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a a feet: was: High rising. 79. Low Rainfall 50. 2,18 River Inches. 16.80% tonight.

Some light rain this aflorThe Temperature for the 24 hour THE CA CAMDEN NEWS tonight with lowest 22-32 west and WEATUER TEMPERATURE ARKANSAS: Mostly cloudy and much colder this afternoon and: period tending m. Monday north and: 28-38 soulheast portion River to go 34 feet by Wednesday, SERVING THE SOUTH'S IDEAL INDUSTRIAL AREA cold. noon, Tuesday, partly cloudy VOLUME XXXV NUMBER 285. -Associated Press CAMDEN, ARKANSAS, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1955 (UP)-United Press PRICE FIVE CENTS Churchill May Step Down From Premiership Britons Expect Beloved Leader To Quit Post LONDON look: St for grantad today that. Winston Churchill Is stepping as prime minister within weeks, But no one expects.

him to go 'into retirement by the fireside. Only the. 80-year-old statesman's political enemies seemed. to harbor Any suspicions, impetuous Churchill might change his mind the Times 'The independent. Illical speculation--said today: "It now scems Increasing likely that he (Churchill) will resign about Easter'! and that Queen Elizabeth IT will call on Foreign Secrelary Anthony Eden to form a new.

government. But: the anti-Conservalive Dally Mirror, which. for two years has been Churchill too old for the premiership, sald people "will believe he has gone this time until they see the back of him." Churchill supporters talked off his becoming a sort 'of "elder statesman of the free world," speaking out on vital issues. There was talk in parllamentary lobbles that Churchill also would keep his seat in the House of Commons. This would give him a platform and an.

official status, and; would leave him: available for any assignment AS 2 special government cmmissary. Missouri Area Hit By Tornadoes EAST PRAIRIE, I.P-Tor. nadocs ripped through two' section of. southeast Missouri. yesterday.

leveling six homes and several, farm building. Four members of a Negro famIly, whose home was destroyed in the Windy ville community about four miles southeast. of here, were unaccounted for. Jim Savell, cditor the East. Prairie Eagle, said, it wasn't known whether they were at home when the tornado hit.

One; other man suffered a broken leg. The other tornado hi; about three miles southwest of Hornersville on the stale line. Two farm buildings were but there were no injuries there. Savell sAid roof was blown through a tenant house on the Everett Robertson. fArm in Windyville after the residents fled to.

safety. In the Hornersville area, 36 miles south of here, two of four 15-foot, tall soy bean bins on the Arkansas side of the line were carried about of 3 mile with one hitting A tenant house where no onc. Was at! home. A barn and trator. shed were also blown down On the Missouri side, a house; roof was peeled off and shingles blown off other homes.

Several trees were uprooted, Mrs. E. C. Rule Died At Hope AHOPE, March 21 Mrs. 0 a Harrell Rule, aged 50, wife of a prominent Methodist clergyman, died at a hospital here Sunday.

Her husband, Dr. E. Clifton Rule, is superintendent of the Hope Dis-! trict of the Methodist Church, a former pastor at Pine Bluff and Hot Springs, and was superintend-: ent of the Little Rock the Church from 1944-50. Mrs. Rule WAS born in Grant County, the daughter of Forrest F.

"nd Ida Moore Harrell. Survivors include, beside her hus- band, a daughter, Mrs. J. Clayton Jones of Pine Bluff, and a' brother. Evan Harrell Houston, Tex.

Funcral wIll be announced by Oak Crest funeral home of Hope. Dr. and Mrs. Rule lived in Camden several years ago was superintendent of the district. They have many friends here, The funeral will be at 4 m.

Tuesday at the first Church In Bluff. George B. Holden Named To Post EL DORADO, Ark, (AS George B. Holden of Baton Rouge, has been appointed director of the Arkansas Oli and Gas Commission. Holden, who has been a member! of the technical stuff of the Louislana Department of Conservation, will succeed P.

M. McLaughlin 'he Arkansas post, McLaughlin resigned Feb. 1. "My News Want Ad gold "Terms', -not Wild Geese Lost Over City Last Night As harbingers of spring, some wild geese got lost cu route north the lights of Camden Sunday night. The geese on their way back to northern feeding grounds flew around over the city: apparently blinded the lights and daze caused by the rains.

Their honking could: be heard for some time. Each fall when the geese go south, that's surc sign of 'cold weather, while the spring when they fly on their way north, spring and warmer weather is not far behind. Storms, Tornados Cause Damage In Arkansas Several Areas: Hard Hit By Heavy Winds By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Severe thunderstorms and pos sible tornadoes pounded Arkansas yesterday, wrecking houses and barns but Injuring no one serious- devastating winds ripped through Arkansas' tornado strip of the stale about 100 miles wide extending from the southwest: corner to the northeast corner. Three tornado warnings were issued by. the U.

S. Weather Bureau at Little Rock, each one expanding the danger area until It covered the southern and eastern; portions of Arkansas aboul thirds of the state, When warning was lifted p.m., the Weather Burcau Wast unable to say for certain whether; straight wind or A twister, did the damage. Damage was reported at ville In Conway County, at Needs, Creek and al Friendship Valley in! Faulkner County, at. Hope Hempsicad County, at two communities in Craighead County four communities in Logan' County. Almost the entire state got high winds and a heavy' rainfall.

More than two Inches of rain fell at same points. People In all the severe storm' arcas except Hope sald they, thought they had been hit by tornado. At Hope a straight wind lashed into town from the northwest. Tornados generally. move: from southwest to northeast.

The Weather Bureau said there was a chance some of the storms' were twisters, but added it not be certain, Most of the damPage was relatively isolated tions whore the Weather Bureau, does not have watchers. IL was the first time this year the Wether Burcau sald it "expected" tornadoes to hit Arkansas, and it; was Just one day short of the third anniversary of one of the worst tornadoes in Arkansas history. Three years ago today a twister! hammered 10 Arkansas Counties and killed 116 people. Hardest hit; was tiny Judsonia in While County where 21 were killed and 150 injured. Areas in Faulkner and Conway counties north ol Little Rock the brunt of yesterday's damage.

At Plumerville in Conway coun-: ty between Morrilton and Conway, wind knocked two houses their! foundations, The occupants, the' Bill Stacks and Clark Nichols, escaped injury. Three barng and 3 chicken house demollshed. Several other houses! and buildings were damaged the wind and by falling trees. Two houses were demolished at Needs Creek In north Faulkner County and one of them produced the storm's only Injury. Mra, J.

J. injury Hightower. when the storm caught her suffered slight back In her The house waster smashed. houther members of the family were in the cellar and were not hurt. Three other houses were nged seriously and five slightly at Needs Creek, and two houses were: destroyed Friendship Valley, Needs Creek 'Ted Hiegle, Faulkner County Red Cross disaster chairman, visited the areas after the He and residents of the area they thought it was a tornado.

High winds and driving rain; lashed four Logan County towns. A barn, chickenhouse. and a garage were destroyed al Crossronds, chicks near Paris. when the About chicken-! baby died house was smashed. Paris, Sublaco and Scranton also were hit.

and reported some dam-: age with several trees down. Two houses at Hope were smash-! ed by falling trees. High winds! left the streets littered with fallen, trees and broken Ilmbs. As the squall line swept: further, eastward, two houses were reported knocked off their founda-' tions in Cralghend County In northArkansas. They were at Val.

ley View. about seven miles southi of Jonesboro, and at Otwell, 18. miles, soulh and of Guy Jonesboro, in Faulkner Quitman County also reported wind damage. The heavy rainfall swelled Arkansas streams and washed oul: nt least one bridge. A brodge across Rock Creek rural Johnson County was washed out when a privately owned dam, at King's Canyon, eight miles north of Clarksville, broke.

dam WaS owned by George Vance, Johnson County Judge' Garner Taylor estimated the nt $2,000, Crooked Creek al Harrison reported at its highest level since 1945. The two-luch rainfall yesterday, however, did not swell creek to fland slage. The state's heaviest rainfall porter yesterday WAS 2.82 inches as Jasper in Newton County. News In Brief NORTH LITTLE ROCK 35, rural, mall car rier from Hamplon who suddenly loft home last Friday, has been! admitted to. the.

Velerans Administration here. The disappearance aroused fears among law of a possible, kidnapping. Before An Arkansas Slate Police pickup order had been issued, Missouri officers sald they checked Stringfollow's car at Bran son, told by one of; two in the car that they were headed for Chicago, Calhoun County Sheriff Doyle Duncan sald Stringfollow later was detained by authorities at Kirk wood, until. his relatives ari rived. MELBOURNE, Australla IM Two automobiles collided with such force on highway near today they telescoped with shields almost touching.

Eight persons perished, including all three of. Mr. and Mrs. Matthew Thomas, who survived. SAN QUENTIN, Calif, Al convicted murderer awaiting death, in San Quentin Prison was found hanged dend In his cell today.

Prison officials said he had used three. towels. They called it suielde. Harold: Randolph Ollar, recently was convicted of murdering his wife, son and two daughters; with A hatchet Dec. 19.

raised Arkansas', violent death loll; for the Sunday' mid-: night to A nurse was killed in collison; yesterday afternoon and Allan Hution of Pine Bluff died when his car plunged into the rising waters: of Franklin Creek. A detour had' been established around the point: where Hutton's car went into the creek. Hutton's companion, Ship' Ingraham, 25, managed to extri-: cate. himself from the car after it. went Into the stre South Vict Nam (M- South Viet Nam's private religious armies and special Interest groups; today gave Premier Diem, five days In which to reor-: ganize: compictely.

his American-: supported government. he fally to shake up the Cabinct, they will "make: an appcal to. a decision of the people," a spokes-! man said. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Two traffic accidents yesterday. Easter Seal Sale Opened The 1855 Easter Seal campaign' opened Monday, March 14, and will continue through April 10, ter Sunday.

In Ounchita county, Mrs. Perry Dulton heads the comIn clharge of: the Mi St M. kansans. have: received their 'envelopes containing a letter from Chris Finkbeiner, head of drive; a sheet of Easter Scals: and, for your contributions, A self dressed envelope in care of your county chairman. This Arkansas Association op the Crippled, has operated in the state eleven years.

It has received the money from your donations and allocated it so that 50 per cent 15 spent in your county; 90 per cent, of all funds remaln in our state; and 10 per cent to National Associaton for Crippled Children, with headqarters in Chicago. 'The state fund go toward porting the Children's Convalescent Center, Jacksonville; 311 out-patlent Rehabilitation Center, Litlic Rock: and physical and speech therapists, who arc sent through to crippled Children's Clinics. County funds in the larger counties support specifle projects. the Southeast Arkansas Speech Clinic, Pine Bluff: the Treatment Center at Joseph M. FIll School, Ft.

Smith The Temple Memorial Horne for Crippled Children, Texarkana. Othcounty funds provide transportatlon to and from hospitals and clinics: braces and artifical limb and prosthesiases that are not provided through any other agency. The organization was formed to provide for unmet nerds of crippled children and adults, and does not duplicate the services of any other ageny, public or private. Appropriation For Hot Springs Projects WASHINGTON IMP A $235.000 Item building alterations Springs, was Included a $43,650.000 appropriation for 1955-; 56 recommended today by the House Appropriations Committee for the S. Park Service.

The Lotal was olle million dol-: Pars less than President Eisenhower had budgeted for the service, The total compares with $32,825, 000 appropriated for the current: year. The committee whacked off one million from the 1955-56 building fund request, cutting the appropriation from the requested 000. to $3,725,000. The Committee sald that should provide another million. An increase of $701,610 over current funds wAS provided for mar-! agement and protection.

That will provide 197 additiona uniformed personnel for U. purks, minor Increases In other! park personnel visitor services stale cooperation activilies. New York Stocks NEW YORK were higher today in a rather stock market. In the. carly afternoon, prices changed narrowly with the excen tons of 3 few unusually wide; movers.

Steels were irregular with strength and weakness to lending bringing mised price pattern, Spring Comes Cold And Soggy To Nation's Midland Areas Today By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Spring came cold and soggy to the nation's midlands today after, winter's boisterous exit yesterday tornadoes, torrential rains, widespread snowfall and flood. Yesterday, officially the last day of winler, brought 3 to 5 inches of snow in Colorado, western Nebraska and western Kansas, with ncar-i blizzard conditions around Loveland, a series of tornadoes! along bor-! der: a windstorm so violent, it blew; down a circus tent at Uvalde, and a 4-inch rain that flooded: Piedmont, Mo. Today, the first day of spring. temperatures drop freezing south as Texas asl snow sprinkled' the southwestern. and central Great Plains and upper: Mississippl Valley.

It drizzled in Chicago. The drizzle froze at Okla-: homa City. The rain belt stretched from cen-! tral Okla ma northeastward; through the central Mississippi! Valley and eastward through the, southern and central Great Lakes' region, northern Ohio Valley and into the central Appalachians. Smith Renamed To School Board Leonard Bussell was elected for five year Beaver won over his opponents. Henderson Stinnett, 150 votes, and Edward G.

Atkins 40 votes, Beaver received 167. Bussell won over his opponent R. by only 18 votes in a close race. In the Stephens election D. Henry Hearnsberger was elected to the school board for aL live year position by 110 write-in votes.

There no name printed an the election bal-: lott. Wilburn Crain received 10: George H. Smith was re-elected to serve another five year In the annual school election held Sat-! urday. He won by a margin of 239 votes over his opponent, W. H.

Patterson. Smith received 559 votes and Patterson recelved 320 votes. J. B. Jameson was re-elected out opposition by a vole of 801.

The continuing millage was re-adapted with 640 voting for the tax and 189 voting against. A tota! of 879 in the Camden school election. The Fairview and Chidesler dis-, tries approved the millage increase. Chidester: voted a nine mill increase with 212 voting for and 146 voting against. They now have.

35 mills. Fairview district approv-: ed the five mill increase by of 235 for and 83 against, hiking the millage rates to 33 mills. Ouachita district voters approved a two mill Increase, for operation and maintenance. C. E.

Dedman was elected to the Fairview school board receiving, 145 votes He was running against R. R. Ross who received 108 votes and Alton J. Shirey who received 59. There were two races in the Chidester election.

Beaver was elected for a four year term, write-in votes and H. D. Grayson! received nine write-in votes. Voters In Ouachita District elected Darnell Warren to a position ou the bonrd by 18 write-in voles. He won Noah Harris with nine write-in votes.

R. E. Alexander was elected to. the Bearden board without opposilion and Hartwell Smith was electad Harmony Grove district direetor without opposition. Voters in Bearden and Harm-! ony Grove districts elected John Albritton to a position ou the County Board of Education, Firemen Fight Damaging Fire NICOLET, Que 1P-More Chan.

300 firemen and volunteers fought for four hours before dawn today to bring under control a blaze that destroyed sonic 35 buildings in Nicolet's business district. No casualties were reported. An estimaled 300 persons who lived: in the buildings' upper stories were made homeless. The reported touched off when 2 stove exploded in a restaurant. Nicolet is 011 the south shore of the st.

Lawrence. Supreme Court Hands Down Decisions LITTLE ROCK Arkansas Supreme Court today handed down these decisions: Slate Revenue Commission vs. Billard's appen! from Miller Chancery Court. affirmed. Aetna Insurance Lester Owens Sherill Circult Court, nffirmed.

Bessie C. Shaw. V'S Helen E. Shaw, Pulaski Probate Court. affirmed In part and reversed in part.

Union Motor Co. VS. Mrs. J. 0 Tale.

Pulaski Cireuit Court, al firmed Oliver, Wheeler, Thomas Co. Inc. vs. H. Crittendin Chan cery Court, reversed.

Bernice Tidwell, vs. Esters Tidwell, Phillips Chancery Court, firmed Mrs. Reba: Poff vs. Frank Kaulman. Pulaski Probate Court, al-.

firmed. Dr. Henry Hearnsberger Named To School Board STEPHENS (Special Dr. Hellry G. Hearnsberger was elected to the five yenr.

term ns member the School Board: at the annual election held here Saturday. The 33 mill tux 'in elfect for the past several years was continned. Joe Wade is the retiring ul i- the Board. Colder Weather Forecast For Arkansas Today Drop Set For Tonight In State By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Rains which pelted all parts of Arkansas Sunday night and Monday morning was expected to bring much colder weather this after noon and lonight. The precipitalion accompanied; In high winds that dealt considerable damage.

to certain communiles. Colder weather was forecast tonight. Heaviest rains were reported at much colder weather this alternoon 'and tonight, The precipitation accompanied; high winds that dealt considerable damage to certain communites. Colder weather was forecast for tonight. Heaviest rains were reported Arkadelphia.

where 3.50 inches fell in the 24-hour period ending 7 a.m. today. Other areas in; more than three inches were Boughton with 3.47 inches and Gurdon with 3.14. The cities. are in south central and southwest Arkansas.

The -U. S. Weather Bureau at! Little Rock had no figures avail-: able On how the rain affected the state 13 whole. For the central: area of Arkansas, Weather; Bureau noted that it is still nearly three. inches under the yearly avcrave.

The two-day spell of showers was! not 38 heavy 25 rains recorded: last October when nearly six Inches; of moisture. fell in west central Arkansas. May of last heavy rains drenched the Bradford: area. A forecast of a possible rise int state rivers was not available early; this morning but reports from Del Queen said that two small rivers; in that area were out ol their banks'. Rainfall reports from around the' slate included Texarkana with 2.80 1.91.

Pine Bluff 2.51 Dorado; Inches. Fayetteville, 2.07. Flippin, 1.87 Little Rock 1.86 Walnut Smith Ridge 1.79, Batesville 1.60 and Fort 1.92. The forecast for Arkansas calls for continued cloudiness Monday afternoon and night with some light rain predicted for the afternoon, Lower temperatures are forecast for night, with continurd cold Tuesday: the entire state for and warmer weather Wednesday. School Director Loses At Thornton member of Thornton School Board THORNTON, March 21, A -which is engaged in court battle over its action firing the superintendent of Schools was defeated re-eloction in the school election.

Incumbent Bart Waldon received 139 voles for the only School Board post voted on today. Mayor Everetic E. Wilson polled 267.: ani J. B. Hutchinson received recently dismissed Superintendent Roy Cook.

After taken, 41 petition was presented asking that he 104: reinstated. Persons circulating; the petition said it carried the tures of two thirds of the patrons of the District. The Board refused to reinstate Cock. and County Judge Asa L. Johnston issued an injunction to restrain the Board from selecting successor until the case had been Laken to court.

The case is now ponding in Calhoun Chancery Court. Mayor Wilson has been in his criticism of the School Board's action. It has been reported that the superintendent Wis fired by a 3-2 vote. voters decided 235 1:3 169 against adding mills to the present 30 mill levy. Future Homemakers Meet In State LITTLE ROCK About 12.000 members of Future Homemakers of Arkansas, high school girls' studying home will meet here Friday mind Saturday: for their annual convention Because of the large number of delegates, four identical will be held.

Two hundred ol the' girls will receive degree ol unent awards, the organization's highest honor. Jesse Cox Freed By Lake City Jury MONETTE, Ark Jesse Cox. who had 'faced a possible death sentence, today is a free man tol-1 lowing a jury's verdict of not vuilty. Cox had been charged with first degree murder. An ali-male jury at Luke City.

dehberated about three hours, including time out tor supper. fore returning the verdict Saturdayi night that cleared Cox ol charges: in the dead: of Monette Cay Mar shal Sam Thompson. Thompson, 70. was shot to death; last June AS he approached the Cox home with a civil eviction DOtico Witnesses testified that Thomp. had beaten Cox shortly before; the officer was killed by shotgun' blast.

Cox told the court that when he a1 1 Thompson approaching or had been "scared to VA Hospital Needs Moderinizing Thunderstorms were bunched from! northern Louisiana to central Ken-: lucky. Precipitation generally ranged! from rapeinch lo an inch and a got 2.49 inches in six hours. Snowfall' 'to the west! of the rain area varied from A trace to 2 Inches. The tornadoes leveled several farm buildings but did not strike; henvlly populated areas, Only one person was reported injured, ail though a family of four was reported missing. The 400 persons watching the circus at Uvalde escaped wilhout, serious injury when the big top collapsed.

Many of the specta lors, were children. Plane Passenger Tells Of Crash By TOM TURLEY SPRINGFIELD, Mo. UP didn't any of my injuries ati first. I felt I was just having al the way 15-year-old Rob. crt Browning 'of Chappaqua, N.Y.,! described his reaction when he found himself lying on the ground after the crash of American Airlines plane last night.

The young survivor of the who suffered facial cuts, was ing to Springfieid to visit friends were coming out of a heavy fog, Robert told reporters from his bed at St. John's Hospital today. could see lights on the ground Everything seemed quite normal and the seat belt sign was on. Most of us bad our seal belts fas-; tened. "IL seemed like just an tremely rough landing.

I had my head between my knees." The youth sald he was on a Clipper plane summer and. read some instructions on what loi do in case of "They sald to put your head. down between your knees. "I was sitting 011 the. right hand side, forward of the wing.

and the; plane split open oll the Jett side "Somehow or other I got thrown, out. When I and woke fell up I was outside, the plane. I perfectly mal, didn't feel any of my hav- inju-: rica at first. I felt I was just ing a dream. "People were moaning.

Twat older men were On the ground Dear me. I comforted them until' ambulances and police Then some friends, whom was: going to a me. walked over to a patrol I was sitting in it when they came! to me. "I then walked to theta car and: they took me to the hospital. beginning "Right now I'm just to feel sick.

Up to now I've felt perfectly normal. "It's all been like dream." Young Browning wAS coming: here to visit Mr. and Mrs. Harold: Sperry of Springfield. He planned to stay here a day or two, then go to Arkansas to visit other; friends.

Another survivor of the crash. Tom Shamon. 50. St. Louis, said: was saying my prayers.

had 110 warning. Nothing. was it. "I was praying until it came down. That's all.

Then I was the ground and a door was On my chest. "I kept on praying and that's all I. remember." Appeal Made To End Hunger Strike JERUSALEM Israeli Presi. dent Izhak Ben Zvi ha appealed to 5) young Jewish artist to end the hunger strike. he is waging ini an effort to win the right to marry his Christian fiancee.

The President's wife also invited the artist's Yugoslav girl friend to: come to Jerusalem 'to tali: things' over." The young man. 26-year-old Moshe Barak, today went into his seventh day in bed in a fashion-: of civil marriages so that he can; able hotel, substiung only on watcwr. He he is demanding legalization marry Urit without: their changing their faiths. Ben Zvi wrote Barak that his last would not influence Parliament 101 change existing luws permitting! only religious marriages in Dr. Z.

Wahrhaftig, deputy minister: for religius affairs, told ment last week that legalization of. mixed marriages in Isract would: encourage such unions all over world and this "would endanger' the very existence of the Jewish' people." 67 Rev. Shirey Named Church Commissioner ATLANTA, Ga. March 16-The Rev. Alton J.

Shirey of Cullendale, today was officially certified by Dr. E. C. Scott. Stated Clerk of the Presbyterian Church, U.

45 a commissioner to the General As. sembly of the denomination. The Assembly, which Mr. Shircy will attend as the official voting representative of Ounchila Presbytery. will be held in Richmond.

June 2-7. IL is the highest court of the Presbyterian Church, and meets annually. Some 400 commissioners from 17 stales attend and review the work of the Church for the past year, and sot in 1110- lion the program for the coming year. Mr. Shirer.

who la minister of Chamnion Hill Presbyterian church in Cullendale, was selected as by Quachita Goby tery. WASHINGTON Veterans Administration Hospital at North! Little Rock, has been listed! by El House committee as one of; 56 in the nation needing complete renovation, Teague or modernization, chairman of the House Veterans Affairs Committee, said conditions In many VA: hospitals are Israel Told To Surrender Area To Arabs New York Times Says Negeb Desert In Dispute NEW YORK -The New York Times reported today that Egyptian spokesman has called fori for return of the Negeb Desertnow held by Israel--to Arab control as condition for Arab defense cooperation with the west. A Times Salah dispatch from Cairo' quoted Mai. Salem, Egyptian national guidance minister. as saying also in All Interview that! Western and Egyptian views on Middle East defense might be reconciled if Washington and London! ended the efloris Egypt charges; they are making to prevent forma-, tion of all all- alli-: ance.

Salem has been the chief Egyptian negolialor on defense alli-; ance which his government hopes! to sign soon with Syria and Saudi! Arabia as a counter to the Turkish-: Iraqi pact. The Egyptian minister, announced yesterday that details of the pact had been agreed but the signing date had not been fixed Ouachita River To Flood Here For the first time in 1955 the' Ouachita river is expected to above 30 feet here. Flood stage is 26 feet. Only once in the past year; and a ball has the river, gone 30 feet and usually overflows a holt a dozen or more times a year. But during the past few years the Ouachita has exceeded flood stage of 26 feet only one or two imes.

In 1954 a record of low water level was set when the stream did not exceed flood stage during any of the fall and winter months. In 1955 during the normally, flood season of November the river never reached the 30-foot mark, Heaviest rains in the prat three years Is reason for the sudden rise. The river gauge here at 7 n. m. today showed 16.80 feet.

A crest of 34 feet is expected by Wednesday. Rainfall for the 24-hour period ending at 7 a. m. was 2:18 inches. Rain continued to full today and fell continually throughout Sun.

day night. Heavy showers started shortly after 5 p. 'm. Sunday. There some wind with the rainstorm but no damage was reported.

Croeks, bayous and lakes were filling up and some were out of their hunks today, Farm ponds also were filled this soaking rain, first. in many months. IL will worth much to farmers and live. stock owners. However much of the water is running off and will: be lost because of no adequate large reservoirs or storage basins to hold; the surplus.

Eventually the water will find its way into the Ouachita river here and then on into other! tributaries and down in the Missis-! sipp! river and the Gulf of Mexico. This mean water much to if impounded, stock! owners during the dry summer and, fall months. Passengers And Crew Uninjured CHICAGO -Sixty passengers and sis crew members all escaped liniury when :1 big airliner nosed into the ground on an emergency; lunding hero vesterday. ADerward. entertainer Connee Boswell Came in on 13 Wing and FL Prayer." The passengers got.

81 shaking up--but nothing worse--when the 2105C wheel of an American Air. hnes DC7 collapsed on landing at Midway Airport. The plane was 01 A nonstop flight from Los Angeles to Now York when one engine began sput-: terin east of Chicago. Capt. R.

A Patterson. of 1.08 beaded the ship back to Chicago for A landing. Mins Boswell, who san2 from: a wheel -she is al pollo crip. pic one of the Boswell Sisters. and her husband Hurry laredy were Ton their way to New York to make' records.

The passengers continued to New York in a later plane. Spent In Camden Work For Camden Buy At Home! 12 Killed In. Springfield Plane Crash Many Passengers Injured When Airliner Falls said there was a "terrible vibration" before the crash. Mrs. o.

W. Peebles who lives near the scene, reported hearing explosion just before the crash was on a clipper plane last, summer and I read some instruclions on what to do in case or 0 crash," Browning related. "They said to your houd down between your knees, And I did that when I felt the vibration. The next thing I knew I was lying on ground about. 15 feel from the plane." Young Browning was en route to visit relatives at Harrison.

Ark. BIll Bowers of radio station KTTS sald when he reached the plane an elderly man, whose legs appeared to be broken, was lying beside the plane. "Don't bother about me." the man said. "Get the others out first." Bowers said he didn't knuw the man's name. B.

H. Mays, of Cushing, another passenger, said be didn't know what happened. "'The first thing I knew I was out on the ground," Mays said. The dead included Stanley Grankowski, 64, Detroit, assistant Wayne County prosecutor for 18 of the last 20 years. He was en route to Springfield on private business.

Reported in critical condition as J.J R. McKnight, 3 prominent Chicago patent attorney. Al. New York. an American Airlines spokesman said: "Airlines officials emphasize that there is 110 way of knowing al this time what the accident." He said company officials from Tulsa, Chicago and New York had been dispatched to the.

scene and would Join the investigation which will be conducted by the Civil Aeronauttes Board." SPRINGFIELD. Mo. UP. An American Airlines plane threading Its way through darkness and rain toward landing field crashed last night, killing 12 persons and injuring 23. The twin-engine Convair crashed in a pasture about two miles north of the Springfield airport.

Wreckage was scattered more than 300 feet. 'The plane, carried a threemember and 32 passengers. Ali the survivors were Injured. Jack Pripish, of Chicago, the pilot. was the only member of crew to survive.

Stewaress Rita Madaj and copilot Glenn Walker both of Chicago, died. The airport control tower given final clearance for the lnud. Ing. As the craft approached Carl McCrary in the lower saw a flash. Then the plane cosappeared and he gave the alarin.

Sheriff Glenn Hendrix, one of the first to reach the scene made muddy by E1S all-day rain, said: "There was no fire. In the darkness found it hard to find plane and I lost my shoes in the mud as I crossed the farm field. "Then I heard woman call and found her sitting on the ground. I gave her iny cont and Chen I saw three persons walking around dazed. 1 finally could see the plane in the darkness.

"Its wings were sheared off but the fusclage was intact except for nose, "The nose was crumpled up like cellophune. "Two ambulances came near the scene but got stuck in the mud. We started taking out the injured 08 other ambulances arrived but it was close to a.in. before we got. them nil out." The plane crashed about 10:30 p.m.

Robert Browning, 15, of Chappaqua, N.Y., an injured passenger. Rescuers difficulty finding the plane in the darkness. Then the mud stopped approaching vehicles. arid the rescuers had 1,0 walk. A highway patrol Car Onally reached the plane, and radio was used 10 for ambulances and doctors.

But thy car's motor nave out. adding to It was gl, hour: betore 11:0 frat ambulance reached AL hospital with some victims Fifteen ambulances were used. The stewardess. MI 73. joined the airline in 1953 after pltending Loyola University of Chicago.

Capt. Pripish begnn wi'h charter service Milwaukee in 1935 al Tructor 41 years during World War IT fig been 'with American Airlines since 1944. A bin American Airlines plane with GO passengers and six crewmen nosed into the ground in 311 emergency lunding at Chicago vesterdur. No One was injured. The nose hurl of the DCT collapsed.

Rebel Leader Defies Troops SAIGON. South Virl. Nani 1 Defying government. troop: lo come and rellgious header prediets that within nine days his rebel force will seal the capital of Singon. Receiving foreign newsmen resterday at hideout 10 miles blow Long Xuyen, the 31-year-old, onearmed How Hao general Cabal.

net Minister Can. Tran Van Soni had named him to lead the combined forces of the rotiginussects nonint Premier Neo Dinh Dicm. Soul, the Hou Huo military chief, in expected to lose his Oabinet post lor his definnce..