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D-8 Town Talk, Alexandria-Pineville. I.a Wednesday. March 17. 1982 3-State Tornado Cost Could Total Millions of Dollars Sears Alade and installed at your home 1 0 OFF zen centers and auditoriums. "The sun's shining (today) and it's 55 or 60 degrees," Cedar County Deputy Sheriff George Hamilton said as he patrolled de-vasted Cedar Springs, population 20.

"That's a tornado. It just hits and it's gone." It was a little early for the traditional tornado season, but the collision of warm, moist southern air with the drier northern winds from the west produced the perfect recipe for disaster. First came the heavy rain, high winds and hail By sundown Monday funnels were dropping out of the black storm clouds with rep-larity. Bartlesville and Ada, leaving at least 72 injured four criti- MULBERRY, Kan. (UPI) -National guardsmen palroled for looters Tuesday along the debris-laden main street of this tiny east Kansas mining town virtually leveled in a siege of tornadoes that killed six persons and injured more than 120 in three states.

Authorities estimated the storm damage in Kansas, Oklahoma and Missouri would climb into the millions of dollars and said some of the smaller towns would have difficulty in rebuilding. Mulberry, a once-prosperous mining town of 650 that saw its boom days diminish in the 1930s, was split in half by the Monday night onslaught Homes were twisted on their foundations and flattened. Bams overturned. Businesses gutted. "It wasnt exactly one tornado that done it all," said Crawford County Undershenff Lynn Fields.

"We had eight different confirmed sightings of tornadoes and about 25 unconfirmed." The scene was similar along the 200-mile swath from Ada, through southeast Kansas, to the tiny community of Cedar Springs, Mo. One person died in Oklahoma, four more in Kansas and a sixth in Missouri. Scores were left homeless and dozens of communities were left without power or telephone service. Red Cross officials set up temporary shelters in senior citi Continuous aluminum guttering Let Sears authorized installers custom-fit new continuous aluminum guttering to beautify and protect your home against the elements. cally and Floyd Fullingin, 40, an Ada trailer park resident, dead.

At least 60 homes were destroyed. The tornado drove a chunk of wood into the leg of one man, William Crawford, 57, of Dewey, Okla. Crawford and two others were in fair condition Tuesday. The Ada storm ended Mike and Kitty Grover's search for a new life in Oklahoma. The couple had just moved from Ithaca, N.Y., but a tornado left only debris where their trailer home had been.

The National Guard also patrolled Bartlesville to aid in the rescue work and to prevent looting. Kansas authorities reported storm damage in almost a dozen communities, with Mulberry, nearby Arma, McCune and Tyro, located along the Oklahoma border, the hardest hit. Carl Thomison, 45, of Tyro was killed when his trailer home was struck by a tornado. His son was seriously injured and flown to Tulsa, for treatment. Authorities said a second Kan-san died in Hallowell.

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PHONE 442-1661 Open til 9 p.m. daily Hot Line 442-9775 Call Today THURSDAY SENIOR CITIZEN DOUBLE GREEN STAMPS Kavmond Hartman goes through some of the Kansas, Monday. James' mobile home was re-belongings of his neighbor, Judy James, one of duced to rubble and her body hurled 100 yards two people killed when a tornado hit Mulberry, from the trailer's foundation. (UPI Photo) DAY ON TUESDAY Partly Cloudy Through Thursday Low Prices Clean Store Quality Produce PRICES GOOD THRU SAT. MARCH 20th Fast Checkout Courteous Employees Fresh, Trim Meats WE RESERVE THE RIGHT TO LIMIT QUANTITIES! Area Weather Skies will be partly cloudy through Thursday.

Lows will be in the low 60s tonight and in the low 80s today and Thursday. Winds will be from the southwest at 5 to 10 mph today. MEAT SUPER SPECIALS: CALL HANK'S HOT LINE 442-9775 Monroe Partly cloudy, mid-80s Lake Charles Partly cloudy, low 80s Baton Rouge Partly cloudy, mid-80s New Orleans Partly cloudy, mid-80s Extended State Forecast 7(1 Fresh nntw niAiiiAC rumv riuiiiuo $139 USDA CHOICE BEEF BONE IN CHUCK ROAST Climatological Data Tuesday's High 84 Tuesday's Low 69 24-Hour Rainfall (as of 5 p.m.) none Sunset Today 6:20 p.m. Sunrise Thursday 6:17 a.m. Temperatures will be warm and the air humid Friday in Louisiana.

Scattered thunder-showers Saturday ending and turning cooler Sunday. Lows will be in, the low to mid-60s FYiday cooling into the mid- and upper 40s by Sunday. Highs will be near 80 on Friday drop- USDA CHOICE BEEF ROUND BONE 69 SHOULDER ROAST i Average High 68 ping into the low to mid-0s by Sunday. Average Low 44 Record High Record Low 32 in 1976 Agricultural Forecast Year Ago High 74 Drying conditions will continue very high .12 oz. ea.

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ea. 1189 USDA CHOICE DAiin roc nmin daact 9 Scientists Keep Close Eye on Volcano DUNCLCOO ItUUlr UUfAOl lb. GROCERY SUPER SPECIALS: Call Hank's Hotline 442-9775 pected eruption. Increased swelling of both the lava dome and the crater floor caused scientists to issue an advisory Monday that the volcano probably would erupt within the VANCOUVER, Wash. (UPI) -Scientists kept a sharp eye on their instruments Tuesday for signs of an increase in shallow seismic activity at Mount St.

Helens that should precede an ex 30.24 3000 2977 Shurfine Reg. or Buttermilk 899' THRIFT KING PEAS, CORN or CUT BEANS 499 CARNATION CANNED MILK t. mo 399 LUXURY SPAGHETTI 49' NINE LIVES CAT FOOD JEHO'S PIZZAS. LISTERIHE ANTISEPTIC CRACKER JACKS ..,.688 next five days. Any eruption is expected to be of the mild, dome-building type rather than the explosive blasts that rocked the southwestern Washington peak six times in 1980.

Christina Boyko, a spokeswoman for the University of Washington Geophysics Department, said seismic activity at the volcano remained moderate. "The mountain probably won't go today," she said, "but an eruption still is expected within the next few days." The absence of more deep earthquakes up to 6 miles beneath the summit led scientists to di-count earlier warnings of an explosive eruption like those of 1980. "Accelerating rates of ground deformation in the crater of Mount St. Helens suggest that an eruption, most likely of the dome-building type, will probably begin within one to five days," said Kathy Cashman of the U.S. Geological Survey.

Deep earthquakes have almost ceased and shallow earthquakes continue at a moderate rate." 0m ciGJ vfM 2953 SANFRANCISCO DENVEr LOS ANGLES R-i yTlANT HIGHEST -iir DALLAS TEMPERATURES y-V JSS showed UPI WEATHER FOTOCAST Some rain activity Is expected over portions of the southern and central Pacific Coast and the central Plateau Region. Some snow is forecast for portions of the northern Plains Region and New England. Elsewhere, the weather will be fair in general. PRODUCE SUPER SPECIALS: Call Hank's Hotline 442-9775 Texas Ruby Red GRAPEFRUIT. 99' Fresh, Fancy GREEN BEANS California nnrcil AillAtlC QGOe Tuesday's River Stages UllCCII UlllUHO Cincinnati 52 43 9 1 9 Rise Cairo 40 368 2 6 Rie CALCASIEU Glenmora 12 66 02 Fall Oakdale 12 MM MM MM RED Grand Score J3 135 06 FaU Alexandria 32 8.9 0 5 Fall Giant $129 Size I DAWN DISH DETERGENT Flood stage 24-hour Columbia Lock (L.C.) 65 39.8 0 0 NC KUk? Tuei.

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