European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 25, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes sunday november 25,1990winds whip West causing roaring fires by the associated press howling winds across parts of the West Tore Down Power lines sparking fires that burned More than 20,000 acres and at least a half dozen Rural houses in Montana and 14 structures in Colorado on saturday. In Washington state heavy rain posed flood dangers and windblown dust closed highways. The fire that charred More than 20,000 acres roared Between the towns of Stanford and Hobson in Montana a Judith Basin county said Jane Weber of the Lewis and Clark National Forest. Other fires burned prime grizzly Bear habitat 200 Miles to the Northeast along the Rocky Mountain front in Northern Fergus county and for a time threatened Homes in the great Falls area. About 75 people were evacuated Friday night from the Small towns of Utica and Sapphire Village a few Miles South of Windham in Central Montana. Authorities said the wind gusting up to 100 Mph across the Eastern slopes of the Rockies in Montana were knocking Down Power lines which were igniting grass made tinder dry by unusually dry warm weather. In Colorado a fast moving fire Northwest of Boulder Early saturday destroyed 14 Homes and garages and forced the evacuation of scores of residents. A Man was in custody on suspicion of arson. Officials believed they had the fire mostly under control by mid morning but the wind kicked up again fanning the flames to 100-foot Heights and forcing the evacuation of a subdivision. The american red Cross established an emergency evacuation Center at a Junior High school for residents forced to flee from their Homes. By Early morning about 30 residents were in the Center red Cross spokeswoman Margaret Wright said. Gov. Roy Romer toured the fire ravaged area on saturday morning and ordered National guard helicopters to Fly above the fire to douse the hot spots while waiting for a slurry bomber a Type of firefighting plane to arrive from California. The state patrol closed Highway 36 just North of Boulder because of the fire. Residents said the Blaze woke them up and Many were still drowsy and confused. In Washington the National weather service issued flood warnings for eight Rivers in the Western part of the state. Heavy rain fell in much of Northwest Washington on Friday with the town of Glacier reporting nearly an Inch in two hours. Unemployed santas two out of work santas picket the Seneca mall in West Seneca ., on Friday after the malls management terminated the contract with old style music inc. The company provides santas mrs. Claus frosty the snowman Rudolph the red nosed Reindeer and elves for the Holiday season. All of the employees were fired because one Elf allegedly made a suggestive comment to a female store  punctures  Pipeline new York apr a natural Gas line was ruptured Early saturday by a Barge trying to Dock in a waterway known As the Arthur kill raising fears of an explosion off Staten Island before winds dispersed the Gas authorities said. The Barge owned by the Bouchard co., was being pushed by a tugboat into a Staten Island terminal when its rudder hooked the pipe in about 25 feet of water said Petty officer Howard Holmes a coast guard spokesman. The broken 16-Inch main sent an unknown amount of Gas into the air about 50 feet off the Shoreline creating the possibility of an explosion Holmes said. The City fire department was called in Case the leak caused a fire he said. But the Gas line was shut off and stiff winds dispersed the Gas without incident authorities said. The rupture forced a shutdown of a Section of the Arthur kill for Ivi hours but there were no injuries or evacuations authorities said. The pipe is owned by Texas Eastern corp. There was no answer saturday at the company a offices in new Jersey or Staten Island. The coast guard is investigating the leak but has not determined if anyone is to blame. The Arthur kill a major route for Barge and ship traffic in a heavily industrialized area has been the site of several major Oil spills this year. Man who hacked teen s arms arrested again Seffner Fla. Apr a Man who served eight years in prison for raping a teen Ager and chopping off her forearms has been arrested for the second time this year on a shoplifting charge accused of trying to steal a $4 hat. A Security guard at a suburban Wal Mart store summoned police Friday and said the Man Lawrence Singleton paid for some diapers but not a White hat he took from the menus department. He was stopped by employees after leaving the store and gave a phony name according to an arrest report. Singleton 63, gave his name As Bill Johnson when a Hillsborough county sheriffs Deputy arrived. The Deputy warned the Tampa native that giving a false identity is a crime but Singleton insisted his name was Johnson according to the report. Singleton then gave the officer a woman a name and a Telephone number to verify he was Bill Johnson. But when the Deputy called and described the suspect the woman identified him As Singleton and said she was his sister. He was cited on charges of Petty theft and resisting arrest without violence a that is by giving a false name. Singleton was not taken to jail. He was released after signing a Misdemeanour citation and was ordered to appear in court Jan. 2. Singleton who said he lives with his sister in the Tampa area was released from the Hillsborough county jail on sept. 18 after serving two months of a six month sentence for Petty theft. He pleaded no contest to stealing a $10 disposable camera from a drugstore in april. In California Singleton Drew Public anger m 1987 after he was freed eight years and four months into a 14-year sentence for the 1978 mutilation rape of a 15-year-old Hitchhiker who was left to die along a Road. After he was paroled prison authorities shuttled him from City to City As residents staged angry demonstrations and even filed suit to keep him out of their communities. Finally prison authorities wound up housing him in a Mobile Home on the grounds of san Quentin prison until his parole ended in 1988. He then returned to his Home state of Florida. Scorch continues for crewman of downed chopper Lawton. Okla. Api a five soldiers who survived do a the in apr ut3c in a night Lawton okla. Apr five soldiers who survived an army helicopter crash have been released from the Hospital but their civilian flight instructor who disappeared when the Craft Sank into a Lake remained missing. Authorities halted a search for Phillip e. Walker of Sheridan Ark., when darkness fell Friday. Volunteers from a diving club were Back in the water saturday morning fort Sill spokeswoman Sheila samples said. Rescue teams have been on the Job since thursday night and Are a near  a team of army divers was being brought in from Virginia to replace them later in the Day she said. Walker vanished after the uh-1 Iroquois helicopter he was Riding in crashed into Lake Ellsworth late thurs Day. The copter was on a night training Mission As its Gulf Prepa f0r possible deployment to the persian the five Crew members were plucked from the Lake by local residents who used a 12-foot fishing boat to Rescue Mem. They were held overnight at Reynolds army Community Hospital for observation. Walker a maintenance facility manager for the army Iuta a re a at fort sil1 to help train the 374th air ambulance co a Little Rock army Reserve unit that has been activated As part of operation desert shield samples said. 1 Chinook helicopter from fort Sill partially lifted the fuselage of the downed aircraft from the Lake Friday evening but the wreckage broke free and fell Back into the water.  rescued Crew were identified Friday As chief warrant officer 4 John d. Bayer 41, of Beech Bluff Lenn. Sgt. James a. Pappas 26, of Texarkana Texas sgt. Douglas r. Murray 25, of Fayetteville Ark. Spec. Maughger 26, of Little Rock and spec. Michael w. Pierce 27, of Rogers Ark. Some Crew members said they were using night vision goggles for the first time during the exercise. The ��8sles, which electronically enhance Moonlight has come under fire in recent years because some pilots say they limit peripheral vision and cause prob elms the army says it has improved the Gog flu n were planted for a 1988 crash at fort Campbell ky., that killed 17 soldiers