European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 12, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes february killer storms hit the East leaving 25 dead by he associated press deadly winds pushing heavy Thunder storms roared out of the great lakes on wednesday after dumping More Snow on the Winters meanest storm caused hooding and Power outages from Florida to new but also brought Welcome the death toll Rose to fog snarled air traffic in new York and snowdrifts of up to 5 feet forced police to close highways in Michigan up per where 14 inches of new Snow fell overnight and some communities declared Snow in the windstorms killed three damaged Homes and Busi Nesses and brought Down Power Power outages also were reported in new York and Penn records for Low temperatures were set or matched in at least a including North where a minus 22 Reading tied the Mark established in three men to death in Colo Idaho and the deaths of seven people in Ohio and Wisconsin were blamed on shovelling schools arc closed Slick highways forced authorities to cancel school for youngsters from the Plains of Oklahoma to the Berkshire Hills of according to Ken a meteorologist at the National weather in the weather smorgasbord was the result of two storm systems Over the upper great lakes and the mid Atlantic states and a Strong cold front that came Between two Young Brothers were killed wednesday morning when the wind scooped up their trailer Home and tossed it into the the House burst into flames upon crashing to the the storm forced postponement of the search for a missing towboat crewman on the turbulent Ohio River in Hurricane Force winds of up to 82 Mph were recorded id the Adirondacks of new York Kennedy International Airport in new York City was closed during the morning due to but later delays at Laguardia Airport forced Eastern air lines to cancel its Washington shuttle for several wind damaged several including a supermarket and tobacco in in Pine it blew the roof off a flooding was reported in Western sections of the six inches of rain fell in six hours in As much As 5 inches fell in where rainfall since october had been 9 inches below in drought stricken Eastern Pennsylva More than 2 inches of rain the battered by Snow on tues had Clear skies but bitter cold National weather service forecaster Nick Jones said Strong wind had wiped ice off Slick highways in be where a blinding snowstorm left one Man dead the Day claims harassment a Michael Reagan outside his Sherman Home there trying to find me guilty of something reagans son denies wrongdoing from press dispatches los Angeles president reagans eldest under investigation in two Sepa rate securities says he did nothing wrong and contends authorities Are harassing him because of his family promo no charges have been filed in either municipal court documents show Michael was questioned and his Home searched in connection with his Gas Ohol venture and his role in introducing prospective investors to a Man Selling min ing both investigations began before Ron Ald Reagan was elected its like there trying to find me guilty of no matter what it the younger Reagan complained tuesday in an interview outside his Sherman Oaks i dont believe they be doing this if my name was in an Abc interview aired Reagan i dont know Why they Are trying to do this to Allim trying to do is make a in a White House aide said president Reagan has every Confidence that the allegations against Michael Are Deputy press Secre tary Kama Small said the president discussed the allegations with his son tuesday we have no particular she told other than what the presi Dent said to me this and that is that we have every Confidence that the charges Are Michael reagans Home was searched Friday in connection with the investigation into agricultural Energy his proposed Enterprise to sell equipment to convert excess or spoiled crops into Gaso the Hollywood Branch of the Security Pacific National where both Rea Gan and Are have also was according to court four men Paul Edward Phillip Bob Scullin and Bob Francis gave Reagan a total of last Spring and summer As partial payment of they agreed to invest in Exchange for a 30 percent interest in in an District attorneys investigator Laurence Hooker said the men told him Reagan said last August hed spent the Money mostly to support himself Dur ing his fathers Campaign for the presiden the venture was never incorporated and no Stock was Ever court documents that Reagan and his Sheldon who advised the May have violated Laws barring the Sale or offer of Sale of Stock not registered with the rangers on Alert Tor Remote pot plots Washington up Forest serv ice officials said Here they Are concerned about a development that is becoming a modern alternative to Moonshine stills Cret cultivation of marijuana in Remote areas of National vandalism and intimidation Are used by the illegal growers to protect their crops which can be Worth millions in Street officials an official said the growers might even murder to protect their rangers Are learning to identify marijuana which have been discovered in tiny plots and in Fields of several even irrigated with systems of plastic reservoirs and like old time the people who till the Plant do their work unseen in hard Oreach the Forest service officials did not estimate the amount of marijuana grown in Remote areas of 190 million acres of National but one official is certain the Plant is cultivated in All 17 National forests in Cali and another believes marijuana is grown in every National Forest in the it is also a problem in the Pacific North the Forest service wants to get rid of Niar Ijuana not Only because of the illegality involved but also because of con Cerns about safety of visitors and Forest service some Fields Worth a great Deal of Money Are protected by armed who resist interference from legitimate interests like animal grazing and Timber Cut officials report cases of vandalism of log Ging intimidation of hikers and campers and threats against lives of Forest service Bill director of Law enforcement for the services Pacific Southwest its not inconceivable to me that More overt even might be re sorted to in order to protect multimillion Dollar investments in marijuana he said a state and local raid in the six Rivers National Forest resulted in confiscation of 800 plants of California sin a marijuana species valued at up to per a raid in Alabama Bankhead National Forest destroyed marijuana with an Esti mated Street value of no one was arrested because the Farmers were not in their Fields at the when individuals invest Large sums of time and Money in marijuana farm they Are not going to stand idly by while the Forest service sprays herbicides or conducts Timber sales that can conceivably wipe out their illegal Derr they will take any action they think might protect their Reagan said tuesday that because of the investigations his business is he has returned to his Boa Selling this has really Hurt he in to in debt with attorneys fees and i Haven done anything i closed up Are its what do you do in All Over the and heres a Story that comes out and makes me look like a no Choice judge stays execution new Orleans up a Federal saying i have no Choice in the mat wednesday granted a stay of execution to David Dene who was to die Friday in Louisiana electric chair for the 1977 slaying of three women and a judge Jack acting on a re quest filed by the Southern prisoners de sense postponed the no Date was set for further proceedings in the the request was based on the attorneys Contention that who was convicted of shooting the four people to death in a fit of jealousy Over his belief that his wife was having an did not have an effective lawyer at his a duty to perform it appears to me i have no Choice in the the Law is very said i have a duty to perform and i have no was moved to the death House tuesday at the Louisiana state Penitentiary at Angola and placed under 24 hour guard to prevent any suicide at the prosecutor in the Case told Gordon that Martins defense at his trial was excellent and he recommended that Gordon review the record of the Gordon re i see no Way under the constraints of time imposed by the execution i have no Choice but to Grant the the judge told attorney Richard Shapi representing he expects every possible constitutional Issue to be raised so there will be Only one pos conviction pro