European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 7, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                January 1981 the stars and stripes Page 5 great new South icy blast chills big area of states by United press International an Arctic blast blamed for at least five deaths spewed its icy sting from the great lakes and new England Dixie for a second consecutive Day forcing Utility cutbacks and making working Auto batteries hot record cold temperatures were recorded from Northern Maine to the and Low Readi rigs in the teens extended As South As Northern but some of the coldest readings will not be etched in the record including the unofficial minus 44 at the 20below Reading at was the coldest of the latest Batch of at least five deaths were blamed on the cold including two victims who froze to death in Michigan and one each in Ohio and among the victims was William Clem whose body was discovered in the backyard of a mount Morris John the owner of the told police he found the body while walking his in Oak Isaac was found Frozen to death just outside his Mobile thousands of vehicles in Maine were Par Al Zed by the cold the automobile association of America said Calls at one Point came in at the rate of one per minute asking for help in reviving dead hundreds of Homes in new Many with Wood and Coal suffered damage from ice ruptured heating and drinking water but at least one Hardy soul in Maine admitted to liking the ill Tell Ive lived in Maine All my and the Young people Are in for a said Donald of this ones going to go Down As one of the Best Winters the cold temperatures across the nor Mally mild mid Atlantic strapped Utility companies because of record demands for Home heating Duke Power which serves custom ers in North and South reduced its voltage by 5 percent monday and called on customers to Cut their use of the situation is As serious As we have Ever said Duke spokesman Alex pedal pushers come in All sizes with helmets securely on their Dave Spitler of the Louisville wheelman car sales fell 22 percent in december Detroit a car sales of automakers fell 22 percent in mid Decem Ber from what they were in the same period in according to company reports the five major producers sold cars compared with in the 11 20 period of general motors said its sales in the period fell from to a drop of 31 american motors sales were Esti mated at Down from an estimated am does not release figures for the 10day sales reporting periods Only for full Ford motor dealers delivered off 13 percent from in the same period of during the Industry Christmas Chrysler jumped the gun on sales reporting with a 20 percent gain for the period from cars to bicycle club leads his son mat holds on tightly during the ride while his brings up the casually photo but members blame Carter Russ delegation silent on snafus Washington a a delegation from the soviet Here to discuss the arms Competition Between the two coun declined to predict monday How Long the present situation of controls might last if the does not ratify the Salt ii Evgeni a member of the Cen trial committee of the communist party and a member of the supreme when asked How Long the soviet Union would observe the present status of arms asked reporters in How Ping will the United states observe them the soviet officials blamed the Carter administration for the failure of ratification of the nuclear arms saying the administration took action to Worsen relations Well before soviet intervention in of dismissing the Boycott of the olym pics and the Grain embargo As unworthy of the White they said they were refer ring to pressure on nato allies to increase defense spending to accept the installation of Long Range nuclear weapons in Feodorov said teams of experts from both countries worked hard for seven years to negotiate the Salt ii and the car Ter administration threw it into the who is head of the soviet peace said while presi Dent elect Ronald Reagan has talked about a Tough policy toward the soviet Union and said Many bad Carter did bad he said the russians were upset about the deterioration of relations at a time when there Are More destructive weapons than because of the cold we have an emergency situation and Are Call ing upon our customers to Cut Back on their electrical usage wherever readings dipped into the teens As far South As Northern with Atlanta residents shivering in 13degree freezing temperatures extended into isolated parts of but Citrus grow ers said they were not concerned As Long As there was no threat of a hard we love it present said a spokes Man for Florida Citrus Light Snow dusted areas around great fog shrouded parts of the Pacific forcing some incoming flights at Seattle Tacoma International Airport to be diverted to clearer psychiatrist says Garwood driven insane Camp up Robert Garwood was driven insane by watching the execution of South Vietnam Ese prisoners some forced to play rus Sian Roulette and this caused him to collaborate with the Viet a defense psychiatrist testified in my the result of that was to destroy his free will from that Point on he did everything they asked him to said Robert Rollins of Rollins was the second psychiatrist to testify for the defense in Gar Woods court martial on charges of desertion and collaboration with the enemy during almost 14 years in Chain of events Rollins said the executions were at the end of a Chain of events that began after Garwood was captured outside Danang in marched through the Jungle for several weeks and harassed by vietnamese civilians before arriving at a Jungle pow Camp for South vietnamese two Arvins two South vietnamese soldiers were required to play russian Roulette with the idea that the survivor would Rollins he said Gar Woods mental condition is known to psychiatrists As an atypical Dis associative reaction in which a captive is driven to the Point of identifying with his of time in the stars and stripes 30 years ago today 1951 Dwight Eisen Hower has been scheduled to spend three Days in Frankfurt on his first tour of Europe As supreme Allied commander in 20 years ago today 1961 eighteen persons were killed and 30 injured when fire swept through the Thomas hotel in downtown san to years ago today 1971 defense Secretary Mel Vin Laird said american combat responsibilities in South Vietnam will end this year and troop reduction is running ahead of announced