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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 23, 1994 Page 5 big freeze loosens its hold by the associated press the Snow is heaped on the sidewalks Slick and hard from eight Days of subzero cold and Kevin Wolkin must negotiate it with a cart loaded Down with mail. He has four layers under his Brown uniform for the United parcel service a tightly wrapped Scarf earmuffs and a smile on his face Florid in the frosty air of Rochester n.y., where it hit 19 de Grees Friday. It s a Tough time of year for delivery men but Wolkin found the Bright Side. You can dress for this he said. When it s super hot Here in the sum Mer there s nothing you can do about it. You be got to leave one layer on and sometimes that s too  after a week of bitter Arctic air temperatures were on the rebound across Central and Eastern parts of the country. Highs reached the 20s Friday across the upper Mississippi Valley and the 40s in the Central Plains 15 to 30 degrees warmer than thursday. Saturday highs were expected in the 40s in much of the Midwest 30s and 20s in the mid Atlantic states and teens in Northern new England and upper mid West.  but the deep freeze still set several re Cord lows Friday including 18 below in Albany n.y., and 25 below in Concord . The cold Snow and ice has been blamed for 142 deaths and caused Power outages closed interstates and schools and brought Many areas to a near stand still. In suburban Harrisburg pa., on Fri Day part of a shopping mall collapsed under the weight of ice and Snow. Two women were trapped for about half an hour authorities said. The women suffered minor injuries. Mike Mcneal manager of a plumbing company in Harrisburg had his own problems. His 10 plumbers have been logging 18-hour Days repairing Frozen pipes. Temperatures have been As Low As 20 below Zero. Sleep is not known to us Mcneal said. Further West the cold gave three Indi Ana towns the distinction of being the coldest places in the country Friday. The 26-below-Zero readings in Crawfordsville Perrysville and new Castle gave the cities a tie with Presque Isle Maine. The stars and str Pesas hell mich., apparently freezes Over Jerry Wissman uses a Public phone to place an order for parts to repair some Frozen pipes. Temperatures in hell late Friday Rose to 15, which actually was a warming trend compared to 57 hours of subzero temperatures. Fee broken 91-year-o/d gets outpouring of support Victoria Moryn 91, who had been Frozen to the floor of her icy apartment recovers in a Chicago Hospital. Chicago a from her dancing Brown eyes and delighted toothless smile you would never guess that 91-year-Oldvictoria Moryn almost died from being Frozen to the floor of her icy apartment four Days earlier. If you saw my toes you would know what i went through the widow said Fri Day through a translator As she continued a remarkable recovery at St. Mary of Naz Areth Hospital Center on the West Side. Moryn is still in fair condition and amylose her toes which Are severely Frostbitten and Blue doctors say. But she has not lost tvs capacity to appreciate the flow ers Good will and Many offers of help she has received since her lonely ordeal be came Public. She is Loving All this attention Sai Barbara Schillon a Hospital social worker. She never knew what it was to have someone care about  concerned neighbors and police foun Moryn kneeling Barefoot in an Inch thick layer of ice from leaking pipes monday in the front room of per in heated Home a first floor apartment Inan otherwise vacant building. The temperature in Chicago was about 10 degrees at the time and had Bee below Zero most of the weekend no one is sure How Long she had been stuck thereof exactly How it happened. Hospital spokeswoman Kasha Ciancia a said Moryn has been a loner and reluctant to ask for help. On Friday after Hospital workers put Abow in her hair she was delighted to pose for pictures. God bless you she told the Many visitors to her room. The Well wishers included the police officers who found her monday and a woman from Rop Cayce the City in Poland where a Orrt once lived. We be been getting phone Calls fro mall Over from people saying they wanted to adopt her Cian Ciara said. And an architect called today who wanted to fixer House fix her  Moryn s husband who apparently was a factory worker died in .1975, Schillon said. Clinton aides to blame for Washington a one year out of office George Bush says president Clinton s top foreign policy aides More than Clinton himself Are to blame for . Setbacks in foreign policy including Haiti and Bosnia and Herzegovina. While he Only mildly criticized Clinton Bush Lam basted some of his former democratic opponents in Congress particularly Senate majority Leader George j. Mitchell of Maine. Bush said he s not ready to Start writing his memoirs is working with his wife Barbara on health car issues and has concluded that he lost the 1992 elec Tion mainly because i just was t a Good enough  he complained of Media created myths that gave voters a mistaken impression that he was out of touch with mainstream America. And he said he was surprised to discover after moving to Houston that i Don t miss the politics a  Bush said it was too Early to Grade Clinton s Overall performance on foreign policy. But he said the president s aides were mostly to blame for an ill disciplined Start and Stop approach that was harming America s standing in the world. They re Good people generally but there does t seem to be any Structure to their policy Bush said in the interview with washingtonian Magazine. Bush did t mention any Clinton aides by name. In a review of foreign policy problems confronting the Clinton administration Bush was most critical of the approach to Haiti and Bosnia. Recalling the administration s decision last oct. 12 to withdraw a Navy troop Landing ship from Haiti Bush says after a Small band of armed thugs threatened to re Sist it Bush said the incident was devastating sent a horrible signal to the world. When you Send a . Ship loaded with military personnel to go ashore you Don t say they re going ashore unless you mean it Bush said. And you Don t get turned Back by a group of thugs standing on the  Bush credited Clinton with deft handling of relations with Russia but said that on Bosnia the presi Dent exhibited a Start and Stop pattern of first threatening to use Force to end the fighting and then backing away when european allies walked. Bush aimed his harshest comments at Mitchell the Senate democratic Leader. Mitchell s purpose his goal was simply to bring my presidency Down and to some degree he deserves credit for that Bush said  
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