Vote in Today's primary election
Th Mihgn al
Vol. LXXXVI. No. 59-S
Ann Arbor, Michigan-Tuesday, August 3, 1976
1Oc Twelve Pages plus Supplement
Flood survivors evacuated
77 deaths reported
in Colorado disaster
ILOVELAND, Colo. t - Taking advantage of a break in day-
long rain and fog, officials said helicopter crews completed evac-
uation yesterday night of survivors waiting to leave the flood-
ravaged canyon in the Rocky Mountains where at least 77 per-
sons died.
Larimer County Sheriff Robert Watson said some survivors
of Saturday's flash flood refused to leave.
WATSON SAID "to the best of my knowledge" all survivors
waiting for evacuation flights were air-lifted from the 30-mile-
long Big Thompson Canyon. Officials had estimated when rescue
flights resum ed two hours earlier, 300 to 400 persons were still
stranded.
"Some survivors refused to leave their mountain homes,"
Watson said. "They were in good shape and though they could do
more good where they were." Ie did not indicate how many had
refused to leave.
Watson, who earlier had de-
clined to estimate the number
of deaths, fearing public "pan-
ic and hysteria," speculated It may be weeks be-
last night that the toll might nfl-ay he nrb
reach 200. fore rther bodies are
C 0 M M U N I T I E S
along the winding 30-mile
stretch of U. S. 34 were obliter-
ated by the 12-foot-high wall of
water tist surged through the
'nyon Saturdav night. Moun-
tain homes, motels, vacation
re''rts, trailer cai'is and
srv's of si 'i-er cabins were
The U. S Geological Survey
found in the mud and
debris jammed against
homes and along the
precipitous walls of the
canyon . . . and some
may never be recov-
ered,
French cuisine
Many pet owners have been known to hand-feed their finicky friends, but there aren't
many who would consent to a tongue-feeding, Eleven-year-old Dana Jenkins of Martins-
ville, N. H., however, doesn't mind pampering her parakeet, Benji, with special dinner
time treatment. In fact, Benji gets fed this way most of the time and is also allowed to
fly freely about the house.
in Lakewood, Colo., said the
lig', lhiiompson Rliver wIs esti'oate(I to have reached t a peak
floi dirin the flow) of 25. ( billion galluns a day at lrake, a
popular holiday cimiii ity dvistat'd by the flood. The previtus
record for the river was 4.9 )iilliiin gallons a day, reeorded during
ai flioiod on ltilv 19, 1915.
President Ford y'sterliiy dc laIrd the 2,71)0-square-mile Lari-
mer idty araoircisislerarc, ikiiig residents eligible for
federal funds toi hel's in the rehittilding; effitt
Weather foreaiste'rs warned that lii'ht rain and i: iiw clitid
ceiling woiuld proiiuibl ulinger until tomorrow,
AUTHORITIES increaisild figures on the nimb r of sur-i-ors
rescued Sunday, from 400-600 to 840. Off those, 210 were injured,
See FLOOD, Page 7
Socialist Levin runs Quixotic race
By BARBARA ZAHS
Jules Levin admits that he is not a
typical presidential candidate.
'Very frankly, I couldn't care less about
taking over the office of the presidency,"
Levia says.
"ANYONE WHO would aspire ought to
have their heads examined. They're just
a bunch of glory-seeking egomaniacs who
want their names to go down in history as
serving as President of the United States,"
he insists.
Levin, 54, is the Socialist Labor Party's"
(SLP) candidate for president. He was in
Ann Arbor recently, trying to drum up
support for his campaign,
Because of severe restrictions imposed
io minority party candidates, Levin says
his name will appear on the ballot in only
"10 or 15" states. If the SLP is able to
garner three-tenths of one per cent of the
votes cast in today's primary, Levin's name
will be placed on the November ballot in
Michigan.
ALTHOUGH he knutws he is a dark horse
candidate, Levin refuses to call himself a
loser.
"This business about not winning in the
election depends on how you took at it,"
he says.
"When you look-at it not too searchingly,
it appears that the Socialist Labor Party
is a losing party. The Republicans and the
Democrats have been winning all of the
elections.
"But these parties are not solving any
problems. Conditions are getting prougres-
sively worse as days go on. These problems
are still with us. This is why they are
really the losers," he explains.
IEVIN, a resident of lladdonfield, New
Jerse1, has made tawii ntissiuccessful hids for
the United States Senate. Ie has als been
a candilate for New .tersey state usffices on
several occasions.
As a veteran campaigner, Levi is neither
surprised nor discouraged that few people
have taken his presidential candidacy
See SOCIALIST, Page 5
Levin