European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 18, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 18, 1994 the stars and stripes Page 5 Arctic chill rips Midwest East at least 8 die As Snow ice disrupt traffic close schools by the associated press a storm spread nearly 2 feet of Snow on top of layers of ice across the Ohio and Tennessee valleys monday closing major highways and schools and tearing Down Power lines from Missouri into the appalachians. The storm follows a weekend deep freeze with wind chills of More than 100 below Zero that snapped water Mains and caused at least eight deaths. Another Arctic blast was on the heels of monday s snowstorm. Tell everybody to stay Home if they possibly cart said off likes with the Kentucky transportation Cabinet i Frankfort. Schools not already closed for the Martin Luther King or. Holiday were closed by the weather monday in a arts of Missouri Ohio Kentucky West Virginia Northern Georgia and Pennsylvania. Louisville mayor Jerry Abramson declared a state of emergency Early monday after 15.9 inches of Snow fell the most in the City s history. About 16,000 Louisville Gas & electric co. Customers were re ported without Power. Snow lows were reported stuck in some places. Louisville schools and armoires were opened for people needing emergency shelter. Kentucky state police reported inter state 71 closed South of Carrollton 1-64 closed Between Lexington and Louisville and 1-75 shut Down Between Lexington and Cincinnati. As fast As we can plow it it keeps coming Down Linkes said. The roads Are practically  in Northern Kentucky Maysville City manager Dennis Redmond said his City had 21 inches of Snow and was asking the state to declare the county an emergency area. The City is completely crippled right now he said. We have doctors oxygen patients and emergency vehicles which need assistance from the National  Standiford Field in Louisville and Bluegrass Airport in Lexington were closed until at least noon officials said. Cincinnati Northern Kentucky International Airport was Down to one of its three runways and Only about half the scheduled flights were operating Airport spokesman Ted Bushelman said. In Southern Indiana Perry county declared a state of emergency after 13 inches of Snow fell Tell City and Cannelton were without Power and police said roads were impassable. Up to 10 inches of Snow on top of a layer of ice shut Down much of Southern Ohio including some Cincinnati Busi Nesses and schools. In some Rural areas of Southern Ohio authorities ordered that Only roads. Emergency vehicles use the there Are a few cars they re idiots. Nobody needs to be out there said Ohio Highway patrol dispatcher Barbara Mattes in Clermont county East of Cincinnati. Nearly a foot of Snow fell in West Vir Ginia on monday bringing Rush hour traffic to a standstill and closing a Section of interstate 68 Between Morgantown and the Maryland state line. The storm had left More than 8 inches of Snow in Missouri on. Top of a Layfer office and bitterly cold air swept in behind the storm monday. At St. Louis the temperature dropped from 19 just after mid night to 6 at Rush hour. On sunday record lows were Felt from the great lakes to the Carolinas. Watertown ., chilled to 43 below sunday the coldest spot in the lower 48 states the National weather service said. Everybody s pretty miserable up Here. Their cars won t Start and they re not very Happy said Jay Uhlein owner of the Pewter Mug tavern. Searchers had to abandon snowmobiles sunday and trudge through a Bliz Zard to find the body of hiker Derek Tinkham near the top of 5,715-Fpot mount Jefferson in new Hampshire. Tinkham 20, froze in his sleeping bag in record lows record Low temperatures set sunday compared with previous record tows and the year. New previous record record town Allentown a. 0 1 a Pena Mich. -28 -19 Asheville . -1 0 Binghamton  -13 Bridgeport Conn. 07 Charleston w. A. -1 2 Clarksburg . -9 -6ekin3,. A 12 Greenville . 6 Newark . A Raleigh . 3 Rochester , -17 Sault Ste. Marie Mich. -26 Scranton a. -4 Syracuse  -21 Wilmington . 10 Worcester mass. -12 75 4 -12 -23-2 -16 12 in 1988 in 1965 in 1977 in 1984 in 1985 in 1982 in 1972 in 1972 in 1972 in 1977 in 1972 in 1984 in 1972 in 1977 in 1984 in 1912 in 1948 source National weather services a 42-below temperatures. The weather also was blamed for the deaths of an alzheimer s patient who wandered into the Iowa Snow a homeless Man in Nashville Tenn. A Newark ., Man whose unheated apartment dropped to 36 degrees and two motorists in okla homa. Two weather related deaths were reported in Pennsylvania. Frozen Power lines and record demand for heat caused Power outages for thou Sands in West Virginia. Iraqis to decry Start Nicosia Cyprus a tens of thousands of iraqis poured into downtown Baghdad before Dawn monday to protest the hour when  Allied forces began the bombardment that launched the persian Gulf War three years ago. The demonstrators waved banners and chanted slogans against the United states and the United nations denouncing sanctions imposed on president Saddam Hussein s regime for its invasion of Kuwait that precipitated the War residents reported. The protest began five hours after Saddam went on nationwide television to vow that the iraqi peo ple would not stand idly by during the continuation of the blockade or the intrusion into National air space by Allied aircraft. Calling Western nations and their Arab Gulf allies masters and saves Saddam vowed to retaliate in Case of further aggression. The . Security Council imposed the blockade in August 1990, four Days after Saddam sent his vast  to occupy neighbouring Kuwait. The United states and its allies launched the offensive Jan. 17, 1991, and ousted the iraqis from Kuwait six weeks later. After the War ended uprisings by iraqi kurd in the North and by shiite muslims in the South were crushed by Saddam s forces. That prompted the allies to use their planes to enforce no Fly zones to Stop Aerial As saults by Saddam s air Force on the two groups. Iraqi Leader Saddam Hussein goes on iraqi television monday denouncing sanctions imposed on his regime after its invasion of Kuwait in 1990. The Baghdad demonstrators mostly Young men hit the streets at 2 30 a.m., the time observed in Iraq As the Start of the War. All Iraq shouts Saddam is my country s Pride was emblazoned on banners waved by the demonstrators according to Baghdad residents contacted by the associated press. With steadfastness arid reconstruction we can destroy the blockade others said. Iraq has intensified its Calls for a lifting of the sanctions which have halted Many imports and Well As exports of its vast Oil reserves. No signs of living pos in Vietnam u. S. A d m i a i says Hanoi Vietnam a the highest ranking american military officer to visit Vietnam since the end of the War said monday his command is leaving no Stone unturned in trying to determine if there Are any live american prisoners of War still held. In All of the investigations and things we have done we can find no indications of any live americans in Southeast Asia said adm. Charles u. Larson com Mander of the . Pacific come. Larson told a news conference however that we will not Rule out that possibility until we be exhausted All leads and looked at All  . News and world report reported earlier this month that a satellite photograph taken in june 1992 May contain evidence that an airman Henry Muir Serex could have been alive and in a prison Camp near Haiphong just 16 months ago. Although other . Officials have said much the same thing Larson s statement took on added significance Given his rank and the timing. Pressure is mount ing on president Clinton to lift the 19-year-old . Trade embargo against Vietnam. Larson arrived in Hanoi on sunday for three Days of meetings with . And vietnamese officials and for Field trips to assess Vietnam s cooperation in account ing for the missing. His visit was seen As another signal by the United states that it is moving toward the restoration of eco nomic and diplomatic tics that were broken in 1975. I have seen cooperation increase significantly Over the last two years Larson said. And if the cooperation were not Good i would not be Here. I would not be Able to come and be Here in uniform and meet with the people i be met  fan gets one in a million shot to play for globetrotters Peoria 111. A at least you know he s not in it for the Money. Don Calhoun got a Chance to make the Harlem globetrotters touring basketball team on the basis of one credential he won $1 million by hitting a 75-foot shot at a Chicago bulls promotion last april. I m doing something i enjoy Cal Houn said from los Angeles As the globetrotters prepared for a tour of mid West states. I m having a great time bringing happiness to  Calhoun s life has changed dramatically since the shot.". On april 14, he walked into Chicago stadium in his yellow High top sneakers and was offered a Chance to win $1 Mil lion $50,000 a year for 20 years by sinking a shot from the opposite free throw line. The Chicago bulls stadium erupted when the basketball swished through Tenet. Calhoun 24, quit his $5-per-hour sales Job and packed for Phoenix last Augustin Hopes of getting a tryout with a pro basketball team. He never got to Phoenix. Shortly be fore he was to leave he got a Call from Marvin Walters the globetrotters director of development and player personnel. Calhoun signed a one year contract with the globetrotters a touring team known for its comedic antics and dazzling tricks. To make a career with the team Walters said Calhoun will have to improve his Ball handling and his shooting. What improve the shooting of a Guy who earned a million Bucks hitting a 75 foot shot let s face it Walters said. That was