European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday february 10, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 5 form dumps Snow on Southern California los Angeles a californians awoke wednesday to frosted freeways Christmas music on the radio and Snow falling on such unlikely spots As Malibu Beach As an icy Pacific storm chilled out com Muters and threatened crops. I be often wondered what would happen if Snow fell on our freeways and it s worse than i thought said Veteran traffic reporter Bill Keene of Knox am. Other radio stations played Christmas songs such As Winter wonderland and told listeners How to make snowballs and snowmen. The unusual snowfall was the result of a storm that began off the California coast running into the frigid air that has settled Over much of the state in recent Days according to the National weather service. The result was a seasonal storm that brought Snow instead of rain to several areas. Much of the lower 48 has dealt with More than a week of record cold because of the bitter Arctic air that moved in from Alaska. Temperatures were beginning to return to Normal in some areas but record breaking cold continued in several cities. More Arctic air moving wednesday across the warmer great lakes was producing Snow in Michigan Ohio and new York. In California snowflakes fell but quickly melted on the streets of Palm Springs and on the Sands of Malibu residents of the Winter resorts said. The Agoura Hills and headlands above the beaches at Malibu kept a coat of Snow into the morning. Icicles Hung from the Chap arral Brush of the Beach Community. Every once in a while the wind blows some flakes Down Here on the Beach said Bill Gould who works at a Gas station in Malibu. Up to six inches of Snow fell in some outlying los Angeles suburbs closing some roadways and a few schools were shuttered for the Day. Snow in the los Angeles suburbs is rare but not unprecedented. The City of Santa Clarita 35 Miles Northwest of los Angeles was virtually shut Down for the morning. Icicles hang from oranges in Southern California. Citrus growers in the Center of the state said damage from night after night of temperatures in the 20s might run into the tens of millions of dollars. Some Flower growers in Northern California feared their crops wore ruined. The Snow brought out surprised residents in their night clothes. Snowmen shared the front lawns with Palm Trees and Cross country skiers were spotted where joggers had been the Day before. Wide eyed Drivers Clung to steering wheels As their cars Slid Over icy patches and children revealed in the White stuff using flattened cardboard boxes As make shift sleds. I think it s very Cool said 11-year-old Laura Ruh land of Santa Clarita who awoke before Dawn to play in the Snow. I Don t think Well be going to school today. I m going to the Park to make a snowman. The Trees outside All look like  san Francisco on wednesday had its fifth consecutive morning with temperatures 39 degrees or below the first time in history there s been such a stretch i february. Californians who took the icy Roadway commuter Challenge found their cars going sideways Over the Side or not at All. There was a run on tire chains. Farmers overnight fired up smudge pots turned on wind machines and called in helicopters to protect their crops from Frost damage. Threatened were grapes strawberries Grapefruit oranges and peppers. Southern California Citrus Avocado and Strawberry growers escaped crop damage tuesday night because temperatures did t go Low enough but there May have been some damage in the san Joaquin Valley said Curt Anderson of the Sunkist growers cooperative. In san Mateo county where a $165 million Floral Industry serves wholesalers along the West coast and the new England Stales agriculture commissioner George Ginilo said Field Flower growers suffered a total  blooms have withered on the county s Pri Mary Field crop the Marguerite Daisy he said. Husband seeks to end comatose wife s pregnancy new York a the husband of a pregnant comatose woman pleaded with a state appeals court wednesday to allow him to end his wife s pregnancy in Hopes of helping her recover. Martin Klein was granted guardianship of his wife tuesday so he could authorize an abortion but two anti abortion activists appealed the ruling. I implore this court not to permit these two strangers to delay my Deci Sion Klein said in an affidavit submitted to the appeals court prior to wednesday s hearing. For nine years my wife and i have lived a Happy and devoted life together he continued. I know her wishes and priorities including her own survival and recovery in View of the welfare of our 3-year-old  the five judge appeals panel is expected to Rule by Friday. Nancy Klein who is about 17 weeks pregnant has been in a coma at North Shore University Hospital in Manhas set since a dec. 13 car Accident. Doc tors have told her husband an abortion could Aid in her recovery. Klein sought guardianship when hos Pital officials said they would not per form an abortion unless he became his wife s Legal guardian. I just want to get this Issue behind us. They re ripping my guts out said an anguished Klein before heading into the court hearing. The anti abortion activists John Short of Farmingdale and John Brode Rick of Syosset succeeded in blocking the guardianship ruling and Short said he would seek further appeals if Nec Essary. Short and Broderick want to be named guardians of mrs. Klein. At least the fetus is one Day older. If we keep it going she will be a Newborn alive child said Short founder of the Long Island right to life group. If Nancy Klein Dies and the baby lives she will have an Extension of herself in the  Klein s attorney Sidney Schutz argued that Short and Broderick were in truders strangers with no right to decide mrs. Klein s Fate. Mary Spaulding Short s attorney said it was a conflict of interest for Klein to be named guardian. In an interview before wednesday s hearing Klein said he knows better what Choice his wife would make than the strangers trying to usurp his guardianship rights. Everyone has a right to their beliefs but Why Don t they Ever talk about my wife and about her life he said. He said he visits his comatose wife in her Hospital room and tells her about friends who have called. I Tell her about our daughter and just generally about How my Day  he said he s not sure if his wife can understand him and added i m just taking one Day at a time. Inside i m tearing up but i m trying to keep a smile on my face. Hopefully everything will work  scientists excited about drug that helps body kill aids virus by the Washington Post Washington signalling a major Advance to Ward an effective aids treatment scientists say they have designed a drug that attacks aids by enabling the immune system to find the virus and destroy it. We Are now in an Era where As a practical matter not science fiction you can design and stitch together antibody molecules said Samuel Broder director of the National cancer Institute and one of the authors of a report published in thursday s Issue of the journal nature. This is a technological leap. Whether it has clinical value is something we will have to  the drug is essentially an artificial antibody Accord ing to the report. One reason the disease has proved so uniformly lethal is that natural antibodies that Are sup posed to defend against infections mysteriously fail to Stop the aids virus. Once these artificial antibodies Are unleashed however other parts of the immune system then destroy the virus. Aids researchers called the artificial antibody potentially one of the most promising advances yet in the Battle against aids. They said if further studies in animals to be completed this year and then in humans support Early observations the drug could prove far Superior to at the Only drug currently approve for treating aids. The artificial antibody developed by researchers at Sci Harvard medical school and Gene tech inc., South san Francisco bi9technology firm is an enhanced version of a genetically engineered protein that they and several competing groups have been producing during the past two years. The development of the artificial antibody reflects the growing sophistication of the Field of rational drug design. In the past drugs were developed almost randomly and tested to see if they would work on specific diseases. Sophisticated protein design has permitted aids researchers to begin producing drugs that Are targeted to specific parts of the aids virus. I m very excited about what they have done said Charles s. Craik assistant professor of pharmaceutical chemistry at the University of California at san fran Cisco. It s certainly a theoretical Advance and it could be a wonderful  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foe a. Feb. 10, 1949 Sweden announced that Norway had rejected its offer for a 10-year military Alliance but at the same time swedish officials reaffirmed their decision to stay out of nato. 30 years ago foe a. Feb. 10, 1959 the Federal aviation administration imposed nationwide restrictions on bad weather landings by Electra passenger planes after 65 people were killed in an Electra crash the week before. 20 years ago today. Feb. 10, 1969 in a letter to sen. Warren Magnu son d-wash., chairman of the Senate Commerce committee consumer advocate Ralph Nader charged that thousands of used Volkswagen had been sold to americans As new cars by unauthorized vow dealers. 10 years ago today. Feb. 10, 1979 egyptian president Anwar Sadat vowing to Champion palestinian rights accepted an american invitation to resume the stalled peace treaty negotiations with Israel later in the month