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'v 1 W- Ir 1 fc M' -VI In heart of US -9 1 7 Ji f-f" i 0 rj p- rw 3 i 1 I -9 if' 1 1 A i I llAi jV i I k-i i i' I i i 3 hU' ves4 'A'1 4 I i 1 1 i I i t- 1 i I i 3 4 1 Vr ta 1 1 V-V Hundreds hurt damage estimated in millions By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A furious outbreak of tornadoes slashed the heartlands of the United States late Wednesday killing more than 50 persons injuring hundreds and leaving a trail of damage estimated at millions of dollars The death toll today stood at 55 with 31 dead in Arkansas 11 in Iowa six in Illinois and one in Missouri Floods hampered the search for dead and injured and authorities feared the toll would run higher Underlined are communities in Arkansas Missouri Illinois and Iowa hit by tornadoes TO SPEED UP FOUR-LANER hours causing several injuries and considerable property damage southwest of Indianapolis Destruction wrought by a tornado is evident in downtown section of Oelwein a town in northeastern Iowa The twister caused considerable damage to buildings and injured a reported 50 persons A newsman said the tornado came in from the south cut through the centre of town then moved into a residential area AP Win-photo Hope of a speed-up in the four-laning of Hwy 11 northerly from Gravenhurst was indicated to The Nugget today by Highways Minister George Gomme Currently the Ontario Department of Highways is carrying out The North Bay Nugget 61st No Pages North Bay Ont Thursday May 16 1968 10c extensive construction over a five-mile area of No 11 at Gravenhurst Included in the work are a bypass bridges and two traffic interchange overpasses Mr Gomme said it is not planned to restrict the four-laning program at four miles a year particular undertaking is rather more expensive than would be the case on other sectors of the highway" he said In sections not ELECTION b- CAMPAIGN Trudeau challenges Johnson The weuther bureau counted 30 tornadoes up to midevening Wednesday in a nine-state area which included Arkansas Iowa Illinois Missouri Minnesota Ohio Indiana Kansas and Alabama The twisters erupted as a I strong cold front clashed with summerlike temperatures in the mid 80s KILLS 21 Hardest hit was the northeastern Arkansas university city of Jonesboro where 26 died and more than 100 were Injured A tornado smashed through the southeast section of the city scattering homes like dominoes at darkness fell Other Arkansas dead included three at Oil Trough two at Tuckerman and three at Mountain Home all within 100 miles of Jonesboro Eyewitnesses said Oil Trough a town of 235 was virtually destroyed Shortly before striking in Arkansas the wave of twisters raked northeastern Iowa A funnel cloud roared through downtown Charles City around 4 pm Eleven were dead when the storm was over Police said most buildings in an eight-block area were demolished Only one hour later a twister whipped Into Oelwein 50 miiei from Charles City striking first at -the south edge of the community and then blasting a path through the business section The lows highway patrol said one person was killed two were missing and child was reported killed just north of the city CALL OUT GUARD National Guard troops were called out both in Arkansas and Iowa Additional doctors nurses and blood were flown to stricken parts of Iowa from as far away as Minneapolis The storms in Arkansas poured more heavy rain on sections of that state still flooded from heavy down pours earlier in the week Tornadoes or severe thunderstorms swept almost the entire length of Illinois starting before noon Wednesday and continuing into the night Hardest hit in Illinois was Free bury near East St Louis where four dead and scores of Injured were reported Two died at Wapella in central Illinois Communication was lacking with Wapella and authorities feared the toll there would go higher Tornadoes swiped through central Indiana into the night V-HMfV at economy unanimously agreed upon by the Mr Trudeau maintains that the ideas of Mr Johnson a ad Marcel Faribault new Quebec lieutenant of Mr Stanfield about provincial roles in international affairs will wreck Canada if practised long enough and copied by other provinces Mr Stanfield told his Cape Breton audience that Mr Trudeau by soliciting English-Ca-nadian support on the basis of a tough line on Quebec is playing "a dangerous (Continued on Page 5) Cloudy cooler I-ow tonight 45 High Friday 65 Sunset 843 Sunrise 544 Winds Northwest 15-20 WATER TEMPERATURES Trout Lake 56 Lake Nipissing 60 -jW Stanfield gels lough Douglas looks Per 60c Hama Daily ary under that category is North Bay which includes the town of Temlscaming PQ The newly elected president of the conference succeeds Rev Everitt Ashton BA BD She expressed a concern (Continued on Page 5) requiring major structural work the pace will be speeded up Mr Gomme said The bypass at Gravenhurst is to be a high-standard four-lane divided highway Mr Gomme said it will contribute significantly to the movement of traffic between urban centres and the resort area In a recent exchange in the Ontario Legislature Mr Gomme referred to the Gravenhurst project as extension of the present four-lane facility to the north The traffic warrants this new construction" The Nugget last year undertook to assemble opinion about the need for a four-lane highway to North Bay from Gravenhurst and the result was the compiling of a massive show of support from all parts of Northern Ontario and locations east west and south of the city Virtually every municipality as well as chambers of commerce business groups industrial- 1 ists and others added their voices to the request for prompt action in four-laning the highway By THE CANADIAN PRESS Minister Trudeau virtually Minister Trudeau virtually This vivacious woman is Rev Kathleen Christopher who will assume the office of president of the United Church of Toronto Conference for 1968-69 She will be the first woman to hold this office xiunpt Bute photo Prime dared Quebec Premier Daniel Johnson to come into the federal election campaign Wednesday He told reporters in Ottawa he thinks the Quehee premier will steer clear of an active role in the campaign and thus avoid the risk a humiliating defeat1 on Tuesday June 25 Mr Johnson has asserted an international rote for Quebec something Mr Trudeau says is strictly Ottawa's business But Conservative Leader Robert Stanfield charged Wednesday that Air Trudeau is trying to win the election by the country and by turning English Canada against Quebec" First woman heads church conference HIGHWAYS MINISTER GOMMK miners lances sped them to a hospital in Richwood about 15 miles away A search team went into the shaft this morning and traced the men to their underground prison by following tracks lett in the mud The six then had to crawl about 800 yards through the rolling 36-inch high passageway to reach a battery-operated mins cart which they rode to a conveyor belt to take them to tits mine entrance The cart skipped the track after hitting a how en route but a mine official said the three men in it in good enough shape to lift it back on the track Larry Lunch 28 of Richwood was the first to reach safety at the opening of the mine Officials said his first words were: "Than you God You have delivered us from this living death out of this lion's den out of Egypt into the promised Apartment building collapses LONDON (CP) One corner of new 23-storey apartment building in London East End collapsed after an explosion today Estimates of the number of persons killed in the collapse varied Reuters news agency said at least three person i were killed seven were missing and at least nine injured The Associated Press said an estimated 15 or 16 persons were killed The AP said rescue workers recovered four bodies from the huge pile of debris and said they expected to find perhaps another dozen dead Reuters said firemen and police retrieved the bodies of two men and a woman There was little hope of finding any others alive in the rubble a fire brigade officer said There was no immediate word on what caused the explosion which was believed to have occurred in an 18th-floor apartment One man on the 19th flow slept through the whole thing "We smashed his door down and he came out in his pajamas and said the going on? a fireman said "Then he saw his living room had Greene) Prime Minister Trudeau is for the present and the Mr Greene was firm when he said that the young people ere to bring about the just society that Trudeau is working He criticized Mr Stanfield for his promise of a guaranteed wage am for it myself but not right He said that if the Conservatives attempted to effect a guaranteed wage system immediately it would require an expenditure of 32 billion "It is a time for building up our economy not a time tor distribution We must get back on an even keel Our job for the next few years will be to get the economy moving and back on its Mr Greene said He agreed with yet criticized Stanfield's promise of a pollution control system He also attacked the Opposition Leader for promising to connect Newfoundland to the mainland by constructing a tunnel "If he (Stanfield) (foes build this tunnel it would be best that he seal himself in it because that will be the end of him" Mr Greene said (Continued on Page 5) Save 6 HOMINY FALLS WVa (AP) Six coal miners trapped deep in a flooded mine shad and beyond contact for nearly 10 days were rescued early today and all were termed "in ood The other four men with them were dead and their bodies were brought out of the shaft four hours after the first of the six walked from the mine at 4 am EDT Another 15 miners pinned down by the water a half mile away and about a mile from the mine's entrance were rescued last Saturday The 10 had been given up for dead but rescuers still worked around the clock to reach them following the creed of the coal fields that rescue efforts never stop until missing or their are found The six paused for a prayer at the mine's opening and Dr Lee Todd gave them a hasty physical check before ambu Legault picked by Grits By BETTY LAMORIE Nugget Staff Reporter Miss Kathleen Christopher BA BD a United Church minister from Bourlamaque and Maiartic was elected the first woman president of the 'United Church of Canada's Toronto Conference at a session of the 44th annual meet-ting today Ordrined ts United Church minister in 1951 Miss Christopher said she felt that if you are nominated you let your name stand end consider whatever happens as part id serving the church A petite woman with a working knowledge of French Miss Christopher works in a presbytery of the Toronto Conference which includes part of Quebec the Cochrane Presbytery Another that falls PCs disunited Mr Stanfield (peaking in New Waterford NS called for a flexible approach to Canada'! problem of national unity There ii a tremendoui work of reconciliation to be done in this he said New Democratic Leader Douglas told a news conference in Penticton BC the federal government has the responsibil ity of speaking for Canada in treaties and agreements He described as Vtickiish'1 the question of provinces negotiating with foreign governments The latest oral battle between the Trudeau and Johnson governments erupted Monday when Manpower Minister Jean Mar-chana remarked that Quebec is more interested in foreign affairs than in the rest of Canada Stung bv this Premier Johnson said Tuesday he will have "to set things if the federal Liberals continue this kind of talk When reporters in Quebec City asked him ter comment Wednesday on Mr Trudeau's challenge Mr Johnson said he is too busy with provincial prob- "I have nothing to the premier said "We have many provincial problems It would be lot easier for us if we had a net transfer of fiscal resources TODAY IN THE NUGGET (J By LORNE GANNON Nugget Staff Reporter Hon Greene federal minister of agriculture in a somewhat mild speech Wednesday night said the Pro gressive Conservative Party is being led by a four-headed monster Stanfield Diefen-baker Camp and Faribault He attacked the policies of both the NDPs and PCs criticizing the leaden of both parties but called for a unified Canada Mr Greene was addressing the nomination convention of the Nipissing Liberal Association Wednesday night Carl Legault Nipissing member of Parliament since June 1964 was nominated to seek re-election He is opposed by Bruce Goulet candidate for the Nipissing Progressive Conservative Association Addressing the nominating eenventlen Mr Greene said that the young generation of today "Is so far ahead ef any other generation that there isn't any comparison This generation of youth is the best educated and the best He said that Opposition Leader Stanfield stands for what "we lived while April Daily Average Set Paid Circulation 17 $66 VMS Mse Tse Tung isn't HON GREENE Liberal government will fight to find a unified Canada" CARL LEGAULT MI federal government puts $4000000 into the district of Nipissing i 4 --T- mr 17 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