European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 03, 1980, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday june 3, 1980 the stars and stripes Page 5 severe storm slashes across Midwest Kansas City. To. A a violent storm swept through the Midwest Over the weekend spawning More than 20 tornadoes that knocked out Power uprooted crops and blew the roofs off buildings. One woman was injured when a tree fell on her car West of Kansas City. The to Milc wide bund of bad weather began in South Central Nebraska on sat urday and swept southeastward through Kansas and Missouri. The severe a caller mainly heavy thunderstorms continued sunday in Missouri and parts of Illinois and Indiana. A Tornado struck the Speedway area near Indianapolis on sunday morning tearing the roof from one residence flipping a Semi trailer truck on its Side and Downing Trees and Power lines state police said. No injuries were reported but All three lanes of interstate 70 eastbound were blocked by the overturned truck. Highways in Central and Eastern Indiana were littered with debris from the storms. A Tornado watch was in effect in Eastern Missouri Central and Southern Illinois and Central and Southern Indiana through mid afternoon. In southwestern Pennsylvania a Tornado struck Franklin and Canton townships in Washington county saturday night Down ing Power lines uprooting Trees and blowing Over several Sheds. No injuries were reported. Sharon Beach 34, of Lawrence Kan., sustained a possible concussion when a tree crashed onto her parked car and knocked her unconscious saturday night near Lin Wood Kan. She had pulled off the Road with her 10 and 8-year-old sons to wait out the severe weather when High winds felled the tree. The wind came up and it got very bad so i pulled off the Road. 1 heard a loud noise and that s All i remember she said in an interview from her bed at a Lawrence Hospital where she was in satisfactory condition sunday. I woke up screaming for my children. I was afraid they d been killed. But they had gotten out of the car and gone for help. They arc Brave Little Guys. I guess they coalition planning convention blockade new York a a coalition of 20 protest groups says it will stage a Block Ade of Lucr democratic National Conven Tion at Madison Square Garden in August. Brian Hoffman a spokesman for the convention protests coalition said up to 300.000 participants arc expected. He said the group planned to sit in streets to Block Access to the Arena. The coalition was said to include hippies anti nuclear Power and anti draft organizations. Thought i was  a funnel Cloud touched Down briefly in Russell in Central Kansas taking the roof from one House and damaging a few others. Residents reported broken windows and several garage doors sucked out by the Low pressure from the storm. Other heavy storm damage was reported in Desoto. Kan., where the High school roof was partly torn off by High winds and seve ral farms reported crops lost. A sheriffs in the stars and stripes. 30 years ago today june 3, 1950 permanent passes were approved for what military officials called deserving enlisted people of the . Army in Europe. 20 years ago today june 3, i960 soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev said in a speech broadcast in the soviet Union that president Eisenhower was unfit to be Leader of the . 10 years ago today june 3, 1970 scientists in Madison wis., announced that they had created a Man made Gene. It was the first Lime the Gene had been duplicated in a Laboratory. Department spokesman said building dam age in the cast Central Kansas town might run $200.000 or More. Rural areas around Lawrence Kan., remained without electricity sunday after the storm downed Power lines throughout the area. Winds clocked at up to 70 Mph heavily damaged a hangar at the City s municipal Airport. Near Marshall. Mo., authorities said farm buildings were levelled and Trees up rooted by High wind and several inches of Hail covered one Highway. They also reported the roof was blown off a Motel along interstate 70 South of mar shall. The National weather service reported Large Hail some the size of softballs at Topeka. Kan., and Republican City and Grant neb. An area about 10 Miles North of Lincoln neb., reported More than 6 inches of rain during the storm. Well balanced act four of he Navy s Blue Angels a but the aircraft were merely in Tor graduation Veek at the naval facade Pear to be balancing on a Light Tower Mallon while performing during my in Annapolis. A photo foreign minister at . University . Cd a Fec for Chou bus about France Middletown Conn. A French foreign minister Jean Francois Poncet sunday chilled the United states for doubt ing France s Solidarity with America. In a graduation address at was Cyan University Francois Poncet said we French do not doubt the Validity of the american commitment to the defense of  he added by the same Token you  have no doubt about our Solidarity with you in facing the perils that threaten  Francois Poncet. A 1947 was Cyan Grad uate who was awarded an honorary doctor of Laws degree sunday cautioned that our essential Solidarity dues not erase the diver sity of our societies and our  add ing diversity and Solidarity need to be reconciled through genuine two Way consultations Between equal partners under appropriate conditions of  he said there is no reason for the West to become discouraged. Rather he said it should Cali a its strengths and regain the Confidence it had in itself in the late 1940s, when the nato treaty was signed. Relations Between the United states and France have been strained in recent weeks because of France s recent Summit talks with Russia. The relationship May face an other test in coming weeks on the matter of palestinian self determination. In Washington saturday. Francois Pon eel said he expects the european allies to Lake an initiative that May be regarded As pro palestinian. President Carter responded by saying the United Stales would veto any Resolution introduced by european allies in the . Security Council on palestinian self determination. However in his commencement address Francois Poncet stayed away from that is sue instead expounding upon general relationships Between the world s countries. But in one specific reference he said it was essential that channels of communications be kept open As the soviet incursion into Afghanistan developed. In an apparent allusion to French presi Dent Valery Giscard d a Flating s recent talks with soviet president Leonid arc a nov. Francois Poncet said. It must be obvious that dialogue is not a Mark of approval for actions which we  Francois Poncet noted that after world War ii the United states contributed to the reconstruction of our devastated Conti nent through the Marshall  but Francois Poncet said Western Europe is no longer a welfare Case. It is the equal of the United slates in economic financial and technological terms even if much remains to be done in the Way of reinforcing political Unity and in building up military