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STATE HISTORICAL HQCIETY II ITT I LCflRY ST. fiEHV COLUMBIA, WO. 65211 75th Year -- No. 191 Good Morning! It's Tuesday, April 26, 1983 2 Sections 14 Pages 25 Cents County residents down in the dumps over landfill sites Pollution hazard a fear By Michael Sawlckl and Leslie Werstein Mlssourtan stall writers The discussion by county residents who live near the two proposed landfill sites had the potential of becoming another cold war East versus West. But the 120 residents from both sides de-cided not to square off with one another. In-stead, they targeted their broadsides at City Council members, who will choose the site, and county officials, who will recommend one. Each side came armed with lists of rea-sons why the new landfill shouldn't be in Its neighborhood. These ranged from technical talk involving water pollution to emotional outcries against property devaluation. The landfill the city has been using since 1971 located eight miles north of the city between Calvert Hill and Peabody roads is rapidly reaching capacity and the longer it is used the less economical it becomes. After a four- ye- ar search for a replacement site where city and county trash can be dumped for the next 25 years, the choices have been narrowed to two: an east site bounded by Route B, Hinkson Creek and Rogers Road, and a west site located north of Oakland Church Road, between Route B on the west and U. S. 63 North on the east Although the council officially is not ac-countable to county residents, homeowners from both areas hoped their arguments would not fall on deaf ears. East- sit- e residents cautioned that if a land-fill is built in their neighborhood all the Co-lumbia area could be affected by further pol-lution of Hinkson Creek. " The east site's proximity to Hinkson Creek poses and creates a public health haz-ard," said toxicologist Paul Cary, who cited textbooks and laws that say landfills should not be built near rivers, streams or creeks. " There is no room for error at the eastern site because of the creek," he said. " These ingredients suggest a recipe for disaster." Similar views were expressed by those liv-ing around the west site. " If someone says that this waste ' soup' won't penetrate into the ground," said Gene Thieman, " he's out of his mind." Thieman said no sensible individual would want to live anywhere near a landfill. " Things like this always have the potential to be another Love Canal," he said Cary said that if minerals and metals from the landfill seep into Hinkson Creek, ut dwellers downstream who use the creek for recreation could be subject to disease-- such as hepatitis. Mayor John Westlund, who was particular-ly concerned about Cary's claim that the dump could become a health hazard, asked for comment from Public Works Director Ray Beck. " We got the greatest heads together to . stu-dy the issue," Beck said " We don't antic-ipate any pollution to Hinkson Creek. " Westlund seemed appeased. But Cary wasn't satisfied by explanations from Beck and engineers hired by the cit. " They are not really addressing the is-sues," he charged. Linda Graue set her infant in Cary ' s arms, then voiced a similar concern. " As a mother of small children." she said. " I'm concerned with the health hazard of liv-ing so close to a dump. " Slowly, Ms. Graue recited the many areas in the city that Hinkson Creek flows through, including the Columbia Country Club and Stephens Lake and golf course area. Other residents expressed fears about noise, odor, litter and decreasing property value. Bobbie Robinson summarred the feelings of many of her east- sit- e neighbors " Anyone with property across from a dump would object," shesaid, " and I do " Armed with an arsenal including slides, transparencies for overhead projection, maps and a letter from Boone County Fue Chief Steve Paulsell, David Sapp echoed thp concerns of his counterparts from the east. Following his visual barrage, the resident of the west- sit- e area read aloud PaulseU's letter, which noted that a new fire station i e- ce- ntly was constructed in the area in antic-ipation of residential development there. A landfill at the west site, Paulsell said. mfSBSiSVStBBEimHBtUStSSmS . aaailBBaaaflPiiaammJm-''- V aaaYjHBH srbbvibibdBv v Jaaa bFbt aaaHaBaiiLaavBBaBBaar'j aaaaBBiBAlAj' 7 tfC4tJBaaaaaaaaaaiU3 LaaaaaVs SaaaBaiaaianBF JDE " ubbbw"' i hMr Tar BaBBBawB) 9iBflLuflr laaaaanHilBnrtffBaVt rtf JjAslrrTStiWir ' iTaf illffiaaaiaaaalHKP jggBEBBKKfamBBmamSWSiS ijraftflfc jfflTfffffiBlaaarlHBaiaa tIEbbbb --"" Bata! fflsfflHHBaaflHiiiBBHaanB C'ftQ Horstmeiar pholos County Court Judges Kay Roberts and Alex Gates com-pare notes during Monday night's hearing on a landfill could decentralize residential development in the area. That would prevent growth near Uie new fire station and direct it into areas not currently served by the fire district. Sapp broke momcntariK from the solid fiont presented by the two sides and sug-gested that if one of the two sites had to he chosen, it should be the one in the east. " Because the impact on the east is dra-matically less than the impact on the west," he said, ' I propose the council choose the eastern site." For the most part, however, the coalition was firmly united in opposition to selection of either site. ' Some tiling seems wrong," Glenn Hof-fmann told the council " I don't want to keep vour trash in my back ard " The entaie east site and part of the west site have received tentatn e approval from the state Department of Natural Resources. It was noted that state approval will be nec-essary before either can be used as a land-fill site for Columbia. People living near the sites listen at-tentively during the hearing. vflH i to l ffLalaDaaBslSpeLBaianaauLBaBBBF JHkBbnfiaaBJrf V yWEJlBsas " 9 Licensing law controversy not over yet By Bob Martin Mlssourlan stall writer The long drama of Columbia's licensing law for rental housing continues to unfold. As of Monday, opponents of the law had not appealed last month's Circuit Court rul-ing upholding the ordinance. But because of a temporary injunction pending appeal the ordinance is not in effect. Former Circuit Court Judge John Cave ruled March 25 against the group of city landlords challenging the 5- year- - old ordi-nance requiring apartment inspections. Cave ruled that the Columbia Municipal Court can issue search warrants to enforce the city's rental housing licensing law. Be-cause Cave had presided over the case since it was filed in September 1978, he had the power to decide the case after his retire-ment Cave retired last year. The Judge ruled in favor of the city on all counts and directed the plaintiffs to pay all court costs. It was the first ruling on the lawsuit that has kept the city from inspecting about 2,000 apartments since then. After the ruling, the plaintiff's attorney, William Powell, asked the court to continue a temporary injunction pending appeal. The injunction keeps the city from inspecting property owned by the plaintiffs until the suit is resolved. Although the injunction was awarded April 18, as cf Monday the group had not filed a no-tice of appeal with the Circuit Court clerk. Monday was the final day for the plaintiffs to appeal according to David Evans, Colum-- See DISPUTED, page 8A TFElfiK7 9: 30 a. m. Boone County Court, coun-ty courtroom, County- Cit- y Building. Inside Business 6B Classified 4- 5- B Comics ........................... 3B Opinion ......... ...................... 4A Record 7A Sports ............................... 1- 2- B People.... . 5A MlVfl NIWHtHIIHUUtlMnniNHINnMinMIHIIIUIIHlDA j Have to be ill? Columbia is the place By Mary Jane Gore Mlssourian staft writer With help from the Univerty Hospital, Columbia has moved into fourth place na-tionwide in physicians per 100,000 popula-tion. That's according to a study based on U. S. Census data. That finding comes from a recently ie-- . leased State Metro Area Data Bank report, based on a survey of 305 metropolitan areas. " What has affected the Boone County numbers over this time period ( 197G to 1981) is the presence of the University Hospital," explained Greg Brown, a health research analyst at the center. " There was a significant growth in the medical school program during that time more people were accepted. We counted in-dividuals in training as full- tim- e physicians for our study." The highest ratio of active physicians to population was in Rochester, Minn. Iowa City, Iowa, came in No. 2, and Charlottes-ville, Va , was just ahead of Columbia. The city topped such cities as No 12 New York, No. 32 Los Angeles and No 77 St Imis. The 1981 national average was 19.4 active physicians per 10,000 people, according to the state Center for Health Statistics. While Missouri's average of 1G. 3 pin sicians per 10,- 00- 0 fell below the national rate, Boone Coun-ty had a whopping 53.1 physicians per 10,000 people almost three times the rest of the country The study also put Culumbia at seventh na-tionally for hospital beds per 100,000 popula-tion St Louis County trailed Boone C'cuntv with a rate of 38 8 per 10,000. By comparison, some Missouri counties Osage, Dekalb, Dallas and Ozark, to name a few have no doctors. Ninety- tw- o percent of the state's physi-cians are male; 88 percent are white, 11 per-cent are Orientals and less than 2 percent are black. Boone County had the second highest growth rate in the number of primary care physicians those doctors in family prac-tice, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics or gynecology of any county in the state between 1976 and 1981. The latest Center for Health Statistics re-port noted that the number of Boone County primary care physicians increased from 76 in 1976 to 142 two years ago. Brown noted that Boone County physicians have tended to establish their practices near their school of graduation, a Common prac-tice for many physicians. Another factor that attracts physicians to Boone County is the School of Medirne's re-search facdities. Physicians also arc drawn to cities such as Columbia that ah eady have well- estabhshedmed-tcal commuiiities. The most recent survey by fne State Cen-ter for Health Statistics shows that in 1982, Boone County had 582 phjsicians ana os-teopaths about 7 percent of the state's to-tal. Adair County, which had the highest per capita rate of phjsician influx in the state, expanded its ranks from 13 to 34 doctors dur-ing the five- ye- ar period. Brown explained that the attraction there was the Kirksvflle School of Osteopathic Sur-gery and the University of Missouri- Kansa- s City Medical School. By contrast, DeKalb County recorded one physician in 1976. By 1981, the county had no doctor at all. Trapped 3 days j Explorers safe inside cave MOUNT VERNON, Ky. ( UPI) - Divers found eight explorers safe Monday night on a dry ledge 1,800 feet from the entrance of a flooded cave they were trapped in three days. Rescuers were waiting late Monday night for the water level to drop so they could walk the explores out. " They are all fine," said Tom Staubitz, chairman of the Greater Cincinnati Grotto Club, in contact with the cavers by field tele-phone. " They are a little cold but are fully able to get out on their own power." The water level in which the people should be able to walk out of the cave should be reached at midnight or after, said Tern Bar- net- t, spokesman for the state Disaster and Emergency Services. Two divers were led to the ledge by a note they found in the eastern Kentucky cave in a previous search for the explorers, missing since Saturday morning. The note read: " Help. Eight cavers wait-ing on dry ledge 1.800 feet upstream from here. Leave diving tanks here. Only needed for entrance. Been here since 11 a. m. Satur-day 4- 2- 3. Now Monday 4-- 25 12 noon, ( signed ) Gary Bush." Bush is a member of the group from the Greater Cincinnati Grotto, National Speleo-logical Society. The two divers from the National Cave Rescue Association, flown in from Blooming- to- n, Ind., entered the rain- swolle- n cave at 3: 35p. m. CDT on their second dive. When they emerged about 5 p. m. with the note, a crowd of about 75 to 100 rescue work-ers and onlookers cheered. The divers, Jeff Forbes and Steve Mager- - j lien, said they found the note in what possi- - j bly was the place where anothei diver ear-lier in the day left provisions for the missing explorers. The two divers went into the cave on their j third dive along with two others at about 6: 15 , p. m. CDT Two stayed with the cavers while i the others went for more supplies and equip-- j ment to rig a field telephone into the cave. I Staubitz said a field telephone was in-- j stalled to coordinate bringing the cavers out one at a time. He said a group of tents near I the entrance was set up to house the cavers I u hen they emerge. ' Earlier, reconnaissance diver George ' Veni, not a member of the Bloomington ', team, emerged from a six- ho- ur search and reported no trace of the eight Cincinnati- are- a amateur cave explorers, They were trapped after heavy rain caused an under-ground stream to flood the small cave en-trance. Veni exited after searching 1 ,800 feet of the j cave that contains many passages. He said ' he was not familiar with the cave, located about 50 miles southeast of Ixmgton. Inside the cave, he left food, drinking water, fuel for lamps and heat blankets. The eight spelioloists entered the cave about noon Saturday on a routine under-ground cave- mappin- g trip. Even at times of low water, it is necessary to get wet to the waist in entering the cave, and most spelunkers carried extia clothing . because of that. I -- N- ' w T" " - ' '""-- " rargi Tini- i- . ii mi I,, ' iill'linWillrMamJ8B -- - - ' - jdHFigj,-- WaaaaaaiiV!! z - ' TKfBBwSSlStltilm ifS8JHH8lfiara y flMwBffitei'' TiLJiu? m- TBlL-L' -- y MMRSm. m. WK? WBM - , ' '- ss5! K4S-fffil( RBBBHP -- ' ' Amr --- " - - v . '..'. AJsSk UPI T. ltphoto Rescuers check the water level at the cave's entrance i A
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Item.Transcript | STATE HISTORICAL HQCIETY II ITT I LCflRY ST. fiEHV COLUMBIA, WO. 65211 75th Year -- No. 191 Good Morning! It's Tuesday, April 26, 1983 2 Sections 14 Pages 25 Cents County residents down in the dumps over landfill sites Pollution hazard a fear By Michael Sawlckl and Leslie Werstein Mlssourtan stall writers The discussion by county residents who live near the two proposed landfill sites had the potential of becoming another cold war East versus West. But the 120 residents from both sides de-cided not to square off with one another. In-stead, they targeted their broadsides at City Council members, who will choose the site, and county officials, who will recommend one. Each side came armed with lists of rea-sons why the new landfill shouldn't be in Its neighborhood. These ranged from technical talk involving water pollution to emotional outcries against property devaluation. The landfill the city has been using since 1971 located eight miles north of the city between Calvert Hill and Peabody roads is rapidly reaching capacity and the longer it is used the less economical it becomes. After a four- ye- ar search for a replacement site where city and county trash can be dumped for the next 25 years, the choices have been narrowed to two: an east site bounded by Route B, Hinkson Creek and Rogers Road, and a west site located north of Oakland Church Road, between Route B on the west and U. S. 63 North on the east Although the council officially is not ac-countable to county residents, homeowners from both areas hoped their arguments would not fall on deaf ears. East- sit- e residents cautioned that if a land-fill is built in their neighborhood all the Co-lumbia area could be affected by further pol-lution of Hinkson Creek. " The east site's proximity to Hinkson Creek poses and creates a public health haz-ard," said toxicologist Paul Cary, who cited textbooks and laws that say landfills should not be built near rivers, streams or creeks. " There is no room for error at the eastern site because of the creek," he said. " These ingredients suggest a recipe for disaster." Similar views were expressed by those liv-ing around the west site. " If someone says that this waste ' soup' won't penetrate into the ground," said Gene Thieman, " he's out of his mind." Thieman said no sensible individual would want to live anywhere near a landfill. " Things like this always have the potential to be another Love Canal," he said Cary said that if minerals and metals from the landfill seep into Hinkson Creek, ut dwellers downstream who use the creek for recreation could be subject to disease-- such as hepatitis. Mayor John Westlund, who was particular-ly concerned about Cary's claim that the dump could become a health hazard, asked for comment from Public Works Director Ray Beck. " We got the greatest heads together to . stu-dy the issue," Beck said " We don't antic-ipate any pollution to Hinkson Creek. " Westlund seemed appeased. But Cary wasn't satisfied by explanations from Beck and engineers hired by the cit. " They are not really addressing the is-sues," he charged. Linda Graue set her infant in Cary ' s arms, then voiced a similar concern. " As a mother of small children." she said. " I'm concerned with the health hazard of liv-ing so close to a dump. " Slowly, Ms. Graue recited the many areas in the city that Hinkson Creek flows through, including the Columbia Country Club and Stephens Lake and golf course area. Other residents expressed fears about noise, odor, litter and decreasing property value. Bobbie Robinson summarred the feelings of many of her east- sit- e neighbors " Anyone with property across from a dump would object," shesaid, " and I do " Armed with an arsenal including slides, transparencies for overhead projection, maps and a letter from Boone County Fue Chief Steve Paulsell, David Sapp echoed thp concerns of his counterparts from the east. Following his visual barrage, the resident of the west- sit- e area read aloud PaulseU's letter, which noted that a new fire station i e- ce- ntly was constructed in the area in antic-ipation of residential development there. A landfill at the west site, Paulsell said. mfSBSiSVStBBEimHBtUStSSmS . aaailBBaaaflPiiaammJm-''- V aaaYjHBH srbbvibibdBv v Jaaa bFbt aaaHaBaiiLaavBBaBBaar'j aaaaBBiBAlAj' 7 tfC4tJBaaaaaaaaaaiU3 LaaaaaVs SaaaBaiaaianBF JDE " ubbbw"' i hMr Tar BaBBBawB) 9iBflLuflr laaaaanHilBnrtffBaVt rtf JjAslrrTStiWir ' iTaf illffiaaaiaaaalHKP jggBEBBKKfamBBmamSWSiS ijraftflfc jfflTfffffiBlaaarlHBaiaa tIEbbbb --"" Bata! fflsfflHHBaaflHiiiBBHaanB C'ftQ Horstmeiar pholos County Court Judges Kay Roberts and Alex Gates com-pare notes during Monday night's hearing on a landfill could decentralize residential development in the area. That would prevent growth near Uie new fire station and direct it into areas not currently served by the fire district. Sapp broke momcntariK from the solid fiont presented by the two sides and sug-gested that if one of the two sites had to he chosen, it should be the one in the east. " Because the impact on the east is dra-matically less than the impact on the west," he said, ' I propose the council choose the eastern site." For the most part, however, the coalition was firmly united in opposition to selection of either site. ' Some tiling seems wrong," Glenn Hof-fmann told the council " I don't want to keep vour trash in my back ard " The entaie east site and part of the west site have received tentatn e approval from the state Department of Natural Resources. It was noted that state approval will be nec-essary before either can be used as a land-fill site for Columbia. People living near the sites listen at-tentively during the hearing. vflH i to l ffLalaDaaBslSpeLBaianaauLBaBBBF JHkBbnfiaaBJrf V yWEJlBsas " 9 Licensing law controversy not over yet By Bob Martin Mlssourlan stall writer The long drama of Columbia's licensing law for rental housing continues to unfold. As of Monday, opponents of the law had not appealed last month's Circuit Court rul-ing upholding the ordinance. But because of a temporary injunction pending appeal the ordinance is not in effect. Former Circuit Court Judge John Cave ruled March 25 against the group of city landlords challenging the 5- year- - old ordi-nance requiring apartment inspections. Cave ruled that the Columbia Municipal Court can issue search warrants to enforce the city's rental housing licensing law. Be-cause Cave had presided over the case since it was filed in September 1978, he had the power to decide the case after his retire-ment Cave retired last year. The Judge ruled in favor of the city on all counts and directed the plaintiffs to pay all court costs. It was the first ruling on the lawsuit that has kept the city from inspecting about 2,000 apartments since then. After the ruling, the plaintiff's attorney, William Powell, asked the court to continue a temporary injunction pending appeal. The injunction keeps the city from inspecting property owned by the plaintiffs until the suit is resolved. Although the injunction was awarded April 18, as cf Monday the group had not filed a no-tice of appeal with the Circuit Court clerk. Monday was the final day for the plaintiffs to appeal according to David Evans, Colum-- See DISPUTED, page 8A TFElfiK7 9: 30 a. m. Boone County Court, coun-ty courtroom, County- Cit- y Building. Inside Business 6B Classified 4- 5- B Comics ........................... 3B Opinion ......... ...................... 4A Record 7A Sports ............................... 1- 2- B People.... . 5A MlVfl NIWHtHIIHUUtlMnniNHINnMinMIHIIIUIIHlDA j Have to be ill? Columbia is the place By Mary Jane Gore Mlssourian staft writer With help from the Univerty Hospital, Columbia has moved into fourth place na-tionwide in physicians per 100,000 popula-tion. That's according to a study based on U. S. Census data. That finding comes from a recently ie-- . leased State Metro Area Data Bank report, based on a survey of 305 metropolitan areas. " What has affected the Boone County numbers over this time period ( 197G to 1981) is the presence of the University Hospital," explained Greg Brown, a health research analyst at the center. " There was a significant growth in the medical school program during that time more people were accepted. We counted in-dividuals in training as full- tim- e physicians for our study." The highest ratio of active physicians to population was in Rochester, Minn. Iowa City, Iowa, came in No. 2, and Charlottes-ville, Va , was just ahead of Columbia. The city topped such cities as No 12 New York, No. 32 Los Angeles and No 77 St Imis. The 1981 national average was 19.4 active physicians per 10,000 people, according to the state Center for Health Statistics. While Missouri's average of 1G. 3 pin sicians per 10,- 00- 0 fell below the national rate, Boone Coun-ty had a whopping 53.1 physicians per 10,000 people almost three times the rest of the country The study also put Culumbia at seventh na-tionally for hospital beds per 100,000 popula-tion St Louis County trailed Boone C'cuntv with a rate of 38 8 per 10,000. By comparison, some Missouri counties Osage, Dekalb, Dallas and Ozark, to name a few have no doctors. Ninety- tw- o percent of the state's physi-cians are male; 88 percent are white, 11 per-cent are Orientals and less than 2 percent are black. Boone County had the second highest growth rate in the number of primary care physicians those doctors in family prac-tice, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics or gynecology of any county in the state between 1976 and 1981. The latest Center for Health Statistics re-port noted that the number of Boone County primary care physicians increased from 76 in 1976 to 142 two years ago. Brown noted that Boone County physicians have tended to establish their practices near their school of graduation, a Common prac-tice for many physicians. Another factor that attracts physicians to Boone County is the School of Medirne's re-search facdities. Physicians also arc drawn to cities such as Columbia that ah eady have well- estabhshedmed-tcal commuiiities. The most recent survey by fne State Cen-ter for Health Statistics shows that in 1982, Boone County had 582 phjsicians ana os-teopaths about 7 percent of the state's to-tal. Adair County, which had the highest per capita rate of phjsician influx in the state, expanded its ranks from 13 to 34 doctors dur-ing the five- ye- ar period. Brown explained that the attraction there was the Kirksvflle School of Osteopathic Sur-gery and the University of Missouri- Kansa- s City Medical School. By contrast, DeKalb County recorded one physician in 1976. By 1981, the county had no doctor at all. Trapped 3 days j Explorers safe inside cave MOUNT VERNON, Ky. ( UPI) - Divers found eight explorers safe Monday night on a dry ledge 1,800 feet from the entrance of a flooded cave they were trapped in three days. Rescuers were waiting late Monday night for the water level to drop so they could walk the explores out. " They are all fine," said Tom Staubitz, chairman of the Greater Cincinnati Grotto Club, in contact with the cavers by field tele-phone. " They are a little cold but are fully able to get out on their own power." The water level in which the people should be able to walk out of the cave should be reached at midnight or after, said Tern Bar- net- t, spokesman for the state Disaster and Emergency Services. Two divers were led to the ledge by a note they found in the eastern Kentucky cave in a previous search for the explorers, missing since Saturday morning. The note read: " Help. Eight cavers wait-ing on dry ledge 1.800 feet upstream from here. Leave diving tanks here. Only needed for entrance. Been here since 11 a. m. Satur-day 4- 2- 3. Now Monday 4-- 25 12 noon, ( signed ) Gary Bush." Bush is a member of the group from the Greater Cincinnati Grotto, National Speleo-logical Society. The two divers from the National Cave Rescue Association, flown in from Blooming- to- n, Ind., entered the rain- swolle- n cave at 3: 35p. m. CDT on their second dive. When they emerged about 5 p. m. with the note, a crowd of about 75 to 100 rescue work-ers and onlookers cheered. The divers, Jeff Forbes and Steve Mager- - j lien, said they found the note in what possi- - j bly was the place where anothei diver ear-lier in the day left provisions for the missing explorers. The two divers went into the cave on their j third dive along with two others at about 6: 15 , p. m. CDT Two stayed with the cavers while i the others went for more supplies and equip-- j ment to rig a field telephone into the cave. I Staubitz said a field telephone was in-- j stalled to coordinate bringing the cavers out one at a time. He said a group of tents near I the entrance was set up to house the cavers I u hen they emerge. ' Earlier, reconnaissance diver George ' Veni, not a member of the Bloomington ', team, emerged from a six- ho- ur search and reported no trace of the eight Cincinnati- are- a amateur cave explorers, They were trapped after heavy rain caused an under-ground stream to flood the small cave en-trance. Veni exited after searching 1 ,800 feet of the j cave that contains many passages. He said ' he was not familiar with the cave, located about 50 miles southeast of Ixmgton. Inside the cave, he left food, drinking water, fuel for lamps and heat blankets. The eight spelioloists entered the cave about noon Saturday on a routine under-ground cave- mappin- g trip. Even at times of low water, it is necessary to get wet to the waist in entering the cave, and most spelunkers carried extia clothing . because of that. I -- N- ' w T" " - ' '""-- " rargi Tini- i- . ii mi I,, ' iill'linWillrMamJ8B -- - - ' - jdHFigj,-- WaaaaaaiiV!! z - ' TKfBBwSSlStltilm ifS8JHH8lfiara y flMwBffitei'' TiLJiu? m- TBlL-L' -- y MMRSm. m. WK? WBM - , ' '- ss5! K4S-fffil( RBBBHP -- ' ' Amr --- " - - v . '..'. AJsSk UPI T. ltphoto Rescuers check the water level at the cave's entrance i A |