European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 28 the stars and stripes saturday november 14.1987 snowstorm blamed for 20 deaths Bichnell Pirk in Hartford conn., is blanketed liter wednesday s snowstorm. By the associated press Large areas of the nation s East coast reeled saturday from the wintry blast of Early season Hack to Back storms which hit wednesday and thursday. Near Bliz Zard conditions plagued the Boston area an thursday dumping up 10 a tool of Snow and closing Logan Airport White Sun and seasonable temperatures melted Snow piled up elsewhere by the storms thai arc now blamed for 20 deaths. Among the victims of the blustery swarms was a 5-month-old boy who died thursday after spending the night with his homeless parents in a car in new Britain. Conn. Three homeless people died in the South. The storms brought Early Snow rather than seasonable rain because an intense Low pressure system collided with Mois Ture Laden air from the Atlantic and freezing temperatures said Hugh Crow her a forecaster at inc National weather service s severe storms Center in Kansas City to. Near Washington d.c., the Woodrow Vilson Bridge across inc Potomac on interstate 95 was closed for More than 12 hours causing heavy traffic jams until Early thursday afternoon because Snow plows were unable to Man Euver around hundreds of abandoned vehicles. Slate police in Maryland reported lowing 150vehicles. Freezing temperatures gripped the South Early thursday. Eight cities or towns from Texas to Virginia broke or red their Low temperature record for the Day in Boston weather service officials said the storm driven by winds up to 50 Mph. Dumped almost a foot of Snow in inc Western suburb of Marlboro it was the a Cavies Early snowstorm in the area since the government began keeping records in 1891. In 1897, a storm dumped 4 inches of Snow in the area officials said. In neighbouring Rhode Island the weather service said the overnight Snow fall of nearly 10 inches was the earliest for the month in the state As Well As the most Snow Ever for november the snowfall in the Boston area began to taper off by late morning and the Sun broke through about noon. Forecasters said mild weather would erase most of the Snow by inc weekend. Schools were closed thursday in Northern Virginia the District of Colum Bia. Rhode Island and Massachusetts. Schools opened late in Maryland. Administrators in upstate Columbia county. N.y., where 6 inches of Snow fell. Mid they kept schools open Only be cause All their Snow Days were used up in a wee Klong shutdown in Early october when a record breaking storm left up to20 inches of Snow. Officials closed Logan International Airport in Boston around 3 . So Crews could Clear inc runways but workers were hampered by Strong winds. One runway opened at 10 30 . According to Massachusetts port authority spokeswoman Dee Clarke. The Sion i also knocked out Power on Cape l of wisc re he Bourne Bridge one of two Bridges connecting Caps cod Wii ii the Mainland was closed because of icing. The fatalities attributed by officials to the storm included seven deaths in Vir Ginia where five people were killed in Ira flip accidents. A homeless Man was found dead in Arlington apparently of exposure and an elderly Man died from an apparent heart attack while caught . Traffic accidents blamed on the storm also killed three Penn in two in new York stale and one in new Jersey. Three fatalities in Maryland and one in Delaware were attributed to the storm. Police in Georgia reported the deaths of two transient men whose bodies were found wednesday As caused by a combi nation of cold and alcohol. In Connecticut police charged a Cou ple with risk of injury to a minor in the death of their infant son. The family spent the night in their car in front of an apartment building where they had previously lived with relatives. Dollar from Page 1 Cost of living adj Simenis to military personnel Deal hired outside the uni cd Stales he said. Helft said the department had begun fiscal 1988 of oct. I with a budget of $777.4 million for Thelt overseas allowances. Roughly 500,000 of the is million men and women Jon Active duty Are deploy cd outside the unit curates accords tax to the comptroller try Pentagon s budget ass toed the Dollar woul Capuy 2.06 Ger Man Mark Slid 163.10 yen. Duffe the financial turmoil Char Egan with last no blah s Slock mar Ket dive the Dollar is now buying Only 1.67 Marks and about 1 34 yen pfc discs of about 20 percent and in Berrell respectively. 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The 140 were among 250 people exposed to in and screened tuesday at the base Hospital Piip Wasir sgt. Phil Haines base spokesman. Medical officials said no additional cases said sgt. Davidr Malakoff another base spokesman. The girl who a mailed fulminant mening Cocce Mia died Tulc base Hospital emergency room from cardiac a
