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Time To Remember Those Who Gave Today's News Updates Hamastter mmttt fag FAIRFIELD COUNTY'S ONL ESTABLISHED 1807 Vol. 179, No. 122 At Least 37 Dead, 110 Injured Tornado Hits West SARAGOSA, Texas (AP) Rescuers in mining helmets picked through rubble today for victims of a tornado that flattened this tiny town and killed at least 37 people, many of them children at a pre-school graduation, authorities said. More than 110 people were injured Friday night, said state Department of Public Safety spokesman Mike Cox in Austin. "They're still bringing people out of the building, live and dead.

They're using dogs," Reeves County jailer Janie Rodriguez said early today in Pecos, about 35 miles northeast of here. "The town is completely gone." Moments before the twister struck this west Texas farm town around 8 p.m., parents frantically pulled their children from the stage of the community hall where the graduation was DAILY NEWSPAPER SATURDAY, MAY 23, 1987 relatives and friends in this town of about 180 people. Cars lay crumpled along the buckled guardrails of Texas 17. "You could just see gray and then you could hear just kind of like a whistle sound like a vacuum" cleaner, said Salvador Carrera, 22. Then there were sounds like explosions "and roofs were coming down." About 100 people were inside the community hall when the tornado leveled the building, according to Jose Rodriguez, who said he was attending the ceremony for pre-kindergarten youngsters in a government Head Start program.

"A parent yelled a tornado was coming, and parents started grabbing their kids from the stage," said Elodia Garcia, 26. I i I Revelation Led Mother To Drown 2 Daughters nil LANCASTER, OHIO, taking place and shoved them under tables and benches, a witness said. Pecos Police Chief Ed Krevit said one of his officers at the scene reported 37 dead, many trapped inside the hall. DPS spokesman David Wells said there could be more dead in the fields but that rescuers were hampered by bad weather and darkness. Saragosa was without power and the roads were impassable, Cox said.

A school bus was converted into a morgue. "There is no structure left in town," said Wells. "The stone building was filled with 5-year-olds and their parents attending the ceremony." Rescue workers, their way lit only by helmets, worked in the dark early today, picking through the rubble of homes for victims. Townspeople huddled near rescue trucks, awaiting word on the fate of "She made the statement that she had a revelation that she had to do this," detective Sgt. James Long said.

Evans said police did not know her religious beliefs. A search of her car turned up no religious artifacts or drugs, he said. "She was very incoherent and inconsistent in her accounts to us," he said. She told officers "that she was Judas and the children were with their maker," Evans said. The Rev.

Cliff Schutjer of First Congregational Church in Mansfield said Mrs. Demyan was an active member. "There's such a discontinuity between the Jane I know and what has happened that it's incomprehensible to me," "Schutjer told the Mansfield News-Journal. "She was dependable." But the owner of a Richland County restaurant where Mrs. Demyan worked as a waitress said Mrs.

Demyan, who was divorced last year, was fired three weeeks ago after she came to work one night and said she was going home. "I feel she just did not handle what was happening to her very well," he said. Mike Slack of Mansfield, Mrs. De-myan's brother-in-law, said she never told him about religious revelations. i AH Laserphoto Anguish memorial service foi37 servicemen killed aboard the guided-missile gngate USS Stark.

Road Closings Four roads will be closed next week for culvert replacement, according to the county engineer's office. Tuesday, May 26, Tschopp Road NE between Carroll-Eastern Road NE and Ohio 37 will be closed just southwest of Ohio 37 for one day. Wednesday and Thursday, May 27 and 28, Pleasantville Road NE, between Old Millersport Road NE and Leitnaker Road NE will be closed just west of Leitnaker. Friday, May 29, Clearcreek Road SW, between MdDonald Road SW and Revenge Road, just east of McDonald will be closed. The roads will be closed between 8 a.m.

and 2:30 p.m. each day. Festival Grant Lancaster Festival USA has received a grant from the National Endowment for the Arts, a federal agency advised by the National Council on the Arts. The $2,000 grant, presented to Cameo Concerts, the non-profit organization that presents the annual 10-day multi-arts festival, will be used to support fees for American artists at the 1987 festival, scheduled from July23-Aug. 1.

"We're excited about the grant," said Eleanor Hood, president of Cameo Concerts, "and not just because it's more money. We're happy that people on a national level have recognized the quality of what we're doing." The festival includes six performances by the Columbus Symphony Orchestra, two major outdoor concerts and four chamber concerts. In addition, musical forms such as jazz, bluegrass, traditional and contemporary, will be represented. Visual arts representing several styles and media will be displayed at galleries and studios throughout the city during the festival. Bremen Pool Bremen municipal swimming pool will be' open Monday, May 25, Memorial Day, from noon to 8 p.m.

The pool will close and then be open on weekends Saturday and Sunday and then open Friday, June 5, for the season, according to Chris Van-Fossen, pool manager. Thefts Reported A school and two homes were entered by unknown thieves, according to separate reports today from the Fairfield County Sheriff's Department. A video cassette recorder, valued at $337, was stolen from a second-grade classroom at Aman-da-Clearcreek School, 414 N. School St. The thieves are thought to have entered the building through a window, i The home of Raymond McDaniel, 10276 Oxford in Violet Township, was entered Friday through a sliding glass door pried open with a tire iron.

Once inside the thieves took two rifles, a handgun, and an unknown amount of coins. Deputies recovered the tire iron at the scene. Viola, Wilkins, 8499 Cranberry Lane, Violet Township, told deputies a brick was thrown through a window in her home sometime Friday night or early Saturday morning. Nothing was listed as taken but the persons entering the home ransacked part of the residence. Bicyclist Hurt An 8-year-old bicyclist sustained minor injuries Friday evening after she ran into the front of an oncoming pickup truck.

Tara Newcombe, 2555 Pine Grove was taken to Lancaster-Fairfield Community Hospital by Amanda squad following the accident near the intersection of Clear-creek Rd SW and Snortin Ridge Rd. The girl was treated and released from the emergency room. The girl told deputies she was traveling north on Snortin Ridge Road when she became frightened and confused when she rounded a curve in the road and saw the pickup truck heading south. The driver of the truck, Jeffrey Figgins, 538 Nor-thwood Logan, told deputies he saw the girl lose control of her bike. He applied his brakes and left 24-foot skid marks before the collision.

Weather Today, mostly sunny with a high 75 to 80. Tonight, partly cloudy with a low 50 to 55. Sunday, mostly sunny with a high 75 to 80. Outlook for Memorial Day, partly cloudy with a chance of showers. High in the low 80s.

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11 NO DELIVERY? If you fail to receive your Eagle-Gazette, call your carrier promptly or call the Eagle-Gazette at 654-1324 before 6 p.m. weekdays and 4 p.m. Saturday. 1 -V: -3 Hi 1 300 EK COPY 24 PAGES Town Johnny Morgan, 43, of Midland said he and his family saw the tornado from their car. "We watched it grow.

I got to the edge of Saragosa and came right by the thing, and it turned around the other way," he said in a telephone interview from Reeves County Hospital, where he was aiding rescue efforts. "Buildings were flattened. Cars were strewn about. Power lines were down," said Morgan. "As we watched it, the stem became wider and wider and darker.

As we got to the edge of Saragosa, I really became frightened by it." The worst single tornado in Texas history hit Wichita Falls on April 10, 1979. It killed 42, injured 1,740 and destroyed more than 3,000 homes. An estimated 20,000 were left homeless. Darrell Cabey and Troy Canty. Goetz said the four, all 19 at the time, were trying to rob him when Canty approached him for $5.

Canty has testified he was only panhandling money to play video games that he and his companions intended to burglarize. Crane cited Ramseur for six instances of contempt one on May 5 and five on Wednesday for refusing to answer questions, and fined him $1,500 in addition to six 30-day sentences. Ramseur's lawyer, Ronald Klieger-man, told the judge Ramseur had been improperly charged with contempt. "He did in fact complete his testimony," the lawyer said. "Each and every one of those questions had been asked and answered either on direct, or cross-examination.

The questions were therefore superfluous and improper. 1 1 DcLong Adams remember what our country stands for. "We celebrate Memorial Day to honor the veterans for our freedom," she added. Michelle DeLong, also a valedictorian, said she is going camping with her husband for the holiday weekend. "Memorial Day means to remember who fought and died for our freedom we hold so high," she stated.

Keith Adams, president of his class, is going golfing with his friends for the weekend. "This day is to remember all the veterans who fought for our country," he said. In Court said. Mrs. Moore and the children apparently were shot as they slept, he said.

Davis said Moore apparently was upset over his wife's decision to leave him. lAPLaserpholo) 'KILLER TORNADO-Odessa Fire Saragosa sciiool building looking for town, killing at least 37 people and Department firefighter Rick Schoel buried survivors this morning. At injuring 110 Friday at approximate-pokes into the debris that was the least one tornado struck the small ly 8:25 p.m. Witness Sentenced For Contempt SINCE 1807 Telephone: 654-1321 Texas "They told us to take cover, then the windows started shattering, the walls started coming down. It fell on us, but the Lord was with us," Garcia said.

Garcia and her 6-year-old daughter, mother and father sustained only minor injuries. She said they were pulled from the rubble by volunteers. Hospitals in Pecos, Fort Stockton, Monahans and Odessa said 108 injured people arrived for treatment. "The hospital at Pecos is all beyond capacity," said Russ Kyler, assistant administrator at Medical Center Hospital in Odessa about 70 miles from here. "The helicopters are trying to get in here, but the weather is so bad that they can't come in." The tornado came from one of a series of intense thunderstorms that drenched the western portion of the south Plains.

Ramseur about his activities shortly before the subway shootings. "Your conduct has played right into the hands of Mr. Goetz's lawyer," the judge told Ramseur on Friday. "He goaded you into exploding and you were very accommodating. He perhaps owes you a vote of thanks.

Crane said he watched the jurors while Ramseur was "ranting and raving" on the stand. "What I saw was utterly against you and whatever interest you thought you were serving," Crane said, "and that's not justice." The jury was not present during the sentencing. It will return Tuesday when the defense resumes its case. Goetz, 39, an electronics technician, is charged with attempted murder, assault, reckless endangerment and illegal weapons possession in the Dec. 22, 1984, shooting of Ramseur, Barry Allen, Westfall she is going to spend time with friends over the weekend.

"Memorial Day is to honor everyone who fought in the war," she added. Todd Bowman, will be traveling to Pennsylvania to visit relatives. "I feel we should honor our country for our freedom," he commented. Todd is a class officer and valedictorian. Amy Westfall, is the vice president of her class.

"Memorial Day is for us to honor people who fought and died for our freedom," she said. Lettie Alexander, the salutatorian of her class, said everyone needs to Gunman Keisa, and Mrs. Moore's neice, Tanoa Hughes, 8, before killing himself Friday morning police Sgt. Clifford Davis said. Wounded in the shooting were Kenneth Hughes, 30, Mrs.

Moore's brother; his wife, Debra, 28, and Carmen Moore, 8, also a daughter of the Moores, Davis -s 'A Alexander SPRINGFIELD, Ohio (AP) Police say a Mansfield woman told them a revelation led her two drown her two daughters, but the pastor of her church doesn't believe it. Jane Demyan, 32, was charged with two counts of murder Friday in the deaths of her daughters A 8, and Chelsea, 4. Their bodies were recovered from rain-swollen, muddy Buck Creek about a half-mile downstream from where Mrs. Demyan allegedly threw them in Thursday night. Rick Stumpf, Clark County coroner's investigator, said an autopsy on Amnee showed no signs of a struggle and no signs of previous abuse.

An autopsy on Chelsea was scheduled for today, he said. Mrs. Demyan was held in lieu of $30,000 bail for arraigment Wednesday. She told police she was headed back to Mansfield from Illinois when she became lost in Springfield and ran out of gas. She pulled into a parking lot near the creek and then walked the girls into the water, police Capt.

Roger Evans said. Clerks at a nearby bakery called police when she returned from the creek in wet clothes and without the children, Evans said. Shared President and Mrs. Ronald Reagan share the anguish Friday of griev- ing relatives at the Mayport, 'I p.0tm NEW YORK (AP) One of the four young men shot by Bernhard Goetz on a subway train drew six months in jail for outbursts on the witness stand, which the judge said "played right into the hands" of Goetz's lawyer. The judge, Stephen Crane, on Friday added the prison time to the 8-to 25-year sentence that James Ramseur, 20, is serving for pistol whipping, raping and robbing a pregnant teen-ager since the subway shootings.

Ramseur, called to the stand by the prosecution in Goetz's attempted murder trial, had refused to answer several questions from defense lawyer Barry Slotnick, snapping, "None of your business." Slotnick had sought during cross-examination to portray Ramseur and his companions as criminals intent on mugging Goetz, and had Dressed i -'4 Brokaw Bowman Local Viewpoint What Memorial Day Means To Us Parades, Many Special Events Mark Memorial Day Weekend Parades, memorial services, and the sounds of firing squads and taps will attract area residents this weekend as Americans all across the country observe Memorial Day on Monday The downtown Lancaster parade will form Monday at 9 a.m., and move north on Columbus Street from Mulberry at 9:30. A service will be held at Forest Rose cemetery upon arrival of the parade. Bremen will hold a Memorial Day ceremony Monday at 10:30 a.m. at Grandview Cemetery. Pleasantville is planning events Sunday and Monday starting with a breakfast Sunday from 7:30 a.m.

to 1 p.m. at the American Legion Hall. Monday's parade will begin at 10 a.m., followed by a service at the elementary school. Lithopolis will present its Volunteer Firemen's Fish Fry on Monday with serving from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m.

and a flea market will be held in the park and along main street. The Lithopolis Community Garden Club will present its flower show at Wagnalls Memorial. Participating in the downtown Lancaster parade will be Unit No. Police and Sheriff escort; Recruiters Color Guard Grand Marshall; V.F.W. No.

1380 Color Guard; V.F.W. No. 1516 Color Guard; V.F.W. Auxiliary; American Legion Color Guard; American Legion Auxiliary; American Legion Auxiliary Poppy Queen Car; D.A.V. 40 with car and Gold Star Mother; St.

Mary's Band. Unit No. 2: Marine Corps League; Marine Corps League Auxiliary two cars; Teen Miss Model of Year and Miss Charm; Susan's Tap and Toe two units; P.O.W.'s and Rainbow Veterans; Little Lancers; Women's Relief Corp; Kevin Groves candidate; William Fisher Band. Unit No. 3: Sons of V.F.W.

No. 1380 Unit 440; Jr. Unit V.F.W. No. 1380; V.F.W.

Poppy Queen; Church of Christ; Moose; W.H.O.K.; Amvets; Band of Gold; Vietnam Veterans of America follow up units. Unit No. 4: All Scout Units; old cars; horses. Any other unit wishing to march, be at parade line-up at 9 a.m. Units one and two will form on Mulberry Street between Columbus and Broad Streets.

Units three and four will form on Mulberry Street between Columbus Street and Forest Rose Avenue. What does Memorial Day mean to you? For Americans, it's a time to pause and pay tribute to those who served and died for our remember the passing of those who were dear to wave American flags in the spirit of the to celebrate our freedom. Debbie Stai and Dave Saunders, Eagle-Gazette staff members, asked Amanda-Clearcreek High School seniors what they were going to do for Memorial Day weekend and what this day meant to them. Bobbi Brokaw, a class officer, said Columbus COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -Authorities say a man who shot and killed his wife, daughter and another child and injured three others before killing himself was in court on a domestic violence charge only a day earlier. Wendell Moore, 25, shot his wife Lasonda, 25, their 5-year-old daughter.