European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 26, 1981, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes february Reagan suspends claims on Iran in american courts Northeast facing hoods skiers rejoice at Snow Washington up president Reagan suspended virtually All court claims against Iran tuesday As the United states began carrying out its end of the agreement that freed the 52 hostages last the Treasury department set in motion additional financial transfers to put into effect the agreement former president Jimmy Carter reached with Iran the Day before he left issuing his first executive order relating to sent a message to Congress reporting that he had exercised the authority granted by the International emergency economic Powers act to suspend certain litigation against after a Complete review of the agreements with Iran leading to the release of the hostages by i have decided to implement the president companies with claims against Iran now must take them before a nine member tribunal for Iran and the United states each will select three of the Mem and those six will select the other about claims of All sorts Are on record against Iran in moving to put into effect reagans executive order changeling claims against Iran to arbitration and the full terms of Carters 19 executive the Treasury filed the documents with the Federal this makes them official Treasury officials say the goal is to meet the obligations of the agreement with Iran within six months of by United press International a snowstorm brought Joy to operators of Snow denuded Northern new England ski slopes but rain renewed the threat of flooding in parts of Southern new in the another snowstorm Rode howling winds across the mountains of Ore gon and but Balmy weather warmed the skiers rejoiced As much needed Snow fell in Northern new where Spring like conditions Over the past few weeks cast a pall Over the Winter in Southern new rain was fall forecasters said it would eventually change to but the storm would pro Duce Little More than flurries and there would be no significant persistent Rains engorged Rivers and streams across new prompting flood warnings in Western Massachusetts and where residents braced taxpayers covering fhe shirker irs May act in child support Dodge Washington up the administration Hopes to use the internal Revenue service to collect delinquent child support health and human services Secretary Richard Schwiker told Congress i think its a we make taxpayers Bear the responsibility when parents Are shirking their responsibility to sup port their Schweiker told the House ways and Means he told the which handles All Wel fare the administration wants to assemble a program in cooperation with the states to reduce the number of delinquent Schwiker said states would notify the irs of individuals who have failed to pay child support or Alimony to the Parent with whom the child is their Federal tax he would then be reduced by the amount who tuesday defined people new Way of Cook French Fries is right on fhe beam a Oreida will begin making French Fried potatoes with Sun Power in at its Plant in Eastern the Large food processor will use solar Power to produce pounds of steam per or 2 million British Thermal units of to heat cooking Oil to Fry More than 4 Mil lion pounds of French Fries per a com Pany spokesman solar Energy to Cook French Fries is the latest in a series of alternate Energy projects which Oreida says it is using to reduce its Energy Bill Cut by 16 Robert vice president for the firms technical said the company has used alternate Energy to Cut its Energy Bill by 16 percent since twelve thousand Square feet of solar col lectors have been erected in a Halfacre Field adjoining the Ontario Rolf the like follow the Sun As it moves across the after the reflectors swing Back to starting rain or Hail will also Send them Back to starting Rolf the million collector system will produce enough Energy to heat steam to 500 degrees who will continue to be protected by Federal Aid programs As those who could not exist said delinquent parents failure to meet their obligations is a major Drain on the Federal he said 82 percent of children getting payments under the Aid to families with dependent children program get help be cause divorced parents Are not meeting their the Cost to society in human terms in the Cost to taxpayers is in Schweiker this will result in a reduction of families Public assistance needs and the corresponding Cost to the nations on tuesday Schweiker offered the administrations definition of the truly needy who will not be Hurt by budget cuts and said his Agency will develop a tracking mechanism to be sure they Are not financially if a person is economically going to be deprived of his Way of we Are not going to pull the prop from under Schweiker told for another 2foot Rise in the Connecticut Gusty winds and heavy snows pushed across the mountains of Oregon and Call but Balmy temperatures and fair skies dominated dozens of cities from the Plains Region into the heavy rain from the great lakes to the new England coast brought some Relief to but continued to fill Rivers above flood stage throughout Western Massachusetts and which got up to 2 inches of rain the National weather service said a flood watch was in effect for the connect Cut which was flowing nearly 2 feet above its Banks at Hartford tuesday of the River was expected to Rise an additional 2 feet wednesday As heavy Rains drenched Western minor flooding there has been relatively minor flood ing but a lot of said fore Caster Craig Hunter at the River forecast looking at the whole its not too no major problems Are sex another wave of record warmth reached from the High Plains of Montana to the Iowa farm torrential Rains assailed the causing flooding on ice dammed Rivers and streams gorged by last weeks heavy record temperatures a rerun of last weeks Spring preview were reported in at least a dozen cities and the Mercury in peaked at 80 readings reached the 70s in parts of Nebraska and the 60s in Colorado and the 60degree Mark at Sioux and 67 at Sioux shattered previous warm record Marks established in toehold under the the towboat Monongahela is wedged Ghent River in rising Waters under the 9th Street Bridge on he Aue and the swiftly moving Cunt wedged the towboat firmly against the Gas lines under the up photo