European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday december 2, 1991 Hilde end Gerhard Fiedler gather belongings from their Home in Nixa mo., which was struck by a Tornado Friday. Stunned survivors rescued from shambles left by twister Springfield to. Apr rescuers on saturday could barely reach stunned survivors through the clutter left by a rare autumn twister that Tore through the City killing two people injuring 62 and damaging More than 200 Homes. One Man was crushed when his House was lofted into the air and came Down on top of him. The Tornado hit Friday evening in Nixa a Small Community South of Springfield then hop scotched through three area subdivisions. Quot in a amazed at How Many got out alive a said Greene county sheriff John Pierpont. A i d go to houses and people would say a we re Here we re All right and you  hardly get to them because of downed Trees and debris  the Merican red Cross said 53 Homes were destroyed and another 157 were damaged. Greene county building regulations supervisor Jim Bresee estimated the storm did $5 million to $8 million Worth of damage. Samuel Paul Maranto 68, and his wife to were in their Kitchen when the twister lifted the House. The second Story collapsed. A they heard the noise and tried to get to a Safe place a said Marantos Niece Anita Tokarczyk standing amid the scattered ruins of the House. A neither of them made it. To ended up somewhere in the dining room which is in the front of the House and Paul ended up Back Here by the bedrooms Maranto who wrote a weekly Tennis column for the news Leader died at the scene. His wife was hospitalized with moderate injuries family members said. The second death occurred in a five vehicle pile up on . 65 during the height of the storm. Fierce winds blew cars off the Road and flipped a pickup truck and its trailer killing 54-year-old Charles l. Beaty of Dallas and injuring his wife. Nine others also were injured police said. City utilities officials said it probably would be today before electricity was restored to 750 customers. Thirty six Power poles were snapped in the storm. The red Cross provided shelter for those displaced and the salvation  passed out clothing. Low key Hurricane season ends Miami Fla. Up the 1991 Atlantic Caribbean Hurricane season closed saturday leaving in its Wake a mild six months that whipped up Only one killer Hurricane. The season that begun june i spewed out Only eight tropical storms with four growing into hurricanes. The average number of tropical storms is 10, said Hurricane specialist Miles Lawrence of the . National Hurricane Center in Coral Gables Florida. This years worst Hurricane was Bob the storm that killed 18 people and caused More than $1.5 billion in damage mostly in Massachusetts. In 1990, there were 14 named tropical storms and eight hurricanes a the most Hurricane activity since 1969. The tranquil 1991 season May have occurred in part because no storms formed in the tropics and its warm Waters which arc Ideal for strengthening storms. But a non tropical storm dubbed  for a extra tropical formed oct. 29 in the Atlantic off Canada dishing out giant Waves that pounded the East coast from South Florida to Northern Maine. That storm caused Beach erosion and damage to Beach front Homes killed four people and caused hundreds of millions of dollars in damage. Car suspect just a phone Call away new Hyde Park n y. Up a 46 year old woman used her Nissan maximal a car Telephone to help authorities reach out and catch the Man suspected of stealing the vehicle police said saturday. Detectives arrested Daniel Barnes 19, on Friday after a car Chase and shootout capped a bizarre incident that began two Days before. Police gave the following account on wednesday a Young Man pushed car owner Gloria Yelling Down in a parking lot took her keys and drove off with her Nissan Maxima. But Yelling hoping to get the automobile Back dialled the vehicles car phone and reached a Man who offered to return the Nissan for $2,000 Cash. After the Man set up a Friday rendezvous in the Queens Section of new York Yelling tipped off police. Uniformed and plainclothes officers had the site staked out when the Man drove up in the Nissan. But when he saw authorities he sped off a striking one police car and injuring a detective in the process. The Man then aimed a pistol at another detective collided with a second police car and finally fled on foot after crashing the vehicle. Police say the youth then climbed two fences turned and pointed a gun at a third policeman who shot the suspect three times in the upper body and once in the leg. Detectives later arrested Barnes at his nearby Home charging him with robbery. Authorities say further counts May also be pending. Barnes remained hospitalized saturday in stable  go hog wild Over . Chit Lins festival from wire reports Salley . A thousands of people flocked to this Small Rural town saturday for the 26th annual chit line strut to celebrate the smelly Southern delicacy. Vendors set up Booths to sell crafts fresh squeezed lemonade pork rinds Barbecue Cotton Candy a and of course chit Lins. Websters dictionary says the proper word is a a chitterling a and it Means hog intestines. Smelly All agree to that. Tasty that depends on whom you ask but most of the 451 residents of Salley the self proclaimed a a Caitlin Capitol of the world a say yes. A a they re a Good old Southern tradition a said Harold Altman of Hemingway. A a they be got a flavor of their  after the chit line strut Parade which began the Days activities with Marc Liing bands double dutch rope jumpers and a lady pig strutting Down the Street hundreds lined up to buy chit Lins for $5 a plate. George Young from the town of Denmark was in charge. He said Cooks would Fry 2,800 pounds before the Day ended and serve about 3,000 people. There were bands a hog calling contest a a chit line strutting a contest and even a liars contest for people who can Tell the Best lies about hogs or hog  spots smothered los Angeles a firefighters mopped up hot spots saturday from a 140-acre Brush fire that briefly threatened Homes before ground Crews and water dropping helicopters smothered the Blaze. No injuries or structural damage were reported in the fire that raged Friday in the May Canyon area of suburban Sylmar 25 Miles Northwest of downtown los Angeles. The fires cause was under investigation City fire department spokesman Jim Wells said saturday. Denise Rains a . Forest service spokeswoman said Friday that the fire apparently was caused by an abandoned campfire. County firefighters were at the scene saturday to extinguish hot spots said county fire department spokesman c. Peterson. About 600 firefighters backed by bulldozers Ana water bearing helicopters fought the Blaze at its height  survive 40-foot fall Portland Ore. A a financial planner said he and his wife plunged 40 feet into deep Snow when their ski lift chair slammed into a support Tower and snapped off. Michael Binns 42, said he was not seriously Hurt in the fall Friday. His 36-year-old wife Rhoda suffered a burst Vertebra in her lower Back but no apparent spinal Cord damage. She had Back surgery saturday Binns said. Their chair on the lift at the Timberline ski area on mount Hood started swinging for no apparent reason then struck the support Tower he said. A we hit it pretty hard a he said. A we did no to have time to think about it. We just hit it and dropped so fast it was  John of Neill the Lodge manager said the lift was inspected after the Accident but no problems were found and it has continued operating. An Engineer was to examine it today to determine what caused the Accident he  Masher kills women Indianapolis a a homeless woman was killed saturday when a City worker unknowingly picked up the trash bin she was in unloaded it into a truck and compressed the contents police said. Workers at the Indianapolis resource recovery facility discovered the body in their huge pit just before trash was to be burned. Residents of the Fairgrounds inn saw the woman climb into the trash Container about 6 15 a.m., said it. Timothy Horty a police spokesman. They tried to warn the trash truck operator two hours later As he was picking up the Container but they were too late Horty said. The woman had no identification