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S T A T E S - I T E M
AUGUST 19,
Damage High
SEEDING PROCEDURE HAILED
Anti-Storm Test Big Succss'
(Special to the States-Item) GULFPORT — Thirteen to 15 persons at the Gulfport Sea-jee base were injured, four se-iously, and 46 buildings were lestroyed, with damage running nto the millions of dollars bv iurncane Camille, Navy public iaytl0nS °®c*a^s reported to-
Out of 2g barracks seven emained standing. Many vehi-ies were overturned and the >ase is a mass of debris. t The base reported that although supplies are limited xd and water are not prob-Jms. Non-perishable types of ^od are being used.
THE BASE HAD thrown pen its door to refugees from ie civilian community 24 hours efore t*j* hurricane, and many f them streamed to the base he base offered food and re-ige.
The base supplied portable merators to hospitals in Gulf. 5rt and Biloxi and to Civil Dense shelters. Navy trucks! ere in continuous use moving’ ■iugees	“j
Marine Crops detachment lucks ’ took part in rescue ork. Seabee dozers cleared de-■is in the stricken communi-
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THE SEABEE BAST aided nlfport and other communities :ep up communication through e Navy emergency phone wkups.
Howard P. Braun, public af-irs officer in the Seabee area ked radio and television stains to broadcast appeal to per-! anel who had been off duty.! iey wwere requested to return! mediately and help restore' tical services in the Gulf ast area.
A similar appeal is being >de by the Tighth Naval Dis-ct at New Orleans to its off-A detachment of Seabees >m Vietnam was to reach lfport by plane today. Mem-rs who have not been re-sed from service will be put: work to help restore services Gulfport and other areas.
Covington, ian Killed in
ROOSEVELT ROADS, Puerto Rico (AP)—The first massive attempt in history to tame a hurricane has been called a huge success by the project director. Weary, but elated from 14 hours of flying through Tropical Storm Debbie, Dr. Cecil R. Gentry touched down late last night and pronounced his mission a “huge operational success.” But, scientifically, he cautioned: “We might still have to work for months.”
ROOSEVELT ROADS, Puerto Rico (AP) — Airborne scientists are studying the effects of yesterday’s seeding of Hurricane Debbie, hoping that the silver iodide crystal bombardment will freeze the 100-mile-an-hour storm to death.
Observation planes crisscrossed the storm center from midday yesterday to about 6 a.m. today.inthe South Atlantic. The nfxt observation flights are scheduled for tomorrow.
If the experiment—Project Stormfury — proves successful, it should provide a weapon against the destructive storms that are born in the warm water of the South Atlantic and the Caribbean.
DEBBIE WAS reported moving on a northwest course at about 10 miles an hour but at 6 a.m. EDT was about 680 miles east-northeast of San Juan and 1,500 miles east-southeast of Mami.
A fleet of Air Force and Navy planes took 20 scientists into the storm, dropping the crystals periodically for 10 hours from 33,000 feet over eight miles of the storm center.
Scientists theorized water would form around the crystals sowed into the clouds surrounding Debbie’s eye, be converted to falling ice and rob the storm of its heat and energy.
IT WAS THE first major attempt at robbing a hurri-
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