European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 18, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday july 18, 1987 the stars and stripes Page 5 judge delays Deaver s trial Over jury Issue Washington i he associated press hundreds of firefighters battled wildfires thursday that charred thousands of acres of Forest and open Range in the Pacific Northwest leaving two Lumberjacks dead destroying dozens of Homes and Burn ing out cars and Telephone lines. The blazes driven by dry weather and sparked by lightning struck in Washington Oregon Idaho Cali fornia Utah new Mexico and Montana. Smoke filled valleys and prompted the National weather service to Issue a warning to Drivers and those who suffer respiratory problems. Planes and helicopters dropped fire act Aida and airlifted reinforcements growling bulldozers carved out fire lanes and soldiers helped control a a fact Neara military firing Range. Rescue workers  found the bodies of two loggers who died wednesday to Jinx to Salvage equip ment front a fast spreading fire Southeast of to Schurz Ore. Family and co workers listened in horror to the loggers radioed Calk for help As the lire approached but were unable to do anything officials Siirid the Blac burned 7,000 acres by thursday afternoon destroying eight Homes and closing a stale Highway. Students were Cvack Ald from the Milo and vent isl Academy a religious boarding school an parts of Milo were emptied. Szalc department of forestry spokesman i m Fisher said about 400 people and 22 bulldozers were on the fire lines helped by overcast skies and diminished winds. Authorities said the Blaze was human caused but icy did not know if it had been Sci. Radio operators were maintaining communication after the fire burned Down Telephone poles. The Federal emergency management Agency approved the use of Federal Money to help fight the fire after the stale estimated thai it would spend is .5 Mil lion. The Agency believed a fire threatened to be come a major discs ice. The 900-Ai to Spokane fire destroyed 24 houses Many of them Worth More than j100.000, and dam aged 12 others before ii was contained thursday three people suffered minor injuries and More than 400 firefighters fought the Blaze. At the height of the Blaze wednesday night cars exploded and fire leaped across streets witnesses said. Authorities believe the Blaze was sparked by a inc Branch blown onto a Power line. Elsewhere in Washington an 800-acre fire fought by 450 people burned in Okanogan National Foresi. And Canadian authorities provided air tankers to help fight an 1.100-acre fire in Sage and Pine Northi Ait of Tonasket. Army and National guard soldiers at the Yakima firing Center joined local firefighters to douse a25.0uu-acre Blaze that started in Bushland. Cot. Dale Mill called it a Complete Community military  Southwest of Mcd Furd Ore., about 100  fought a 1.200-acre be on the Little Appl Cgale Kavur. Simeon smaller lightning caused fires burned nearby. The National weather service said coot night air caused smoke to simple in valleys and in Mcd turd the sky turned Reddish Blue Al Sun dict. In Montana three fires charred 2,000 acres and a Sawmill As Crews tried to construct fire lanes before afternoon winds came up. In Southern California a grass fire that May have been started by fireworks was contained after i scorched i so acres. Near Cedar City Utah a 3,000-Acrc fire burned out of control fuelled by High winds and dry conditions. In Idaho a fire near Boise raced through 1,900 acres but by thursday evening officials said the fire was 80 percent surrounded by fire lines and they Al Lowed about half of the 5 50 firefighters assigned to it Totake a breather. Records of army vets examined alcohol related deaths under reported study says Chicago a researchers studying the deaths or nearly 450 army veterans found six times As Man alcohol re Jared deals occurred As were reflected on a Cash certificates. That suggests thai doctors gather Loo Little information before tilling out death certificates the Mai source of . Mortality data researchers said. The study a reported in Friday s journal of the american medical association which also carried a report from an Ama committee recommending wider use of autopsies to establish the cause of death and 10catch medical mistakes. We hink the study. Illustrates the important Rote alcohol plays in premature death and indicates the extent to which alcohol s role is underestimated if you use official cause of deals data said or. Daniel a Pollock who led researchers at the National Center for disease control in Atlanta. They studied death records of 426 veterans ranging in age from 20 to 41, who had died Between 1967 and Sands of time 1984, the records were of the deaths among a random Sample of 18,000 men who had served in various coun tries their duties ranging from combat to office work. Although 446 men in the Sample had died research ers said they were unable to obtain both death certificates and the medical and Legal records on the cause of death in 20 of those cases. Motor vehicle injuries were the leading cause of death with alcohol playing a role 40 percent of the time. Suicides and homicides ranked second with Al Cohol a Factor 30 percent of the time for each the researchers reported they reached their conclusions after learning Al they could about the deals from sources other than the certificates Law enforcement records autopsy reports and Hospital records and made Independent evaluations. Overall death certificates indicated alcohol was re lated to 21 of the deals. The researchers found it was a Factor in 133 deaths. Almost All of the discrepancy was due to omission of data on blood alcohol Levels from death certificates in deals due to injury the researchers said. Pollock said he believes lab reports on blood alcohol Levels usually weren t available at the time the death certificates were filled out. The problem could be largely solved with a two phase process for death certificates with the cause of death added later he said. Death certificates serve not Only As Legal documents thai allow for insurance claims to be filed or inheritance to proceed bul also serve As important sources of data for health planning and evaluation Pollock said. Estimates of alcohol related deals annually in the United slates now Range from 15,000 to More than 200,000, Pollock said and one of reasons for the wide Range in estimates is thai official cause of death Daia Isof questionable  in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. July 18,1947 the nation s birthrate reached a record High with seven babies being bom every minute according to the National life insurance co. Of Minneapolis. 30 years ago today. July 18, 1957 Republican sen. Wallace f. Dennett a non smoker introduced1 Bill that would require cigarette packages to carry the warning thai prolonged tobacco use could cause cancer 20 years ago today. July 18, 1967 National guardsmen and stale troopers began withdrawing from riot torn Newark n j., u five Days and nights of rioting and loosing appeared Over. The bloody rampage resulted in 24 death 1,100 injuries 1,300 arc us and property damage and Noi costs of More Blun 15 million. To years ago today. July 18, 1977 egyptian president Anwar Sadai said his country s latest at tempt to mend its fences with Moscow backfired. The soviet Union cancelled All military con Racu Between the two countries and Egypt rejected Kremlin demand for the conclusion of a new bilateral treaty. 2nd Marine found innocent on recruiting fraud charge san Diego a a Marine Recruiter from Detroit was acquitted by a military jury on a charge of fraudulently recruiting teen agers. Staff sgt. Cynthia Pennyfeather 28. Of Wayne mich., was found innocent wednesday in. A special court martial proceeding.  and three other Detroit based marines had been charged with conspiracy obstruction of Justice effect ing a fraudulent enlistment and falsifying documents in his Case High school Iran scripts. Detroit Marine Recruiter sgt Frank Camp was acquitted last month in his coun Manial at the Marine corps re cruel depot. Tuo Ilaff ice Grants face special Tours martial later this month. The charges stemmed from the enlist ment of nine teen agers Wilh false Tran scripts from Detroit s perching High school. The transcripts of the teen agers some of whom never attended Pershing and none of whom graduated were allegedly fabricated by a Pershing school Secretary and her Superior who face administrative charges within the do Droit school system. Broadway producer Dies Montclair. . A Fritz Moll who co produced such Broadway successes As la Caje aug Folls and he revival of Gypsy starring Angela Lansbury has died i 46