European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday january 29, 1987 the stars and stripes Navy keeps 2nd Carrier on duty in Mediterranean by Norman Black a military writer Washington the Reagan administration a ordered the Navy to extend the deployment of the Carrier John of Kennedy in the Mediterranean one source calling it a precaution in response 10 the wave of hostage taking in Lebanon. The move maintains two Carrier Battle groups in the Mediterranean indefinitely the Pentagon said. Informed sources linked the order to the wave of kidnappings in Beirut and reports that anglican Church envoy Terry wait is missing a source speaking on the condition of anonymity stressed tuesday that the Navy has been Given no instructions to prepare for a military strike in Lebanon or elsewhere. He said the two carriers would begin moving toward the Middle East As a precaution to be prepared for any  the sources also disclosed that the Navy has issued orders to its Mideast task Force to move some smaller warships deeper into the persian Gulf. The Navy has no carriers in the Region but docs have five smaller combat ships assigned to the Gulf. The order to the ships in the Gulf was described As a . Sign of support for the organization of islamic conference which began tuesday in Kuwait despite vows by pro iranian terrorists to disrupt it. The Pentagon declined to discuss the reasons for extending the deployment of the Kennedy and its ii Thip Corrigal group. The Kennedy left its Norfolk va., Home port last August and had been scheduled to leave the Mediterranean next week after a Standard Sis month deployment. The nuclear powered Carrier Nimitz arrived in the Region earlier this month to relieve the Kennedy. Adding to the tension of the Beirut kidnappings Are reports thai Waile might have been placed under House arrest in Beirut by moslem radicals. Waile arrived in the lebanese capital on Jan. 12. Since then 11 foreigners have been abducted in Bei rut. The latest a saudi arabian was kidnapped Mon Day night. The number of foreigners missing in Leb anon has soared to 26, including eight americans. With things this unsettled you Don t let an aircraft Carrier Start Home if there s a Chance you might need  said one official. It s a  the Navy has 24 combat ships and eight support ships in the Mediterranean. Included in the Force arc ships carrying combat equipped marines but they arc in the Western Mediterranean and have received no orders to turn eastward the sources said. As for the persian Gulf one source said the Navy has live warships in the area iwo frigates and three destroyers. They have been ordered to steam North Ward and hence deeper into the Gulf the sources said. Those orders were issued As the organization of islamic conference opened its three Day Summit. King Hussein of Jordan appealed at the conference on tuesday for an immediate truce As a prelude to peace talks Between Iran and Iraq. Chrysler halts sponsorship for Abc s Ameri Ca Detroit Dpi a Chrysler corp. Spokes Man confirmed wednesday thai the car maker has pulled its commercials from amerika a seven night television min Scriel about life in the United states after a soviet takeover. Chrysler spokesman John Guiniven said the car maker s commercial themes would be inappropriate for the i4vi-hour show to be aired on Abc beginning the week of feb. 15. Chrysler had been the largest sponsor of the show. Guiniven said Chrysler s lop management including chairman Lee Iacocca reviewed sin hours of the show made available to them we concluded that the subject matter and por trayal Are so intense and emotional that our upbeat product commercials would be both inappropriate Ando diminished effectiveness he said. We have no personal quarrel Wilh what we have seen and believe the ministries will attract a huge audience Guiniven said in a prepared statement. Guiniven said that the car maker did not yield to protests against the film s controversial theme. Guiniven would not disclose the value of the sponsorship. Cold forces homeless into crowded shelters by the associated Pumi subzero temperatures which fell to As much As 33 below Zero in Vermont tuesday forced thousands of homeless people to crowd into shelters in major East Ern cities still digging out from two consecutive Snow storms. Crews blowing roads had to Cut through drifts up to eight feel deep and highways around Washington were Millered with cars abandoned monday. Since Jan. 21, when the first of the two storms rolled up the Atlantic coast at least 54 deaths have been blamed on Snow Slippery roads and cold from the South to new England. The official coldest spot in the nation tuesday was cuban vi., where the 3s-below-Zcro Reading was re corded the National weather service said. So cold it s hard 10 breathe said Canaan assist ant town clerk Noreen Labrecque. She was not amused when told that cold Bay Alaska had a temperature of 38 above Zero. Other Low temperatures tuesday included 25 below at Clarksburg Mit so and 22 below Zero at Mussina Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Jan. 29, 1947 colonial Secretary Arthur Creech Jones told the House of commons in London that the British government was consid ering evacuating women and children from pal Estine As a result of the abduction of iwo British civilians by jewish extremists. 30 years ago today. Jan. 29,1957 defense Secretary Charles Wil son said Middle East and hungarian events con firmed the United Stales decision to maintain its armed strength of 2.s million Al least through 1960. 20 years ago today. Jan. 29. 1967 America s first Apollo Astro nauts Virgil Gus Grissom 40, Edward h. While 36, and Roger Chaffee 31, were killed by an intense Flash fire that trapped them in their spacecraft during a simulated launching Al Cape Kennedy Fla. 10 years ago today. Jan. 29, 1977 a despondent Freddie Prinze 22, of television s Chico and the Man was in critical condition after shooting himself in the head. N,, n.y., had a record is below Ellins w.va., hit a record 18 below Greenbank w.va., registered 24 below and Roanoke va., reached a record 2 above  of new York City s homeless sought shelter from 11-degree cold. In Boston where tuesday s Low temperature was 8 degrees 539 people were put up at the 350-bed Pine Street inn the City s largest private shelter. The extra 189 people were bedded Down in the lobby. The salvation army shelter in Baltimore was full As a result of the  in Tennessee where temperatures fell to Zero were packed the Union Rescue Mission in Memphis set up 200 folding chairs in ils Chapel and the salvation army shelter in that City set up cots to supplement its 150 Beds. In Pittsfield mian., where tuesday s Low was 6 below Zero police blocked off a four Block Section of the downtown business District after a Sno plow knocked Over a fire hydrant and the Street was flooding with water thai immediately froze. The storm in the East dumped 2 feet of Snow on Eastern Virginia and Southern new Jersey. Atlantic City remained under a limited Snow Emer gency. We re still Wing four wheel drive vehicles in some cases As ambulances said Jim Mas and of the City s office of emergency management. But tour buses resumed taking customers to the cily s casinos. Schools remained closed in Delaware and Maryland and on Cape cod and Highway Crew continued plow ing highways and spreading sail. We re getting to the secondary routes but it s Stilt going o take us two or three Days said John Gallagher spokesman for the West Virginia Highway depart  legislative leaders cancelled House and Senate sessions extending a recess that began with the storm that hit last thursday. Since last week he weather has been blamed for 19 deaths in Pennsylvania seven in Alabama six in North Carolina four each in Tennessee and Maryland three each in Connecticut and Virginia two each in new York and Rhode Island and one each in South Carolina Massachusetts. Michigan and Kentucky. A Lone pedestrian Battle his Way through Waist deep drifts left by Twa snowstorms in Brigantine n j