European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 21, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday july 21,1987 hundreds seek to quell huge Blaze in Oregon by the associated press firefighters were still struggling monday to control a Lopoo acc Blaze in Southwest Oregon but fires sparked by a Rifle in Ulah and a ram s exhaust in California were brought under control. Oregon officials said sunday that a Force of 780 firefighter was  to finish digging a fire line around the Blaze near Roseburg sometime monday. The fire claimed the lives of two loggers last week. The Utah fire which swept Over 3,000 acres of Brush was declared under control sunday officials said. It started Sam Day when Sparks from Rifle shells ignited a Small Blaze that spread within 10 minutes Over a Square mile Al inc state National guard s Camp Williams said National guard maj. Paul Hough. It was moving faster than a Man could run Hough said. After winds that had lopped 30 Mph subsided sat urday afternoon Crews were Able to ring the Blaze with fire lines officials said. There were no injuries and there was no property damage from the fire which was about 25 Miles South West of Salt Lake City. In the Southern California county of san Bernardi no at least 600 acres of tinder dry Joshua Trees an desert Chaparral bum cd sunday after bin ignited by to Carbon a Haust from a train said a spokesman from the California department of forestry and fire. Pushed by winds of 40 Mph the fire came within a Quarter mile of Oak Hills a Rural Community of about 500 scattered Homes and horse ranches 60 Miles cast of los Angeles she said. No evacuations were ordered As the fire was labelled 80 percent under control on sunday. In North cd neral Washington state overnight Rains helped firefighters control a 400-acre Forest fire thai snaked along the Twisp River authorities said  fire ignited july 5 by lightning was contained saturday night and was declared under control sunday evening said Allen Gibbs of the Okanogan National Forest. Fire Crews May be working All week 10 mop up from inc Blaze that claimed the life of a tree Culler who had been called in to Clear Brush from the area Gibbs said. In Northern California a fire on sunday burned warehouse an administration building and a Wood framed Post office in a compound originally Buill by a lumber company. No serious injuries were reported in the Blaze about Sis Miles East of Sonora according to officials. Guilt Ridden Wii Bombardier sends apologies to German cities i m fort Atkinson. Wis. A a world War ii Veteran who says be a haunted by guilt has written letters to inc 32 German cities that he helped bomb More than tour decades  Clark who was an army air Force Bombar Dier said the response to the letters he whole in May has lightened his Burden. H ii did me so much Good 1 could i believe it Clark 60, said  years he said he could t share his wartime feelings and guilt with even his closest friends. Having participated in is missions As a gunner and Bombardier the thought has always been with me that those on inc ground the innocent and guilty were one and the same in War the idler said. Surely now we should understand that men Wilh malice in their hearts Are not to be Laken lightly. This is True on this Side  the letters were addressed Only to Public  so far seven of the letters have been returned unopened to this South Wisconsin City with postal re quests for More specific information but responses were received from officials in Kiel and wesseling. Back then i was a Small boy and personally lived through the horrible bombings of those years wrote Al tons Mueller the mayor or burgers Cisler of wesseling. A was bad limes Back then but today i know that the soldiers from both sides had to do what they were ordered. We have to forgive each Oiher and we can Only be sorry that so Many innocent people had to Oiler their lives and Beall to those terrible War   Lambrecht an official in inc state of Schleswig Holstein. Of which Kiel is inc capital wrote i do not think there arc any resentments or hostile feelings with people in our country or in this town against those who carried out their duties As soldiers. Clark said that after Reading the letters he cried  said he had a nervous breakdown after inc War suffered from alcoholism contemplated suicide and had problems holding onto a Job. More recently he and his wife Ruth ran a tavern and now Are managers of an apartment  Clark had a heart attack in 1981, a doctor Frank dark Wilh his a Lac Roth. A Pho told him he should express his emotions he joined veterans organizations and took a creative writing class. I thought that if i go one or two responses Back i d feel better but never in a billion years did i figure on anything like this he said. Stateside officials seek cause of fire linked to death of guard new Orleans