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- Niagara Gazette - 3/27/1957
KANSAS CITY W-Arthur J.
Frechette, an 80-ycar-old visitor
from Munising, Mich., was the
39th person to die as the result
of the tbrnado which hit the south
fringe of Kansas City a week ago
tonight.
Frechette and his wife came
here several days before the tornado
to visit a daughter. Mrs.
Frechette, 66, was scheduled to
undergo an operation today but
her injuries were not considered
critical.
Six victims still were considered
in critical condition. More than
200 were injured.
Frechette's death brough to 33
the toll in the suburbs just south
of Kansas City and east of the
Kansas line-Martin City, Grandview.
Hickman Mills, Ruskin
Heights, Raytown and Lees Summit.
The tornado killed two at
Ottawa and four at Spring Hill,
Kan., before crossing into Mis-
°ouri.
Ed Gulley, director of Red
Cross disaster services, estimated
it had given $61,000 in temporary
assistance to tornado victims. He
taid 511 had registered for help
and estimated this was a little
more than 50 per cent of those
who suffered damage.
Martial law was lifted today in
the Hickman Mills-Ruskin Heights
area, where the storm concentrated
its havoc. National Guard troops
turned control over to the Missouri
highway patrol and the
Jackson County sheriffs patrol.
They continued to enforce regulations
which kept the curious out
over the weekend.
Not so at Spring Hill, Kan.
There the Lions Club and Boy
Scouts put up signs directing sightseers
to.the worst damage and collected
$700 from them for tornado
relief.
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Abt 1877 - 1957 (80 years)