European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 16, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes sunday october 16,198b House of the mysterious flames is razed. ,. .t.,.� Nii n ii m pet for the who was a Dart Lime officer in Anol Torland Hills. 111. A a phenomenon resembling events of the Amityville horror forced authorities bulldoze a House in this Chicago suburb after flames mysteriously shot from an electrical socket and Smoky miss filled inc air. Maybe s ghosts i Donknow insurance adjuster Joe Skubisz said Fri Day laughing and quickly noting that he Doesbelieve in such things. There s no truth the Rumor there was any Type of haunted situation there.was strictly some Type of escaping Gas. But the fire department Wouldallow the policyholder live in the House so we had pay out on the claim said Skubisz associate manager of a travellers insurance co claim office. While Skubisz believes there is some logical explanation for the phenomenon arson investigators Sieve Smith and Terry Hyland of the Orland fire District said engineers chemists geologists scientists and experts in explosives ran every conceivable test and couldcome up with in answer. They ruled out arson natural Gas methane Gas sewer Gas other Vapours or electricity. We have no logical explanation now but maybe 50 years from now Jacone there was nothing left lest for. The Only Experiment left was let someone live in that  fire officials recorded 26 separate reports of strange happenings from March August travellers which had insured the House finally concluded Wassafe live in. So on thursday the 9-year old House South of Chicago was Bull dozed into a pile of rubble. One of the most frightening Inci dents happened in april when a flame an Inch in diameter roared out Ofa Wall  Al Lull 111   but u1 u. Iurii. Will rank cup  Hiya and socket in an upstairs bedroom and shot said. Right now we just Donknow. 21 inches into a mattress. Smith said n-w.1. _ a  the flame was witnessed by an or land Hills police officer an electrician the House was subjected Ever kind of lest. was demolished because we part time another Community and two consulting Engi neers hired investigate the mystery. Smith said. The fire was under pressure and thai kind of pressure Canbuild up in electrical conduit because in s open throughout the entire House he said. other limes dense Smoky mists or a Strong smell of Fulfur permeated the House the investigators said. After the first Tew incidents tire authorities advised the family who lived there not sleep in the House  the bizarre events continued authorities old the family move outland travellers hired an engineering company investigate. Prosecutors say sex fire Gofer has admitted starting 17 blazes Lancaster . A a 23-year-old former firefighter has admitted setting about 17 of he More than 20 arson fires that have terrorized the town of Jefferson and nearby areas since May according prosecutors court  made the claim Friday persuade Coos county Superior court judge Harold Perkins ii hold Lance Lalu Micro in jail without bail. Lalu Micro is being held in lieu of 150,000 Cash bail. Perkins continued Lalumiere s bail hearing until tuesday he also delayed action on a similar request by prosecutors revoke 150,000 Cash bail for Law rence Coulter jr., 19, of Jefferson who also is charged in the  prosecutors said Lalumiere admitted setting the fires they said they Donwant release the statements or other evidence until after the documents Are presented a grand  sparked objections by Lalumiere s lawyer Philip Waystack who demanded copies of the Doc us cols. Way Slack told Perkins is unfair for inc state cite the evidence but refuse disclose it. County attorney Pierre Morin and assistant attorney general Andrew scroll argued in their motion that Lalu Micro should be detained because of the nature and number of these  they also argued that the dishwasher and former Volunteer firefighter poses a serious risk the safely of the Community. On wednesday stale police charged Lalumiere of Jefferson Wilh setting fire the Home of his brother Michael and said they plan seek indictments charging him with 15 other  motion by Morin and Serell said that in Addi Tion the aug. 23 fire Lalumiere is formally charged Wilh setting the defendant has Given statements admitting committing some 16 other acts of arson in the Jefferson ., , population s50, has had 21 suspicious fires since May. Nearby towns have had least three others including one oct. 3 in Dalton for which Coulter was charged thursday. Perkins scheduled hearings monday for each defendant on the defense requests for evidence. Neither Man entered a plea his arraignment which is customary in felony arraignments in District courts. A 400-Ncre Valley in the Cal skill mountains provides setting for sculptures by Alexander Walekr five of by largest works Are displayed near  Calder s headless horses n y Aquone the exhibits on Lew the storm King Art Center is this work that resembles horses with out bends and is titled Cheval  stateside children wounded by gun boy found on Way school Chicago a two elementary school students were wounded Friday when a handgun accidentally discharged authorities said. One of the injured Young lers reportedly had found the gun on the Way  child who found the gun showed to a fiend who apparently tripped inc trigger said paramedic John Hurley. The Bullet struck the leg of the i a year old boy who found the gun and the leg of an 11-year old girl who was standing  child was seriously wounded in the incident our lady of the gardens school Hurley said. Car May be waste of time for elderly experts say Chicago a the life saving car technique used revive Many elderly and sick patients whose hearts Slop should be dropped because most won l live Long enough leave inc Hospital research  cited a study of 399 cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures done a Houston veterans administration Hospital in a one year period. Of 77 car efforts on patients 70 or older 24 per cent were successful in temporarily reviving the patient. But none of the patients lived leave the Hospi Tal researchers reported in Friday s journal of the american medical association. Ancient data show a Day lasts fraction longer now Pasadena Calif a researchers who  died ancient chinese chronicles of solar eclipses found that a Day is so Van Hundred los of a second longer than was nearly 4,000 years ago because the Earth is spin Ning More slowly. The length of a Day just keeps getting longer and longer said Kevin Pang who conducted the study tithe National aeronautics and space administration s Jet propulsion  As a spinning ice skater slows Down by extend ing his arms the Earth s rotation slows As tidal interactions make the Moon orbit Earth More quickly and become More Distant from he said. Playboy s big East project shocks Catholic schools Newark . A administrators six Cath Olic colleges plan fight an attempt by Playboy mag Azine recruit women for a pictorial bul they say Many students seem apathetic Aboul the women of the big East article. We were shocked learn that they re planning such a feature said Martin scaly a spokesman for St. John s University in new York. We re the largest Catholic University in the United states and Public nudity is against our morals. is ton Hall University in South Orange spokes Man Michael Mcgraw said the Magazine s representatives would be banned from  Rev j. Donald Monan president of Boston College called Playboy symbolic of the exploitation of american  Playboy photographers arc scheduled make their first visit a Catholic school oct. 26, when they go Providence College in Rhode Island. The other Catholic colleges on the list arc Villanova and Georgetown universities