Salina Journal, The (Newspaper) - January 15, 1979, Salina, Kansas Storm notes Lived up to third R by rescuing stranded scouts About 20 members of the Salina RRR OffRoad Association lived up to the third R last weekend when they returned 125 snowbound Boy Scouts to The Association whose three Rs stand for Recreation and Rescue was called upon Satur day to bring the marooned Scouts back from Camp Adda Walden north east of the The Scouts had settled in at Camp Walden for a weekend Klondike a sled racing event designed to test their scouting Scout had hoped for some snow to ac commodate the boys racing but they got more than they bargain ed and the weekends severe weather forced cancellation of the The Scouts were for their brief isolation and had little trouble maintaining aided by the expertise of Don Recten County Civil Pre and Houdy Kansas Highway Patrol two of the Salina leaders stranded at the Dennis one of about 20 RRR members and nonmembers who headed their ve through the snow drifts to Camp said the organization had several members on call with he County Civil Pre Office during the winter RRR Association members also provided an emergency taxi service for telephone oper ators and others who were stymied by the Snow cancels day classes at MC All Salina schools but College were open for day classes both the South east of Saline and schools were Spokesmen for both Salina and the citys Catholic grade and high schools said all classes were in Kansas Wesleyan also was in busi ness for its KW said 6065 percent of its student body lived in campus dorms so were ex to have no problem getting to On the hill it was a different with cancelling day classes because its parking lots had not been About 75 percent of the MC student body lives off campus and needs the parking a spokes man officials announced at noon Monday the lots would be cleared to accommodate night school students and that regular night classes would be In Southeast of a spokesman said all schools were closed for snow and he did not know whether the schools would open was in the same with a decision on opening Tuesday hinging on whether school buses could get But was it a blizzard Was it a the storm which blitzed Kansas Friday night and Sat Headline particularly those whose memory does not stretch to great storms of yester are quick to trot out the world sometimes when one can count the snowflakes coming This time they probably were although a case can be made against The Journal consulted an oracle wise in weather ways and was re minded a blizzard must have rapid ly falling temperatures to sustained winds over 25 miles per hour and heavy Using that the storm probably It was 31 degrees above zero at 3 17 de grees by midnight and 3 degrees at 9 Winds reached gusts of 40 mph and snowfall was esti mated at 15 That should count for the National Weather a more conservative in continues to refer to a win ter Good news for skaters With everything else seemingly closed down by the weekend something is being opened Utilities keep operating No significant problems have been encountered by Kansas Power and Light and Southwestern Bell Tele phone through the bitter weekend of course your home and mine were using more said Norman but total use is not exceeding pipe line Were holding together Things are working as they The Oakdale Park skating rink was to be opened as of 3 the park superintendent Unless a major equipment problem develops a failure some where we should be all Heavy not technical prob caused any telephone said Leon SWBs Salina We were able to bring in more people to handle the load by Sat he Weve had no big Fun for some The big snowfall was welcomed a brisk sled ride down the lace by many Salina youngsters of Indian Rock Journal like this pictured enjoying Photo by Bob Kelly Cattle in distress Livestock mill about searching for feed covered by a foot of new snow in this aerial view taken Sunday near Journal Photo by Fritz Mendell Salmons die in storm More weather pictures on Page 10 forecasts on 9 High winds Monday were again closing NorthCentral Kansas high ways in the wake of a wicked win ter snow storm that left two Sali nans The bodies of and Velma 626 were ered Saturday about two hours The couple had started to Niles to help their who was stranded in the Another 1411 said he and a Bob found the couples snowbound truck in a about a mile north of the Niles They apparently had left their ve hicle and started walking to Geralds about two miles The body of the elder Quested was found by Geralds and who were on horse back searching for their body was discovered a short distance They werent Gilbert They were on a direct path to Ger alds He said his brother and apparently had passed the but they werent able to see them because of the No other Kansas deaths were report ed from the massive winter storm that paralyzed much of the state Saturday and dumped more than a foot of snow on some Salina had the most snow on the ground the National Weather Service The city received 15 inches over the weekend and there al ready were five inches on the ground from two weeks Major highways around Salina were but a travelers advisory was in effect for the area through the Stiff winds from the south were ex to toss more snow across Early winds of 22 miles an hour with gusts to 32 were reported at the Salina At noon you could get from Salina to Russell on Interstate but not from Russell to Salina the east bound lanes were closed between the two Highway was closed in Ellsworth and McPherson Drifting snow also closed in Ellsworth and Sa line in Marion and Chase Counties and in Ellsworth Highways K 148 and most other eastwest roads in NorthCentral Kansas were open to oneway traffic the Highway Pa trol Visibility was poor and KHP troopers were discouraging all but necessary In Northwest roads were re to Page 2 Inside features 15 CENTS The HOME EDITION Salina Journal 108th YEAR 15 JANUARY 16 Pages More snow may be coming By United Press International Staggering from the effects of a weekend the Midwest was swept Monday with ing subzero temperatures and pre pared for still another onslaught of Temperatures reached zero or below early Monday from Michigan and north western Indiana across Mis much of Kansas and northern Wyoming and nearly all of Record low temperatures were estab in 10 cities and towns from Il linois to The 19 below zero reading at Chicago eclips ed the citys 96yearold record for the date by 3 Also in Rock ford reported 24 below and Peoria 22 Other records were 16 below Kansas 10 below 11 below South 14 below and 7 The Louisiana cities of Baton Rouge and Lake Charles reported 18 and 25 The National Weather Service in Chi where a weekend snowfall of more than 20 inches with 40mph winds devastated the said a new snow storm coming off the Rockies would pass through the Midwest and could reach Illinois by Monday Residents in Kansas and just beginning to dig out of a blizzard that dumped 8foothigh snow drifts and knocked out electricity to custom will be hit with more snow Monday and the weather service The bitter cold temperatures and weekend snow forced officials to close many Midwestern A heavy snow warning was called for the Colorado The storm in the Rockies kept eight rescuers in Utah from bringing down the remaining two of five victims killed in a plane crash near the summit of a The including a prominent Utah dentist and his were found dead in the wreckage Saturday on the steep and snowy slopes of Maple Area 10 7 1215 A bit but doing fine Worlds third baby Its a boy born in Scotland Scotland UPI The worlds third baby and the first boy conceived outside his mothers womb was born Sunday in a Glasgow hospital to a 32yearold cookery Doctors said everything is perfect with 5pound 12 ounce Alastair Montgomery and his Alastair is Britains second baby and the sec ond triumph of gynecologist Patrick Steptoe and phys Robert the doctors responsible for the birth last July 26 of Louise the first baby con outside the womb of its in Eng Another baby was reported born last October in to a couple who had been childless for 15 The baby was fertilized under a different procedure involving the storage of the embryo in liquid then placing it in the mothers womb during her menstrual birth Sunday at Hospital was about one month Montgomery had expected to give birth around Valentines But the birth was The birth fulfilled a longtime wish for Grace and Jimmy an insurance They have been married 13 years and were In February she was one of several women who had eggs fertilized outside the womb and then That operation Last May she went to Steptoes clinic in Oldham to try again and this time it closely monitored birth Sunday was what Physiologist Robert Edwards left and gynecolog ist Patrick Steptoe are shown in file UPI Photo doctors and childless couples throughout the world have been waiting It confirmed the first births were not just In all three the mothers were unable to con children normally because of damaged fallopian To get around the the egg is removed from the mothers ovary and fertilized in a laboratory with sperm from the The egg is then implanted in the mothers womb and allowed to develop in the normal
