European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 31, 1992 . The stars and stripes Page 7snow plays havoc in Western area Reno Nev apr the regions worst snowstorm in years closed highways linking Nevada and California forced gamblers to sleep on Casino floors and stranded travellers at Reno a Airport. Scores of motorists in both states were caught by. The storm which dumped heavy Snow across the West. A courthouse in Sparks had to hold hearings by flashlight during a blackout. A a in be been driving 54 years and this is worst in be Ever been Hung up a said 69-year-old trucker Byron Crowell who was parked tuesday in Auburn calif., with a Load of powdered milk. Poor visibility scores of accidents and the danger of avalanches closed stretches of interstate 80 and . 50, which link Nevada and California. The highways remained closed Early wednesday. Dozens of tractor trailers were parked for Miles along 1-80 in Northern California. The storm Laid Snow and ice on a 60-mile stretch Between Applegate calif., and Reno. Heavy Snow and poor visibility forced the closing of Reno Cannonn tarnation Al Airport leaving frustrated travellers milling about the lobby. Sheri Deal of Phoenix waited in vain for a flight Home tuesday. A it looks like it will be a couple More Days a she said. The California Highway patrol said More than 4 feet of Snow fell at Donner pass by tuesday with fierce winds piling up 12-foot drifts. A a everybody a just crashing All Over the place Quot said assistant sheriff Rod Decrona of Plumas county North of Sacramento. A what they do is just leave their vehicles. We have propane trucks sitting in the Middle of the  a Power lines arc going Down like crazy. Trees Are snapping a he said. A we just can to keep  in Nevada about 70 trucks and a tour bus were parked at casinos on either Side of 1-80, waiting for the Highway to re vacationers arrested for leaving kids Chicago a Tan from a nine Day Acapulco vacation a couple were arrested on their return and charged with leaving their Young daughters Home alone with Little More than instructions on when to eat and when to go to bed. David schoo 45, and his wife Sharon 35, of suburban St. Charles were charged tuesday with child abandonment and jailed on $50,000 bail after police boarded the couples plane to arrest them on their arrival at of Hare International Airport. Child welfare officials took custody of the daughters Nicole 9, and Diana 4, after police found them Home alone dec. 21. Nicole had called 911 when a smoke alarm accidentally went off a Day after her parents left. Eight officers paraded the couple through the Airport where travellers lined the corridor and yelled insults. Police sgt. Jerry Thornton said the couple did not ask about their daughters at the Airport but did ask when they could get their Luggage. A we still done to know what the real Story is about Why they left their kids behind a Thornton said. David schoo an employee of a smoke alarm company and his wife a homemaker left for Mexico on dec. 20, leaving a note telling the children when to eat and go to bed and not to answer the phone sheriff John Randall said. They were not left the name of a hotel or any numbers to Call in an emergency he said. A David schools Mother Della said from her Home in Aurora that she had not heard from her son during the trip. A i have no ideas Why the children were left alone she said. A a in a waiting for the news to Tell  child welfare officials at first turned the children Over to Sharon schools Mother but put them in a Foster Home tuesday after the woman said she could not take care of them. The schoos will have to go to court to gel them Back. Sharon Hoo is led away at Chicago so Hare International Airport on tuesday. Nicole schoo Diana schoo open. Some people spent the night on the floors of fully booked clubs but a Power outage prevented them from passing the time playing the Slot machines. Nevada gov. Robert a a bobs Miller sent 13,000 state workers Home tuesday morning As the Snow piled up in Carson City. Arraignments in Sparks had to be completed with flashlights and a Battery operated tape recorder after the courthouse and about 14,000 other customers lost Power. Most service had been restored by Nightfall. The storm was the most intense in years in California where six years of drought were recently eased by rains.2 charged with bilking stroke victim Bend Ore. A an elderly woman unable to talk after a stroke was kidnapped by two Accica instances who sold her Home and stoic some $90,000 from her Over six years authorities said. More than a year after the woman 72-Ycar-old Amilia Lewis a Grimli mailed a scribbled message for help police in tuesday arrested the couple on theft and kidnapping charges. Carol j. Dutton 53, was freed on $1,000 bail. Her husband Charles i. Dutton 51, remained in jail. The buttons who knew a Grimli through relatives gained Power of attorney Over her affairs after her 1985 stroke said Karen rucking a caseworker for Oregon senior and disabled services. A they took her out of the nursing Home under the Guise of caring for her and being a family and caring for her two dogs a rucking said. A it Hen pretty much unbeknownst to her they purchased a Brand new Ford Ltd packed her in a car and brought her to  the buttons sold de Grimlie a Home in Carson City nev., and used some of the proceeds to buy another Home in Bend she said. A Grimli lived with them for about a year and then was put in an adult Foster Home. A fall the while her medical condition prevented her from saying what she was feeling a rucking said. Quot the buttons had ordered that no medical attention or therapy could be Given to her without their  in the summer of 1991, she sent a postcard with a one word message a Quot help a to two old friends Charles Dutton smother and aunt rucking said. The women had been trying to get help for a Grimli but the card was instrumental in drawing official attention to the Case. A Grimli was found competent and she dissolved the buttons a Power of attorney. A court appointed conservator determined that the buttons had cheated de Grimli out of about $90,000 in the Sale of the House and a car the liquidation of Bank accounts and Money taken from social Security and checks from the department of veterans affairs Ruesing said. Gambling boat project could run afoul of Kentucky Law Frankfort by. Up Kentucky a attorney general says Hie is considering seizing a gambling boat scheduled to set sail on the Ohio River from Metropolis iii., because Casino gambling is illegal in his state. Attorney general Chris Gorman said Kentucky claims jurisdiction Over the River up to the Illinois Shoreline and therefore can dictate whether the boat to be operated by players International can cruise the River. A spokeswoman for the Illinois gaming commission said she believes the boat will operate in Illinois Waters. The commission awarded the Metropolis gaming License to players which plans to place a 1,200-passenger Side Wheeler in the water this Spring. The vessel is to have 600 Slot and video poker machines As Well As Blackjack craps and Roulette tables. Entertainer Merv Griffin has Lent his name to the project. The Metropolis gaming License is one of nine awarded so far by the gaming commission and is seen As a Boon to the Community on the Southern tip of Illinois. Quot what in a trying to do is do my Job a Gorman said tuesday. A this Type of gambling is illegal in Kentucky. I done to have the authority to abrogate the  Gorman said that it would be up to the Kentucky legislature to change state Law to permit riverboat gambling but even that May not be possible under the stale a Constitution