European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 16, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                              The stars and stripes v town tackles Tornado debris Tracy Minn. A clean-1 rundown 25 Homes destroyed up workers started the big Job of picking up the pieces of this farm town after a Tornado had killed nine persons hospitalized More than 70 and ripped two Miles of residential Homes. Meanwhile the Small Busi -.1 w ��8 c -9 of destruction some Homes stand relative untouched in the midst of destruction after a Tornado ripped through Tracy Minn., which has been declared a disaster area. A Ness administration sea designated Lyon county where the Community of 2,800 persons dislocated a disaster area. That enables property owners to apply for Low Cost Loans to rebuild. And sen. Walter Mondale d-Minn., said in Washington d.c., that the office of emergency planning had assured him it stood ready to provide help to citizens of Tracy. That could in clude food Medicine shelter forthe homeless and help in Clear ing debris and repairing dam aged property. The Tornado struck at 7 . However townspeople had  alerted by the Wail of the town Siren after a Farmer telephoned Volunteer firemen today a twister was on the Way. The five to seven a i n u t warning was credited with Sav i ing lives of Many persons who had a Chance to take Refuge in their  persons remained on the critical list at Tracy municipal Hospital saturday. Twenty three were still  feared that other bodies might be found in the rubble of Homes where the twister Cut a path a Block and half wide the length of the town. The sea estimated damage to Homes and businesses at $2,950,000 and it gave this $375,000 50 with major damage,$400,000 225 with minor dam age. $1,125,000. It also said four businesses were destroyed at a loss of $200,000 20 had major damage at $500,000 and 20 had minor damage at $350,000.minnesota" gov. Harold Levander walked Ashen face through the wreckage Friday afternoon after conferring Foran hour with Rescue officials on the , National guards men civil defense workers red Cross volunteers and Salva Tion army members worked under sunny skies amidst the de  reports of the dead and missing has raised fears that a least 14 persons might have died in the Tornado. Gov. Levande confirmed on the scene that ear Lier estimates by his office of the death toll had apparently been too nigh. Feud with army map service woman rejects reinstatement t t i i re Vrat ten Noirl to via Elf t Washington a Ai after this interview and ques toning session she said the service asked her to resign Nung woman who said she was Jed by the army map service resign because she says the Over Ament considered her in Loral has rejected a reinstate Lent offer Carolyn Lea Tattnall 22, a Adelphia native said Friday turned Down the offer from map service on  she is earning less Loney in her current Job with Oil company. I feel that by their offering reinstate me my moral Char Jecter was vindicated and that spat matters to me she said. Ithe american civil liberties Inion Acle and sen. Sam j. Pin d-n.c., had taken up Therese in miss Tattnall s behalf. Ervin is preparing legislation prevent unnecessary govern fint prying into the lives of government  office reported receiving Kindreds of complaints similar miss Tattnall s. Miss Tattnall said that Priora scheduled promotion the Lap service asked her to go to16 Pentagon for questioning As Reu Minary to a lie Detector she said she was questioned in i hours about birth controls her feeling about the us narcotics whether she had y Nad an abortion if she was homosexual whether she had us parties and if anyone had a Ylo tier apartment one said she told the question it. Or a Crim and had a key to it. She said she ext she depended on her tropical fish an she visited Philadel grounds she lacked the proper moral character for her pro posed new  new classification would have involved working with some classified materials As a photographic  Tattnall said she Learned that government investigators had asked her neighbors about her moral character. She said i1cj. A1a.vsa. To a a a. They talked to seven residents of tit her apartment building whom she did not  were ridiculous about the whole thing she  s an outrageous Case said Lawrence Speiser director of the Acle s Washington of fice. This woman was coerced into  her Case came to Light Harold p. Dunning personnel chief of the army map service confirmed that there had been a routine background investigation of miss Tattnall. He said that after reviewing her Case it was decided we probably would Institute removal  she said she had been in $365,000 Gem stolen from museum in Texas san Antonio Tex. A a thief with a Cap pulled Down Over his ears flailed through half Inch thick Glass Friday grabbed the Mcfarlin Diamond and its necklace together  a blockbuster in the works St. Louis a on the basis of his experience so far put. Richard f. Fortenbury of Mehl Ville mo., expects to make it big in the army. In a letter to his parents  mrs. Merle c. Fortenbury the Soldier said that after two Days in military service he Hud gained two  have 727 Days left and at that rate i la weigh 857 Pound sat the time of my discharge Fortenbury wrote. And at $365,000 and ran out of he Witte memorial museum. Police continued their search for the thief and the Diamond. The thief took the Gem one of the largest Canary Cut diamonds in the world while the two museum guards were elsewhere. Witnesses said the thief car ried a Green and White Lawn chair into the Diamond room be fore the theft. He used the chair to Block the single door to the room broke the Glass and sprinted out to a waiting  witnesses said the car was driven by a . E. B Mcfarlin said the 49 73-c Arat Diamond is worth$250 000 and 31 emeralds on the necklace and 17 smaller Dia monds in the setting add $115,000 toils  museum spokesman said the Diamond was insured for $200,000. Formed april 2 that her Security clearance had been revoked on the basis of seven reports from persons in her apartment build i m not promiscuous miss Tattnall said and i Don t eve know seven persons who would say i was  Cuba reports transplant of calf heart Miami a cuban radio was silent saturday on its Fri Day night report on the trans Plant of a calf heart apparently to a human. Radio Liberacion a major net work in Cuba in a broadcast re port monitored Here Friday night described the operation As an All successful heart transplant operation five doctors congressman says a sub Hunt Narrows Washington up  Hosmer r-calif., said Friday the Navy has pinpointed a Small area of the Ocean i which it believes the nuclear submarine scorpion  Atlantic Fleet Headquarters in Norfolk va., spokesman said the Navy has no comment and will have no comment on the Hosmer report. However earlier the Navy asked about a report that the scorpion had been located in9.000 feet of water denied this was . L. Mendel Rivers d-s.c., chairman of the House armed services committee and on of the Best informed men in Washington on defense matters said he had not been informed that the scorpion location had been found. Secret method Hosmer a member of the joint House Senate atomic Energy committee said secret moans were used to fix the Small area where the scorpion and its Crew of 99,missing since May 21, were believed to  said a search was under Way in the area. He declined to speculate on where it was. He said he understood the Navy has not yet detected the remains of the nuclear  have an area of the Ocean a Small area where they think it is quite Likely the scorpion May have gone Down Hosmer said. It was deter mined by classified  t. Conway executive director of the joint atomic Energy committee said the committee had no knowledge that the scorpion had been the broadcast said five tors of the cardiovascular sur Gery department at Yajurd Hospital in Havana performed the operation. Early morning newscasts nor Mally would repeat or expand the original Story with de tails of Progress. Saturday s silence was interpreted hero As an indication of an unfavourable change in the condition of the patient. Located. He declined to com ment on Llo Smor s report. The search for the Scorpio started May 27 when it failed to report As scheduled at  had not been heard from for six Days but the Navy said atthe time that it was Normal for a submarine to maintain radio silence during Long undersea although the search has no tended Only a Levy ships were still participating in it