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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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Trio rescued
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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.
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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sets out of wrecked apartments and tumbled heavy
| camper trailers a quarter of a mile.
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McMillan succumbs
FLORENCE, (AP)- John Lannequ McMillan, the
nnu/prfnl phairman nf thp ITS Hnusp nicfript r\t
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Columbia Committee for many of his 34 years in
C ngress>, died Monday afternoon in a Florence
hospital at the age of 81.
McMillan was elected to the 6th District seat in 1938,
emerging from a field of six candidates in the
Democratic primary. 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
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for permitting or barring water-bound cofrimerc? in
the Horry County resort village.
Residents evacuate
CHARLESTON,(AP)-More than 5,000 persons, many
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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.
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