European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 26, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes . Thursday november 26,1992snowstorm sweeps into Plains states by Paul Geitner the associated press Holiday travellers were warned to stay off icy roads wednesday As a powerful storm pounded the Plains with heavy Snow and Strong wind gusts. T he storm moved into the Kansas City mo., area wednesday morning just in time for Rush hour traffic. Forecasters expected 4 to 8 inches of Snow. Overnight in Western Kansas Dodge City reported 14 inches of Snow and Garden City 15 inches. Tuesdays snowfall was the heaviest in a 24-hour period in Dodge City since 1929, the National weather service said. Roads in five counties in Western Oklahoma and the Oklahoma Panhandle where up to 14 inches fell tuesday were closed wednesday. The Snow drifts were so High that state Road graders could t push through. Hundreds of Miles of Highway were closed in several states tuesday As the storm blew East from the Rockies. Many thanksgiving travellers who did venture out came to regret it. A a there Are crazy people driving All Over out there a said sheriffs it Dan Toneges in Garden City Kan. A they re out doing things they  be  in Amarillo Texas 200 vehicles were involved in an Early morning pileup tuesday on Snow covered interstate 40, police said. No deaths were reported. Three motorists were killed in weather related traffic accidents tuesday in Texas and Kansas another Motorist in Texas froze to death after he left his stalled car. An 11-year-old girl died in a Colorado sledding Accident monday. Heavy rain fell wednesday in the South. Tornadoes since saturday were blamed for at least 26 deaths in the South and Midwest. Snow advisories were up in parts of Kansas Iowa Nebraska and Missouri. The storm was expected to reach Minnesota and Wisconsin by thanksgiving. Western Kansas was buried tuesday under nearly a loot of Snow and wind gusted to 40 Mph. Cars littered ditches along icy roads officials said and dozens of trucks Jack Mfd or tipped Over. The storm dumped nearly a foot of Snow in parts of c Colorado and Wyoming before pushing East. Emergency shelters were set up for stranded motorists. In Meade Kan., 18 people were put up in the county ambulance barn and two churches were opened As shelters. A a we re a Little town with a big heart a said Lou Richardson of the Meade county sheriffs department. Schools were closed across the Region. Meanwhile rain fell across much of the South including More than an Inch tuesday in parts of South Carolina As damage assessment teams fanned out to help determine whether Federal disaster Relief will be available for Tornado victims. Tornado Force winds Early tuesday destroyed at least one trailer Home in Baldwin county on Alabama a Gulf coast and downed Power lines and Trees. In South Georgia two tornadoes touched Down tuesday in Worth county including one that struck the parking lot of the county a High school and passed Over some portable cousins Josh Davis and Ashley White hug monday while standing in the foundation of their great Uncle cd a Mobile Home in Hillsborough . A Tornado killed two people in the area. Classrooms. A few minor injuries were reported. Metropolitan Atlanta got a scare tuesday morning when a funnel Cloud was sighted in Cobb county. Tornado warning sirens sounded but the severe weather left the area without causing serious damage. In Brandon miss., 116 inches of rain overnight worsened problems for storm weary residents of Rankin county where about 70 Homes were demolished or damaged saturday night. Barbara Jordan and five family members sat outside their damaged Mobile Home in Brandon eating a lunch donated by the salvation army. Earlier they had put Black plastic across the roof of their Mobile Home that was also damaged in the storm. Quot but we wont let the Day pass without giving thanks that we Are alive. All this can be replaced lives can to said Jordan 53.a a a a \ 4 a woman in Amarillo Texas makes her Way to work through the Snow and wind  in . Say sex Bias views changing Washington a after Jaimi Jaruzelski spoke to female congressional staff members about sexual harassment three years ago members of the audience spent hours telling their intensely personal experiences to her. Some described a crude  others revealed Job offers that included sex As part of the Deal. Someone described a sexual assault on a Friend. A but none wanted to go Public a recalled , a House staff member and an attorney. Women on Capitol Hill said that slowly this attitude is beginning to change. Quot younger women know what their rights Are and May be coming Forward More a said Karen Rose an activist in a woman a political group and a staff member of a House Public works subcommittee. �?o1 done to know if there has been a decrease in incidents but there a More Public  Rose and others who attended Jaruzelski a speech that night in february 19911 eventually helped write an anti harassment policy delivered to All congressional offices. Many lawmakers have signed a pledge to enforce it. One of the earliest signers was sen. Bob Packwood k-Ore., who was accused this month by 10 women of making unwelcome sexual advances. Packwood has said in a statement that he was sorry a if 1 have conducted myself in any Way that has caused any individual discomfort or  leaders of Oregon women a groups on tuesday asked Senate majority Leader George j. Mitchell a Maine to push for appointment of at least one woman gop official says Packwood must answer sex allegations Portland Ore. Up a a member of sen. Bob Packwood a party says the Republican senator needs to do More than just apologize Over allegations that he made unwanted sexual advances toward 10 women who worked with or for him. Jim Whitfield executive director of the Oregon Republican parly said tuesday that he and state party chairman Craig Berkman think a it is far too soon for anybody to be calling for his resignation a As Oregon democrats have demanded. A but having said that there is going to be some Call for further investigation in a sure and he can help that process by coming Forth in the very near future to expand on his apology a Whitfield said. Packwood is on vacation at an undisclosed location and his Only response to the allegations which surfaced sunday in the Washington Post has been an apology issued through a spokeswoman. Packwood was re elected nov 3 to a fifth term. A spot poll in Portland on monday found that 53 percent of the respondents said they would not have voted for Packwood in Light of the allegations. Member to the Senate ethics committee for an inquiry into the complaints against Packwood. Rose and other members of the Capitol Hill women s political caucus said the policy written by the organization has fostered an improved attitude Tow Ard women by members of Congress. And the policy is now backed by a powerful Legal tool. Since late 1988 in the House and this past june in the Senate fair employment offices have been hearing complaints of sexual harassment. The office can order victims reinstated or promoted and award monetary damages. The records of complaints Are private. The House office Only makes Public its record of appeals and none of the appeals on file invoked sexual harassment. The Senate office has made no Public ports. Women still Are a very afraid to name names Quot Jean Dugan a Senate employee who headed the c Cus until recently. Quot we found what was most effective was to Educ people of both genders on what can be done if you i victim of sexual harassment and what can be dont protect your office a Dugan said. And the fear Factor May have transferred some of victim to the potential aggressor. Most senators would do anything to avoid a Fri Page Story like the one last weekend about Packer Dugan said