European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday february 24, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 Dod seeks regular Access to Zaire base Washington Ovri the defense depart Mcnol is seeking an agreement with Zaire that would allow Nic United strike to use an air Haw to support a wide Range of activities in Central and Southern Africa. I Pentagon official said such an it Cemini would allow the military Loim prove the base without being accused of bypassing congressional supervision the official said it has previously he in reported Hal the base out Side the cily of a Minn in Southern Zaire has been used to Supply arms covertly to the Unita rebels fight ing the marxist government in neighbouring Angola. While inc Pentagon official who asked not to be named would not comment in Sueh reports he said that a formal agreement Between Zaire and the United states granting inc military regular Access to the base would provide facilities to support a Broad Range of activities ranging from transport of military equip ment supplied to african states to humanitarian Relief in the event of natural disasters. An aide 10 rep. Ronald v. Del sums d-calif., who chairs a House subcommittee on military construction said the subcommittee would examine whether the base had been used properly in the past and whether it in in the Best interests of the United Stales to seek formal Access to the installation. The Pentagon official said saturday Hal the Reagan administration had not yet decided who Lucr to Nugo Lite such an agreement with the government of presi Dent Mobutu Sec seko who arrived in Washington last weekend on a private visit the stale department is More cautious than we  the Pentagon official said noting thai the two agencies have been discussing the matter for several months. The Washington Post disclosing the possibility of a Basing agreement said saturday that a decision on who Lucr to seek formal Access to the base must be made within a few months if the Pentagon is to obtain approval for spending about s2 million for modest improvements to he site. Dellums has advocated tight restrictions on the use of operations and maintenance Money to pay for construction at overseas military bases. In the past he has objected to improvements at military installations in Honduras where the United states has conducted Reg ular military exercises. Dellums maintains that these improvements which the Pentagon often characterizes As temporary arc improper since they Lack necessary approval from con Gress. Laredo Lake Hatasu City tie As nation s hot spot Washington api Laredo Texas and Lake Hatasu City. Ariz., Are America s hot spots a new study reports. And the chilliest place in the nation for the second straight year is Cunnison. Colo. The report on the wan nest and coldest places in the 48 contiguous states is being published in the february edition of Cal Serwise a Marine specializing in weather and climate studies. David h. Hickok of Ohio Wesleyan University reports that Gunnison outdistanced inc compel i Ion for coldest locality by recording the nation s record Low on 81 separate occasions during 1986. That s nearly twice As often As no. 2 ranked West Vello Slone. Mont., which was inc National cold spot 41 limes. Gunnison also took advantage of its High Altitude in inc Rocky mountains to top the cold list in 1985. West Yellowstone was also second that year although it had ranked As coldest in 1984. Stick Cox reported. At the other end of the scale inc 1985 hot spol Bullhead City. Ariz., fell 10 no. 4 last year. Tied Tor warmest american location in 1986 with 34 daily highs each were Laredo and Lake Hatasu cily. Lake Hatasu City moved up from no. 2 in 1985, while Laredo jumped All the Way from no. It. Nationally the average of the daily wind chill Index thermometer Reading in degrees fahrenheit m 25 20 in 10 5 0 a -10 -15 -20 -25 -30 cold to by cold to bitterly cold bitterly cold to sex Pond la a freeze sex Pond Fiji a for Wpm exp omd Are of fac free ii in Tost than 2 Man Ute n. Chut Sain Niu wow so lowest temperatures in 1986 was 10 de Grees fahrenheit up from an average of 8 degrees a year earlier. The average High was 97 degrees up t degree from 1985. The lowest Low recorded by the National weather service last year was 38 below Zero on Jan. 7 at International Falls Minn. The warmest Low was 38 degrees above recorded several times in j uly and August. The hottest High for the year was a sweaty 133 degrees on aug. S at death Valley. Calif. The coolest High was 74 degrees recorded on feb. 12 at both Burna. Ariz and Fon Lnu Derwalt. Fla. Hic Coji s rankings of holiest and coldest places arc based on the number of times a Community was listed As warmest or coolest in the nation by the National weather service. The ratings do not include Alaska and Hawaii. The nation s All time record High was 134 degrees recorded at Greenland ranch calif., on july 10. 1913. The re Cord cold was 69.7 below Era at Rogers pass in Lewis and Clark county. Mont., on Jan. 20, 1954. Here arc inc nation s hot spots in 1986 and the number of Days they were the warmest in inc nation i. Lake Havasy City and Laredo 34 2. Palm Springs. Calif., 33 3. Mcallen. Pcs is. 31 4. Bullhead cily. 29 5. Puma. Ariz., 27 6. Gila Bend aril. 25 7. Pre Sidio Texas. 23 s. Coolidge ariz., fort Myers fla., and Laughlin nov., 22 9. Thermal calif., is 10. Lakeland. Fla.14. Here Are the nation s cold spots in 1986 and the number of Days they were coolest in the nation i. Gunnison 81 2. West Yellowstone 41 3. Truckee calif., 33 4. Houlton. Maine 15 5. Marquette. Mich. 13 6, International Falls and Leadville colo., ii 7. Alamosa cola., 10 8. Hibbing Minn., 9 9. Canyon wyo., 8 10. Alia Gash Maine Battle Mountain. Ncv., Madison wyo., Saranac Lake. . And Warroad Minn. 7. Settlement reached in three state Kroger strike Nashville Tenn. Api negotiators for 1,500 workers and the Kroger co. Reached a settlement sunday in a strike against the supermarket Chain in three states officials said. The settlement must be approved by members of local 405 of the United food and commercial workers who struck Kroger stores thursday in Middle and Eist Tennesse i.1. Northern Alabama and Southern Kentucky the agreement came a Day after a judge granted Kroger s request to limit inc strike to three pickets at each of the 67 stores involved. The Union had been working without a contract since a three year agreement expired Jan. 31. Negotiations had stalled Friday Over Union contentions that Kroger wanted to increase part time workers to reduce health care benefits and pension costs. Kroger based in Cincinnati operates 1.000 stores in 22 Stales primarily the Southeast and Midwest. Meanwhile eight of 10 Safeway stores in Maryland and Delaware closed permanently sunday after workers voted to reject con tract concessions amounting to More than �5 an hour in wages and benefits. Sands of time Safeway spokesman Ernie Moore said there is no Chance the eight stores will be reopened. The supermarket Chain had announced that it would close the stores sunday if members of local 27 of the United food and commercial workers Union voted against the concessions. Strategic egg initiative wins 87 Rube Goldberg contest West Lafayette. Ind. A a device using a basketball hoop Racquet Ball and pendulum to Cook up the world s most complicated method of pre paring breakfast captured first place in inc 1987 Rube Goldberg machine con Lesl. The winning device called the strategic egg in i  look a complicated series of Steps slur