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At Quick Shop jpringf irli Molailgroifl Dee. It, 171 45 Knife Bandit Strikes Again, But Take Slim it w3 X-- at a i V. s-w -1- A knife-wielding bandit struck again last night, but obtained small profit for his efforts at Quick Shop Market, 1817 East Grand. Mrs. Bonnie McCIemon, an employe, told Officer Ray Landers a man with the lower half of his face masked entered the store about 6 p.m., stepped up to the cash register counter, and told her to put currency from the cash drawer into a paper sack.

She said the robber, who was carrying a "very large knife," informed her he wanted no change, and ran out after she complied. He was described as 19 to 21, 5 feet, 8 inches tall, slender, with dark eyes, a black felt "hillbilly" hat, blue jeans, a black or dark blue jacket and a bright blue knit scarf over his nose and mouth. The knife was estimated to be 20 to 24 inches long with a 2-inch wide blade notched at the end, similar to a mower blade. The loss was placed at "probably less than $20." The shop is operated by Tom Unsley. Cash estimated at less than $100 was taken from the same market on Grand by a slender young man wearing a ski mask Nov.

30. That holdup, which po-lice said possibly was committed by last night's visitor, occurred at almost the same hour iiij Vf At first glance, it appears to be a damaged mobile home, but it's a roofless house on Mo. 266 West of Springfield. A washing machine and dryer, (not pictured) which were in home, were blown across the street. Storm Leaves Airport Desolate The Clock Stopped at Staff Photos by Steve Keller and Bob Under Friends, relatives and neighbors swarmed in to belp the less fortunate clean up debris, locate belongings and temporary homes following the devastating storm in Republic late Tuesday night.

The debris here was formerly the home and furnishings of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Smart, of 312 West Elm, Republic. Mrs. Smart, her sons Rickey 12, and Kevin, la, lived through the storm while Smart, a foreman at Springday, was at work.

Floor," still stood upright. Stepning outside the north side of the terminal building, we were met by mounds of twisted metal, overturned trucks, and more debris. In the dark, it was difficult to tell what damage had been done. But concrete blocks which had fallen from one corner of the armory were mute testimony to the damage there. A large unbroken window lay on the ground, still surrounded by the part of the wall which had encased it.

In the other direction, the damaged planes were barely visible in the dim light. A flashlight beam played on the different sections of the fuselages revealed piecemeal the damage there. One plane was blown under another after being flipped over. Two other light planes, identical in size and color, lay a short distance apart, both on their tops. Inside the building, once again, the damage of another oart of the buildine was sur- veyed, again by flashlight.

tV i.l'mattt--' By CAROLYN JENKINS Staff Writer The door stood halfway open, as if inviting us to step in out of the weather. But stepping through the door didn't close put the rain, which was blowing from the south. Instead it continued to pour in through the glassless windows, and down through the roofless ceiling. An eerie, dim light throughout the long halls made it barely possible to see where one was stepping, but not to avoid the to Storm got to the truck. Reynolds was reported in "good" condition at St.

John's Hospital yesterday, suffering from chest injuries. I looked to the east bound lane and saw another tractor trailer truck which was on its side off See LOW-HANGING, Page 46 millions of pieces of broken glass which lay everywhere There was no one else around. The silence, dripping water and darkness, gave one the feeling of being in a science fiction movie, or worse yet, the end ot everything. The overhead clock had stopped at precisely 11:26, indicating the minute a tornadolike wind had slipped, almost unnoticed, upon the Springfield Municipal Airport Tuesday night. A Christmas tree lay on the terminal floor, stripped of its ornaments.

A package, which had been placed beneath the tree lay 25 feet away. Nearly every window on the south side of the terminal was gone scattered in minute pieces on the tile floor inside while glass show cases still proudly displayed suits, untouched by the howling winds and the water. The "World Wide Trip Insurance" dispenser machine stood against one wall, and an un- needed sign "Caution, Wet A home on tree after night. The this 11:26 The weather service was ankle deep in ater. offico Com- puters, usually brightly lighted, were now dark and silent.

Inside the FAA tower, we walked on particles of glass, which had blown down three flights of stairs when the many windows disintegrated in the top of the tower. Doors, some blown off their hinges and others deliberately removed, were nailed horizontally on the walls where once there were window s. Dim lights flickered inside the terminal. Battery-operated they would be on for about four hours. At 3 a.m., heavy rains commenced again.

Shortly after 3:30 a.m., the batteries supplying power for the emergency lights went dead, and the lights went out. A cake decorating class will be held from 9 a.m. to noon today at the Springfield Park Board's Arts and Crafts Center, 2215 South Fremont. A gift wrapping session will be offered from 1 to 4 p.m. today also at the center.

up had been reported stolen in Oklahoma last Saturday: Driving back to his car lot. Strong was soon joined by Patrol Sgt. J. L. Patrick, Police Lt Don Brown, Detective John Smith and Officer Merrell Coff-man, who took the two men to police headquarters.

They are being held for investigation of car theft. Lt. Brown said a check also is being made on a car the men are believed to have brought to Springfield. but another empioye, Mrs. Yvonne Edwards, was the victim.

She said the bandit handed her a paper sack and carried a large curved knife. Glendale High School's music department will present the opera "Amahl and the Night Visitors" in the Glendale Little Theater starting at 8 O'clock tonight. There is no admission charge and the public is wel-c i A matinee will be presented at 2:30 p.m. Sunday. The opera is directed by Mrs.

Barbara Buffington. into a clothes line about neck high. A couple of other persons already were talking with the truck driver, who later was identified as Laverne Reynolds, 51, Marshalltown, Iowa, when I i A Falling trees appeared to do more damage than the high speed winds, at several homes at Republic were targets of uprooted timber. SC." 144 Mishap Spectacular Companion Low-Hanging Power Line Nearly Trapped Reporter Mo. 266, near 1-44 west of Springfield, caught a tornado-like winds blew through the area Tuesday storm plowed through Republic, and skipped up to Buffalo leaving destruction in its path.

On Stolen Vehicle Mi Dealer Slicks' Oklahoma Pair PUes of fallen timber fill the ditches of thk Republic street after cleanup crews cut up the trees to open roads. A Republic couple walk the street surveying damage from the storm that blew through the town Tuesday night. Suppose they are in the market for firewood? 'Quite a Wind' Pinned Cat Against Side of House By MIKE SEARS 'Staff Writer It was like walking through a paved forest on Republic's Main Street Tuesday night However, the site of the destruction at Republic didn't match a 4-vehicle accident on 1-44, near Brookline, which near ly involved a fifth auto my I was enroute to Republic, via 1-44 and Greene County N. when I puDed into the passing lane of the 4-lane thoroughfare to go by a tractor trailer truck traveling extremely stow. it At the time, it was raining heavily and I noticed a tow- banging power nine come into view and catch the truck.

My first reaction was a mistake but typical of most drivers hit the brakes. Before my ear came to a halt in the middle of the westbound lane, I had spun my car past the truck, under the downed power fine, and near an overpass. It seemed as if my car had spun several times but when I got out of my vehicle and ob served the area of the accident. I concluded that I had spun only 1H tunes. Very strangely, the rain had nearly stopped within seconds after the incident occurred.

I ran to see if the truck driver wat injured. When I came up to the cab of the truck, I saw the power lines imbedded in the windshield ofthe truck. My first thought was that the mishap reminded mo of naming A Springfield car dealer baited two Oklahoma men into their own trap yesterday when they tried to sell him a reportedly stolen truck. Police said the Tutsans, a 34-year-old chef and a 42-year-old bricklayer, stopped at Lionel Strong's Used Car lot at 3044 West Chestnut Expressway about 3 p.m. and offered to sell the 1971 Ford pickup they had been driving.

Suspicious because the price seemed too low, Strong told the pair he'd take the truck for a trial spin alone, and they agreed. The "spin" took Strong by Troop headquarters of the Highway Patrol, where the dealer asked troopers to check on the vehicle through their computer files. The check disclosed the pick doesn't know why, beeaose the weather teemed normal. Not to a half-hour later when the lightt went oat. "I Immediately tboaght of the cat outside.

It took all I could do to ope the dear. It was completely dark outside. I couldn't tee the eat, bat I beard this gasping against the tide of the house." She edged away from the open door and yanked the wind-pinned, spread-eagled, cat off the tide of her home. "It hat slept aU day," the tald. "The veterinarian laid it would be all right.

It's exhausted and recovering from a state of shock." "Yon know it had to be quite a wind when it pinned a 13-pound cat up against the tide of the honse." Up against the tide of her bouse making a gasping noise is where Mrs. Joseph Spann-berger, of 195( West Lee, found one two cats at about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, a half-boor after she let both her 13-, ponnd cats out for the eve nlng. Both cats are not only similar in weight but are spayed-females front the county humane society. Bnt there was one difference last night.

One cat Immediately went back Into the house. Mrs. Bpann berger says the i i An attempt to recreate the Old Butterfield Overland Mail Route as a tourist attraction, which operated during the Civil War, is being attempted by the Western Missouri Land-O-Lakes- Association. Among towns on the route were Lincoln, Warsaw, Bolivar, Springfield, and south to the state line near Washburn. A tractor-trailer truck wat flipped over on 1-44 near the Brook-line exit, Tuesday night after It struck a low-hanging power line, down from the storm.

George Holford, 48, Rogersville, was driving the track, and la reported la "fair" condition at Cox Medical Center..