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THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1979
Services still gone for some
in Colorado blizzard 9 s wake
United Press International
CAMPO, Colo. — Most motorists
stranded by a snow storm that killed
five persons and hundreds of head of
five stock were on their way again
Wednesday, but numerous south
eastern Colorado residents still
were without electricity or tele
phone service.
The State Patrol late Wednesday
reopened 1-70 from Denver east to
the Kansas border and U.S. 36 from
Byers to the state line, enabling
many motorists to continue their
journeys. The only major highway
still closed was U.S. 287 south from
Lamar to the Oklahoma border.
The storm, which swept onto the
state’s eastern plains Monday be
hind 60 mph winds, was blamed for
the deaths of three truckers in a
grinding collision near Kit Carson
Tuesday. A New Mexico couple also
died while stranded in their car
south of Campo, just north of the
Oklahoma border.
The Baca County Coroner’s Of
fice said Ray Sawyer, 59, and his
wife, Mary, 56, of Roswell, N.M.,
were asphyxiated by carbon
monoxide gas while stranded in
their vehicle. The couple’s bodies
were discovered by a truck driver.
John Schaffner, chief of the
Campo volunteer Fire Department,
said main roads in his area were
cleared Wednesday and stranded
motorists were able to leave town.
He said officials had not been able to
survey livestock damage because
rural roads remained blocked by
drifts.
“There are a lot of cattle scattered
around, some of them dead,”
Schafther said. “We had one farmer
who lost better than 200 head of
hogs and another lost 46. We can
see a few dead cattle just outside of
town, but we don’t know what it’s
like out in the country because we
can’t get out there.”
Schafther also said electrical serv
ice in the area was “in pretty bad
shape.”
“We’ve got some of the places on,
but a lot are still out,” he said.
The Southeast Colorado Power
Association in La Junta, which
serves a 13,000-square mile area,
reported 4,500 customers without
power Tuesday night. Many of those
were restored Wednesday, but a
company official said late Wednes
day he was not authorized to reveal
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how many customers still were
without electricity.
A spokesman for the Kit Carson
County Sheriffs Department in
Burlington said the 85 stranded
motorists who spent Tuesday night
at the Community Center were
“still here Wednesday.”
“We won’t know until it’s all over
with exactly how many were
stranded,” he said.
A dispatcher for the Cheyenne
County SherifFs Office in Cheyenne
Wells said she had no idea how
many persons were stranded there
by the storm.
“Our deputy and a local police
man went out to pick up four
motorists and came back with 17,”
she said. “Who had time to count?
But I do know that when they
opened the highway, it looked like
Colorado Boulevard at rush hour.”
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — There has
been a “lessening of activity” by the
Soviet combat troops in Cuba, say
administration officials, who con
sider it an encouraging indication
the Russians are beginning to re
spond to U.S. concerns.
The change was noted by Secre
tary of State Cyrus Vance at a news
conference Wednesday, when he
made a mysterious reference to
“some factors” that have changed in
the Cuban situation.
About two hours later, a U.S. offi
cial, who cannot be further iden
tified under ground rules of the
conversation, telephoned some re
porters to specify what the changes
He said the Soviet unit has re
duced its military maneuvers; there
has been a noticeable drop in the
volume of radio traffic, indicating a
general drop in unit activity; and the
brigade has reduced its “presence,”
making itself less apparent to the
Cuban population.
These signs, all admittedly minor,
add up to a possibly favorable trend,
the official said, and a close watch
will be maintained.
Sen. Richard Stone, D.-Fla., who
first drew public attention to the
combat brigade, said the factors are
negated by other reports, confirmed
by Vance, of unexplained construc
tion at the Cienfuegos naval base.
Vance said a second naval pier is
being built, and several large build
ings, including one type that is
sometimes used to service Soviet
nuclear subs, have been constructed
at Cienfuegos.
But he said there has been no
violation of the U.S.-Soviet under
standings that ban nuclear weapons
in Cuba.
In his press conference, Vance
also:
— Called on warring factions in
famine-stricken Cambodia to open
their borders to a massive land, sea
and airlift of food and medical
supplies, and hinted at world opin
ion pressures to accomplish that.
— Accused El Salvador’s extreme
left of “deliberate provocations” in
fomenting violence that resulted in
numerous deaths and an armed at
tack on the U.S. Embassy. He of
fered U.S. aid and said it is possible
Cuba is meddling in the El Salvador
situation.
—Said the death of South Korean
President Park Chung Hee will not
have a major impact on the pro
posed three-way talks between the
two Koreas and the United States.
He said he hoped South Korea’s
political process would catch up
with the progress the nation has
made economically and socially.
— Said the “tough political deci
sion” on nuclear force moderniza
tion faced by America’s NATO allies
will be made much easier if SALT II
gains prompt Senate approval.
— Defended the increase in U.S.
arms sales to Morocco, but pre
dicted the Western Sahara war
against Algerian-backed Polisario
guerrillas cannot be won on the
battlefield.
— Announced slow but important
.S.-Mexico
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United Press International
WASHINGTON — Inflation at
the wholesale level rose 1 percent
during October, although energy
prices increased at the slowest pace
since last spring and food costs
dropped slightly, the government
reported Thursday.
The overall 1 percent rise in the
cost of goods ready for shipment to
retailers was somewhat better than
September’s 1.4 percent increase
and the 1.2 percent August gain, the
Labor Department said.
But it still offered proof that con
sumers will be hit with more price
hikes in coming months when they
shop in stores and supermarkets.
The major bright spot in the Oc
tober report was food, where
wholesale prices actually fell by 0.1
percent last month following a 1.8
percent rise in September and a 1.2
percent jump in August.
Meat prices turned down sharply
while the cost of eggs, processed
fruits and vegetables and dairy
products also registered significant
declines.
On the energy fiont, prices
by 4.7 percent. Gasoline <
rose
costs
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jumped 5.1 percent andhcra
ing oil went up 4.7 perafl
Labor Department said ||
Although the energy imj|
were hefty, they were stiltn
est since last April and lwj|
September’s 6.8 percent i™
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wholesale price report saii
compounded annual rate ofia|
last month was 12.7 percenti
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fourth quarter with the hin
nual rate of inflation sincetkl
World War II — 13.2 percefl
Alfred Kahn, the White M
chief inflation fighter, hasaiffl
edged the administration
forecast of a 10.6 percent ill
rate for the year is now "cbfl
achievable and “11 percentl|
impossible to achieve.”
“I see no short-term rep
sight,” he said recently.
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wholesale price changes,
223.7 in October. ThatmeanH
and services which were pi||
$100 in 1967 cost $223 f
month.
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offer a small glimmer of hope W
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