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BUSINESS Dow Jones Hits High Of 3567.70 sc NATION Gen. Ridgway Dead At 98 3B LOCAL Heat Getting To You? ib The Bug Lady And Ladybugs Author Sue Hubbell's guide to the world of bugs including her ladybugs was a tough sell for the publisher's marketing people EVERYDAY ID Show Time In Philly The Cardinals and Phillies, fighting for the NL East title, open a key three-game series in -Philadelphia tonight. SPORTS 1C 7 1 POST DiffiTCH TUESDAY, JULY 27, 1993 OL. 115, NO. 208 5-STAR 50 Copyright 1993 (3) Mitoses -'(: -i tf 1 -V Sam LeonePost-Dispatch Rescuers saving pigs Monday at a farm about 2 miles south of Chester, III.

The rescue workers had to cut holes in the roof of the building to get the pigs out, Flood Wall, Levee Leaks Cause Worry By Virgil Tipton Of the Post-Dispatch Staff As the Mississippi River flood rolled into its second month, workers in Southern Illinois scrambled to plug a leaking levee while engineers in St. Louis brainstormed on ways to shore up the city's flood wall. Residents of Greene, Monroe and Randolph counties in Illinois suffered through a tense watch on the levees protecting their homes and thousands of acres. The Army Corps of Engineers said the levees could collapse anytime. Sometime today, a record flood crest coming down the Missouri River and another record crest coming down the Kansas River will collide at Kansas where the two rivers join.

No one knows quite what to expect. "Prayer may be the only answer," said Michael Koska, a fireworks wholesaler, as he struggled Monday morning to move his inventory of whizbangs, cherry bombs and sparklers from a warehouse in the bottom land to higher ground. When the Mississippi reaches its high point next week, this flood may go into the books as carrying the highest volume of water ever recorded. The river has already smashed the record for water height. Elsewhere in the flood zone Monday: The 77,000 residents of St.

Joseph, in northwestern Missouri, relied on a daily ration of 10 gallons of water each. Emergency crews haul 1 million gallons of water to St. Joseph a day. The city has lacked fresh water since Sunday, when the Missouri River swamped the water plant. In St.

Charles County, officials sent out calls for more sandbaggers and for amateur radio operators. Workers sandbagged in subdivisions where residents once thought they were safe from floods. Missouri Gov. Mel Carnahan left for Washington to lobby for disaster relief. Biggest Ever' The Mississippi flood here entered its second month today; the river first crept above the flood stage of 30 feet at St.

Louis on June 27. On Monday, the National Weather Service predicted that the Mississippi at St. Louis would reach its crest See FLOOD, Page 7 Residents Flee St. Joseph, Mo. By Terry Ganey Post-Dispatch Jefferson City Bureau Chief ST.

JOSEPH, Mo. Thousands of residents of south St. Joseph evacuated their homes Monday after authorities warned that the Missouri River had risen to the top of a levee protecting the area. As caravans of U-Hauls and pickup trucks streamed from the city's south end, a powerful "Sky Crane" helicopter worked over the north side, extracting waterlogged pumps from the city's crippled water plant. The operation was the first toward restoring running water to the city's 35,000 households and businesses.

"The risk of possible flooding from levee failure is quite high," said Patt Lilly, city manager. Lilly said there was concern that the wild, rain-swollen river would come over a 400-foot section that protected an area of town containing dozens of factories and the homes of 6,000 to 8,000 people. "It's raining up north," Lilly said. "How much they are See ST. JOSEPH, Page 7 i 1 Illinois Towns Brace And Bag Prairie Du Rocher Prepares Itself For Worst, Hopes Levee Will Hold By Tom Uhlenbrock and Robert Goodrich Of the Post-Dispatch Staff PRAIRIE DU ROCHER, 111.

Crews used sandbags flown in by helicopter Monday to bolster a soggy levee and to prevent the Mississippi River from flooding Illinois' oldest town and 20 miles of lowlands to the north. Emergency workers went door to door over the weekend, warning residents that a break appeared inevitable because of the appearance of sand boils, which indicated that the Mississippi was churning up from beneath the levee. "That's the worst part," said Wayne Reinking, principal of the elementary school. "Until the last few days, it was 'if it's going to break. Now, it's "The dilemma is when it goes here, we're talking a big stretch of land all the way up to Valmeyer." Reinking estimated up to 90 percent of the 600 residents had evacuated by Monday, after preparing for the worst.

The seven school buses were moved to Paul Herzog's farm on the bluffs that overlook the town. School files and equipment were stacked out of harm's way, and the local beer distributor agreed to store the school's frozen food. Video games were hauled out of the pool room at Lisa's Bar and Restaurant, and the artifacts were carted out of the museum at the Fort de Chartres State Historic Site, where the French built a fort in 1722. See TOWNS, Page 7 Wf EMM Water Giveaway: Alton will begin distribution tonight 5A City's Protector: Flood wall protects St. Louis and many landmarks 7A Railroad Woe: Track section left suspended in air 7A Flood Vote: House debate expected today.SB Bond Wait: Investors wait on the flood.

6C Kevin ManningPost-Dispatch A National Guard helicopter preparing Monday to airlift sandbags to an endangered levee just north of Prairie du Rocher, III. Boys Home Probe Finds No Wrongdoing By Those Involved In Cave Trip By Christine Bertelson and Mark Schlinkmann Of the Post-Dispatch Staff The counselors and staff members at St. Joseph's Home for Boys did not show poor judgment when they took an ill-fated field trip to Cliff Cave Park last Friday in which six people died. That is the conclusion of an internal investigation of the accident conducted by Catholic Charities, which operates the home for the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

No one at St. Joseph's home will be disciplined, suspended or fired as a result of the accident, said Karen Wallensak, a spokeswoman for the home. "The people involved in this should have clear consciences," Wallensak said. In other developments Monday: Police investigators interviewed chil- from high water has passed. Father Joseph Buckley, St.

Joseph's administrator, called on St. Louis County to seal off Cliff Cave permanently. "It's a death trap," Buckley said. "It's going to happen again." Four boys and two counselors were killed Friday when they were trapped by a flash flood while exploring the cave in a county park. Sixteen boys and four counselors made the trip.

St. Joseph's, at 4753 South Grand Boulevard, is a residential treatment center for about 50 abused or troubled youths. Bernard Huger, the attorney for the Archdiocese of St. Louis, disputed St. Louis County's contention that the park had been closed since July 10.

Huger said a "Road Closed" sign and barricades that the group bypassed were not clear enough to keep out visitors. See CAVE, Page 5 St. Joseph's Home For Boys got good marks over the past year 5A Other school group rejected Cliff Cave journey Friday 1B dren and counselors who survived the caving trip, and residents who live near the cave. St. Louis County officials said the cave would reopen to the public after the danger WEATHER Money Manager Wants Bond's Suit Dismissed Chance Of Storms By Jon Sawyer Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau Chief WASHINGTON The former manager of Sen.

Christopher S. Bond's blind trust said in court papers filed Monday that the collapse of the senator's $1.3 million account was caused by Bond's "uncontrolled personal spending habits not fraud, misrepresentation or market manipulation." The former manager, William J. Reik denied in his motion to dismiss Bond's suit that he had promised Bond to employ "conservative" strategies in managing the account. The motion, filed with the U.S. District Court in St.

Louis, includes a copy of Bond's letter of April 1985 ordering the manager of the trust, the Wilmington Trust to transfer the account to Reik. In it, Bond urges that the trust "be managed aggressively for the greatest possible capital gain." Bond's instructions belie the claims in his suit filed May 13, Reik's motion says: "Aggressive management and maximum gains can simply not be squared with 'conservative' and the motion states. David Ayres, a spokesman for the Missouri Republican, said Monday that the senator would have no statement on the latest development in the suit. "I have been informed that the senator's lawyer will file a response in two weeks," Ayres said. "They don't intend to argue this case in the See BOND, Page 4 OH, OH, OH, vi FORECAST Today Partly cloudy, chance of afternoon and evening storms.

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Louis 1-4B Reviews 5D Sports 1-5C Television 6D EDITORIAL PAGE To Save Wetlands Same Sad Story 6B Civilians Flee As Israeli-Arab Fighting Intensifies POST-DISPATCH WEATHERBIRD wea a pat off. Compiled From News Services NABATIYEH, Lebanon Israel hammered guerrilla strongholds with planes, gunboats and artillery Monday for a second day as civilians on both sides of the border fled the worst Arab-Israeli fighting in 11 years. At least 39 people were reported killed and 151 wounded. Most of the casualties were in Lebanon, where about 50,000 villagers left their homes during lulls in the shooting and fled north. About 150,000 Israelis huddled in bomb shelters during a second day of Arab guerrillas' rocket attacks on northern Israel; thousands headed away from the border.

Unlike their normal pattern of brief strikes, Israeli forces hit at targets across Lebanon hour after hour to retaliate for recent attacks on Israeli troops. The intense attack brought warnings from Arabs that the hostilities could jeopardize the 21-month-long negotiations for a Middle East peace settlement. Nabatiyeh, a market town of 35,000, was bom-See LEBANON, Page 4 ooisQnoo1.