Sun Herald from Biloxi, Mississippi • 1

Chuckle A careful driver is one who Just saw the driver ahead of him get a traffic ticket Inside National 4 Sports Pictures 3 Single Copy 10c 1 Section 6 Pages Served By Associated Press Volume 85 Number 273 Mississippi Coast Tuesday Afternoon August 19 1969 rom OW Casualties Mount Damage Incredible banana terminal gantries were' swept off their foundations Buildings including homes and stores were shattered where they faced the beach Tides swept into the downtown area tearing out walls on concrete and steel structures Gulf National Bank located at the unction of 49 and 90 was (See Page 2) ci 6 Library Shelf Dog's Epitaph Vicious Hurricane Camille found a frightened German Shepherd dog (ferried it on a violent current through downtown Gulfport with other debris The dog was deposited dead under a fallen book rack in the department of the public library where it was found Monday afternoon The dead dog was under the shelf marked "Animals We Death Toll May Hit 200 By ROBERT McHUGII RICHARD GLACZIER and TED Herald SUff Writers The Gulf Coast left a shambles by one of worst storms began the task of digging out Monday from an awesome and devastating blow Early reports listed at least 10 dead and hundreds injured Many other fatalities are feared as rescue workers clear away debris Property damage ran into the multiplied millions Beach front homes on 90 were either destroyed or damaged Scores of them were reduced to rubble The storm rubble along the beach was an incredible collection Dozens of television sets littered the highway and beach blown by 190 mph winds from a TV repair shop that had been destroyed The sea wall was cracked in many places A sports car upside down had been washed onto a front yard of a destroye residence The recreation room and boiler room of the Veterans Administration hospital was leveled The American Legion with its plush Caucus Room Lounge on Gulfport East Beach near the hospital was virtually destroyed A fire was smoldering in one gutted beach front house many hours after the storm had passed Th8 Parliament House and Masion De Ville Gulfport beach front apartments were torn and battered Six gasoline pumps were all that remained of once busy Highway 90 service station Mila after mile of beach front showed nothing but wreckage and destruction Boards anc timbers from homes and commercial buildings littered the area in piles that looked as an unruly giant had been playing jack straws Downtown Gulfport was littered with glass and tangled power lines A 26-foot sloop had beat washed two and a half blocks from the harbor area into the dty and was parked high and dry in front the First Baptist Church Office furniture desks chairs filing cabinets tables and books were in the streets Near the devastated State Port of Gulfport a gas main had broken The 190 mph winds gouged chunks of brick out of the First Baptist Church knocked the awning off the Daily Her ale building and swept water into the newsroom advertising offices and press room Suburban areas of Gi were heavily hit by trees crashing through the roofs of homes Three ships ran aground the State Port carried ashore by 20-foot tides which accompanied the big storm The Hulda a Liberian flag vessel the flag Alam Victory and the Silver Hawk were listed toward the water with their keels hard aground in the sand and mud at the north end of the harbor basin All three had decided to ride out the monster hurricane noored to the west pier wharves The strong winds lashed the ships from the moorings All structures except two large marina tanks and the port This Boat Slammed Into House While Huge Ships Were Tossed Ashore Camille Punches Northward Published In SC The Daily Herald was published again today in Columbia and flown to the Gulf Coast to enable residents to stay informed on their stricken area The Daily Herald staff relayed stories to The State-Record Publishing Company in Columbia where the paper was printed We will resume normal operations here as as possible formation officers reporting downed lines uprooted trees and damaged rooftops They said however no injuries were reported among the hundreds of troops training there In Columbia crushed glass snapped poles and trees and other debris greeted early venturers into the streets Officials said no major damage was reported As the storm crept slowly northward it lost its big punch The Weather Bureau at Jack-son reported a record low barometric pressure at its station in 100 mph winds reported at Hattiesburg Several store windows collapsed under the windy blast at McComb observers said and utility poles trees and signs were left strewn about the city streets Almost every downtown business in Hattiesburg suffered glass breakage officials said it is impossible to get to downtown for the fallen oak trees Camp Shelby near Hattiesburg underwent much of the same pounding with public in JACKSON (AP) Hurricane Camille weaved a path of broken glass twisted trees and downed powerlines through the south and central part of the state Monday before wasting away into a north Mississippi storm After initial devastating punch over the length of the Mississippi Gulf Coast the hurricane struck northward raking populous cities in its path The fierce 190 mph winds slowed by the time it reached Hattiesburg and McComb with Disaster Area 3 Coastal Counties To Get Federal Aid Nixon's Guidelines May Set New Mark Patients Flown To Safe Areas The Mississippi Air National Guard Monday began transferring patients from hospitals here to other areas of the state A C-124 Globemaster made a flight Jackson MTSoday carrying doctors nurs-VI £and technicians to the Gulf- jort Veterans Administration Center and returning with 11 patients for transfer to hospitals in Hinds and Rankin Counties Gulf Coast hospitals have been crippled by a loss of power and other damage GULFPORT Miss (AP) An increasingly grim picture of Hurricane devastation emerged today as rescue workers struggled through wreckage looking for dead injured missing and missing towns have 100 confirmed said state Sen Ned Cassi-bry coordinator of Civil Defense along coastal strip shattered by 150 mile an hour winds monster tides and fire know where there are more Cassibry added estimate the final toll will be between 150 and 200 There were over 2000 Rescue work by 1500 National Guardsmen 500 Civil Defense men and volunteers was hampered' by the weight of the wreckage left by Camille the most powerful hurricane ever to hit the American mainland have enough people to do the said Cassibry we need is Supplies were coming At Atlanta a dozen C124 Globemasters at Dobbins Air Force Base were assigned to airlift 375000 pounds of food to Keesler Air Force Base in Biloxi New Orleans shipped 13000 gallons of water in tank cars to ravaged Bay St Louis just across the state line President Nixon declared the coastal strip a disaster area making it eligible for an initial $1 million in federal assistance Camille lashing first at the southeastern edge of Louisiana shrieked onto the Mississippi coast Sunday night The area of maximum force around the included the port city of Gulfport with 30000 residents and nearby Biloxi with 44000 Thousands of residents of the coastal strip warned of coming tides of up to 20 feet above normal fled inland before Camille arrived Biloxi and Gulfport were under 6 pm to 6 am curfew National Guardsmen armed with rifles patrolled to prevent looting A curfew also was in force at Bogalusa a city of some 21500 in Louisiana: Mayor Curt Siege-lin said power lines were down drinking water was scarce and the city in Martial law was imposed in Plaquemines Parish (county) at sundown Monday Deputies with cocked shotguns turned back angry residents trying to check on their homes The parish is a low delta land laid down over the centuries by the Mississippi silt Offi- (See Page 2) WASHINGTON (AP) President Nixon has declared the three storm-battered coastal counties of Mississippi a federal disaster area' Rep William Colmer D-Miss said The designation because of storm damage from Hurricane Camille -7- makes the counties eligible for an initial $1 million in federal disaster assistance Colmer released this text of disaster announcement: President has today (Monday) declared that a major disaster exists in Mississippi because of damages due to Hurricane Camille beginning about Aug 17 1969 He has authorized an additional allocation million for disaster assistance in the affected areas As additional funds are required for eligible work in the designated disaster area the President will consider further supplemental allocations This declaration by the President will permit federal aid under the Federal Disaster Act The Office of Emergency Preparedness will coordinate federal assistance and administer the funds made available with this declaration by the President The eligible counties determined so far are Hancock Harrison and Jackson the three coastal counties Other counties are expected to be added as damage surveys are WASHINGTON (AP) -Officials in the federal office of Civil Rights say the new guidelines have not slowed school desegregation In fact they predict a record increase this fall The proportion of Negroes attending formerly all-white schools is expected to jump from 20 per cent to 40 per cent desegregation plans keep pouring said a spokesman -for the Office of Civil adjoining Rankin County with a reading of 2903 inches Gusts at the Jackson airport where the bureau is located readied 65 mph' Damaging winds skirted the capitol city however as Camille selected a path near Brandon to the east Heavy amounts of rain were recorded along the path of the storm as it moved northward through the state Mayor Russell Davis of Jack-son offered assistance to Gulf Coast towns Jackson sent firefighting equipment and police personnel to the Coast Both Jackson and Hattiesburg became evacuation centers with additional refugees flowing into the cities Monday Hotels were filled and residents offered homes for displaced families In Jackson the state-owned Robert Lee Hotel housed over 1000 persons while the University of Southern Mississippi at Hattiesburg opened its doors to over 2000 homeless Food was offered through the cafeteria and the gymnasium quickly became a urge dormitory Howling winds churned the 33000-acre Ross Barnett Reservoir north of Jackson as they moved up the state Officials said several boats broke loot from their moorings Blondy Black manager of thfe Main Harbor Marina at the reservoir said a 45-foot houseboat (See Page 2) Mississippi Legislature Meets Today JACKSON MISS (AP) Sessions of the Mississippi Senate and House of Representatives were scheduled today after Hurricane Camille prevented both chambers from obtaining a quorum Monday Only 22 of the 52 senators were present Monday and Lt Gov Charles Sullivan adjourned the Senate until 10 am Tuesday Fifty-four of the 122 representatives were on hand and Speaker John Junkin adjourned the House until 2 pm Tuesday Sullivan told the Senate the absences of 1 lawmakers from the coast and south Mississippi areas were Renewal Of Religious Warfare Long Time Resident Beats Storm Suffers Minor Cut Ireland "Peace7 Threatened OCR dire predictions have not been borne He referred to criticism that greeted the new desegregation guidelines July 3 The guidelines call for greater emphasis on court-ordered desegregation than on administrative termination of aid And they allow districts with problems such as lack of facilities an additional year to complete desegregation Pessimists predicted that southern die-hards would use the guidelines as an excuse to delay desegregation further But OCR officials say only 12 districts have asked to renegotiate their federally-approved plans since the guidelines were announced The total for the year is 32 Most asking for renegotiation want -additional time to complete desegregation July 3 there have been no more or less requests for renegotiation than in similar the spokesman said And Robert Finch secretary of health education and welfare said recently there would be no renegotiation of agreed plans Administrative desegregation actions have been started against 48 additional districts since July 3 the OCR official said full-speed ahead as far as we are he added been accused of attacking He said as tides rose to his doorstep the windows were blown out Mr Anderson said waves then knocked out the front door and water poured in waist deep He recalled seeing a police car pass' but he was unable to call or signal them for assistance He was removed from the residence by a family who came to his rescue about 7 am Monday A short time later he was seen walking to his downtown store dressed in a fresh suit and straw hat after an unsuccessful search for his glasses He said he was going to have a new set made during the day By RICHARD GLACZIER Herald Staff Writer A long time Gulfport resident ami businessman rode out Hurricane Camille in his large beach front home Sunday night after securing himself to prevent being swept away by high tides which flowed through his residence Tom Anderson 2220 East Beach sustained only a minor laceration over his eye Mr Anderson owner of Wear on 14th Street stayed with his two story frame home as 190 mile per hour winds pounded out doors and windows BELFAST Northern Ireland (AP) The outlawed Irish Republican Army threatened to renew Northern religious warfare as politicians and other leaders worked today to bring lasting peace in the tense battle-scarred state IRA Chief of Staff Cathal Goulding announced in Dublin that volunteers were being mobilized to fight in the North and said some fully-equipped units already had been sent to Belfast Goulding demanded that the Ulster government disband the B-Specials the all-Protestant police reserves who have Observers said Wilson wouk demand that the B-Specials be curbed despite strong pressure on Protestant government to stand firm The two leaders also were expected to discuss the continuing presence of British troops Northern Ireland and financia aid for more than 2000 peop left homeless by the rioting was thought they also wouk consider possible changes in the constitutional link between the two governments government called a conference Mon- (See Page 2) Northern Roman Catholic minority statement was condemned as ill-timed and inflammatory by the Dublin government and moderate newspapers in the republic The IRA is illegal in both Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic Prime Ministers Harold Wilson of Britain and James Chich-ester-Clark of Northern Ireland were to meet in London today to discuss ways of keeping the peace and satisfying Catholic demands in the six northern counties still linked to Britain.