European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1969, Darmstadt, Hesse Each Parley Waits Nixon us a the at the vietnamese talks is focusing More lore on the visit to Paris resident Nixon schedule feb. 28 to March 3. The weekly conference is stalled in propaganda rhetoric there was a wide feeling that Nixon s per Contact with his begot fat Sam could Lead to some new lean initiative to break Theck Nixon is expected to Confer for several hours with chief . Negotiator Henry Cabot of the president s 2 i Days in Paris will be devoted to talk with president Charles de Gaulle and other French arrived in Paris within hours of Nixon s inauguration Jan. 20, he has been in touch with the president since the full scale peace talks opened Jan. 25, but has not had an Opportunity cont. On Page 2i. Col t astronaut meets Pope astronaut fran Borman tells Pope Paul i about the . Moon circling trip As he meets privately with the pontiff in the Pope s apartment. A photo unofficial a i paper of . Fore n europ Norm Africa and in Mic Fdl East february 16, 1969 if 21855 Avol. 27, no. 302 d 5 doily 10 sunday in. Charles e. Goodell r-., talks ibo tribe children at the Amau Amu e saws and vhf rip Swinter Aims triple blast at Germany by John h. Althen staff writer Frankfurt is Winter delivered a triple whammy Snow wind and cold to Germany saturday. While the season s coldest spell continued driving conditions were made hazardous by new Snow of Fine Tex Ture and whipped by Strong winds. Drifting Snow reduced traffic to a Snail s Pace on Auto refugee Camp in Biafra As they eat Rood sen there by volunteers led by photo Bahns and other highways. Snow accumulations on the Road shoulders tended to re Duce Normal two Lane Auto Bahn traffic to a single Lane. Because of the heavy snowfall traffic on the 110-mile-Long Auto Spahn connecting West Germany with Berlin was extremely Light saturday on the first Day of newest German traffic controls. Traffic on the autobahn North of Frankfurt was held up intermittently by a spate of was no end in sight for either the frigid temperatures or Snow threat. Weather forecasters at Rhein main air base predicted temperatures ranging from 12 to 22 degrees sunday cont on Page s4, col 5 Hurricane winds tornadoes Hammer Florida a Tornado spit Winter storm blasted Flori fora top to Bottom saturday aging Homes and buildings Hurricane Force winds eng Down Trees and Power and flooding streets. W 180-mile-Long Low Prea i system roared off the Gulf Mexico with Little warning across the state at speeds 50 Miles per hour Ana lefts in Central Florida in by violence gusted up to 90 Miles Dut at St. Petersburg to funnels were reported a St Petersburg after Oland Lake Alfred Mel Bourne and Lake of a Wall of a two Story building under construction lit Tampa collapsed on top of a truck. Hail and an Inch of rainfall on Tampa in 30 minutes. In Many cities there were reports of uprooted Trees and damaged Homes and House fall police radio in Winter have Sand radio station wipe in Lake Wales were silenced when antennas toppled in the wind. Just behind the front angry tides struck along the Gulf coast leaving streets and Vaca Tion cottage awash. John r. Harrison president of the Lakeland Ledger said aware several feet tall smashed ashore at longboat key a re sort Island where he and mrs. Harrison were spending the weekend. The tide moved cars Smuch As 100 feet rushed into cottages and left two feet of water standing in the area Harri son deaths or injuries were re Udo key residents Esti mated the height of the flood tide at four and one Hall feet. John Barnes general manager of the Sheraton Sand Castle Spiel said there was six inches of Gulf water in his siesta key William h. Snow said the water came up three feet in a minute and a half. My living room floor i five feet above mean High tide and i be got water in my a Tornado at Lake Alfred up rooted is Large Oak Trees and dropped them on parked cars. Twister at port Malabar near Melbourne tossed Lawn furniture and garbage cans around. A House was a roofed tree blown Down and House trailers damaged at St. Petersburg a Dock near cd put. 0 Pagh col it dockers return to Job in . New York a the port of new York Shook off56 Days of strike idleness saturday As gangs of Dock workers returned to the pier with the richest contract in the port s history. The strike continued in other ports on the Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico coasts however inthe face of Friday s vote Here to return to work. The first task of the return ing dockers was to Clear last sunday s 15-Inch Snow from the piers and get equipment ready to tackle the unloading of 212ships bottled up Here during the walkout. A spokesman for the Newyork new Jersey waterfront commission estimated that 9,000to 13,000 men were answering Job Calls saturday beginning the return to work at saturday Premium pay. The time and a Hulf rate was on an hourly wage of $4, up 38cents from the lust contract. Wages will increase another 60cents an hour in the next two years of the three year contract. The agreement also gives the longshoremen a full year s guaranteed employment
