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Wednesday, March 17, 1982 The Manhattan Mercury A3 Flood 'It can happen to tornado victim says threat looms p.m. prompted Beard and his family to push a kitchen table toward the southwest corner of their Mulberry home for protection. Beard, his pregnant wife and two small children huddled there with a blanket and a flashlight, waiting for the storm to pass. By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Eddie Beard was watching Little House on the Prairie with his family' Monday night when the television program was interrupted with a weather bulletin that may have saved their lives. A tornado warning just before 8 recover from the disaster.

A disaster declaration from Carlin also would make the damaged areas eligible for federal assistance. Judith James, 41, of Mulberry, was killed when a twister destroyed her mobile home. Her body was found about a block from the ruins of her home, authorities said. Mulberry suffered an estimated $1.2 million in property damage in the storm. The Red Cross said 25 houses and 10 mobile homes were destroyed by the tornado.

Many other homes and structures suffered damage. Telephone service had not been restored to the city Tuesday night. Electricity was restored Tuesday afternoon and gas leaks were under control, Crawford County sheriff's dispatcher Becky Fields said About 60 Kansas National Guard--smen were in Mulberry to aid the Red Cross and authorities. "I told them I loved them." Beard said Tuesday as he walkea through the remains of his battered home. The tornado that ripped through the town of 700 people picked up Beard's house and dropped it.

The Beards escaped serious injury, but their house was demolished "God protected my family," Beard said. "Just be thankful for what you've got and realize it is possible for this to happen to anyone." Three people died in the barrage of tornadoes that tore through Mulberry, Halloweli and Tyro in southeast Kansas. The twisters caused millions of dollars in damage to homes and businesses in the area. Gov. John Carlin toured the tornado-ravaged area Tuesday as residents began cleaning.

up debris scattered by the "That's some experience I hope you never have to go through again," Carlin told Beard during his visit. "You saved your family the home can be replaced." The governor vowed to help provide assistance to the town in its effort to 4 X. ft 1 AP Laser lioto Brian Fox, 18, sifts through all that remains of his mother's tornado-damaged trailer house. 1501 Tuttie Creak Blvd. 539-6391 DINNER SPECIALS Monday-Thursday APPETIZER Chicken Livers 2.50 ENTREES Cornish Game Flambe a'la Orange 7.50 London Broil 5.95 DESSERT Strawberry Cheesecake 99 MIDTOWN 531 N.

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By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS iFour thousand people were being moved out of the way of worsening floods that have already driven 3,800 others from their homes in Fort Wayne, where a broken ice-jam threatened dikes. President Reagan, visiting the damaged area, donned borrowed boots to help sling sandbags. Downstream in Ohio, National Guard troops guarded against looters in a flood-drenched town along the Maumee River, and residents were told to boil their water in case it had been contaminated by floodwaters The weather service said there was a chance of more rain today in Michigan, Ohio and Indiana, where thawing ice and snow, coupled with day after day of rain since the weekend, have spawned floods that have killed four people and caused about $34 million in damage. In Southern California, streets were slickened and flooded by an onslaught of rain, snow and hail Tuesday. After making an unscheduled stop in Fort Wayne, Reagan, his boots muddied and his face red from lifting a few sandbags, told refugees he hppes "we meet again someday when our feet are dry 'Governors of the three flood-ravaged states have asked Washington for help.

The presidents plane touched down less than an hour after a tornado was sijghted in the area. No injuries were reported from the. wister after Reagan pitched in, Fort Wayne Mayor Winfield Moses Jr: announced he wanted 4,000 residents evacuated by noon today, bringing the number of homeless to 7,800 in the city and Allen County. The evacuations were a precaution after an ice jam began breaking up and flowing down the St. Joseph River, threatening dikes.

Moses said trip city would shut off gas and electricity to the Lakeside neighborhood along the Maumee and St. Joseph to prevent fires, and Army National Guard members would patrol for looters. The Fort Wayne flood is the worst since a 1913 flood that was part of a series that killed more than 700 people across Indiana and Ohio. U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Spokesman Mike Perrini said, the "primary concern" was the Maumee ajid St.

Joseph rivers. The St. Mary's has receded, he said. The three converge in downtown Fort Wayne to form the lower Maumee. By late Tuesday, the Maumee was about 10 feet above flood stage.

Forecasters said it would rise another 1.1 feet by Thursday if no more rain falls but the National Weather Service forecast a chance of ttyundershowers late in the day. Gov. Robert D. Orr said Monday he wpuld ask the federal government to declare the city of 170,000 a federal disaster area. 50 What's happening at The Ranch: 4 Wednesday f.lta: 3 FOR 2 PITCHERS (Reg.

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