European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 20, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday november 20, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 3 3 fatalities blamed on snowstorm Eugene Olson keeps on tap at removing the season s first measurable snowfall from his car in Minneapolis. App Gio by the associated press a storm blamed of three Highway deaths dumped up to a foot of Snow wednesday Asil moved from he Midwest to the Northeast closing Boston s Airport an bringing the first noticeable snowfall to new York City. Travellers advisories were widespread in new York Pennsylvania new Jersey Vermont Massachusetts and Connecticut and Boston called out Snow equip ment o attack 3 inches of Snow covering its highways at the beginning of the morning Rush hour. Other storm systems brought freezing rain to the Western Dakotas and Montana Snow Over the Northern and Central Colorado Rockies and rain Over the South Ern Rockies and Western Texas while a front brought rain across the Pacific Northwest and into Nevada. The northeastern storm which brought the Trace of Snow to new York City and 3 to 5 inches to suburban West Chester county dropped a foot of Snow on the Berkshire and smaller amounts across the rest of Southern and Central new England Early wednesday. Boston s Logan International Airport was closed Al 3 45 a.m., with slush on he runway said Phil Orlan Delta of the Massachusetts port authority. Several school districts in Massachusetts were or dered closed for the Day authorities said. Parts of North Central Pennsylvania also had up to a fool of Snow along with Strong winds by Early wednesday. We got 6 to 8 inches just enough to screw every thing up said trooper Lloyd Brooks in Mcca county in Northwestern Pennsylvania along the York Border. Trees Down in the roads Power lines Down. It s heavy Snow and it stuck to the Trees and Bent everything  an icy Road was blamed for an Auto collision that killed a 70-year-old woman in Cherry Creek in South Western new York. A 62-year-old Man was killed in a three car crash on a Snow covered Road near Titus Illein Northwestern Pennsylvania police reported. Authorities in Michigan said Slick roads contributed to a car Accident tuesday in Calhoun county thai killed a 45-year-old Battle Creek woman. Three men working on the Conneaut Harbor Light House in Lake Erie were stranded and forced to spend the night there using a kerosene Heater to stay warm. Their 38-foot boat was washed away by High wave stirred up by Strong winds the coast guard said Petty officer Ron Hughes said 7 to 8-fool Waves prevented a Rescue boat from getting to the men who were told to wait until morning when Waves were expected to subside. Behind the storm a pocket of cold air slipped into the upper Plains and Northern Midwest bringing re Cord Low temperatures in Michigan including an ii dog acc Reading at grand rapids breaking a 92-year old Mark by so degrees. Marquette s minus i broke a record of 2 above set in 196 i and Muskegon s 13 was five degrees colder than the 1959 record. The Snow in Massachusetts came to the Rescue of one Pilot whose Turboprop aircraft lost the use of its Landing gear. Ralph Norton of Nashua n.h., notice the trouble after taking off from Lawrence Airport in North Andover on tuesday night and turned Back Airport officials said. The aircraft landed on its belly in about an Inch of new Snow causing damage to the plane but no injuries to the Pilot or his passenger said Jim Vocel operation manager of Northeast wings at the Airport. Computer a sch Holts shuttle practice countdown Cape canaveral Fla. A a practice countdown with five Astro nauts aboard space shuttle Atlantis ended 31 seconds Short of a simulated engine ignition tuesday after problems developed with computer software. Despite the problems Nasa spokes Man Jim Ball said it is considered Tobe a successful  most of the prob lems stemmed from parts of the soft Ware written especially for the test that would t have been used in a real launch he said. The exercise which included five astronauts who flew the last successful shuttle Mission was to have ended with a mock engine ignition followed by an engine failure and shutdown to give the Crew and launch teams experience in handling an emergency. But the computer software prob Jim caused a 29-Mmuie hold at the nine minute Mark. Engineers did not completely under stand the problem and were concerned it might cause additional troubles in the final 31 seconds when the computer controls the countdown. So the slopped the lest there. A few other minor technical prob lems cropped up during the exercise some of which could have led to count Down holds in an actual launch Situa Tion. But All except for the software problem were overlooked because twas a practice exercise Ball said. The test was aimed Al maintaining launch team Sharpness in he Long flightless period since the challenger explosion. The astronauts settled into the shuttle s Cabin on launch pad 39b for the final two hours of a countdown rehearsal that began monday night. The Crew members Are commander Robert Gibson Pilot Charles Bolden and Mission specialists George Nelson Steven Hawley and Franklin Chang Diaz. They manned the shuttle Columbia on a flight that ended just id Days be fore challenger was launched on its tra Gic Mission Jan. 28. The spacecraft exploded 73 seconds after liftoff and All seven on Board died. Two non astronaut members of co Lumbia s Crew congressman Bill Nel Sonand Ria Engineer Robert Cenker were not participating in tuesday slept. On thursday another team of seven Rookie astronauts will be on Board at lantis to participate in an emergency Crew escape exercise. The drills conclude seven weeks of launch pad tests for Atlantis which will be transported Back to a hangar on sat urday. They Mark the last Chance that Astro nauts and launch teams will have to Sharpen their skills with a shuttle on the pad until discovery is rolled out of storage to be readied Lor the next shut lie liftoff now set for feb. 18,1988. The shuttle Fleet with three vehicles remaining has been grounded since the challenger Accident. A faulty joint be tween segments of a solid fuel Booster rocket that caused the Accident is being redesigned