European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 5, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes sunday february 5,1989 record highs give Way to Chilly blasts by Mitchell Landsberg associated press an alaskan cold front nearly completed its Conquest of the lower 48 states saturday replacing record set Ting temperatures putting highways on ice chilling Mardi gras festivities and making forecasters the tar get of some Cabin fever abuse. Frigid air pushed South and East bringing subzero wind chills to normally Balmy South Texas coating new York City and Philadelphia with freezing  and sending temperatures plunging across Georgia Louisiana and Alabama. By sunday the National weather service said the Arctic air was expected to reach Central Florida completing the southeastward March that began in Alaska about a week ago. Heavy Snow fell in the Rockies and the Sierra Nevada and temperatures remained Well below Zero across much of the nation s midsection. So far at least 16 deaths around the United states have been blamed on the cold weather. Leo Burnett a forecaster in the National weather service office in Fargo n.d., said he and his col leagues were beginning to catch blame for the painfully cold weather. The High temperature in Fargo on Friday was 15 below Zero and some people needed a scape Goat. They re getting a Little Cabin fever guess and they have to take their frustrations out on someone so they Call and kind of get All Over the Weatherman every once in a while Burnett said. We be got thick  one Man he said called to say i m just in a fit of depression and i blame you Guys. I be got to get out of Here. I m going to go to  the caller had better move fast. Parts of the South East enjoyed record warmth Friday As they awaited the cold it was 77 degrees in Apalachicola fla., break ing the record for feb. 3 by a degree. Other records included 77 in Asheville n.c., 75 in Atlanta and 84 in Charleston . But by Midnight Friday it was 49 in Atlanta and forecasts called for the temperatures to continue drop Ping possibly reaching into the teens by tuesday. Temperatures dropped 40 degrees in parts of Louisi Ana worrying Strawberry Farmers and casting a chill but not a pall Over Mardi gras festivities. Snow sleet ice or 80-Mph winds those Are the Only things that would Stop a Parade said assistant police chief Ray Holman of new Orleans. Cold chicagoan trudge through a snowstorm Friday returning to reality after enjoying recent Balmy weather. A weather does t Dampen Many spirits but it May cause people to drink More of  such Parade stopping conditions Aren t Likely in new Orleans but they provide a fair description of weather across much of the West where Winter storm warnings were in effect Early saturday in parts of Cali fornia Nevada Utah and Wyoming. In Northern California up to 3 feet of Snow whipped by winds of up to 70 Mph fell Friday in parts of the Sierra Nevada and More was expected. The Utah Highway patrol reported lots and lots of minor accidents on Slick Snow packed freeways around Salt Lake City but ski resort operators were cheering Over the extra foot or More of Snow that coated the nearby mountains. A greyhound trailways bus with 15 people aboard spun around and overturned Friday on an icy inter state 70 in Colorado near the Utah line. In grand Junction police said 14 people were hospitalized with broken Bones. About 14 Denver High school basketball players and a coach were treated for possible Carbon monoxide poisoning and hypothermia Friday night when a Heater in their chartered bus apparently failed in bitter cold weather West of Denver. All were treated and released from two Denver hospitals. Subzero cold in Montana caused ice jams on the Bighorn Missouri and Clark Fork Rivers. The town of Wisdom mont., recorded the nation s lowest tempera Ture of minus 52, and rancher Helen Carey who lives about 30 Miles South of Helena said her Newborn calves were losing their ears to frostbite. Poor Little things they be really had a Tough go of it she said. Power outages left people without heat in several places around the country including the suburbs of Kansas City mo., where a record Low of 7 below Zero was recorded at the Airport Friday. And in Wausau wis., sponsors of the Badger state Winter games considered calling off the weekend s Cross country ski races because of subzero cold. Ice Cream makers dish up pro eco for peace Montpelier it. A Ben and Jerry who made their Mark Selling Premium Vermont made ice Cream Are try ing their hand at marketing worldwide peace in Hopes it will become As popular someday As their new York super fudge crunch. Ben Cohen and Jerry Greenfield own ers of Ben & Jerry s homemade inc., Are in the seventh month of their "1 percent for peace Campaign an Effort to have 1 percent of the . Military budget de voted to promoting peace. Certainly taking 1 percent of the Best Sellers compiled by the new York times fiction 1 Midnight by Dean r. Koontz last week 1 weeks on list 2 2the Sands of time by Sidney Sheldon last week 1 weeks on list 12 3rivals by Janet Dailey last week 4 weeks on list 3 4the Cardinal of the Kremlin by Tom Clancy last week 2 weeks on list 27 5a season in hell by Jack Higgins last week 7 weeks on list 3 6mutation by Robin Cook last week 12 weeks on list 2 7breathing lessons by Anne Tyler last week 5 weeks on list 20 8one by Richard Bach last week 6 weeks on list 14 9the Lyre of orpheus by Robertson Davies last week 9 weeks on list 4 10spy Hook by Len Deighton last week 10 weeks on list 7 11the Queen of the damned by Anne Rice last week 6 weeks on list 16 12a twist in the tale by Jeffrey Archer last week 15 weeks on list 2 13love in the time of cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez last week 11 weeks on list 37 14anything for Billy by Larry Mcmurtry last week 14 weeks on list military budget is not going to leave us open to attack Cohen said. It s just saying let s redirect a Small portion of it and i think people can understand  one percent of the military budget amounts to $3 billion Cohen said and added if you put $3 billion in the Bank the interest alone would be $750,000 a  the ice Cream makers would like to see the Money spent on .-soviet exchanges the conversion of weapons fac tories to Power plants a multinational youth corps to Aid the homeless and Hun Gry and other such causes. Their lobbying is financed with 1 per cent of profits from the peace pop a chocolate covered ice Cream bar on a stick that Sells for $1.75. The 1 percent comes to about $50,000 a year. They expect it to take five to 10 years for their peace project to reach people who can make it work. I think of this As a product the same As we be been in the business of Market ing ice Cream. So the beginning s fairly slow Cohen said. 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