European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday september 15. 19b8 the stars and stripes Pat Reagan gets grim report on fires government scraps let Burn approach n Fri Bonann a i nil of inc re Knurck  and All of our energies. Peels for calming inc fire Washington a president Reagan got a grim report on the status of inc nation s Forcel fires and was Lold there is no Way o predict when the blazes will be turned we arc fighting with everything at hand White House spokesman Marlin Fitzwater said. The spokesman met with reporters after Reagan was briefed on inc Forest fire Situa Ion by Interior Secretary Donald Hod i agriculture Secretary Richard Lyng and Deputy defense Secretary William h. Taft Ell at the White House. Fit water described their session with Reagan As an update and said there were no new efforts to be announced after the session. No one could give a prognosis of when the fires would be put out. But ii is Clear that we have dedicated nil of the resources available l f Rand the goal is the same for everyone and that is put those fires out Fitzwater said. The meeting came As thousands of firefighters con Lin cd to Battle blazes in eight states particularly Cali fornia Montana Colorado Idaho Ulah Oregon and Washington slate. To also followed harsh words on la government s "let-bum11 approach to the fires from a usually Strong Reagan administration supporter. Sen. Orrin Hatch a Utah who called the situation a catastrophe Filz water asked if the president had been Given a worst Case scenario of the devastation in the Brief ing shot Back we Are in the worst  he did note later however that some of the officials had expressed some cautious optimism about pros a Tanker drops fire Rel ardent in u fire North of Nevada City calif., that has destroyed dozens of Homes coupons Stop Bullet save a Man s life Euclid Ohio a a pocketful of coupons paid off with More than savings on his grocery Bill for 81 year old Paul Trentel who says they saved his life by slowing Down a Bullet in an accidental shooting. Thank god i had them Trentel said. The Bullet actually lore a Hole through some of them they were so thick they must have made the Bullet lose Speed because inc Bullet hit then went sideways across my  to cml was shot Friday when a 36-year-old woman dropped her purse causing a weapon in it to discharge detective Robert Pestak said he said the woman who was not identified by police said she was carrying the gun because she had been threatened by her estranged husband. I heard a loud explosion that sounded like a can non going off Trentel said. But i did t know i was hit until i reached under my jacket and found blood. 1 did t feel anything. The Security guard came up to me and said you be been shot " Trentel of East Cleveland said the Bullet burrowed across his Chesl causing a 5-Inch Well. The Bullet was removed at Meridia Euclid Hospital and Trentel was released after the treatment. Peel the , Lyng and Tafi had travelled West o review the situation Over the weekend. Fiu water said 30,000 firefighters were involved in battling 32 fires with approximately t million acres burned. With the most recently dispatched military person Nel on station by mid week Fitzwalter said about 2,300 soldiers and 22 aircraft had been sent to Yellowstone National Park 1o Battle the fir i. The president has repeatedly expressed his concern for the people living in la fire areas for the welfare of their families for their businesses and occupations and for the hardship that has undo Bickly consumed their lives Fitzwater  called the situation a natural disaster of untre can Denlid proportions and said the people in inc area and government officials have responded with great selflessness and determination to get the situation under  will continue to work tirelessly to Pui out these fires Fitzwater  in the Day Reagan hat said he d not been aware of a . Park service policy permitting some Forest lands to Burn and snid hat the policy has been  what he thought of the Lei Burn policy that has been carried out by the Interior department in recent years Reagan told reporters "1 have questioned it. I did not even know it existed  said that when Hodyl arrived in Wyoming last weekend he made it Plain that. We were with drawing from this  asked How the administration planned to Deal with any new outbreaks of fires Filz water said the let Burn policy had been dropped in july and thai Alt new. Fires would to put  spokesman refused to discuss criticism of the administration s controversial policy. But he noted that since the nation has never faced such an outbreak of fires before inc time certainly Calls for some re View of the  s not a Clear Case of what s right and whats wrong he said. At this Point what s Clear is thai in fires arc out of control., we have extraordinary drought conditions and there is no need to argue Over policy differences until we come up with the a Cal fire fighting season nest year. Right now. Its All out fight  the government s let Burn policy has been harshly criticized by House and Senate members from the Western states. Hatch speaking to reporters after visiting the White House said we All knew How dry it was and a lot ofus were saying hey Don l let this Burn and they could have contained it at that time some 8,000 firefighters have worked in past Days to Dampen fires in Yellowstone National Park. Fires have charred 939,270 acres of inc 2.2 million acre Park since june it happened so suddenly it was Freaky try Noel said. I did t feel any burning. They pulled the Bullet out with tweezers. Jus have a Small Hole where they look the Bullet out Forest service needs help but Only women need apply by the Washington Post Washington the . Forest service under court order to de Macho Pronto or else i looking for Kijoo Good women willing to Settle in the Western Woods in jobs paying Between $13,300 and $53,000 per year. So desperate la the service hit it has drafted personnel from other units of its Parent Agency the department of agriculture for the woman Hunt called project Oul Rutth for women while hut sounds like � science fiction movie of the 1950, the Forest service is deadly serious. If it does t hire it least Soo women fast Secre tary of agriculture Richard e. Lyng. Could be held in contempt of court fined and sent to the Slammer according to the 9th circuit court of appeals in Sinunu Tysco which limited its decision to sen ice offices mostly in California. The Hunt for women goes Back seven years when an employee complained that the personnel makeup of the predominately male predominately Western oriented Forest service did t reflect the percentage of women in the general population More than 50 percent or in Ibe Federal government just Over 41 percent. As is typical in government and Many Pri vate firms most of the service s women were concentrated in lower paying clerical jobs. The department which claim it has made an Hon est Effort to recruit and promote women is stepping up its efforts. But that has t been easy because most of the service s operations Are in Remote localities. Ikl.-. .  fun Vii Fajita can Lin Offir lit the in some paces the Forest service office is Only thing around one official said. Getting women to move to those jobs whether they Are mar ried or unmarried is  under consent agreement the Forest service most increase its number of women employees during the next few years until approximately 43 percent of its work Force is Venute. To show that it is trying in service has a major women Only hiring push on mostly in California. Apiculture department officials say the for women Only vacancies include More than 70 occupational Fields from technical administrative and professional to scientific positions. Federal pay grades Are front gs-9 through gs-13. Women hired will be assigned to one of 18 Region Al offices in the California Woods or to the in fran Cisco regional Headquarters