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Monday afternoon by airp,one and truck.
An administrative assistant
feet in lt.,gth were moved by	rue*
Camille’s winds, the spokesman \°	n.,	Stennis,	D-Miss.,
“until further" notice~’r The'only! molished. Sections of precast exceptions to the order were concrete cmg measuring six people possessing special police
permits to be on the streets |	°	Marx	Huff,	arrived	in	Gulfport
a^te,r.,	J	,	,	.. .	,	'late	Monday	afternoon	from
Philip W. Shaw’, mayor of Hundreds of injured persons jac^son t0 report the devasta-Gulfport, described the water j were treated at Gulfport Memo-and food situation in his hard rial Hospital. There was one rehit city as “critical.” The same;port of a snake bite in Pass situation existed in Biloxi and'Christian, other areas along the coast, j Hotels, motels and popular The Waveland and Pass seafood restaurants along Hwy.
Christian areas were said to <90 were damaged severely, be hardest hit by the storm. Many of the beautiful homes
facing the Gulf were destroyed or damaged heavily.
I 3 SHIPS AGROUND S At the Port of Gulfport,
tion wrought by the storm to the lawmaker.
Sen. Stennis assured Gulfport Mayor Shaw that he would do all he could to help expedite relief to the area.
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the Parish into the river am the combined pressure of th< spillover and the river’s high, tide forced water over the Wes Bank river levee. This happened about 7:30 a.m. Monday, the} said.
“The problem is,” Dimak said, “the river levee is not high enough and the back levee is too high or at least needs a fl;**d gate in it. When
Some reports said Waveland was “wiped out.” Fires burned out of control in Waveland because of inaccessible
firefighting equipment.	three freighters, including the
Homes along the beach at'Alamo Victory and Hukla, were Pass Christian were said to be aground, in bad condition. Those further Disruption in electricity, gas back stood the storm better. ,and water in the storm-ravaged It was difficult to get re-;cjties continued Monday. Comports from these areas because |munication between the coastal of a communications failure. communities was almost impos-A spokesman for the Civil De- jsible. fense unit in Gulfport said it i A highway patrol building in was feared that many ^i^e.Gulfpjort along with a new addi-bodies would be found as the j tion was demolished. The Gulf-search continued Flooding was port chamber of Commerce heavy in all low-lying areas, but BiiiLding also was reported in was said to have been extreme- Shambles ly bad in Biloxi early Monday;	A new $50>0OO Gulfport rec-
morning.	reation center building was
FLOODING COSTLY , wrecked.
Eight feet of water stood ini	Harrison County highway
the Broadwater Beach Hotel in patrolmen transported an ex-Biloxi when flooding was worst. :pectant mother to a hospital Much of the higher waters during the storm, had subsided by Monday after- Civil Defense volunteers noon.	_	.searched	Monday for stranded
In the fashionable Bayou i victims of the storm and trans-’ Subdivision in east Gulfport, ported refugees back to their' water was five and six feet i homes.	!
deep at the peak of the storm,! Major streets were cleared and many residents were forced of debris. Hwy. 90 from Gulf-to take refuge in attics and up-port to Biloxi was still closed by i stairs rooms.	;noon Monday and traffic on an;
U.S. Marine Corps regulars alternate route, Pass Road, was! and reservists p a t r o 1 e d the:bumper to bumper.	i
towns in amphibious tank units,:	M i s s i-s s I p p i Power Co.
rescuing stranded persons and!worked Monday to restore pow-i lending help.	er in strategic areas. The num-j
The eye of Camille passed jber one priority was hospitals, over Long Beach between 11!“We’re in desperate need of the! p.m. and midnight and winds j water supply,” said Mississippi; did not begin to die down until j State Sen. Nap Cassibry, a Civil1 about 3:30 p.m.	j Defense coordinator.	j
Power lines swayed and; Cassibry predicted it would; snapped and utility poles fell on take at least six weeks to get; buildings and cars. Signs foldedlthe coastal cities cleaned up. ! up and mobile homes were;	said there was much;
blown from their foundations.j confusion Monday morning in Some overturned	I	the residentisl 3re3s where
In downtown Gulfport Mon-'families were returning to their --------------------------------damaged homes.
IMMIGRANT DOCTOR	called worst ever i
rprrn nc tfctc	Gulfport Police Supt. Ray;
rKLLU ur I Lo 1 o DeCelle termed Camille the; LONDON — The Govern-! “worst storm ever” to hit that ment has rejected a suggestion; section of the Gulf coast. “It’ll1 that immigrant doctors who had .take us at least eight weeks to not qualified in an English1 get	back to normal.” he said,
speaking medical school should	DeCelle said there had been
undergo an English test before j some looting. However, national; practicing in Britain. About g u a r d s m e n were patroling’ 3,000 overseas doctors start; streets in the business district,; work in Britain each year, MPs1 allowing only motorists with; were told.	ipasse^ from the police depart-j


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