Alaskan Flood Waters Recede Slowly
Four U.S. Catholic Bishops Ask Bombing Halt SEE STORY BELOW Weather HOME Mostly sunny warm and hazy today and tomorrow, high In the THEDAILY mid to upper 80s except lower Red Bank, Freehold near shore. Fair and warm to- 7** FINAL night, low near 70. Saturday's Long Branch outlook, partly cloudy and"cooler. MONMOUTH COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER FOR 89 YEARS DIAL 741-0010 VOL. 90, NO. 37 THURSDAY, AUGUST 17, 1967 10c PER COPY PAGE ONE Alaskan Flood Waters Recede Slowly FAIRBANKS, Alaska (AP) - bodies were discovered in the cent of the community's proper- Damage ,was placed at about The danger of uncontrolled pouring through Fairbanks at a cal governments were nearing .The hrnwn flood waters of_ the .. city and.iwo more in Tok,. a ri.v;. ty, owners barf, flood insurance,-. ..$200 million, . -fire,, which had officials on edge -rale of 15-billion gallons a day •-- the -limits' uf their firianctarabil-""' Chena River receded today, hut er community on the Alaska The situation prompted calls for Gov. Walter Hickel, calling for yesterday after five buildings . enough to supply the city of New ity to cope with the diaster. at a pace so slow that the city's Highway. immediate federal rehabilitation Fairbanks to be designated a fed- , burned fn the downtown area, York with water for about two Aid 'Only Natural" 15,000 evacuees were not expect- Police conducting a house-to- funds and low cost loans to bus- eral disaster afea, said he thought tapered off with no additional weeks. "I would think," Hickel said, ed to begin returning to their house search earlier reported inessmen and homeowners.
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