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Associated Press (AP) ABILENE, TEXAS, SUNDAY MORNING, OCTOBER 4, 1959 —SIXTY-FOUR PAGES IN FIVE SECTIONS
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Bia Rains Swamp
st Texas
Cross Plains
Home Smashed
CROSS PLAINS (RNS) — A said Mrs. Kent suffered a broken
violent tornadic - like wind right shoulder, cuts and bruises,
smashed the frame home of Mr The winds moved the bedroom
and Mrs. C. A Kent. 1% miles in which the couple was sleeping,
north of Cross Plains, about 4 about 90 feet, and Kent said he
a.m. Saturday injuring Mrs Kent thought the room turned over
No one actually saw whether twice
it was a twister or not that com-
Though he could hear her call-
pletely wrecked the house on F-M ing after the storm was over,
880,
Kent could not find his wile be-
Mrs. Kent, 71. was pinned be neath the debris.
neath a bed in the wreckage of He made his way through a
the house. Her husband, 83. was blinding rain to the E K. Copping-
burled about 60 feet from the er borne some 50 yards away Cop- GET OUT THE OARS__Old Anson Road was under
sera nH M aXitot^d W AImLNOEM a foot or water Saturday afternoon just southeast of
tenants at Rising Star Hospital dug Mrs. Kent out of the rubble, the Elm Creek bridge near where Catclaw Creek con-
after about 30 minutes. verges with Elm east of the West Freeway. This car
Coppinger returned to his house
and called a Higginbotham ambu-
lance from Cross Plains
In Cross Plains, high winds un-
roofed a tool shed of the Cross
Plains Machinery Co., and the
Higginbotham Funeral Home did
Lakes Catch
1.5 Billion;
More Likely
and others were fording through slowly in the lowland
area. The bridge itself, on a rise, was still a couple
feet above water. (Staff Photo by Bill Nelsen)
not escape its share of mishap
1 either.
A cot off the returning ambu-
lance smashed through a large
Abilene’s three reservoirs rose window in the funeral home after
THE WEATHER Floods Isolate
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE
WEATHER BI RE AI
ABILENE AND VICINITY . radius 40, ■ * A
sr Angelo Areas
scattered thundershowers Sunday and Mon-
steadily Saturday, with Phantom being picked up by the high wind
Hill, the biggest, coming up the No one in Cross Plains knew of
fastest, after a 7-inch rain The the incident at the Kent home
three lakes totaled a gain of 1’2 until Coppinger called the ambu-
billion gallons- lance.
Cleo Whitlock, water and sewer A reporter at the Kent home
superintendent, said Phantom had soon after the storm said that
risen over a foot Saturday and limbs and trees were splintered in
stood within 2.3 feet of the spill, a straight path like 8 tornado
would make
way.
The one-day gain for the 24-bil- 1
lion-gallon capacity lake amount LIONIIO bidTIS
ed to 1.4 billion gallons, he said. 3 3
Phantom now holds 214 billions. Rreckenridna Fire
Another foot of water was expect- DIEORTHgE HG
ed to pour in
At Kirby Lake on the south side, BRECKENRIDGE (RNS) - A
Wi.
sot ‘THWEST
and cool Sunday
casional rain and
Pecos Valley ea
TEM
Sat am-
water rose a foot with an 80- fire caused by lightning resulted andur
million-gallon gain. Rainfall at in heavy damage early Saturday 6:31
Kirby was 4.6 inches The 2.85-bil- to the home of City Commissioner Ru
lion gallon lake now has 650 million T A Sheets.
gallons. Kirby stood 12’2 feet be- Lightning struck the kitchen of
low the spillway, the house at 700 W. Lindsey St.
Lake Abilene southwest of But- about 3:15 a.m. Mr and Mrs.
falo Gap rose over a half foot, Sheets, both asleep, managed to
or 60 million gallons worth. The get out of the house with a few
lake now stands 912 feet below the clothes.
spillway, Supt. Whitlock said Firemen here said inside of the
The lake now holds 112 billion house was gutted, but part of the
gallons, with • capacity of 3.25 bil- outside is salvageable
lions. Rainfall at Lake Abilene Sheets said part of the loss is
was only 2 80 inches. .covered by insurance.
Abilene Gets
Over 5
iches
By GAYLE MCNUTT .Lake Spillway left the street im-
Reporter-News Staff Writer passable at a dip by the E. S. 5th
Tearful. West Texas skies re- St. bridge for a time late Satur-
leased a flood of tears Saturday, day, police said.
dumping up to six inches of rain The 100 and 200 blocks of Port-
in the Abilene area over a 24- land St. were closed Saturday
hour period, with the weeping con- night because of flooding ,
tiruins at a late hour Saturday City repairmen also caught their
8 share of the work as they were
Violence was limited to a pos- called out at 2 p.m. to fill a sunken
sible twister -near Cross Plains street ditch in the 2100 block of
and fire caused by lightning at Ambler Ave.
Breckenridge1 see separate stories
Phone Out at Moran
Phone service was reported dis-
on this page), although a number
of areas were beginning to flood rupted at Moran early Saturday,
from the unceasing downpour best was back - ropati ,
throughout West Texas.
Abilene had its heaviest rainfall
for a single day in recent years,
although no serious damage was
but was back in operation by aft-
1
ernoon.
Thanks to air-pressured tele—w
phone cables, the Abilene office
of Southwestern Bell reported no
reported. An official 5.26 inches wire trouble from water seepage
fell between 10 p.m. Friday and 9 Saturday and only minor diffi-
pm. Saturday, the Weather Bu- culties due to the weather. Dave
reau at Abilene Municipal Air- Dillard, district manager, said the
port reported.
Some Flooding
Creeks were running bank-full out.
underground telephone lines carry
air pressure that keeps the water
and street flooding was common The Texas Department of Public
^^^^^ By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS There was no report of damage Angelo, on U.S 82 between San inasome packs, of or, .n^ Safe Xbreprtedi allmajor suoada mn ‘;
... samt-noue- Booming thunderstorms doused U.S. Highway 80 was reported Angelo and Sterling City and on town Abilene proved efficient and miend alenoueeresonce sere tided
1 Monday: not much change in Texas with rains up to eight inch- under water in four places be-U.S. 277 between San Angelo and time,P the san Share
EST TEXAS Considerable es Saturday and sent flood waters tween Weatherford and Ranger Sonora. " , - 000
and cool Sunday and Monday ”* " ETTA 901water mimel . , ,.e Water was lapping up in the floods rampaged,
ional rain and a few thunder-from the Middle Concho over low-and U.S. 281 was under water nine A city bridge was closed to traf- , North Park homes at J
mostly eloudy lands in the San Angelo area, miles south of Mineral Wells, fic after water from the Concho yards North park. Eula Road Closed
Mandamundeittorst; The small town of Knickerbock- Traffic was allowed to proceed River began lapping at it, the, nenienind Aid “Count, com- Farm to Market - -
Coss er, 18 miles southwest of San at the drivers’ own risk, the The Weather Bureau said Lake dexNeon No hou closed for a time Saturday after-
a.m. Angelo, was isolated by high highway patrol said, Buchanan, top link in the Colo-itisaposear car in danger he said, noon when water rose over a
• waters after an eight-inch down- Sandy Creek went out of banks rado River’s chain of lakes in es APPEAL and et and bridge over Pecan Bayous about a
3 pour in that area. Knickerbocker I near Breckenridge, but the creek Central Texas, will be on a . Several blocks of atreets and mile north of Bulla. Water was
3 has about 30 residents, runs through ranch country and steady rise for several days, yards under along then reported two feet above the bridge
ss The Weather Bureau said the there were no report of damage.,ort y feet above section, he reported, along with three feet above the creek bed.
se rains, which had fallen all week Highways on three sides of San nA Orfoot Crest Sunday Grape itsel ! ° the water Rainfall measurements up to
- would continue for at least an Angelo were closed to auto traf- flood s aRiver a Rkhita was runoff from daylong heavy five and six inches were common
- other 48 hours, fic, although buses were allowed O-e He A the Tm rains, he said. , over the Abilene area, and espec-
Police in Mineral Wells said 15 to keep running. 5 cause any damage The Old Anson Road was covered ially in areas to the south and
r • families were evacuated and other Helicopters from Goodfellow Air Stream flows through pastures, with a foot of water, a little far- southeast. Lakes rose and creeks
nimhti 6.4% sumrise today: people living along a drainage Force Base at San Angelo evacu- „ ,,.. Et Ruiuniniitram ther northwest, but the high point spilled over their-banks
mas.A % 1. X canal-which went out of banks ated ranch families in flooded rEo dax. Senka backed into seemed to have been reached for
areas south and southwest of San the yards of several residences
Angelo. _ r . in Wichita Falls, but was not ex-
Officials warned 100 families to pected to go high enough to force
prepare for evacuation from a evacuation or do damage.
Latin American area on the south . . ALL , -
side of San Angelo along the Heavy rain in North Texas sent
South Concho River
low tor 24
ending
ow same date last y
g at 9 p.m.: 28.05.
>m.: 97 per cent.
Collision in Rain
Kills Snyder Man
Streams feeding into Lake Nas-
Elm Creek on a quick rise that
washed out a bridge and almost
swept away the driver of an auto
the time being. Water was spilling
out of Elm Creek at a flat spot
by the Old .Anson Rd. bridge, and
it was backing up about 150 feet
across the road, said Nelson.
Flares Put Out
Flares and barricades were put Saturday.
Lake Brownwood Rises
Brownwood residents along Pe-
can Bayou kept an eye on the ris-
ing water as it neared bank level.
| Lake Brownwood has risen about
a foot and low areas of the city
were at near flood stages late
- ---- - - - - - - - -- - - - urine werea Triton swept away us wiva w au aww up on the road there a go- Howard Payne College at Brown-
Y worthy went on a rampage, crossing the structure as it col- slow warning, he said, but the wood ant) ycxas A&I of Kingsville
, . forcing San Angelo water depart- rossine spuctur --------------F The F1 4. 1--S ..... “ ~ *
SNYDER (RNS) - Slippery, was not listed in critical condi- meo, employes to open 12 of the lapsed.
wet pavement was blamed for a tion and another oilfield worker. 16 gates at the lake | James Krahl, 19. scrambled to a
head-on auto collision that took Lonnie Loper, 29, also of Snyder * fishing barge owned by the safety as his car disappeared into ters
the life of a 53-year-old Snyder oil was treated for minor injuries. ABC Realty Co broke loose and the stream. A bridge under con-
Mrs. Baremore received a cut smashed against the dam. Henry struction over Clear Creek near
■ Jr., spokesman for the Rosston was washed dut by rains
road was open to traffic. The Elm played football with a foot of wa- *
Creek bridge was some two feet ter on the sidelines and three or
above the reach of the rushing wa- four inches on the field. The sta-
field worker Saturday about 2 p.m. ........
16 miles west of here on U. S. on the leg and bruises in the Batjer .... .puaconsat ... ...
Highway 180 crash. Her two sons, who were rid. firm estimated damage at $12,000 estimated at 7 inches on the
Audell Morphis of Trailortopia ing with her, also received minor Auto traffic was halted on U.S. Cooke-Montague County Line.
(trailer courts) in Snyder was injuries. David. 6, lost a tooth and 87 northwest and southeast of San The Wichita Falls rain set an
pronounced dead on arrival at suffered bruises in the collision
Cogdell Memorial Hospital. Mr while Ted, 12. escaped with only Winlare Darior’e
Morphis, who recently moved minor bruises WIRICTS DOCTOI 3
here from Seminole, was a pas- The three men in the Moore-
senger in the 1957 Chevrolet driv- field car were going to work near WTTA Falic here
en by a fellow worker, B. H. Vealmoor. They are employed by IF Ilv • 9103 IIVIV,
Moorefield of Snyder, when the TWA Drilling Co., Wichita Falls D L A LI
wreck occurred. The body was expected to be DreAKS AnKie
Investigating Highway Patrol- taken Sunday to Holdenville. Okla.
man W. L. Cleveland, of Snyder, for the funeral. Bolger Funeral Mrs Ray f Maddox, 60, wife of
said Moorefield's car apparently home of Snyder is in charge.
skidded on the wet pavement and Mr. Morphis moved to Snyder
cut across the center stripe into about three months ago from
the path of the 1956 Chevrolet driv- Seminole, Tex.
all-time record for a 24-hour
period as 5.52 inches fell before
10 a.m. The total was up to 5 62
inches by 3 p.m., with more rain
falling. Nearby Iowa Park had 7
inches.
The roof of a building in down-
town Wichita Falls collapsed under
dium is in the Adams Branch area
| Commissioner Nelson didn't ex- of Brownwood
pect the flooding to get any worse The clouds pouring forth
. 41 D.+ and OL An ClOuOS Dean PUCE 16 iwin
in the North Park and Old An- their moisture about 10 p.m. Fri.
son Rd. areas, unless heavy rains day in the Abilene area as a cool
and further rising creeks occurred, front which had been shuttling
In the North Park development
just outside the north edge ot Abi-
lene, Nelson said that Texas.
Roosevelt, and Grape Sts. were
under water but seemed generally
Abilene area as a cool
north and south finally moved into
the region.
A tornado funnel was sighted in
Stonewall and Fisher counties Fri-
day nighty but never touched the
ground.
Largest rainfall of the area was
likely at Weinert — but nobody
„-__seems to know just how much
a.m., as well as an umpaved port fell there. The official rain gauge
passable in most places.
Underpass Closed
The Pine St underpass under
construction) was closed at 11
a heavy load of water. . _ _
High winds and large hail hit tion of the west end of s. 20th St muxacured inches at 6 30 am
a Winters doctor, fell on wet pave- the northwest side of San An onio. Both the closed areas were still measures inch overflowed and
ment Saturday afternoon in the Winds clocked unofficially at 50 blocked off due to the high water Saturday, but then overflowed and
200 block of Cypress in downtown m.p.h. out a plate glass late Saturday night. Abilene Po-
Abilene and suffered a ---------window at * department store. .
en by Mrs. Elree Baremore, 38. His wife is the former Lela ankle FLOODS Col 2
of Kermit. • Stephens. , She was taken to Hendrick Me- See * 1
Moorefield. 38. who was driving He was born March 3. 1906, in morial Hospital in an Elliott's am-
west, suffered head injuries but Appleton. Ark * bulance where attendants put a
—------------------------------Surviving are the wife: one son, cast around the fracture. She was
L. D. of Odessa: three sisters, dismissed from the hospital
• ■ Mrs. Thelma Curtin of Oklahoma Witnesses said she fell while
City. Mrs C. D Champlin of waiting for her husband to drive Sat. Wk’s COLORADO CITY
U 9 B Seminole. Okla., Mrs. E. W. Steph- around a block and pick her up ABILENE Total COMANCHE
” E "ens of Durant, Okla ; one brother, during the busy part of the after- Municipal Airport 5 26
a Tollie of Tulare, Calif, noon.
Station
no further check was recorded.
To End Sunday
broken window at a department store, 1 5 To End Sunday ,
broken let lice reported. James P Doty, meteorologist at
Water pouring over the Lytle th(. U. S. Weather Bureau at
WHERE IT RAINED
| Total for Year
...24.31
THROUGH VENTS
17.90
220
2.85
Municipal Airport, said the radar
scope Saturday reflected most
rainfall from Abilene to the south
and east and areas, between.
(Rainfall totals indicated the
same. >
Late Saturday night, he said
there was continued heavy and
CROSS PLAINS ... .... 3.50 4.50 light showers indicated on a gen-
. ... New Store's Leaks ......
AN0m 1450 Clinton
in Orbit Damage Furniture
i Normal for Year
Dyess AFB .....
909 Hickory St. .
682 E. N. 16th .....
- 2225 Edgemont 5.80 7 05 HAMLIN
430 Kirkwood .........5.75
1026 Cedar
1820 So 8th
873 Shelton
... 4.43
4 83
5.80
465
.. 5.06
.. 5.00
.. 5.38
1517 S Treadaway.... 575
2718 S. 20th .......5.50
LONDON (AP) - The Soviets
Sunday announced they had suc- There was water inside as well poured through the vents
cessfully launched an interplan- as outside at the big new Wood- Heavy rain continued through
etary station into orbit lock Furniture Store N. 1st and the morning and it was about 11
The official Soviet news agency Graham Sts., Saturday morning, o'clock before workmen stopped
___________________Owner Ellis Woodlock found to leaks. Woodlock said LAKE ABILENE
lected so that the station will pass his dismay when he opened at Water also flowed in at the base PHANTOM
a. a.oe.u ... ........ 8 o'clock that water was coming of the north wall of the building. HILL LAKE
The launching was carried out into his store through its four air but this did not damage furniture. KIRBY LAKE i
with the aid of a multistage rock- conditioners vented through the Water also leaked in around the ALBANY
ei. Tass said, with the last stage ceiling, * big windows on the east side ASPERMONT ...
of the rocket reaching sufficient It obviously had been doing so of the stores front . 5 Miles West ...
speed to put the automatic inter- throughout the heavy rain during Store personnel wielded mops as BAtRD
planetary station into orbit the night. Water stood on much of long as necessary while the air BALLINGER
The announcement was first the floor and
Tass said the orbit had been se-
near and around the moon
426 Poplar
2326 S. 32nd
582 E. N. 23rd
.. 5.20
...5 15
4290 S. Treadaway..
934 Chestnut
.5.30
.5 20
. 5.60
2.80
700
.... 4 60
... 501
... 4.50
EASTLAND ...........3 30 6.70 eral basis for the same
ELMDALE ............4 75
EULA ...... 405
GLODTHWAITE .......3.50
HASKELL
4.40
3 10
area
continuing into Sunday morning,
but if present conditions continue,
the front will move out of the Abi-
lene area Sunday afternoon
LAYTON
KNOX CITY ....
LAWN
LORAINE
LUEDERS ...
MERKEL
MORAN
MUNDAY. ..
NOVICE .....
OVALO .....
PRIDDY ........
PITNAM
RANGER
RISING STAR
ROBY
ROCHESTER .....
ROTAN .......
2.25 2 93 5 Miles So........
4 00 RVLE
4.50 7.30 SANTA ANNA ...
„^. ..........—.------. --------PAstur............4.15 5.65 SAN ANGELO ....
had soaked turni- conditioners leaked, and aired BIG SPRING ....... 1.70
11IV BUVUCCIL waD IDL---* —— 1€ 0AAHAT n
broadcast in Russian by Moscow ture beneath the air conditioners damaged furniture cushions as BLACKWELL ..........4 00
6 out best they could +.000
radio on its overseas newscast, and surrounding area best . Coud , , BRECKENRIDGE 5.95 5.59 to Miles N F
The automatic interplanetary "The damage to furniture was Among water damaged mer- BROWNWOOD 5 29 8 Miles SE
-----—'--------------: e......... J SWEETWATER ..
was launched "in accordance with did not have a dollar estimate, and cedar chests CISCO ..3.80 6 50 SYLVESTER
The air conditioners were operat- Woodlock opened his new store Dothan Community... 5.00 TUSCOLA .......
----C ................4.55 6.98 WEINERT .......
COLEMAN ........v... 2 20 8 20 WINTERS . ..
Saturday night. Doty said the
.......3.00 5.00 main front extended from Austin
180 northeast to Texarkana
$40 4.15 He could not readily tell how ‘
5.70 the large amount of rainfall stack-
5.80 6.65 ed up with other records over a
3.30 similar time, but said the rains
......3.65 4.21 were certainly unusual In the
......390 5.75 past six, years the largest total
4.00 lor a 24-hour period was 3.04 on
.......4.00 Sept. 15. 1958.)
3.50 6 90
..... 3.00 8.50 ----....
:.3.75 5.50 NEWS INDEX
3 00 3 80 *
. 5.00--——
4.00 5 30 SECTION A
.... 6.00 011 news .... 10
210 3.10 SECTION B
... 3.50 6 05 Dyess pix page
... 4.30 , Editorials
FACEFUL OF RAIN — Mama and baby were hot
prospects for an umbrella salesman at this downtown radio on its overseas newscast, a-surruutang area. —....., —- BRRGEENTTDCE
Abilene intersection Saturday afternoon. A bil onia ns The automatic interplanetary "The damage to furniture was Among water damaged mer- BROWNWOOD 5.29
continued to scurry along drizzly streets all day, im- station the announcement said, extensive." woodlock said, but he chandise were sectional sofa suites BUFFALO GAP ..... 4.20
provising their cover with newspapers, pulled-up _____
coats, raincoats, scattered store awnings, or just a mad the program for research into cos-
dash and a skid. New storm sewers prevented flood-
ing however (Staff Photo by Bill Nelsen)
mic space and preparation for in- ing through the night, so they Sept 9, having moved from 949 CLYDE
terplanetary flights." swirled the water around as it S. 1st 4---
swirled the water around as it S. 1st.
SEYMOUR
SNYDER
STAMFORD
.... 5
. 4.30 - Editorials ..........8
3.25 Book news ..........11
1.80 2.50 Amusements -. 11-13
SECTION C
. 4.50 -
4.00
Women’s news
-SECTION 0
.6.00
3.20 4.55 Sports
Obituaries
Farm, market news
. 4 10
... 4.60
... 6.00
4 10
Church news
‘Radio-TV logs
. 1.14
... '12
.... 13
... 14
.... 14
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