European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 9, 2007, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pages stars and stripes monday april 9 2007 in the states across nation springtime feels like Winter by Errin Haines the associated press Atlanta an unseasonable cold snap put a chill on easter sunday services across the Southeast and much of the rest of the country moving some events in doors and adding layers Over Spring frocks even baseball had to take a time out because of Snow the usual courtyard service at Wesley memorial United methodist Church in co Lumbia so had to be moved indoors said the Rev Michael Bingham sunday morn ing lows in Columbia dropped to the upper 20s the National weather service said our musicians Are worried about their fingers he said saturday As the Church plans were being changed across much of the Eastern two thirds of the nation easter celebrants swapped frills bonnets and sandals for Coats scarves and heavy socks baseball fans huddled in blankets and instead of Spring planting backyard gardeners were bundling their crops John Fletcher the Asheville Erin Kaplan foreground and Ashley Curtis scrape Snow and ice off of their car before going out for breakfast saturday in Asheville no two weeks into Spring easter morning temperatures were in the upper 30s along the Gulf coast and in the single digits in Northern Minnesota and the Dakotas at Lanta had a Low of 30 degrees with a wind chill of 23 the weather service said the same Reading put a chill on new York cites fifth Avenue celebrated in song for the traditional easter Parade of Spring Fin Ery despite the chill nearly 1000 people at tended the annual Sunrise service at georgias Stone Mountain Park As a slight Breeze whipped Over the Granite Monu ment the service usually attracts 10000 Nashville term bottomed out sunday at 23 degrees knocking one degree off the easter sunday record set on March 241940 Light Snow showers were scattered Over the Western Plains and around the great lakes and Ohio Valley however the Snow was heavy along the Lake Erie Shore in Cleveland and on Sun Day for the second Day in a Row the Seattle mariners and Cleveland indians had to cancel a doubleheader More than a foot of Snow had fallen parts of the Cleveland area since Friday visitors to the nations capital awoke sat urday to see Cherry blossoms coated with Snow Snow also fell in metro Atlanta Fri Day night and even in parts of West Texas and the Texas Panhandle Stefano demonstrator Yoland Araujo carries an oversized resident alien card during an immigration protest rally saturday in los Angeles thousands March for immigrant amnesty by Ron Gong Lin n los Angeles times los Angeles thousands of people Many wearing red to signify Hope marched peacefully saturday through downtown Here calling for Broad amnesty for illegal immigrants police estimated that about 7000 to 10000 people participated in the March two demonstrations two weeks ago both held to commemorate last years Mas Sive los Angeles March were marked by Low turnout organizers said saturdays noontime event which ended at City Hall was designed to rejuvenate efforts in Washington do to promote Reform that offers a path to citizenship to the greatest possible number of undocumented immigrants such efforts have stalled in Congress it also was intended to prove to critics that the immigrant rights movement was not dead organizers said some marchers expressed frustration at the Lack of Progress in Washington but said it still was important to go the ral lies and make their voices heard senator War will stay funded the associated press Washington the Senate will not Stop paying for the Iraq War nor relent from insisting that president Bush keep pressing the Baghdad government for a negotiated end to the violence a demo cratic Leader said sunday Michigan sen Carl Levin the Senate armed service commit tee chairman took Issue with an Effort by majority Leader Harry Reid to Cut off Money for the War next year As a Way to end us involvement were not going to vote to Cut funding period Levin said but what we should do and were going to do is continue to press this president to put some pressure on the iraqi leaders to reach a political settlement Bush has asked Congress for More than is 00 billion to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan this year the House and Senate have approved the Money but their Bills seek to wind Down the War by including time lines for troops to come Home some thing Bush will not accept the Senate Bill would require a us troop exit to begin within 120 Days with a completion goal of March 31 2008 the House Bill would order All combat troops out by sept 12008 democratic leaders have not negotiated a final version to Send the president Bush has made Clear he will veto it which will Start the process All Over reids latest proposal would give the president one year to get troops out ending funding for combat operations after March 312008 Levin was interviewed on this week on Abc child recovering from vaccine virus the associated press 2yearold Indi Ana boy who contracted a rare and life threatening infection from his Soldier fathers smallpox vaccination is recovering a Hospi Tal spokesman said doctors have relied on some untested measures to save the boys life including skin grafts and an experimental drug that has never been used to treat a human patient officials said everyone has been a Little bit astonished that he has recovered As Well As he has Hospital spokes Man John Easton said saturday the boy should be should be up graded to serious from critical condition soon he added the boy has been in paediatric intensive care at the University of Chicago Comer childrens hos Pital for the past month with a virulent rash Over 80 percent of his body he developed the rash after coming in Contact with his father who had recently been vaccinated for smallpox before he was to be deployed overseas by the army the boy is not suffering from smallpox but from the related virus Gingrich Gonzales should consider resigning the associated press Washington joining a growing list of republicans former House speaker Newt Ging Rich said sunday that attorney general Alberto Gonzales should consider resigning the possible presidential candidate said the botched firing of us attorneys has destroyed Gonzales credibility As the nations top Law enforcer i think the country in fact would be much better served to have a new team at the Justice department across the Board Gin Grich said i cannot imagine How he is going to be effective for the rest of this administration there going to be involved in endless hearings sen Charles Schumer any who is helping Lead the investigation into the firing of eight Federal prosecutors said Gingrich com ments pointed to building bipartisan support for a new attorney general Gonzales a former White House counsel who became attorney general in 2005 is scheduled to testify april 17 before the sen ate judiciary committee it is a congressional showdown believed to be a make break appearance for Gonzales the committee also has pledged to compel the testimony of White House officials such As Karl Rove and former counsel Harriet Miers to determine the extent of White House involvement on Friday Monica Goodling the Justice departments Liaison to the White House abruptly quit after telling Congress she would not testify Gingrich and Schumer appeared on Fox news sunday