European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 25, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes wednesday january 25,1989 Winter from Page 1 in Lombardy the recent rain helped break heavy fog that had blanketed the area since mid december. Italian forecasts Call for rain and Snow starting Friday. Warm temperatures have prevailed throughout both dry and wet weather in Western Europe. Parker said the mean december temperature in Oxford England s representative measurement station was 46.6 degrees fahrenheit. Only two other decembers those of 1934 and 1974, have been warmer since the government started keeping weather records at Oxford in 1659. But he said the dry mild weather has t lasted Long enough to set any kind of seasonal records. You can t say much about Winter yet because it s Only Halfway through he said. It could still turnout to be an average  Karl Heinz Nottrodt meteorologist at the weather office in Frankfurt West Germany said tempera Tures in Northern Germany were 5 to 9 degrees above average in december. . Officials at Ramstein said january temperatures there Are running 6 degree above Normal. The Onset of foggy weather has offset the accompanying German dry spell however. In spite of the minimal precipitation the ground is wet every where Nottrodt said. The English and Continental Flat Landers May re Gard the warmth As an oddity but ski resort opera tors find it a curse. A German ski club official in Munich said Many areas in West Germany Are not operating. In general Only the areas above 3,800 feet Elevation still have Snow. While skiing is still Good in the bavarian Alps slopes in the Black Forest and Rhon regions Are Bare like last year. Sgt. Charles Richardson site chief at the defense communications system radio relay station on Feldberg the Black Forest s highest Peak and a pop ular skiing area said the Snow cover there is thin an Rocky. It has t had a Nice powder top since that first nov. 18 snowfall. After that it rained he said. While his Crew normally can see about 300 people on the slopes on an average Winter Day now you can hardly see five or six and they Are mostly just  Over the weekend in Italy Snow fell in the pied Mont and in the mountainous d Costa Valley North East of Turin benefiting ski resort operators whose facilities had been closed for Lack of Snow. Lift opera tors in the Alps North of Milan had no such Luck however and warm weather has frustrated their at tempts to make artificial Snow. Especially hard hit Are the dolomites known for their sunny exposures. Austria is better off. Karin Gangl at the austrian tourist office in Frankfurt West Germany said there were no closures because of a Lack of Snow although Bare and Rocky spots exist at lower altitudes. Skiing conditions in Tyrol Are generally Good with the higher areas being the Best bet. In the Kaer Nten Region some areas have operated continuously with the Hel of Snow making equipment. Skiing in Switzerland generally is a Little better than last year said Joerg Krebs at the Swiss tourist office in Frankfurt. All areas Are open but Snow is thin at lower elevations. Generally the North has More Snow than the South. Glacier areas such As Zermatt Are comparatively unaffected but skiing into the valleys May be difficult. Contributing to this report staff writer Alba Bragoli in Naples Italy and Norm Zeigler in Darmstadt West Germany killer Bundy executed from Page 1 gov. Bob Martinez. In his final statement Bundy said Jim and Fred i d like you to give my love to my family and  Jim Coleman is Bundy s attorney from Washington d.c., and Fred Lawrence is a methodist minister who spent the night in prayer with him. In addition to praying a remorseful Bundy 42, also placed two last Calls to his Mother in Tacoma wash.,to say Farewell. He sounds wonderful Louise Bundy said after the first Telephone Call. He sounds very much at peace with  at the end of the second Call Bundy s Mother told him you la always be my precious  Bundy who had dodged three previous execution dates through appeals has been called a suspect in As Many As 36 deaths. He was also under a death sentence for the murders of two Florida state University sorority Sisters. About 5 30 ., the final preparations began with a prison official shaving Bundy s head and right leg where the electrodes were later placed. When Bundy entered the chamber at 7 01 ., wearing a Light Blue shirt and dark Blue pants he looked frightened but walked directly to the electric chair. After being seated he nodded to his attorney and minister and mouthed words to them. Forty two people witnessed the execution from be Hind a plexiglass partition. They were 12 official wit Nesses among them a state representative and three state attorneys 12 reporters and 18 other people mostly corrections officials. More than 100 people supporting the execution and about two dozen against it milled around outside the Florida state prison. At 7 ., a Small group of death penalty supporters lit sparklers and firecrackers and cheered while opponents silently held candles an then held a Memona service. The execution brought a sigh of Relief in the la Conner wash., Home of Vivian Rancourt whose daughter Susan was among Bundy s victims. Good Rancourt said when told Bundy was dead. The Only Bush from Page 1 will be at what Point the consultation begins Wrights id. The congressional leaders emerged from the session with High Praise for the new president lauding him for making his first formal Contact with Congress a bipartisan one. It was a cordial meeting. There is Good  sphere said Senate majority Leader George Mitchell a Maine. Before tuesday s meeting Bush had been vague about the kind of modifications he would seek to the ,$1.15 trillion spending plan for fiscal 1990 that was submitted this month by president Reagan. But on tuesday he promised the leaders that he would sub Mit a major rewrite of that budget. The president agreed to submit a full and concise budget by mid february Wright said. Mitchell said i Don t think we anticipate a com plete budget proposal of the depth and detail that president Reagan  but we do expect a budget proposal of sufficient detail to make Clear what the president s priorities Are and How he plans to Deal with the serious problem facing the country he said. Thing i can say is thank god it s finally  Bundy s final appeals including a series to the . Supreme court were rejected monday. The execution was the 20th in Florida since it resumed executions in 1979 106 murderers have been put to death in the United states since capital punish ment was restored in 1976. Bundy s final visitors included James Dobson a psychologist and Christian broadcaster who said that Bundy had expressed great  Bundy wept admitted he was a murderer and said society had a right to protect itself from people with his weakness according to Dobson. Bundy was condemned for the kidnapping rape and murder of 12-year-old Kimberly Leach of Lake City. Her body was found in an abandoned Pigsty. He also was sentenced to death for killing the two Florida stat students in Tallahassee in 1978. Residents of Lake City hoped the execution would help the Community put the Case behind them. It s sort of like the super bowl Gerald Witt mayor of the Northern Florida town said. It la give everybody a feeling of Relief and make everybody smile to know he s finally been electrocuted. I seems like he s just a living  Bundy who grew up in Tacoma was linked to three dozen killings of Young women. As the execution approached he met with investigators from Western states and admitted killing eight women each in Washington and Utah and two each in Colorado and Idaho authorities said. Bundy was the subject of five books and a television miniseries the deliberate  a Federal judge once called him the most competent serial killer in the country at this time. A diabolical  the execution also inspired bizarre humor from radio stations with Jacksonville station Fqik urging listeners to turn off unnecessary appliances Between 6 45  And 7  To ensure plenty of juice for the electric chair at the nearby prison. Bundy who dropped out of Law school after a year is believed to have stalked Young women near College campuses shopping centers and Parks in the West and Northwest targeting those with Long dark hair parted in the Middle. I Hope the sweetness and Light will last a Long time said sen. Alan Cranston d-calif., the assistant Senate majority Leader. It s Clear the president is a Man interested in achieving honest accommodation whenever he could and going the extra distance to reach compromises with Congress democratic majority sen. Alan Dixon,d-i11., told reporters after the first session. According to those present Bush did not express any views but went around the table allowing each lawmaker to speak. Several Rhein main buildings evacuated after bomb scare. Rhein main a West Germany is the discovery of an unattended briefcase in a recreation Center restroom caused Security officials to evacuate several buildings tuesday afternoon including the commissary Library and Bowling Alley. However no explosives were found in the briefcase which was mechanically opened by explosive Ord Nance disposal experts a base spokesman said. Security police were called by a Center employee at 3 09 p.m., it. Col. Pat Maloney said. The other build Ings were evacuated about 3 30 p.m., and base activities returned to Normal at 6 10 p.m., he said. Woman s Kin Settle suit Over military Hospital Case 1f\cvnij f\\irwf\1 join. By Joseph Owen Stuttgart Bureau the survivors of a woman who bled to death in 1986 after allegedly being mis diagnosed at a stateside military Hospital have settled their suit against the . Government out of court. I m glad it s Over with the woman s husband  sgt. William f. Clark said tuesday. It s a Relief just to get it out of the Way. My daughter and i can get on with our  the out of court settlement which binds the parties in the Case to secrecy Over the financial agreement prompted . District judge Walter Smith of Waco Texas on Jan. 18 to dismiss the february 1987 lawsuit in which Clark claimed the government was responsible for his wife s death. Clark now a military policeman at Nelson Barracks in Neu Ulm West Ger Many declined to comment further on the Case saying he had not been in con tact with his lawyer to discuss the settlement terms. Sources said however that the government agreed to pay $200,000 to the survivors. In addition two insurance companies of the doctor involved in the Case each agreed to pay the survivors $50,000. It was a contested Case and anytime you have a contested Case it s Ripe for settlement said Clark s attorney Don Davis of Austin Texas. There was the possibility of full liability on their part and no liability on our part so they decided to Cut their  Davis said Deanna sue Clark 29, underwent ultrasound treatments March 13, 1986, at Noble  Hospital at fort Mcclellan ala., because she was in pain and suspected she might be having a tubal pregnancy. The screening showed nothing Abnor Mal but the next Day she went Back to the Hospital because the pain had wors ened Davis said. The suit claimed that a civilian doctor dismissed her cramps As nothing threatening and again sent her Home. On March 15, she returned to the hos Pital in an ambulance about noon and was dead by 1 15 p.m., Davis said. An autopsy showed she had bled to death because a pregnancy in one of her Fallo Pian tubes had caused it to rupture. . Attorney Jim Jennings of san an Tonio would not confirm the settlement or comment on the government s agreement to pay William Clark his 5 year old daughter and Deanna Clark s parents Texas residents Keith and Jea Nanne Pearson. The pearsons who earlier had called the incident a pure Case of neglect also declined to comment citing the settlement agreement. P�?,t�butin9 this rep it state writers Chuck Vino and Bill Bartman in Washington