European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 10, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes thursday february 10,1994 ice layer on Snow blamed in 8 deaths by the associated press commuters faced another harrowing trip wednesday As freezing rain and sleet put a Sheen of ice on top of the heavy Snow that blanketed Broad sections of the North and contributed to at least eight deaths. It s not going to thaw. It s going to be solid ice on top of whatever we have said Christi Tucker a National weather service forecaster in new Jersey where Newark had a record 9 inches of Snow and More than a foot of mixed precipitation was expected to accumulate through wednesday. Radio announcers salted school closing announce ments with traffic warnings using every known synonym for  state police said Many commuters took heed but the weather still created complications on roads and rail lines along the East coast from new York state to Vir Ginia. Icy overhead Power lines halted Light rail trains in the Baltimore area. Six people were killed and about 60 injured when a  full of North Dakota hairdressing students hit a Sno plow on interstate 94 in Northwestern Minnesota on tuesday then was hit by a bus filled with Casino bound passengers. Another Casino bus heading to Atlantic City n.j., skidded off the state s Slushy Garden state Parkway near Bass River on tuesday injuring 25 people one critically. Skidding also was blamed for an Accident that killed a 24-year-old Bloomington 111., woman driving to work tuesday. A 9-year-old Detroit boy was killed when he grabbed the bumper of a passing car in a game called shag Ging and somehow Slid underneath. Businesses closed Early tuesday and horse races basketball games Bingo and other activities were cancelled. A new storm system in the Northwest was expected to bring rain to coastal Washington and ice to the Interior As far As Idaho. Several More inches of Snow also were forecast for Ari Zona Oklahoma and parts of the Northeast. In Colorado where up to 3 feet of Snow fell in the mountains Highway workers hoped to open six passes wednesday by triggering avalanches with explosives. An Avalanche warning was in effect for All Mountain areas. Snowfall included a foot in Wisconsin 9 to 10 inches along the Connecticut Shoreline and More than 7 inches mud cleanup Crews not mucking about Malibu Calif. A Crews worked wednes Day to Clear highways of the mudslides that oozed from fire stripped hillsides and to Shore up defences before More rain arrives. Mostly sunny weather tuesday gave residents a Chance to Start shovelling out the muck. But despite round the clock efforts cleanup Crews were Stilt Clearing goo wednesday morning from the Scenic Pacific coast Highway. Malibu residents Gary and Diana Silverston raked Muc from their inundated garage surveying wrecked furniture and stereo equipment and a swamped car they bought a week ago a retaining Wall the couple had built to guard against mudslides snapped monday night. We weren t prepared for the velocity and the size of the Boulder that broke through Gary Silverston said. It broke through the beams and then it let everything  bulldozers and dump trucks ran Day and night blowing muck from the coast Highway at big Rock Canyon into the Brown streaked Pacific Ocean los Angeles county sheriffs it. Michael Moore said. Road Crews expected to have it open by midday wednesday Moore said. Crews also worked to rebuild storm barriers erected against mudslides before More rain arrives said Sarah Maurice spokeswoman for Malibu a 27 mile Long one mile wide City of 15,000. The storm dropped 1.75 inches of rain on the Malibu area arid More heavy rain could arrive by Sun Day night the National weather service said. We re very possibly looking at the same thing repeated said battalion chief Cliff Dysart of the los Angeles county fire  the frenzied flooding monday night cars were shoved off roads and million Dollar Homes were engulfed in mud while storm tossed Waves & feet High slowed into Home pilings. The mud damaged 25 Homes and destroyed one causing an estimated $1.6 million in damage said sheriff s Deputy Diane Hecht. The hillsides were left weak by an arson fire in november that scorched the anchoring vegetation off 18,500 acres of the Santa Monica mountains in Malibu. Since then traumatized residents also have been rattled by the Jan. 17 earthquake. We have had virtually the entire biblical apocalypse Here the exception perhaps being a Volca Nic eruption said Dick Andrews chief of the state office of emergency services after touring the mudslide area. In Rhode Island. Air travellers were warned to expect delays As Newark International Airport and new York s Kennedy and la Guardia airports opened for limited operations. Washington National Airport in Arlington va., was closed for several hours tuesday when an air plane skidded off the runway. No one was injured. At the fringes of the storm freezing rain and drizzle fell along a cold front that curved from the Rocky mountains to Oklahoma and eastward to the mid Atlantic coast. The system Cut across West Virginia bringing ice to the North heavy Rains to the South and flooding in Between. Utility officials said at least 7,000 customers lost Power in the storm which dumped from 1 to 5 inches of rain. There s ice on All the cars that have been parked for any length of time said Jean Schultz manager of a Wheeling appliance store. It s very  the drizzle hit the Oklahoma City area right at the morning Rush hour and caught sanding Crews off guard said state trooper Don Stockton. But though Bill Miller a forecaster at the Baltimore Washington International Airport admitted the weather was bad he said he had heard enough complaints. Well it s wintertime. It is the Middle of Winter he pointed out. I get the feeling sometime i am in Bermuda the Way people Are  student faces hearing Over shove incident Frankfurt Germany is a Frankfurt High school Stu Dent faces an expulsion hearing today for shoving the school s Prin Cipal during a weekend dance. The principal de Siemaszko will conduct the hearing in Frank Furt and will make recommendations to the department of de sense dependents schools regional director according to a statement issued by school system officials. Dodds would not release the student s name. The incident occurred in the school auditorium when Siemaszko saw the 12th-grader smoking. The principal asked the teen to leave the dance. When he refused Sie Maszko threatened to Call the Mili tary police. The student started to leave the building then shoved the principal in an aggressive and provoking manner according to the statement issued wednesday. A witness who asked not to be identified said the principal was violently pushed against a Wall. The teen tried to return to the dance but several students re strained and then removed him from the auditorium the statement said. The witness said the youth was attempting to get to Siemaszko when he was stopped by fellow Stu dents. In moving by Joseph Owen Heidelberg Bureau Heidelberg Germany it was no Ordinary stage play. The audience interrupted constantly. The director kept changing the script. And while the play itself was untitled its two acts bore the tedious names Intro Messing and out processing. As the three actors soldiers from the 21st replacement in uttered about on stage recently at the Heidelberg officers and civilians club the audience tracked their movements on 30 computer screens. The soldiers were pretending to Check into and out of a unit in . Army Europe. The audience composed of tactical unit and area support group command ers watched Ana made suggestions for streamlining the process. As they debated Gen. David m. Mad Dox the . Army Europe commander considered their remarks and announced How the Steps would be handled in the future. The stage exercise conducted during a . Army Europe senior Leader Orienta Tion conference might have drawn sour reviews from a drama department. But the Point was to find ways to get soldiers in and out of their units faster and less painfully. What we re trying to do now is eliminate All the duplication in the work said col. John a. Fulmer assistant Deputy chief of staff for personnel at . Army Europe Headquarters in Heidelberg. We be created a system now where we have an information network that shares to get act together info out of units that information he said. So the first station you fill it out and that data is made available to everybody else so you should never have to do it  the changes Maddox mandated Are designed to move army communities closer to new operating Stan Fulmar Dards that have been in the works for months. The Intro Messing Standard Calls for a newly arrived Soldier to leap his paperwork hurdles with a visit to a single building. Ideally Fulmer said the Soldier should be Able to do it in a single chair. Sharing computer stored information through the . Army Europe Community automation system representatives of a local housing office Library or other Agency can Call up a Soldier s data simply by typing a name or social Security num Ber on a computer keyboard. After the Soldier checks the screen for accuracy the worker can print a copy of a document for the Soldier to sign. By next month All army communities in Europe should be using computer stored i processing out processing More or less although the system is Likely to be More complicated outside Germany Fulmer said. More improvements Are expected by the end of the year. We re not doing it to save dollars Al though i believe in the Long run you probably can find some savings Fulmer said. The purpose was to help All units by returning the Soldier to the unit quicker and to reduce hassles for the  out processing also is changing sol Diers will Check in Only with those Agen cies that need to see him and the com Mand has tried to eliminate repetitive paperwork. A Soldier with no family members cars or private weapons might visit As few As four stations to Check out. It s just incredible. I m just embarrassed that we never did it before Fulmer said of the changes. The command also expects to simplify soon the process by which civilian army workers move in and out of Europe he said. Speeding up processing for soldiers is not a new idea. Units that moved to new duty stations in Masse enjoyed such benefits in the 1980s. Former . Army Europe commander Gen. Crosbie e. Saint introduced a simplification plan in the theater in 1991, but left its adoption up to commanders. This time Maddox ordered it to happen. He also determined that last minute other than honorable discharge cases should not impede other soldiers move ments Fulmer said. Our Standard is we will never interrupt the out processing of an honorable separating Soldier he Sal ctr that was important because now our commanders know they can t expect to get their sol Dier out