 10 inches above flooding closed some roads wednesday in Central and North Eastern family jewels disclose Cias Range of misdeeds foia request led to release of old documents by Karen Deyoung and Walter Pincus the Washington Post Washington hundreds of pages of decade sold Docu ments declassified and released by the Cia on tuesday revealed a 1970sera Agency in the throes of unaccustomed caught Between its traditional secrecy and demands that it come clean on a history of unsavoury a triggered by the the unravel ing watergate and by fears that Cia involvement in that scan dal would be exposed along with other illegal the Agency combed its files for what it called delicate information with the result was a collection of documents the Cia called the family partly disclosed the documents chronicle activities including assassination Ille Gal wiretaps and Hunts for spies at political one Docu ment spoke of a plan to Poison an african another revealed that the Cia had offered a mafia Boss to kill Cubas Fidel agents set up surveillance in a hotel opposite the Washington Post to watch for possible sources of leaked intelligence inform and senior officials juggled requests from the Nixon White House to pay off the watergate As he prepared the Agency Tes Timony for congressional commit tees investigating watergate in May William then a senior Cia struggled with How much to Accord ing to one what investigators wanted to one col league warned after reviewing Colby was did the Cia cooperate wittingly in illegal a or did it Only respond according to newly declassified Cia papers re leased the Cia recruited a former Fri agent to approach two of americas mos wanted mobsters and gave them Poison pills meant for Fidel seen Here in Charles mobsters recruited to kill documents show by Anita Snow the associated press Havana the Cia recruited a former Fri agent to approach two of americas most wanted mobsters and gave them Poison pills meant for Fidel Cas Tro during his first year in according to newly de classified papers released tues contained amid hundreds of pages of Cia internal reports collectively known As the family the official Confirma Tion of the 1960 plot against Cas Tro was certain to be welcomed by communist authorities As More proof of their longstanding claims that the United states wants Castro communist officials say there have been More than 600 documented attempts to kill Castro Over the now Cas Tro has not been seen in Public since handing Power to his younger brother Raul while re covering from intestinal surgery last in a letter published the elder Castro claimed without details that president Bush had authorized and ordered his other aborted attempts to kill who Rose to Power in january 1959 in a revolution that ousted dictator Fulgencio have been noted in other declassified this particular assassination attempt was dropped after the failed Cia sponsored Bay of pigs invasion of Cuba in april the Cia retrieved All the Poi son records Supi Nely to higher authority even though it had some reason for suspecting illegal conduct the colleague advised against a minimal factual response in favor of who be came Cia director in september later turned the entire fam ily jewels file Over to an act that some Agency veterans still consider a current Cia director Michael Hayden said tuesday that the documents include reminders of some things the Cia should not have he told Agency staff members that the internal re forms and increased oversight after the watergate disclosures gave the Cia a far stronger place in our democratic Haydens decision to release the family responding to a 1992 Freedom of information act was meant to con Vince critics that the Agency embraces wrestler said hed be late for an event As his family was sick Chris Benoit by Greg Bluestein the associated press two Days before he and his family were found dead in an apparent pro wrestler Chris Benoit told coworkers his wife and son had food poisoning and were throwing according to world wrestling Benoit strangled his suffocated his 7yearold son and placed a Bible next to their bodies before hanging himself with a weigh machine authorities said tues authorities offered no motive for the kill which were spread out Over the weekend and discovered no suicide note was on Benoit called a coworker to say he had missed a flight and would be late for a wrestling event in we said in a timeline posted tuesday on its web the coworker said Benoit sounded tired and groggy and said i love which the coworker found out of we when a coworker who usually travels with Benoit called him later from the Houston air Benoit told the coworker his was throwing up blood and that his also was throwing Benoit said he thought it was food according to but Early two coworkers received a series of text messages from the cell phones of Benoit and his message from Benoit phone said the dogs Are in the enclosed Pool garage Side door is according to the text messages led we to ask authorities to Check on Benoit and his District attorney Scott Ballard said the Mes sages appeared to be an attempt by Benoit to get someone to the Home to find the bodies after his