European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 11, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes april 1985 governor declares disaster in North Carolina damage by wildfires put at million by United press International North Carolina Jim Martin wednesday declared a disaster in his slate and asked for Federal Aid to Cope with relentless wildfires that have destroyed 74 Homes and acres of Forest and caused million damage in a 10day rampage across the Martin declared 34 counties a disaster area and urged the Federal government to take immediate action to provide Low interest Loans and emergency Grants to families left homeless by the the citizens of North Carolina need your help in this time of Martin said in a letter to president he said the wildfires have destroyed Woodlands Worth million and private property Worth at Dawn hundreds of Marine volunteers and Farmers joined Forest rangers in an assault on a fire that has gutted dozens of Homes and Busi fire and 140 marines from Camp Nesses on a 25mile path of la june volunteered to join the Battle in Tyrrell and Washington farm ers helped dig ditches from lakes to drainage canals that crisscross weve finally got this fire hemmed and were going to keep it that said obie a North Carolina Forest its still an extremely dangerous its a sleeping weve got 140 marines from Camp and weve got Forest rangers and theres no Way we can put out in hot spots near we Are going to flood it so the fire wont flare up and run weve got to make sure this fire stays where its at until it Willingham but forecasters said there was no rain in sight for several More than 30 people have been in firefight cars started flooding hot spots from pumping stations placed at three lakes in a massive Campaign to douse the states worst wildfire in 22 the 10milewide inferno raged be Hind established fire lines on acres of Woodlands and Brush blackened by its but firefighters feared High winds might whip the flames around we Are pumping water on critical spots and helicopters Are dropping said Corn of the North car Olina Forest we dont have it under and it wont be put out until we get sufficient rain to Cool it Down All but we intend to contain this fire where it poses a threat to is area communities sent in 10 Miles of Jared in the mostly firefighters felled by in South forestry officials said weather conditions arc deteriorating increasing the danger of Forest fires that have burned Over with a loss of Mil during the past nine about people fled briefly tues Day from a wildfire that had flanked North Carolina firefighters and raced toward the Broad Creek about 22 Miles West of Resi dents were sent to emergency shelters in schools near the several hours after the Community was firefighters managed to contain the and Broad Creek Resi dents returned none of those Homes has been and that fire has been contained but not said Kay Scott of the North Carolina Forest top officers of collapsed Ohio savings institution Ohio a the president of the collapsed Home state savings Bank and three other top officers have been fired by the stat appointed conservator who has taken Over operation of the closed Columbus lawyer John one of the stat hired attorneys representing conservator Arlo said that the executives were fired before Smith filed a lawsuit against Home states owners and he said the firing was because of the conservators allegations against i when youre going to allege that Treyve done things wrong and Cost the institution its inconsistent to keep them on the Hartranft fired were Home state president David vice president Robert who oversaw Home states accounting vice president Barry Rand Man and Legal counsel Gehl weeder and Babinec were among the defendants named in a million lawsuit Smith filed March 25 in Hamilton county common pleas court against Home state owner Marvin Warner and other officers and Randman is not a defendant in the Smith alleges that negligence or improper actions by the defendants led to the March 8 collapse of Home a Cincinnat based Thrift with 33 offices in Southern and Central suspect stunned by explosion a photo As a stun grenade explodes in the swat team members of the san Bernardino sheriffs department prepare to Rush a Hitchhiker who had held them at Bay with what proved to be a starters the identified As Larry created the tense standoff by pulling the pistol on a California Highway patrol authorities the explosion enabled police to overpower the stunned suspect without Massachusetts bans Stock Sale by bibleled7 Oil firm Boston a a fundamentalist Christian company that claims the Bible has led it to vast Oil reserves under a Mountain in Israel was banned tuesday from Selling Stock in Secretary of state Michael Connolly is sued a Leasean desist order against Ford Pope to make visit to India next year new Delhi a Pope John Paul ii will pay an official visit to India next february at the invitation of president Zail the external affairs ministry announced the dates and itinerary of the trip have not yet been worked a ministry spokes Man the last pontiff to visit India was Pope Paul who spent one Day in Bombay to attend the eucharist conference in India population of 740 million is pre dominantly and christians form Jutt Over 2 percent of the Oil and development of Connolly said the firm misleads investors into believing that their Money will be used to Drill for Oil that has already been discovered near mount through the company advertisements and investors Are hearing that Money is going to flow like wine from the and they hear that its gods will that All the Money be shared among Many be said Stephen Connolly enforcement investors Arent hearing the whole Snyder we re concerned about protecting investors who May be receiving false but the company Morton charged that the Secretary of state is attacking fundamentalist christians who choose to interpret the Bible in its information document available to potential Ford Oil states they Are not going to follow Good business prac but they Are going to follow the scrip Tures As they see Berger they say we dont care what geologists we care what the scriptures Berger that what alarms the that pretty Flimsy to Ford Oil has sold its Stock at 40 cents a share in 42 Snyder in the past few the number of shareholders has increased from 200 to and Stock has been marketed and sold at religious rallies in he the company claims that a literal interpretation of genesis and the Book of Deuterono my proves that Oil will be found in in a radio the firm tells of an Oil company that drilled for Oil on the site in 1981 and hit a blockage at the and says that no one knows Why god stopped that company from reaching the but that god wants the wealth spread throughout the body of Many not just a Snyder Berger said the and was made by an Over zealous stockholder and does not have the blessings of company that the Snyder there Are questions about who is Market ing and certainly enough questions arc being raised to Stop the Sale of stocks the company has also failed to comply with several technical rules surrounding the Sale of Snyder adding that the company has Only been registered to offer Worth of rate d but is eng aging in wholesale the investigation is going to result in a lot of angry Berger they Are going to hit a Stone Wall of he the state of Massachusetts has bitten off More than it can Chew this these people Yale getting ancient gift from Princeton University a Princeton University is giving prehistoric Bones to Yale University because Princeton lacks the resources for Large palaeontology said Robert chairman of the depart ment of geological and geophysical he said Princeton decided to concentrate on newer disciplines such As Geo chemistry and a Yale spokesman said Yale was delighted by the
