European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 12, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 b the stars and stripes thursday March 12, 1992tornado blows Down . Homes thursday March 12, 1992 a and by the associated press powerful storm dumped Snow on Middle Atlantic midwestern states wednesday shutting schools and disrupting Rush hour traffic and a Tornado that slammed to houses near Charlotte ., was blamed for a Many a death. A blast of frigid air in the South also threatened the peach crop in Alabama and Georgia. A cold front brought the heaviest snowfall of the season to Southern West Virginia and threatened to do the same in parts of Pennsylvania and new York. Up to 9 inches blanketed Western Pennsylvania slowing traffic to a crawl in Pittsburgh. In Vermont an ice Jam in the Winooski River made the River overflow inundating downtown Montpelier with 4 feet or More of water officials said. Buildings were evacuated and state offices were closed. The toll of weather related traffic deaths Rose to three in Michigan including a 24-year-old reporter for the Petoskey news review who was killed tuesday night when his car Slid into an oncoming vehicle As he was on the Way to a meeting in Boyne City authorities said. In Georgia and Alabama Snow flurries and a cold blast threatened to damage the peach crop. Trees and Flowers that had blossomed Early because of unseasonably warm weather were in particular danger horticulturists said. Schools closed in Northern Georgia because of icy patches on roads and heating problems in some schools. Snow and cold also closed schools in Northeast Ohio and in a dozen counties in West Virginia which was hit with up to 8 inches of Snow and whipped by Strong winds. Temperatures Sank to 50 degrees below the readings of a Day earlier. In North Carolina a Tornado destroyed nine houses and damaged More than two dozen others tuesday night in the Steele Creek area about a mile Southwest of the Charlotte City limits Mecklenburg county police sgt. . Mills said. A a 65-year-old Man in one of the houses suffered a fatal heart attack and another Man suffered a Back injury he said. Dozens of residents were evacuated to a local school As a precaution. Possible tornadoes also were sighted or detected on radar in several other North Carolina counties the National weather service and police said. At Steele Creek some Homes were knocked off their clinic closure May Benefit 300 families by John Millar Wurzburg Bureau Wurzburg Germany a about 300 army families living in bad Kissinger could receive better Access to health care soon despite the impending closure of the . Army medical clinic on Daley Barracks said 67th evacuation Hospital officials in Wurzburg. The closing of the bad Kissinger clinic at Daley Barracks scheduled for March 31 Falls in line with the draw Down and closure of the Cavern later this year As part of the . Draw Down in Europe. Several Large units stationed at the Cavern disbanded after returning from the persian Gulf said staff sgt. Robert Fulton non commissioned officer in charge of ambulatory patient care administration at the Hospital in Wurzburg. The remaining units on the Cavern Are moving to caverns in Wil Flecken and Schwein Furt he said but As Many As 300 families will remain in bad Kissinger housing that the army will keep. Families who remain in bad Kissinger housing will receive medical care at clinics in either Schweinfurt or Wil Flecken Fulton said. Families will have to travel either 12 Miles to Schweinfurt or 19 Miles to Wil Flecken to receive the care but medical facilities at the two locations Are More extensive and have More doctors than at the bad Kissinger clinic he said. There is Only one doctor at the bad Kissinger clinic Fulton said. Emergency medical care will be Avail Carrie and Philip Lucas hug each other tuesday As family members search through the remains of their Mobile Home near Montevallo Ala. The two received minor injuries when a twister hit the Home tuesday morning. Foundations while others had holes Large enough to drive through. A Lone Wall was All that was left of one Home and the roof of another was left in pieces about 100 feet away. A it was just like the old cliche the freight train coming Down the Roath a said Harry Jones whose House escaped damage. A fall i could do was scream a hit the floor a a several Mobile Homes were overturned in Cabarrus county about 20 Miles Northeast of Charlotte but authorities had not confirmed that a Tornado caused the damage. No injuries were reported. On monday and Early tuesday parts of Alabama Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi were damaged by a series of Squall lines that churned eastward across the Region with tornadoes thunderstorms and drenching rain. Sue people were killed and dozens were injured. Flier on Lan Stuhl cuts wrong 7th medical says Sis Sharon  Tarrant Able for the families at the Schweinfurt and Wil Flecken clinics As Well As at St. Elizabeth a Hospital a German facility in bad Kissinger Fulton said. In addition buses have been scheduled to take family members to the neighbouring medical clinics from bad Kissinger to Wil Flecken three times a Day and to Schweinfurt five time a Day. T think we have a pretty Good plan to take care of them a Fulton said about the families in bad Kissinger. A a we re not going to leave them hanging out  by Kevin Dougherty Kaiserslautern Bureau a flier announcing staff cuts at Lan Stuhl army regional medical Center and its possible Adverse effects is totally erroneous a 7th medical come official said wednesday. Posted throughout the Kaiserslautern military Community the notices state that 7th medical coma officials have decided to Cut the Lan Stuhl Hospital staff by half. It also declares that civilians a military family members schoolteachers and army and air Force Exchange system employees a a will be dumped on the Economy and that inpatient care for Active duty personnel will occur a Only if space is  the fliers whose source is unknown implore people to write their congressional representatives. A i think it reflects a Lack of understanding of what is happening As far As the draw Down especially of medical forces in Europe a said Barbara Slifer spokeswoman for 7th medical come. Nothing mentioned in the flier is True Slifer said. Stuhl said in response to a query that draw Down plans Call for staff cuts of about 20 percent. However Access should improve because the population served by the Hospital is expected to drop by 40 percent the query stated. Currently the Hospital employs 1,320 people said staff sgt. Rourk Sheehan a Hospital spokesman. There Are 491 civilians and 829 service members working at the 300-bed facility. Sheehan did not have exact numbers of health care providers such As doctors nurses therapists and lab technicians. A the Hospital is still going to be Here Quot Sheehan said a we Are still going to treat the same beneficiaries As we did  according to the response to the query a the rumours in the flier May be the result of a current review of civilian jobs a it explained that the army a restructuring plan allows for a higher proportion of Active duty personnel among its Hospital staffs. That proportion is not known Sheehan said. Army and . Air forces in Europe officials began meeting last summer to discuss ways to share Hospital costs and personnel. Slifer said participants Hope it a fiscal 1 the army Hospital officials at land to reach an agreement by fiscal 1995. Mcdonnell looks to Bullet trains St. Louis apr defense contractor Mcdonnell Douglas corp. Is considering building Bullet trains As a possible substitute for tighter planes and missiles in the Post cold War age. A we Are in the exploratory phase a said Mcdonnell spokesman James r. Reed. A we Are trying to determine what the Market is and whether it could be  the manufacturers Bullet train concept is called a Hamlet a which is Shor for High Speed Aero assisted magnetic levitation elevated transport. It would shuttle people Between Citie or airports