European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes base Hopes to set pattern for cleanup of toxic waste  s granddaughter Dies in California at 84 from wire reports los Angeles a Ethelrose James Owens the last grandchild of outlaw Jesse James has died at age 84. Owens died of natural causes at a retirement Home in Huntington Beach on dec. 22, family spokesman David Chambers said saturday when she was buried. Chambers is a writer and pub Lisher who has known the family for several years. A she was a wonderful woman with a typical James sense of humor. Her death is very sad Chambers said in a Telephone interview from his Home in thousand Oaks Calif. Jesse James was the Leader of the James gang which became infamous for robberies of railroads and Banks in the late 1800s. Chambers said Owens was the last person who could recall her Uncle Frank Jesse a brother. A she used to sit on his Lap and play piano for him a he said. Jesse James was shot to death in 1882 in St. Joseph mo., by Robert Ford after a Promise of a $10,000 Reward. Frank James died at age 72 in 1915 on the family farm in Kearney to. Owens i and her husband the late Cal Owens a general contractor in los Angeles had no  sergeant slain new York a an off duty police sergeant was fatally shot when he chased a Man he had seen robbing someone at an automatic Teller machine police said. Keith Levine 27, who joined the Force in july 1985, was the third officer to die in the line of duty this year. One officer was shot and killed on sept. 12, another drowned in new York Harbor during a Rescue training exercise on june 11. Thirty four officers have been wounded this year. Levine was driving with two friends saturday when he saw a Man and woman holding up a Man at a Bank machine police said. Levine jumped out of the car and ran after the hold up Man said office Scott Bloch a police spokesman. They exchanged gunfire and Levine was hit twice. He died later at a Hospital. The robbers  caused tree Blaze Camden . A the fire that killed two women and their daughters in their Home saturday spread from a faulty Extension Cord to a Christmas tree police said sunday. The two alarm fire was reported at about 7 15 pin. Saturday. It gutted the second floor of a Brick Row House in the Fairview Section of South Camden nj., before it was brought under control shortly after 8 . Police capt. William Hill said the victims who shared the House were found on the second floor. They were identified As Patricia Watson 35, Elizabeth Watson 11, Lynn Deputy 38, and her daughter Jennifer 6. Three others were injured including Earl Deputy 15, and a fire supervisor capt. Robert bazi1e, who suffered a Burn on his leg. Lynn Deputy a Boyfriend whose identity was not available was reportedly badly burned trying to reach some of the victims. The victims apparently were trying to repair an electrical Extension Cord to the Christmas tree lights. When they plugged in the faulty Cord it flared up setting the tree  Chase car kill 1 Commerce Calif. A gunmen in a car chased two youths in a pickup truck for eight Miles Early sunday before killing the pickups Driver and wounding his passenger a Deputy sheriff said. Two or three men in a luxury car began chasing the pickup when it left a party in East los Angeles said los Angeles county sheriffs Deputy Larry Mead. The gunmen fired at the truck on a freeway but missed then chased it onto Side streets in Commerce about 10 Miles East of downtown los Angeles and opened fire again hitting both victims Mead said. The 17-year-old Driver was killed a teen age passenger was treated and released from a Hospital. Authorities did not know the motive for the shooting. Fort Worth Texas up hidden problems Lurk in the massive cleanup of at least 17 toxic waste Sites at Carswell fab which is due to be closed in 1993 and redeveloped in a bid to make up for the loss of 7,700 jobs. Not Only does the air Force want an efficient cleanup but officials Hope to make the Carswell opera Tion a Model of environmental responsibility for other bases closed in the future. A i think they re committed to being a Model base a said James Toal a redevelopment expert hired by the City of Rort Worth to Monitor the cleanup. To have to says amp map in a  local government officials Hope to make up for the loss of 7,700 civilian and military jobs by redeveloping the base after it is shuttered in 1993. The cleanup must be completed by then. An estimated 140 million will be needed to clean up Richmond Texas up a the swollen Brazos River continued to Rise monday about 20 Miles Southwest of Houston threatening More than 150 Homes in the Richmond area. The falling Colorado River meanwhile left behind snakes and Worms in mud filled Homes near Wharton. The fort Bend county emergency office at Richmond said the Brazos River swollen from nearly two weeks of rain from Central and Northern Texas stood at 49 feet at mid Oming monday More than 12 inches above flood stage. Officials earlier said they expected the Brazos to Crest 2 feet above the 48-foot flood stage but Early monday spokesman . Cooper said they were unsure How High it might Rise before it began leveling off. A we have no flooding in the City of Richmond itself a said Deputy sheriff Trish Webber. A residents remain evacuated in the area around Thompsons and Valley Lodge and farm to Market 1093 is under  fort Bend emergency coordinator Mel Speed said flooding damaged 28 Homes in the area and More than 150 More Homes were threatened. He said More evacuations were possible if the Brazos continues to pose a threat. In Wharton county about 20 Miles from Richmond where about 300 people were evacuated last week o facials estimated the damage in the City and county at $8 the 17 Sites on base and a Low level nuclear storage site at the bases nearby ammunition dump said col. David Fink Carswell a chief civil Engineer. The figure does not include what it will Cost to clean up a huge underground a a plume of solvent Laden ground water flowing into the base from general dynamics Plant next door officials said. Timetables for both cleanups Are unknown. Despite the extent of the cleanup and undiscovered problems rep. Pete Gerend Texas said recently that he is optimistic Over the Prospect of a thorough Job. A a in a impressed by their commitment a Geren said. A they appear to not have us left holding the  but at Pease fab in Newington n.h., officials fear the toxic waste problem will linger for 20 years if work continues at its present Pace. Newington town planner Tom Morgan said Many of the chemicals and solvents slowing the cleanup at Pease fab Are buried at Carswell a Hie air Force is proud of How fast they re working but you get the impression they re just learning How to do this a he said. Million. Water remains in 15 to 20 Homes. A you got mud in there and snakes and Worms and everything else Quot said Larry Hollingsworth Wharton emergency management coordinator. At least 15 people died in nearly two weeks of flooding from the Dallas fort Worth area southward along the Brazos Trinity Colorado and Guadalupe Rivers. The preliminary damage estimate is $75 million. Interstate 45, the major Highway linking Houston and Dallas was open to traffic monday. Chambers Creek a tributary of rite Trinity overflowed its Banks covering the Highway for 10 Days and creating a major disruption in Holiday travel to the Northeast of Houston the Trinity River continued to pose a threat to Low lying areas in the Liberty county. About 3,000 residents Are keeping a wary Eye on the River there. Liberty county emergency management coordinator Jim Mitchum said the River on monday was 5 feet above the flood stage of 24 feet and rising. The Livingston dam about 40 Miles upstream released 81,400 cubic feet per second of water to Stem the southward surge. A they have made a decision this morning not to increase that discharge rate today a Mitchum said adding the Trinity River authority does not know when it will have to adjust the dam release again. A. A a a a. Quot a a a / a a Quot a son a farm near Missouri City Texas a nativity scene peeks out from an. Area submerged by flood Waters. Rising Brazos imperils 750 Homes