European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday december 17, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5ng rain Snow sting East by United press International a blast of freezing rain and Snow stung the East saturday triggering a rash of traffic Pil cups. In the West a stubborn wintry storm system spread Snow Over the mountains for the fourth straight Day. Police in new Jersey Maryland and Pennsylvania reported scores of Auto Mobile accidents on icy roads. In the worst Accident reported 25 cars slammed into each other in a line of traffic heading to the now York giants Buffalo Bills football game in East Ruther Ford n.j., police said. At least 10 people suffered minor injuries in the 8 30 . Pile upon route 3. A it was a Good Day to stay in bed a said sgt. Scott storms of the Bergen county police. Routes 208 and 17 in Northwest Bergen n.j., and parts of route 4 also were shut Down because of accidents during the morning storms said. A five car Accident in Tea Nick caused a mile Long traffic Jam. A speeds on the new Jersey Turnpike were reduced to 45 Mph for its entire length because of the inclement weather. State police in the Baltimore area had their hands full with ice on interstate 95. Troopers reported a 10-car crash at the Patapsco River Bridge and a five car mashup on the Detour they had set up. The interstate was closed Down in both directions for a Short period. Portions of several roads in the Phila Delphia area including a stretch of the Pennsylvania Turnpike were shut Down for a time As Road Crews scrambled to Lay Down Salt Anc Sand. Sleet and Snow were blamed of r d opens of accede n t s i to the n Rea. The National weather service posted a Winter storm warning for the Northern half of new Hampshire where up to a foot of Snow was expected in the White mountains. Snow mixed with sleet fell across parts of Vermont Connecticut. Maine and new York slate Snow continued for the fourth straight Day in the mountains of the West. The weather service posted advisories for up to a foot of. Snow Over the Northern half of California s Sierra Nevada and the Lake Tahoe area advisories for lesser amounts of Snow were in effect for the Southern sierras the mountains of Southern California and the mountains of Northwestern Arizona. More Snow also was expected Over the mountains of Southern Utah Southern Colorado and Northern new Mexico a the to in her service said. I Urther to the East Snow fell Over Minnesota and Wisconsin where up to s inches accumulated the previous Day. Midday temper a lures were in the 29s and its across much of the Nonh Central and northeastern United states. The me my ranged in the teens and single it gigs across a i to of. Wyoming and Colorado. Nan Wood Graham is shown in a 1988 Hie photo with a reproduction of the famed painting in the background. American gothic. A i a a. A a. A Model Dies at 91 Cedar rapids Iowa a Nan Wood Graham the Model for the tight lipped farm woman in the painting a american gothic a died Friday in a California nursing Home at age 91. The 1930 painting by her brother artist Grant Wood portrays a somber Pitchfork bearing Farmer the late or Byron Mckeeby and his equally somber daughter standing before a cottage in Eldon in Southeast Iowa. The painting initially provoked controversy in Cedar rapids where some women protested that Graham was poking fun at them with her dour depiction of an Iowa farm women. One woman wrote to say grahams face would a sour  but the painting gained wide acceptance and her popularity soared in her Home state. If her brother had gone through with his original intention of using another Model the secretarial school graduate said she would have whiled away her Days As a the worlds worst  instead she once said a Grant made a personality out of me. I would have had a very drab life without  born in Anamosa Iowa she attended Polk school and Washington High school in Cedar rapids in 1924, she married real estate investor Edward Graham the couple who had no children lived All Over the country eventually settling in Riverside Calif in 1984, widowed and going Blind she entered a Menlo Park calif., nursing Heine ending a lifetime Job us historian of her brother a works. To cat shooting project at leu new Orleans apr the army must offer a compelling reasons to resume controversial research that involves shooting cats in the head to study gunshot wounds a congressman said. A i met with army officials and told them that share their goals and agree there Are times when animal research is justified a said rep. Bob Livingston a la a but they ought to be sensitive to the legitimate concerns of people about doing unnecessary research and they Are going to have to prove that this is not unnecessary a he said Friday. The cat shooting experiments have become a Symbol of the conflict Between medical researchers and animal rights activists. V researchers at Louisiana state University medical Center fired pellets into the Heads of about 700 anaesthetized cats to study results and thus improve treatment for Battlefield head  project which began in 1983 with a $2 million army Grant was suspended 13 months ago after complaints that the research was inhumane and ineffective. A a a v a -. A Livingston expressed doubt the research should con Tiniuc. He would be the key player in Ariy congressional action. A a .�./�. A a a. A a a i do not think it is unreasonable to pose the question what realistically can be ascertained from coniing ing experiments and spending half a million dollars and possibly More of taxpayers funds a Livingston said a spokeswoman for leu said the University would not comment. A a a a a ,.the principal researcher or. Michael Carey is on up magazines for gis Eaton Ohio apr Camp fire girls armed with crayons and a sense of fashion think they have a Way to get magazines past strict saudi can sors to american troops in the persian Gulf 1 the Preble county chapter of the National group for girls has decided to edit magazines to meet saudi arabians strict fashion standards by colouring clothes onto scantily Clad models. Troop Leader Sharon Jackson said last week that her troop got the idea from news reports about what is acceptable in saudia Arabia the country has strict standards particularly dealing with How women can dress in Public a we thought putting clothes on them would to interesting a she said. The 10-member troop of 8 to 13-year-olds.will color and a a clothes pictures of men and women wearing bathing suits shorts tank tops and similar clothing. Members thought about pasting clothes on models but quickly abandoned the idea. A we figure the Guys could probably take off the paste a Jackson said duty As a neurosurgeon in the persian Gulf. The research produced a  suggesting that Bra in injured people might spontaneously resume breathing Long after they stopped breathing unassisted. One of Carey a associates also has said the team was investigating use of a promising drug when the research was stopped. A Panflof neurosurgeon that cd Amihud the a Ranjeet for the general accounting office found that it was doing worthwhile research. A most panellists however expressed concerns about the research in two areas a the management of general anaesthesia and Post operative care a it that they thought could affect some research results a the Gao said in a report. A. A panel of veterinary Anaesthesiologist a said the Validity of some of t he Resea re h migh t h a pc be c n be opa re sized by anaesthesia. It also questioned postoperative care for the cats a a a a ,. A the Gao officials said they could not obtain deluded records to look into the questions about postoperative care the Gao is the investigative  of Congress the Pao concluded that the army should decide  a produce additional useful  if so the Gao said the army should ensure that leu corrects deficiencies cited by the medical panels Congress has said the army must give Congress no lice of its intent to resume the experiments. The project was not Likely to resume before february. Suzanne Roy spokeswoman for in defense of and Nials a National animal rights group said Congress should a permanently cancel this cruel and useless Experiment a Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec 17, 1950 a president Truman warned that the world was a in great danger because of communist aggression in South Korea. 30 years ago . 17, 19 j0 a two airliners trying to land in a snowstorm collided Over new York and plunged into the City k i 1 i n g a 11 b u t o n e of t i e. 12 8 p e Ople too a re t he a 20 years ago today.,. Dec 17, 970 a Secretary of defense Melvin Laird said congressional cuts in the defense budget would mean further cutbacks in civilian and military staffing base closings or reductions and fewer Navy ships. 10 years ago today. Dec. 17,19h0 a president elect Ronald Reagan nominated former Gen. Alexander a Haig or to be Secretary of slate and Ray Donovan to be labor Secretary. Two democratic senators immediately expressed misgivings about the Choice of ii Aig and indicated the Senate confirmation hearings could be exhaustive and bitter