The Times from Shreveport, Louisiana • Page 15

ThpTime sureveport-bossifr April 4, 1982 15-A 20 Arkansas twisters leave $12 million loss 1, I Oklahoma border in southwest Arkansas to. the Missouri line in extreme northern sections and to the Mississippi delta in eastern Arkansas near the Ten nessee border. I A single twister near Hopa in southwest Arkansas killed five mem-f bers of a family huddled under a mat; tress inside their home, seeking protec- tion from the vicious winds. Arkansas Power Light Co. officials aaiu ruuajro wi nauua aim acvcic weather blew down 60 steel' transmission towers on its 500-kilovolt line running from Keo (Lonoke County) to ty's major line from Nuclear One and (AP Loserphotos) T1 VPT Aerial view shows a portion of tornado damage in Paris, Texas Texas searches for victims 1 United Press International An outbreak of about 20 tornadoes in Arkansas left 13 deaths, 86 injuries and an estimated $12 million damages in its wake, officials estimated Saturday.

"It looks like it's the most deadly outbreak since 1968," a National Weather Service officials said, noting the May 15, 1968, tornado that hit northeast Arkansas and left 41 dead and more than 350 injured. Red Cross officials late Friday night reported 14 people dead in the tornadoes, but the death toll reflected a pregnant woman and her fetus in Faulkner County. Officials Saturday said the fetus, whom doctors unsuccessfully tried to save, would not be counted in the final death toll. Jack Dubose of the state Office of Emergency Services offered the following preliminary damage estimates: Little River County: one dead, )4 million dammage. Hempstead County: five dead, $2.5 million damage.

Howard County: three dead, $1.5 million damage. Faulkner County: one dead, $824,000 damage. St. Francis County: one dead, $260,000 damage. Monroe County: $750,000 damage.

Fulton County: two dead, $570,000 damage. Saline County: flood damage primarily to roads, bridges and houses, $192,000. Ashley County: $20,000 damage. Lonoke County: $260,000 damage. Columbia County: $25,000 damage.

Crittenden County: $400,000 damage. Boone County: $1.25 million damage. Gov. Frank White left Little Rock in a National Guard helicopter Saturday morning to tour damaged areas. Spawned by a spring storm moving in from the Rockies and hitting warm, moist Gulf air in the state, the tornadoes late Friday afternoon began tracking their fatal paths near the Texas- Mrt White Bluff power plants to the Memphis area.

fr spokesman Jerol Garrison said Saturday it would take four to six weeks I to restore the towers at a cost of $3 to $5 million. Although about 20,000 cus- tomers lost power Friday night because of the storms, none of those power outages were caused by the loss of the transmission lines because relays auto- matically switched transmission to oth- er lines, Garrison said. Two die in crash near Natchitoches Times Natchitoches Bureau NATCHITOCHES Two men were killed early Saturday morning in a head-on collision involving a motor home and an 18-wheeler on Louisiana Natchitoches Parish authorities said. Michael G. Sewell, 24, of Natchi-J toches and Clinton R.

Thiltott, 60, of Tennessee were dead at the scene of the 5:16 a.m. accident, parish deputy cor-J oner Dr. J.O. Trice said. Deputies said the collision occurred seven miles north of Natchitoches when the motor home Sewell was driving, crossed the center line and struck thej 18-wheeler.

No passengers were in the vehicles, officers said. PARIS, Texas (UPI) Police late Saturday beefed up patrols in the shattered fceart of town, where a tornado flattened a 40-block long swath with the brutal indifference of a bombing run, killing at least 10 people and injuring more than 200. And while officers from across northeast Texas blocked off the damaged area known by nightfall as the "Zone" exhausted authorities laid in plans to use heavy equipment to root about in the piles of rubble for more dead. "I'd be surprised if they donl find some additional fatalities when they start digging into the debris," said Sgt. John Hanna at the joint Highway Patrol-National Guard headquarters.

Hanna said a search of the trailer park at the east end of the Zone, where a mother and her infant son were found after the twister But Friday, had been called off for the night, and authorities were concentrating on maintaining order in the damage area. "We brought in 72 troopers for the night shift," he said. "They'll be enforcing the (9 p.m. to 7 a.m.) curfew. I think we'll have some sporadic looting." The tornado dropped down out of huge storm and for 20 minutes ran parallel to the downtown district, gouging whole tree-lined residential blocks and leaving stunned survivors and mutilated casualties in the debris.

Rescuers early found eight dead in Paris, another dead in nearby Dodd City. On Saturday, the roll of dead increased to 10 with St. Joseph Hospital spokesman Jim Lacy's announcement that an unidentified man had died on the way to another hospital late Friday. In Paris' two hospitals, 155 were treated and released for injuries and 53 were admitted. Two more were transferred to Dallas hospitals.

Police chief Charles Whitley said the work of storm spotters gave the town of 25,000, 90 miles northeast of Dallas, a 20-minute warning on the storm's approach. The tornado's wide path cut four miles west to east through the town's widest point. An estimated 300 city blocks were hit. Residents returning to the rubble of their homes Saturday could enter the secured area only on foot, unless they obtained a permit from the city to drive a vehicle in. Patience was wearing thin.

"There sure were some angry people," said deputy constable Verle Sims. "They couldn't understand why they had to have a pass." Looting was a minor problem Friday night, as more than 200 guardsmen and area law officers patroled the damaged section of town. Whitley said three people had been arrested and jailed for looting. The damage seemed capricious: some houses were Homeless couple ponders future rolled up into tight balls of lumber; some were crushed flat, either by the force of the twister or by the century-old trees that were uprooted and hurled along; many were sucked clean away. Utility crews cut through the foliage to reach power and telephone lines.

Electrical power had been restored Saturday to all parts of town not hit by the storm. Officials would not guess at the financial impact of the damage. The town's industrial area was not touched and neighboring farms were spared any major damage, making prospects for economic recovery encouraging. For the survivors, discomforts were eased by a massive infusion of relief efforts. Churches, service organizations, sympathetic neighbors brought food to public buildings, refugee shelters, anywhere people were likely to gather.

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