European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 2, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes monday december 2. 1985 Snow paralyses Midwest Northern Plains by United press International \ massive snowstorm blasted the Midwest and North , Plains with blizzard conditions and a third week of subzero temperatures sunday closing highways and schools stranding motorists delaying nights and snap Ping Power lines. The Arctic air mass that gripped the Northern part of the nation for the last half of november stood firm breaking record lows in 12 cities sunday. Seven cities recorded their coldest novembers on record and two cities had their snowiest novembers on record. The National weather service said wind chills Down to 60 below could be expected in Minnesota where thermometer readings were in the 20-below Range. Snow fell As far South As Oklahoma and Western mis Souri. The storm stretched North to the Canadian Border West to the Plains and East to the upper great lakes. A separate storm system also spread Snow across the North Ern Rockies and Pacific Northwest. One thing the storm did not Stop was a football game Between the Green Bay packers and Tampa Bay Bucca neers. It was played in the heaviest snowstorm for an nil game since the Jan. 2, 1966, league championship in Green Bay. Winds gusted up to 35 Mph plunging the wind chill Factor to Zero and 15 inches of Snow fell. Blizzard conditions forced the Michigan state police to close the Mackinac Bridge connecting the slate s up pc and lower Peninsulas at about noon sunday. Numerous accidents prompted the closure. The Iowa Highway patrol recommended no travel on highways in Central Iowa and interstate 35 As High winds Gustin in excess of 40 Mph drifted shut roads Almos As quickly As Crews could open them. The High wind and bitter cold sent wind chills plummeting to 50 below in some areas. Highway patrol officers said they were Busy rescuing stranded motorists sunday although officials knew of nobody who had to spend the night in their cars. There re some idiots still out there said de Thorn ton a Foreman for a department of transportation garage in pcs Monics. Thornton s Sno plow Crews wrestled with Zero visibility in spots and he said sanding was futile in the High winds. Hundreds of truckers and a Busload of students on a tour crowded into the Boondocks truck Haven on 1-35 near Williams of sit out the storm. They re pretty much sitting and waiting for this to let up a Cook at the cafe said. We have plenty of  new snowfall totals were generally in the 6-Inch to 8 Inch Range. Garwin received 10 inches of Snow by noon sunday. The High winds and ice snapped Power lines in scattered sections. One Eastern Iowa Farmer in the dark said he was using an old Coal stove to keep warm. Des Monics Airport remained opened but United air lines cancelled All flights until sunday night. Iowa state the University of Northern Iowa and the University of Iowa cancelled All classes As did Drake University and a Host of smaller colleges around the state. The storm was blamed for the traffic death of a Kan Sas City. Kan., trucker saturday night in Iowa. Officials said the Man was killed when his truck Slid on icy 1-35, crossed the median and slammed into an oncoming truck. Winds of 20 to 40 Mph in Central and Eastern Nebraska dropped wind chills to 55 degrees. People arc getting pretty Well immune to the cold said Marty Sherlock of Alliance neb. It is causing problems but they be been having cold weather Here about 20 Days. It is hard on livestock and hard or feed which is very Short in this  Idaho authorities recorded one traffic death saturday due to Slick roads. The Kansas Highway patrol said Slippery roads have caused five traffic deaths a tire since thanksgiving. Atlantis Crew ending space cons Ruff on Cape canaveral Fla. Up1 Atlantis High flying construction workers anxious to go out and play walked in space sunday to finish space station Assem Bly Lesu using the shuttle s robot Arm As an Orbital Cherry picker. Jerry Ross and Sherwood Spring setting the stage for an american settlement in 1 killed 10 univ a orbit in the 1990s, left the safety of the ship s Airlock ahead of schedule after asking Mission control to Tell their families of the change in plans. Well rested from their tiring but highly successful spacewalk Friday the two space walkers began the second excursion in the makeshift work site in the ship s open cargo Bay 40 minutes earlier than planned. It s a Nice sunny Day out Ross said As he readied his j2 million spacesuit for the five hour Outing. Can t wait to go out and  by erecting a 45-foot Tower and repeat edly assembling and dismantling a Pyramid from 12-foot beams during the initial 2 helicopters collide at . Heliport los Angeles a after the collision of two helicopters Over los Angeles Harbor or saturday one plunged into the Ocean killing one person and injuring 10 of the other 11 persons aboard officials said. The helicopters both Bell 206l Belrang ers were ferrying passenger from Santa cat Alina Island and attempting to land at the Catalina sea and air terminal. One crash landed on a helipad and the other plummeted upside Down into the water near the floating Princess Louise restaurant in the los Angeles Channel said Federal aviation administration duty officer Tommy Aina. There was a big Boom a really big sound and 1 guess that was when they collided said Princess Louise hostess Rhonda Mcelwin. I looked out the win Dow of the restaurant and saw one Heli copter flying around in circles getting lower and lower until it  she said several of the restaurant s win Dows were cracked by the Impact of the double crash. Aina said one helicopter belonged to he Litmans of san Pedro and the other to Island express of Long Beach. I understand both of them were Landing at the same time said los Angeles police sgt. John Hanna. Three people were in critical Cov Jitian and two were in serious condition saturday night at Harbor Urcla medical Center in Torrance said nursing supervisor Linda Ridolfo. The injured included Tiare Puma 23, and her 7-month-old daughter Ashley who were treated at san Pedro Peninsula Hospi Tal after they swallowed gasoline and Ocean water said nursing supervisor Jean Sam Mons. Puma was in fair condition in the intensive care unit at Peninsula. Her daughter was transferred to Long Beach memorial Hospital and she was in critical condition said spokesman Don Brackenbury. Three others were treated for minor injun s. African unions demand changes Johannesburg South Africa a South a Rica s biggest labor federation called sunday for the scrapping of pass Laws within six months and both South african and american businessmen were reported stepping up pressure on the White led government to end apartheid. The Congress of South african Trade unions is giving president . Botha six months to get rid of pass Laws the federation president Elijah Baranyi told a rally of 5,000 sunday in a Durban Rugby stadium. Otherwise we will Burn All the passes of the Black  pats Laws require Blacks to Cany at All times documents proving that they have per Mission to work or live in or near White a of the country. The Lawi result in tens Oft Sands of prosecutions of Blacks an Are a foundation of the White men i system of legalized r the federation  was formed saturday  and claims 36 affiliated Union Ruth More than 400,000 members a clearly 40 percent of South to million unionized workers. Co is multiracial but nearly All its workers Are Black and about half belong to the National Union of mineworkers. Cosatt will not Only concentrate on wages it will also concentrate on politics As Well Baranyi said in a speech the South african press association quoted him As telling interviewers later that the cd erotic aimed to fill a vacuum created by tit Ning of the african National Angress guerrilla movement. 0 the formation of Itu is expected to unify and  Black workers de mands Forsum change. Still outside the federation me some 250,000 workers in 20 to Black conc ii Ras groups reject a significant role or Whites in in struggle for Black rights and two White labor bodies opposed to multiracial unions. In Cape town 186 . Companies operating in South Africa announced that they sent education minister . De Klerk a week ago a 15-Page memorandum urging abolition of racially separated Edu cation. The companies subscribe to the Sullivan code of voluntary labor Equality practices intended to raise standards for Black workers. A statement by the  Sec Ond in two weeks Wjt thoth Africa s Educa Tiona  the immediate re training  Black teachers and  retraining programs. But by id reforms in education without a Emmil ment to the elimination of apartheid will Lack credibility in the eyes of the majority of South  according to tha South african Institute of race relations the government spent 1,385 Rand $554 on each of 986,000 White students in 1983, compared with 605 Rand $242 in 1975, when White students numbered 900,000. It spent 192 Rand $77 on each of 5.3 million Black stud Gnu two years ago compared with 39 Rand $16 10 years ago when there were 1.9 million Blacks. Sunday s pro football can Convell 45, Houston 27 Green Bay 21. Tampa Bay 0 new England 31, Indian dolls 31 Cleveland 35, by giants 33 new Orleans of. La rams 3 Minnesota 2s, Philadelphia 23 Denver 31, nil sough 23 spacewalk Ross and Spring already have demonstrated that Nasa s designers Are on the right track in planning the Frame work for the space station to be constructed in 1993. Sunday s exercise was aimed at exploring alternate methods of construction using the ship s 50-foot mechanical Arm to move a Man around much like Utility workers who service High lights and wires Back on Earth. An hour before the Start of sunday s spacewalk Nasa reported that the Ria Sal com television satellite launched from Atlantis thursday had mane Vered itself Oward its final 22,300-mile-High orbit. Two satellites launched for Mexico and austra  wednesday also were in final orbits. Ross Spring commander Brewster Shaw co Pilot Bryan o Connor Mary Cleave Charles Walker and Rodolfo Nacri of Mexico come Home tuesday. They will get a Bonus monday when they should be Able to observe Halley s co Mut. 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