The Morning News from Wilmington, Delaware • Page 3

Morning News, Wilmington, Del- Saturday, January 28, 1967 3 i J.n mm -wm telisiii I mm mtBmmmamm mmmmm ai mm wmmsmmm -iSiss jTir ififlfrllM fVlif-tf' ill aHiMi'ttlj lit Wf -S A'. td. i. aged, while the garage around it was demolished by the tornado yesterday. WAKE OF A STORM Yesterday's tornado which slammed others, leaving an undetermined number of persons through Felton damaged these two homes and seven homeless.

A water heater lies in the foreground. TORNADO ESCAPEE This automobile stands amid the wreckage of the garage in which it was housed. The car, owned by Edward J. Price, was only slightly dam 15 recorded since 1888 Twisters hit state before By HENRY F. DAVIDSON I That same month on March i The earliest detailed account It a ftinnPi.iilfA 1rtitH annnaroH of a tornado was of one or nf i inmnAn wne aF nnft An 10 i tl I If! I iTFII 111! '1P i 1 -r 1 Tank blows top at Atlas plant The top blew off a storage tank late last night at the Atlas Point plant of Atlas Chemical Industries, and produced a flash fire.

The company said there apparently was not much damage and production continued this morning. No one was injured, a spokesman said. The tank contained an inflammable heat transfer fluid about the consistency of kerosene. mere nave urcn aouut at prices Corner and there was authentic tornados in Delaware much havoc for about 15 min-since 1888. Few took lives al- utes during which time the roof and Fifth lost their roofs.

As the storm was making its way down the general area of the Lancaster Pike, it picked up a milk house at Wooddale which was never seen again. Nine persons were injured and two killed, the latter when a man went to rescue a boy who had Aug. 21, 1888, which apparently roared up the Eastern Shore of Maryland, reached Hares Corner where it killed a blacksmith and then came into Wilmington and destroyed the Christiana Rolling Mill. though the property damage of 43 Lea Road, Manor Park, was sometimes spectacular. was lifted off and sailed across the street.

At about the same time, similar damage was re- taH a A iAm fan Vim The March 26, 1964, storm that hit Frederica and Bowers Beach nirkpd nn a livp wirp and both ACCORDING to Crier, at 4 30 ere killed in the afternoon of June 25,1 us us ed as a 'probable tor- J. this storm was not classified as nado in Weather Bureau In A It unrooted trees, lifted roofs. I ,1924, the roof of the Baynard; miAi was prooaoiy a torna- overturned trailers and ex-! IN the last century, reports Building, jewelers, next door tore out a brick wall of the ploded a cinderblock caracc. 'cyclones' were noted in Every Evening Building atjTodds Cut shops of the Penn- sylvania Railroad April 18, 1938, 5th and Shipley Streets, blew I journal kept by the late A. 0.

and demolished 16 garages at the former Continental-Diamond Fibre Co. in Newark. across 5th Street and settled on the roof of the Central National Bank Building. This was only one incident in what must have been a multiple 11. urier, a city editor ana later associate editor of the News-Journal papers.

These were local and, in all probability, not cyclones, which are rare land counterparts of hurricanes cov There were two in 1941, one of them on Aug. 25 doing 000 damage in Wilmington and ering a vast area. Tornados fre injuring some children when it collapsed the Friends School tornado since farmers in what are how the suburbs reported sighting more than one funnel quently destroy a path as nar 131 Ofng S'ffi, Wltmlnflton, Deliwirt Tlliphn OU 4-5151 DOVER BUREAU 20 F. Division PO. Box 535.

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M.00; one month, 12 50; foreign one ar 145 00; one month S3. 75. Make checks, money O'de rs, etc payable to lta News-Journal Company VEMUCR OF THE ASSOCIATED PRF'S garage. Another battered Del jl urn a i row as a city block, bursting heading down from Yorklyn to mar June is, 1944, and one ward the city. During the storm, struck Milford Oct.

31, 1949. buildings open with low atmospheric pressures and carrying winds of unmeasurable inten- a cross said to weigh 800 pounds was blown from the top of St. vveatner Bureau records in Washington show nine tornados The Associated Pre.j is entitled to the use tor republication ol all the local sjtics. Ann's Catholic Church and land from 1953-64, apparently minor, Second dass postage pad al Wilmington, Delaware. ed on Park Drive, a block and a half away.

except for the "probable" one in 1964 at Bowers Beach that Grier's earliest one was July 7, 1885, south of Smyrna, the next at the Bancroft Banks June 23, 1887. COID I'jft Practically all the houses on did much damage. That appears Ferris Street between Fourth 'be the last until yesterday. KM FREEZING. aK a i Baker- NOW (Continued From First Page) Astronauts- (Continued From First Page) icont.nued From First Page) tried and has four children.

mission in Gemini 3 jningham is married and has come tax evasion in 1961 andj 1962, theft, fraud and conspira and hpramo Ihr first snaroman tWO CmlCiren cy against Baker. MILDJKH); VroOL At the end of his statement The parents of the dead astro-j nauts went into grief-stricken seclusion. "My God, don't talk to me now. My son just was killed," said Chaffee's father, to the jury, Williams said, "I have talked too long, perhaps Dover Bureau Photos by Chuck McGowen Sandy Brittingham, on which to rest a tired head after yesterday's Felton disaster. The Brittingham home is at the rear.

becoming excited at times; I'll TIRED HEAD Cheryl Brittingham, 2, daughter of Mrs. Doris Brittingham, gets a comfortable shoulder of her cousin, to maneuver a spacecraft in flight. White, 3G, was born into a military family at San Antonio, and was graduated from West Point. He ranked No. 1 in physical aptitude in his class of 1952 and set a record in the high hurdles.

never learn to look at injustice with composure." when reached in Grand Rapids, Mich. I Map for period ending 7 p.m. today. Weather conditions Prosecutor William O. Bitt- Grissom's parents, Mr.

and wister hits Felton man said that Baker "built a financial empire so huge he had to steal to save it from de Mrs. Dennis Grissom, went into seclusion at their Mitchell, home and Mayor James A. WHITE spent 21 minutes out From U.S. Weather Bureau Environmental Science Services Administration Greater Wilmington Airport Saturday, Jan. 28, 1967 struction and in so doing de- Fortncr set up a police guard side Gemini 4, during a four-day orbital flight with Air Force Lt.

James A. McDivitt. at the home of the Grissoms stoyed himself." (continued From First page) yards of the front of the main Damaged lines serving a few we saw lightning flash, and the school building but not a will not have power re- and called for the state police. Chaffee, 31, was slight and Baker sat at his lawyer's table, listening closely as he has done during the three weeks of his trial. WILMINGTON AND VICINITY: Variable cloudiness, windy dark-haired.

He joined the space WHITE'S father, retired Army next thing I knew, glass was fly-jof glass was broken. istored until tomorrow, a ing at us," said Victor Killan, Albert Morris, a custodian at spokesman said. and turning cooler today; fair and seasonably cold tonight and program in 1963 with the third Gen. Edward H. White, said at an employe in the service sta tomorrow; probability of precipitation, 10 per cent today and.

group of astronauts after log his St. Petersburg, home the school, said few of the stu- A Diamond sut T1 dents or teachers knew the tor-U j1. tion on the southwest corner tonight; highest temperature: About 40; lowest temperature: Middle 20s; winds: West to northwest, 15-30 mph. ging more than 1,800 hours in jet aircraft. (Chaffpe snnkp in (hp 15 that he and his wife do not wish to be disturbed.

Vice President Hubert H. His wife and four of their1 five children sat in the crowded courtroom. More than 50 lawyers filled most of the "We ran behind a cement par- nado had come until it was gone. confined to the tition until the storm blew over The storm knocked out lights in Joseph Bell, another servicejthe building but an auxiliary hit knocking out fewer than 40 station operator, was pumping generator restored them in sev- ...1 1.. 1 nnnl WMMlltrtf DELAWARE: Partly sunny, windy and colder today with a convention of thp Dplawarp Vol- high in the 40s; fair with diminishing winds and seasonable Juriteer Firemen's Association) Humphrey joined the President in promising "The United States will push ever forward in space inside the bar, 40 re porters crowded on two bench temperatures tonight and tomorrow.

A space agency official said gas ior a cusluiiut wnen ne De-iicti umiuica. nieht il- i I TIkibb i i 1 nnnin nmnnrt (minor difficulties had occurred space. es and some 60 spectators MARYLAND: Partly sunny, windy and colder today with a during the countdown with the Humphrey, who often visits the cape in his capacity as chair communications and environ mental control systems. But he The Delaware National Guard offered overnight security for damaged homes and businesses, but state police said they would maintain watch over the came one oi me lew persons lOj mcic wus mi pami. amun see the storm approaching.

'the students, and they remained He said he looked south, heardjin classrooms, Morris said. They the wind and saw the storm were kept a few minutes after coming up the highway, a fun-the normal 3:20 p.m. dismissal nel-shaped storm carrying all because a traffic jam on U.S. 13 kinds of debris tin cans, buck- prohibited the school buses from pf hnarrlc trash cant Ho cairl man of the National Aeronautics and Space Council, said: "The deaths of these three said investigators did not know whether the fire stemmed from jammed into the rest of the benches in the small room. Gasch allowed no standing, and at times more than 100 spectators waited outside the door.

ONE of the key issues in the closing statements was a brilliant young men, true pion- the two troublesome systems. All data was impounded eers and wonderfully brave, is ho 'ran Kont infn (ho ctotinn rtnt THE hit Feltn. high in the 40s. SOUTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA: Partly cloudy, windy and cold today with a high about 40. SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY: Partly cloudy, windy and cold with a high from 35 to 40.

FORECAST FOR THE DELAWARE AND CHESAPEAKE BAYS: Partly cloudy; visibility: 10 miles; winds: West to northwest, 20-30 knots; small craft warnings displayed. Highest temperature yesterday: 50; lowest: 41. Highest humidity yesterday: 93 per cent; lowest: 80 per cent; et midnight 84 per cent. Precipitation: 1.24 inch. jointly by the Air Force and a profound and personal loss to STATE police from both Troops a day of heavy rain, high NASA and newsmen were not me.

1 have had such close rela- allowed to view the scene, tionships with them that my KiiU S3 at Dovcr and TroP 5 at winds and thunder and light- iBridgeville arrived to take ning st0rms. All points north of THE tornado set down south charge of operations after the -Salisbury reported inclement of Felton in a vacant field and! tornado struck. Delaware 12 is weather yesterday, but no dam-moved from southeast to north-1 the troop dividing boundary. Iage was rep0rted eisewhere than west for a half mile, cutting! State police used their emerg- in FeIton Spokesmen said it would be this morning at the earliest before reporters were permitted at the site. across the U.S.

13-Delaware 12 ency Held unit to direct opera tions. I Morning rain yesterday that WEATHER IN THE NATION TEMPERATURES IN LAST 24 HOURS Rescue operations were start- became violent with strong WEEKEND WEATHER Sunrise today 7:14 a.m. Sunset 5:17 p.m. Sunrise tomorrow 7:13 a.m. Sunset tomorrow ed by state police, with the as .96 sistance of the Delaware chapter of the American Red Cross.

H. 47 31 54 51 33 winds by afternoon totaled 1.24 inches at the U.S. Weather Station on the Greater Wilmington Airport. Until then, there had' been a scant .39 inch of precipi- 5:18 p.m .05 1.03 .30 1.29 W. Atlanta PC Boston Chicago CY Cleveland Denver Detroit Duluth PC Fairbanks Honolulu PC intersection, before leaving the ground again in another vacant field northeast of town.

Reports at first indicated the storm was heading for Dover Air Force Base, and planes there were hastily tied down, but it never showed up there. The weather station at Greater Wilmington Airport last night WEEKENO TIDES 000 fund raised by California executives, ostensibly for political campaigning in the fall of 1962. The government charged that Baker kept $80,000 of that money. Williams said the money went to the late Sen. Robert S.

"and it was intended to go to him," Williams said that the government version of events surrounding the campaign contributions "has a credibility chasm." The government is asking the jury to believe, he said, that six savings and loan firm executives, "flint-eyed, marble-hearted tycoons," he called them -put together $100,000 and turn The Red Cross contacted fami HARRIS said it was quite possible that none of the victims had any knowledge that there was a serious problem aboard. The backup crew for the scheduled 14-day flight now becomes the prime pilots for Apollo 1. They are Navy Capt. Walter M. Schirra who like Grissom, was one of the original seven Mercury astronauts; Air Force Maj.

Walter Cunningham, and Air Force Maj. Donn lies left homeless and made sure Low 8:28 :04 sorrow is very deep. My heart goes out to their families and loved ones." IN addition to his formal statement, the President sent personal messages to the three victims' families. The other three astronauts killed in the line of duty were Theodore C. Freeman of Delaware, who died in the crash of a jet trainer Oct.

31, 1964, near Houston, and Elliot See and Charles A. Bassett II, who died Feb. 28, 1966, when their jet struck the building housing their space capsule at St. Louis, Mo. Freeman was on a routine proficiency training flight when a goose hit his windshield as he was coming in for a landing.

A space agency investigation board determined that the in-ablity of See, as the pilot, to see bad weather was the cause of the second accident. they would have temporary in January 81 56 Houston Indianapolis 33 comodations with neighbors or relatives. A disaster office, op- Jacksonville 75 L. 32 23 30 18 25 -30 64 37 24 59 11 51 72 22 41 37 22 35 34 21 27 46 Blue law repeal? ANNAPOLIS, Md. Ji A CY CY FC CY CY FC described the storm as an "un- Crated by the Red Cros, will be i i 1..

ii rinon frnm a til 4 tn- Marina Terminal High Today A.M 1:15 Today P.M 1:33 Tomorrow A.M 2:03 Tomorrow P.M 2:27 High Tidei Today A.M. tewes Bcwers Bfach Bombay Hook Port Penn Reedy Point Chesapeaka City Kent Island :22 High Tides Tomorrow A.M. twe DnuMrl RPACh II. Felton High School Principal day and tomorrow in the Felton Pce LCU1 Melvin C. Luff said 1,200 stu-jSchool for anyone who needs as- f- Eisele.

Neither Eisele nor P.M. 11:21 12:17 12:42 11:57 7:10 P.M. 10:29 xxxx Kansas City 32 Los Angeles 77 Miami Beach 81 Milwaukee 27 New Orleans 52 New York 41 Oklahoma City 47 Philadelphia CY 48 Phoenix PC 74 Pittsburgh 56 St. Louis 28 Salt Lake City CY 41 Seattle 51 dents were in the school, in-isistance. "1U U1W UUUVl, Mill 'MnnHnv in all Marvlflnri 1.21 .37 .07 1.29 uuui ig in jr uau- THE storm knocked out power blue laws and then seek an in- Cunningham has yet flown in space.

CUNNINGHAM, 34, was selected as an astronaut in October 1963. Eisele, chosen at the same time, is a former experimental test pilot. He is mar- 'A'rrt 11 linn iUt lldtllHlCa OWUOl iwui uuljuiiv-uuh iw oiiuv wi.Mvj 1:11 -ui ui. ow. "rjeimarva Power Light Co.loperations of Bethlehem Steel Symbols clear; PC, partly cloudy; 1:36 12:12 12:47 1:12 xxxx 7:22 hit ed it over "for the benefit of some senators whose names they didn-H remember until 30 days ago." 12:21 CY, cloudvt rain; snow; trace; Bombay Hook Port Perm Reedy Point Chesapeake City Kent Island a.

mVAfrw TT fV 7:52 missing. said service had been restoredjand the Baltimore Port Author-where possible, by 8 last night, ity. THE funnel passed within V'lVASAb'! Wit.