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ALEXANDRIA, La., Dec. 3--Nine persons were killed when a tornado swept across central Louisiana early today...
Seven died at Leander, 25 miles southwest of Alexandria. Two were killed when the tornado ripped through Tullos, 40 miles northeast of Alexandria...
...residents had insurance or could get loans to cover the cost of building materials, the priest reasoned, but would the citizens of Flint volunteer a weekend of their labor to do the rebuilding? The people of Flint responded with a spirit that seemed to match the force of the tornado...
...work was done, 80 houses had been built from the foundation almost to completion, and at least 100 others had been advanced through several stages of construction. More than 4,000 volunteers had pitched in to donate 80,000 man-hours of labor that would have cost the tornado victims...
Sunday night the volunteers brought in an orchestra and danced in the Beecher school gymnasium, roofless since the tornado. The night was furnace-hot. Everyone had worked for two days in near-100° temperatures, and tomorrow was Monday. But no one seemed to mind. The rebuilders of Beecher Township felt just fine dancing under the stars...