European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 01, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 1,1990 the stars and stripes pages 28 inches of Snow Falls on new England by he associated press Northern new England s biggest storm of the Winter dumped up to 28 inches of Snow tuesday. Schools and businesses were closed. And even part of , bean shut Down As the storm ended a Snow drought for Many ski areas. This is As close to heaven for a skier As you can it said Nancy Marshall spokeswoman at Sugarloaf Usa in Carrabassett Valley. Maine. At midday Sugarloaf reported 22 inches of fresh Snow at the base. 24 inches at the Summit and no sign the snowfall was letting up. It s a real old fashioned  said Ray Burke. Vermont Highway department spokesman. Lots of inches. That s  however at least one traffic death in new Hampshire was blamed on the storm monday. Roads were Snow Cov ered and Slippery tuesday across Vermont. New Hamp Shire and Maine. In Dexter. Maine a Snow covered roof collapsed in the afternoon at the . Recny department store slightly injuring three people. Most customers had been ushered from the store when the roof began creaking shortly be fore the collapse. I heard this crash it sounded like a Roll of  said a witness. Jerry Townsend. Two women and a fireman were treated and release from Mayo regional Hospital in Dover said director Robert Mcreavy. By tuesday afternoon the Daylong snowfall ended i much of Maine new Hampshire and Vermont and the sky turned Blue As the storm moved rapidly from the Gulf of Maine into Nova Scotia. But near blizzard conditions continued in Northern Maine s Aroostook county and state police said a 40-mile stretch of interstate 95 Between Houlton and Sherman was closed to All traffic for two hours tuesday morning. We be got Whit Coul conditions treacherous driving and numerous vehicles off the  said a dispatcher at the state police Barracks in Houlton. Snow accumulations in most of the Region ranged from i to 2 feet. Andover. Vt., got 28 inches while 15 to 20inches of Snow was reported along the Eastern slopes of new Hampshire s White mountains according to the National weather service. Mount Holly vt., got 24 inches Mon Pelier vt., 20 inches Nashua. ., 16 inches workers remove some of the 37 people injured in a school bus crash near Monroe ., in which the bus s roof was sheared off. And Portland. Maine 11 inches. Eastern new York state also go heavy Snow from the storm with 17 inches at Utica. Piseco Lake and Bollyn Landing and 11 inches at Albany the weather service said. Many youngsters got an unscheduled Holiday tuesday when schools cancelled classes because of travel conditions. Some took advantage of the Day off to go skiing. Schools May have closed but kids Aren t having any problem finding their Way Here said Dave  director at Gunstock ski area in Gilford.  Several major businesses called off work for the Day tuesday. The manufacturing facilities and distribution Center at . Bean inc., the supplier of clothing and gear for campers and would be woodsmen in Fresno it. Maine were closed. The first shift at Bath Iron works was shut Down. Others including National life insurance co. In Montpelier vt., opened late. In new Hampshire the storm forced a reshuffling of the legislative Calendar. Tuesday s state Senate hearings were delayed until thursday but the full Senate met As planned in the afternoon. The House postponed its tues Day session until wednesday. 36 children Driver Hurt in  Bus crash Monroe  A a school bus skidded off a Road and into a tree tues Day afternoon injuring 36 kindergarten ers and first graders and the Driver authorities said. Most of the vehicle s roof was sheared off in the Accident which occurred around 2 40 . In this town 55 Miles Northwest of new York City. The bus was taking 38 pupils Home from an elementary school. The 36 children were taken to six hospitals. State trooper Robert Gillespic said. Six were admitted with serious in juries one in critical condition four with lesser injuries and 26 were treated and released Hospital officials said. Some of the children were still being evaluated but at least three suffered serious head injuries said Barry Bowman a spokesman for  county medical Center in Valhalla. Gillespic said no charges would be filed against the bus Driver 63-year-old Andrew Callahan. Who was Hospital cd in fair condition. He was not speeding Gillespic  was a dry Road. It was sunny out when the Accident  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Feb. I. 1950 president Truman gave the official of to the atomic Energy commission to Start work on developing the Hydrogen bomb saying the United slates needed the weapon As much As a thousand times As powerful As the atomic bomb to defend itself against any possible  30 years ago today feb. I. I960 hundreds of algerian nationalist rebels deserted their barricaded forces in Algiers As the French army under orders of president Charles de Gaulle suddenly cracked Down on the revolutionaries. 20 years ago today. Feb. I 1970 America s railroads ordered a shut Down of service in retaliation for a Union strike against the Union Pacific. The four Craft unions countered by announcing they would initiate court action to Block the lockout. 10 years ago today feb. I 1980 nude or Semi nude dancers were banned from army and air Force clubs in a new policy that encouraged commanders to meet the desires of the club it to Barship but to protect the Overall inter ests of the army and air Force. Moynihan attacks Bush for refusing to Stop using social Security surplus by the Washington Post Washington sen. Daniel Patrick Moynihan d-., has ridiculed the Bush administration s plan to wait until after the next presidential election to Deal with the social Security surplus. Moynihan said tuesday that waiting until 1993 to Stop using the social Security surplus to fund the Day to Day operations of the government is like declaring. There will be integrity after the next presidential elec  speaking to the National legislative Council of the american association of retired persons Moynihan asked the group to support his own plan to Cut social Security taxes. Moynihan has proposed that the social Security payroll lax be Cut by  percent Over the next two years a $330 a year tax Cut for a person making $30,000. He said his plan would not weaken the social Security system because his Bill would raise taxes later As needed later to pay for benefits. The Bush plan Calls for balancing the non social Security portion of the Federal budget and then using the social Security surplus to retire the National debt by purchasing government Bonds held by private individuals and businesses. Administration officials say this would Spur invest ment and productivity and make it easier in the next Century for the government to repay social Security for the temporary use of the surplus. Moynihan said tuesday that he regarded the administration plan As a Way for president Bush to gel past the 1992 election without raising general taxes to bal Ance the non social Security part of the budget. The budget is always balanced three years fro now he said. Asked whether he would like the administration plan if it went into effect right away and if details could be worked out he said then we be got a  the Harp Council a major policy body of the nation s largest organization of the elderly took no Posi lion on Moynihan s plan. Like the Harp organized labor and other organizations representing the elderly have withold comment on Moynihan s plan in part because of doubts about How to make up the $55 billion in revenues that would be lost in the second year of the Cut. Sharon canner vice president of the National association of manufacturers a major Industry group was less cautious. She said tuesday that the plan is a reckless proposal that would have tremendous eco nomic consequences with workers losing far More to inflation and higher interest rates than what they would save in social Security taxes