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Two-Year Technical Training Center Sought Here An application to establish a dusky County Joint Vocational School. The state plan has students from this area attending centers in Marion, Milan and Penta-Coun-ty in Wood County, However, it is felt by officials in the area that there are enough students to qualify for one in Fremont. If approved by the State Department, the center would offer 21 technical programs this fall but only five would be open, according to Klay. Classes would be held at the new vocational School scheduled to open in tions to the state board lor approval. Klay said it is hoped the center could be operated on a self-supporting basis.

About two-thirds of the cost would be reimbursed by the state while one-third would be provided by student tuition. Estimate On Tuition It was estimated that tuition for the first year would be between $150 and $200 a quarter. Most of all of the additional equipment needed to conduct classes at the center would be paid for by the state. Courses would be open to high school graduates. Classes would be held in the afternoon and evening, possibly from 3 to 8.

This would permit students to work part-time during the day to help pay tuition. Klay said the courses would train para-professional people who are employed in fields between the professional professions and the skilled craftsmen. In order to qualify for a technical center, a district must have a population of at least 100,000, assure the state that an adequate number of students will be available to keep the school in operation and have facilities to hold classes. Klay said facilities will be available at the new Vocational School. He said a survey will be taken at a later date to determine the number of students who might be interested in enrolling.

The program would require the hiring of five coordinators, one for each program. The Vocational School board would do the hiring and submit applica two-year Technical Center in Fremont will be made to the State Department of Education. Representatives of 19 area schools met at the Fort Stephenson Motor Hotel Tuesday with D. R. Purkey.

State superintendent of construction and technical programs. Fremont is not included in the state's plans for Technical Centers but the local area meets all of the qualifications required of a district, according to Roy Klay. superintendent of the San The center would work in conjunction with Fremont Itoss senior high school where some facilities, such as a chemistry might not he available at the Vocational School. Klay said another meeting will be scheduled in early May to work out plans for the center before making application. Representatives from schools with an enrollment of 2,400 seniors attended the meeting.

There were representatives from public and parochial schools in Fremont, Tiffin. Fos-toria, Port Clinton, Hellevue, Clyde, Lakota, Gibsonburg, Green Springs, Sandusky and Seneca county school superintendents. Klay said about 1,000 will attend college after graduation. This would leave about 1,400 students from which the center could draw. However, this figure would not include graduates from previous years who might also desire to attend.

There is no age limit on students attending the center. Even though several years might have lapsed since graduation, they would still be eligible Chilling StmanA Today In History In 1953, Sir Winston Churchill was knighted by Queen Elizabeth. Clear with chance of frost. Low in 30s. High Thursday in 50s.

Devoted to the Best Interests of Fremont and Northern Ohio VOL. 113, NO. 12 Merged 1938 Fremont News Founded 1887 Fremont Messenger Founded 1856 FREMONT, OHIO, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 24. 1968 TEN CENTS 28 PAGES OHIO, KENTUCKY, MICHIGAN RIPPED Tornado Toll Mountin By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS then dipped again at Ripley in community of 300 five miles ucated elsewhere; it has almost Tornadoes struck small com- Brown County. The storm oc- north of the Indiana State line, no jobs to offer, so its working munities in Kentucky and Ohio curred shortly after the twister but only one person was report- adults are employed elsewhere, Tuesday, dealing out death and hit Falmouth, 35 miles south of ed injured, largely because and by happenstance most of its destruction.

Twisters hit two Cincinnati. Frontier was almost deserted, nonemployed womenfolk were towns in Michigan, causing pro- A tornado destroyed half the The small town has no at a club meeting in a neighbor- perty damage but no fatalities, homes in Frontier, a schools, so its children were ed- ing town. President Puzzled By Hanoi Lack Oj Sincerity On Talks Claimed WASHINGTON (AP)-President Johnson says the United States isn't sure whether North Vietnam's expressed willingness to hold preliminary peace contacts is a trick or not. The Washington Post reports. "We don't know if it's just a ploy," The Post quoted Johnson as saying Tuesday night at the EIGHT DEAD, 125 HURT IN OHIO Small Towns Ravaged As Tornadoes Strike fesSSS ISP WHEELERSBURG, Ohio (AP) burg area had been sent home Tornadoes tore through from classes because of the tor-southern Ohio Tuesday, picking nado warnings.

Her sister, up houses and flattening others Brenda, 10, was critically in- "It made a sound just like a thud, and that was it," said another neighbor, Donald Creeger, whose own home suf- ln aeaaiy DIOWS at small towns jllrPH whPn the twister hit their fererf nnlv minor and rural areas along the Ohio home. Three cars of a freight train LEVELED BY HIGH WINDS Boll's Feed one of first buildings hit by the tornado Farm Supply Store on the western edge Tuesday. Two people were trapped inside of the small Ohio town of Wheelersburg was and killed. (AP Wirephoto) The girls' mother, Mrs. Rich- were blown off the tracks near annual White House reception ard Underwood, had just left nere- Semitractor trailer trucks for foreign diplomats, the house in an auto when the were DOwled over on highways The Post also quoted Johnson tornado struck.

She saw the and 10 airplanes at the Scioto as saying while chatting with a house picked up and dashed to County Airport was tossed about small group which included re- ruver. Eight persons were known dead and about 125 others were injured, some critically. Hardest hit was this community of 7,000 just east of Portsmouth. The death toll was six and about 75 persons were in The death count grew with scores injured and hundreds homeless. There were six victims in the Wheelersburg, Ohio, area, four in Falmouth, and two near Cincinnati.

Property damage was great at Frontier, but only one injury was reported. "We were going through a taste of death right there," reported Henry Dance, 77, a Falmouth resident who was at home with his wife. "It sounded like a clap of thunder," he said, "and then the roof began to fall. Holding on to each other, we fell down by the divan and part of the floor fell on us. The Lord saved us, that's all." A residential area of about six square blocks bore the brunt of the storm in Falmouth, a community of 2,600 in northern Kentucky.

The business section of town was largely spared. The twister, swirling out of thunderstorms Tuesday, struck at midafternoon at points near the Ohio river. "We saw the funnel coming," reported Mrs. William Clinger, who works at the Falmouth Outlook, a weekly newspaper. "All of us ran into the basement.

There was a horrible noise, like a train coming. Then it hit." Mrs. Lewis Mockbee, 72, said, "It just began to blow, then the hail came, breaking out windows. I got down into a corner UKe moaeis. tiunareas oi trees porters: FUNNELS SKIP COUNTY Wind Strong Here, But Damage Minor pieces.

Mrs. Adkins, a widow who lived alone, was in her five- were uprooted. The wife and two children of David Litteral escaped serious jured. Another death was report- ed in Clermont County and one room house when the tornado injury as their home was heaved in Brown County. hit.

The twister lifted up the en- from tne foundaUon and dropped Victims Hunted siammcu nuu (. nn xh. Fill Status Uncertain SAIGON (AP) No Fills flew against North Vietnam Tuesday, but a U.S. military spokesman in Saigon implied tonight that the $6-million, swing-wing fighter-bomber has not been grounded again after its third crash in a month. "There has been no change in the status of the Fill," said the spokesman after a day of rumors and inquiries.

He would Rescue workers searched here a neighboring house, where no hQuse was jn bgck of today for more possible victims one was home. a farm supply store which was Fremont area was whipped by winds Tuesday night and early Wednesday, but damage was scattered and light. There were some reports of Tornadoes At'A-Glance amid the rubble of flattened houses and other structures. Gov. James A.

Rhodes flew here Tuesday night for a firsthand look at the damage and destruction. He sent 100 National Guardsmen to the scene to help local authorities to prevent looting and control sight- seerers. Nearly 200 homes were dam- demolished and where two men were killed. At Perintown in Clermont County, John Blasky was mowing his yard. "It was a twister with dust and all sorts of dirty things flying around," he said.

"It like an airplane. Once I was in a coma, and I was scared, but I was much more scared today." Blasky was not hurt. Other parts of the state were hit by severe storms and buffeting winds. At Lodi, 22 miles south of Cleveland, a tornado touched down, resulting in heavy damage to one house but causing no injuries. Other funnel clouds were sighted in Northern Ohio, which was lashed by heavy rain and hail.

The Mockbee or here alone and not elaborate. In Washington, the Pentagon refused to comment and said any information would have 'to come from Saigon. There was no indication whether any Fills were used in the raids on North Vietnam today. Normally reports on the days air operations would not be given until Thursday. The third Fill lost on Vietnam duty disappeared Monday night, and North Vietnam claimed today its forces had ana ju were aamagea ana tnree demolished in Brown County.

Killed in Wheelersburg were Mrs. John Adkins, 63, Linda Underwood, 15, Walter Ocker-man, 67, and George Lambert, home was spared, but a garage was destroyed. Falmouth Mayor Max Goldberg said about one-third of the small farming community was destroyed. He said property "We talked today and we talked yesterday. There are some who think that if they were serious they wouldn't have suggested Warsaw" as a site for initial talks on peace negotiations.

Another source quoted Johnson as saying, "We are in contact with them. We spoke to them yesterday and today and we will be in contact with them tomorrow. We don't know whether it's a ploy or not." Face To Face It wasn't immediately clear from the remarks attributed to Johnson whether he meant U.S. and North Vietnamese officials had been in face-to-face contact, or whether the two warring countries were exchanging messages through third parties, as they have done from time to time. The Post, in reporting Johnson said he wasn't positive whether North Vietnam wanted talks, said the President then rzw0n "as if he didn't know whether or not to agree." The North Vietnamese Communist Party newspaper Nhan Dan accused the United States Tuesday of "perfidious maneuvers" and said the Vietnamese people "demand that the U.S.

government stop delaying preliminary contacts and accept either Phnom Penh or Warsaw as the venue." U.N. Secretary-General Thant expressed confidence in Paris that preliminary U.S.-North Vietnamese talks would get under way. "perhaps even this week." hail but those also were scattered and light. Progress Airport reported winds in gusts of 35 to 40 miles an hour although there were some reports from elsewhere that gusts ranged up to 70 miles an hour in this area. Ohio Power company and Toledo Edison had no more than the usual number of trouble calls.

In Fremont winds damaged two signs at the Certified Oil Company, 1405 east State street. A large tree was blown across Nickle street near Morrison street. Amsden Boulevard was blocked for awhile after a large limb and electrical wires were blown down. Tornado funnels which caused extensive damage elsewhere apparently skipped around the Fremont area, however. Fulton county west of Toledo and south of the Ohio-Michigan line was hit by heavy winds Tuesday afternoon.

Trees were blown down. One South Of Tiffin State highway patrol at Fremont received a report at 8:12 p.m. that a funnel had been sighted seven miles south of Tiffin. The patrol also was informed a funnel was seen in Seneca county near Attica. Temperatures dropped sharply during the night.

Traces of rain fell. Fremont filtration plant reported a high yesterday of 74 degrees at 1 p.m. The low today was 43 at 4 a.m. At 8 a.m. the reading was 45.

damage would run between $2 84' a11 of Wheelersburg; Clyde and $3 million. Avery' 49- Ironton- and Joe Gov. Louie B. Nunn of Ken- Chatfield. 59, Franklin Furnace, tucky rushed to the scene of The Clermont County victim devastation.

He said quick pre- was Jeffrey Limin8- 13 Goshen' liminary estimates show that at Hettie Schumacher, 83, Ripley, least 75 homes "were damaged was kllled in Brown County as to the extent of $15,000 each." a twister Picked UP ner nouse By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS OHIO Six die in Wheelersburg, two near Cincinnati as tornado carves path through several subdivisions. Gov. James Rhodes orders 100 National Guard troops into damaged area and makes a personal inspection. Rescue workers crawl over wreckage of many homes. KENTUCKY Storms kill four in Falmouth and one near Augusta.

Falmouth business section is spared but residential area of about six square blocks is damaged heavily. Gov. Louie B. Nunn rushes to scene and says preliminary estimates show at least 75 homes damaged to the extent of $15,000 each. More than 100 injured reported.

MICHIGAN More than half the homes in Frontier, community of 300, destroyed by twister, but only one person reported injured. Another twister in Big Rapids damaged factory and tore part of roof from high school. Nine injured. iraner ana ronea it over several times. Sent From School Linda Underwood and other school children in the Wheelers- The victims were an elderly couple and two small children.

More than 100 injuries were reported. At one point Pendleton County Hospital reported it handled so many patients that offi Bulletin The Fremont City Board of Education, the Administration and Ross high school head football coach today announced the resignation of John Behling, both as head football coach and as a member of the faculty at Ross high school effective the end of the 1967-68 school year. Behling's reasons for resigning were given as personal. Behling made no announcement of his future plans. cials were not even sure of how Columbia College many had been admitted.

Another Eye strikes Dean Barricaded To the east some 125 miles, Wheelersburg reeled under the By 300 Students vicious eye of another twister. AU The tornado cut a swath NEW YORK (AP About through several subdivisions, 300 students sat-m through the Phone Pact Hinted Soon WASHINGTON (AP) The leader of some 165,000 striking telephone workers has predicted that settlement of the week-old nationwide walkout may not be too far off. "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that the Communications Workers will have an overwhelming win, and in the not too distant future," said union President Joseph A. Beirne. While there have been no formal wage negotiations since the strike began in some 40 states, Beirne said Tuesday informal talks with the Bell Telephone System were continuing.

Informed sources said negotiators were apparently trying to work out the broad outlines of a settlement that could be completed later in formal talks. In New York, Patrick Morgan, chairman of the union's unit of telephone installers, met in what were described as informal, exploratory talks with J. F. Griggs, manager of Labor relations for Western Electric Co. Set Pay Pattern The installers, highest-paid telephone workers at an average of $3.27 per hour, traditionally set the pattern for wage increases in the Bell Telephone System, of which Western Electric is a subsidiary.

Other Bell System workers average $2.79 per hour. In addition to the installers in most states, another 140,000 Bell operators, linemen, repairmen, clerks and other employes are on strike in 15 states where Bell contracts have also expired. Additional thousands of Bell workers in many other states, whose contracts won't expire for a few more weeks, refused to cross installers' picket lines and joined the strike. Beirne said the total added up to more than 200.000 workers. Company officials sent messages of congratulations to thousands of management personnel for filling the jobs of strikers and maintaining near normal telephone service despite the first nationwide walkout in 21 v'-ars Heirne granted permission for ankers to go bar to work in a tornado ravaged area around Falmouth Kv to help restore damaged V-f phone lines leveling or damaging houses m8ni au" and business places in its path.

of Columbia in hls Wheelersburg is an unincorpo- fice t0 Protest the construction rated community eight miles of a yasium in a public east of Portsmouth, Ohio. Park and the Near Cincinnati, tornadoes hit ciPatlon in a nse-related western Clermont County and Prgram- Dr. Henry S. Coleman spent shot down the plane over Quang Binh, the province just north of the demilitarized zone. It said nothing about the two crewmen.

The U.S. Command said the plane was believed to have crashed in Thailand, but it gave no further information on the plane or the fate of the crew. Other Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps planes were out in force Tuesday to continue bombing highways, barges, gun positions and other targets in the section of North Vietnam left open to air raids by President Johnson's curtailment orders. U.S. pilots flew 111 missions south of the 19th parallel 44 less than the day before with the deepest penetration a strike against a railroad spur 168 miles north of the demilitarized zone.

The panhandle area was covered by clouds which prevented damage assessments. In South Vietnam, the B52s kept up their round-the-clock campaign against the A Shau Valley, an enemy stronghold for two years where intelligence reports indicate preparations may be under way for another big drive. The eight-engine Stratofor-tresses flew six missions Tuesday and today against the valley, near the Laotian border, and also attacked targets 25 miles northwest of Kontum City in the central highlands. Comparatively little ground activity was reported. i Another Phone Cable Shot Out the night in his office in Hamilton Hall, the administration building for Columbia College along with at least two other Co- CLEVELAND (AP) A tele- lumbia faculty members.

The phone cable was damaged by students slept in the hall outside two rifle bullets today about 30 on blankets, pillows and news-miles west of Toledo, the Ohio papers. Bell Telephone Co. reported. The protest, organized by the Several incidents of cable dam- Students for a Democratic So-age in the Toledo area have ciety, began around noon Tues-been reported since about day when some 500 demonstra-000 telephone employes in Ohio tors gathered in front of Low walked out last Thursday in sup- Memorial Library, the main ad-port of a nationwide strike by ministrative building, the Communications Workers of Representatives of some Ne-America against the Bell tele- gro organizations unrelated to phone system. The union says Columbia joined the demonstra-its members have not been in- tion.

volved in the vandalism. The organizers charged that Ohio Bell has offered a $5,000 construction of the gymnasium reward for information leading in Morningside Park would be to the arrest and conviction of "racist" and deprive Negroes in persons maliciously damaging the area of recreation facilities, telephone plants and equipment, hey asserted the defense pro-Ohio Bell also reported that gram, the Institute for Defense a cable of the Crestview ex- Analysis, was supporting the change in Dayton has been cut. Vietnam war effort. ASTRONAUT QUITS DISLIKES FLYING Scientist astronaut Brian T. O'Leary, above, quit the astronaut training program today, say-that "somewhat to my surprise, I.

found that I just didn't care for" flying. The scientist, who had been taking flight training at Williams Air Force in Arizona, said he would become a fulltime researcher in planetary astronomy AP Wirephoto) ran: CHICKEN PLUCKING TORNADO Home Burglarized Roscoe Carter, Gibsonburg Route 1, informed the sheriff's department Tuesday that his home had been forcibly entered while he was away. A door was broken. A four year old television set was taken. Kentucky and Southwestern Ohio.

It happened in the chicken yard of farmer Gwrgo Shrcve in Cieimont countv. Cincinnati irfi photographer Hob Free couldn't lvlee either. AP Wirephoto i couldn't believe my eves." could be the thought of the chicken at right as it viewed the fowl at left that literally was plucked bv a tornado tha? ripped through Northern.