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SUNDAY, APRIL 28, 1991 THE SUN 3A Searchers comb Kan. trailer park hit by tornado Grief shakes survivors identifying storm's dead IN THE NATION SPACE SHUTTLE Liftoff of Discovery set for this morning The space shuttle Discovery and its crew of seven astronauts were scheduled to blast off from Cape Ca- naveral. at 7:01 this morning on an eight-day mission for the Defense Department, space agency officials said yesterday. The flight was postponed In March by cracked hinges and last week by a faulty engine sensor. Officials of the National Aeronau-tics and Space Administration said the mission Is to test anti-missile sensors for the Strategic Defense Initiative, known as "star wars." a NEW YORK CITY f.

7 Well-dressed intruders -trash swank nightspot: By Anne Fitzgerald Knlght-Ridder News Service ANDOVER. Kan. Her shrieks pierced the air and everyone froze. "Goddammit, Goddammit," she said over and over, unloading wells of grief with each exclamation. "That's my father and my brother.

Oh my god, oh my god, what am I supposed to do?" It was nearly noon yesterday at the temporary morgue at the command center in Andover, and the young woman dropped to her knees, sobbing, as Red Cross volunteers and a companion tried to console her. Nearby, at the entrance to a restaurant turned into the morgue, Aleta Blue lost it. She and the other volunteers had held their grief in check all morning, she said, her lips quivering with emotion. Until that point, most of those Identifying the dead had kept their composure too. Ms.

Blue stood in the lobby holding a half-eaten ham sandwich and cried. The storm late Friday that took at least 19 of her neighbors' lives and leveled hundreds of homes in this small community five miles east of Wichita had missed hers by only two houses. "It was coming for us, and it turned," she said, turning away in tears. "Everybody's been in control until now." Officials had tabulated the cold facts by early yesterday: $50 million in property damage; more than 300 homes and 1 1 businesses destroyed. The command center was in full swing at dawn.

The 40-acre trailer park two blocks south that was no more had been neatly divided into six grids for emergency crews to carefully comb through for more bodies. Heavy equipment had been parked down the street, roadblocks put in place, passes distributed, shelter for the homeless and food for the hungry arranged, and even cellular phones and a facsimile machine put into service. But the emotional wreck was not nearly as easy to calculate or control. "It really hasn't sunk in yet." said Andover Mayor Jack Finlason, main marshal for official responses. Gratitude for being alive vailed.

Larry Price, a Leaflet service mechanic, and his wife. Rita, a Wichita schoolteacher, were at work when the storm hit. He had called home earlier in the day to remind his 14-year-old daughter of the family's tornado drill: Go to the basement and get under the bed. And don't forget, keep your little brother with you. She did exactly that, and they survived, as did the family pets.

Mr. Price was so happy he could have cried when he found out they were safe. The family's home was destroyed, but "his babies" were OK. "I think she saved her and him. She did good.

I'm proud of her," he said, with tears in his eyes. 7 ry A i i vvSX. ASSOCIATED PRESS A firefighter picks through debris a tornado wrapped around a tree. "TlvW' i Town's single tornado siren failed to sound, officials say An angry group of impeccably dressed men beat up two bouncers and wreaked havoc In Au Bar, a nightclub in mid-Manhattan, Friday night, throwing bar stools Into mlr- rors. ripping down paintings and overturning tables, police said.

The group of 20 to 40 men in suits'" and ties arrived at the club at 1 1 :30 p.m. and showed the guards at the door fliers that they believed Invited them to an "Italian night" at the club, a nightspot on 58th Street between Park and Madison avenues that maintains an air of exclusivity. When the two doormen refused to let them in, the group assaulted 5 them, went on a five-minute spree pf mayhem and then left. NEW YORK 'Fatal Attraction' trial, ends with hung jury The so-called "Fatal Attraction -murder trial ended with a hung Jury I. yesterday in White Plains.

N.Y..' when the panel, deadlocked after 11' days of deliberations, told the Judge It could not reach a verdict. Carolyn Warmus, 27, was charged with the murder Jan. 15., 1989, of Betty Jeanne Solomon, the wife of her former lover and fellow teacher Paul Solomon. Prosecutors theorized that Ms. Warmus killed the woman because she wanted her lov-er's wife out of the way.

District At-torney Carl Vergari said he would re- 'f try the case. From Wire Reports ANDOVER. Kan. (AP) Bulldozers cut through twisted wreckage yesterday In a trailer park hardest hit by tornadoes that killed 29 people In two states, and authorities feared that the death toll could rise. Hundreds of homes were destroyed as at least 30 twisters ripped across Kansas and 18 through Oklahoma on Friday night.

Twenty-six people died in Kansas and three in Oklahoma. More than 200 people were injured. At least 1.500 people were left homeless. Judy Conners of the Salvation Army said that three shelters had been set up and that the organization expected to feed 3.000 to 5,000 people yesterday. The Golden Spur Mobile Home Park In the suburban Wichita town of Andover was leveled, and at least 19 residents died, the mayor said, adding that some remained unaccounted for.

Gov. Joan Finney issued a state disaster declaration, the first step in getting federal assistance for the stricken areas. "What I saw made me heartsick," she said after an aerial tour. "The devastation is more widespread than I had anticipated. The suffering must be intense." Judy Ingalls, a park resident who was away when the twister struck and destroyed her mobile home, said all her neighbors were dead.

"They didn't go to the shelter," she said. "They've always rode them out. We've always rode them out. We've been here 15 years. They didn't go.

They are taking them out." Fire and National Guard crews In search of missing people carefully moved wreckage from the trailer park. The search was suspended later to allow residents a chance to comb their properties for belongings. Authorities imposed a 9 p.m. to 7 a.m. curfew.

National Guard troops patrolled the park last night. Residents who took refuge in storm shelters were moved to makeshift homeless shelters in schools and other buildings. Joe Smith, a construction worker who lived in the trailer park with his wife and son, said he tried to drive to the underground shelter. "We didn't make it. We Just had to ride it out in the car," he said.

"I watched until the trailer next to me came apart. When that happened, I hit the floor. The windows were sucked into the car. The hood flew up and blew away." They were not Injured. "I always said I wanted to see one," he added.

"I never wanted to be in one. I Just wanted to see it from a distance." The governor, Sens. Bob Dole and Nancy L. Kassebaum and Representatives Dan Glickman and Dick Nichols toured the area yesterday in National Guard helicopters. Andover Mayor Jack Finlason put the overall damage at about $50 million.

Nearly all of the 240 mobile homes, an additional 110 Andover -homes and 1 1 businesses were destroyed, he said. "We think we have retrieved all of the fatalities," the mayor said, although an unspecified number of trailer park residents remained unaccounted for. "We still have an area left to search," he said. "I don't know if there are more, but we are optimistic that's the total." Debris from the trailer park was found three to four miles away, the mayor said. Seven other fatalities in Kansas were attributed to tornadoes, which stretched from north-central Oklahoma to northeast Kansas.

A tornado tossed a hospital wing about 60 yards across McConnell Air Force Base outside Wichita, causing minor injuries. Kansas lawmakers evacuated the Anderson's no warnings, no sirens." "A lot of people are upset," Holly Nelson said. "People lost their lives over this. There were no warnings." Many residents in the path of the tornado say they heard neither the tornado siren nor the sirens of police and fire vehicles driving through the city. Those who did hear the police and fire sirens said they had only a few minutes to act Mayor Finlason said that he did not know why the siren did not work, adding that it is tested every month and that it worked the last time it was tested.

Towns are not required by federal or state law to have warning sirens, said Joy Mosher, a spokeswoman for the Kansas adjutant general's office. Knlght-Ridder News Service ANDOVER. Kan. Andover's single siren failed as Friday's tornado marched toward the city, officials said last night. "We activated It four times, and I am told it did not work," Andover Mayor Jack Finlason said.

He emphasized, however, that the city had a "long-standing tradition" of using other warnings Including having emergency personnel drive through the city blaring warnings over loudspeakers to alert people 20 to 30 minutes in advance, which he said should have been plenty of time for people to take cover. The system Is lousy," resident Jo Schreiber complained. "There were After 1873.... 1991 118 years, we're saying "fareweW ilk-, Little is left after a tornado ripped Capitol before tornadoes hit Topeka. The House ended its session In the middle of a debate and fled the building when a tornado touched down In the northeast part of the city Friday night.

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