European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 24, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes tuesday december 24, 1991  . Siblings killed when fire sweeps House from wire reports Little Falls . A six siblings ranging in age from i to 10 died Early sunday in a House fire. Quot the two Story Wood Frame Home which was not equipped with smoke detectors was completely gutted by the Early morning Blaze said Little Falls police officer David Fox. The children smother Sheila Mcleod 30, was not at Home. A 14-year-old baby Sitter was asleep when the fire broke out police said. Killed were Douglas 10, Jonathan 9, Christopher 8, Shannon 5, Kelly 2, and Daniel 1. The children were sleeping in two upstairs bedrooms. Their baby Sitter tried to get the children out of the House but smoke and flames pushed him Back police said. Investigators believe the fire was accidental and May Nave started in the  hides suspect Sacramento Calif. A a sheriffs helicopter equipped with an infrared sensor led officers to an accused drug dealer s hiding place in a Redwood tree officials said. Narcotics officers said they tracked Ronald Mcmaster 28, who had skipped bail on two separate drug dealing charges to a Sacramento Home. When Mcmaster spotted the officers he fled out the Back door and vanished they said. While deputies searched the neighbourhood the helicopters sensor identified a hot spot in a nearby Redwood  s cashier slain Washington a a night cashier at the Washington posts cafeteria was found stabbed to death sunday when her daughter arrived at the newspaper wondering Why her Mother had t returned Home police said. Police said they were investigating several possible motives including robbery in the death of Minta Jiminez 56, of Silver Spring my. In a Story in monday editions the Post quoted witnesses As saying a cashier s drawer containing coins but no Bills was on a desk in the cafeteria office where the woman s body was found. The witnesses said it also appeared Money had been taken from a  steal sick kids toys Arlington Texas a burglars stole Christmas from a group of sick children breaking into the office of a group that helps seriously ill tykes and making off with their toys. A the thieves threw a Brick through a window to get into the building a police spokesman Dee Anderson said. A they stole or destroyed All the Christmas presents the organization had collected to distribute today to the children suffering from life threatening  he was referring to the wish with wings organization. The toys stolen overnight saturday were to be distributed sunday evening to children 2 through 17.1 Dies from car fumes South Elgin Iii. A deadly Carbon monoxide filled a House sunday and authorities summoned to the scene found one Man dead and 12 other people overcome by the fumes. Paramedics received an emergency Call around 6 . From a woman at the House who was not feeling Well. They arrived to find a Man dead in an attached garage underneath the Home. A upon arrival at the scene we found one victim laying next to an automobile in the garage a South Elgin fire chief Lewis Oien said. Quot we were told that there were More people in the Home and upon checking we found 12 More victims in the  a the car had been running a he said. Officials said it appeared exhaust from the idling of the car accidentally spread through the House. The dead Man was identified As Baltazar san Chez Avila 31. Oien said the paramedics noticed a Strong odor of Auto exhaust in the Home Quot nine children and three adults inside were taken to hospitals in varying degrees of consciousness. Epa to Check on radiation from decades ago a tests san Bernardino Calif. A military planes that flew through radioactive Clouds from atomic bomb tests decades ago were washed Down at a Southern California air base creating possible cleanup problems a newspaper reported sunday. The environmental Protection Agency wants More radiation testing at Norton fab the san Bernadino Sun reported. The Epa is urging the air Force to track Down military and civilian employees who washed planes from the mid-1940s to the Early 1960s, because of concerns about their health. The Epa said ground water Likely Wasny to affected but officials worried about possible topsoil contamination. Topsoil tests in october showed no radiation said Alan Hurt Norton a environmental program manager. A i done to know of any evidence that would promote that this is an Issue at All a Hurt said. The base did no to perform adequate tests so More Are needed said James Ricks an Epa official overseeing toxic cleanup efforts at the air base scheduled to close in 1994. The base about 60 Miles East of los Angeles is on the Epars list of superfund cleanup Sites a those that Are the most contaminated and receive cleanup priority. Designated Are 22 contamination Sites that must be cleaned up a at an estimated Cost of $64.4 million a before they can be redeveloped. The . Government conducted above ground atomic weapons testing in the Pacific Ocean and Nevada from 1945 to 1962. Radio controlled and manned aircraft were flown through the bomb Clouds to collect air samples and assess the weapons destructive capacity said Gregg Dempsey chief of the Epars Branch office of radiation studies in Las vegas. Radioactive particles stuck to the planes and most were washed Down at an air station in Indian Springs nev., Southeast of the Nevada test site. An undetermined number of planes were washed at Norton said Dempsey who has been researching classified records at the air Force historical research Center at Maxwell fab near Montgomery Ala. The area where radioactive planes were washed Down lies Between an Active taxiway and the Lockheed commercial aircraft Center where Boeing 747s Are refurbished. Epa officials said contaminated soil could interfere with the Lockheed operations and base redevelopment plans. A a it a so close to the Active runway its going to be a problem a Dempsey said. Driving people crazy pays off for Tricky Jigsaw Puzzle maker Wilder it. Apr Steve Richardson is Devilish even at christmastime. The maker of the world s most expensive Jigsaw Puzzle enjoys tormenting and teasing his customers. A i like to see them twist in the wind a Richardson said. A we sell puzzles with a touch of Black  his puzzles arc full of fiendish intricacies that stump even the Best puzzlers aberrant edges maddening fake Corners edges in disguise pieces that can fit together wrong 63 ways. Richardson makes made to order puzzles in layers puzzles within puzzles puzzles that stand up and one color puzzles. None comes with a picture of the Puzzle. One Puzzle cannot be completed unless the puzzler turns Over some of the pieces. Quot people Call and yell and say that we sent them the wrong pieces. It drives them crazy a said Richardson s wife Martha comptroller for the company called stave. The puzzles Are expensive from $175 for a Small Puzzle to $8,000 for a Large one. The expense does not deter customers Richardson said. A the Economy in general does not affect us a he said adding that business has doubled in the last three years. A there will always be a Market for the Best Jigsaw  most of the buyers Are above fluctuations in the Market Richardson said of his multimillion Dollar business. People with names such As Mellon Dupont and Roosevelt own them. So docs Queen Elizabeth ii the British Monarch. Part of the High Price is ongoing customer service. The Richardson and their 14 employees Delight in talking to customers giving Small hints if needed. Stave is both Friendly and adversarial with its clients. Customer relations often includes teasing. �?o1 especially love hearing your screams of agony As you slave Over our Beautiful pieces of Wood a Richardson writes in his newsletter sent twice a month to aficionados. At his company a office in Norwich it Steve Richardson Peers through a Cut up photo of himself. Teen Pilot die in Christmas gift flight by Peggy y. Lee the los Angeles times Ventura Calif. A a 17-year-old boy and an instructor Pilot were killed in a fiery air plane crash during a flight Given to the boy As an Early Christmas present from his father. Michael Jellander of thousand Oaks Calif., and Jacqueline Thompson 29, of Ventura died instantly when their single engine Cessna 152 plane smashed into a Ventura Hillside saturday afternoon authorities said. No one on the ground was injured by the crash which sparked a five acre Brush fire. Rolla a Tommy Quot Thompson 71, of thousand Oaks said his daughter was giving a plane ride to Jellander. Who was interested in taking flying lessons. A it was an Early Christmas present a it was a gift certificate for a familiarization flight a said Thompson a close Friend of the Jellander family. Jellander a father Herbert a Continental airlines Pilot said he had Given Michael the gift certificate because his son was interested in learning to Fly. He declined further comment saying he was unprepared to talk publicly about the loss of his Only son. �?o1 think he wanted to be a Pilot like his dad a said Matt Haggenmiller a Friend of Michael a and a teammate on the thousand Oaks High school swim team. A the told me that he might not be on the swim team this year. He said he might be getting flying lessons from his dad and if he did that he  have time to be a