European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday August 21, 1986 the stars and stripes Page 5 Northwest firefighters gain ground the Anderson fire Camp Bast for 2,500 fire Fig liners Roar Garden Valley Idaho sports a new St crop losses Stilt climbing by the associated press an army or about 18,000 firefighters made More advances tuesday in its War against Forest and Range fires that have burned More than 710,000 acres since aug. 1 in the Northwest and plans were being made to rested charred land. Of the 154 fires started sunday in the ii Western Silies mostly by lightning. 120 had been contained by Early tuesday despite dry. Hot weather. Flames were still out of control Over 88,000 acres in seven Western slates. Marc than 80,000 acres were burning in Idaho and Oregon almost 417,000 acres have been destroyed since the most severe of a series of lightning storms flashed through the Region aug. 10. A spokesman warned that weather conditions will deteriorate toward the end of the week with plenty of lightning and Little rain. Approximately 8,000 lightning bolts struck in ii Western states Mon Adown significantly from the average of 40,000 per Day during the past week. Firefighters in northeastern Oregon reported Progress on a series of Forest and Brush fires with containment estimated on 60 percent of the blazes. About Iso fires continued to Burn in the Region where 80,000 acres have been scorched since a severe dry lightning storm aug. 10, said Shawn Morford. A spokeswoman at the Federal hate firefighting command Center in Salem. Rehabilitation teams were already working in cast Ern Oregon forests to map out Rescic dog efforts. The East flank of the pumpkin Creek fire which had charred 11,000 acres in the Kelts Canyon National recreation area and the Northeast Corner of the Joseph Canyon starvation Ridge fire which had burned 19.100 acres were posing problems for firefighters. Those two fires were the Only by arcs of More than10,000 acres thai remained out of control in Oregon. Soul i easterners fear driest months yet to Corne by the associated press recent heavy rain has prompted South Carolina to lift water restrictions but officials elsewhere in in drought stricken Southeast say the usually driest months arc still ahead and crop losses arc mounting Maryland agricultural economists say the drought will break 10 percent of the state s Farmers. The damage estimate is at least 1200 million and going up said Tony Evans a spokesman for the stat agriculture department. It s probably higher than thai but when in you add it up crop losses in Maryland had been estimated at about is in million. Estimates in the drought Region from the Southern Edge of Pennsylvania to Alaba Manow total $2.59 billion. Evans and University of Maryland agricultural i it Mist John Wysong said the drought is hurting  s biggest producers the most because they can afford to Nave outside jobs. Those Farmers handling Dairy and Grain products and fruits and vegetables Are responsible for More than half the state s an Nual 11 billion in agricultural revenues Freddy Vang the executive director of the South Carolina water resources commission mailed letter monday to municipal water treatment Plant and other officials advising that drought conditions have receded and restrictions May be lifted. The drought is not Over but we re heading in the right direction said stale climatologist John Purvis. The rainfall for August was at Normal Levels for som parts of the state he said. Newberry s.c., got an estimated 10.4 inches of rain monday and flooding forced evacuation of some residential areas. Two people drowned. More Rains washed Over the midlands of the stale tuesday with unofficial reports of 6 inches falling on the Eastern fringe of Columbia. But Vang warned that August. September and octo Ber Are traditionally the state s driest months. Purvis said rainfall Levels Are below average for the year. The Green Villa spartan Bur area is 14.20 inches below Normal Columbia 21.56 inches below Normal. And Charleston. 9.34 inches below Normal. Even though the rain has turned pastures Green and will increase soybean and Cotton yields it apparently has come too late for most South Carolina Farmers. Clemson University is sticking with its original drought damage estimate of s3 78 million Tor the state agriculture economist Dan Smith said tuesday. In Tennessee the weather service recorded 1.46inches of rain saturday in Nashville the largest one Day amount there in six months. Eil mates of drought damage to agriculture and for Estry include s7so million in Georgia j7so million i Alabama 1330 million in North Carolina 1379 Mil lion in South Carolina $61.5 million in Virginia 158million in Pennsylvania. $40 million in Delaware and sit million in West Virginia. Several states May join lottery forces Kansas City to. A officials from 10 states and the District of Columbia agreed tuesday to work toward a mull slate lottery by october 19s7, hoping to produce multimillion Dollar payoffs. Two other states May join but officials from those slates must Confer with lawmakers at Home said Peter a o Connell a spokesman for the group. The slates involved Are Connecticut Illinois Iowa Missouri new Hampshire new York Oregon. Rhode Island. Washington and West Virginia. Washington . Also is included. The ranks will be open in the future said o con Nell the director of the Rhode Island lottery. "1 can envision that All lotteries in the United states will enjoy a common  Rebecca Paul the director of the Illinois state lot Tery said her office will coordinate the group s initial efforts. Eventually she said the drawings will be he Din Chicago. The Type of game to be played will depend on the total population of the states involved and will be in addition to the lotteries already offered there. Union Carbide Fine not dismissed Charleston . A an administrative Law judge tuesday declined to dismiss a ji.37 million Fine levied against Union Carbide corp. By Federal officials who accused the chemical giant of More than 200 safety violations. Judge James Burroughs in dismissing a company motion said he would hold hearings on whether to uphold the Fine the largest Ever issued by the occupational safety and. Health administration. Burroughs set no Date for the hearing on the citations the result of a six month inspection of the Plant in Institute thai followed a series of chemical leaks including the 1984 disaster in Bhopal India where More than 2,000 died in a Gas leak. The Fine has not been paid while Carbide seeks to overturn it arguing that Federal safety inspectors ignored the alleged violations for years. Carbide claims Osha must file citations within six months of alleged infractions. But Osha lawyer marshal Harris said companies Are required to keep records for five years and Osha can file citations at any Lime in that period. Carbide lawyer Robert Gombar said he was nol sur prised by the dismissal. Ii i a Low percentage move when you file a motion like this he said. Sands of time a the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. ,. Aug. 21, 1946 a new War crimes trial with Alfred Krupp former head of Krupp Muni Lions works and Fritz Thyssen the Industrial Leader who was Hitler s first big financial Backer. Among the defendants is scheduled for Ber Inthis fall. 30 years ago today. Aug. 21, 1956 . And Indian negotiators at the Suez conference in London called on Egypt to accept some form of foreign participation in the future operation of the canal. 20 years ago today ,.aug. 21, 1966 the air travel Industry and businesses dependent on it moved quickly Backoo Normal operations after an agreement ending the. Biggest airline strike in history. 0 years ago today. Aug. 21, 1976 the entry of transsexual or. Renee Richards has led to the withdrawal of 15 woman Tennis players from the Tennis week open in South Orange