Quad-City Times from Davenport, Iowa • 1

TIME DEMOCRAT hi News Final Fair, cool tonight. Fair, warmer Friday. See details on Page 2. 113th Year Dial 326-3111 DAVENPORT.BETTENDORF, IOWA, THURSDAY, MAY 16, 1968 6 1 Panes 10 Ceuls "1 Winds Kill 14, Loss In illions fo) fUl ru Jiisi Aupy Big Consumer Do you know that the American automobile industry each year uses enough steel to make 175 Empire State buildings? It also consumes enough JV sgt" iRfeiPP copper wire to stretcn tnree times around the world, and enough wool annually to have made three uniforms for each U.S. soldier in World War II.

Know The Nose A mother and daughter visited a Davenport artist's show last week. The artist admitted she couldn't recall the daughter's name, but beamed and said, "but I remember your nose." Think Puzzle Someone sends along a clipping that states, "If you like to play around with interesting puzzles, think about this one:" How high do you have to couit before you find a numeral (spelled out) containing the letter The best way to solve it is just to count till you come to it. Okay, one, two, three, four, five. (The answer apparently is, though it's hard to believe, one thousand). Wrong Idea During the recent fire at the abandoned Burlington Railroad depot in Rock Island some lush staggered up to an onlooker and breathed, "Shay, we've got to do something about these race riots!" Remark On Roads China became one of the first countries with an organized system of roads in 2700 B.C.

about the same time the road in Davenport's Credit island was last resurfaced. Thanks In Verse Mrs. Vernon Schaff, whose shoes were found and returned by honest Herb Randel of the Times-Democrat, expressed her thanks (or amazement) at being mentioned here in a bit of poetry, noting, her name had appeared twice in the past year on traffic counts. "Not satisfied they say With your name mentioned twice In the court reports of the day' Oh no! You need to go and lose your shoes So you can be mentioned in JIM ARPY's news, With your name in the paper all day, I say it's play that most people aren't bad. Proven by this nice, honest lad, Herb Randel." No Mark Left Well, good old Leonard B.

llodgkin, a former Davenpor-ter now living in Fort Lauderdale. writes to say, "Guess it is true, 'out of sight, out of He notes that a recent feature story on Davenport's Whitaker Building failed to mention that he owned and managed the now liquidated American Furnace which had offices at 303 Whitaker Bldg. "We maintained our general offices there in 1946 'and remained there until construction of our new building at 1618 W. Locust Hodgkin relates. Well, gee whiz, Leonard, you didn't leave as much as a clinker to mark where you had been.

MMIfT Aerial view shows Charles City after tornado devastation. 2,000 Homes recked (See locater maps on Page 44) (More Pictures, Pages 12, 43) By ASSOCIATED PRESS Separate tornadoes ripped paths of devastation through northeast Iowa cities late Wednesday, leaving at least 14 dead and property damage reckoned in the millions of dollars. The Red Cross said 2,000 homes in a 105-square block area were destroyed with major damage to another 1,000 homes and 15 businesses destroyed in Charles City. It said 367 persons at Charles City were injured with 150 still hospitalized this morning, and 326 were injured in Oelwein, with 30 still in the hospital. Gov.

Harold Hughes flew to the stricken cities to view the damage and extend state help this morning. He was told by Oelwein Mayor Sam Mazziotti that damage in that community would run "a conservative $14 million." Three Critical Mazziotto also said three of the injured were in critical condition, and seven persons were missing. There were fears the death total would rise as workers searched the debris. Authorities counted 11 persons dead in Charles City. Another death was reported at Oelwein.

and two more at the small town of Maynard, just north of Oelwein. An insurance adjuster, Hal Lubbert of Mason City, estimated damage in Charles City at $18 million. Hits At 4 p.m.. A tornado roared through the center of the downtown business district of Charles City, population 10,419, about 4 p.m. Gary Mossman, working in an office building, said there was "a tremendous roar and a great vacuum.

It also looked like two funnels. "It jumped over our hospital, by the grace of God, stepped down again and started walking a path right through he said. About an hour later, Oelwein, population 8.282, was struck by a twister that moved in from the south edge of the city and blasted a path through the business section. Dean Meyer, an engineer with Radio Station KOEL, was broadcasting a tornado warning when the funnel struck. "God help me!" cried Meyer as the station tower came crashing down.

He was not injured. In Charles City, most buildings in an eight-block area were demolished. The highway patrol said. Hospital Jammed Floyd County Memorial Hospital at Charles City overflowed with the injured. Others were taken to hospitals at nearby Mason City and other communities.

Gov. Harold Hughes ordered National Guard troops and available highway patrolmen into both cities, which were immediately sealed off by law enforcement officers to prevent looting and keep sightseers from hindering rescue operations. Doctors, nurses and blood were flown in from as far away as Minneapolis, and emergency crews from many northeast Iowa commu- TORNADOES -(Continued On rage 2, Col. 4) Arkansas Is Hardiest Hits 43 in Arkansas Oil Trough, Tuckerman, Manila, Marion and Black Oak, are in the state's tornado alley, battered by frequent storms. Theash of tornauoes the Weather Bureau reported more than 30 in a nine-state area from Kansas to Ohio erupted as a strong cold front clashed with warm, humid temperatures in the mid 80s.

Shortly before striking in Arkansas, the wave of twisters raked northeastern Iowa. See separate story for details.) National Guard troops were called out in Arkansas. The storms poured more heavy rain on sections of Af-k a a still flooded from heavy downpours earlier in the week. Tornadoes or severe thunderstorms swept almost the entire length of Illinois, starting before noon Wednesday and continuing into the night. (See separate story.) By ASSOCIATED PRESS The most vicious onslaught of tornadoes this year slammed across the nation's midsection leaving some 70 persons dead and a score of others missing today.

Property damage ran into the millions. Hundreds of persons were injured. The clawing winds smashed structures in a nine-state area Wednesday evening and night. The toll climbed slowly today as rescue workers poked through the ruins. Arkansas, a state periodi Hail, Flooding Batter Area DPI Teiepnota Dead stones pounded some commu-; nities just west of the Indiana capital during the storms.

Indiana State Police said Shirley Butcher, 27, was killed when a tornado struck her house trailer near Wabash in northeastern Indiana. Eleven other trailers in the court were demolished but other occupants escaped serious injury. Injuries and property damage also were reported at Peru, Ind. the wind. A possible tragic situation a Davenport's Osteopathic Hospital was averted when the medical facility lost its power about 6 p.m.

Wednesday. A 13,000 volt underground cable was shorted out about that time and cut the power to the hospital until almost 7:30 this morning. A newly installed emergency power system went into immediate operation said administrator Dwight Rcigert and none of the patients had to be moved. The only inconvenience was the use of flashlights in some offices and at the switchboard, he said. Most power failures in the Davenport area were limited to the northwest Davenport area, the power company official said, but there were scattered ri ports all over the city.

Officials of Illinois Bell Te'ephone and Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. said today they had crews working most (Continued On Page 37) Inside Earthquakes Hit Japan Two massive earthquakes hit Japan today. At least 23 are dead. See Page 11. Building Collapses Part of a 23-story apartment house collapsed in London.

At least 15 are dead. See Page 8. Severe thunderstorms sweeping western Kansas and Missouri unleashed several tornadoes in that region as well. One man was killed near Joplin, when a bolt of lightning struck a tree and jumped to a tractor he was driving. Tornadoes swiped through central Indiana into the night hours, causing several injuries and considerable property damage southwest of Indian-a 1 i s.

Baseball-size hail- dozens of times. He said none of the animals received serious injury. Davenport Country Club manager Pierre Portier said awnings and canopies were punctured by driving a i 1-stones. He said putting greens are pock-marked by depressions about the size and depth of "coffee cups." He said he had no idea of cost of the damage. "It'll take more time than money to get the greens fixed up," he said.

The club will be open for regular business he said. An official of Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company this morning said there were numerous reports of power failures due to the storm. Most were repaired within a few hours he said. In Moline The only widespread power failure was in the Crestwood Hills area of Moline, near Nineteentli Street and Twenty-sixth Avenue. He said the area was without electricity between 7 and 9 p.m.

Wednesday when a 4.100 volt lines was shorted out by cally plagued by twisters, was hardest hit, with 43 dead. Iowa counted 14 dead and 20 missing. Illinois counted 10 deaths from twisters and severe weather and Missouri and Indiana 1 each. (See separate stories on Iowa and Illinois disasters.) The university city of Jones-boro, reported 34 dead and 350 injured by midmorn-ing. The tornado bypassed Arkansas State University, however, and all its 6,000 students escaped injury.

Five of the communities hit Split? Regional Page 29 Rock Island Page 21 Sports Page 19 peacc TallvS battering crops and small trees. High School Hit More than 75 windows in the Port Byron High School and Coe Elementary School were smashed by wind-blown hail, school officials reported. Classes were held as usual today, they said. The broken windows were covered with plastic sheets by school maintenance personnel during the nignt. There was no estimate of the damage available this morning.

LcClaire's town hall had all of the windows on its upper floor shattered by hailstones. Numerous windshields were punctured by the hail stones. Animals and people, caught in the ope received bruises from the onslaught. A LeClaire farmer reported his horses were in a panic during the storm which struck in the evening hours. He said he was able to get all but one into the barn before the hail began to fly.

He said the one, a mare, frantically galloped about the pasture while being struck By DAVID RAMACITTI Quad-Citizens today began assessing damage and cleaning up the debris left behind by waves of high winds and battering sheets of hail that passed through the area Wednesday afternoon and evening. Although power railure, tree damage, street flooding and hail damage reports were scattered throughout the area, reports indicate LeClaire, Iowa, and Port Byron, III, were the hardest hit. Both are on the northern edge of the Quad-Cities. Farmers in the Tipton area also reported seeing a funnel cloud about 9 p.m., Wednesday, but state police officials said they could find no evidence it touched down in the area. It apparently remained aloft and moved in a northeasterly direction.

Hailstones the size of large eggs pounded LeClaire and Port Byron, knocking out residential and commercial win-d denting automobile hoods, trunks and roofs and A serious threat of a split has developed in the peacc talks over establishment of a buffer zone between the North and South Vietnam. See Page 17. Rescue Six Miners Six of 10 coal miners given up for dead at Hominy Falls, VV. have been rescued. The other four have been found dead.

See Page 6. Bettendorf Page $8 Toor Campaign city page4i Editorial Page 42 Is PeillliloS Market Page 44 Obituaries Page 36 Sammy's i -1 Mavbe Sammy, the hippo at the Thousand Oaks, park zoo is just practicing to be president one day. At any rate, attendants said he was just being playful when he picked up his 40-pound baby by clamping his mouth onto one of its ears. Nila, his mate, didn't think it was funny. She slashed at Sammy with her teeth, tearing a two-foot gash' in his tough hide.

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