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said 4,070 persons were taken into 49 shelters in Olreans Parish Sunday.
Ii storm-battered Mississippi 3ov. John Bel Williams Sunday I light received an offer of federal assistance in the crisis ;[rom Vice-President Spiro T. .kgnew.
A representative from the Atlanta branch of the Office of Economic Opportunity arrived in Jackson and went into conference with the governor.
In Biloxi, water was reported to be waist deep in spots along U.S. Hwy. 90 there.
Hurricane Winds Hit Alabama Coast
Further east along the coast, hurricane force winds pounded the shores of Alabama.
A pounding surf covered some roads as vacationers left motels and homeowners abandoned low-lying residences. Many found shelter at Red Cross emergency centers set up in coastal Mobile and Baldwin Counties.
Gulf Shores and Dauphin Island, at the mouth of Mobile Bay, were evacuated except for a few “old settlers,” according to a deputy sheriff in Mobile.
Gov. John J. McKeithen, returning from a vacation at his farm in Columbia, set up a command post at his mansion in Baton Rouge and said he would be “very mobile” and ready to “show up problem exists.'
from shore.
At City Hall in New Orleans, a 10 by 10-foot front window gave way and broken glass was strewn into the building’s halls.
The huge pane of glass had been taped when it first began to crack under the strain of gale force winds, but the entire aluminum framing of the pane caved in.
Residents Board Up Windowi
Power Fails in Slidell, Covington
Slidell was without electrical power for much of the night Sunday and several areas in Covington suffered power failures as well.
Along U.S. Hwy. 190 between Covington and Slidell, traffic signs were blown down and created a hazard as they flew through the air.
Some 400 Louisiana National Guardsmen were on duty at Jackson Barracks Sunday night as part of the hurricane alert, but they saw little action.
As late as Saturday, Robert Simpson, director of the National Hurricane Center in Miami,-had predicted that Camille would take a northerly course soon enough to avoid any more than slight contact with New Orleans.
But the thundering hurricane stayed on its westward-leaning | course and was aimed at New! where a Orleans before it veered into j Gulfport.	;
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Lakeshore Drive on the lake front, flooded by waters pounding the seawall at Lake Pont-chartrain, was covered with water and closed to the public.
On the St. Tammany Parish Bide of the lake, winds blew so furiously that the lake was practically dry for about a mile
Most of the activity in New Orelans during the day was in grocery and drug stores, jammed on a Sunday when they would normally be closed.
All looked to buy flashlight and radio batteries or candles in the event of a large power failure in the city.
HERE’S A NEW TWIST IN FRIENDSHIP RINGS
“We were cleaned out early,” said one drug store manager at noon.
Long lines formed at gas line stations and cars chugged along to replenish and hit the highways for points north of the city, particularly Baton Rouge.
The Gulf Coast road between New Orleans and Gulfport was also bulging with bumper-to-bumper traffic as a horde of evacuees headed inland and westward.
Mayor Victor H. Schiro arrived at Civil Defense control headquarters shortly after 6 p.m. Sunday.
Civil Defense Personnel Ready
He said that Civil Defense personnel were ready in areas around the city and when “we feel it necessary,” people could be removed within five minutes.
The mayor said he would be traveling around the city throughout the night to keep in touch with the situation. He was accompanied by Police Supt. Joseph I. Giarrusso.
“We checked all the danger
points,” Schiro said, “Both sides of the London Ave. Canal up to Elysian Fields were evacuated las a purely precautionary measure.”
Schiro, whose day began at i5:30 a.m. said, “I stayed out | most of the day and will stay iout most of the night until I am sure the city is safe.”
Shortly after 11 p. m. Schiro and Giarrusso set out for Venetian Isles, where flooding was reported. Schiro said before he left that the lakefront was still experiencing high winds. “But the dykes seem to be high enough to keep water out ol the homes.”
Lake Terrace and Lake Vista residents were evacuated earlier.
New Orleans police reportec Sunday night that storm-relatec complaints were running thret per minute. Two of every three concerned downed wires and thf other generally wind damage.
Sgt. William Nolan said that 527 police officers were on the street using 185 patrol vehicles Normally there are about 22( men on patrol.
Five police buses as well as
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