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MBsaaiaBi wnm n rv^ /"N - ? L^umuyt? extensive SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) ? Rocks filled main streets and rooftops jutted from the flooded Ozama River as the Dominican people dug out hundreds of bodies and began to clean up some of the /4aonrfntinn Inft k.. " i rk uvvaouiuuii icu uy I1U1 I tUclllC uaviu. Power poles were broken off at their bases, major hotels were damaged and restaurants were no longer recognizable in the wake of the storm, which killed at least 500 Dominicans and left 150,000 homeless, 90,000 of them in the Santo Domingo area, officials said. The hurricane left 22 dead Wednesday in the tiny v-uoiti 11 v^ai t luucdll isitiuu UI UUUlIIUtci ctllU aUULU^r ID in Puerto Rico, then swept into the Dominican Republic late Friday, ripping chunks of concrete from sidewalks and crushing cars waiting on a dock like toys. Palm trees were uprooted and tossed about like straws, a large cargo plane was tossed upside down op to the top of a building at the airport. The long concrete walkway along Santo Domingo's George Washington Avenue was shredded, its remains hurled across the street by the storm. Waves then pounded directly into the hotel fronts, smashing the glass walls and windows and sweeping through the buildings. Foreign businessmen and tourists staying in the hotels had been evacuated to public buildings on higher ground and no casualties were reported among them. in me town 01 ucoa, 75 miles southwest of Santo Domingo, 400 Dominicans huddled in a church and a school were killed when flood waters from the rainswollen Yague River swept through the buildings, Civil Defense officials said. The government said there will be no electricity for at least three weeks. David also destroyed a storage tank with thousands of gallons of fuel, and the power shortage will delay resumption of refinery operations. i Liquor poisonous NEW DELHI, India (AP)-Sixteen persons died after drinking poisonous home-brewed liquor in Lucknow, capital of Uttar Pradesh State, officials reported Monday. Ten others have been hospitalized and an official inquiry nas Deen oraerea mio me poisonings, me Press Trust of India said. The news agency quoted police as saying that a total ban on the sale and consumption of liquor has led to steep rise in the manufacture and bootlegging of spurious intoxicants. Freak accident occurs VAASA, Finland (AP)- A 15-year-old girl was hit by a car early Sunday morning, thrown on to the car's roof and carried along for eight miles, unnoticed by the driver before falling off, police said. The 20-year-old driver headed straight home without stopping after the accident and apparently was in such a state of shock she was unaware that the impact had flipped the victim on to the roof. The driver told police she awoke her parents and returned with them to the site of the accident near the western Finnish city, but they could not find the victim. They called police, who searched for two hours and found her more than eight miles away, gravely injured. j: yy ' ' ; . warn Meditating Bill Tony Williams fakes time out from a busy day to gaze into Sfllllglll the distance and watch the world go by... I ^...nKP^-OAMIjCOCK NOTION Trio rescued L.uiN<jrMmr,, wasn. nencopier manueverea through thick clouds yesterday, set down on the windraked summit of Mount Rainier and rescued a disc jockey and two guides who had been stranded by foul weather. rrL.v 4U ..1 J A ~ 4.1 I i: 1 A Ii lie uuec men cuuiu nui see uie uencupier uui followed the sound of its whirling blades through blinding snow about 150 yards across the 14,410-foot summit, said Mount Rainier National Park spokesman L^arry rienaerson. Terry MacDonald, 31, of KYYX-FM radio in Seattle, and his guides began their mountain climb for charity one week ago. They became stranded over the , weekend after an accumulation of 8 feet of snow destroyed their tent and forced them to take refuge in sleeping bags nestled in a crevasse "bigger than a basketball gymnasium." They were unable to descend because their ice axes were buried in the snow and because of the avalanche danger. j Horseshoe record set OCEAN SPRINGS, Miss. (AP)-After one week of pitching horseshoes toward a world's record and charity drive, Jim Robertson said he has the first recorded case of horseshoe shoulder. "It's just completely worn out," Robertson said as he and five other members of the Ocean Springs Elk's Lodge wrapped up almost 151 consecutive hours of tossing iron in rain and high temperatures. The Guiness Book of World Records listed the old record as 120 consecutive hours. The six men were attempting to raise money for a planned facility in Greenville. Mississinni to treat hum virtims i Potomac River clean WAQHTMHTAM ( AP^Uoolth ~r AV11 \i^A / AAVUiUI OH KM ^IIVII UlUIICUlOl VII* ficials have concluded that the Potomac River, for years so polluted that it was called an open sewer, now is clean enough for swimming. A position paper approved by Herbert L. Tucker, director of the city's Department of Environmental services, said the city could establish a safe swimming area along a two-mile stretch of the river. The verdict caps a 14-year cleanup that cost three quarters of a billion dollars. David heading north COCOA BEACH, Fla. (AP)-Pummeling Florida's north-central coastline after sparing the densely populated Miami-Fort Lauderdale area, treacherous Hurricane David slipped just offshore on a track aimed f at Georgia and the Carolinas. T7>. ,.iU -t ' ? " * * " ' v in uier suengmening 01 ine siorm's 90 mph winds was predicted by forecasters as the eye of the [ hurricane swirled over water after leaving the nation's moonport, hugging the coast as it bore in on states to the north. Hurricane-spawned tornadoes snafced out ahead of David as the storm ripped through a string of Florida coastal cities, leaving power outages, roofless homes, j. shattered windows and dauiaged condominiums. runuus winus snaicnea reirigeraiors ana television sets out of wrecked apartments and tumbled heavy | camper trailers a quarter of a mile. .. s r ' : y .. .' . > . ,'> ' ... ' < . < " <* .. . )f S ' X V ' ; i V>. 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He became chairman of the District of Columbia Committee in 1948. A bitter opponent of home rule for Washington, McMillan faced growing opposition from liberal Democrats in the last years of his service in Congress and was re-elected chairman by just 30 votes in his final and 17th term 1971-73. He was stripped of much of his powers to run District of Columbia affairs when Congress gave Washington a may-or-council form of government in 1967. Marina planned MURRELL'S INLET, (AP)- A proposed commercial fishing marina signifies economic progress for Murrell's Inlet, many residents of the community said. However, there is disagreement over whether it's worth it. "Five years from now, when the marina is going sirong, will tnere be so much pollution that the oyster grounds will be closed?" asks Cynthia Nance, proprietor of Nance's Creekside Restaurant, Oyster Roast and Crab Bar. She said her business depends on high water quality in the inlet. The restaurant serves oysters and other seafood caught in Parsonage Creek outside the restaurant's back door. , ? The South Carolina Coastal Council is considering a request for a permit to develop the marina, filed by Washington real estate developer Ralph F. Triska. A hearing on the proposal is scheduled Thursday. The Council's deputy director, Duncan Newkirk, said 1 J ~ 5 1- ... * * uje decision win De a "lanamarK," setting a precedent for permitting or barring water-bound cofrimerc? in the Horry County resort village. Residents evacuate CHARLESTON,(AP)-More than 5,000 persons, many frnm fKa nlucVi litH/\n IlAnyl Tn1nMJ i 1 _ _ 1 u Hum uiv piuon niiiuii ncciu lamnu resun, look sneiier yesterday as killer Hurricane David neared the South Carolina coast. The storm spawned at least two tornadoes near Charleston. One hit iiva subdivision. Minor damage was reported, including a garage roof blown off. The two-lane bridge to Hilton Head was rinsed to traffic late in the morning. Beaufort County Civil Defense authorities estimated 2,000 persons had taken refuge in McCracken High School at Bluffton about 20 miles from the bridge. All areas of Hilton Head Island near the Georgia border were ordered evacuated. The two-lane bridge leading to the mainland was bumper-to-bumper with cars throughout the night. j ii I i ummmmmmmmmmm mi :i. i u'i' iji ii iniiiii - v\ ' >\v - * > a ' ' ' * :: ! ' : " <n " : - - * . -a a' ; " a": ; />'* r>;.'v>#- x < ?*. *-v awv *a>- .v .v . ' * .- > '<$.>%v<*.v.va ;.. '.> . ' ' ?K*S>y:' *. ?> *>.# * ' s-"'# v'.' xs* ' << ' ' - : **: : * x" 'aaa a?.lvaa'a,ai a-; > - ; * * ?. * ? - . ;; ? ? . |a al^a*a %si -\V '.' Tsilliv^ .. s-s??^ (4:h''. "' J