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Sr. Peferburg Timet, Monday, April 2, 1973 2JA From I -A Tornadoes linns' NX. rONADOfj VtlKt J.C. IV i ColKut a 'Moure TmTmmm AllenftCcnyart GEORGIA JO Mil! U.S. Weather Service tornado watch Sunday with no tornadoes reported, but lightning from thunderstorms disrupted power service to some area residents.

Lightning cut off service to about 300 customers at 10 a.m. in the area of 38th Avenue and CGth Street, according to William Johnson of Florida Power. JOHNSON' haid there were also a number of scattered smaller disruptions of power service. Parts of St. Petersburg received more than half an Inch of rain Sunday morning.

Bert Wappler of Shore Acres reported .63 of an Inch between 9:23 a.m. and 10:50 a.m. Florida Power counted 73 lightning strikes in the area, Johnson said. The tornado watch was lifted at 1 p.m. and the skies cleared.

Small craft warnings remained in effect however, through today with northwesterly winds 10 to 20 miles per hour predicted. THE FORECAST called for fair skies today with increasing cloudiness tonight and Tuesday and slight chance of showers. Lows today and Tuesday will be in the low 60s, highs in the upper 70s. Rain probability will be 20 per cent tonight. fleers said.

Elhewherc, the forecast office in Columbia, S.C., said the Y.dkin-I'ee Dee River in North and South Carolina was rUIng with the heaviest flooding in many years. Flooding was reported developing near Hewlett, N.C., where the Rocky and Yadkin Rivers merge to form the Pee Dec. THE ROCKY RIVER at Norwood, N.C., was about 23 feet over flood stage Sunday morning, according to the Weather Service. The flood waters were the result of Saturday's heavy rains. In Georgia several cases of attempted looting were reported in Clayton County In south metropolitan Atlanta, where damage was heavy.

Georgia Civil Defense officials said 50 homes were destroyed or partially destroyed in the county. More than 200 persons were being housed in two Athens elementary schools, and scores of others found shelter in two schools and a telephone company building in Clayton County. Elderly patients at a Clayton County nursing home that suffered extensive damage took refuge in another school. On The Suncoast St. Petersburg survived a uV 4U; JL' HE" 1 1 AVr.

1 Z. vL 1 hJ 1 ft officials declined (o release immediately any Information on whether there u.ere deathi or Injuries. "It looks like tome strong person picked it up and threw it across the road and splintered it up," said Ray Monroe, a Calhoun Falls resident. GEORGIA GOV. Jimmy Carter said the tornadoes, which struck his state Satur day night and early Sunday, caused damage estimated at 530-million to JlOO-milllon.

He said an estimated 5,000 persons were left homeless in the state and 250 were Injured. About 1,000 homes were damaged, he said. The tornadoes struck with what seemed to be capricious aim. One family's mobile home was overturned and destroyed. Their car parked adjacent to the trailer was untouched.

The storms killed six persons in South Carolina. Authorities identified four of the dead as Thomas William Ferguson, 16, Tammy Renee Newton, 7, both of Abbeville, Forest G. Addison, 47, and Wallace Calhoun Powell, 49, both of Calhoun Falls. THE FERGUSON youth and the Newton child were killed when a tornado touched down in Abbeville. Authorities said Ferguson, son of Fletcher W.

Ferguson, owner of the Abbeville Press and Banner, was pulled out of the open front door of his home and then struck by a falling tree. Addison and Powell died when the twister struck the motel at Calhoun Falls. Authorities said the two Georgia victims were Peggy David Hicks who died at a trailer park near Athens; and a Monroe man, Neal Broach, who died when his house was demolished. Meanwhile, the weather appeared ready to deal another blow to Southern states as major flooding was developing on five North Carolina rivers and central Florida was under a tornado watch. In addition, the Pee Dee River at Cheraw, S.C., was expected to crest at about IS feet over flood stage Sunday night.

In Florida, poor visibility caused by heavy rain and strong winds resulted In a pileup of 27 cars, Injuring 14 motorists, on Interstate 75 north of Ocala Sunday. MOST OF THE Injuries were minor and there were no fatalities, the Florida Highway Patrol reported. "Somebody slowed down on account of the bad weather and somebody else didn't, and that was it in a nutshell," said a trooper. Traffic on the" northbound lane of 1-73 was tied up for about three hours after the first collision at mid-morning, about 10 miles north of Ocala. There was a tornado alert in effect at the time, and the road was wet and sb'ppery, of- HI 73 pS UPI Tornado Sunday Tore Roof Off Fairfax, High School 'MmlnWl'UH tOJcv jLifllrll! ilU i 'f.

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HE SAID Haldeman was the key figure on both the White House staff and on the Nixon re-election committee. "I don't think its fair to point the finger at him and' say, 'this is the man that's "All I'm saying is that when it came to personnel, he knew what was going on. And there was nothing in the way of policies that was going on that he didn't know either. "I THINX it's absolutely necessary that Mr. Haldeman testify before the committee," Weicker said.

The White House has said it may allow some presidential assistants to appear informally and in private before the Senate Judiciary Committee is reportedly divided on Gray's nomination mainly because of Nixon's reluctance to allow White House aides to testify about Watergate. WEICKER introduced Gray when he first testified before the Judiciary Committee, and said, "I'm as proud of him today as I was then." Weicker said GOP campaign aides were "almost competitive as to who could do the dirtiest deed the most destructive tactic." "The resources on the other end of the line are limitless," Weicker said. "And believe me they are using not only the entire power of the executive branch, but every theory they can drag up" to cover up the affair. Senate committee. Weicker said he hoped Nixon would relent and let White House aides testify freely.

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