European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 4, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday november 4, 1991 the stars and stripes b Page 3record Snow is followed by big chill by the associated press record cold moved in saturday after record snowfalls in the Midwest where football games were cancelled emergency snowmobile brigades delivered food and Medicine and More than 200 people spent the night in a Minnesota mall. A Ridge of Arctic a High pressure stretched from Canada into the sout Central United states driving Down temperatures. The Snow forced the closure of several highways across the Midwest. Blizzards raged in parts of Minnesota North Dakota South Dakota and Wyoming. At least seven weather related deaths have been reported since the storms began last week. There were no reports of fatalities saturday. Business doubled for yellow cab in Sioux Falls s.d., said Sherill Kinsley the owners wife. A a it a nuts a she said. A a we re taking people to bars work malls we re taking deliveries of food milk booze a in Duluth minn., where nearly 3 feet of Snow had fallen by late saturday residents relied on a Volunteer snowmobile brigade to bring them urgently needed baby food and prescriptions. A almost everything is closed in this town right now a malls restaurants Many grocery stores a said City spokesman Stan Plucinak. A if people done to have what they need they go out and in Albert Lea minn., More than 200j people escaping a blizzard spent the Alyson Hartle skis to work As others to Ridge along a Minneapolis Street Friday while record snows fall on the twin cities area. Night in a shopping mall the Only place in town with heat and electricity blizzards produced 30 to 45 Mph winds and near Zero visibility saturday in Western Minnesota. In North Dakota wind gusted to 45 Mph whipping Snow into drifts that blocked some roads and pushing wind chills As Low As 40 below. All College football games in the North Central conference were cancelled in South Dakota North Dakota and Minnesota on saturday because of the Snow and cold. In Fairmont Minn a baby girl was born in a Community Hospital after her parents drove 120 Miles from their Home through a blizzard. Three doctors tried and failed to make it there before their arrival. The first two got stuck in Snowbank and the third Peter Lachiewicz got his neighbor to bring him to the delivery room on a snowmobile. Stephanie Stensland was born 10 minutes later. A the baby was ready and the nurses and the emergency room doctor were telling me to try not to push a Debra Stensland said. A the the doctor came right in the Nick of record cold temperatures settled in on Nebraska. Low temperature records included 9 in Omaha 2 in North Platte and minus 2 in Scottsbluff. Those records had stood for 40 years. Wind gusts of 40 Mph combined with Low temperatures to produce wind chills of 40 below in Western Nebraska. A a lot of people who depend on electric heat Are going to friends and neighbors who have alternative heat like propane or Wood burning stoves a said Judy Schulze wife of Pawnee county sheriff John Schulze. Jabout 62,000 people were without Power in Omaha and surrounding areas due to fallen lines Omaha Public Power District spokesmen said. Truck stops and motels along Nebraska highways filled while travellers waited for highways to be cleared. A a it a blowing like Heck. Nobody a moving too far a said Cheryl l. Huebner assistant manager at Bosselmann struck Plaza in grand Island. She said trucks were lined up for a five or six warplanes gather at Gulf air show Dubai United Arab emirates api the United Arab emirates defense minister on sunday inaugurated a major International air show featuring mostly warplanes but stressed the need for peace in the Middle East. A we support the palestinian Case and we want peace a Sheik Mohammed bin Rashid Al Mak Toum told reporters after kicking off Dubai �?T91 International aerospace and defense exhibition the first aerospace Trade show held in the Gulf since the end of the persian Gulf War. The United Arab emirates like Gulf neighbors led by saudi Arabia Are leading Oil exporters. They Are devoting considerable funds to help deter military aggression in the Region after the iraqi onslaught on Kuwait. More than 400 exhibitors from 44 countries Are displaying planes before an audience that included senior officials and chiefs of staff from saudi Arabia Kuwait Qatar France and the Gulf cooperation Council. American and British companies each Are represented by about 50 exhibitors. Star attractions Are stealth bombers f-16 Jet fighters the f-15 Eagle All weather strike aircraft from the United states and Tornado bombers and harrier vertical Takeoff Carrier based jets from Britain. Organizers expect attention to focus on the f/a-18 Hornet Jet fighter. Kuwait will take delivery of the first sue of 40 that it purchased in a $1.6 billion Deal in 1988. Also on display is the $25 million gulfs Tream in the fastest executive Jet in the world. A this area has More to offer to the american aerospace Industry than the Pacific Region where too Many have pushed in the past a said Hans Hollander president of the american aerospace industries Export organization. Hollander was in Dubai for the Dubai �?T89 air show. His organization has brought 23 american manufacturers to the show including Raythelon corp., manufacturers of the Patriot missile which was prominently displayed. Small manufacturers were also represented at the air show. Half the delegations Are new to the a a British aerospace announced saturday that the United Arab emirates air Force in Abu Dahabi would be the first to receive its latest advanced Jet Trainer the Hawk 100. Manufacture of the Hawk 100 began two Days ago British officials said. A full scale Model was on display next to the Tornado and harriers. The soviet Union which that Only recently began developing diplomatic relations with the traditionally pro Western Gulf nations was also participating. Flybys included joint appearances by f-16s vict made counterparts Mig-29s. -16s i heir so Pilot wife die in plane crash Suppes Ville Kan. A an air plane crashed in a Field and burst into flames on saturday after the Pilot lost consciousness and his wife tried to Fly the plane. The husband and wife were both killed authorities said. A the information we have at this Point is that the Man flying the plane blacked out or became unconscious and the woman tried to Fly the aircraft Back to Wichita and she did no to make it Back a said Sedgwick county sheriffs it. Jim Mckeel. The victims were identified As James g. Gould 65, of Wichita and Kathryn b. Gould age unknown the sheriffs department reported. The Faa said that the air plane had been bound for Phoenix. Nuclear Power Plant penalties continue Washington a . Commercial nuclear Power plants average More than one Fine a week and have paid $18.5 million in penalties since 1987 for safety violations according to government documents. While Industry and nuclear regulatory commission officials say safety at nuclear Power plants has improved Over the past decade the number of violations resulting in civil penalties has remained fairly constant from year to year Accord ing to a review of enforcement records. Fines for a single offence ranged from $2,500 to $1.25 million. None resulted from infractions that posed immediate threats to residents around the plants although some were indicative of conditions that if left uncorrected could prove dangerous. Commonwealth Edison which operates a dozen reactors in Illinois has paid nearly $1.5 million in fines responding to 23 violations at five of its plants since 1987, More than any other Utility. The penalties have ranged from $25,000 to $150,000 each for infractions such As failing to Seal a reactor containment vessel and control room operators skipping re qualification classes. Other utilities with nearly a dozen or More violations during the period Are Carolina Power and Light 15 fines totalling $1.3 million Duke Power co., 14 fines totalling $625,000 and Northeast utilities 11 fines totalling $426,250. 100 abortion foes arrested at alternate rally site Cranston . A nearly 100 abortion protesters were arrested on saturday at a rally that was hastily moved from Boston and caught Rhode Island police off guard. About 1,000 people divided nearly evenly Between supporters and opponents of abortion converged outside the women a medical Center of Rhode is land. The main rally was to take place in Boston where police had braced for major demonstrations. However organizers hastily shifted it to Rhode Island to allow Massachusetts olice to attend the funeral of a , according to the Rev. Mike Mcnamara of the anti abortion group oper p be a Titt Rescue. Between 30 and 40 protesters rushed four police officers outside the clinic and 15 chained themselves to handrails said capt. Vincent Mcateer. Police officers closed part of a Busy Street in Cranston. They then called in reinforcements As abortion opponents faced Down a counter demonstration
