St. Louis Post-Dispatch from St. Louis, Missouri • Page 12

STORE ROOF COLLAPSES AS CLERK FIGHTS TO CLOSE DOOR Two Killed in Tornado Here I TELL VICTIMS -1 FROM PAGE ONE OF DESTRUCTION IN ST. ANN AREA age and very pleased with the prompt and effective job done by the police and civil defense disaster teams," he said. The Supervisor said that he had asked Hearnes to do everything in his pouter to expedite disaster relief. Hearnes asked if the National Guard was needed to prevent looting, Roos said, but he had replied that it was not necessairy at this' time. He indicated that the Guard might be needed later.

Action By Assembly In Jefferson City, House adopted a resolution expressing its sympathy for persons killed or injured in the tornado and its willingness to help in repairing damage. The resolution was signed by all members of the county delegation, and the delegation left immediately after recess to view storm damage. When the storm struck, the County Police Department had 16 officers and 15 patrol cars in service in the North district; which encompassed all of the damaged area. Every available car was pulled away from other areas and was sent into the iiimi ii 'iittaimwi' -ftirr iriinniiBii i IftnumrimMiiiftmiJ Killed Jeri Cannady afld the rain poured in on' us. Four hours later we found our pet poodle, Gigi, waiting for us in the rubble." Industrial Plant Destroyed Among industries suffering loss in the Fee Fee-Dorsett area i.

(-12 HjiZ XT' -i 1 :27 By Lou1 Phillips, a Post-Dispatch Photographer Searching for Salvageable Possessions; Damaged School Mr, and Mrs. David Webb attempting to salvage anything undamaged from the home of her father, James Brodericlc, 1241 1 Glenbush avenue, in the Glenwood subdivision of Maryland Heights. Last night's tornado crushed the dwelling. storm zone. Off-duty men were was the Machine Specialist called into service.

11749 Dorsett road. M. F. Miller, Chief of Detectives F. J.

co-owner, said that the $150,000 Vasel set up a command post operation was destroyed when at district headquarters in the a large concrete building hous- 3000 block of North Lindbergh ing the firm and Gerber Tool boulevard. By 8 p.m., little Die 11741 Dorsett, was more than an hour after the demolished, storm was reported, most of The steel and aluminum roof the department's 218 officers of the St, Louis Home Insula- were on duty. They were as- tors 410 Industrial drive, sisted by the county civil de- was lifted from the building, fense unit and civil defense The large roof sailed intact over units from St. Charles and War- a Union Electric Co. substation ren counties.

and a small home before crashV Tt. Mo-t roMl 4nir flonincf a trpA 3flA fppt flurst P2T 1 Tornado Cut Straight Path, Weather Bureau Survey Shows Last night's tornado followed The tornftdo could be viewed 1.i.r i f. tU- iiie iiauuuai uuwu -e- '-J- a siraigni uric cuurc, irav.ng u.c f'u u.c ajerted but ma volunteered The Maryland Heights Fire a narrow path of almost total balmy weather of the last sev- for duty TJie forces were Protection District, which destruction, preliminary analy- eral days. by Civjj Ajr Patr0, covers the are3i its first sis by the Weather Bureau Waldheuser said that the un- unteers. members of the Naw call, received shortly after 1 showed.

usually warm, moist air from Reserve and six policemen p.m., was about a man trapped By EUGENE BRYERTON Of the Post-Dispatch Staff Frank Schaefer struggled gainst the wind to close the door of St. Ann's Package Liquors, 10257 St. Charles Rock -road. Then the roof collapsed. "I didn't see a funnel though," Schaefer recalled.

"But I couldn't get that door closed because of the pressure. Then the door forced me back against the wall and my shoul- der went through the plate glass panel. There was a roar, and I could see the poles going down on the Pock road. "The roof came down and I thought, 'This is it, Except for a few bruises, however, Schaefer came out of the destroyed liquor store unharmed. The small area near the door where he was pinned by the door was the only section not covered by rubble from the collapsed roof.

Clerk Gets in Auto Another clerk, Fred Anderson, was outside at the time the tornado hit St. Ann. He clambered inside an auomobile parked at the curb and also was unharmed. "If I had been behind the counter where I should have been, I'd of been killed," Schaefer muttered. "I'm starting to hake again." "We had a mess here for a while," said Deputy Chief John J.

Zaiz of the Community Fire Protection District. "But we've got it pretty well under control now." Zaiz, his white slicker reflecting the lights of the Half-dozen emergency vehicles parked nearby, said the worst Irnmedi-1 ate problems encountered were the six to eight automobiles with live wires draped across them, the passengers inside fearful of getting out. "There were several families in those cars," he said, "and we had a time telling them to stay inside until we were sure the lines were dead." None Hurt by Wires He made a sweeping motioa with his gloved hand. "AH around; wires were down. But we didn't have anybody hurt by them that I know of." Across the street, on the north aide of St.

Charles Rock road, a row of shops were shattered and silent, guarded by United States naval reservists. The tornado had swept from the southwest to northeast across the small business district, termed by residents the "old shopping area." A few blocks west the "new" shopping district and Northwest Plaza were untouched. The St. Ann Public Library building, a liquor store sign canted at an angle across its sharply sloping roof, had been the scene of a Junior Achievement meeting when the tornado hit. Several of the injuries in St.

Ann occurred in the library as the large windows shattered end a section of the structure collapsed. in a building. Within minutes Marry waianeuser, supervis- the Gulf of Mexico collided from St. Louis. ing forecaster, said the devas- with dry, cold air advancing Search for Survivors tne department switcnooara a tornado.

was receiving many cans. Help came from the Wellston, Creve Coeur and Pattonville-Bridgeton Terrace fire departments. School Damaged The funnel cloud skipped some distance, touching down again in St. Ann. The roof and "It fortunately was not very wide," he said.

"Where there were three houses in a row, the storm would tend to knock down one house, damaging those on either side. "This results in tremendous unteer had his hands full. In mixing and overturning of the pitch darkness, illuminated only atmosphere," he said. "Just by headlights, spotlights and how a tornado funnel evolves flashlights, the men searched from this is subject to several through the debris of wrecked theories, but from long obser- homes for trapped survivors, vation we know that with this They communicated with "It took a straight-line path walkie-talkies and walked care- two walls of one wing of St. ir 1AAA1 C4- TT with very little skipping.

You particular combination of weath. er ingredients, tornadoes fuy avoid stepping on live oi. ncjuy could draw a straight line from lass lane, were destroyed. Several are that point where it first touched Fallen trees poiice homes were damaged just east down right on out to the Mis- The lingering warmth permit- from many areas damaged by of Adie road near St. Bernard souri river." ted moisture-which to a storm slwm attracted lane.

Inspection Tour is like gasoline to an engine by radio and television reports Next hit was the main busi- Waldheuser inspected damage to build up to an extremely te damage, created other ness sectiw of St. Ann. Mayor in the Spanish Lake area. Other high, summer-like levels, he roadblacks for rescuers. Clarence G.

Tiemeyer estimated meterologishts made other said. The collision of Gulf and After striking the Chesterfield the damage at $1,500,000. Small checks. An aerial inspection by Pacific coast air usually occurs Manor Nursing home the tor- businesses suffered extensive a commercial pilot indicated here in the spring, and almost the roofs from damage along St. Charles Rock tne tornado's straight and nar- always produces severe thun- tilree homes on Olive boulevard Tom oecween it.

wegory drive UK A 1 row path, he said. derstorms, he said. in Lake. It rose and then hit mmv oa River Bend Estates. There it thf Rad branch destroyed three homes and of the County Library, 10267 St.

An Charles. List Tvb of the leveled homes Moving slightly to the north, the winds destroyed two duplexes and several homes. Poles and floodlights at the ABC base before being released there. Those admitted are: Mr. and Mrs.

Cannady, parents of one of the dead children. Cannady, 39, is in serious condition with head injuries, and Mrs. Cannady, 33, is suffering from shock. Clay Cannady, brother of Jeri, was admitted with a broken right arm. Mrs.

Bessie Dillman, 72, of 3311 St. Ferdinand avenue, St. Louis county, is also listed in serious condition at Missouri Baptist. Nineteen persons were treated at Normandy Osteopathic Hospital, and two were admitted. They are: Marilyn Glaenzer, 19, of 10717 St.

Bernard drive, St. Ann. Ethel Miller, 83, no address. were in the 100 block of Ridge-crest drive. The top floor of the two-story home of Mr.

and Mrs. Richard Thurston, 125 Ridgecrest, was blown off. Timber Falls on Bed Mrs. Thurston had been sleeping in her second-floor bedroom just before the storm, but had awakened and had gone downstairs. After the storm a large timber lay across the bed.

The Thurstons and their two sons, Robert, 17, and John, 14, ran to the basement just in time, Thurston said. "There was a lot of pressure on our ears," Robert Thurston said, "and it sounded like a FROM PAGE ONE Heights. She was dead on arrival at St. John's Mercy Hospital. Most of those persons requiring medical attention were treated at St.

John's Mercy, although the injured were taken to nine hospitals and one medical center. Of 126 persons treated at St. John's, 27 were admitted. They are: Gloria Doris, 10 TanDem drive, Creve Coeur, serious condition. Dolly Dillman, 11048 Galaxy drive, Maryland Heights, serious.

Dan Shinner, no address, serious. Edward Lavinski, 1914 Bookbinder drive, Creve Coeur, serious. Darin Schlegel, 3, 12413 Glen-gate, serious. He is the brother of one of the dead children. Listed in satisfactory condition at St.

John's are: Clem Noe, 6436 Myrtle drive, St. Louis county. Mrs. Wilma Lavinski, 1914 Tly a Riat-Dlsptitcli The roof of a large room used as a gymnasium and cafeteria at the Griffith Elementary School in Ferguson was blown off. The building is at 200 Day drive.

Tornado Victims Get Warning Red Cross "My son was supposed to be at that JA meeting," a woman in a housecoat explained to Zaiz. And he hasn't come home yet." "Well, we told those who lived nearbv to walk home and some On Signing Repair Contracts FROM PAGE ONE Glenwood and Overland and surrounding areas. The Ferguson-F 1 1 a Eight persons were treated at freight train." Christian Hospital, and one was Electric and gas lines through-admitted. He is: out the subdivision were broken. Anthony Mullins, 31, a Moline Trucks of the utility companies Acres police officer, suffering were on the scene quickly, from head injuries.

He lives Next in the path of the tor- at 4431 Edmundson drive, St. nado was Old Farms Estate, a Lowls county. subdivision of homes in the Admitted to Missouri Pacific $25,000 to $33,000 price range. Hospital was Kathryn M. It is at Olive boulevard and Coombes, a patient at Chester- Creve Coeur Mill road.

Some field Manor. of the homes were occupied and In addition, 10 persons were others were under construction. others were driven home by Homeowners whose property pitalization costs for personal volunteers," Zaiz said. "But was damaged in the tornado injuries, there weren't any of the kids last night were warned by the Gregory said the American areas are served by the North ball park, Livingston and Ger-aldine avenues, were wrenched loose and tossed 150 feet across Livingston. Woodson Terrace and Edmundson were next.

The roof and steeple of Peace Lutheran Church, 4055 Edmundson road, were blown away. Homes on Lilly Jean and Margo Ann lanes were damaged. Patrols Prevent Looting Chief John Gertken of the Community Fire Protection District said that 45 homes had been damaged extensively or destroyed on Beauty and St. Girard lanes. He said that Navy Reserve, Coast Guard and National Guard members patrolled the area to prevent looting.

Farther northeast, the storm caused about $500,000 damage to Merritt Heating and Air-Conditioning 10138 Natural Bridge road. Several house trailers in the Airline trailer court, 10124 Natural Bridge, were overturned. Three fourths of the roof of the Airport Plaza shopping center, 10048-70 Natural Bridge, was blown away. Patrolman Robert McGrath of Woodson Terrace said that interiors of 10 shops in the center were extensively damaged. Cars Blown Off Road Several apartments on Natural Bridge were unroofed.

Three automobiles traveling in Interstate 70 in Woodson Terrace were blown off the highway. One flipped over on its top. There were no serious' injuries. Both of the Woodson Terrace police cars were damaged. The Ferguson Fire Department received its first call at hurt, so he's probably at your Insurance Board of Greater St.

Insurance Association, formerly County Regional Red Cross house right now." not 10 S16n rePar con- National Hoard ot rire office, 15 South Florissant ave Louis not to sign repair con- the National Board of Fire tracts with anyone but bona Underwriters, plans to send fide reDresentatives of their about SO outside insnranrp nri- nue, tornado victims from the insurance companies. justers to St. Louis. Their Edmundson, St. Ann and Over- treated and released at St.

Jo- B. G. Gregory, executive assistance here will speed claim land areas may register for Bookbinder. The woman thanked him and walked away, shivering in the rapidly falling temperatures. Walks With Son Richard Bean, who lives behind the shopping area at 3746 St.

Gregory street, wandered assistance at the Community iara loomas, 12439 Glenbush Fire Station, 8847 St. Charles dllve' Mcarnd Heights. secretary of the board, said the payments-tornado had produced a flood All persons who lost property of self-styled insurance adjust- were urged to report the darners who are surveying the dev- age immediately to their irasur- Deny onyuer, lot juugeurehi drive, Chesterfield. Rock road. A spokesman for the Red Cross said that more than 150 aimlessly around the wrecked astated areas now, Contracts ance agent or Broker.

area, nis smau son clasping nis t0 reDair stom damaee with Gregory said the insurance hand. "I figured there was a th pie will cost 1 wiii KAan sain. r. "ur3" Dn lornaoo coming, owners considerably more alii claims as soon as possible Sightseers Block Traffic For a long time last night it was virtually impossible for emergency vehicles to reach the subdivision. The sightseeing traffic on Olive boulevard blocked them.

Some of the occupied homes had been flattened. Police searched through the wreckage of one house that had two automobiles in the garage, but could not find the occupants. In the dark it was difficult for police to tell whether wreckage belonged to a house under construction or one in which people were living. Scattered throughout the subdivision were children's toys and kitchen utensils. Elizabeth Fussner, no address.

James Broderick, 12411 Glenbush. Emma Coffman, 5107 Delmar boulevard, who was in Chesterfield Manor, a nursing home. Emma Storch, a patient at Chesterfield Manor. Louise Williams, a patient at Chesterfield Manor. Kathleen Crews, 19 years old, 129 East Maple avenue, Kirk- night aiding stricken families.

Four mobile feeding operations distributed sandwiches, coffee and doughnuts throughout the disaster area. Focal point of Red Cross op-perations was the second-floor riZ money. said. About 80 per cent of the in- windows when it hit. We don Meanwhile, Gregory said a surance written in the St.

Louis have any basement, but none prelimdnary survey of the dam- area is written by capital stock of my: family was hurt, even aged areas njght indicated companies. The remaining 20 though the house was de- that me oss in and per cent is handled by mutual stroyed. real property would run about and reciprocal firms. Bean's home was one of none $6,000,000. It is likelv.

however. Renair mntrarts hoino offered behind the stores destroyed by that the fieure will be revised hv the splf-stvlpH nriinstprs nor- ballroom of the Ramada Inn, the twister. "Across the street upward after a da vtime survev mallv include a clause that Natural Bridge and Brown from me there's this guy with js completed todav. would eive the snlled ariinstpr roads. A Red Cross si wood seph's Hospital, St.

Charles, five at Jewish Hospital and five at the Overland Medical Center. SENATOR EASTLAND OFFERS BILL TO BAN WIRE TAPPING WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (AP) Senator James 0. Eastland Mississippi, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced a bill yesterday to outlaw wire tapping and all other forms of eavesdropping except in cases involving national security or major crimes. Eastland said exceptions to the general ban would be permitted by the bill in national security cases only when authorized and supervised by the Attorney General.

In organized crime cases, on a showing of probable cause, a federal judge could issue 4 warrant authorizing the maintenance of specified surveillance for up to six months. Similar warrants could be is sued, to be valid for not more than 72 hours, in other criminal cases involving a felony. The warrants could be renewed on a showing of continuing probable cause. a new Chevy," he recalled. "It The loss figures last mieht 10 ner rpnt of Hip- twia.ir said 25 persons spent the night Elizabeth Heitmann, Chester- 7:12 p.m.

The caller said that Officials first received word wires were down at 501 Carson just picked it up and threw it were computed by using the in profit, Gregory warned. No there and 16 sti11 remained, through a plate glass window average losses of previous tor- such provisions are included "We bad planned to use the across the street. Then it nadoes here. The loss figures when adjustments are made bv station at 30 North Lind- started hailing. The whole thing do not include medical and hos- legitimate agents and adjusters, bergh boulevard as a disaster station," said Francis Bruno, director of disaster and safety service for the Red Cross.

"But the traffic in the area made it very difficult to get there. The lasted three, four minutes." Joe Moor, 3621 San Jose somehow there were no fatali- theran Church, 4055 Edmund-street, stood in front of ties- son road, Woodson Terrace, his darkened St. Ann home a Peck gestured about the base- the remains of the steeple lay few blocks to the southwest and ment at and volunteer jn pjes. A 15-foot metal cross tks iin.un rx onH workers standing by. "We have lav nnrtiu hiHHpn Vvnpath thp field Manor patient.

Mae Belle Thompson, an employe of Chesterfield Manor. Michael Doris, 10 TanDem. Bonnie Doris, Michael's sister. Ricky Sullivan, 12477 Glen-gate. James Pond, 165 South Davis drive, Chesterfield.

Karen Rankin, 13224 TanDem. Ann Rankin, Karen's sister. Brett Snyder, 184 Ridgecrest. Edna Wunder, wa River Bend Estates, St. Louis county.

Molly Kelly, Grove City, O. John Dillman, 11048 Galaxy. One person was admitted to of storm damage at 7 p.m., road. A minute later someone when the Chesterfield Fire Pro- reported a house fire at 1007 tection District received a call Chambers road. Firemen found about a fire in Lake.

Quickly no fire, but the roof had been then, calls for help came from blown off. River Bend Estates, Old Farm A large tree limb fell through Estates and the nursing home, the roof of the Oak Knoll Nurs-The department put into serv- ing Home, 37 North Clark av-ice its six pieces of firefighting enue, but there were no in-equipment and 25 full-time and juries. Patients were moved to volunteer firemen. other sections of the building. 100 Homes Destroyed The last major point of de-Firemen estimated that 100 struction was in the Spanish homes wer destroyed in the Lake area, northeast of Belle-Creve Coeur Meadows and fontaine road and Interstate 70.

Ramada Inn called me and of- light poles blocking the street. a 'ot of beds set up for the rubble, and a pigeon with a fered ballroom and it "We heard the roar and opened n'ght' out n0 takers. I guess broken wing huddled beneath it. Ped ideal." the windows. You could feel most people are making their "From the time of the tor- the pressure it hurt our arrangements." He turned gny 10 PflMAPSR nado aUt I r'm' ears.

I can hear it yet." away lu utKe uuwn ine names i -t uuaiei man uionu v-c" "in of volunteers reporting to help. DIES ON WAY TO SCHOOL tion UP there," Bruno said. "A On St. Girard lane the front lot of relatives and friends wall of a frame home had van- Thomas Willis, 12-year-old son found loved ones up there and ishfid. pxnrninp a vnnth frvfvl nf Mro niivia WillU SQflR Fprris took them to their own homes." Story in Edmundson In nearby Edmundson, Police Chief Levi S.

Peck directed op- More than 25 homes on Surfside, Petite and Claudine drives were Glenwood subdivisions, which are between McKelvey road REP, BOW DOING WELL St. Louis County Hospital, al- demolished. One hundred were and the new section of Inter- WASHINGTON, Jan. 25 (AP) erations last night from the and a hobbv horse. Next door avenue, collaosed and died In his proclamation signed though 25 persons were treated Representative Frank T.

Bow state 244 nortih of Dorsett road. extensively damaged. basement of the Kratz EIpv a few wm-kprs mnvpH fhrramh upn unlUncr frnm hii hnmp. tndav at the St. Louis County there.

Admitted was: On the Bast Side, three per- Ohio, was reported rest- Many more were damaged. mentary School. On the school's the rubble of what had once to school about 8 a.m. todav. Courthouse in Clayton, Super- Mrs.

Adria Adelsberg, 60, of ing comfortably yesterday at "My wife and I were having sons were injured when a trailer front lawn, large sections of been a house and had been re- Police said the boy was walk viser Roos said: 9615 St. Girard drive, Woodson "I urge all our citizens to Terrace. the building's roof lay in heaps. ing with several classmates on McArthur avenue near Good-fellow boulevard when he told duced to a vacant lot in moments. On the north side of St.

Jprnmp lanp thj crpnp was thp extend their full co-operation Two persons were admitted to the St. Louis Bi-State Chap- to DePaul Hospital. They are ter of the American National Mr. and Mis. Lee Daly, 11428 "We took four to the hospital that we dug out of the rubble, and then four more that weren't so badly injured a little later.

I'm sick," and fell to the the Naval Hospital in Bethesda, dinner," said David Ozarowski, home was overturned at after suffering what his 12437 Glengate drive. "When burg, six miles northeast of office said was a mild heart at- we heard the tornado I grabbed Alton. They were Gordon Din-tack, my 11-month-old daughter, Di- gledein. 25; his daughter, Bar-Bow, 65 years old, senior Re- ane, and we ran to the base- bara, 2, and a son, Daniel, 9 publican on the House Appro- ment. months.

They were treated at priations Committee, went to "The house was blown away Alton Memorial Hospital. the hospital Monday complain- i 7Z7Z TT ing of pains in his chest. ST. LOUIS POST'DISPATCH Wed- Jan- 25- 13 A n- rrmnnnfPvl RpH Cross in this time of areat Surfside drive, St. Louis coun- oamc, im un uic avj-uim oiuc uic pavcniciiL.

in- nua homes were almost untouched dead at Homer G. Phillips hos- need. All agencies, both public ty. Pvrpn fnr mhhlp nn thp rnnf, nitm and private, are requested to Four persons were admitted "There are about 50 homes cn St. Girard, St.

Jerome and and lawns. Police said the cause of death extend to the Ked Cross their to Missouri oduu Beauty lane, all leveled. But On the lawn of Peace Lu- had not been determined. full support." and la injured were treated.