European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 20, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Tuesday september 20. 19b6 the stars and stripes Page s 2 California fires Force 200 to flee Homes by the Alwx Fadhl press two Northern California fires burned Homes sunday and forced evacuation of at least 200 people while in Yellowstone National Park leu Snow than expected fell but frosty temperatures kept flames Down a storm Over West Central Montana produced enough Snow and rain to allow fire Crews to begin returning Home. Idaho got Little precipitation and fire fighters faced some new fires. The 8,700-Acrc Brush fire near Vaca Ville Southwest of Sacramento led to the evacuation of 65 people from 12 Homes and burned at least five Homes in Addi Tion 1o two outbuildings said California department of forestry spokeswoman Dianne fire apparently was set by an arsonist department of forestry investigator Loyd Johnson said but he would not elaborate. Winds which earlier in the Day had gusted up to 35 Mph decreased later inthe Day giving Hope they would be Able to gain the upper hand by Nightfall. The wind a Cpl flames also threat ened about so other Homes in the area about 55 Miles Northeast of san Francis co Forest department spokesman John per Cria said Vacaville fire chief Howard Wood said several radio Lowers were damaged by the fire on top of mount Vaca. Two people suffered Burns he of Vacaville about 3,000 acres burned Early sunday cast of Redding and40 to 50 families were evacuated from the Small communities of Whitmore and Oak run California forestry spokeswoman Lisa Chiesa additional 8s people were evacuated from a private school said spokeswoman Evelyn Dollarhide. Three structures were destroyed including a barn containing several classic cars she the fire was difficult because of dry Timber and wind busting up to 45 firefighters Gat a helping hand sunday when Snow full in Yellowstone National Park. Mph Chiesa to 6 inches of Snow had been fore cast for Yellowstone but most of the Park got Only a , by midday the temperature was still Only 37 degrees limiting fir activity and allowing Crews to jump on hoi spots before they had a Chance to gel out of hand said fire information officer Judy Park has been besieged for nearly three months by dry weather and fires that have charred More than half its 2.2 million said Crews on Many fires would hold off on building containment managers have said the terrain and Access around parts of the 335,300 acre North Fork Blaze make building containment lines there extremely difficult. Natural barriers surrounding the fire were expected to help keep in in West Central Montana firefighting Crews and the soldiers who reinforced them began pulling out of the 247,000 acre Canyon Creek fire sunday while a storm continued to drop Snow and rain. Officials said the Force would be replaced by 20-Membcr rapid response teams in each of the three National forests thai the lire affected Lolo Lewis and Clark and firefighters also were being re leased sunday from the 35,400-Acrc re Bench fire in and near Glacier National Park said fire information officer Jim Payne. He said hot spots and the Poten tial for renewed trouble officials said Snow and rain had reduced fire danger enough to allow reopening of Back country trails and campgrounds but with some restrict weather front that moved Over Idaho on saturday brought disappointingly Light precipitation and firefighters had two new fires that started Friday and saturday one caused by lightning said Nez Perec National Fores spokeswoman Mary Zabinski. Congress forced to face minimum wage Issue Washington not after months in which each Side invited the other to be first to tackle a prickly Issue in a presidential election Campaign the Senate in the next two weeks and the mouse shortly afterwards Wil decide How much to increase the minimum wage. For the 5 million americans who earn the current minimum of $3.35 an hour the noisy debate that began in the Senate last thursday is in practical terms an argument Over pennies. Even the most generous of the increases now under consideration would do Little More than make up for the effects of inflation since 1981, when the last minimum wage increase look effect that proposal backed by organized labor and the democratic leadership of both houses would increase the minimum by 40-Ccnl increments Over the next three Yean bringing in to s4.55 an hour in 1991. Republicans favor a smaller and As yet unspecified increase but so far Lack the Senate Voles to secure it. They have proposed a plan coupling any Rise in the minimum wage with a plan that would allow employ ers to pay a sub minimum wage equal to so percent of the new minimum for the first 90 Days that any employee is on the payroll. Each Side has amassed a Mountain of contradictory statistics and economic studies to bolster its Case on who would be Hurt or helped by increasing the hourly mini mum and How a change would affect the Economy As a whole. So conflicting Are the Dala that proponents and opponents cannot even agree on who the americans at the lowest end of the country s economic scale arc. Legislation to increase the minimum wage has been stymied for months in Congress As lawmakers their Eye to their own re election As Well As he presidential race sought to draft a Bill acceptable to the Labo movement but mild enough to avoid a showdown with the . Chamber of Commerce and the National federation of Independent businesses both of which oppose an increase in the minimum wage. Wary of forcing an election year vote on an Issue so sensitive to each of these powerful constituencies and unable to come up with a Compromise congressional leaders All but gave up two weeks ago and pronounced a minimum wage increase dead for this year Bui vice president George Bush shifted the political equation by endorsing an unspecified increase in the my mum wage provided thai it was accompanied by the training wage for new workers set below the Mother who beat Kkt in court Dies minimum democrats assailed Bush for a Campaign conversion to a wage increase the Reagan administration has steadfastly opposed they moved with the agreement of labor leaders to bring the minimum wage legislation to the Senate floor and take their chances on beating Back attempts to attach a sub mini got concerned that Bush s support would Lead to something even worse said John j. Sweeney pres ident of the 850,000-Membcr service employees inter National Union which represents about 1,700 workers who make under $4 an hour. In the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 20, 1948 radio Moscow reported that the soviet Union would withdraw All its occupation troops from North Korea no later than the beginning of Jan uary 1949. Mobile Ala. A Bulah Mae Donald who won a $7 million judgment last year against the Kun flux klan for the beating death of her son died sat urday in a Mobile Hospital at the age of 67. Death was due to natural causes a Hospital spokesman said. Shell forever have a place in history As the woman who beat the klan said Morris Dees the chief attorney for the Donald family in the Case. Her 19-year-old son Michael Donald was strangled and fatally beaten and his body was found hanged from a tree in a Mobile neighbourhood. Two pm flux klansmen were convicted in the Case. On feb. 12. 1987, a jury awarded the family of Michael Donald a $7 million judgment against the klan. The National Headquarters and properly owned by the United kans of America inc. In Tuscaloosa was later deeded to the estate of Michael Donald. I just think she was a Brave and courageous Mother whose Royc for her son ensured that he did not die in vain said Dees who is director of the Southern Pov erty Law Center in Montgomery. Last december mrs. Donald was named one of is Magazine s women of the year. Shortly after receiving the Honor mrs. Donald said she never sought revenge. I wanted to know who really killed my child she said in december. I wanted to be assured. I was t even thinking about the Money. If 1 had t gotten a cent in would t have mattered. I wanted to know How and Why they did sept. 20, 1958 France rejected the newly formed algerian government in exile and served notice to All countries that in would consider recognition of the government an unfriendly gesture. 20 years ago today. Sept. 20, 1968 fighting broke out in Mexico City Between students and army troops As the govern ment attempted to Stop student protesters from disrupting the forthcoming olympic games in that City. 10 years ago today. Sept. 20, 1978 Jordan s King Hussein announced that his country would not comply with the Camp David accords negotiated by Egypt s Anwar Sadat and Israel s Menachem begin
