European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 13, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday april 13,1986 Hall batters South West gets Snow by United press International Strong thunderstorms jolted parts of the South with Hail As big As softballs Early saturday while a Winter storm threatened to dump up to a half foot of Snow on Mon Tana As it swept across the state. In the Northern Plains a blast of cold air dropped temperatures to the 20s and 30s,prompting concern about livestock. Well bring the cows that Are calving in said rancher Ray Gilbert of Buffalo in Northwestern South Dakota. The cold wetland rain will chill a new calf Strong thunderstorms blasted across parts of Texas Oklahoma Arkansas and Louisiana saturday bombarding Oak Cliff Texas in Dallas county with softball size Hail. Elsewhere in Texas baseball size Hail pounded Denton and goofball size Hail pelted Prosper and Cisco. In Louisiana goofball size Hail High winds and Power outages were reported at Homer Friday night. Expected to spread in the West a Winter storm warning was posted for Western Montana where up to 6 inches of Snow and blizzard conditions were expected. The storm was expected to spread to the Central part of the state by saturday night. Rain and some Snow stretched from the Northern Pacific coast across the Northern plateau prompting travellers advisories for Mountain roads in Oregon California an Washington. An Inch of new Snow in Oregon s Cas Cade mountains made roads real Greasy in the government Camp area of mount Hood said state trooper James Gillman. It is kind of late in the year now for a Snow storm he said. On Friday rapidly melting Snow pushed the Mississippi River 2 /2 feet Over its Banks near Davenport Iowa halting River traffic and forcing 20 residents out of a boarding House. The army corps of engineers fearing damage to electric lock motors removed five of them shutting Down the locks an halting traffic on the River. Not a usual flood this is going to Cost everyone some Money said Dee Bruemmer an adminis Trator in charge of Davenport s flood control activities. Not a significant amount in terms of what could happen if it was 20 feet but this is not a usual flood. We Haven t seen one like this since 1975." residents of a downtown Davenport Boardinghouse about one Block from the River s Edge were moved to other dwellings As a precautionary measure until the River reaches its expected Crest of 18.5 feet on monday 3 / feet above Hood stage. We Don t look for it to stay High very Long said Terry Stieger an army corps of engineers spokesman. The National weather service predicted sunny weather through saturday but there was a Chanc of showers sunday or monday. In South Carolina dry weather and Gusty winds played havoc with foresters battling wildfires on hundreds of acres of parched Timberland. Heck of a promotion up photo after i dish for the poster he is holding in Portland after admit tag that he was responsible Ore. Smith pastor of st. James lutheran Church at 1315 . Park had the Post ers put on the sides of City buses. Reagan urged to report to Congress on probes of charges against contras Washington rap do t a rep. Mel be me called on president Reagan saturday to provide a full report to Congress on a Federal investigation under Way into alleged nicaraguan Contra involvement in cocaine trafficking and gun running. I Call on the president to provide con Gress with a full written report on these charges before tuesday s scheduled vote on a $100 million Contra Aid package the California congressman said in the demo cratic response to the president s weekly radio address. If such a report is not forthcoming it would be inappropriate for Congress to give the contras one Penny in additional Aid " said Levine chairman of the democratic caucus task Force on Central America. The state department said it supports the Federal investigations into charges that the nicaraguan Contra rebels and some of their american supporters have engaged in gun running drug trafficking and violations of the neutrality act. State department spokesman Bernard r ? T Friday we support the Effort sol the Fri Congress and any other govern ment Agency that believes it has cause to investigate charges that members of the United nicaraguan opposition Uno Are involved in illegal Kalb noted that last month the administration supported language in the Senate passed version of Reagan s $100 million Aid package that prohibits Money to any con tra group that retains human rights Abus ers drug smugglers or officials who misuse funds. His comments came As some lawmakers who Back the proposed Aid package for the rebels said the allegations must be exam ined and answered. At the same time democratic opponents of the plan said the Aid scheduled for a House vote tuesday should be withheld until the reported Federal investigation i concluded. A lawmaker said Reagan has promised to Clear up the questions that have Bee raised about the guerrillas. Rep. Charles w. Stenholm a Texas who favors the Aid said Reagan assured a group of congressmen thursday that the White House was examining accusation that Contra leaders diverted funds and that some rebels participated in cocaine smug gling. 6
