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Residents of Welch continued to shovel mud and throw out flood-damaged possessions Tuesday. A sign at one house read, "Don't just sightsee, shovel!"
County officials also are rushing to establish emergency housing. Damage reports show more than 2,000 structures were damaged and 197 homes were destroyed.
Man dies in West Virginia flood death toll reaches 9 in past week
The Associated Press
Edward Jordan, 81, was killed Tuesday when a vehicle driven by his 68-year-old wife, Velma, hydroplaned after hitting water pouring off a hillside in Webster County, said State Police Senior Trooper J.C. Powers.
National Guard machinery tore into piles of sodden furniture and other belongings now heading to emergency landfills. Up to 700 guardsmen have been activated for the cleanup.
WELCH, W.Va. — Thunderstorms that moved into central West Virginia killed at least one person and created the potential for more misery in a region trying to recover from last week's deadly floods.
Also Tuesday, a woman and her toddler were killed in Nicholas County when their vehicle ran off the road. Officials could not say if that accident was related to severe weather.
Nine people have died in West Virginia since 5 inches of rain fell on the region within a six-hour period last week. Four others were missing.
Velma Jordan was being treated at a hospital.
"We have several counties reporting minor flooding, roads
The National Weather Service predicted another round of heavy showers for yesterday, with a flood watch extended for 24 counties.
Gov. Bob Wise and federal officials signed a disaster declaration Tuesday pledged state and federal aid for flood victims. Wise urged residents to consider taking buyouts to get out of the flood-prone areas.
County officials will meet next week to determine if classes can resume this spring. If schools remain closed, state lawmakers might be asked to allow the county to open schools earlier in August to make up the lost weeks.
closed, some minor home damage," said Paul Howard with the state Office of Emergency Services.
Federal and state officials began putting relief centers throughout the area. They also began surveying all public buildings and roads for damage to see if as many as six counties could qualify for more federal aid, said Office of Emergency Services Director Steve Kappa.
Heavy rains in Webster County stranded between 20 and 25 people at a campground, according to a spokeswoman for the county's 911 center. High water prevented firefighters from attempting a rescue.
"I can't foresee that children would be back to school for at least two or three weeks. I just can't see it. We have majormajor problems," McDowell County Superintendent Mark Manchin said.
New law will allow students who struggle to transfer, Bush says
The Associated Press
MILWAUKEE, Wis. — President Bush yesterday wedged a plug for a new education law in between Mideast peacemaking meetings, highlighting successful schools in this politically crucial state. Democrats charged Bush's proposed budget can't pay for all the school reforms.
Though he is now deeply immersed in brokering peace in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, Bush never mentioned the issue. However, he spoke at length about America's war against terrorism.
Bush is anxious to heighten awareness of the sweeping new education measure, which he signed into law four months ago but which many Americans know little about. He announced no new initiatives, instead visiting three high-performing schools as the backdrop for highlighting provisions of the bill he signed in January.
Yesterday, Bush emphasized that the new law would allow students in schools that have failed to meet state education standards for two years in a row to transfer to better public schools. According to the White House, the new law would allow nearly 70,000 students in 116 Wisconsin public schools to transfer.
"It's unacceptable, it's just unacceptable to have children trapped in schools that are mediocre, that won't change, that won't teach." Bush said.
Bush was talking up accountability provisions of the education bill. It requires annual state tests in reading and mathematics for every child in grades three through eight, beginning in the 2005-06 school year. Schools also will have to test students in science in three grades.
"Teaching is such a noble profession," Bush said at Rufus King High School. "It's such an important part of making sure that no child is left behind."
Bush also touted teacher quality provisions in the bill, including one that requires states to ensure that within four years all teachers will be qualified to teach in their subject areas.
The president's trips to Milwaukee and La Crosse, Wis., marked his fifth visit to the critical electoral state, which he narrowly lost to Al Gore in 2000.
Back in Washington for a late-afternoon meeting with
King Abdullah II of Jordan at the White House, the foreign policy subject that has demanded so much of Bush's attention in recent weeks resumed center stage. A response to Tuesday night's suicide bombing in an Israeli pool room, which killed at least 15 people, was sure to be at the top of their agenda.
On the eve of Bush's Wisconsin visit yesterday, Democrats intensified their charges that Bush's budget will not pay for his education plan.
Former inmates tell tales of abuse
Alfons J. Skorski, 52, showed a scarred leg he said resulted from an athlete's foot test at Philadelphia's Holmesburg Prison in 1970. A week later his foot lost all feeling and he could walk only by dragging his right foot.
The Associated Press
Skorski said that even now, "if I don't concentrate on that right foot it will still droop down, causing me to trip."
PHILADELPHIA — One after another, former city prison inmates came forward, pointing out scars they said were the marks of years of medical experiments in which they served as guinea pigs.
More than a half dozen former inmates appeared at a City Council committee hearing Tuesday to testify about the experiments they say were conducted on them. They are seeking an apology and compensation.
Many of the inmates' stories were told in the 1998 book Acres of Skin, by Temple University instructor and prison activist Allen Hornblum, who also testified Tuesday.
A lawsuit filed in October 2000 on behalf of 298 former inmates claims the testing exposed the inmates to infectious diseases, radiation, dioxin and psychotropic drugs — all without their informed consent.
It names as defendants the city of Philadelphia; Dr. Albert Kligman, a University of Pennsylvania dermatologist who conducted much of the research and is credited with developing the acne and anti-wrinkle treatment Retin A; the university; and Johnson & Johnson and the Dow Chemical Co., whose products were allegedly among those tested on inmates.
The medical testing at Holmesburg began in 1951 and didn't end until 1974, when it was banned, Hornblum said.
A federal judge ruled that the statute of limitations for such lawsuits expired about 20 years ago, said Tom Nocella, attorney for the plaintiffs. But Nocella said the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to hear oral arguments on an appeal in July.
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