Salina Journal, The (Newspaper) - August 8, 1960, Salina, Kansas THE SALINA JOURNAL YEAR No 221 SALINA KANSAS MONDAY AUGUST 8 1960 AND THE CHIMNEY CAME TUMBLING nights terrific storm toppled big chimney atop Woodmans Hall 116 S The bricks ripped 10 by hole in roof fell through to second floor and almost penetrated Fierce Storm G Heavy Salina D ceiling of first floor It really didnt matter a great deal because the building is to be removed to make room for a city parking lot Journal Photos by Doug uses The wind howled at an speed of 83 mOes an hour rH ut CaUs streets j of the city reported winds only and eightynine hundredths inches of rain flooded basements and 1 o o s e about 50 MPH The mooring cable n in came down in blinding than an inch of it falling in less than half an hour i Lightning flashed and boomed of the damage to public utilities on one plane was snapped and the aircraft was swung about sus minor damage There were i UI OU The streets were like rivers Hail rattled all around Trees and private be heavy But it will The storm broke suddenly calm of The police with a double shift on duty for two hours received more than 30 calls nd Light Farther south at the Robert Rif at work from fel farm home a machine shed MOVING Goff Ranchero Trailer Court hadnt planned to move but he did anyway Sunday night when the wind picked up his trailer and hurled it off its foundations Several other trailers also were knocked about but no one was injured The Damage Was Terrific Here Are Some Reports 31 1 CLEANING Richards 1400 Persh ing gingerly removes large piece of glass after window of his service station at 9th and Ash was broken by the force of the gale Another storm picture is on Page 9 will be discovering damages from Sunday nights storm for days Hardly any property escaped unscathed even if the damage was only downed tree limbs Here are some of the many reports of damages John Van Ness 1128 E Ash Two trees blown onto his house He was unable to get in and out of bis back door Harry Anderson 812 A7 5th Tree blown through top of car Kansas reports of TV antennas blown down in Schilling Manor oclock on Southwestern BeU garage windmill and j Telephone Company which report were smashed A led 250 phones out of order in were smashed fel Power angry electric down all over tbt city Some sections of Salina went without power for seven hours Thats how it was Sunday night as Salinas heat wave and Us drouth came to a crashing end Monday faced a com plex and job after one of the worst storms in recent history Probably most aspect of the storm consider ing all the damage was that not a single injury was report ed I U struck at pm Screech Climbs fell by the hundreds j combine was damaged city put crews to work at Riffel said parts of the shed blown 200 feet Id say Hng winds drove the rain in sheets this time the storm here could easily have Before it and hail pelted roofs and Shideler KPL division been a twister he said windows like rocks being thrown Well be working all of to day and part of tomorrow on damage Steel antenna twisted and antenna pierced the roof Jim Sullivan Chevrolet Co 220 N 7th Chimney top pled over parts department leaving hole six feet square in roof Plenty of water in side covered by large tree Mrs Charles Miller Greeley Several near her home Businessmen Glass store windows out at service station by farmers Counly Farmers Welcome Rain On Dry Fields Sunday nights rain was gen eral over the county and wel some hail Jay 1 i ito Kresge Store in Sears Center Payne work unit conservationist B W Hancock Half a tree in tl 153 S North part of brick fence down at Sears Center Awn ings over downtown fronts tat tered and torn Vert Thyfault 1216 Johnstown down roots and all over fence joy the handfuls i i emu Mrs Calm Henne 917 Gypsum No tree within 50 feet of said she there was spot 1 i IT A fola of 103 inches of rain fell in a twist to the wind in her neighbor hood the storm slackened but the rain resumed It rained Screen windows from the home c uie nome trees and next door are in my yard she and lines londay KPL had all primary lines functioning said But he said j Lights went off and on and off again in nearly every home in i the city adding to the nightmare The telephones at the police and fire stations rang was no Monday The fire department He said crews were coming in from Abilene Emporia and Hutchinson to help vrith the repairs Schilling AFB two miles south lot of I other homes were blown out Birds werent as fortunate as people said Mrs Fred Wil bur 2017 Norton She found about 80 dead birds in her backyard iDear B ut No One Seems To Give A Darn for was in office The issue was a proposal toi spend for operation of Saline County services next year The spending will cost county Well we were all wishing for a break in the weather werent we Yours Ina Salina Journal Tree across street in front of Me Hall street light broken j and shooting sparks like Fourth of July pyrotechnics F L building and grounds superintendent j Monday Aug Skylights broken out at TOPEKA ranging fer HiE and Heusner schools to almost seven inches in spots ter inside building at brokc the heat wave in Kansas Heavy Rains Fall In Other Paris Of State Detailed forecasts Pg 2 damage There may have been some damage from wind however He said a farmer who drove to Men tor Monday morning reported corn down on the Fifth Street Road apparently blown over by Belgians Told To Get Out Congo Issue Peace Or War Dag Says By Milton Beseer UNITED NATIONS N Y Aug 8 N Dag Hammarskjold warning that the world faces the issue of peace or war for immediate and unconditional withdrawal of Belgian j forces from the Congo including secessionist Katanga province He delivered the warning in a speech at the opening of an urgent meeting of the 11 the wind Rainfall of around inches was reported in the Smolan jun and Gypsum areas South of Congo He had asked I ji i n on Gypsum a inch fall was refor meeting ported Little RunOff The rain soaked into the dry fields well and there was little runoff Payne added He said it appeared to be Saline Countys most general rain for some time Loren Harris county ture agent said the rain general David Haworth 1006 S more showers are expected jly was welcome because it helped r and Tus Fe Huge limb torn from and over the the ground for sowing and thrust into the ground like aand wesL spear James Geisendorf Huge Piece of metal blown from roof of onto roof of Rush Smith Funeral Home f would even say that the immediate conclusion ofthe Congo problem is a question of peace or war he declar ed He called on the Council to spell out in a resolution that the with should apply to Katanga and to all parts Katanga I do not hesitate to say that fa sweet clover and bromo grass the speediest possible I would riwllKr Mw However where alfalfa who his own rity Council has addressed its appeal Hammarskjolds personal report to the Council as various proposals were under con sideration aimed at getting a UN force into Katanga province Premier Patrice Lumumba asked Council to send a 10 observer team into the Congo to ensure withdrawal of Belgian forces Diplomatic sources said Ceylon and Tunisia probably would intro duce a resolution specifying that the UN force in tha Congo will not intervene in in ternal conflicts The aim would be to assure Ka tanga Premier Moise Tshombe The weather bureau said the However where alfalfa who says would be more jt a of the if the UN force tries not be welcome since alfalfa likes problem is a Question of tered and much lighter only a thin coating of soil and war Flash Hooding occurred in hard rain would tend to muddy it or War do from 690 inches of rain under earing on the Saline County budget hearing chances are in the county budget changes would Wests Budgets can be lowered at Taxing o their hearings they cannot HP control F TODAYS JOURNAL HELPS YOU Wheat fields welcomed the rain A delay r The rain was I th for a double Packs the efforts to safeguard national or except for th and emergence grouP interests now in a way that Rainfall was volunteer wheat in time for it would hamper the UiV effort troops will to i come in hat the UN force will saying peace not try to bring the province un limit my control of Premier Pa he centrai Congo Burke The Journal sports editor Minor panic at Jay Park where Salina was mg in state junior Legion tournai Rainfall was IUL in time tor it me were that the Soviet ment Burke and others rode central and southeast destroyed before sowing for risk immeasurably Union might introduce a resolu the storm in the press box very heavy in Crop greater than any of those which tion of its own or amendments moaned and creaked and swayed running from Jar f r Dry land corn and action may be intended to the resolution I win 10 1 TT to authorize UN government Soviets To Get Into Act Indications were that the Soviet but soaked roof St togi Press Occupants and Oswego box needs new Heavier falls included Salina to as spending hearings they cannot be without readvertising an agencies beyond voter fo ri P budget r viv M1 for The commissioners routinely assessed This obviously is big bosi one of the biggest in the county was quiet in the second floor office Commissioners Keith Hughes A F Becker and George W Johnson were in their seats County Clerk Paul Swartz was there too But nobody else appeared Ml one single solitary tax payer Commissioners Hughes Becker sat around the court house for two hours Monday to bear public complaints and sug Monday the time But no one showed up There was considerable 335 Addition Harris said Q moisture necessary to get into Ka all to the one which the talk among commissioners about va cations county roads and the amount of storm damage done Sunday night It was a good way to pass the time When no protesters had ap by am Becker said Well we wont be con cerned with deadlines Well wait a while Maybe someone will come in one did Could Be Lowered If taxpayers wera to complain loud enough and long enough at a countys tax base valuations the budget wiy be passed in about two weeks More Are Coming Similar quiet performances were expected Monday afternoon and evening at hearings on the recreation department budget and board of education budget and Tuesday aft when the City of Salinas budget is aired The total tax ismore than million The total levy will be for every assessed valuation Odds are the entire amount will be passed without a whisper of complaint In Knowing Today Column Pg 9 Births Pg 9 Parties i Clubs Deaths 4 Funerals Pg 2 In Pocketbook Planning Social Security important to the young Sylvia Porter Pg 4 Read Uie Daily advertisements birds on the ground Mrs Richard Lindgren 430 S Delaware Tree uprooted and blown onto car Pherson 300 Salina Lincoln 199 and Covert 95 1 Reports from represent a t i v e points included i tree uprooted Mrs Otha Stroman 318 Front Front yard completely j Oakley 50 den City trace Blue Rapids 38 City 03 Liberal 88 and Puf Those Tree Limbs On The Front Parkings ii Put those tree limbs on the parking in front of your house to get rid of them quickly Harris city refuse de superintendent said the limbs will be picked up from the street This is the fastest way to clean up the storm debris he said Harris said limbs should not be put in the alleys He urged Salina residents not to phone the will cover all of Salina to pick up limbs He said the cleanup job probably would take several days READY FOR of Katanga delegation talk things over before attending UN Security Council meeting Left to right are Evariste Kimba minister of public works brother of Katanga minister and M member of legislature
