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MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD. ORE.
Wabash Forms
Giant Lake Over
Rich Farmland
Mount Carmel, IlL-CP&-The
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flood-swollen Wabash river
bulged into a giant lake 35
miles long and 14 miles wide
at its widest point today, im
mersing thousands of acres
of farmland in Illinois and
- Indiana.
The river, which earlier
tore holes in levees at- Rus
ellville. 111, and Oaktown,
Ind., surged past Mount Car
mel Wednesday night at 24.5
feet, inundating a 20-block
lowland area of the city of
8,732 population.
Homes Damaged
About 75 homes in the area
suffered water damage but
only 8 to 10 families moved
out. The rest took refuge on
second floors of their homes
to wait out the flood.
The storied stream was ex
pected to crest at Mount Car
mel at 25 feet today. How
ever, little further damage
was predicted since most of
the city is on high ground.
The heaviest flooding was
on the Illinois side where an
estimated 30,000 to 35,000
acres were awash with murky
water.
Row Boats In Streets
The floodwaters covered an
area reaching from St. Fran
cisville, 15 miles north of
here, to Grayville, 20 miles
to the south. It stretched in
land for about 14 miles to
Johnson, Ind., directly across
from Mount Carmel.
Rowboats appeared In
flooded lowland streets in
Mount Carmel to serve as
taxis for flood-locked families.
The worst of the flooding
appeajred ever is Indiana,
which bore the brunt of the
first flood onslaught. Down
stream, levees at Vincennes
held back the high water and
there were no large towns
along the banks of the Wa
bash below Vincennes.
Portland Smog
Above Standards
Portland-fliTO-Tnt State Air
Pollution authority reported
Wednesday that Portland is
suffering from smog, some
times far exceeding allowable
state standards.
The report was submitted
to Mayor Terry D. Schrunk
and Portland City commis
sioners who only a couple of
weeks ago received a similar
criticism from the state,
hitting at the city's sewage
contamination of the Willam
ette and Columbia rivers.
Wednesday's report on smog
was based on a cooperative
state and federal survey of
Portland last October and on
data collected by the state
since 1952. The report de
clared that: ''Expert medical
opinion suggests that such pol
lution is a primary cause of
lung cancer and may also
have other detrimental effects
on health."
The Authority reported that
concentration of smog gases
last October was above levels
that caused visibility reduc
tion, vegetation damage and
corrosion, and was approach
ing a level where eye irrita
tion might be expected.
The report added that Port
land is one of only two cities
of more than 400,000 popula
tion in the United States with
out a fulltime pollution con
trol program.
Bridges Promises
East German Ties
Berlin-tfPD-U.S. labor union
leader Harry Bridges visited
East Berlin Wednesday . and
promised closer ties between
his West Coast longshore
man's union and the East Ger
man Trade Union Federation,
the East German ADN news
agency reported today.
It said Bridges, who arrived
here following a visit to Rus
sia, would increase exchange
of delegations and letters with
the Communist union.
.SHIP FEARED SUNK
Reykjavik, Iceland - (OT) -The
lighthouse service vessel
Hermodur was missing and
feared sunk off southwest
Iceland today with 12 men
aboard. Authorities said the
200-ton vessel foundered in a
storm Wednesday.
One of the earliest light
houses was the famous Pharos
at Alexandria, Egypt.
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