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Iowa 51102 PRICE TEN CENTS ONE HUNDRED AND THIRD YEAR-NO. 299 SIOUX CITY, IOWA, THURSDAY, JUNE 15, 1967-2 SECTIQNS-24 PAGES Second class postage cold at Sioux City, Iowa Young Couple Injured as Tornado Rips Akron 1 i.ir helping to clear the streets so bush several feet from what lit bors wandering about in the 3 next to the Rich Frenchs uu yard calling for her husband. Co. station. The unit was the automobiles could pass.

tle remained of his mobile home. Francis Gale, a few block The two were in bed when property oi ueru aaunun Townspeople commented that further north, was in his back disaster struck. According to Akron. they thought his spinal column yard trying to determine how Schroeder, Mr. Lias sat upright The twister left a trail oi in bed, apparently alarmed by shattered garages, damaged the coming tornado, just as it roofs, hundreds of fallen limbs ctrnrir and a a automobiles ta clear the debris.

ine wrnauo had taken the roof off his garage, but left his pickup truck may have been severed, however, a spokesman at the intensive care unit at St. Joseph By LEE JORGENSEN Journal Staff Wrltrr AKRON, Iowa There are very few smiles in Akron today, but most of the townspeople in the community of about 1,500 are happy to be alive. Wednesday night at 10:10 p.m. a tornado slammed in from the southwest and toyed with trees, utility and electrical wires, houses and people, leaving a wide diagonal scar from one end of town to another. across town.

The floor of the trailer house on the concrete msiae. ine rum was in one piece a few feet The next scene of intense Hospital where he was taken declined to discuss the nature of his injuries. was nearly splattered against the back side of the Bernard desolation was a new house be away. Markus house. Aluminum sid ing built on a side hill by Emil Wilier.

The plumbing had not Roof Leaks Like Sieve A couple of blocks 'up the ing of the trailer house could be seen in the tree tops and Ambulance driver Ron Schroeder of Akron, who brought him to Sioux City at about 11:30 p.m., said a doctor at the scene said he had a been installed completely. Most of the remains of the house Journal Photos bv Joraensen street from Gale is the home of Mr, and Mrs. Harry Nelson, who run a hatchery at Akron. shrubs, and what was left of the insulation, was strewn across Scene of Injury to Tivo On the southern most side of Akron, about 60 feet north of broken back. were nearby, but some of it stretched across the gently sloping hill.

City employes, volunteer town. Semitrailer Upset Mrs. Lias, who was listed in Their yard was a mess or debris, strewn limbs, downed trees and fragments of garages, See AKRON, Page A 6 "fair" condition at St. Joseph A few feet east of the trailer Iowa 3, Gerald Lias, 20, was injured the most seriously. He and his wife, Linda, 17, lived in a trailer house.

He was found frame house. Pieces of their mobile home can be lounci throughout the eastern section of Akron. Gerald, 20, was listed In "serious" condition in the intensive care unit at St. Joseph Mercy Hospital in Sioux City. His wife, Linda, 17, also is hospitalized, but in "fair" condition.

Hospital Thursday morning: This was the mobile home where Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Lias lived In Akron. Townspeople this morning survey the scattered remains after a Wednesday night tornado swept the community. Only the bottom of the Lias home, seen upside down, is discernible.

It has been flattened against a nearby townspeople and neighbors from Ha warden and nearby were house was an upset semitrailer which had been parked on Iowa suffered neck and shoulder in juries. She was found by neigh-; by townspeople lying under a Daily Features Comics A 12, 13 Another Warning Until 8 Tonight Puzzle A 12 Senior Forum A 9 Sports 1, 2, 3 Television A 12 Want Ads 6, 7 Weather A 14 A 12 8 A 14 A 14 A9 A 12 Dear Abby Ask Andy Area News Births Dr. Brady Bridge A 4 A 10 A 8 4 A 2 Editorials For Women Hospitals Markets Obituaries warning sirens and localized area along and 60 miles either Emergency U.N. Meet Expected BULLETIN MOSCOW IT) Premier Alexei N. Kosygin will head the Soviet delegation to a special U.N.

General Assembly session on the Middle East war, an official spokesman of the Foreign Ministry said tonight. By WILLIAM OATIS high winds which caused damage in and near Sioux City. The Weather Bureau issued another tornado watch for the Sioux City area today to a populace already jittery from MASKED MEN ROB BANK IN IOWA TOWN The greatest damage in the two straight nights of violent First Death from Flood in Nebraska SUPRISE, Neb. Wt The first immediate Sioux City vicinity was at Sodrac Park, where two RUNNELLS, Iowa UPi Two persons were slightly injured when a sudden high wind blew masked men hidden inside the side of a line from 40 miles north of Spencer, Iowa, to 40 miles west of Lincoln, Neb. The Sioux City forecast is for showers and thunderstorms, mostly this afternoon and tonight, with the risk of locally heavy rains tonight.

Friday's forecast is for variable cloudiness with scattered showers and thunderstorms. High humidity is expected to a temporary roof off of a sec- Hartford-Carlisle Savings Bank overnight tied up an elderly tion of bleachers. In Sioux City itself, power out manager this morning and escaped with up to $5,000. death from Nebraska flooding was reported this morning from Butler County where the Big Blue River has been on the W. R.

Cutforth, his 70s, UNITED NATIONS, N.Y. IP- was found tied hand and foot ages were reported in Morning-side and Leeds as wind-blown tree branches knocked out some primary circuits and a number The U.N. General Assembly probably will begin an emer rise after protracted neavy with clothesline rope behind the rains. counter of the branch bank in continue through tonight, with little change in temperature. gency session this weekend to weather.

Wednesday night two persons were injured when high winds blew off a temporary roof at Sodrac Park. Today's watch went into effect at 2 p.m. and was to continue until 8 p.m. The threat of tornadoes is in extreme eastern Nebraska, extreme southeast South Dakota, northwest Iowa and extreme southwest Minnesota. An area forecast, sounding like a broken record, calls for several severe thunderstorms with large hail and the risk of locally heavy rain and damaging winds.

The tornado watch covers an of service lines. The primary cir Butler County Sheriff Leo! debate a Soviet demand a this Polk County community cuits-were restored after about The expected low tonight is the Meister said the victim was about 10 miles southeast of Des Israel withdraw from the Arab said nine buildings in his back yard were flattened. Inside were hatchery equipment, a boat and trailer and a new car. mid 60s and the expected high two hours and Iowa Public Serv- Mr. and Mrs.

Harry Nelson, Akron, survey the wreckage in their back yard this morning after a tornado skipped across Akron. Mr. Nelson, who operates a hatchery downtown, Moines territory it conquered. Merlyn G. Harris, 26, of Rising City, who was inspecting the ice Co.

crews worked all night Police launched an air and Secretary-General Thant Friday is 78. The precipitation probability is 50 per cent to to restore remaining service. ground search for two men in began polling the 122 U.N. mem flood waters about one mite west of Sunrise, a town of The sirens sounded at about night and 40 per cent Friday. bers on the Soviet request for a black 1957 model-four door Chevrolet.

Roads south of Run- 10 p.m. after the Sioux City The forecast was a little hard about 80 persons. the session after the Security Weather Bureau received word to take for Sioux Cityans who Council refused Wednesday to nells were blocked by high water from the Des Moines, so au Harris stepped off the bank near a bridge and was swept Louisiana Governor Chases Stolen Car at 100 M.P.U. MODERATE RIVER RISE IN THIS AREA See WARNING, Page A have been sent to cover two nights in a row by tornado approve a Soviet resolution condemning Israel's "continued oc thorities concentrated the hunt away by the current. He was in other directions- with two other volunteers at cupation" of Egyptian, Jordanian and Syrian territory the time.

One man was described as 5 feet 10 inches tall and wearing a black stocking cap, the taken the war last week. tennis Sees 'Grievous The Big Blue has flooded the east edge of Suprise and the sheriff said some evacuations The Russians wanted the conn other as about 5-9 and wearing Moderate rains Wednesday night in Northwest Iowa will produce a moderate rise in the cil also to demand that Israeli GRAMERCY, La. Mi With Gov. John J. McKeithen in a car giving chase at speeds up to 100 miles an hour, three voune men in a stolen car troops pull back to the lines they Subdistrict Bill Given to Governor DES MOINES Senate have been necessary in a low-lying residential area.

dark clothing. Mrs. Bud Schall, wife of a re Wrong9 Done by Dodd held before fighting began June pair garage operator, heard David City the County seat, 5. were captured here Wednes Cutforth shouting for help about escaped heavy rains Wednes the Senate into dishonor and Must Call Session Hike in Debt Limit Asked WASHINGTON (SV-The House Ways and Means Committee proposed today a $22 billion increase in the national debt ceiling $7 billion less than the increase rejected by the House last week. It provided, however, for further increases later.

Approved by a straight party vote, the new $358 billion figure probably will be tested next week in the House, which rejected a $365 billion ceiling by a 13-vote margin June 7. Republicans announced they oppose the new bill. Unless House and Senate complete action by June 30, the debt ceiling will drop automatically to $285 billion, some $42 billion below the actual debt. day night. day nieht.

Thant must call the assembly disrepute." Big Sioux River from Hawarden to Sioux City. The Big Sioux is expected to run three fourths bankfull in the area Saturday. The Floyd River will produce a slow rise from Merrill to 9 a.m. Fred Houseman, operator of a nearby service station The car had roared by the session within 24 hours after re Meanwhile, tornadoes played an encore in central, east and amendments were acepted by the House today to a bill to ceiving affirmative responses governor as he and his aides entered the bank and found Cut-forth tied up. Stennis, in a rebuttal to Dodd's dramatic and emotional denial Wednesday of any wronsdoine.

said the Connecti northeast Nebraska Wednesday from a majority of the members were returning to Baton Rouge subdistrict Iowa's multilegisla- The branch manager was 62 nations. Diplomats general- James tonight. The Floyd is ex from New Orleans. McKeithen shaken but unharmed, House night and early today. And again heavy rains fell in some areas to make the threat of cut senator had claimed but tor counties, and the House completed action on the meas See MIDEAST, Page A 6 man said.

pected to crest near bankfull from Hinton to James early failed to offer proof that in debts reoresented politi ure by passing it 111-4 and Apparently the robbers en ordered his driver to step on it. The driver did so and also radioed police. floods greater. In all the reports of twisters tered the bank during the night cal rather than personal Friday morning. Should heavy rains occur tonight, some over sending it to the governor.

The action beat the deadline through a rear door and waited As the stolen car sped 60 sightings recorded in a for Cutforth to arrive about for action on subdistricting set through the road block, police Referrine to the committee's flow is possible in rural areas in lower Floyd Valley. 48-hour period there were but three of damage. Named to Justice Post 8:30 a.m., then forced him to man Carl Spizale fired a shot hearing last March when testi open the safe. This river advisory was issued by the legislature itseit. ine lawmakers had decreed that if a subdistricting plan was not At the east edge of Thurston gun.

The car veered on me highway and landed in a ditch. mony was taken under oath, Stennis said that "we were at 2 o'clock this afternoon. WASHINGTON ffl-Sen. John Stennis said today he failed to see how any impartial person could go through "this morass of money" involved in Sen. Thomas J.

Dodd's affairs and conclude "that a grievous wrong has not been done to the Senate." Stennis, the Mississippi Democrat who is chairman of the Senate ethics committee, said he would never come to the conclusion that a senator should be censured unless he were strongly and firmly convinced that "a wrong has been done to this institution." The ethics committee found that Dodd, a Connecticut Democrat, had converted political funds to his personal use and had billed both the Senate and private organizations for travel expenses. It submitted a resolution to the Senate to censure him for conduct that "tends to bring a tornado did roof damage and downed power lines. hungry for proof that these Near Emerson two iarms were political obligations." approved by tonight, the Iowa Supreme Court would do the job. Rep. Rudy Van Drie, R-Ames, threw a scare into the House WASHINGTON IB-President were damaged.

Indict Texas Lawyer on The Senate today was in the third day of debate on the com On the Bud Knapp farm east Johnson announced today he is of Elm Creek, a barn was nominating Los Angeles attor mittee resolution. Cut Red Battalion to Pieces in Delta by announcing some further damaged. ney Warren Minor Christopher Tax Stennis also renewed an assertion that Dodd's designation of $6,000 as a loan to Charge Seven miles north or Kearney tree was felled and the him from a campaign-fund ac AUSTIN, Tex. ffl A federal amendments might be necessary in Story County. But after conferring with Rep.

Maurice Van Nostrand, R-Avoca, Van Drie withdrew his objections and the bill went sailing through. southbound lane of Highway 10 blocked. Whether a twister or just high wind downed the tree was hot known. grand jury indictment unsealed countand its repayment contradicted his stand that the in open court today accused The Marines, saying nothing SAIGON HI A hard-core money was intended by the to be deputy attorney general. Johnson sum-moned newsmen to his office to disclose personally i sel i of Christopher for the No.

2 post in the Department of Jus Jasper, lawyer Joe Tona Twister reports came from about any losses of their own, donors as a gift for any use. hill, one of the es Communist battalion of some 500 men was cut to pieces in rillas, ran into two companies of South Vietnamese militia about 10 a.m. The Viet Cong comman- See VIETNAM, Page A 6 these areas: reported killing 15 of the Viet lawyers in the I 7 North Platte, Decatur, Ogal- Cong. 1 I jaui ttuuy mm- SI the Mekong delta Wednesday by American gunship helicopters, artillery and a crack divi lala, Arcadia, Ravenna, Oconto, Spaulding, David City Kene-saw, Clarks, Wood River, and der trial, of evading income Christopher sion of the South Vietnamese taxes. Tonahill tice.

As the two-week lull In the ground war broke Wednesday, another Red battalion of about 500 men fell on the American company in the jungles of War Zone north of Saigon. Schuyler in addition to the dam-aeine trio. armv. pleaded innocent before U.S. Dis Issues Still Somewhat Fuzzy, but Another Election in Near Future in Norlli Sioux City Christopher, 41, succeeds to The South Vietnamese said Hn dreee and Kearney, pom 211 of the Commnuists were trict Judge Jack deluged.

Tuesday night by rain were soaked down again Wed killed, 17 were captured and Kooerts. I the position vacant since Ramsey Clark was advanced to attorney general. A former law clerk to Su 1 1I1C I II I Six Americans were killed and 12 wounded, most In the many more wounded in a blistering battle in which the Red nesday night. count indictment Tonahill preme Court Justice William first few seconds, before ar commander was bested by the was returned last April 14 and election contest, three short of 0. Douelas.

Christopher has tillery fire raked the Red posi then sealed by agreement of both a majority. battle tested Vietnamese 21st Division. practiced law with the Los An tions. A U.S. spokesman said By GENE ANDERSON Journal Staff Wrlltr There will be another city election in North Sioux City in the government and defense Richardson challenged the Firemen Threaten to Quit Over Hinso Ban geles firm of O'Melveny My 60 Communists were killed and election on the basis that: attorneys, Roberts said.

Tonahill was one of the law ers since 1950. He became a another American was killed and seven were wounded earlier partner in 1958. Today U.S. Marines battled Communist troops at two points south of Da Nang. A Marine spokesman said a the near future, but just who'll be running for what is still ra 1.

The election was held one week prior to the time set by He also served as a special 000 U.S. Casualty Toll Lowest in 2 Months SAIGON Ht American casualties in the Vietnam war last week were the lowest in nearly two months, and those of South Vietnamese and enemy forces also dropped. The decrease reflected a general lull in the ground fighting. U.S. military headquarters said 176 Americans were killed and 928 were wounded in the ending last Saturday.

These figures compared with 214 killed and 1.161 wounded In the previous week. They were the lowest since the week ending April 2, when 148 were killed and 1,031 were wounded. U.S. Command reported 1,158 Communist troops killed com yers defending Ruby against the charge of murdering Lee Harvey WEST MIDDLESEX, Pa. Ifl- in the operation.

The Intensified ground fight South Dakota law (April 11 in counsel to Democratic former Tempers are growing hotter Oswald, identified by the War stead of April 18). This was battalion of the 5th Marine ing was matched by 129 air ren Commission as the assassin Gov. Edmund G. Brown of California, and was active in strikes against North Vietnam stipulated to as fact by attorneys for both sides. after police shut down a bingo game at a firemen's carnival and now it looks as if there of President John F.

Kennedy. Regiment fought a Communist force of undetermined size that many of them aimed again at Ruby was sentenced to death 2. That there was improper rail lines north of Hanoi. may be no one around to put the one-year term in the Third Ward. The official canvass of votes in that contest were as follows: Robert Comstock, 29 votes; Richardson, 28 votes, and Eugene Varns, 23 votes.

Runoff Required South Dakota law requires a runoff election between the top two vote-getters if the winner fails to receive a majority; in this case, 41 votes. The same situation developed in the three-way race for police magistrate, although the official canvass figures were not introduced in evidence at today's hearing. Both Comstock and Police Magistrate Paul S. Minor were certified elected. Minor received 93 of the 190 votes cast in his in the electric chair, but died Brown's campaigns.

A native of Scranton, N.D., Christopher graduated with honors from University of Califor notice of the election. This point of cancer last January while a had pounced on two or three Leatherneck platoons with heavy mortar and automatic weapons fire 25 miles south of out fires. The firemen are so incensed was never resolved, although both Richardson and a former waiting a new trial after his One American Phantom Jet was shot down by ground fire and the crew was listed as missing. It was the 583rd U.S. combat plane lost over the nia in Los Angeles in 1945 while conviction Was reversed and a ther "iffy" after a court hearing in Elk Point this morning.

Circuit Court Judge Roy D. Burns of Sioux Falls said there will be a secondary or runoff election for the one-year term in the Third Ward unless he subsequently decides to throw out the entire election. He also indicated there might ell be a runoff election for police magistrate. The April 11 election has been contested by Floyd (Slim) Richardson, who finished a close lecond in a three-way race for city councilman, Charles Peter Da Nang. second trial ordered.

on active duty with the Navy. He cot his law degree in 1949 There was no announcement son, testified that they had not seen any notice in the public places they visited prior to the North. of casualties on either side, Kaye Going to Israel they are threatening to resign on July 14 unless the borough council gets rid of the mayor, who backed the police action. Mayor Arthur Pantall says bingo is illegal and the firemen will have to raise money for a The delta battle erupted in Elements of the 7th Marine LAS VEGAS, Nev. ITl Entertainer Danny Kaye says he election.

the paddyfields about 85 miles southwest of Saicon when ihe Regiment hattled about 60 uniformed Viet Cone In Operation from Stanford University, Palo Alto, where he was president of the Stanford Law Review. Married, he is the father of four children. 3. That election officials failed to order a runoff election in has made arrangements to go to Israel for personal appear pared with 2,420 the previous crack Viet Cong "Tay Do" bat Arizona, 14 miles southwest of new firehouse in some other talion, escorted by local guer-'weck Da Nang. ances.

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