Friday, May 5, 1978
University Daily Kansan
New Orleans starts flood repairs
NEW ORLEANS (UP1)—Thousands of workers took the day off under sunny suns yesterday to recover abandoned cars or mop flood waters from their homes in the
Energy fund is proposed
"The traffic coming into the city today was considerably lighter than usual," a
NEW YORK (UPI) - Japanese Prime Minister Takeo Fukada yesterday proposed the establishment of a joint fund with the United States to promote the development of nuclear and solar energy as alternatives to fossil fuels.
wake of a record rainfall that spawned the New Orleans's worst flood in 51 years.
A spokesman for Fukuda said the prime minister had discussed the idea with President Jimmy Carter in their talks Wednesday and announced a reaction he had felt. "I am extremely hopeful," he replied.
The spokesman said the joint fund was simply an idea now but Fukuda believed financing of the project should be in the range of $200 million to $1 billion for it to be
IN A SPEECH to a luncheon sponsored by the Japan Society and the Foreign Policy Association, Fukuda for the first time publicly outlined the joint fund proposal.
He said the two nations should "seriously study the establishment of a joint fund for the advancement of science and technology, with the aim to create a solar energy as particularly useful areas for
cooperation, since both are considered to be ultimate energy sources for the future."
Fukuda said Japan, as the only nation to have experienced an atomic attack, was particularly mindful of the dangers of nuclear proliferation but efforts to prevent such attacks should not foreclose the development of peaceful applications of nuclear energy.
IN HIS PREPARED text, which was read by an interpreter, Fukuda also renewed his government's pledge to increase imports from the United States and stimulate domestic demand to help redress Japan's huge balance of payments surplus.
In that regard, Fukuda said Japan intended this year to expand its economy by 7 percent, slash tariffs and increase import financing.
"As a result of these initiatives," he said, "the Japanese market is today about as open and accessible as the United States and China, and exporting to Japan are greatly expanded.
police information officer said yesterday. In fact, I suspect many people didn't come to the interview.
Nine inches of rain fell in five hours Wednesday, spawning flood waters that reached as high as 5 feet on some roadways and 11 feet at underpasses. It was the third wettest day since October with 9.25 inches in a 24-hour span and it was the worst flooding in the city since 1927.
The National Guard was put on alert Wednesday night to aid clean-up operations and help thousands of motorists whose cars and trucks were stalled by the flood waters. Most motorists left their vehicles overnight and waded home or to friends' houses.
SIX PERSONS died in weather-related accidents. Four persons were believed drowned, one man was electrocuted while standing in knee-deep water when he touched a metal traffic sign apparently grounded to an exposed wire and the sixth man died of a heart attack after rescuers used a boat to reach his flooded house.
Residents in suburban areas, where the waters were slowest to recede, reported seeing snakes and rats in flooded streets yesterday.
"Our tow wagons were busy removing cars from the streets this morning," LL Frank Hawley of the police information department said. We removed 140 cars from 7 a.m. to 10 a.m.
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