European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 29, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 29, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 . Winter weather a repeat of 85- 86? Washington a this Winter May he a rerun of two years ago according to the National weather service which is predicting wet and Stormy on the Easl coast. Cold from the appalachians to the great Plains. Warm and dry in the Southwest and warm along the coast of Oregon and Washington. These predictions arc partly Ilie result of expected changes in wind patterns said Donald oilman the chief forecaster for the National weather service at a news conference Friday. The predictions include o the eastward bound Winter storm rack from Texas through Georgia will Start Over the Gulf of mex Ico instead of Over Texas. Wind that normally blows storms onto the Pacific coast from the West will turn northward and blow them More onto the Pacific coast of Canada. The wind that normally blows out of Canada from Northwest to Southeast into the . Midwest will blow More from North to South. The Gulf origin of East coast storms Means they will carry much More moisture than Normal. Washingtonians Are sensitive about these things having been battered by 17 inches of flurries on nov. 11, and Gil Man declined requests to predict Snow amounts. Whether it s Snow or  depends very much on what the circumstances Are at that time. The most logical thing to expect is sometimes it la be one some times the other said oilman. The temperatures will probably be so variable from week to week that How they will balance up Over the whole season is beyond durability to predict " oilman called the nov. 11 storm a once in a life time  California had a dry Winter last year and two in arow can mean water shortages. Oilman said he Hopes it won t be a replay of 1976-1977, and said he believes there Are indications Ihal once in a while the pattern will shift enough. So the storm will come straight in bringing moisture to California instead of Canada. Winter last year was influenced by the so called Al Nino warm equatorial current from the Western Pacific onto the coast of South America. This current is still there but weakening and the forecast docs not really depend very much on what happens with Al Nino said Gilman. California s dryness last year cannot be blamed on Al Nino because there is no consistent relationship Between Al Nino and West coast  Oil Man said. In the 1972-1973 Al Nino year the coast received More  than Normal. Asked about the september prediction of Thi old Farmers almanac that the country is in for three severe Winters in a Row Gilman stressed the word somebody in his reply i m sure that somebody will gel three bad Winters in a Row. But that s about All you can  pacifist Church groups waging War on toy guns Washington a Church and pacifist groups Are taking up hammers Gar Bage bags and at least one steamroller in an International Battle against Christmas sales of toy weapons. Wielding a Hammer against a toy gun former toy shop owner Louise Franklin Ramiro a of the Gray panthers a group of older americans launched this season Campaign at a news conference Friday. War toys Channel the imagination of children into recognizing violence As the Only legitimate Means of resolving conflict or dealing with frustration a War re Sisters league spokesman told a news conference. They teach children to Divide the world into armed Camps of us and them " representatives of Slop War toys said this year s efforts against the toys would include activities in several states in addition to Australia. Britain. Canada. Hong Kong and Yugoslavia. Demonstrations against toy manufacturers were planned saturday in Paw Tucket r.i., and los Angeles. The activist group Alliance for survival intended to use a rented steamroller against a pile of toy guns collecting them at the Federal building in West los Angeles. Joanne Shenan Stop War toys co founder said she planned to Demon Strate against Hasbro inc. In Pawtucket makers of a popular toy go  and others called air raiders and  in Canada demonstrators dressed As Santa Claus in past years have visited toy stores and thrown toy weapons into garbage bags she said adding that Simi Lar actions were being considered this year. It is the third year the groups Are wag ing efforts to reduce sales of violent toys. Which the National coalition on television violence estimates enjoyed si.3 Bil lion in sales in the United states last year a 700 percent increase Over the past five years. Shenan said in a Telephone interview that she had just returned from a Demon stration in West Hartford. Conn against Colucco industries makers of toys de ived from the film  they be told stockholders they re dropping the rambo line because i Twain t making Money she said. But we have to see what happens when the new sequel to rambo comes  fund raising santas sidewalk santas line up at new York s Lincoln Center to kick off the annual volunteers of Ameri Ca fund raising Effort. This is he 80th year in which the group has used santas about 75 of them this year to raise Money for the homeless and hungry. Old cutters scuttled to form artificial reef key Largo Fla. A the first of two aging coast guard cutters was r