European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 4, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 the stars and stripes july 1985 dozens of fires ravage Western states los Angeles a firefighters battled a Blaze wednesday that threatened the resort town of Ojai and forced the evacuation of thousands of dozens of Brush fires most caused by arsonists in six Days have killed two authorities the fires have charred More acres in califor Arizona and officials the have caused More than million damage in California authorities mayor Tom Bradley declared a state of emergency in los Angeles on tuesday As the third arson fire in three Days left 65 Homes in ruins and killed two san Diego mayor Roger Hedgecock declared a municipal emergency on at least seven other fires burned out of control in Cali fornia on a More than fire that forced the evacuation of residents near Ojai and 600 youths and Counselor from Camp Ramah in nearby burned toward the said Forest service spokesman Earl i dont know if Well get this dude out before it gets into he said Early Ojai is about 65 Miles Northwest of los most of the including the Normal Heights fire sunday that was san Diego worst residential Blaze was caused by authorities said after one fire roared up a slope tuesday in los Angeles Baldwin that also believed to be destroyed 52 damaged 13 others and trapped two people who burned to officials nine other people who were trapped in their Homes and six firefighters and police were the Blaze was being investigated As said police Dan a fire that razed 10 Homes and six other buildings in Palo 25 Miles Southeast of san on Mon Day also was authorities damage in the los Angeles fire was estimated at million the san Diego Blaze at More than million and the Palo Alto fire at a wildfire caused by a plane crash burned 740 damaged five ranch buildings and closed the Riverside freeway at Yorba 30 Miles East of los two people in the plane were and three firefighters were Hurt battling the Orange county fire spokes Man Joe Kerr shiites from Page 1 National the decision was made because of the hijacking of a Twa jetliner and shiites holding of 39 american passengers and Crew for 17 Days in the hijackers of Twa flight 847 Are believed to belong to the extremist shiite moslem organization Hezbollah party of most of the 39 americans were guarded by the More moderate shiite amal which helped negotiate their release on sunday islamic believed to be a name used by several extremist shiite has claimed responsibility for the kidnappings of the seven americans since March the group also has been blamed for suicide truck bomb attacks that killed More than 260 marines and other americans in Akef chief of amass said tuesday we have not been asked so far directly by the americans to mediate the release of the but we will do what we can if we get a direct he said amal was not behind the Kidnap pings and does not know where the missing americans the Reagan administration demanded the release of the seven along with the Hijack the kidnapped americans Are William a embassy political offi cer the Benjamin a presbyterian minister Peter a librarian at the american University of Beirut the Lawrence a roman Catholic priest Terry chief Middle East correspondent of the associated press David director of the american University Hospital and Thomas Dean of Agri culture at the Haidar reiterated that amal was in con tact with the captors of two kidnapped French Michel Seurat and Jeanpaul and they would be freed when Israel has released All of the 735 lebanese prisoners it release of the lebanese prisoners was the main demand of both the hijackers and Berris islamic jihad has demanded the release of 17 comrades imprisoned in Kuwait in connection with the december 1983 bomb Ings of the and French embassies the two gunmen who hijacked the Twa Jet also initially insisted on the release of the but amal Leader Nabih Berri said he talked them out of four other foreigners Are known to be held by kidnappers in Lebanon French vice Consul Marcel and pro Tocol officer Marcel 62 Alec col a British journalist working for the Relief and works Agency and Alfred an iranian photographer based in part of the american action is to deny Landing rights to lebanese passenger and cargo flights from the Beirut Salim chairman of the National Carrier Middle East said that will Cost the airline about a hostages from Page 1 lebanese from Page 1 Ity said those who left were told Early wednesday that they were to be Rabin said monday that the remaining prisoners would be released depending on the Security situation in Southern Leb anon near israels some 435 prisoners remained at the Mili tary 50 Miles North of Tel military sources said those prisoners included some members of the extremist shiite Hezbollah but they did not provide a the iranian in fluence group was believed to be involved in the hijacking and guarded four of the american hostages in according to officials of the mainstream amal militia in 50 to 70 of the prisoners belong to More than 500 of the prisoners Are shiite about 150 Are palestinians and the rest Are sunni druse and most of the shiites Are members of amal from villages in Southern some detainees have been in israeli Cus Tody for More than 18 according to amal officials in South Israel brought lebanese prisoners from Lebanon on april 2 when it closed the Ansar prison Camp there during the final stages of the israeli army withdrawal from the United the International red Cross and other nations condemned the Transfer of the prisoners to Israel As a Viola Tion of the 1949 Geneva convention on the treatment of War Israel defended it As a temporary Mea sure needed to protect its withdrawing army and the Israel radio said Secretary of state George Shultz sent a message to prime minister Shimon Peres thanking Israel for help during the 17day hostage cooperation Between the and israeli governments foiled the attempts of those who tried to separate Israel and the United the radio quoted the letter As the Solidarity Between the two countries is a Cornerstone of the struggle against terrorism and cooperation will deepen in the speaking tuesday night to the american Israel chamber of praised president Reagan for a Brilliant political operation in obtaining the release of the the was Able to free the Passen Gers without compromising its position against and Israel helped in the Only Way we by not compromising our position on facing the danger of he Berri threatening lawsuit against Beirut a Lebanon Justice minister Nabih Berri threatened on wednesday to sue the United states before the International court of Justice in the he said he would take this action if the government closes Beirut Airport to International who played a key role in the re lease of the 39 american Hijack hostages from shiite Captivity in Beirut this accused president reagans administration of betraying its target air hijackings London a Britain and the United states will jointly seek a suspension of flights to and from Beirut International Airport As an immediate first step to combat airborne prime minister Margaret Thatcher and vice president George Bush announced the two declared terrorism and the threat it poses to civilized and democratic Peoples must be they said the suspension of services to and from Beirut Airport would be part of a package of measures to combat completing a seven nation West european tour dominated by news of the Twa was to return to washing ton later in the Thatcher said the action against the air port would be considered next week in at a meeting of experts from the seven industrialized nations the United Italy and Thatcher hinted the United states and Britain might act unilaterally if agreement could not be reached among All other measures to be considered at according to the communique strengthening the International civil aviation organization in combating Ter improving cooperation among Law enforcement agencies in their Antiterrorist bringing pressure to Bear on those states directly or support the key decision announced by Thatcher and Bush was As an immediate first the govern ments of the United kingdom and the United states of America will seek the agreement of All those states which share their concern for the Security of civil Avi to suspend All air services Between their countries and the Beirut International at the lebanese mid dle East is the Only Carrier flying to and from but the airline flies to several cities in the Middle East and if All the countries joined in the Boycott it would paralyse the airlines from Athens to the hijackers forced the plane Back and Forth Between Beirut and before finally settling in the lebanese the last 36 passengers and the three crewmen were freed the five who left wednesday had remained in Germany the extra Day to rest and answer More questions from the interviewed late tuesday with his said he was questioned for three hours monday and three hours again said he spent three hours with Fri agents who asked me he did not interviewed with his to said he caught a cold after running out of vitamins during his it could have been from the unclean and there was very Little fruit or vegetables he temperatures july 2 l h 64 83 65 89 54 61 63 86 61 80 64 80 56 99 62 85 61 96 59 77 59 70 65 77 74 91 61 77 55 83 64 78 62 76 74 96 51 85 66 86 27 66 57 82 74 88 75 90 65 82 71 91 63 89 78 108 64 88 Albany Albuquerque Anchorage Atlanta Atlantic City Baltimore Billings Birmingham Boise Boston Buffalo Burlington Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Worth Denver Des Moines Fairbanks Hartford Honolulu Houston Indianapolis Jacksonville Kansas City Las vegas Little Rock l h 77 102 los Angeles 64 82 Louisville 67 89 Memphis 72 86 Miami Beach 64 82 Paul 61 85 Nashville 70 92 Nashville 61 78 new York 62 75 Norfolk 66 84 Oklahoma City 65 81 Omaha 74 90 Orlando 57 81 Philadelphia 57 81 Pittsburgh 81 114 Phoenix 57 72 Maine 60 91 67 82 Raleigh 52 93 Reno 65 88 Louis 77 90 St Petersburg 63 100 Salt Lake City 75 94 san Diego 66 83 san Francisco 55 89 Seattle 64 81 Syracuse 71 109 Tucson 66 80 Washington 60 89 Wichita european weather forecast for thursday fair and with thunderstorms in southwestern High tempera Tures in the upper lows in the mid Sunset thursday Sunrise Friday Outlook for Friday partly Cloudy in the fair in the thunderstorms throughout Central High temperatures in the Low temperatures recorded wednesday p f p p f p f 4am 4pm 68 66 54 72 72 64 52 54 54 4am 4pm p 54 72 90 79 72 64 75 f p the f f f Pearlly Cloudy fair 52 59 55 48 61 68 75 75 70 70 82 90 by Del 7lh weather tra Bentzar