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The Carrizal and Grijalva rivers continued to rise Wednesday in the Tabasco state capital of Vil lahermosa, pushing into city streets, flooding houses with five feet of water and forcing resi dents to flee in boats with their belongings. “Not even the army’s efforts have been enough. Unfortunately it is now impossible to control the flow of water,” said Georgina TYu- jillo, mayor of Villahermosa, where 500,000 people live. More than 50,000 people were evacuated in Tabasco, where four people were killed. A tropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico that lashed the coast and nearby mountains with rain Monday and Tuesday mostly dissipated on Wednesday. But forecasters predicted its rem nants would continue to bring rain — as would another weather system blowing in from the east. Seventy people were reported dead in Puebla state, southeast of Mexico City, state Gov. Pacific Ocean 250 miles Melquiades Morales said in a radio address today. Most had been killed in mudslides in remote communi ties and aid workers were struggling to reach the stricken areas. “We know that it is very proba ble the figure will grow,” as officials reach isolated areas, he said. About 19,000 evacuated their houses in the state, he said. In Teziutlan alone, officials recorded more than 80 mudslides — one of which swept away 20 houses — said Julieta Perez, secre tary-general for the municipality of 180,000. Veracruz state police reported five additional deaths there today, 1 —“ bringing the storm’s toll to 40 in the state. State officials said 48,000 people had been evacuated. There were four confirmed deaths in the cen tral state of Hidalgo, the city of TUlancingo. 60 miles northeast of Mexico City. The city was rav aged by floodwaters, and about 50,000 people were evacuated. Some regions had received 2 1/2 feet of rain fall in two days — a total greater than the average annual rainfall for the Mexico City area, National Water Commission Director Guillermo Guerrero said today. “We had never seen anything like this,” truck driver Armando Rosas said Wednesday after wait- Flooded states UNITED STAl! MEXICO Mudslides kill dozens BY B1 250 km Mexico City Fkv: I ing for more than 12 hours to cross a to way there. “They say it could take two before we can get across.” Scattered flooding was reported in of southern and central Mexico, apas state killed two people earliei in The army said it had installed l 1 for storm refugees throughout the addition to hundreds more establisl cal or state officials. Newspapers and television stations City urged people to bring food, doi kets and medicine for the victims to centers in the capital. Hindu nationalist party wins Indian elections NEW DELHI, India (AP) — A 22-party alliance led by the Hindu nationalists won India’s parlia mentary elections, unofficial re sults showed yesterday, giving the nation its first chance at a stable government in several years. With winners declared for 536 seats. Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s alliance had won 286 while the main Congress party and its allies trailed at 129. Congress, led by Italian-born So nia Gandhi, suffered its worst showing ever, with a projected 113 of the 543 elected seats in the low er house of parliament. Results were expected to be counted yesterday and officially an nounced today for all but five con stituencies, where voting was rescheduled because of flooding. India’s stock exchange, looking for stability after four governments in four years, reacted with confi dence to television projections showing Vajpayee’s alliance would win at least 294 seats, a comfort able majority. Bombay’s Sensitive Index rose 5.64 percent and Moody’s Investor Service upgraded India’s rating from stable to positive, saying the new government is likely to pursue aggressive economic restructuring. One of the new government’s Germany offers in WWII compensate India's election Unofficial results show a 22- party alliance led by the Hindu nationalists won India's parliamentary elections. Seats in Parliament Preliminary results' of voting as of Thursday, Oct. 7 130 'Five districts will vote on Oct. 28 AP/Wm. J. Gastello first tasks will be to restart efforts to forge a lasting peace with neigh boring Pakistan. Efforts at improving ties be tween the South Asian rivals were wrecked when Indian troops bat tled Pakistani-backed intruders in Kashmir in fierce fighting lasting from May to July. The victory gives the new gov ernment a good chance of serving a full five-year term, something no party in India other than Congress has been able to do. WASHINGTON (AP) — The German government and indus tries offered $3.3 billion yester day to compensate for World War II atrocities. Lawyers for victims labeled the offer “an enormous disappointment.” “I told the German delegation they have done more harm to the German govern- merit and German people than they can ever imagine,” Mel Weiss, an attorney for survivors in class-action suits in U.S. courts, said. Otto Lambsdorff, chief German envoy to two days of com pensation talks host- Talks are scheduled to this afternoon. Weiss first told reporte offer in front of the State merit after hearing the made to a meeting of inter, a l negotiators by Lambsdoii “The offer amounts tc $300 million or less ir. terms,’ ■WIR mor ( ling Pa lican P to sta} lican p Mates 'the Re trying |re the (ecause so eai not n can ot jimage In 19 ise rac in wit the N le resp (y to ac platfo ■ tri ment laving iblicai Jerse Itman. eral ele lidates in th (rift tov igthe (cal vie “The offer comes to about $300 million or less in 1940 terms.'' said, d German — Wolfgang Gibowski Spokesperson for German corporation try has vastly? in the since i nearly i iorthek ring wh fltis tin wishin pnsOTCffo isistent Nai\ v ed by the State Department, called the $3.3 billion offer “a consider able amount given the budget con straints in Germany.” Wolfgang Gibowski, spokesman for German corporations in the talks, said he felt the offer shows German industry “standing up to its moral responsibility.” German officials said the offer would include payment of about $5,500 to each slave laborer. It was unclear what would be paid to other victims, including those classified as forced laborers. during World War “This is disgusting,” Weis adding that one-third of the :he wc ey is supposed to come to litmu German government. He sail means industry came about $2.1 billion of the toli lition, building up enormous we the backs of these victims. He said the proposed at ided is would cover payments to s« i' er . an of labor camps as well ascot sation relating to unpaid! 0s Pok War II insurance claims,bcd| ean d counts and some other issos Friends of the Sterling C. Evans Library 7th Annual FUN RUN October 16, 1999 - 8:00 a.m. Sponsored by: H.E.B. Pantry Foods, TAMU Athletic Department, The 12th Man Foundation, Optima Systems, Inc., Acklam Construction Co., Inc., David Gardner's Jewelers, A.G. 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