European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday october 19, 1985 California firefighters still Battle Back country Blaze unfit l is aim i ire i a tors declared Victor Over most of the Brush fires a i a hurried More 100.000 arcs in Southern .ilifurni.i, but thai was co Tim n to Ihus Mill ij.iwimf1 i it .1 Baek Ohio Lex in Vum Iii i Hunt. lire. Billed the i heeler mum Blae. worked us Way deep into i a 1 ores do i Iii in Lluu St us ims am Iuka is c pectin to re i a Liu lib Pliml Effort until Mutli a i. I he i and Decker fires Hail Sai relied a Swath from the in the sea Buroni a total of k acres of Brush in i us Angeles and counties and causing an estimated is .4 million in proper damage. I us Ahful us f ire department inspector pal said the losses included a he Elk mum bile valued a. Sinn i Iii Iii a mock South town built As a l ii the a i Cam television series. 1 he Overall loll from the do in. .1 Southern California ires that bewail monday included More than ure of Brush burned 21 Homes destroyed and the death of a Man who suffered a heart attack monday fighting a fire thai threatened his Home Many firefighters reported minor injuries. Firefighters began to win heir Battles Early wednesday when fierce Santa Ana winds cased and cooler moist air began to flow in from the Ocean the Santa Ana winds blasting in from the desert Al speeds of Over 50 Mph dried Brush and drove the flames too fast for firefighters to keep to Lead. Bradshaw credited Good planning with keeping property losses relatively Low considering the acreage burned. And Vance planning enabled Crews to protect neighbourhoods before the names reached them lie said. A number of times the fire was threatening Homes and the strike teams held it off Bradshaw said. It was really quite two Piston Isle t Pussars a \ watch As u 45-Lon Humpback whale continues swimming up the Sacramento Khor whale continues wrong Way swim Rio Vista. Calif. A a wayward Humpback whale swam toward the drawbridge blocking its route Back to the Pacific Ocean on thursday but for the second Day retreated upstream instead of heading out to sea the coast guard said. The 45-ton whale away from the Ocean for nearly a week spent All Day thursday in the same area in which it has been observed the last two Days just North of Rio Vista in the fresh water Sacramento River about 55 Miles Inland from the Ocean. . Coast guard . Chris Colvin said traffic was slopped on the Highway 12 Bridge and a pile Driver being used for repairs was silenced when the whale got close. The whale got within 30 feet of the Bridge and turned around and headed upstream just like yester Day he said. On wednesday the whale headed six Miles Down Stream followed by the boats for nearly three hours. When it got to the Bridge it bolted below the boats and headed Back upstream. Scientists have speculated the whale does not want logo under the Bridge. The coast guard and Marine biologists who have been attempting to coax the whale Back Home with music whale sounds and boat corrals for three Days decided thursday to leave the Mammoth mammal alone. We re trying to get him on his on to leave the area said Jan Roletto of the California Marine mammal Cen Ter in Sausalito. Everything we tried did t work. We Are attempting to leave him alone unless he gets into serious trouble like beaching. The Center and the coast guard which had been track ing the whale wanderings with motor boats stayed off the River thursday and encouraged private boilers to do the same. Lynn Amaya Sherman of the Center said biologists be Lieve the whale which normally cats Small shrimp like crustaceans by the ton is eating Small fish such As Bass in the River. She said scientists think the whale can survive for two weeks before it begins showing the effects of fresh water on its skin and eyes. The whale has attracted hundreds of curious animal lovers to he narrow levee roads of the Sacramento san Joaquin Delta which consists of 1,000 Miles of channels sloughs and Rivers around artificial farm Rich islands Cre ated from a Marsh earlier this Century. The whale nicknamed and Humphrey has spent three Days near Rio Vista Between the main Channel of the River and the 45-fool-deep artificial Sacramento deep water ship Channel. The animal believed to be a Young male about 40 feet Long was first seen a week ago in san fru Cuco Bay. Stateside teacher who spanked student convicted of reckless conduct Likht Ort. Iii. A schoolteacher who still face charges he held a student out .1 window is punishment has been convicted of reckless conduct for spanking a student 24 limes with a Wax Len paddle. The Iury that convinced Robert f Saviske. Of Pearl City als, him of Battery in the april i spanking that bruised Sotl my or 11. . Who has taught in i City for 14 years i ices sentencing Vul. 2 lie could he sentenced to up to a War in Wailand finedm.000 " witnesses testified that Ian see. An eighth Grade teacher Meyer in the principal s office where he struck the Bov with a Board the boy Rocc cd 24 swats because he was .1 discipline problem and had been wanted 12 times in . According to testimony Iago Sec also faces a charge of reckless conduct in an unrelated incident in which he is accused of holding 3 student out a second Story window. Afternoon Charlotte news to fold nov. 1 after 97 years Charlotte. up the Charlotte news an afternoon newspaper will fold nov. I after nearly a Century of publication because of declining circulation and revenues. Knight publishing co. Officials announced. This is a sad Day for us said Rolf Encill publisher of the news and the Charlotte observer. For years the news was an important voice in Charlotte an intensely local feisty newspaper that attracted some of the most talented journalists in the the news circulation reached a High of 69,409 in 1972 but has fallen to 34,700 this year in keeping with a nationwide trend for afternoon newspapers officials said. The news started publication in 1888. News employ is will go to work for the observer but about 33 positions in pro Luction circulation and news will be eliminated through attrition during the next year Encill said. Financial company to buy 25 percent of lbs network new York a corp. A diversified Finan Cial company and chs inc. One of the three big . Television networks have announced Loews will buy 25 percent of lbs More than doubling its current stake. They said that chs will nominate chairman Lau rence a. Tisch to lbs s Board of directors in november. The moves appear to be Friendly and will discourage an unsolicited bid for chs. Analysts said. Chs earlier this year fended off a hostile $5.4 billion offer by Atlanta broadcaster Ted Turner but the company remained the target of takeover speculation. Tisch. O. Would become the largest shareholder replacing William Paley the former c is chairman who holds 8 percent of chs s Stock. Tisch s investment would Cost a total of my million the Wall Street journal estimated. 2 killed 6 Hurt in collision of school Van logging truck Jackson Calif. A a Van Irr Ying children from a special education school apparently was bumped by a logging truck into the path of a pickup truck in a wreck that killed two people and injured sin authorities said. The crash occurred on Highway 88 about 10 Miles cast of Jackson in the Sierra Nevada Foothills said Amador county sheriffs detective Greg Borg Field. Occupants of the pickup a Rancis Michael Mckenna 53, and Geraldine Louise Mckenna 48, of Valley Springs were killed authorities said. The bus Driver and five children Ages 5 to 13, were treated at Amador county Hospital for minor injuries such As bruises and cuts said Barbara Long Hospital nursing director. Witnesses reported that a logging truck appeared to have bumped the Van into the path of the pickup stat police said. Lawyer says Dotson to marry woman he met at hearing Chicago a Gary Dotson. Who was freed from prison after serving so years for a rape his accuser now says did t happen is planning a Spring wedding his attorney says. Dolson will marry a woman he Mcl at his clemency hearing attorney Warren Lupul said Lupel said Dolson and Camille Dardanes started dating after he was release from prison. Dardanes gave Dolson a Rose at the beginning of his clemency hearing in May. Dolson who had been sentenced to 25 to 50 years in prison was freed Afier Cash Len Crowell Webb said she lied when she identified him As the Man who raped her
