European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Si4 unofficial the m february is p 21855 Byrd pushes canal treaties wlm like the discarded toys of a pet these oceanfront Homes an aftermath of Winters fury Cedar Point in lie scattered about in the Wake of storms that battered much of the Northeast this other Page i a lost new England areas Luried in 40 inches of Snow tonal Roin the South in col weather tired new England National thursday whittled away at drifts and 40inch snows Lity Crews Laboured to re to coastal communities Power since but Narra electric president Edward Mulligan we have no magic wings on the heels of our line a steady shuttle of cargo planes airlifted More troops and heavy Snow moving equipment into new paralysed monday and tuesday by the worst blizzard the military Airlift come said it had flown 70 missions with 599 troops and million tons of Snow removal moves of upgrade Osands of discharges the army to upgrade from Gener the military discharges of former soldiers who were re service because of personal i to ensure that stigmatized simply be the move was prompted by a lawsuit herein which two general discharges Fot personality reasons is alleged the  of the part Hecarty statement said the new policy k available to All qualified soldiers Dis since army officials said the ism Date was chosen because cases m the continued on pm u a new Winter storm sweeping across the faraway Plains delayed the departure of some Rescue troops from and poised a possible new threat to the Snow clobbered East and it dropped up to 10 inches of Snow on Oklahoma and up to 6 inches on the Texas blizzard conditions subsided meantime on the Northern Plains and North Dakota National guardsmen joined Road Crews trying to open highways blocked by Snow drifts up to 12 feet heavy Rains caused Power failures in los Angeles and High winds felled knocking out in the northeastern and Nasty weather elsewhere in the claimed at least 78 lives this the toll of weather attributed deaths for the Winter of 1978 climbed to in the East a coast guard icebreaker led a tug and Barge into thursday with the first shipment of fuel Oil since Inland Waterways were closed to traffic four Days a coast guard lug churned through continued on Page ii this Issue is a Baker says Washington up democratic Leader Robert Byrd ured the Senate Thure stay it was not elected to blindly follow Public opinion and should ratify the unpopular Panama canal treaties in the Best interests of the United but gop Leader Howard who supports the pacts with some said he sympathizes with senators asked to defy constituents in an election Issue is a Baker said As the ratification debate moved into its second it can devour you or kill you cant profit by wont Bow to pressures said he is weary of those who say they must Bow to Anil treaty pres he said he supports the pacts on their although Many of his West Virginia constituents do 1 owe them not Only my he i owe them my that Why they sent me if i am to reach a judgment based Only on the number of names on a petition or on the weight of the what we need is a computer and a set of Scales to represent the people of West Virginia in the United Stales their comments focused attention on a background Issue that could doom the canal treaties the fact that american Public As measured by polls and constituent is running heavily against the pacts despite president car ters efforts to turn the problem illustrated As Senate debate the prob Lem was illustrated at the White House by Edward visiting at Carters request to discuss the canal Zorinsky said he favors ratification but will vote against it if a majority of his constituents remains Given the he the Public of this country knows More about the needs of this country than do the self proclaimed Washington costs Meroney in his prepared Byrd also said thai the treaties will Cost the taxpayer some Money despite Carters Assur ances that they will not but urged the Senate to ratify them in the Best interests of the United states economically and he said anticipated canal tolls will not cover All of the transition appropriations be necessary to implement certain aspects of the new relationship if the tralies Are he this would include such matters As Early retirement programs for canal pm continued on Page 4 we raise glasses of the image of to London Iurii the four win idler to the editor appeared Day in the London Dally Telegraph sir is it by pure  that More and Marc spectacle Are assuming the shape of television screens