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PAGE 18 THE INDIANAPOLIS STAR- MONDAY, MAY 15, 1972 Tornado Smashes Into Easlside; 30 Hurl Continued From Page 1 Indiana Bell Telephone Com-pany flooded the damaged areas with workmen but had no estimates on how many customers lost service. A severe gas leak was reported for a time in the 10,000 block of East 10th Street, but was fixed without incident by Citizens Gas 4 Coke Utility workers. THE INJURED persons included two Marion County sheriff's deputies who suffered foot injuries while searching for construction workers believed injured by the twister. Community Hospital said eight other persons besides the deputies were treated and released. Twelve persons received treatment for minor injuries at a special medical command post set up at Brookview Elementary School, 1401 North Mitthoefer.

SHERIFF'S deputies said four persons at the Drake Terrace Apartments also suffered minor injuries but did not require treatment. II fl MAOISON'CO. HAMILTON -l 1 1 I 'UK'? i marklevilleJ I PENDLETON rT" cstCi rj MOUNTCOMFORT HANCOCK CO. LA? N5th ST. AND I'" rill (VrfRMAN CHURCH RD.

p. AREA marion ca-K: I 1 1 'l Ljr- NSv 1 ton, was blown over and two cows were killed and five Injured. Hancock County Sheriff Robert Sebastian said two minor injuries were reported at Mount Comfort. Damage at Mount Comfort included three house trailers toppled. Buildings damaged included the Mount Comfort Methodist Church, Mount Comfort Upholstery and a grocery store.

Sebastian said one of four railroad gondolas parked at a Penn Central siding was toppled and the others were pushed about a half-mile down the main track. A TANKER containing ammonia was uncapped in the storm was recapped without causing injury. A tornado struck about 1:15 p.m. about a mile south of Markleville in Madison County, destroying several trailers and damaging a barn and house. State police said minor injuries were suffered by Kenneth Coleman, 33; his wife, Joyce, 30, and their two children, ages 7 and 4.

STATE POLICE said what was believed to be a tornado touched down 3 miles northeast of Fort Wayne about 1:30 p.m., but there were no injuries or damage. The quickly moving thunderstorms caused tornado warnings to be issued at various times during the day for numerous central and northern Indiana counties. rooted, broken in half and then battered by flying debris in yesterday's midday tornado. (Star Photo) TREES UPROOTED-A clomp of trees near 15th Street end Mitthoefer Road on the far East side was up (Star Map) MAP SHOWS PATH OF TORNADO Midday Storm Crosses Three Different Counties Yesterday EDUCATIOX PROGRAM CHAWED More than 200 sheriff's depu damaged but there were no injuries. Occupants were identified by state police as the families of Hugh B.

Curry, Rus- AS THE RED CROSS sought temporary shelter for those left homeless, many of those who lost their homes moved in with relatives. LJJ. Seeking Drug Course Of Action sell E. Quick and Gerald Titus. ties, Indianapolis police and Indiana State Police personnel were sent to the scene.

Their rescue efforts were hampered when sightseers flocked to the damaged areas and in some cases blocked traffic. Reserve deputies and reserve policemen patrolled the areas last night to prevent medical view and we just come in contact with the bad cases, and only then with students who are willing to By JEFF DEVENS Star Staff Reporter Second Of A Series Bloomington, Ind. Indiana Univer sity is the heart of this city. come in for treatment," he said. "Most drug abusers become behav AT THE QUICK residence, part of the roof was blown away and a camper truck was hurled some 200 feet and smashed against a tree.

Quick's 14-foot boat disappeared. The barn at the farm of Ernie Martin, R.R. 2, Pendle Damage at Fortville was limited to trees and power lines and a former rural school converted to a home. No injuries were reported in the area. Near Eden, a community of about 100 persons in Hancock County, three homes were ioral problems rather than medical problems." That heart has been pumping some bad blood into the mainstream of life looting.

Sightseers were HE ADDED THAT he doesn't think warned to stay away or face any "crash" programs are needed at possible arrest. this time, and that the Student Health Center can deal with any drug-related problems. that the university offers a plethora of health and psychiatric services, as well as adequate counseling and guidance assistance. "Help is here for the individuals who seek it," he said. Now he also is concerned with fostering co-operation between the campus and the community, in addition to avoiding "duplication of efforts." Miss Berry, a fourth-year student who lives off-campus, said that until this year the approach to drug education was outdated and low-key.

"There was some pressure from the administration to play down the drug situation, presumably so state legislators wouldn't think there was a serious drug problem here," she said. Miss Berry added that the university now has "come full turn" and is ready to cope with its drug scene. She has altered the drug education program considerably. County Disaster Plan Smooth In First Test "The university has not been dere lict in dealing with the drug situation, but not enough has been done on the Marion County's disaster whole. Dr.

Miller concluded. medical plan was alerted for In the area of public performance, its first major test yesterday one faculty member stands out. -but was activated only par The alert was sounded with the first word that the tornado had touched down. WITHIN MINUTES, two doctorsone of them a surgeon-were on the way, as were four nurses, three ambulances and other medical personnel. tially because the Eastside tor H.

Stephen Glenn, 31, holds a mas a point shown by its readiness yesterday. "We were very fortunate that the tornado didn't do as much damage as it could have," he said, noting the force with which it touched down. Dr. Popplewell said the disas ter's decree in "urban and cultural nado proved less than a major disaster, officials said. geography," and is director of I.U.'s drug education programs throughout Dr.

Arvine G. Popplewell, the state. Although a treatment head chairman of the disaster program and director of Marion County General Hospital, and Dr. John G. Suelzer, of General Hospital's receiving ward, said they were satisfied with the program's evident effectiveness.

THE PROGRAM, called the "Disaster Medicine Plan," was formulated by the blue-ribbon Disaster Medical and Health Services Committee of Marion County. The committee, which included medical, para-medical, Civil Defense and law enforcement experts, developed the plan in the wake of the crash in Shelby County of an airliner that took 83 lives in September, 1969. A well-built six footer who usually dresses conservatively. Glenn wears quarters was set up quickly at the Brookview Elementary School, 1401 North Mitthoefer mod clothing when he addresses busi in Monroe County the last few years. Not the university itself, of course.

It has established this place as a mecca for young adults the world over who seek to expand their horizons of understanding a major center for academic and scientific pursuits, a veritable capital of cultural undertakings. Yet, by its geographical setting and sheer numbers, I.U. has more than its share of persons using and abusing drugs. And as the campus goes, so goes the town. ITS LOCATION, ringed by metropolitan areas within easy driving distance of the campus, is one attraction for the drug dealers who enjoy the country comforts of Monroe and Brown counties.

Other Big 10 schools have drug problems, some perhaps approaching the situation here, but I.U. has come to be known throughout the drug culture as a marketplace for dope of all descriptions. The university administration lately has been criticized, both from within and from without, for an apparent "stand-off" approach regarding the drug situation. While there is some truth to those claims, the fact remains that various persons and departments have been dealing with drug problems for at least a decade. What has been lacking until now Is an organized effort to co-ordinate ness and labor groups on drug abuse.

His mustachioed, long-haired appear Road, it was unneeded, Dr. 3,000 Readers Write To Cheer ance usually offends his "straight" audience. As part of his lecture-giving Suelzer said. In event of a major disaster, Dr. Popplewell said, the headquarters operation at the scene could handle all emergencies technique.

Glenn pauses and rhetorical Dying Reporter ly asks what be can do to win their ap proval. ter plan was activated only partially when it was learned injuries were relatively minor and no one was killed. The disaster plan, which resulted from the urging of Civil Defense officials, is one of the best in the nation, Dr. Popplewell said, noting its greatest asset is its simplicity. "Actually we were further ahead than other cities at the time our new disaster plan was put into effect," he said.

BUT HE recalled ruefully the state of preparations for a disaster when an explosion took 74 lives in the Indiana Lewislon, Maine (AP) "GET A HAIRCUT" is a famliar response, at which Glenn removes his wig Richard Kisonak, a newspaper reporter who is dying of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, re "The traditional method of filling a large lecture hall with students and, in effect, telling them how to get high is no good anymore. "What we're doing now is accepting the fact that drug use is widespread and attempting to change attitudes by working with small groups of students. "Then they can participate and we can get feedback," she explained. LISTENING TO THAT feedback led her to submit to Dean Schreck a proposal last November calling for the appointment of a campus drug commission to develop and co-ordinate a comprehensive drug program in the areas of research, education, treatment and readjustment. Last month, Schreck named commission members and appointed Dr.

James W. Crow of the health and safety division chairman. revealing a bald head. ceives hundreds of letters and books each week. Tivister Hits Church, Spares Worshipers The point he makes to the audience is that they shouldn't allow certain Kisonak, 42, whose first per things like dress or hair styles to influ sonal account of his dying, "One Year to Live" was carried nationally by the Asso ence attitudes on the far-more-serious Continued From Page 1 Ben Conrad, 45, 2001 Schwier matter of drug abuse.

State Fairgrounds Coliseum in ciated Press April 30, says he's received more than 8,000 letters land's month-old son, Eric Andrew, was asleep. After the tornado struck, the infant was found with feet of ceiling debris in the bassinet with him. He was uninjured. to date. Meanwhile, Schreck said that the new commission will meet during the October, 1963.

Basically, the current plan calls, according to Dr. Popplewell, for this alert proce "The response has been over Court, a church deacon, saw the dark sky, heard Franklin yell, and ordered everyone back into the church. summer months and perhaps develop whelming and has instilled in Outside, the large house a program by next fall. all of us hope and a fighting trailer that a short time earlier spirit, his wife Beverly said Franklin said later he had been in two tornados before He also is meeting with the Bloom- was the scene of the Sunday Kisonak's story dealt with ington-Monroe Drug Control Commis school services was gone blown away in pieces by the sion to discuss possible working rela the neurologist's diagnosis last November, how he accepted the prospect of death and how the goods and services available to the student body and public alike. Acting upon the recommendation of Evelyn Berry, director of drug education within the division of student personnel, Thomas C.

Schreck, dean of students, has commissioned a dozen student leaders and faculty members to define the drug situation and advise a possible course of action which would unify the school's drug control eforts. DEAN SCHRECK has maintained Commission members include Miss Berry; Prof. Roger P. Maickel, director of the pharmacology department, and Dr. John M.

Miller, executive director of student health services. Dr. Miller, who also is on the board of directors for Middle Way House, said he is "not alarmed" at the drug situation and sees it as part of the overall health picture. "We (in health services) just see the tip of the iceberg ours is a ne, his wife and their three children are spending his last in Kentucky and Tennessee. Parents huddled their children together and hurried inside the seemingly safe church.

The 50 teen-agers from Sunday school joined the adults inside the church. THE DARK CLOUDS were followed by a deafening roar, tionships between the campus and the community. (Next: Two off-campus houses deal with drug-related problems in different ways.) year of life. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis roaring tornado. The home of the Rev.

Mr. and Mrs. Eveland's home, 300 yards away, was untouched. MRS. CARL JINKS, 37, was at church with her husband and six children.

She said, "It was a miracle. Everyone prayed and it was just a miracle no one was hurt." is a disease of the spinal cord dure: All hospitals are notified, then they activate their own disaster plans in tandem with the over-all operation. The Marion County Medical Society sends out calls for volunteers, some of them dispatched to the scene and others to hospitals and to other duties. AMBULANCES, public, private and from volunteer fire departments, are alerted. Disaster teams take priority on the radio ofGeneral Hospital's ambulance corps, as the American Red Cross radio stands by for back-up in event of overload or communications failure.

which causes progressive atrophy of the muscles. then the crumbling of brick, stone and wood. Squatted on I.JJ. Senior Is 'Weapon' Against Dope 32 Pen Central the floor, the 500 persons were praying. Mrs.

Betty Brice, 28, 1911 Morris Drive, attending serv Cars Derail; 1 Burns There was an attempt at ices with her children, Newcomerstown, Ohio (UPI) mass prayer, but as one member said later, "Everyone -Thirty-two cars of a 67-car wanted to pray in his own Penn Central Railroad freight way and Rev. Eveland had train en route from East St. Louis, 111., to Harrisburg just told us earlier of the power of prayer." As they prayed some aloud, derailed 3 miles west of this east-centra! Ohio community yesterday tearing up 2000 feet of track. others in whispers a few per sons screamed. 5, and Bonnie, 3, said it sounded as if a freight train were coming through the church.

Outside, prayerbooks, church papers, furnishings and debris swirled through the church courtyard. One older mother wiped tears from her eyes and said, "God was with us today because we are all alive." The only undamaged section of the church was the sanctuary where the Rev. Mr. Eve-land a short time before had preached that powerful For 15 minutes they waited There were no injuries in the inside the church. Later they Disaster teams go into operation, including one to call the signals at the scene, one to direct doctors and another team is alerted to public health needs.

Although observers noted dis-aster officials experienced some difficulty in getting to the scene through curious crowds, officials said they were satisfied the disaster plan will be of significant value in event of a major disaster. mishap. A derailed chemical car were to learn the roof over the back section of the two-story dispensed the usual information which' normally accompanies an Army training film on say, the banal treatment of "Marijuana: The Killer Weed." She got the kind of response from them she had hoped for they didn't dig it at all. After establishing her own rapport with the counselors, she then presented a group dynamics exercise called "loneliness walk," which demonstrated the alienation felt by most members of the drug culture. In this sensitivity-type encounter, one of the counselors was placed in the middle of a human circle formed by companion workers.

The circle of counselors had been instructed to direct verbal abuse at the person in the middle. THIS WAS DONE until, one by one, half the counselors joined the person in the middle. The exercise taught them something about peer-group pressures and minority-group attitudes. Then the counselors were told they were about to take part in the latest approach to counseling they were invited to attend a pot party. friend's dormitory room.

There were candles, incense, rock music and what appeared to be marijuana cigarettes. After acclimatizing themselves to the situation, some counselors even accepted the "joints" that were passed their way. SUDDENLY, a loud knock came on the door. Eve jumped up and let in a campus narcotic officer who showed a search warrant. The stunned counselors watched agape as Eve was placed under "arrest" and led from the room.

Moments later, however, she and the policeman returned to the room where the panic-stricken counselors had been discussing the fate of their young mentor who seemingly had been "busted." "THE 'GRASS' wasn't real, and neither was the arrest. I thought it was necessary to make them experience the paranoia felt by students smoking pot," Eve said. "The little trauma was good for them I received positive reactions from them, too." burst into flames, but railroad addition was blown away and the back wall crumbled. officials said the blaze present Eve Berry is a beautiful person. The tall, sensitive and attractive senior from Cincinnati is an innovator in drug abuse education.

SHE HAS BEEN described by school officials as "a real asset to the drug education program" and "a tremendous help in assisting the university with its drug abuse counseling." Partly because of her efforts, I.U. has firmed up its commitment in dealing with the drug abuse problem on campus, which is part of the overall health program the university provides. And Eve has tasted her share of the forbidden fruits of the drug world, so she relates closely to the student's as well as the administrator's view of the situation. THE DAUGHTER of two research scientists, Eve became a comparative literature major. She has been instrumental in junking traditional "scare tactics" regarding the dissemination of drug abuse information.

15X mon 15th eve w-drugs pruf horton At the beginning of the school year just concluded. Eve organized a three-part workshop for freshman counselors. It consisted of an unusual, progressive approach to preparing the 15 counselors for dealing with persons entering ed no danger and advised city firemen to let the fire burn UPSTAIRS in the nursery, itself out. the Rev. Mr.

and Mrs. Eve- Tornado Was Worst In County Since '63 Yesterday's tornado was the worst Marion County since 1963, when two twisters killed one person and injured 42 others while causing more than $1 million in property cause of the widespread damage. Several persons were injured by flyuig glass wueu section of the roof was destroyed at the Zayre Department Store, joZd Street. Damage in the Indianapolis area extended from Valley Mills in the southwest to Car- much time watching the track as they did the sky. Although Speedway officials did not put the warning over the public address system, either yesterday or in 1969, in an effort to prevent possible panic, race fans heard the news over portable radios.

More twisters hit Indiana in mid-May than any other time tve had set up the party in a Beautiful and brainy. damage. The slate's worst disaster were the Palm Sunday torna dos on March 11, 1965 that counties. Indianapolis was not touched. Illinois, Michigan and Wisconsin also were struck that day, with a total of 271 lives lost in the three states the worst disaster since a 1925 series of twisters killed 680 persons 70 in Indiana and the rest in Illinois and Missouri.

THE TORNADO responsible for heaviest damage in Marion County struck shortly aTtcr 9:30 p.m. on April 22, 1963. roared down "like a train" In an area more than three miles long and almost a mile wide. The storm was centered left 141 Hoosiors dead. RECORDS show about 400 funnel clouds are sighted in the university structure a time when many teen-agers first experiment with drugs, or move on into hard drug abuse.

FIRST EVE tied her long hair into a bun and dressed conservatively for the initial meeting with the counselors. She mel in the north. WEATHERMEN report that radar echoes from tornados are not always easily identified. Such was the case yesterday, as a twister had already touched the ground before the of the year. It is closely followed by June's total, then April's.

ON MAY J7, 1968, a-dos raked an ll-state area, killing 72 persons, including two in the state. Damage in Indiana was mostly centered Rail Union Case Heard In England London (UPI) In an unprecendentcd Sunday sitting, an appeals court heard union arguments against the government's second attempt in three weeks to halt a nation-wide railway slowdown that caused British railroads to halt operations over the weekend. The court adjourned without a decision after 2'a hours of discussion with representatives of the three rail unions. Britain spent the weekend without trains. The state-run railways board canceled all service until 6 a.m.

today because of a shortage of personnel. the state each year. Since 1861 at luast 20 down in Mari County. Yesterday's tornado the first here since 1969, when I tw'sti- struck in central Inrli-i Marion County, esperl-Decatur Township, declared a disaster area hp- first warnings were issued. mostly around 37th Street and Wmv! Ker-rash! Burnley, England (UPI) A shopkeeper removed a painting of a nude girl from his window this weekend.

Police said it was a hazard for passing motorists. As they did yesterday, visi around southern Hendricks and northern Morgan counties. On devastating 1965 Palm' Sunday, more than $100 million damage was reported in 18 central and northern Richardt Avenue on the cily'n northeast side. About 15 hornet were leveled and more than 20 arsons injured. 1 tors to the Indianapolis Motor Speedway during the 1969 storms spent just about as.