Springfield Leader and Press from Springfield, Missouri • 20

Dee. 15, 1S71 SPRINGFIELD (Mo.) LEADER-PRESS SST Ctmconlc Price Is Set 20 (To Airline $3L2 Bliffion Storm From Front Page St 'C r- far, ami sure ttiey wiUi" TPIURCFS (C41D) BEuilh stinmP- onic (Cmramtie jjrtt tamHfliintl will! aont ainUines aiuue pmuie ofi ittir BhUstti Overseas; Mmmttt Carpi, and! Van Amerl-'fiani WonlUI Airways hold! prefer- MGD Pneumatics, 4840 West Kearney. -At Litton, industrial relations 3tt2 millliun, ttoe ffmauilti am- iliWUr, 'VI I I mnimoBflttultiy. Hiittutl options ftin first delivery a tsman section tir root "was nmmiiniBH' imp mwma muhb it troaputUile, tthe mram' mwtnw blowtr--way, fain. to ailaxsliiWmuntt Xuasday, by 3hufeiT.

head! at thf D.S. cause minor damage to equip flaifl tthe mnn wibss ttiwtso am duu-Uar gnitlffis Brifme ttntuffi'Si dbnir ment inside the building. fedieiraill Cwiatloni Adminis- im (ndllar wdlues tbaEiiute oo lftreaiiiBnt3SaiilS wilUiianH! th tbattunt. ttiaC the' Concocdc will Be aooeptaUIir ftonv wim the damage. I The jtorm knocked out faciU Mm at.

the airport control tow- Service station in the terminal. With weather monitoring facilities temporarily knocked out of commission here: attention. Sor cosed- on the newly opened NWS radar installation at Mo-nett, where chief meteorologist Lonnie Nine said the scanning screen showed a "hook echo" in the Springfield area about 11:18 last night. Nine explained that such radar images often are the signa- tures of a tornado, although there is no way of telling from the radar screen if a funnel (ttomUue tte sttudbaintt an GT.S adal HffWHTIHUi HHaing: aflnut Ills- five minutes tthat tthe Stat (Cinnmrte on- (tiutttiDn ausmatit ane torn gtuur- a gtuttfe to) PtBsidentt Nixon in -trie- CiuronrdB' iin the Azores on Ziaglbu said! the Presi lanlaed fiur dbllnenw iin aUdtinmr The exposed area was repaired by daybreak, however, and Curtis said employes were ealled to return to their regular work shifts today. Across the road at MGD, meanwhile, damage to the 3-year-old plant structure reportedly allowed much water to pour into'the building as heavy rains followed the vicious winds.

Employes were asked to bring rubber footwear to work to aid ineleaning the debris fife saiB Amnnniitltiils amtl ffiim-(Bard' SJittiiiti Btott- dent) ttildl ihmi. "VS great! suc-aesm. II negtstt very much) that ttnc Khitedl Sttatlss couldn't pup sue its. prognaim but we're- not Ijjum.lllhitr&aflmpetitioni'' lufih atku ajuaiam- jteatiSinniajpwiffnaliiintfqninniBg llevdl, canB amtl pBjthadl off ttta cloud actually has touchedthe CwUliEnBanKV I CtVen ground. He added that he had been in A ffihe a2milllum fftnute is tint TiTlhe "center of town, some window damage was reported at homes and businesses.

A large contact with NWS supervisors in Kansas City today, and was told tcr-trans- pTaleasT-wTraownirBpTihg" fer Springfield weather station field Police Headquarters, al activities to Monettr ireseairirlh arail dkwslhpnaitt (Boatf, tto be onftemrimstl li ttis ffixemlfa awrfi BbitlBni ipw oesgiiiedi continuanca' tat Dec. 22 tUis morning; for his- munici- gall eountt arraignment on ohiuigs off driving; while- in- uiKicatBdl. (CUadl att 5t2Z pi mi. yesterday immttfi, mawe nmt lenn adlibdl iin. ffiut tthe SiauB adhamndl fbg The house standing in the background is the home of Frank Barnhart, in Republic.

The nibble lying In Barnhart' front yard was the home of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smart, 312 West Elm. Mrs. Smart and sons Rickey, 12, and Kevin, 10, lived through the devastation.

The boys' Sjtar jgstus a 5nrm iittaa Sir tti beds were found lying in the yard of John Carton. "I think the boys lived only because they rode those beds out of the house and into the yard," said a friend who was helping gather up the few possessions left to the Smarts. After the storm swept out of Greene County, it continued traveling to the northeast, striking again at BuffalorA car wash establishment was reported destroyed there, and a car inside heavily-damaged. -Troopers-H. M.

Hall and V. i. Smith Paid SiratlhTK aS wiihat iit waulUl austt was Billy Ne Glbudt. Bfll South, KanHas. (Tlhudl was- arrested by fflfficmr Hiiro who said JKifigiar sta ill tthttt giHtttt npHir- ready damaged by vandals, completely shattered in the high winds.

The gaping hole was covered by a Fire Department tarp to prevent further waterciam- age. At the home of Donald Gene McGuire, 2750 Vale Circler the wind blew part of the luuf uff an addition he is adding to the rear of the structure. The debris landed on top an adjoining houseoccupieoLbjLBIL-Pear son. Police said roofs of both homes were extensively damaged, and firemen spread tarps itiiuniit (UuiuuiuE wuu owe Mot being able to see any aun- lobby of the airport terminal ffiiTmant Siirwa involved in a mimirr accident in the- 800 block when the winds came. (tton out One astantlliy Hires 89 nel because iof tthe (dalknesB, Peabody said ihe -saw at Horror From Front Page top of the head." He said the man with him got up and ran outside, apparently because his girl friend was not accounted for; several homes received moderate damage as the winds sent tree limbs crashing.

"I had just got there, me and strong wind and when I aw tthat; tthe gate aS WH. Htweatfinur mtme wJll Ihe gmitluisti iin HHHi att a tusUi sft tkwo 3 imuulli, amtl ttflanti another guy, and we were just jEffffEEtaoBf errr The- bigTiole ibenttrlTncwe ffur tthe floor." sittingdbwn. This girt was sitting there and the wiiid was ttthetaBt(rfIIBrffitthi(niiimnirtbs (Dti zeros Committee1 for Cbnv senwationi saidl today, it has the WillftefiuilltaiMiibanratm. blowing. She looked out the win- Although momentarily kndtedjuV3body aaiJLttffii it.

I can't lift it. It's too I was screaming about the children, and he moved it. "That was the worst horror. supnnBtt off the? assistant secret The roof was blown off the Buffalo Junior High School braiding also, officers noted, and fnme 1tw elementary, junlBf high and high school students at Buffalo were dismissed from Peabody said he looked around him after being momenta coming through the roof of the airport falling on the main lobby do wand-saidOhjny-God AdhaB iff me is oflltiimKtUr tfhitt didn't realize he was ihuitt luntil tory off inteninrr in its- campaign I looked out and I saw a big tonproteetainsTfainsepBge City street crews reported kOomtiumiai (Qhina wnultB Buiy a he was driving (home and lie- light pole bend and I dove for tm Vats soft drank fbir an ex-gandedl HE gsourii conservation We were pinned and the chil- floor, which was strewn -with hiaimvwoozyr dren were in the house and weTe Ooornd henwas lying becauseof the classes today- oughfare blockage by water or oifitthsr anUrmiatiE mm Bteinri- timmijffiam. him to the hospital.

chunks of down, something hit me on the didn't know whether or not they debris during the night. Four were all right. had told them that if a tornado ever came to crawl un trees which were downed in scattered locations around the city during the night were cut up and removed from traffic lanes by emergency crews by "nwntagr der the beds. And that's where damage. JStudentsaIso weretold-tostay at home at Republic today.

Before moving out of the Springfield area, the storm elso inflicted property damage in the Billings ana In addition, several bams -and other farm structures were they were." he-daughteFr-Anmsand the dachshund dog were under one WW. I bed, and the son, Terry, was un At City Utilities, meanwhile, der another bed. The 14-year-old reported damaged in the imme" diate area. boy suffered a leg cut crawling electric department manager Dale Sims and DrummonH out from under the bed after the iwioniand-AndersoiiJ storm and was treated and dl meanwhile, where the storm Tft 1 missed from Cox Medical Cen tribution, said main problems today existedj in tfle-Brookline i. saa-JinKK aoout ter.

The" girl "didn't have '-JG? rr 1 area. Crews were reported busy scratch." r- I trees and power lines were ported down, but no serious jaftes 1 Just east of Anderson, at Peace Valley Trailers Park on 3Io. 76, Trooper C. A. Greeno re uuwneu lines, ana power was expected to be restored to all customers by afternoon.

glasses, but her husband, Willis, kept his on. The workshop ended up in the yard next door with Mr. and The CU officials said all pow- ported the trailer homes of derdtteKinneyandoberU The roof" wastorndfriheir suit of damage to fee ETans were overturned. Mrs. Me Kinney and Mrs.

Evans and der lines. No trouble with the home, Mrs. Maples said. "The window frames are torn out, the bricks are off the front, larger transmission tneir children received minor scratches, the officer said. lines was reported, and no substations were knocked out of the car windows are all At McDonald County High service.

School, considerable window smashed, glass is rubbed into all otthe carpets her voice broke and she was sUehf for a moment. "There was no sound. No Most of the damage was centered on the west side of the hole was poked in the roof by a falling tree limb. Trooper J. D.

Lister said several trees were uprooted and city, along West Mo. 266 west of warning," she said. "They say it 1-44. Seven poles were reported down between Kaylor Road and one person sutfered minor in sounds like a freight train, but it didn't. We didn't know it was near until the glass blew in on juries when a tree limb fell on the junction of Greene County MM-and Mo.

2CC. his foot at Newtuuia. Tree limbs falling on lines caused the most damage but us. There was no sound. Later she-commented, "Had we stepped out of those doors a few seconds sooner, I wonder where we would have been." Sims noted that more serious Among those remaining at Cox Medical Center here today was Route 1, Rogers ville, who was driving a damage could've been expected if the "trees bore leavesrwhich offer greater resistance to the tractor-trailer rig on 1-44 when it wind and could've caused larg Also in the hospital today is Peabody, suffering from a tre-mendotisljieadache.

ALUton struck ar large nower cable -jwaicb Southwestern Bell Telephone employe, he had just entered the highway at the intersection of spokesman Dave Carlson said Greene County MM west of Springfield. Holford was pinned some 890 phones were knocked out of order by the storm, 600 in in the cab of his truck for sev downed power lines," Judge Greene commented. "They did a fine job." Mildred White, a denutv Republic and 250 in Springfield, eral minutes until the cable could be severed with a cutting with the remainder scattered lorcXTrWpWMTaTTIeufre lives in Republic, agreed with a crushed hand. blown to the ground, mostly in Another cable snagged the pa the Republic area. trol car of Trooper CpL Jim Col- the judge's description of the roar of the storm.

She noted that, on her way to the courthouse today, she looked for a Church which had stood Carlson said restoration work was being conducted by a crew Tia as he attempted to exit from 1-44 at the MM junction. The of 66 repairmen from Spring- servicesTvasxpected only two blocks from her horn jcar into a ditch, but he wasn't injured. The car was pulled from to be restored by tonight, the ditch by a wrecker, and Cpl. Colvin was able to continue on Repair crews from Empire District Electric Company and to Republic to aid in operations RE A. also were out today in at yCzzz i.

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y'Wf --1. Because nil arrtl maundl cpaB pnautiiB tfha 4 ff fp energy LtxTrT i -C A imJI if- 'J 7 f-j: v'A3'Z da. A there. tempt to restore power to storm- stricken areas of Greene Coun ty, especially in the Republic Others- listed as injured and remaining in St John's hospital area. today Springfield firemen answered Helen Smart, 33, Republic, hip approximately a dozen calls for and shoulder injuries; assistance during the night as Ella Anderson, 83, Re- power cables fell and.

water Bublie. head lacerations; Mrs. Alma Siders, 76, Repub- poured into homes and businesses during the night. Springfield police also were kept busy as Ec. lacerated face and ear; iin.

Marie Barbara Rear, 33, the storm activity set off numer Route 7, Springfield, lacerated ous burglar alarms. Among businesses damaged in hips and legs; Laverne Reynolds, 21, Mar- the storm were the Black Kettle fballtown, Iowa, fractured ribs "But it's gone," she exclaimed. "It's just gone." County road and bridge crews were busy during the night, removing debris scattered on county roadways by the storm. Several trees were reported down on Spring Creek Road west of the city, and Sheriff's Lt. Ed Young reported damages to several houses and a large chicken coop in the area between Springfield and Republic.

The heavy rains and, in the Republic area, hail which accompanied the high winds ag-gragated drainage problems in the already-drenched Ozarks. Firemen today continued to pump water from a subdivision lake which has threatened the home of Jack Jenkins, 3247 Val-leyview Road. The fire department pumper, which extracts some 400 gallons of water per minute, was called to the swollen pond yesterday as the water crept near the Jenkins home. Jenkins said he has moved all furniture and the family Christmas tree from the basement of the house, in anticipation of flooding. l'We're getting to be experienced hands at this," noted Jenkins.

"The lake has flooded about 15 times this year into our front yard." Water flooded some minor Restaurant, Campbell and Sun suffered whea his truck over shine, where a large plate glass turned. window was shattered; the OTASCO store at Campbell and Others at Cox today, in addi University; and the Missouri Employment Security offices at tion to Mrs. Rucker and Holford, 455 East Walnut. Mmor damage mostly to glasswork, was report Mrs. Anna Mae Willis, 33, "Republic: ed at several other businesses.

William Young, 61, Grovespr- Police also assisted in direct ing: S. Joe Peabody, 27, of 3269 ing traffic around "hot" power lines which showed sparks after being knocked into streets by the destructive winds. Several North Weuer; Bob Sade, 44, Route 2, Repub- Be. officers were assigned to Munic ipal Airport, and firemen also All of the hospital patients were listed in "satisfactory" were sent there to guard against fire from downed electrical lines condition. and gasoline spilled from damaged aircraft.

In damages around the city roads in the- arear troopers-re- 4 of Sorinefield. heaviest was-re- Among those reviewing the ported inflicted to two large plants near Municipal Airport storm today was Greene County Circuit Judge Douglas w. Litton Advanced circuitry urn- lion. 4811 West Kearney, and Greene, whose home is in Re ported, with Mo. 76 between U.S.

65 and U.S. 160 in Taney County reported under water and closed today. School of the Ozarksr which was safe from flooding on its perch atop Point Lookout in Taney County, recorded the 80-m i 1 e-per-hour wind reading public near the center of tne storm damage there. The judge said he herded his family to the basement of his home as the COLUMBIA About 1300 students and faculty members at tended a SO-minute protest rally in the University of Missouri-Co-hxmbia's Jesse Auditorium last storm approached, and repeated the familiar description that the about 2 a.m. stdfmunaedFairBpproach- High winffssnd raiiralso were nigbt in which speakers lambasted MU President C.

Brice ine freight train. reported between 2 and 4 a.m "The sheriff's office did a Ratchford'i reorganization plan, wonderful job in securing the area immediately after the storm bit and in looking for at Rolla, with troopers reporting a mobile home blown partly off its foundation blocks on the north edge of Rolla. wmkh woold shift many gradu" ate ton! academic programs from the Columbia campus. 't..