St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 8

A IVc 22. 1067 Tornado-Hit Areas Busy With Salvage Operations a fast fact from ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH Clean-uo nd salvage orra- 300 oersons were? made home yesterday have been lifted. They were Potosi Mayor Homer Mc- ly tions resumed today in Potosi, less by the storm. ways," he said.

"There was no warning." The funnel bounced over the school, but the building was hit by debris, Father i Ten nRtivK the field. McBride is about 65 miles south of St. Louis. Aircraft Damaged Perry Countv Sheriff S. J.

with neigh- Clain, who estimated the dam and a score of other south- housed night 'LW Potthast said. No one was injured. At Jerseyville, Virgil Busch SELECT CHRISTMAS TREES (FESH i fAGANT) FINEST MlSAM FID AND SCOTCH PINE THE owner of a bowling alley, said that high winds lifted die roof aver -ji ulTTtct'O ot ocortio bors and with residents in parts of town not damaged. He said that many storm victims whose homes suffered lesser damage would be able to move back after repairs were made. The vital job of restoring utilities was virtually complete by last night.

Electric power to the town and its environs was cut off early yesterday when the tornado hit the Arkansas and Missouri Light and Power Co. building near the center of town. The power was on again ern Missouri and Illinois communities that were raked by tornadoes and high winds yesterday. In Potosi, 65 miles south of St. Louis, where the hardest blow fell, volunteers and some of those left homeless in yesterday's devastation picked through the rubble this morning, bundled up against subfr-eezing temperatures.

Three persons were killed and about 40 were injured in the Potosi area. There were about 30 other persons injured, none se Zahner said the men were among a group of 150 workmen who were inside one of the hangars. The most serious of the injuries was a fractured arm, he said. The victims were taken to hospitals in nearby Perryville, Mo. and Chester, 111.

Zahner said the storm overturned a twin-engine airplane and damaged several other aircraft on the field. Damage from tornadoes or 4 FINE LOCATIONS I72f Cmrpeu 4224 S. (rind WORLD of his building about two feet off the walls, then dropped it back. A section of the roof was torn off, he said. Busch said that as this happened, he was picked up "like a feather" and blown half way across the building.

He was not injured. age in the millions of dollars, paid tribute to the quick response by agencies in neighboring counties to his town's plight. Emergency equipment, food and clothing stores began moving toward the i community within hours after the storm struck, he said. The twister that struck Potosi about 1 a.m. yesterday is believed by authorities to have been the same one that touched down a few minutes earlier at Bixby, a small community southwest of Potosi.

At Bixby, three persons were injured. Another funnel dropped down on an airport near McBride, about 10:45 a.m. yesterday, injuring 14 men and leveling two of three hangars on LSt. Charles lock M. it xlwe ALMANAC in all but the severely damaged riously, in the storm that struck IP elsewhere in Missouri and Illi- section by last midnight.

nois. Telephone service, also cut Percy Carl, assistant director when the storm hit, has been of me Washington county civil restored, and the restrictions on defense agency, said that about water usage that were in effect FOR YOUR HOLIDAY GATHERING! SERVE A CONFECTION FRUIT CAKE CHOCK FULL OF SELECT TT VI Yl TJ" 9 The Dutch tulip bulb is not native to Holland. It originated in Persia and wot imported by Holland centuries ago. storms was reported at Viburnum. Poyner, Willow Springs.

Gainesville and Cadet in Missouri, and at Jerseyville, Chester, Percy, Pinckneyville, Cen-rralia, Campbell Hill and Breese, III. At Breese, about 35 miles east of St. Louis, the operator of a drive-in restaurant was injured when a tornado demolished his building. Authorities said about 40 houses were damaged, most of them not seriously. The funnel mat struck the restaurant narrowly missed a school in the town.

Potosfs Economic Revival Suffers Setback in Tornado WASHKANSKY, TRANSPLANT PATIENT, BURIED 75 at the Post-Dispatch QUALITY FRUITS AND PECANS By JERRY W. VENTERS of the Post-Dispatch Staff v. imuiiii'i'umirii'in CAPE TOWN. South Africa, Dec. 22 (AP) Louis Washkan-sky.

who lived for 18 days with a transplanted heart, was buried today. Dr. Christian N. Barnard, and wherever books are sold. The Rev.

Ferdinand PottJiast, flj new subdivision, was lifted from its foundation and scattered 300 feet down the hillside. His wife, Janet, 25, was badly cut by flying glass. Despite the extensive damage to the town, some evidence remains to remind the residents of recent progress. The new Brown Shoe Co. plant, employ AND DELICIOUS CHRISTMAS COOKIES BAKED BY SCHNUCK'S OWN MASTER BAKERS who headed the a I a a teacher at the Mater Dei High School, said be funnel cloud was seen approaching the school.

"We hurried the students out of the classrooms and lined them along (he walls of the haM- 00 with order form (Allow 2-3 wis. for delivery) team, did not attend the funeral. His wife said he was suffer an V. I I I 8 ing 500 persons, and the Brown ing Irom exnaustion. uarnara was represented by his younger brother, Marius, also a member of the transplant team.

Wood Heel employing 200, were undamaged. 2 fchnuckf MARKETS Washkansky, who received Fresh Cut FLOWERS for CHRISTMAS! ROSES 1.50De, Mining still is important to the town's economy. Many residents are employed in the mining of barite, or tiff, a chalky The 2800 persons living in Po-t were beginning to feel that the little county seat was showing signs of economic vigor. The tornado that struck yesterday destroyed most evidence of that. The town's newest shopping center complex, Austin Plaza, was destroyed.

Only parts of two walls were left standing. It included i businesses, two doctors' offices and two county offices. City HaTT, recently remodeled, was a brown brick facade backed by rubble and twisted steel beams. The jail in the city hall basement, where three county prisoners were held, also had been refurbished. Five city vehicles were damaged or destroyed.

Subdivision Hard Hit the heart of a woman killed in an automobile accident, died "WorlrJ Almanac," St. LouisPDispatch! 1 I 1133 Franklin St. Louis, Mo. 63101 I Pltatt itnd mi copits of tt Post-Disptch World IAlmtntc at $2 00 ptr copy. Enclosed ft cash, cktk Of I monty ordtr for Norn I I yesterday of pneumonia.

substance used primarily as a CARNATIONS 75 paint pigment. Barnard had said earlier he planned another transplant early in 1968. Mich For the school children, the tornado meant an extra two City Corsages of ill lino's at reasonable prices. Large selection of Christmas plants. Cemetery Container $1.96 each JOE FRANK FLORIST 6th ST.

CHARLES OPEN SUNDAY 9 to 4 P.M. days of holiday vacation as schools were closed yesterday and today. For many, however, it was not a vacation but a chance to help clean up many of the city's newest buildings. ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH DON'T FORGET Crestwood subdivision, city's newest and most excln sive, felt the fury of the storm before it descended on the busi FLASH Wsfil BULBS CUBES ALL STORES ness district on East High street.

Two homes 1 1 OPEN FRIDAY SATURDAY about $20,000 were demolished several were badly damaged DOORS OPEN SATURDAY 9A.M. and boats were thrown off thei trailers. til 12 MIDNIGHT A new trailer court on the outskirts of town, at Highway TWO DAYS ONLY FRIDAY AND SATURDAY and 21, had extensive dam age. Six of the 15 trailer parked there were smashed or For Pictures You Can't Afford To Miss! overturned and 9-year-old Julia Hunter was killed. The library burned in the spring of 1964.

Books had been collected from other librane: around tne state and new FAMED BRAND APPLIANCES shelves and other equipment had been installed in the rented building in Austin Plaza. The tornado leveled the library and buried the books under heaps of rubble. SHOP DOWNTOWN NIGHTS A WEEK now mil il Christians Drjartmpnt stores and sprcially stores open Monday through Saturday 9:.10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Bring trie family and take advantage of extra evening shopping hours.

F.xcepl Saturday Dp-eembpr 23, when most Downtown stores will close at 5:30 p.m. ASSOCIATED RETAILERS OF ST. LOUIS "This is the worst disaster we priced low for last minute givers! have had here in 20 years, said Don Barton. Washinoton county disaster chairman of the Red Cross. Barton estimated Sunleam TEFLON COATED MULTI-COOKER FRYPAN 18.99 table taeted wrth Detart terlenftt Mil kl4ene cover for roeiti, fowl.

iMutlfal itylini, remeyible (wrtrel. that 35 homes were destroyed 15 were heavily damaged and 15 had slight damage. Others remembered further back than Barton. i Highway Patrol Set. H.

Walgreen's Has The Low Price AG-I or AG-IB $1.29 On. of 12 $1.59 Flashcubej On. 3 (12 flashes) iKy rtfff -f Barr, who commanded the pa trol's disaster headquarters in courthouse basement, re called that a tornado hit the area in the early 1940s. Republi can Mayor Homer E. McClain a resident of Potos for 50 years, recalled the 1917 tornado that wiped out nearby Mineral Point.

Trailer Home Smashed Perry Hedrick, 48 years old, probably was the area's newest resident. His trailer house on Highway was smashed 4 i Careers for 1968-69 College Graduates around a small power pole. He. his wife and their seven children suffered minor injuries. i ej in ii -imii ii iiinft i nr we were asleep when wp Smith Corona Portable SUPER STERLING TYPEWRITER heard a clap of thunder and 1 real hard rain," recalled Hed rick, a truck driver who moved ALL IN THE ST.

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He esti i ') "4 itosvyiH'' mated that the storm would cost him more than $10,000. Trailer Rocked Jerry Carter, a 26-year-old school teacher, was awake when the tornado hit. "My wife and I were listening to me ra dio and the weather warnings when we heard the hail and YOU ARE INVITED TO ATTEND the annual Gateway to Careers Day Dec. 28, 19679 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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