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<br />page 39 <br /> <br />Civil Defense set up shelter facilities at Crosson <br />Field. Ehergency equipment was tuken there. <br />Any families needing food or ohe1ter were welcome to <br />use the emergency facilities. <br />Last night the disaster facilities were set up at <br />Northeastern Junior College, then moved to Memorial auditorium <br />this morning and finally to the countJ7 club and airport. <br />Authorities feared the jnior college and auditorium <br />might be too low. <br />Plans were made to evacuate Rose Arbor Nursing home. <br />Most of the guests will be taken to Ste,rling Country Club. <br />Traffic to the South Platte River became so heavy this <br />morning East Chestnut St. was closed by the city. <br />Chamber of Commerce manager Wilson Clark recommended <br />that merchants close their stores so employees cou~d get home. <br />Stores thruout downtown Sterling and Fair Shopping Center <br />were sandbagged. <br />Some homes were also sandbagged. <br />City Hanager Marvin McElwain said city crews were busy <br />this morning cleaning up tree limbs and other debris caused <br />by last night's wind. <br />"We want streets as clear as possible in case we get some <br />flood waters," he said. <br />Service stations and grocery store" were besieged by <br />customers wanting to stock up "just in case." Some grocery <br />stores were sold out of staples. <br /> <br />From THE STERLIIlG JOURNAL-ADVOCATE on Monda.y, June 21" 1965. . . . <br /> <br />ARE A <br /> <br />FLOOD <br /> <br />DAMAGE <br /> <br />I N $ MIL L ION S <br /> <br />Reconstruction began over the weekend in the wake of <br />northeastern Colorado I s most disastrous flood. <br />As crest waters of the South Platte River began moving <br />out of the state, surveys indicated the damage will reach <br />several millions of dollars. <br />Direct damage to bridges, highwa,Ts, farms, irrigation <br />companies and utilities will run in the millions. <br />Indirect loss from reduced crop ,rields and disrupted <br />cattle feeding operations will add untold amounts to the <br />toll. <br />The Lower South Platte Water Conservancy district Sunday <br />night forwarded to the federal bureau of reclamation in <br />Washington a request for allocation of $1,500,000 in disaster <br />emergency funds to assist northeastern Colorado irrigation <br />districts and mutual ditch companies in getting their flood- <br />damaged systems back into operation. <br />