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NEW ORLEANS S T A TES-ITEM Camille Toll Mystery Continued from Page 1 Roads were impassable and some railroads had to halt service, disrupting relief operations. Camiile, the worst hurricane ever to strike the American mainland, broke up yesterday in the far reaches of the North Atlantic. The storm merged with a frontal system off Newfoundland and lost its identity. Meanwhile, Hurricane Debbie continued to speed into the North Atlantic away from land areas. At 5 a.m. she was reported 625 miles south of Newfoundland with highest winds of 110 mph. Aid- Continued from Page 1 ! dollars in drug and food sup- j plies to Mississippi’s stricken j areas. j A plane was sent from : Bristol Myers Laboratories in ; Syracuse, N. Y., yesterday ; with $10,000 worth of antibiotics and other drugs. Another aircraft loaded with 600 cases of baby food left Atlanta, Ga., yesterday bound for the coast. The food came from Wyeth Laboratories. Telephone repair crews had to battle heavy rains yesterday in Plaquemines Parish. Standing water continued to slow efforts at Buras and Venice to restore communications to those areas. REPAIR CREWS in Mississippi will be augmented today and tomorrow by additional help from Bell System workers coming from Illinois, and Freedom Shares can be replaced immediately, under an emergency procedure announced by the Treasury Department. The department said the normal six-month waiting period on replacement of lost bonds has been waived for storm victims. Mississippi farmers hit by equipment losses and crop damage can also get emergency credit from the state’s Farmers Home Administration. Thirty-three counties have been designated for the program. MEANWHILE, Jefferson Parish hurricane relief crews and equipment for the Mississippi coast have been relieved by other crews after round-the-clock aid • efforts since Tuesday. Convoy truck drivers, however, still were being supplied by the Jefferson sheriff's office.
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