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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Saturday, October 12, 1991

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 12, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes saturday october 12, 1991 a firefighter sprays fire retardant foam on the mul Tomah Falls Ore Lodge built in 1925 by a Timber Baron. Wind swept fire drives through top Scenic Region in Oregon mul Tomah Falls Ore. A a Wintz drive in fire swept through one of Oregon a most Scenic regions thursday threatening a historic Lodge and forcing the evacuation of dozens of families. The fire reported late wednesday had consumed about 1,200 acres Between mul Tomah Falls and bridal veil 25 Miles East of Portland. It was the second fire in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic area in less than a week. Quot it makes you sick a said . Forest service spokesman Ron Eby. A a Dkl a going to be ugly for a  flames burned above the 620-foot-High mul Tomah Falls to the top of the Gorge. T he Small town of bridal veil was evacuated As Many As 150 Homes in the area were threatened by spot fires said Nancy Campbell spokeswoman for the state fire marshals office. Helicopters and air planes dropped retardant near the Homes. Crews had established a fire line along a Road near bridal veil but the fire Hadnot reached the Road thurs Day afternoon authorities said. More than 600 people were fighting the fire and that number was expected to increase to 1,200 by Friday morning said Mike Ferris a spokesman for the . Forest service. Their efforts were hampered by wind gusting to 45 Mph. The fire was human caused but officials had t determined whether it was set said Dave majors Forest service site manager at the fire. Fiery debris cascaded Down Cliffs onto . 30, the Columbia Gorge Scenic Highway. It was closed As was a Union Pacific rail line. Thick smoke blanketed the Western Edge of the Gorge and Strong winds created Smoky conditions in much of the Portland area. The fire threatened mul Tomah Falls Lodge built in 1925 at the base of the Waterfall by Timber Baron Simon Benson. Fire spread to the West of the Lodge but was kept away from the Structure. Eby said the Lodge was still threatened by burning debris from the slope above. Fire retardant foam was spread on the lodges roof. 1 in 5 High school students carrying weapons study says i pm it wee s defense a i a \ Sarasota. Fla. A a Security c?1 dead 1 missing after a-6e crashes into River from wire reports Wenatchee Wash. A a Navy a-6e intruder on a Low flying training flight crashed into a Cliff and plunged into the Columbia River on thursday killing at least one of the two men aboard officials said. The a-6 two seater was flying a Low level navigational route about 12 Miles Southeast of Wenatchee when it slammed into a Cliff and broke up into pieces in the Canyon lined River said Pat Moore a spokeswoman at Pangborn Field in Wenatchee. Moore said no parachutes or survivors were seen by the planets win men who saw the crash from their plane. Arnie Clark the airports manager said the body of one of the aviators was located several hours after the crash. Yakima Chelan Douglas and Wenatchee counties were assisting in the recovery efforts with helicopters and boats. The Navy confirmed that the plane was on a training flight from Nas Whitbey Island in puget sound to Boardman Ore., and said the aviators next of Kin were being  moved Fillmore Calif. A two California condors were moved from a zoo to a Mountain Sanctuary holding pen thursday a Milestone in the Effort to save the endangered Birds from extinction. The 20-Pound Birds a male and female hatched last Spring in Captivity will remain in a netted Clifftop pen in los padres National Forest until december or january when officials plan to release them in the Sespen Condor Refuge Northwest of los Angeles. The pair airlifted from the los Angeles zoo had been among 52 California condors in Captivity. There were Only 27 condors in 1987 when the last one was captured in the  Dies at age 60 new York a Doris Lilly a newspaper columnist known for her enormous Range of celebrity acquaintances and her Book How to marry a millionaire has died at age 60. Lilly died wednesday at Beth Israel Hospital and had suffered from cancer her executor Kurt von Schuschnigg said thursday. Lilly wrote a society column that ran in the new York Post three times a week from 1958 to 1968. She reported on celebrity gossip for Pix television from 1974 to 1977. Her 1951 Book became the basis of a Marilyn Monroe movie of the same title. She made a minor splash in 1988 when she auctioned two letters written to her 40 years earlier by Ronald Reagan when the president to be was romancing her Between marriages. They sold for $4,400. Friends and associates said she was part of the inspiration for the character Holly Golightly in Truman capote a breakfast at Tiffany a. Atlanta up a nearly one fifth of the nations High school students Are arming themselves with guns knives razors or clubs for self Protection or for use in a fight results of a Federal Survey indicated. The centers for disease control quoting Fri statistics said thursday that More than 11, my people died in the United states during the past decade As a result of homicides committed by High school aged youths using firearms cutting weapons or Blunt instruments. Of the students who carried a weapon 55 percent armed themselves with knives or razors rather than clubs 24 percent or firearms 20.8 percent. Firearms however accounted for More than 65 percent of the fatalities. An estimated 71 weapon carrying incidents occurred for every 100 students per month. The number of incidents was highest for hispanics followed by Blacks and Whites in that order. The study conducted last year indicated that a approximately one of every five High school students carried a firearm knife or club at least one time during the 30 Days preceding the Survey Quot the cd said. Seventy five percent of the students carried weapons More than once during the 30-Day period. Hispanic and Black male students were Quot significantly More Likely Quot to report being armed than White Stu dents the Survey reported. Firearms usually handguns were the weapons of Choice for Black males while his panics and Whites preferred knives or razors. Male students were far More Likely to report having carried a weapon than females 31 percent compared to 8 percent. The Survey results a causes me great concern a said James a. Mercy chief of the cd cd a division of injury control. A clearly we have a situation where a Large proportion of High school students Are carrying weapons including firearms. We know that a a dangerous  the self reported youth risk behaviour Survey was a a representative Sample of 11,631 students in grades 912 in the 50 states the District of Columbia puerto Rico and the Virgin islands the cd said. Although the students were asked How often they carried weapons and what kind they were not asked if they carried weapons onto school grounds. Quot we re concerned about students carrying weapons anywhere a on or off school grounds a mercy said. Mercy said school systems have employed varying strategies to counter the weapons carrying problem including random locker searches and walk through with Metal detectors Quot but we done to know what works and what does no to  Sarasota Fla. A a Security camera videotape shows entertainer Paul Reubens was in a theater lobby at the time prosecutors contend he indecently exposed himself in the auditorium a spokeswoman for Reubens said thursday. Defense attorneys monday played the tape for prosecutors during a pretrial meeting in the Case of Reubens who plays the television and movie character pee wee Herman. A according to sources who have viewed the tape it clearly demonstrates that the arresting officers were mistaken in their testimony regarding Reubens a Reubens spokesman Dana Goldman said in a written release. A specifically the tape establishes based on a time code appearing in the videotape that at the time the police officers claimed Reubens was inside the theater he was actually in the lobby area a it said. The statement said Reubens is pictured in the tape with Long hair and a Beard As he did in photographs taken after his arrest. It said Reubens and his attorneys have been reluctant to make the tape a matter of Public record out of concern for the privacy of other patrons also appearing in the tape  
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