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and Oasis. San San Los San San Son Long Fresno Salinas 5 5 38 55 31 13 13 -THE DESERT SUN, Palm Springs, Calif. -Tuesday, December 15, 1987 The Weather I see? Is that snow I see? "Hey! All of you warmweather addicts, button the top button on those full-length parkas because the rain in the north is spreading southward, possibly turning into freezing rain and look for snow above 3,500 feet," says Rodney, the fur-lined prognosticator. "The rain will end by Wednesday afternoon, however the increasing southerly winds up to 35 mph tonight will drop tonight's lows in the 30s. Wednesday will be c-0-0-0-0-0-I with the highs in the low our feathered Cassandra announced.

forecasts Southern California forecasts DESERT AREAS Rain in the north tonight and spreading southward. Snow above 3,500 feet, and possible freezing rain. Rain ending from the west Wednesday afternoon. Increasing southerly winds, becoming 20 to 35 mph tonight, and shifting to the west and northwest Wednesday afternoon. High desert lows 24 to 34.

highs Wednesday 42 to 52. Low desert lows 38 10 45, highs Wednesday 56 to 62 COASTAL AREAS Rain, heavy at times. tonight and Wednesday morning, clearing Wednesday afternoon. Increasing southeast and east winds, becoming 20 to 35 mph, tonight, shifting to the west Wednesday afternoon. Lows tonight 44 to 52.

Highs Wednesday 54 to 58. MOUNTAIN AREAS Winter storm watch tonight and Wednesday, Snow, heavy at times tonight and Wednesday morning. tappering off Wednesday afternoon. Snow level lowering to 3.500 feet South and southeast winds increasing tonight, 30 becoming to 40 mph with higher gusts, and shifting to the west and northwest Wednesday afternoon Resort lows tonight in the highs Wednesday 28 to 35. LOS ANGELES AND VICINITY tonight and Wednesday.

Rain this evening, becoming heavy at tonight and Wednesday morning, ending Wednesday afternoon, winds 20 to 30 mph, shifting to Jacksonville. Eilers of Mason sister. Lucille Iowa. Visitation will tonight at the Home Chapel in Alvin F. Coffey the west Wednesday afternoon.

Lows in the upper 40s. Highs Wednesday in the mid 50s. Chance for rain, 60 percent a tonight and 90 percent Wednesday. SAN FERNANDO, SAN GABRIEL AND SAN BERNARDINO VALLEYS Stormy tonight and Wednesday. Rain likely this evening, becoming heavy at times tonight, and ending Wednesday afternoon.

Southerly winds 20 to 30 mph, shifting 10 the west Wednesday afternoon. Lows in the mid 40s to low 50s. Highs Wednesday in the 50s. Chance for rain 60 percent tonight and 90 percent Wednesday COASTAL AND INTERMEDIATE VALLEYS Stormy tonight and Wednesday. Rain tonight, heavy at times, ending Wednesday afternoon.

Southerly winds 20 to 30 mph, shifting to the west Wednesday afternoon. Lows in the mid to lower 50s. Highs Wednesday in the 50s. OWENS VALLEY Winter storm watch tonight and Wednesday. Snow and possible freezing rain tonight and Wednesday, heavy at times, ending Wednesday afternoon.

Southerly winds 20 10 35 mph becoming northerly Wednesday afternoon. Lows in the 20s. Highs Wednesday 28 to 36. SANTA BARBARA AND VENTURA COUNTY COASTAL tonight and at times, tonight morning. Smith Jr.

Smith of of Perris Arkansas; Malakoff, and one Visitation evening Home in Burial Valley The nation Temperatures high and overnight Albany, N.Y. Albuquerque Amarillo Anchorage Asheville Atlanta Atlantic City Austin Baltimore Billings Birmingham Bismarck Boise Boston Brownsville Buffalo Burlington, Vt. Casper Charleston, S.C. Charleston, W.Va. Charlotte, N.C.

Cheyenne Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Columbia, S.C. Columbus, Ohio Concord, N.H. Dallas-Ft. Worth Dayton Denver Des Moines Detroit Duluth El Paso Evansville Fairbanks Fargo Flagstaff Grand Rapids Great Falls Greensboro, N.C Hartford Helena. Honolulu Houston The world The world Indianapolis indicate previous day's Jackson, Miss.

low to 5 a.m. PST. Jacksonville Hi Lo Prc Otik Juneau 42 22 cdy Kansas City 29 10 02 cir Las Vegas 25 -05 .08 cir Little Rock 02 -06 sn Louisville 50 39 .65 cdy Lubbock 58 47 1.23 cir Memphis 50 38 14 Miami Beach 49 31 .01 cir Midland-Odessa 44 36 27 cdy Milwaukee 28 09 cdy Mpls-St. Paul 68 48 1.00 chr Nashville 23 17 cdy New Orleans 30 20 sn New York City 47 33 sn Norfolk. Va.

84 44 cdy North Platte 39 32 01 sn Oklahoma City 42 25 Omaha 03 dir Orlando 64 .14 cdy Philadelphia .48 sn Phoenix 54 43 25 cdy Pittsburgh 17 00 cir Portland, Maine 36 32 46 sn Portland, Ore. 38 36 .85 cdy Providence 37 32 33 sn Raleigh 67 53 cdy Rapid City 40 34 .27 Reno 17 sn Richmond 41 27 .10 clr St. Louis 38. 33 .62 Salt Lake City 19 00 cir San Antonio 29 21 .65 cdy St. Ste.

Marie 37 32 .77 sn Seattle 23 19 cdy Shreveport 34 06 64 cir Sioux Falls 11 53 37 .75 cdy Spokane 26 .01 cdy Syracuse 25 12 Tampa St. Ptrsbg 24 09 cdy Topeka 33 29 37 sei Tucson 25 16 cdy Tulsa 52 40 39 cdy Washington, D.C. 47 23 sn Wichita 24 02 cdy Wilkes Barre 80 73 .12 cdy Wilmington, Del. 78 35 clr Temperatures and weather from midnight to midnight on day. Hi Amsterdam 28 Athens 55 Auckland Bangkok 86 Barbados 84 Beijing 45 Beirut 64 Belgrade 43 Berlin 27 Bermuda 70 Bogota 66 Brussels 36 Budapest 32 B'Aires 82 Cairo 72 Caracas 79 Copenhagen 36 Dublin 50 Frankfurt 30 Geneva 36 Havana Helsinki 27 Hong Kong 68 of Blythe, Gary Wayne Indio, Terry Wayne and Wilmer Burrow a brother.

David Smith Texas: 24 grandchildren great -grandchild. will be from 4-8 at the FitzHenry Funeral Indio. will be at the Coachella Cemetery. Sali N. West West Private services will be held for Sali Norene West, 61.

of Palm Springs. Mrs. West, a native of Texas, died Friday in Palm Springs. She was a resident of Palm Springs for 18 years, working as a travel agent. Survivors include her daughter, Virginia Furlong of Colorado Springs, two grandsons, Paul Carver and Dennis Furlong, both of Colorado Springs.

The family requests donations to Desert Hospital, Eisenhower Medical Center and the Salvation Army. Antonio 'Tony' Ramirez Services for Antonio "Tony" Lopez Ramirez, 27, of Indio, will be at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday at the Coachella Catholic Church. EXPERT JEWELRY REPAIR AUSTIN Jewelers Palm Desert Town Center Services for Alvin Foch Coffey, 69. of Thousand Palms, will be at 11:30 a.m.

Thursday at the Thousand Palms Community Church. Mr. Coffey, a native of Rosedale. died Sunday in Rancho Mirage. He was a resident of Thousand Palms for 15 years.

Survivors include his wife, Mary Ann. a daughter, Pamela Chavez of Huntington Beach; four brothers. Harding Coffey of San Antonio, Texas. Meb Coffey of Long Beach, Boyde Coffey of Ramona, Francis Coffey of Kansas, and two grandchildren. Burial will be private.

Henry Smith and Wednesday and Dean Iowa, and a of Osage, from 6 to 8 Funeral Services for Henry Smith, 67, of Indio, will be at 1 p.m. Wednesday at the Mt. Calvary Missionary Baptist Church in Indio. Mr. Smith died Thursday at Eisenhower Medical Center.

He worked for more than 25 years as a driver for the Coachella Valley Disposal Co. He was a member of the Missionary Second Baptist Church in Athens, Texas. Survivors include his wife. Lucile: three daughters, Henrietta Smith and Gloria Smith, both of Desert Hot Springs, and Vivian Ann Jones of Perris: four sons. James The Desert Sun 1987 611 South Palm Canyon Drive Member Palm Springs, CA 92262 A Gannett newspaper PUBLISHERS ASSOCIATION EINPA CALIFORNIA NEWSPAPER 61st year, No.

115 Published evenings Monday Friday and Saturday mornings. Business hours. Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. p.m. Karen Oppenheim Publisher Joan Behrmann Executive Editor Fred Hamilton Circulation Director Ben Baumer Production Director Leslie Giallombardo Advertising Director Steve Walthers Controller Hyatt Personnel Director Susan Sirmons Marketing Services Director For home delivery call: 320-6920 Circulation To arrange for convenient home delivery and for Customer Service, please call our Circulation office in Palm Springs, 320-6920, in Indio and La Quinta, 346-5646.

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Box 190, Palm Springs, CA 92263 Copyright 1987. The Desert Sun Publishing All rights reserved Co. cr 15 1.91 cdy 29 .03 51 .30 .74 cdy .08 cdy .04 cir 53 cdy .02 cdy 54 clr 07 cir cdy .20 cdy 68 clr .03 cir .14 cdy 23 sn sn .06 sn 5 68 cdy cdy sn 38 cdy 2.02 cir cdy cir sn .13 67 cir cir 14 sn sn cir 60 chr cdy .83 chr 42 cdy 27 chr .01 clr .19 cdy 77 61 cir 73 64 cir 61 54 mn 41 34 cdy 55 45 ff 86 68 cir 72 50 cir 80 68 clr MM 66 45 clr 36 28 cir Wednesday forecast. Forecast for 8 a.m. 3020 10 10 SNOW 20 30 ORY SNOW 40 WINDY 50 SNOW CHILLY COLD 50 RAIN 50 40 60 30 20 40 FRONTS: 20 50 60 Warm Cold Stationary Metro smog in or a 31 35 is 33 S.

EL MONTE (AP) Air quality will continue to be good for the entire South Coast Air Basin today, the Air Quality Management District forecasts. Good air quality with PSI 42 is predicted for the San Gabriel Pomona valleys, the San Clarita valleys, the Riverside Son Bernardino areas, metropolitan Los Angeles, HemetElsinore, inland Orange County, the coastal areas, the high and low deserts, Banning and Big Bear Lake. The AQMD's Pollutant Standard Index ratings are as follows: Good air quality, 0-50, moderate, 51:100 unhealthful. 101-199: very unhealthful, 200-299; hazardous, 300 mote. A first-stage smog alert called when the PSI at 200-274; a second-stage alert at 275-399, and third stage alert at 400 or more.

Canada 95 70 cdy 54 45 cir 87 73 clr 86 54 clr Colgary 84 66 cdy Edmonton 41 32 cir Montreal 86 75 cdy Ottawa 30 18 cdy Regina Toronto 68 63 cdy Vancouver 70 52 cir Winnipeg 57 37 cdy High temperatures 32 26 cdy morning. 50 39 Precipitation Mr. Ramirez died Sunday in Merced. Survivors include his parents. Miguel and Maria Ramirez of Thermal; sisters, Luz Maria Ramirez of Blythe, Sandra Ramirez of Indio and Patricia Ramirez and Guada- Colo.

13 in Local High Low Beaumont 50 22 Cathedral City 60 31 Desert Hot Springs 61 32 Indian Wells 57 28 Indio 60 28 La Quinta 27 Mecca 60 41 North Shore 69 42 Oasis 60 45 Palm Desert 55 29 Palm Springs 58 28 Humidity, 5 p.m. Rancho Mirage 64 30 1000 Palms 58 31 Top of the 25 8 Twentynine Palms 47 31 Yucca Valley 40 27 WEATHER: Coachella Valley 345-3711 (Monday Friday) SMOG: Coachella Valley (800) 242-4666 WIND: Coachella Valley and San Gorgonio Pass 345-2767 California High, low, precipitation for 24 hours ending at a.m. today 51 Bakersfield 31 Eureka 57 48 46 28 Angeles 61 42 Oakland 52 40 Paso Robles 50 29 Redding 46 37 Redwood City 52 40 37 Sacramento 48 38 49 Diego 39 Francisco 52 44 Jose $2 45 Stockton 48 33 High, low precipitation for 24 hours ending at p.m Monday Barstow 45 Big Bear 34 Blythe 55 Catalina 54 41 Lancaster 55 18 Beach 59 36 Monrovia 58 29 53 Monterey 32 Newport Beach 56 43 Ontario 57 45 Pasadena 55 43 Riverside 54 40 Red Bluff 47 32 Bernardino 54 40 Gabriel 58 35 Santo Ang 60 42 Santa Barbara 58 30 Santa Cruz 54 34 Santo Maria 58 26 Tahoe Valley 32 09 Yosemite Vly 38 Obituaries Terry Duane Fort Graveside services for Terry Duane Fort. 32. of Cathedral City, will be at 1:30 p.m.

Wednesday at Desert Memorial Park in Cathedral City. Mr. Fort, a native of Des Moines, Iowa, died Sunday at Desert Hospital. He was self-employed as a painter. Survivors include his mother and father.

Joy and Merlin Fort of Cathedral City: two sons. Bradley and Justin Fort. both of Banning; four brothers, Larry Fort of Loveland. Jerry Fort of Tulsa. Kerry Fort of Cathedral City and Wayne Fort of Leesville, S.C.

Juana Hernandez Graveside services were held for Juana Hernandez of Oasis, infant daughter of Juan and Martha Hernandez. The baby died Thursday in Oasis. Survivors include her parents; a brother. Gustavo Hernandez of two sisters. Alicia Hernandez Martha Yolanda Hernandez, both of Oasis: her grandparents, Petra Saracos and Maria del Rosario Gastelum, both of Mexico.

Marie E. Love Graveside services for Marie Elizabeth Love. 65. of La Quinta, will be at 9 a.m. Wednesday at the Coachella Valley Cemetery, Mrs.

Love. a native of Iowa, died Saturday. She worked as a secretary for Riverside County Supervisor Patricia "Corky" Larson. Survivors include her husband, Harvey: two brothers, Lee Eilers of SERVICES AT AND on LEFELS. FUNERAL DIRECTORS 666 VELLA ROAD PALM SPRINGS PHONE 327-1257 WEST, SALI Services Private SURGESS, GARY Services Pending COFFEY, ALVIN Services 11:30 Thursday Thousand Palms Community Church PERKINS, LLOYD Services Tuesday, 11 a.m., Wiefels and Son Chapel ISNARD, CLEVER Services Private FORT, TERRY 1:30 Wednesday Desert Memorial Chapel 37 34 81 39 79 65 34 26 33 22 26 30 62 40 28 02 33 77 74 32 11 35 29 25 22 62 47 78 47 47 39 47 44 09 34 17 29 21 79 65 47 36 53 35 40 34 46 26 42 36 48 27 55 44 29 06 33 21 45 40 37 28 29 13 53 27 33 27 40 20 66 32 27 19 33 27 39 30 79 68 34 23 48 25 37 23 44 38 33 19 41 33 45 35 U.S.

summary The moon New moon Dec. 20 First quarter Dec. 27 Full moon Jan. 3 Last quarter Jan. 12 The sun Rises: Dec.

16, 6:44 a.m. Dec. 17, 6:45 a.m. Sets: Dec. 15, 4:38 p.m.

Dec. 16, 4:38 p.m. U.S. extremes High Monday afternoon 85 at Naples, Fla. Low this morning below zero at Gunnison, of Thermal; Ramirez, Ramirez of Visitation and Rosario evening Desert Hot Church.

Ramirez of Indio, Burial and Jesus Valley PLEASE HELP CHRISTMAS traditional, the trimmings for the this Christmas season. will serve 10 people $51.60 will serve 20 people $129 $1,290 will serve 1,000 serving a traditional Christmas share in the joy of Christmas. shelter the homeless. PLEASE CLIP AND MAIL WITH want to help provide free Christmas the hungry, homeless and destitute gift of: $12.90 $129 $1,290 Other State your Christmas gift. You will be sent ANGELES MISSION Los Angeles St.

ICB 15 OUR 38TH YEAR ON A major storm system dumped snow across a vast section of the country today, paralyzed parts of the Midwest and caused thunderstorms and deadly tornadoes the South Temperatures dropped in the Plains the storm moved out and aimed eastword. Snow alerts were posted all the way into New England. The storm blew snow into the middle and upper Mississippi Valley and threotened to send heavy snow into the Great Lakes region. Winter storm warnings were in effect northeastern Oklahoma, northwestern Arkansas, western and northern Missouri, northwest Ohio, northwest Illinois, southern Michigan, southeast Wisconsin, southeast Minnesota and western Bishop Jo' burg conditions Kiev previous Lima Lisbon Lo Wthr London 25 cdy Madrid 48 rn Manila Mexico City 68 chr Moscow 75 cir Nassau 19 cir New Delhi 55 cir Nicosia 36 Oslo 21 cdy Paris 64 cdy Rio 41 cdy Rome 23 cdy San Juan 24 cdy Santiago 64 Sao Paulo 55 cdy Seoul 53 cdy Singapore 36 cdy Stockholm 41 Sydney 30 cdy Taipei 28 cdy Tel A viv 69 cdy Tokyo 18 so Vienna 61 cir Warsaw Hi Prec. Lo 22 12 36 30 09 20 Monday Low this 22 04 lupe Ramirez, both brothers.

Alberto Gilroy, Jose Ramirez Ramirez. both of Springs, Adolfo and Miguel Ramirez AT 41 23 38 25 with all during $12.90 $25.80 We will be the needy hungry and YES for Here is my Name Address. City. Thank you for LOS Location: 443 Pennsylvania Winter storm watches extended from the Midwest into southern New England. The storm sent severe thunderstorms into the central Gulf Coast states.

A line of thunderstorms across the lower Mississippi Valley produced several tornadoes, hail and high winds Monday evening Authorities in West Memphis, Ark. reported several deaths and a 300-foot wide path of destruction. Cold air pushed into the southern and central Plains as the storm moved out. Temperatures dipped into the single numbers much of the High Plains early today as far south as northwest Texas. Elsewhere, snow and sleet fell in north ern sections of the Ohio Valley and mid die Atlantic Coast region.

Stormy likely times and Southerly 40 millimeters Texas, City, Francis be FitzHenry Indio. both of Thermal. Smith of of this will be from 5 to 9 this at the Coachella Catholic will be at the Coachella Cemetery. US ham dinners homeless and destitute will serve 40 people will serve 100 people people dinner. Please help Your gift will feed the YOUR GIFT TODAY.

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