European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 18, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday september 18,1990 the stars and stripes a Page 5fire in Calif National Park under control Twain Harte Calif. Apr a 2,500-acre Forest fire that sent flames lapping close to three Sierra Nevada towns was virtually corralled sunday As rangers searched for an arsonist. The Blaze in the stanislaus National Park was 90 percent contained by afternoon with full containment inside fire lines expected by Nightfall. The fire broke out thursday in a Campground on the North Fork of the Tuolumne River about 130 Miles East of san Francisco. Accidental causes were ruled out Forest service spokeswoman Joan Leidenthal said. A a it a definitely arson a she said. Four Hundred people evacuated As flames advanced were allowed to return Home. About 2,700 firefighters were on fire lines. No buildings were lost or damaged. A there was the potential to really bum a lot of structures but we protected quite a few a . Forest service spokesman Mike Brown said. A we just got Lucky. The weather  relatively Cool temperatures in the Low 80s and winds below 10 Mph combined with Normal humidity to slow the fires spread Brown said. Five firefighters were injured. Three suffered minor injuries two suffered broken Bones. Cathy Smith left and Connie Kohnmann right Comfort their Mother Virginia Eastburn near their Home in Twain Harte Calif on sunday. Their Home escaped damage from the nearby Forest  army balks at minimum wage order Newark . Not a for More than a Century a three hots and a Cote has been the salvation army a traditional reimbursement to those it has sheltered and Given a Chance to work through their problems. But now the Federal government says the organization should pay its workers the minimum wage As Well. Officials of the salvation army a a non sectarian Christian group whose motto is a heart to god hand to Man a a say that a minimum wage requirement could threaten its social service centers around the United states. They also say that the government is overlooking other kinds of benefits that the organization provides does for the men and women it Calls its beneficiaries department of labor officials see this As a question of equity. They say that the salvation army a practice of providing Only Small reimbursements for work and no overtime combined with poor record keeping amount to a kind of exploitation of workers who like All other employees Are protected by the Federal fair labor standards act. The salvation army whose National Headquarters is located five Miles Northwest of Newark in Verona maintains that it is helping not employing the 70,000 homeless and troubled people who come into the organizations 118 centers around the country each year. A a we be been in the business of helping people for 110 years a said col. Kenneth Hood National chief Secretary of the salvation army. Labor officials say they Are not out to pick on the salvation army. They note that similar organizations that give work to handicapped or destitute people like Goodwill industries inc., a National rehabilitation organization Are bound by Federal labor Laws. A we Are charged by Congress to make sure employees Are treated fairly across the Board a said Johanna Schneider a department of labor spokeswoman. The governments action stems from a complaint filed by a salvation army beneficiary in Pittsburgh years ago. A subsequent investigation and finding determined that rehabilitation Center employees Are entitled to Protection under the fair labor standards act. Salvation army officials told the acting administrator of labor departments wage and hour division Samuel d. Walker that they would not comply with gun found in Fla. Suspects Home Gainesville Fla. Apr state police found bloodstained gloves and a .38-caliber handgun in the Home of a suspect in the stabbing deaths of five College students a newspaper reported sunday. But Edward Lewis Humphreys grandmother said the blood and gloves found in a search of her Home in Indialantic on sept. 6 were hers the Gainesville Sun reported. She also said the pistol has been in the House for years. Humphrey 18, is one of eight suspects in the murders of five students in off Campus apartments aug. 26 to aug. 28. Humphrey has not been charged in the slayings. He is being held in lieu of $ 1 million Bond in the Brevard county jail in Sharpes on charges he assaulted his 79-year-old grandmother on aug. 30. The University of Florida freshman also faces charges in an aug. 25 assault on two male University of Florida students and an october 1988 armed burglary and attempted rape in Indian River county. Humphreys grandmother Elna Hla Vaty said the gloves found during the police search were stained with her blood when she fell and Cut her head. When Humphrey was arrested his grandmother told police he had choked her and punched her in the face. She later said her injuries were accidental and has asked that the charges be dropped. The Only other suspect publicly identified in the Case is Stephen Michael Bates 30, who is being held in Polk county. He is charged with entering an apartment East of Lakeland and threatening a woman and her teen age daughter with a knife. He is being held on $100,500 Bond. A search of his Home yielded a Hangman a noose two pairs of women a panties pornography satanic writings and a Book on Jack the Ripper. Utah stunt skydiver Falls to her death Lehi Utah apr a skydiver plunged to her death from 8,000 feet when her main Parachute failed to open after an Aerial stunt with other skydivers. Mary Jane Duncan 31, had linked with two other skydivers before they separated at about 6,500 feet saturday. Witnesses said she tumbled in the air As she pulled her main Parachute rip Cord. The canopy a Small Pilot Chute which fills with air and deploys the main Chute apparently became tangled As she tumbled Jack Guthrie owner of Cedar Valley free fall said. A i saw her pull her Chute and Only the Pilot Chute came out a said or. Charles v. Pledger a witness. A i knew the main Chute was not coming out and i kept waiting for her to pull her Reserve  Duncan pulled her Reserve Chute about 100 feet above ground. Its rip Cord handle was found near the body said Mike raw son of the state medical examiners office. A if she had done what she tried to do about two seconds sooner there is a Good possibility shed have walked away from it a Guthrie said. The minimum wage demand and were willing to take the matter to court. Labor officials said most rehabilitation shelters or workshops meet the minimum wage standards or have received permission from the government to pay less based on a scale commensurate with workers abilities. For instance a handicapped worker deemed half As productive As a Normal worker would be paid half the wages. Recently the labor department found that the volunteers of America was not complying with wage and reporting standards. Auer the department started Legal action the organization complied. The president of Goodwill industries David m. Cooney said Friday that he welcomed the governments action saying the decision ensures a fair compensation for work completed regardless of  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 18, 1950 a Gen. Douglas Mac Arthur announced that . Marines captured the vital Kimpo Airfield 10 Miles West of Seoul South korea.30 years ago today. Sept. 18, 1960 a the russians a mostly doctors technicians and diplomats a left the Congo in a humiliating evacuation on the orders of congolese army chief of staff Joseph mobutu.20 years ago today. Sept. 18, 1970 a a state department spokesman said that the United states was deeply and seriously concerned about the safety of american and other hostages held in Jordan and would not Rule out . Intervention.10 years ago today. Sept. 18, 1980 a exiled former nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza was killed by assassins who blew up his car on a Street in Asuncion Paraguay. Somoza 54, fled Nicaragua at the height of the sandinista rebellion in july 1979