The Plain Dealer from Cleveland, Ohio (2024)

June 11, 1972

Publication:

The Plain Dealeri

Location:

Cleveland, Ohio

Issue Date:

Sunday, June 11, 1972

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1

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131ST NO 160 Jr Stock Hills i Witness Sees Creek Climb a Torrent 4 Gateway Project in Works Election Boardtp Appeal irings wt CAMPERS fossiur MISSING flOOD MCA n' Art Automobile Aviation Erma Bombeck Books Bridge Ri ii iitn Section xx Tribe Beats Twins 4 1 See Page 1 36: 8AA' 2G Kneip declared the flooded portion of west ern South Dakota a disaster area More than one hundred of the dead were found in Rapid City Nine were found i the nearby village of Keystone The count was expected fo go higher as reports from isolated hill communities came in There was no word of the fate of an estimated 4000 tourists believed to be camping in the Black Hills Many reported By Thomas Brazaitis Dismissed members of the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections are expected to appeal to the Ohio Supreme Court tomor row to overturn their firing by Secretary of State Ted Brown Should the court reinstate the board even temporarily the first act would be to appoint Councilman Virgil Brown 25 as elections director said board member Robert Hughes John Dowling an assistant county ATER THE Ratoid Citv in forearounrl wrr ri w4 nW its 1 dation by floodwaters carried 300 feet and dumped in a heap among other homes AP Wlrephofo 10C 27 40D 1 6H 14E 30 31E 12E 24E 15E 28E "i 1 SOUTH 10 of the buildings in this city of 43000 persons had been totally destroyed' and 50 damaged 7 City and civil defense officials had no count of the injured who jammed both of the hospitals THE LOOD TRIGGERED by heavy rains that struck the Black Hills riday evening came in' two waves the mayor said The first ca between 9:30 pm WEATHER Sunny continued cool High in the upper 50s Near zero chance of rain Details on Page 12 BUT WHAT HE SAW of the proposal indicated a $100 million project he said The topic came up when reporters asked about failure to obtain a Na tional Hockey league franchise and Mile insistence his $17 million Midwest Coli seum in West Richfield will become a reali ty 4 was Informed a week before the league acted that Mileti would be denied the Perk said What it means to the city is that an arena can be developed hear the Stadium WYOAflNGyS 272 PAGES 35 CENTSi and 10 pm riday and the second at mid night when Canyon Lake Dam in a citypark gave way Ruptured gas mains and felled power 1 i touched off explosions and fires across the city or a' time all electric and gas service was shut off in the area and officials shut off water mains for fear the water was contaminated President Nixon and Gov Richard awaiting trial on unbailable drug charges Most of them are under 30 A they are all alone Gerald Kurtz who is responsible for the accompa nying photos said in describing conversa tions he had in four countries with about 20 young people locked up on drug charges: Continued on Page 12 Col Camera Talk Chess Classified ''Ad Index Coin Stamps Condon Death Notices Detectogram They Had a Dream 3G Dog Talk Dress Pattern Entertainment ashions Gardens Ham Antenna Heloise Here's How Home Decorating Mary McGrory Medical WeekMusic' Needlecraft Obituaries One Alone Osrin Opinion Page Outdoors Ellen Peck PD Phones PDQuickhne Quote Acrostic Real Estate Reston Senior Class Socializing Sports 1 12C 9 10EL TV Radio 4 5G ravel Resorts 1 8 Women Who Work 9E Yachting 6G Own Howe at Phil Brott'j Sahara Mobile Homes miles east of the Laketon reeway and an Rt 20 By William Treon a Plain Dealer Bureau WASHINGTON The long hair and beard the facial silhouette stood out dark ly on the movie screen against a light back groundcrisscrossed with slender steel bars cent state Department count About two neounjnanspoke thirds of them 934 rare there because 'gbt five and a half years left and they were convicted of drug offenses or are vau I even see uie euu ux 4fe is a' young American only begin ning a six year sentence in a Tehran Iran jail He was convicted of trafficking in dopgr HIS THE KIND" of case that has intensified official US concern about mostly young Americans City Council President Edmund Turk 23 may face an investigation by the board of elections for having destroyed initiative referendum petitions being circu lated to trim size Because city employes were reportedly circulating some petitions Turk threatened Mayor Ralph Perk with a freeze on legis lation before the summer recess starting June 26 Turk said he got a number of the petitions back? Some were signed and some were not Turk tore up some of the peti tions t'v The petititons call for trimnriing council from members 33 to 15 Robert Hughes af the board of elec the board members have been fired by Secretary of State Ted Brown because A Vacation With Drugs Means Jail Cfor Many Young Travelers Abroad 16D 1 21 6AA 4Z 3E 155 KILLED 500 LOST 'T i 1 bu IN DAKOTA LOODS prosecutor and legal adviser to the board said Hughes and Saul Stillman the Re publican board members are expected to file for a Writ to force Brown for summarily firing all four board members Democratic members Carney and Anthony Garofoli are also expected to appeal the before the high court Dowling said i Lawyer William Kraus will repre Continued on Page 26 Col 1 ROBINSON JEWELERS ooen Joctov Sunday Only at in EudhMth Tawar ptiwntown Soutonafa near May' War rf tawvllla ied Noor pM Advt Da Tomato Pantora SIMOB WaJ iytS Artx Llncoln Marcary 5JO Mayfield Road MvL he said It would bring more life to down town Cleveland Asked about insistence that his coliseum would be built Perk said Mileti had to make that statement to avoid losing his financial backing But an arena in the! Gateway is a definite possibility Pefk as serted 'City officials will be talking to Mile SIX MONTHS AGO a new company in Cleveland NORCOM proposed to develop the Gateway project with a 400 room motel Continued on Page 12 Col 1 34 4Z2 8AA1 6G '3E' 4AA 2Zsp 8AA31 'L2E Jy ignored warnings riday night to move to high ground A NATIONAL GUARDSMEN who had been training in the area were moved to the city and regular army troops were ei route from ort Carson Colo There were reports of looting and shooting incidents in the stricken city Witnesses said water swirled into the Continued on Page 9 Col 1 Plain Dealer Editorials 8 A A MS Poital Service ane year old hasn't solved the big problems of the old Post Office Department Speculative filing 'I for property tax reductions raise a question of ethics Election probe report is in limbo Where tpind 1G Horoscope 9P Inside Report 6G Dr Kessler 2E Law for Living 7 8H I5E oqilding 5 Pl Business 1 8B 16E 13E THE PLAIN DEALER i yjSflL a OHIO'S LARGEST NEWSPAPER CLEVELAND SUNDAY JUNE 11 1972 Jerry Mashek ts wire editor of the Rapid City Journal By Jerry Mashek RAPID CITY SD The horror of the flood really strike me until dawn yesterday 4 It started about 8 pm riday with a call from Journal photographer Don Polov ich He had heard reports of high water along Rimrock Highway in the Hisega area! west of Rapid City It "began as sort of a lark There seem to be any real danger The water from Rapid Creek was run ning across the road in some places on the fiy but our two pickups made it through AS WE HEADED toward Hisega the rain really hit We pulled onto the shoulder' and watehed in amazement as a small stream stalling from thJiQUide turned into a four foot wide torrent We turned back but wore halted by a thlie foot wall of water spilling across thO highway pWe heard that atleast one bridge was out snd it would be days before traffic was moving normally again We decided to 3 i A rom Wire Raparts RAPID CITY One hundred and fifty five persons were reported dead yester day and an estimated 5000 homeless in a flash flood that swept through this city and several smaller towns on the eastern edge of the Black Hills riday night More than 500 persons were reported missing Mayor Donald Barnett said at least rtStoW VWi juryt: GRIM This 19 year old American girl is serving a six year drug sentence in Milan the young mans grim view is from a Tehran jail' Americans unfamiliar with' drug laws abroad are finding themselves imprisoned in increasing numbers some behind the nvinu prisoii wan in iop pnoioa Busted Perk Reveals $100 Million Plan By Harry Stainer A new million Gateway project at the foot of 9th Street at Lake Erie is in the works Mayor Ralph Perk revealed yesterday as he checked out of Cleveland Clinic Hospital It Would include a downtown luxury hotel garage possibly an arena and a little hopefully Nick Mileti Perk said A developer visited Perk in the hospital Wednesday and promised to have the fi nancial feasibility study completed in two weeks At that time Perk said he will reveal the name s'Ynu Ra ji Cl 7 7CA in CASHWORDS Page 33 Turk Is Warned of Probe Over Torn Vote Petitions i of the May 2 primary said yester da'v: STILL ON the board the coun cil president is going to be called before the board to explain why he tore up petitions signed by citizens of this community This is not a political issue Tearing up petitions is bad business I had no business violating the Ohio Constitution He may have violated his oath of office had the right to turn over the petitions to him understanding is that legislation on the reduction of the size of council has been introduced by Councilman Ralph Perk Continued on Page 31 Col 1 walk back to town shooting pictures on the way Rapid Creek 40 feet to our right nor mally is clear and placid But now it sound ed like a freight train passing in the night It must have been 150 feet wide in some places We could hear people trapped in houses on the other side of the creek calling plain tively rather than desperately for help How many people were swept to their deaths in that area alone never know ABOUT DAWN WE decided to hike to ward Rapid City about three miles east The fcarnage was unbelievable along a ma jor JBkckilnls highway Blocks of asphalt and concrete large ia si house wall? "Were strewn across the Bridge structures were ripped and dangling Mud was' everywhere Once beautiful homes had been obliterated Here a shoe toP beside Us a crushed toy contractorOwen mmet gava us short lift to where his home had been It was still there but it was smashed mangled 4 a Canttwel on Page 9 Col 1 who go overseas with little understanding of foreign laws mostly drug laws and find themselves behind bars for years thou sands of miles from home There are 1460 Americans imprisoned in foreign jails according to the most re thirds of them 934 'rCAisr JHW 1 Tim i MmI lI'T RiHRflaIhTW TiBH MB U' X' vBB.

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