European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 26, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 2 the stars and stripes Midwest hit by tornadoes flood in Texas by United press International tornadoes none causing serious injury or damage hit the Midwest tuesday and Thunder storms that set off flooding along the Gulf coast of Texas hit the Central and Eastern states. The . Weather Bureau said twisters touched Down monday night and tuesday morning i Nebraska Iowa Colorado mis Souri and Kansas but struck mostly in open country and did Little damage. In Texas where floodwater chased residents from their Homes Goy. John Connall asked president Johnson to declare the coast counties Ofa r a n s a s and san Patricio disaster areas. Texas battered torrential Rains and Tornado winds battered the Lone Star state monday driving a estimated 250 persons from their Homes at port rain triggered flooding in Houston and Dallas. Tornadoes struck at Tyler,tex., monday tearing apart farm buildings uprooting tree Sand Downing Power lines. Twisters knifed into Bowling Green Ohio Sheridan. Ark., and Monroe and Lake Charles la. Funnel Clouds were reported at Indianapolis ind. A Tornado spanned by Tropi Cal storm Candy left More of a Mark in Arkansas monday however destroying a school and a barn just Northeast of thespa of hot Springs. Another twister monday night damage several buildings in the South West Missouri town of Simmons,75 Miles East of Springfield. Illinois plagued High winds Hail and heavy rain plagued much of Illinois monday. Four persons were injured during the night when winds overturned two House trailers near Momence in Kankakee county about 40miles South of Chicago. A Tornado watch was in effector a Large portion of Iowa Early tuesday. Missouri received up to four inches of rain from Candy s big blow. The University town of Columbia reported 2.4 inches during a late night and Earl morning fall. During the same period Lamar colo., received1.04 inches and Sioux Falls s.d., 1.19 inches. Cloudburst monday night swamped Kansas Nebraska and Iowa where 80-mile-an-Hourwinds and Hail strafed Iowa City and almost two inches Ofrain soaked Dubuque in less than two hours. Almost 3 1-2inches of rain caused flooding at Colby in Northwestern Kansas. Three inches of rain fell inless than an hour at Callaway neb., where two inches of Hail was reported in the streets. Thunderstorms deluged Ogen Iowa with four inches of rain. Away from the bad weather the far West enjoyed cloudless skies. The predawn temperature ranged from 38 at Laramie Wyo. To 94 at Needles Calif. Hundreds jailed in Montreal riot Montreal up hundreds of persons were in jail tuesday and More than 100 were injured in the Wake of the worst outbreak of violence Over French Canadian separatism in Montreal Canada s largest minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau on the eve of Canada general election narrowly escaped serious injury from two bottles hurled at him from crowds at the City s St. Jean Baptiste Day Parade. But Trudeau 48, coolly defied pleas o both Security guards and the taunting to the Gallows Callow fellow French canadians in his native City and refused to move out of the line of fire. Three hours after a Small army of guards whisked the prime minister away from the scene police used tear to dispel enraged remnants of the demonstrators who burned and Over turned police cars set bonfires and pelted police with acid bottles rocks and an Early morning news con Ference tuesday Montreal police director l. P. Gilbert read the toll of the rioting 922 persons jailed. 123 persons injured including quite a number of police officers seriously burned by acid lung to the face and body. The count included 44 policemen and79 bystanders. 12 police vehicles either burned or overturned. 6 horses injured. Trudeau saved from injury when a Royal Canadian mounted police officer Flung himself i front ing. Of him deplored the riot is a among Pierre those who his separatist followers to stage massive Demon against Trudeau at the Rocky tells Nixon deny Abernathy arrested the Rev. Ralp Abernathy is taken into custody along with a number of his followers As they protested around the Capitol in Washington. The arrests took place As police were closing Down resurrection City. Abernathy said that the poo people s Campaign would continue in spite of these events and that he would direct it from jail. He got 20. Days. Resulting disorder was quickly quelled. A Swiss trains collide kill 13, injure 103 from a and up dispatches sign Switzerland thirteen persons were killed and 103 injured 31 seriously when two trains collided head on at 60 Miles per hour near Here Mon Day. Among the dead were the engineers of both trains. The 11 other dead came from the swi Scanton of Lucerne police said. An inquiry was immediately ordered to find out How the two trains could have been on the single track stretch at the same Accident involved a freight train and a special carrying 300 members of a farming Community near Lucerne on an Outing. Eyewitnesses said passenger and freight cars were catapulted 50 feet into the air. Army in Vietnam Rush for Crystal auditors puzzled Washington up what puzzled auditors was Why the housing authorities at .army Headquarters in South Vietnam needed 720 Crystal liquor glasses in such a hurry. Or for that matter Why Thrush for an Organ for the 34th general support group and then there were thesal shakers and Staples paper clips and pencils dictionaries and Davenport. These and other items the general accounting office reported tuesday were requisitioned by the army in Vietnam on a costly top priority basis that required special shipping sometimes by 70 per cent of the cases my 6 waste of $40 million charged Washington up Ichord d-mo., chair Man of an armed service subcommittee on the m16 Rifle said monday $40 million at thievery minimum has been wasted so far on the weapon procurement Ichord told the House he and other members of the special subcommittee that investigated development and Purchase of the controversial Rifle were sponsoring legislation to improve contract procedures in such said incompetence and bungling had marked the m16 and millions of dollars have been throwaway Ichord said. At the very minimum $40 million has already been he said the full Story will note told until the last Rifle has been bought. Where supplies were requisitioned on a Rush basis top priority handling was no justified by the importance of the item the auditing group which keeps tabs on government spending for Congress said this was one Factor contributing to total army Supply system for Vietnam that is still costly an inefficient although somewhat improved since the last report in november. Shortcomings like still order ing parts from the United states for the hu1a helicopter phased put several years earlier still if there is another Vietnam the army May be in position to do better. It is working on creation of Quick reaction inventory control Center Ricc that get High Marks from auditors. They said the system wit hits own computer equipment pretested programs and trained military personnel will be available to move quickly into future combat situations Suchias those in Vietnam and to establish Supply management capabilities within a Short Boston a new gov. Nelson a. Rockefeller monday that unless Richard Nixon repudiates the Suggit that George Wallace join theft publican party it is the we Knell of the Republican part Lithe next i the governor was by Howard Bow Laway in Atlanta ga., when heated earlier monday that lil lace belongs in the repute party because Many repel cans share his views. Calais Lis the Southern coordinator i Nixon s presidential Campaign Rockefeller also took Stron Lissue with another potential m publican presidential candidate California gov. Ronald Regail he told a news confere Here that he completely greed with Reagan s View thai president Johnson would not to morally justified in appealing a successor to chief Justin i Earl Warren before leaving fice in january. The Law of the land Calls to the appointment he said Rockefeller s main suturing his opening Camp swing in new England was focused on Nixon s response toil suggestion that Wallace Cash Date of the american Index Al ent party should join republicans. This does Fleet the thinking of the Hcan party Rockefeller or. Nixon for his 102 83 Las vegas 77 Frt los Angeles 1 79 85 67 Omaha Una Phoenix of 42 Reno 72 of he
