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The Daily Sentinel from Grand Junction, Colorado • 16

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Grand Junction, Colorado
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1, nuyv IS Th Pally Sentinel Grind Junction Coiorido Sunday November 27, 1983 Poll: Americans support leadership role for women Target holiday hours Monday through Friday 9 30 am to 1 0 pm, Saturday 9 aim to 1 0 pm, Sunday 1 0 am to 7 pm dling of his job, a figure that showed continued steady improvement That is his highest rating in a series of surveys by The Times and the Sew York Times-C BS News Poll since 59 percent said they supported his handling of his job in June 1981 Despite Reagans stronger standing among both sexes, there was still the major difference between them that has Come to be called the gender gap" by politicians The finding about women in Con gress comes at a time when Democratic women are pressing for a vice presidential nomination and Republican leaders are actively recruiting women tional views appeared to be having immediate political impact For example, the 40 percent of women who said men are more logical or more honest than women are helping President Reagan by shoring up his standing against the much more critical feelings held by a majority of women This traditional group, which is somewhat older and slightly less educated than other women, is much more favorable to Reagan re-election than are other women Forty six percent of this group said he deserved another term, as against 33 percent of other omen The poll found 54 percent of the public approved of Reagan's han New York Timet Service The American public is generally committed to a greater political role for women, a Sew York Times Poll indicates, with half saying Congress would be improved by having more women as members This dominant view was supported by a range of arguments that more women would make Congress more temperate, more balanced, more open minded or more objective While only one in 10 contended that more women would make Congress worse, a significant minority in the poll held to ideas of male superiority Moreover, those tradi- Amtrak mm That may not be enough, howev er imsiinMSg)" uir pmtis frff From Page One tion said Scoggins Amtrak officials justified the termination by a bottomline argument The Rifle stop was not cost effective But Scoggins said he has yet to see any data to prove that contention Nor has he heard any response to a letter he sent to congressmen and other officials asking for an explanation A second written plea was sent last week, said Scoggins One problem was you couldnt buy tickets here You had to go to Glenwood, be said We re offering to turn our chamber offices (ironically, a remodeled railroad car at the Rifle freeway interchange) into a ticketing and waiting 'enter The same blow struck southern Wyoming when Amtrak abandoned that route in favor of the Denver to-Salt Lake run through Colorado An all-out campaign by Wyoming Gov Ed Hershler and the state Congressional delegation didnt change Amtraks mind Snow. elsewhere in the high country, according to the National Weather Service At lower elevations, variable cloudiness is expected to reign through Thursday except for a good chance of snow in the north on Tuesday In all, the two recent storms were blamed for 25 traffic deaths, including six in Arizona, four in Iowa, three in Utah, two each in Montana, Minnesota, New York, Colorado and Wyoming, and one each in North Dakota and Wisconsin Two people died while shoveling snow in Minnesota and one died in New York. The weather also was blamed for small plane crashes that killed four people in Texas and in Arizona and two each in Colorado and orado 24 from Limon to Colorado Springs, and Colorado 94 from Pumpkin Center to Colorado Springs At Aspen, police dispatcher Debbie Farrell said skiers were still on the slopes but that police were asking everyone to stay home No incoming flights were allowed at Aspen's Sardy Field airport The storm's eastward movement was expected to take it out of Western Colorado Saturday night, leaving only variable cloudiness and scattered snow showers, mostly in the nearby mountains, today It should also be cold with highs in the mid 20s to mid 30s and lows tonight from 5 to 15 degrees Periods of snow and windy conditions are expected in the northern mountains Tuesday through Thursday with occasional snow showers an From Page One air traffic began to move again Saturday evening Traffic was also slow over the mountains passes due to winter conditions Chains or adequate snow tires were required on Red Mountain, Wolf Creek, La Veta, Rabbit Ears, Monarch, Gunnison, Coal Bank. Molas. Cumbres, La Manga and Lizard Head passes Chains and adequate snow tires were also recommended for Colorado 65 across Grand Mesa as well as for most mountain and eastern plains highways Saturday due to snow packed and icy road conditions Falling snow and poor visibility were reported nearly everywhere statewide Ground blizzards prompted the slate patrol to close Colorado 71 north out of Limon, along ilh Col- Author From Page One sis.

to help one survive a war It includes instructions for building a variety of shelters that would withstand a substantial blast, and keep one safe from initial fallouL There are plans for home built ventilation systems for the shelters, and for a fallout meter that ran be built using items readily available most homes Kearny carries such a meter with him most of the time, as a demonstration model Lespite all this, Kearny harbors no illusions about the horrors of a nuclear war An all-out nuclear war between Russia and the United State would be the worst catastrophe in history," he wrote But he said, researchers who study the effects of nurle.r weapons know it would NOT be the end of mankind or of civilization His book, and the survival skills it teaches "won guarantee survival," Kearnv said But it will improve the odds Kearny came by his survivalist ideas by witnessing some of hu manit) efforts to live through Ridge National Laboratory before retiring and returning to Montrose, where he has maintained a residence since 1954 He has continued to work on his ow developing new survival techniques and equipment and writing about them Kearny said the major flaw in United States nuclear deterrent philosophy is our reliance on MAD, or Mutual Assured Destruction MAD maintains that if neither the United States or Soviet Union can adequately protect their people and industries, then neither will threaten nor attack the other Unfortunately, Kearny argues, No nation other than the United States has advocated or adopted a strategy that purposely leaves its citizens unprotected hostages to its enemies Small versions of Kearny's book are available in many bookstores, but Kearny said the reduced scale of the plans, particularly for the fallout meter, make the plans unusable Full scale versions of the book are available for $11 45, post paid from Caroline House Inc KS) West Industrial Drive, Aurora. Ill 60506 massive devastation I was in England during the Munich crisis," prior to the start of World War II, and I saw Hitler's rise to power, he said He also saw the effective preparations made by the British then to reduce the impacts of German bombing attacks. At the outbreak of the war, Kearny helped train jungle troops in survival skills, and helped develop equipment they could use He received the Legion of Merit for his efforts Kearny was in China near the close of World War 11 as the Japanese mounted a final, destructive invasion into that country 1 saw thousands starving then," he said He also learned much about the physical and emotional problems suffered by people whose country is under attack As a Rhodes Scholar, trained as a civil engineer and a geologist. Kearny decided to devote himself to civil defense shortly before the Cuban Missle Crisis I've never regretted it, he said Every day makes it seem more im portanL" He worked 16 years at the Oak Arafat. From Page Oiie 12-exposure roll Standard size, matte-finish prints 15-exposure sc .2.29 24-exposure roll 2.79 20 exposure roll 2.29 36-exposure roll 3.89 Man Jailed on drug, stolen Items charges Ronald Eric Verlarde, 19.

1110 Rood Ave Apt 1. was arrested Friday night after Grand Junction police officers, serving a aearrh warrant, found narcotics and stolen goods at hia home, according to a police report Verlarde. a Mesa College employee, was being held in Mesa County Jail Saturday night on auspinon of possession of a controlled aubstance with the intent to receiving stolen items, and telling stolen items accord ng to police The arrest came after a lenghy inves'igation. a department spokesman said Man Injured, trucks damaged In wreck One man was injured and two pickup trucks irr heavily dam aged in an accident on I2h Street nday evening tcoordirg to Grand Junction police Havne Smith. 35 was dmirg south on 12h Street near Lowell Court at 6 15 I nday when hit vehicle dr.ed into the northbound lane He struck the vehicle driven by Don Grooms 37 of Lowe .1 Court, head on Sm.th who complained of head chest and leg pains and minor cuts, was taken to Community Hospital He had no broken bones accord.

ng to the report Both trucks received extreme damage to the front ends and bo ad to be towed a wav was cited wi'h carelesv dr irg ftevada man arrested on coke charges Hade Kn in Snow den, 3 of Henderson ev was arrtsed tor possession of cocaine early Saturday mnrmrg accord, rg to the Mesa Coury bet a-tert Snowden was arrrved at 3 15 a at 52Q 1 2 Grand a nve afier sher I received a repol of a poM but jvy ib pmrea So tut arttj was made in tie cave bo to Tier irtor a boa was Snowden was be -g tc.d css Coury Ja.l r. git urged him to dispatch an Arab mill Ury commission to the city as soon as pow.ble to police the cease fire In Damascus spokesmen for the two major rebel factions also en dorsed the agreement and said they would airport Karami in hit efforts to end the fighting The International Red Cross said that, to the best of its knowledge. 442 peop.e died and 2 146 were wounded in three weeks of warfare The two rebel groups initially ba hed at the pan because it provided for removal of their own trex ps from Tr poll and two nrh) refugee rarrp Paddawi and Nahr feared which they captured from 'A' hough the departure of the Fa es can ghters from Tripoli was not our demand we declare th at we at fu'iy committed to the ct.se and to hatever dec is ion Ravhid Ka'ami will tike regard. the invide Tripoli said a saf merit issued in arrasrus by rrhe.s Arafat a Fatah toe t-n In a separate a'aterrnl. Ts'al Na i secretan genera! of tle La tv an harked Pcpular Front tor the tera' on (if Pales reOreral Ccrrmard aso dec ared tui comrr taient to Kararr i it vt.on Ier the tease sides traded sr 'e in the ne gvt.r hoofl norh of A'afal I headusr tors Thunk rwy be over fty anctner year but your memor.es Can on thank to to cost quai Sm devc toping at Ta- get Just hung you 1 10 126 135 or sc color print film to our 6 ser.ce 0rco 01 tie Camc-a barment It so easy to do during your regular shopping Tagc-t You knoA prices ae to a and wet ere developing your 1 '-r, our tjres v.

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