The San Juan Star (Sept. 9, 1960)

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San Tuan, Putts Rice, Feiday, Sojtember 8, 1960

Tel. 3-8400

vat “No. 263

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Floods S Feared,

New

|

&

| Island Put On

lert

Stateside Agencies Plan 2 Storms Watched By Weather Bureau

Fo Rush Help To Island

Rain-weary

By WALTER S, PRIEST STAR

. WASHINGTON—Government

Washington

and

fering help to sections of Puerto Donna. : The Small Business Admi-

residents of Puerto Rico.

braced themselves last night against the

Correspondent

private organizations

joined

yesterday

in of-

Rico ravaged by floods in the wake of Hurricane

threat

of new

spawned

floods,

from

eligible

for three

cent emergency

low

pressure

area that was moving towards Puerto Rico at a speed of 18 mph. Reconnaissance aircraft ‘| were shadowing the low pressure area, located about 240 miles east of San Juan at

of Bayamon, Humacao and Guayama disaster areas, “ making business and home ;

by showers

an easterly

nistration declared the cities

~ pwners

caused

rehabi-

9 p.m.

yesterday

and

a se-

cond wave detected 1,100 miles east of the island at the same hour. A flood alert is in effect for the eastern sections of Puerto Rico, as

measured

from

a

line

stretch-

ing between the north coast of Manati to the south coast of Ponce. No cyclonic circulation or, storm activity was noticeable terday

afternoon,

town port other yes-

reported

the s,

U. S. Weather Bureau. But the bureau is predicting moderate to locally heavy showers over Puerto Rico until midnight tonight. The “alert” will be changed to flood

‘‘warning’’

if

any

substan-

tial rainfall pelts down upon the saturated soil of Puerto Rico. Evacuation of residents from the danger zone is advised under the L “warning” status. Meanwhile, residents in the Ca(See FLOODS, Page 20)

Tn San Juan Milk rationing which began yesterday; will several weeks and possibly one two months according to dairy officials interviewed yesterday. Rationing was announced in a

joint release by the tight dairies

in

‘Metropolitan area. It would affect current prices, they

SPEEDY ACTION—This was the scene last night at the Capitol Transportation Ine. the

warehouse

truckload.

Enough

on Carpenter road, as donations

Local

victims

poured

by

in

Red

SUAREZ

the Puerto Rico Chapter of the American Red Cross, yesterday requested that no further donations of clothing be made for the flood victims as enough has been collected to meet the present emergency.’ The colonel suggested that all donations be made in cash. The announcement was made

Cross

executive

chapter,

Toppel,

president

of

was named chairman of the local

at Puéblo’s,

offices in’ Hato Rey.

living

media into conference to discuss mize

of

nendling the Sent

in areas

affected

to boil all water

by the

to be

for human consumption, e@ call does not apply to the San Juan metropolitan area. Arbona said that this is’ a measure to prevent an epidemic of typhoid fever. He added that the Humacao-Fajardo area is still without water service.

curtailment of the clothThe Secretary said that so Toppel called business leaders,| The governnient officials and repre-| ing contributions was made after far, no. cases of typhoid fever (See RED CROSS, Page ‘20) have been reported. He added, sentatives of the communications}

OPEN YOUR

HEART

Contribute today to the flood victims through

the

AMERICAN RED CROSS P. 0. Box 1067, San Juan, P. R.

(The

Red

Cross

hag

sufficient

clothing

on

hand

however,

that it will take from

six

days

to

there

to

aid

21

for

symptoms

of

typhoid fever to be detected. Juan Labadie Eurite, director of the Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority, said last night

Help Your: Fellow Puerto Rican

at an emergency meeting called

Pueblo Supermarkets, Inc., who

Secretary of Health Guillermo Arbona yesterday urged people flood

Cross Appeals For Cash

MANUEL

Harold

flood

swiftly to pleas for help. (STAR photo by Hett.)

responded

Col. Antonio Silva, director of

by

the

Clothing Collected

Red By

citizens

for

City Water Not Contaminated

the

disaster victims. The need is for funds to buy medicines and ' meet needed expenses.)

was

no

truth

to rumors

that

people in the Metropolitan area had been advised by his authority to boil water. Any such directive, (See WATER, Page 20)


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