European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. March27, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 storms raking great lakes Southwest b the Avion Ralpd porn the storm thai altered the Plain moved toward the great lakes on wednesday and was gradually weakening but a new storm system spread rain and Snow Over he Southwest. Even though the Plains storm was weakening and was not expected to produce any More heavy Snow northwesterly wind gusting Over 40 Mph at times continued blowing from Kansas and Nebraska into South Dakota. Blowing and Drifting Snow was still a problem from Western Nebraska into Central South Dakota. Travellers advisories for blowing and Drifting Snow and hazardous driving conditions were posted Over Western portions of Nebraska and South Dakota. A livestock advisory or Eastern South Dakota warned that inc combination or High wind rain and temperatures in the 30s would it Sci Young and new born livestock. The storm dumped a tout of 20 inches of Snow unbroken Bow neb., and piled up 12-foot drifts around the City. O Neill neb measured 17 inches. While Aboul a fool of Snow fell on Western Kansas and Central South Dakota had More than hair a foot on the ground. The storm system also generated locally heavy thunderstorms from the Carolina into the Centra appalachians. Scattered thunderstorms also devel oped Over the Ohio Valley and lower Michigan. Rain fell from the upper Mississippi Valley and Eastern Missouri into the Western great lakes. Golf Ball size Hail fell at zet Arnople pa., and Marble size Hail was reported at Penn slate  in Centra Pennsylvania. La Hays kan., Motorist shovels his Way to his car after a blizzard dumped 8 inches of Snow on he area. A new storm system Over the South West spreading scattered showers and Thundu Showen from Wuth Eastern Arizona into vouch can new me i i and southwestern to As Snow fell in the Mountain of South Central new Mexico there a travellers Adiv Ory was posted. Unseasonably mild temperatures in the my and70s were reported across new England and Cavern new York state. Record highs included 67 at bin Hamlon . M Al Bridgeport Conn 64 at Portland Maine and m at Burlington it temporal urls around the nation at 2 . Est ranged from 19 degrees at yellow Ilont National Park to is at Lakeland. Fla. The Low for the Day was j degrees below Zero at Yellowstone. Weather satellite goes into service Suitland my. A the nation s newest weather satellite went into service wednesday re storing a form of Protection lost nearly three years ago when its predecessor foiled. The satellite is beaming Back pictures of the earthen time to search for tropical storms. They gave us a Good Bird said Gary k. Davis manager of satellite operations for the National oceanic and atmospheric administration after receiving formal control of the satellite goes a. Two hours later the first pictures of Earth began arriving and the satellite became known As goes-7, a change signifying that it had become a working Parton the National forecasting system. Coes-7 is stationed Over the Eastern United Stales looking out Over the Atlantic Ocean to detect hurricanes. Goes stands for geostationary operational environmental satellite. Pictures from go soften appear on television and in newspapers. . Work Force tnpranlbftoh11 my my a i 125 to 84 il6tomyr Tuk 14.0 13.1 tj4 proposed $3.85 minimum wage would increase to $4.65 in 1990 Washington up the cur rent minimum wage of $3.3 an hour would Rise to $3.85 an hour next year and to s4.65 by 1990 if a Bill introduced wednesday by sen. Edward Kennedy,d-mass., and rep. Augustus Hawkins d-calif., becomes Law Kennedy the chairman of the Senate labor and human resources commit tee and Hawkins the chairman of the House education and labor committee held a joint news conference wednesday to announce the proposed increase. If passed it would be the first mini mum wage increase since it Rose to s3.3s an hour six years ago. In that time its purchasing Power has eroded by 27 percent Kennedy said in a statement. The time has come for Congress to redeem the Promise of the minimum wage by restoring its value for american  a full time employee earning inc minimum wage now Mattes less than 17,000 a year an amount equal to 77 percent of the poverty level for a family of three and 60 percent of inc poverty level for family of four Kennedy said. A full Lime Job in the work place should never mean a lifetime of poverty or welfare dependency Kennedy said. In America in 1987, the mini mum wage is not a subsistence wage and Congress should not let another year go by without correcting  the Bill would increase the hourly minimum wage to 13,85 in 1988, $4.29 in i �b9 and 14.65 in 1990. The minimum wage was first signed into Law in 1933 by president Franklin Roosevelt. The first minimum wage was 25 cents an hour. Congress has voted sixties in 49 years to increase in. Kennedy said any complaints from business groups about inc Cost of the pro posed increase come with ill Grace fro those who have prof led from six years of neglect by profiteering at the expense of workers. Kennedy said that under criteria historically used to calculate the right mini mum wage inc current minimum should be s4.45 an Hou r 11. 0 h higher than i t . Considers using warships to guard kuwaiti tankers in Gulf  Gross Washington up Kuwait May Sci the . Warship escorts it has sought to guard kuwaiti Oil tank ers against iranian attacks in the persian Gulf administration officials say. No agreement has been reached but the United states told Kuwait it would look positively at using its destroyers and frigates to escort kuwaiti tankers the officials said tuesday. Ordering the six ship Middle Bast Force in the Gulf 10 escort foreign ships would escalate . Military activity in the Lenie Region but official failed the move a Normal Extension of Protection for Ameri can flagship vessels plying the waterway. A . Naval presence has existed for decades in the Gulf which is a Shu Rev far much Follic world s Oil. The Force of do sinners and triples is led by the command ship la Salic and is based in inc Oil stale Offish , defense Secretary Caspar Weinberger appeared to endorse extending . Naval support to True div Gulf nations in the face of Iran s threats to close the Strait of Hormuz the Horseshoe shaped Entrance to the  is a very real threat to our shipping in inc Gulf and to the shipping of free nations Weinberger told the House armed services committee. So we Hae to beware of and capable of responding to requests for Raisin Ance from our friends thai s essentially what we re doing now ensuring itis understood we have the capability and resolve not to permit those Straits to he  the administration has warned Iran not to use chinese made silkworm anti ship missiles to threaten Gulf Chip Ping. Iranian parliament speaker Akbar Hashemi Kalian Jani rejected that warning tuesday and said any Nhac against Iran would Lead to insecurity for americans around the  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. March 27,1w president Truman said he hoped Congress would approve his $400 million greek an turkish Aid program before inc March 31 deadline for British withdrawal from arc acc. 30 years ago today. March 27, 1957 edouard Herriot. 84. French elder statesman died of a Broncho pulmonary infection and heart complications in Lyon. France. 20 years ago today. March 27, 1967 vice resident Hubert Humphrey left for Europe on a Liu Meek rip it Huum . Policies and Iolo mend relations with Fiance. J 0 years ago today. March 27. 1977 Minnesota twins infield or Rob Carew received the Roberto lenient award during dinner held in St. I Limburg. Fla