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307 36 PAGES 10c PER COPY Onio, Kentucky Tornadoes Kill 1 Damage Massive; Death Toll May Rise! Hundreds Remain Homeless Tornadoes, swirling out of the FALMOUTH, Ky. (UPI) Southwest, cut a 125-mile-long Six bodies were recovered in Wheelersburg on Tuesday night while at Ripley, Ohio, an 83-year-old woman died when a tornado tossed her trailer home in the air and turned it over several times. A 13-year-old boy was killed, his skull crushed, when a tornado slammed into his home at Goshen, Ohio, and a young girl was critically injured when her home collapsed at Chfllicothe. TORNADO DAMAGE ALSO was reported in southern Kentucky at Nicholasville. The U.S.

Weather Bureau reported twisters also touched down in Big Rapids and Frontier, and Smithville, Tenn. Curt Elliott, 68, was sleeping in his home in the southern residential section of Falmouth when the twister struck. "I didn't know what hit me," Elliott said. "I looked up and the roof was gone." He was treated for eye injuries and face cuts, then spent the night in the high school auditorium. "IT ONLY LASTED 2 minutes," reported Donald Cregger, who lives on one of the 2 hardest hit streets in Wheelersburg.

His home escaped heavy damage but the house of his neighbor, Mrs. Mary Atkins, 63, was blown off its foundations and into a vacant house, Cregger pulled her body from the rubble. through the Ohio River Valley late Tuesday afternoon. Bulldozer crews waited for dawn to begin clearing rubble in conimunities where the twisters had destroyed power facilities. "We don't know what we're going-to said a chief deputy on the Ohio side of the river, Twelve persons were known dead in Kentucky and Ohio.

STATE POLICE AND hospitals put the number of injured at nearly 200. Hundreds were left homeless. Falmouth, nearby Dover, and Wheelersburg, Ohio, appeared to be the hardest hit, although damage or deaths were reported in at least 7 other communities near Ohio River which forms the border between the 2 states. Twisters were sighted in 6 other Ohio communities. Falmouth Mayor May Goldberg estimated about one fourth of the city's population of 2,550 were without homes.

FOUR BODIES, including a 10-month-old girl and a young boy, were recovered Tuesday night. Hospitals treated 91 persons, including children cut by flying glass when the twister hit an elementary schooL Ohio and Kentucky, leaving hundreds homeless, and damage In the millions. Above, a twister touched down on the Ernest Fry home near New-tonsviiie, 0., with this result No one fortunately was home at the time, but today friends 1 r' Viet Future Dim For FUUs After Red Guns Down 3 of the Frys were helping remove what valuables were left in the shambles (UPI Telephoto.) 25 miles north of Saigon, U.S. 1st Infantry Division troops sealed off. an entire village believed fiHed with Viet Cong soldiers ana; held 268 suspects for questioning.

The spokesmen said the infantrymen set vpl an ambush near the village of Chanh.Luu Monday nigbf "and watche'lf 200 Communist soldiers march past their positions and into the village. Some passed as close as 10 yards to the hidden Americans, the spokesmen said. Just before dawn -the troops sprung their trap. They closed in and sealed off the village. They searched about 75 houses and seized about six tons of rice from them.

The spokesmen said they rounded up 272 persons and all but four were held for further interrogation by Vietnamese (Turn to Page 7, Col. 3) I Ohio Town Smashed In 5 Minutes By RICHARD WHEELER WHEELERSBURG, Ohio (UPI)-It's 3 a.m. today. There is no electricity in town. I'm typing in the principal's office of the elementary school by flashlight.

It's been about six hours since I arrived here. The weath er is chilly. Skies are clear. There is gloom in this city of 2,600. Eleven hours ago a killer tornado swept up the Ohio River.

A woman sat on her porch and watched it come up the valley. She told Russell Burns chief deputy Scioto County (Turn to Page 7, Col. I 2.5-Million Ohio's Damage COLUMBUS (UPI) State Adj. Gen. Sylvester Del Corso said today that damages from tornadoes that swept across Ohio Tuesday has been tenta tively set at $2.5 million.

Eight persons were killed by the twisters that touched down in five Ohio communities. The hardest hit was Wheelersburg where six persons were killed. Hit By Car of Fair and Garfield Avenues. Police said the boy ran into the path of a car driven by Gerald D. Savage, 56, of 941 Pierce the driver unable to avoid hitting the boy and not cited.

AT LEAST 2M HURT A tor-nato, spawned late Tuesday afternoon in the Falmouth, Ky. area, killed at least 12 persons, Injured at least 2N in By United Press International Black students at Boston University and campus activists at Columbia University in New york were 'in revolt today against their respective' admi nistrations. Trinit students today ended a similar protest when their demands were met by the school. About 300 black students at Boston U. took over the administration office in de Bell Strike Talks Open Again Friday WASHINGTON; (UPI)-Union leaders in the cross-country telephone strike plan no moves toward settlement until at least Friday, when a federal judge hears their motion to nullify an Injunction against picketing in Alabama.

A hearing on the Communica Lions1 Workers of America's petition to have i the order dismissed was scheduled for 10 a.m. EST Friday in Mobile before U.S. District Judge Daniel H. Thomas. Some 200,000 CWA members walked off their jobs with the Bell system and Western Electric Co, both subsidiaries of American Telephone Telegraph Thursday.

But due to automatic dial (Turn to Page 7, Col. 7) CARMICHAEL We geT anI HOUR FOR LOMCH 60 I lunicm FOR am hour (Colleges Hit mands for. a stepped up scholarship plan for Negroes. The students are members of Umoja, a black student group on campus. Umoja means in Swahili.

At Columbia, about 150 members of btudents for a Democratic Society (SDS) conti- nued a sit-in and held the dean a virtual prisoner. They are protesting the construction of a new gymnasium in a Harlem park, asserting it will deprive Harlem residents of a recreation area. Students at Trinity early today ended a 24-hour sit-in in the school's administration building when the school agreed to "guarantee a minimum of 15 full scholarships for disadvan taged students this year." Boston U. has an enrollment of 20,500 students and is one of the largest private universities in the United States. Among the student demands was that the school of theology be renamed after Dr.

Martin Luther King the slain civil rights leader, who received his theology degree from Boston U. in 1955. The students chained or roped doors in the administration building and posted pards at windows to prevent' college officials from entering. GI ADMITS KILLING GRAFENWOEHR, Germany (UPI) West German police announced today that a U. S.

Army private has confessed to the bludgeon-slaying of an Air Force sergeant's wife in the back yard of her home Tues day. path of death and destruction WHEELERSBURG IIAVOC-An unidentified resident searched through the rubble after a tornado leveled his Wheelersburg, house late Witnesses Tragedy During Tornado D. A. Miller, local automobile dealer, was extremely happy to be back in Lancaster last evening after witnessing ae struction and tragedy during yesterday's tornado in Rip ley, While attending an auto auc tion, he and several others saw the housetrailer of 83-year-old Mrs. Hattie Schumacher picked up, turned over several times and brought to the ground with driving force, killing the occu pant.

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Air Force today temporarily can celed all combat missions of its crash-plagued FllLVjets. On the ground, allied troops round ed up scores of prisoners in a series of battles near Saigon, military spokesmen said. The Air Force decision to pull the FlllAs out of combat came after the loss of the third of the Swing wing fighter bombers Monday. Hanoi Radio today claimed North Vietnamese antiaircraft defenses have shot down all three of the jets lost in a month of "combat testing." The heaviest ground fighting reported by spokesmen today was in three Mekong Delta provinces south of the capital where large Communist troop concentrations were reported, possibly preparing for another large-scale attack on Saigon. Spokesmen said a total of 111 Communists were killed in the fighting, including 95 slain in the three Mekong Delta provin ces Tuesday.

Capture Suspects In Binh Duong province about Ohio Explosion Injures Dozen EAST LIVERPOOL, Ohio (UPI) A dozen persons were reported injured today in an ex plosion at the Ohio Edison No. 2 stack, located in the tiny com munity of Stratton near here. Extent of the injuries was not immediately determined. The injured were taken to East Liverpool area hospitals. Police said leaking gas may have caused the explosion.

grees Tuesday then dropped to a low of 39. At '7 a.m., this morning the mercury was 43' degrees, with the barometer 29.60 inches and falling. The 11 a.m., reading was 47. United Press International reports the five-day outlook for Thursday through Monday will average above normal with high temperatures to be in the mid 60s to low 70s. Low temperature reading will be averaging 45 to 50.

The thermometer is expected to register cooler Thursday but warmer again on Friday and Saturday. It will be cooler again early next week. Weathermen report that scattered showers will fall over the weekend and are expected to average one half inch or more. New World Trade Hub In Cleveland Boy Hurt; Mike Brown 5, of 907 W. Fair was held at Lancaster-Fairfield County Hospital today after suffering a laceration and bump to his head when struck by a car at 8:33 a.m.

at the intersection Tornado Kills Mrs. John Adkins, who resided in the Dogwood Ridge section of Wheelersburg, Ohio, was killed when her home was lifted from its foundation Local Man's Kin Bloodmobile Coming May 6, 7 Midwest Tornadoes Skirt City, County 11 other Ohio towns and villages, and a like number in Kentucky, suffered great damage and deaths. (UPI Telephoto.) and has the most to offer for such a center," Stokes said. He predicted the center would create hundreds of new jobs and boost the city economy. Billions Asked For U.S.

Bases WASHINGTON (UPI) The House Armed Services Commit tee has $1,818,493,000 worth of construc tion on U.S. military bases at home and abroad during the fiscal year beginning July 1. The figure reported Tuesday compared with $2,303,292,000 appropriated by Congress for similar work during the current fiscal year. It included $227 million to start construction of an AntibaUistic Missile (ABM) system and $225 million to continue projects in Southeast Asia. MAYOR DEFIANT ELIZABETH, NJ.

(UPI) -Mayor Thomas Dunn said Tuesday that his nine-month-old order to police to "shoot to kill' looters and snipers will stay in effect "as long as I'm mayor," SIGN UP NOW for the 2-. day visit Monday and Tuesday, May 6 and 7 at the Emanuel Lutheran Church, 231 East Mulberry St. Hours May will be 12 noon to Killer of 3 To Die June 7 and carried about 100 feet, where it smashed into another home. She is the mother of John Adkins, 1061 McLain Lancaster. p.m., May 7, from 10 a.m.

to 4 p.m.; 125 pint quota each day; 119 pints present deficit; registered nurses urgently needed both days to help; call Red Cross 653-0431 for appointment. victed of killing 3 persons in 1965, including Maurice Francis, farmer of Williamsport, Pickaway County. cide victim. On the side of the car was a sign which said, "Danger, stay away, cyanide." Loss $275,000 tle a blaze that destroyed a supermarket, causing an unofficial $275,000 in damage. CLEVELAND (UPI) Gov.

James A. Rhodes announced today that the state's coveted international trade center will be built here. Rhodes made the announcement in a morning news conference at City Hall and said the 10 man site selection com mittee unanimously approved the location. The governor predicted the center would generate more than $100 million worth of new business for Ohio and make the state No. 1 in exports.

It is now third, behind New York and California. The center will display Ohio-made products for both domestic and foreign buyers. Mayor Carl B. Stokes said he would immediately appoint a committee to select the actual site for the center in the down town area. Ten other Ohio cities competed for the facility.

Rhodes predicted all of the international trade shows in the Midwest would be held here once the center is completed. "This is unquestionably a recognition by the governor and his committee that Cleveland certainly is the best location COLUMBUS (UPI) The Ohio Supreme Court today set June 7 as execution date of Cleo Vernon Keaton, con A tornado watch that was In effect for about three hours Tuesday afternoon in the midwest left no serious damage in Fairfield County. There were reports of small hail stones in the northwestern portion of the county. Varied amounts of rainfall was reported. The storm which occurred about 3:31 p.m., drenched the area with wind and rain.

Local weathermen reported that anywhere from .10 inch to one inch of water fell in varied amounts over the county. In the aftermath of the torna does which hit approximately 10 communities along the Ohio Riv er, at least 12 persons were known killed and 200 left home less. Officials reported tempera tures reached a high of 74 de Chillicothe Man9 47, Suicide COLUMBUS (UPI) The body of Carl Beu, 47, Chillicothe, was found slumped in a car parked on a street here early today, an apparent sui Market Fire 7 EATON, O. (UPI)-Elghty firemen from 6 surrounding communities today helped bat ii.