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NO. 199 (6) FINAL 5-STA Copyright 1993 2) Floods Now Near Crest In St. Louis By Virgil Tipton Of the Post-Dispatch Staff As the Mississippi and Missouri rivers swept toward their crests here, the Missouri ripped through a levee in Defiance on Saturday, burying even more homes and farmland in St. Charles County under water now 10 feet deep. Sheriff's deputies pleaded with residents of Portage des Sioux and people in trailer courts on the north side of St.

Charles to flee while they still could. In south St. Louis, the River Des Peres began lapping at the crown of sandbags lining the top of the river's 'i .1 levee, sandbags that stand as the last shield between the river and more than a thousand homes in St. Louis. In Arnold, President Bill Clinton said he might seek more than the $2.5 billion in disaster assistance he has already promised.

Clinton said he was considering sending in fed CREST: The Missouri River rose Saturday night toward a crest of more than 36 feet. The Mississippi River at St. Louis is expected to crest Sunday at 46.1 feet, 2.77 feet above the earlier record, set in 1973. WEATHER: The Weather Service predicts more rain for Sunday, Monday and Tuesday for Missouri and other parts of the region. J.B.

ForbesPost-Dispatch President Bill Clinton's helicopter, Marine One, flying low over flooded farmland in northern St. Charles County on Saturday. Officials Calling For Evacuation eral troops to help in flood zones. The peak of the flood is hitting St. Louis now.

The National Weather Service said the Missouri reached its crest or high point at St. Charles late Saturday. The service said the Mississippi would crest at St. Louis on Sunday, a day earlier than expected. The service also nudged its prediction for the crest to 46.1 feet, a tenth of a foot higher than the previous day's prediction.

But the flood could be with us a long time. Elsewhere, the flood pounded the Midwest without mercy: The Missouri River crashed though a levee in Maryland Heights, spewed water over farmland and around homes, surrounded a sewage treatment plant and reunited with Creve Coeur Lake. Along the riverfront, the Coast Guard abandoned its base on Iron Street twice in one day. The first evacuation lasted a couple of hours when firefighters cleared out a four-block area because tanks at a chemical company's See FLOODING, Page 8 Clinton Pledges To Aid Victims President's Offer Fails To Satisfy What Governors Say Is Needed By Kathleen Best Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau Armed with checks and surrounded by members of his Cabinet, President Bill Clinton promised the governors of flood-damaged states Saturday that his administration would not abandon them once the water recedes. "We are here to deal with basically two great issues," Clinton said as he opened a "flood summit" at Fox High School in Arnold.

"One is, what are we going to do right now, while everybody is up to their ears in alligators? "And the second is, how are we going to keep this ffort going over the long run so that we can see these through to full recovery?" After a helicopter tour of devastated St. Charles County, Clinton offered federal troops, short-term aid and less red tape. But he didn't offer up the billions of dollars that the governors say they need. Clinton, who is seeking $2.5 billion in disaster aid from Congress, said again Saturday that the federal government could not cover all flood losses. Illinois Gov.

Jim Edgar told the president: "Most of us See CLINTON, Page 5 -7 ZL -A" A i i is I i wU'Si. 1 it -s If I i President Clinton says flooding raises questions about how rivers are managed 5A i Insurance companies aren't among the losers in the Flood of '93 6A i Army of sandbaggers builds levee to 47 feet along River Des Peres 8A i New "great lake" could devastate crops 8A i Mosquitos are said to pose a major health threat 12A i Coast Guard reservists boat aid to stranded residents ID i Summit meeting proves long on substance 5D i Flooding hurts the economy, but pain Isn't expected to be permanent IE By Tom Uhlenbrock Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Disaster officials urged residents remaining in the flood plain of the Missouri and Mississippi rivers in St. Charles County on Saturday to evacuate as rising floodwater poured in from two sides. "It's a worst-case scenario and probably beyond that," said Gary Schuchardt of the county's emergency agency. "Yes, it can get worse than it is.

We're looking at the entire flood plains 40 percent of the county." Schuchardt said the county issued an "evacuation order" Saturday, although he said it did not have the power to force people from their homes. "We're usinc the terminoloev 'or- J.B ForbesPost-Dispatch der- for legal reasons he saidi "jf Vice President Al Gore (left) conferring privately with F'resident Bill Clinton there children left in vulnerable ar-See BREAKS, Page 8 during the flooding summit meeting Saturday at Fox High School in Arnold. Tutu Thanks U.S. Churches In St. Louis Visit INDEX WEATHER Chance Of Storms By Kathryn Rogers Post-Dispatch Religion Writer Anglican Archbishop Desmond Tutu of South Africa thanked U.S.

churches Saturday for their support in the struggle against apartheid, saying his country was "on the verge of quite exciting developments" because of backing and prayer from friends outside of South Africa. At a news conference at Cervantes Convention Center in downtown St. Louis, Tutu urged contin- Tutu, 71, who was in town this weekend for a joint meeting of two U.S. Protestant denominations. "I have no doubt at all about the effectiveness of prayer and the reality of having been upheld in some of the darkest moments of our struggle by the fervent prayers of -very many around the world," he said.

"Continue to do that." Tutu, a Nobel laureate, will provide a highlight Sunday night for the historic joint convention of the See TUTU, Page 4 Richard L. Hamm is elected to head the Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) 4A ued support for the congregations in his homeland who must now act as agents of reconciliation in the violence-torn country. "The movement for democracy has been spearheaded by the witness of the churches in South Africa because they have had prayerful and monetary support from churches in these parts," said ArtsEntertainment 3C-4C Automotive 35G Business 1-8E Classified 2-66G Everyday 1-14C Movie Timetable 12C News Analysis 1.4B Obituaries 10-1 2D St. Louis 1-12D Sports 1-14F Style Plus 1-6S Travel 1-6T EDITORIAL PAGE FORECAST Sunday Partly cloudy with a chance of storms. Southwest winds.

High 94, low 74. Monday Scattered storms. High 90. Other Weather, 8B Complaints Of Racial Harassment In Workplace Rise POST-DISPATCH What to do if you are the victim of discrimination. WEATHcRBIHP 4A By Lori Teresa Yearwood Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Instead of a chat at the water cooler or an invitation to lunch, they say they find menacing notes on their desks, nooses dangling in doorways, racist graffiti on bathroom walls.

In Missouri and elsewhere, increasing numbers of people say that when they step into the workplace, thejf 'wade into a morass of racial hostility. 78 people had alleged racial harassment on the job by the end of last month. The St. Louis district of the EEOC covers Missouri, Southern Illinois, Kansas and parts of Arkansas. Among the allegations in the last two years: White workers at a cleaning company in St.

Louis called black co-workers "porch monkeys," "coons" and other racial slurs. See BIAS, Page 4 Lessons From The Flood Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Don't Budge 2B In 1991, the St. Louis district of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission investigated 47 reports of racial harassment. In 1992, the agency investigated 79 such And this year threatens to top last jf ar's total:.