European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 5, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 5, 1993 i. Washington up the Winter of 1992 was the warmest on record in the United states and the Winter of 1993 May also feature unusually warm temperatures the National oceanic and atmospheric administration said monday a Large portion of North America experienced Winter temperatures in 1992 that averaged Between 4 and 13 degrees fahrenheit above Normal making the Winter the warmest since records began being kept in 1895, Noaa said in an annual report. The Spring and summer of 1992, meanwhile featured temperatures that averaged from 1 to 4 degrees fahrenheit below Normal across the Eastern two thirds of the United states and Canada Noaa said. Despite temperatures much above Normal in the West the eight month average for the entire United states ranked As the 20th coldest such period since 1895, Noaa said. The mild Winter and Cool summer helped reduce Nat . The stars and stripes Page 5 ural Gas use and electric Power demand Noaa said. The nations Gas Home heating customers spent about $1.5 billion less than expected for heating during the 1991-1992 heating season. Noaa climate analysts meanwhile projected a 55  that the Region from Lake Superior acc Fernc Northern great a Plains of the Oregon coast would experience above average temperatures for the next 90 Days. The Northwest and Western sections of Nevada and am Zona should expect Normal temperatures Noaa said. But  a,65 percent Chance for extra warmth Over Northwestern Minnesota the extreme Northern great Plains and for Central and Northern California Noaa said. There also is a 55 percent Chance of below Normal Winter temperatures South and East of a line running from West Central Texas across the Middle Mississippi Valley to the Eastern great lakes and Northern on new England excluding. Maine Noaa said. Within this area there is at least a 70 percent Chance for below Normal temperatures in Georgia and at least a 75 percent Chance for below Normal temperatures Over the. Southern appalachian Region Noaa said. Elsewhere temperature forecast probabilities do not depart significantly from seasonal norms it a said. Below median precipitation is forecast for the Northern Rockies and Central inter Mountain Region arid Western sections of the Northern great Plains the upper and. Middle Mississippi Valley the great lakes Region the Ohio Valley and Tennessee Noaa said. There is a 60 percent Chance for below Mcdian Prev capitation Over Illinois Indiana and southwestern Michigan Noaa said. Above median amounts of precipitation arc expected Over Southern sections of new Mexico and Texas and much of Florida Noaa said in the stars and stripes to years ago Jan. 5,1983 a . Government officials claiming a Campaign to Spray marijuana plants can Cut imports by 70 percent will help foreign countries Spray their plants with the herbicide paraquat.20 year Sago Jan. 5,1973 a the Vietnam peace talks resumed in Paris with a Sharp clash Between the communists and South Vietnam Over the agreement negotiated by . Envoy Henry a. Kissinger arid North Vietnam s be ductho.30 years ago Jan. 5,1963 a the United states urged Katanga president Moise Tshombe to Quot end promptly Quot his be. Cession efforts in the Congo and abandon his threatened Quot scorched Earth Quot policy. 40 year Sago Jan. 5,1953 a marshal Alphonse juin of France commander of nato land forces in Central Europe said Western Europe a defense line must be placed Quot As far East As possible."50 years ago Jan. 5,1943 a in what May become a pattern for nazi Germany ruled Europe. . Flying fortresses and liberators struck by Day and British Raf Lancaster and Stirling by night in the first four Days of 1943. World War ii 50 years ago today Jan. 51#943 soviet forces press their offensive on the Southern front retaking pro Hladny in the caucasus and Morozovsky and Tsi Lyansk farther North. In North Africa British troops make Small advances near Djebel Razzag in a Tunisia. Japanese warships begin carrying away troops from Guadalcanal undetected by . Forces on the Pacific Island. Source 2i94 Days of War. W. H. Smith publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp., 19.81 map radar images show the two chunks of Rock that make up the asteroid to Tatis which flew 2.2 million Miles from Earth. Pasadena Calif. A Nasa made radar pictures of an asteroid that flew close to Earth last month a getting the Best look yet at the kind of object that May have wiped out the dinosaurs and could threaten humanity someday. Quot this is our first dear look at one of the Many thousands of asteroids whose orbits can intersect Earth a orbit a astronomer Steyen Ostro said sunday. Quot the planet exists in a swarm of  the National aeronautics and space administration made the pictures when the asteroid to Tatis whizzed within 2.2 million Miles of Earth a a dose Call in astronomical terms. To make the photographs Nasa bounced radar Waves off to Tatis using a 230-foot-wide Antenna dish at a tracking station in California s Mojave desert. The radar echoes were captured by a 112-foot-wide Antenna to make pictures of to Tatis on dec. 8,9 10 and 13.in 1991, the Jupiter bound Galileo spacecraft became the first to visit an asteroid taking close up photographs of Gaspar. Unlike to Tatis that asteroid is the main asteroid Belt Between Mars in and Jupiter. Ostro said the pictures of to Tatis arc 100 times More detailed than the Best previous images of an Quot Earth approaching a or "near-earth�?�.asteroid, the Type that on rare occasions hits the planet with the Power of thousands of nuclear warheads. The images show to Tatis comprises two big chunks of Rock probably held in Contact by Gravity said Ostro a senior researcher at Nasa s Jet propulsion Laboratory. One chunk has an average Width of about 2.5 unites the other is about 1.6 Miles wide he said a scientists had thought to Tatis was Only 1 mile to 2 Miles wide until they took the pictures. Quot its the most irregularly shaped object we be yet seen in the solar system a Ostro said describing the. Asteroid As. Quot two highly irregular cratered battered jagged objects that have been smacked repeatedly by other asteroids. Scientists increasingly believe a 6 to 9-mile wide asteroid walloped Mexico s Yucatan Peninsula 65. Million years ago kicking up enough dust to Darken the skies chill the climate destroy food plants and kill the dinosaurs and most other species. Despite erosion scores of other Impact craters have been found on Earth. In 1908, a asteroid blew up Over Siberia flattening nearly a thousand Square Miles of uninhabited Forest. Last year a Nasa report estimated a l-in-10,000 Chance during Quot our lifetime Quot that an asteroid measuring at least one third of a mile wide would hit Earth do stroy food crops and a possibly end. Civilization As we know  if an asteroid wider than 3 Miles collided with Earth Quot even the survival of the human species would be at risk a the report said. To Tatis is Quot among the 50 largest Earth approaching asteroids that we estimate to exist Quot Ostro said. The report estimated there Are 1,000 to 4, near Earth asteroids wider than one third mile. Castalia a mile wide  in 1989, also was shown to contain two loosely joined lobes. Finding two such asteroids in a Short time suggests they Are common. Among near Earth asteroids Ostro said. Coloradans feel Gays overreacted poll says Denver a More than half of coloradans think homosexuals Hurt their cause by overreacting to the anti Gay rights amendment voters approved two months ago according to a new poll. The Denver Post news 4 poll released sunday also found that most residents Hadnot changed their stance and criticism of amendment 2 has made them less Likely to support repeal of it. Amendment 2 bars civil rights protections based on sexual orientation. It was approved in november by nearly 54 percent of voters. Since then Gay leaders have called for a Boycott of the state and several conventions have been moved elsewhere. The poll w As conducted by Talmey a special Quot protections for to Drake research amp strategy which interviewed 606 adult Colorado residents by Telephone from dec. 15-23. It had a margin of error of 4 percentage Points. The poll found 94 pc recent of those interviewed had t changed their minds about amendment 2, and 43 percent said the Boycott made them less Likely rather than More Likely to support its repeal. Fifty six percent of the respondents said overreaction to the amendment by homosexuals Hurt their cause a now they re being called bigots and they resent that a Saij pollster Paul Talmey. He said the poll confirmed that amendment backers were successful in depicting the measure As a move to prevent Quot one Ciatu protections for homosexuals. Only 15 percent of the polls respondents believe Colorado is less tolerant of Gays than other states. Will Perkins Board chairman of Colorado for family values which petitioned to get the amendment on the ballot said the Gay rights activism spawned by passage of the measure was indicating to Cople that homosexuals want special Egal status. But Robert Briggs Daniels a spokesman for Boycott Colorado which helped organize the Boycott said it Isnit a question of a a special right but a a equal rights. He said the Boycott would Start changing attitudes when its economic Impact is Felt. E