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Monday, January 23, 1984/The Battalion/Page 3 Temperatures plunge ‘Siberian Express’ hits East I United Press International An advancing surge of deadly cold slammed into the East Sunday, plunging tem peratures as low as 40 below zero. Much of the rest of the nation warmed up from the winter’s “Big Chill II,” which has killed nearly 40 people. Records cracked like icicles across the East. The mercury dropped to 33 degrees below zero at Concord, N.H., break ing a record of 23-below set in 1961. It was 23-below in Elkins, W.Va., eclipsing the \7-below set in 1970. The deep freeze extended to Mississippi, where a 10- below surpassed the record of 13-below set in 1940. The na tion’s morning cold spot was at Chester, Mass., where the mercury reached a teeth- chattering 40-below. “We’re accustomed to tem- | peratures below zero,” said 'National Weather Service observer Dave Parrett, who noted the chill enveloping Chester was the fourth 30- Concord, N,H i, W. Va. ' Mi Canaan, Vt Old Forge, N.Y, DuUes Airport, Va,...,. below reading this year. “But that’s getting cold, even for us.” Other cold spots included Canaan, Vt., and Old Forge, N.Y., where temperatures dipped to 36 below zero. The 18-below at Dulles Airport in Loudoun County, Va., broke the record low of 14-below set on Feb. 18, 1979. The cold wave — dubbed the “Siberian Express” — moved east from the southern Plains and Midwest after kill ing at least 37 people since Tuesday. Temperatures over the western two-thirds of the country rose to more humane levels. It was to reach the 30s in Indianapolis, and most cities in Nebraska were reporting readings in the 20s. A radio announcer in St. Louis urged listeners to get out and wash their cars while temperatures were in the mid-30s. Ice fisherman Tim Holtan in Mankato, Minn., said tem peratures in the 20s made it an ideal day for ice Fishing. “It’s a lot easier to drop a line in the water when it’s above zero,” he said. “I’ve been fishing when it’s 60- below. This certainly makes for much more pleasant fishing, no question about that.” A Pacific storm brought rain to western Washington and western Oregon, with snow and freezing rain furth er inland. Gale force winds slapped the Pacific Coast. Nearly an inch of rain fell at Quillayute, Wash. In Salmon, Idaho, frigid flood waters from the ice- packed Lemhi and Salmon Rivers subsided from residen tial areas Sunday but moved to agricultural areas in the north part of the city. Volunteers tried to re route water through city streets. About 250 people have fled their homes since the water started rising. Thursday. Near Kalispell, Mont., nine people were killed and 18 injured Saturday in a fiery crash on icy U.S. High way 2 of a tanker truck and a school bus carrying a high school wrestling team. Aides say Union address will please conservatives ongress begins second session United Press International WASHINGTON — Con fess returns to Washington this iany stm en beeii mmera ed to thti r e their (i >tage andtgk suc h major issues of iiile stu(m terest to the region as natural ampus ■as, immigration and wilderness :mony **|rotection still unresolved. ; in part* But the second session of the arly if !:|98th Congress is expected to be it jhafti Jominated by election-year poli tics — with all House memoers and half the senators facing vo ter tests — and debate over U.S. receive0BL ) |j C y j n Lebanon and Central America. | Both the House and Senate iblems l[|eonvene Monday, but little busi- Jcaust'jness is scheduled before law- julcl pulifakers take a 10-day recess in ‘ins'ar, frbruary for annual speech- 'U^tfn This year, the lawmakers are expected to make early efforts to vould aim ss legislation linking aid to ;e careo.B entra i America to human blockgWights progress, an immigration faculty ml bill to tighten restrictions on ieonvaoidllcgal aliens and employers, and • officelw a bill to revise bankruptcy laws. I' But it’s an election year, when I Congress generally does the madevil iblems, ill ly adminT ot be die It basil dministn ivercoiw ed polio a misleai inion oft >s Mecffl sely bet) x: aren in thet use of' n of ouri -istin 1 minimum necessary to keep the country running — including approving another round of appropriation bills that include Army Corps of Engineers, In terior, defense and other pro jects of interest to the region. Natural gas legislation is a ma jor issue still unresolved, with heated battles going in both the House and the Senate. The Reagan administration wants to decontrol all gas by 1985 but there is major consumer opposi tion to the decontrol of “old gas.” Senate-passed Simpson-Mazzoli immigration reform bill will make it to the House floor this year. As the lawmakers return, some are unsure whether the Before their Nov. 18 adjourn ment, senators overwhelmingly rejected two diametrically opposed, and the most compre hensive, plans to change natural gas price controls. House Ener gy Committee Chairman John Dingell of Michigan, mean while, stopped debate in order to shut off amendments that could lead to decontrol of gas discovered before 1978. House Speaker Tip O’Neill last year exercised his power over the calendar and blocked it, saying Hispanics opposed it and he feared President Reagan would veto any bill that passed Congress to garner support among Hispanics. However, O’Neill said during the recess he might let his House colleagues consider it this year. The Hispa nic Caucus, meanwhile, has been working to come up with an acceptable counter-proposal. The bill, sponsored by Rep. Romano Mazzoli, D-Ky., and Sen. Alan Simpson, R-Wyo., would penalize employers who knowingly hire illegal aliens and give amnesty to aliens already in the country. 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Only Missouri’s Irish wil derness has made it out of both houses, but a conference com mittee needs to negotiate the differences in acreage involved in the respective bills. The problems faced by far mers when grain elevators go bankrupt — a situation brought to national attention by Puxico, Mo., farmer Wayne Cryts — still have not been solved by Con gress. Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kan., has sent the chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, Peter Rodino of New Jersey, a blister ing letter urging him to conform legislation that has passed the Senate five times since the Spring of 1981. United Press International WASHINGTON — In a State of the Union address this week that will set the stage for his expected re-election bid, Presi dent Reagan will declare, “We’ve done a good job” on the economy and reassure conserva tive backers by promising a new push on tuition tax credits, school prayer and abortion, aides said. Reagan will make the speech at 10 p.m. Wednesday before a joint session of Congress. It will be the 197th State of the Union address. Just four days later, he is expected to declare his candi dacy for re-election. He is not expected to announce major new initiatives or programs in his State of the Union speech, except to prop ose funding for a manned space station. “The speech will be an over view — in terms of his philoso- phy — what he came to Washington to do and how it has worked out so far,” an aide said, adding that Reagan thinks his administration has “changed the way the government relates to the people.” Aides said the president has worked on several drafts of the speech “building on the theme tnat consistency has been the hallmark of this administration — staying the course. He will emphasize together we have made progress, but there is much more to be done.” Reagan plans to announce he will “redouble efforts” to win approval for school prayer, res trictions on abortion, and tuition tax credits for parents of chil dren in private schools. On the economy, aides said, Reagan will tell Congress, “we’ve done a good job,” of pulling America out of a deep recession. But he will not be specific on budget or deficit Figures, since those will be in his proposed budget for the 1985 fiscal year, which will be delivered to Con gress Feb. 1. 409) 693-9350 2305 S. “7cuU Aoc MOST INCREDIBLE BRIDAL SALE EVER through January over 100 dresses available for $88 A/ Please Call For Your Appointments NOW OPEN f FRIED OYSTERS OR SHRIMP for 1 Offer good thru Jan. 25 with this ad. Schmefi'» Landing SEAFOOD RESTAURANT & OYSTER BAR Open 11 a.m. -11 p.m. Mon.-Sat. Grand Opening Special 606 Tarrow Off University East College Station 764-7439 Right at light on Tarrow & Univ. 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