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Business Administration and the vctim’s own funds.
fhe disaster surveys reveal that rhi- was one of the most severe and i!e , . active storms ever to hit this .. ra,” ,M' Edson stated
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. kei-. are assisting Ideal volurcreers and chapter workers with the relief -program. In addition, 400 •egistered nurses acting as Red L 'oss volunteers, are helping care tor the homeless.
While recovery work is in progess in most of the areai. Mr. E.l■en said, an extensive shelter oper-
' still in progress at Wallops !s!:r d, on Maryland’s Eastern shore, where the Red Cross and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration jre caring tor some 1,000 evacuees from flooded Chincoteague Island. A large number of these are staying with mainland families who have onened their homes to storm vicr nis and the rest are housed r .-belters set up at the NASA mis'ile base site.
Mr. Edson said Red Cross caseworkers at Wallops have handled more than 1 ,<100 welfare inquiries from persons throughout the count with friends or relatives living i! Chincoteague.
Our Governor's Highway Safetv Committee reminds us that traffic deaths almost invariably begin to increase in the spring months. East March saw eighty of them on Virginia street's and highways, as -'tupared to but thirty-six for last 1 cbm,ary.
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