European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1965, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday april 14, 1965 the Stais and stapes fog Viet Cong rebels kill captive . Aid official Church destroyed Mist. Charles Belle holds a handkerchief to he face As he weep in Froat of the Church he Bull Sevea year ago la grand rapids mich., and which Wai destroyed by sunday s tornadoes. With him u the Church i pastor William Hoof lerp. Associated press photo new ii Glaird drought acute despite rain Boston up up to three Quarter of an Inch of rain fell on parched new England Wood lands but. Did utile to a the Region s acute water shortage which has carried Over since last  Massachusetts depart ment of natural resources said the Day Long drizzle was Wel come to relax the Forest or danger but a prediction of partly Cloud Windy and Cool weather threatened to wipe out the effect of monday s sparse rain  weak storm system produced .81 Inch of rain in Wor Cester. Mass., .50 incl in new port i. A Inch in Concord,n.h., is Inch in Hartford Conn., and .50 Inch in Boston. Lesser amounts were reported in Maine. Not enough spokesman for the Massa Ehu Selts department of agriculture said any rain was Wel come. But there s not nearly enough yet to do any Good. We need a lot More.". Warren Clapp. A marketing expert of the department said the threat of loss to newly planted crops would be great unless there is a substantial rainfall. The . Weather Bureau her Laid the new England rainstorm was caused by the fringes of the same storm system that brought heavy Rains and vicious tornadoes to the Central great lakes Region  Maine slate forestry com mass loner Austin walk los said the rainfall greatly reduced the Tor list fire danger in Southern an coastal sections. Csc kill oat s Readie Moune i. Up Cien Swanson. It was struck an kilted by a car thursday when he stepped into a Street to pickup an injured cat. Saigon a an american id official captured by the Viet tone last aug. 8 win shot to death his communist captors on Jan. I after he escaped and was Freer seven Days a . Spokesman announced  official was Joseph w. Ranger 99, of Sumter . His Mother Mary f. Grainger lives n West Hartford .Conn.Grainger, an air Force Veter an was the . Economic As Lance Mission s represents be in Phy be province Jmiles Northeast of Saigon. He was captured in an am Bush with a filipino assistant and the vietnamese manager ols Ugar Cane Experiment Sta  . Spokesman said in dependent eyewitnesses had sorted his death. The american Mission con firms in the strongest terms his brutal murder of Ann armed civilian weakened by Lunger and unable 10  the spokesman said. The Viet Cong threatened week ago to execute another american civilian captive. Gus a c. Hertz of . A. Ii Viet Cong terrorist held Force bombing of the . Zembas y in Silicon . Sheerr Orlett was subsequently sen a need to die but the Sente Celias not been carried out. There ibs been no further word of Ertz s Fate. Grainger and his two compan primer gives answers on a Tornado by the associated press. What is a Tornado a violent rotating column of air extending Down from a thundercloud. How is it recognized usually As a funnel shape vortex accompanied by a loud roaring noise. How destructive is it it is the most destructive of Al storms with rotating winds estimated to exceed 200 Miles an hour. Do Tornado paths vary great Yin length yes from a few feet to nearly300 Miles. The average is Abou u Miles. What about their diameter from nine feet to Over a mile average Width is about 2m Yards do All tornadoes cause grou damage. No. Some funnels remain aloft some Rise and fall. Were sunday s Midwest tornadoes related yes. They were All part of the same frontal system a cold Iron extending from Wisconsin Texas. Is there a Tornado season yes. They Are More frequent in the Spring Are they nationwide tornadoes have struck every state. They Are More pre Valerin an area called Tornado a Ley Northern Texas Oklahoma Kansas and Missouri. Do tornadoes take Many Uve the average annual . Deal tall from tornadoes has been 19over the past 48 years. What is the worst Tornado american history from the stand Point of lives lost tornadoes killed 681 persons in Missouri. Illinois and India non March 18. My. Ions were seized near the vol luge of Tun my. They were Irav Olink in a jeep when it was stopped by a hand of armed Vlco  . Spokesman said a reconstruction of events showed that on Jan. 1 Grainger began a hunger strike which he continue for five Days in protest against his  Jan. 5 Grainger escaped and during the following seven Days made his Way through a Large swampy area. On Jan. 11,he was found by a Viet Cong Joseph a Grainger patrol while he was washing mud off his clothes in a Small  Viet Cong captured him about 9 a.m., and a Viet con named Hal shot him twice when Grainger refused to accompany him Back to Captivity the spokes Man  Viet Cong took the mor tally wounded Grainger to nearby Hamlet and he died la Ter that Day. His body was Bur led at night and the grave was flattened to conceal its  body has not been recovered. Granger s wife Elizabeth and their four children went to Bangkok in Thailand when de Pendents of american govern ment personnel were evacuated in february. The children Range in Ace from 4 to  coming overseas Grainger was employed As civilian worker in the historian s office at Shaw air Force base . And lived nearby at Sumter . At Sumler. Hubert Osteen jr.,assistant publisher of the sum Ter Dally item said he an Grainger worked together in the Public information office of the2nd air division in South Viet Nam for four �6nths in it  was division historian. He was a very  Osteen recalled rather quiet and with a Good sense of humor. He could Surprise you with his  Volos restrained9 . Officer Berlin a a . Army officer was physically pre vented by communist East German Peoples police from investigating an autobahn Acci Dent last week authoritative sources said Here. The officer identified As 2ndi.t Peter Munson of Buffalo n.y., who was commanding a 22-ve-Ilcle . Army Convoy was try no to come to the Aid of two officers of the . Military mis Sion accredited to the soviet  in East Germany whose car had  Mission car had been Pur sued by a Carload of East Ger Man secret policemen while Raveling on the autobahn. The East germans who were unable to catch the . Car apparently radioed ahead and a truck was placed across the  avoid hitting the truck the . Car swerved and smashed into a ditch. Ii was immediately surrounded by red police.  have said there was no Chase simply an  after the crash the . Convoy passed the  commander stopped and tried to Aid his fellow officers who were not injured. The sources could not say whether the officer was pushed around or whether he was actually struck. A . A my spokesman  lieutenant in command of the 12-Vehlcle Convoy did at tempt to investigate the Accident but was physically prevented from approaching the scene of the Accident by Volos. When the ice Lennil reported the Drecun glances by radio to Headquarters . Army Berlin he was intruded to resume his journey since another vehicle had Al Endy been dispatched to assist he Sedan which was involved Inge Accident. . Authorities vigorously protested the incident to soviet officers at checkpoint  the . Mission officers were detained by the Volos and then urn cd Over to soviet officers who took them to the soviet commandant Ura in  were released shortly hereafter. Informants also said that at East two of the More than 10 Oral protests about the traffic harassment delivered to the so Viet autobahn checkpoint com Manders were not delivered. Last Friday the British officer at relm slept attempted to deliver a protest but could no because he was shouted Down by the  the sources said. The British officer was to congressman recovering Washington up  e. Jones or. D-ala., has been released from the Bethesda,md., naval Hospital for recupera Tion from a successful operation Tor a duodenal ulcer. Tho Hospi Tal predicted his recovery Woulcie Complete and said he would be Back on the Job in two to four weeks. Have read a protest of is Para graphs but the soviet colonel and two other officers screamed soloed that he could not go  when american officers tried to make a protest to col Vasilly Serglin at the Gabelsberg Check Point outside Berlin the soviet officer slammed Down the win Dow of his Shack and left the americans standing before locked doors. Delivering these protests Are often connected with a lot of unpleasantness one Allied official said. Ruah arguments and shouting on both sides Are  Indian expert Dies in Hartford Conn. Hartford up  d. Davisson Man expert on american indians die Din a Hospital Here. Mrs. Davisson who made her Home in new York City served As an official of the Indian Art fund in Santa . Washington d.c., Beauty wins miss Tan America title Wulle Mae Johnson Dallas Tex. A Washington d.c., bathing Beauty has been declared Winner of the miss Tan America pageant. Willie Mae Johnson 17, is senior at Roosevelt High school in the nation s  Williams. Dallas Public relations Man who conceived and coordinated the All negro Beauty pageant said negotiations have begun with the . State department to conduct inter National contest next year. He added that inquiries had. Bee received from at least two other countries and that Jamaica Al ready had declared u would enter the contest