European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 13, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 Southern California storms failing to relieve drought from wire reports los Angeles a Winter rain Dre Riched Southern California again tuesday but officials said the heavy storms Are doing Little to ease the Impact of the states damaging six year drought. That is because arid Southern California Home to More than half of the states 31 million residents imports two thirds of its water. Storms now sweeping Over the Region have triggered floods and forced closure of streets and freeways Over a wide area but dumped relatively Little Snow in the Northern Sierra Nevada mountains that feed the states reservoirs. Federal and state forecasters held out a slim possibility that the situation could change if a massive storm due to hit the state tuesday night veers North. But Bill Mork the state climatologist said twice the Normal rain and Snow must fall for two months to Dent the Long term dry spell. A the drought is still with us a said Doug priest of the state operated drought Center in Sacramento. The states major reservoirs in the North Are at 50 percent of Normal capacity. Water flow in major Northern California Rivers is the sixth lowest in the Century and Winter runs of Salmon and striped Bass in several Rivers Are near All time lows. Officials said the severe loss in these fisheries is an example of cumulative damage caused by the persistent drought which has killed one third of the Trees in some of californians state and National forests. Because of the Low Reservoir storage the California department of water resources plans to provide state water project clients with Only 20 percent of Normal supplies this year. The federally run Central Valley project which supplies water to vast irrigated farms in the san Joaquin Valley is planning to make 25 percent of Normal deliveries. Weather experts have not completely abandoned debris from receding floodwaters is heaped on a car in the Van Guys Section of los Angeles on tuesday. Hope. The National weather service said the storm expected tuesday night could dump As much 5 feet of Snow in the Northern sierras. The rain did bring vital Relief to the Central coastal area which depends heavily on local reservoirs. More than 5 inches of rain fell in the Santa Barbara area one of the most drought stricken regions in California and two local reservoirs spilled Over. The relentless Rains conspired with a series of sewage spills to prompt health authorities to close nearly 100 Miles of Southern California coastline. Beaches from Ventura county to the mexican Border were posted with health warnings after millions of Gallons of partially treated sewage spewed into the surf. Officials closed All 76 Miles of coastline Between Ventura and Orange counties As a precaution. Solar probe stirs new questions Pasadena Calif. Up a data from the Ulysses solar probe unscathed by a weekend flyby of Jupiter and passage through its deadly radiation belts Nave raised new questions about the planets immense magnetic Field scientists say. Jupiter so magnetosphere a the invisible Bubble of Energy surrounding the planet made up of magnetic Field lines that arc Between its poles appears much More dynamic than previously thought. In addition scientists reported Fulfur and other particles blown into space from Volcano on the Jovian Moon to is not strewn around the planet in a uniformly thick doughnut As once believed. Rather the a Rio torus is somewhat Patchy and More influenced by Jupiter a magnetosphere than the Moon itself. A this is an object of considerable interest at Jupiter a said Mike Bird a Ulysses researcher with the University of Bonn. A we Learned. The to plasma torus is not a perfect ring. But rather there Are certain Active sectors and depleted  Bird and other scientists from Nasa the european space Agency and universities involved in experimentation with Ulysses met with reporters at the Jet propulsion Laboratory to discuss findings from the spacecrafts flyby of Jupiter. Launched from the shuttle discovery on oct. 6, 1990, the nuclear powered Ulysses overtook Jupiter from behind and flew across its Northern hemisphere saturday morning. At its closest approach saturday Ulysses sailed about 236,000 Miles above Jupiter a Cloud tops at 30 degrees North latitude before racing ahead of the planet. The trajectory was designed to allow Jupiter a titanic Gravity to Warp Ulysses flight path bending it Down at an 80-degree Angle to the plane of the solar system. The resulting orbit will carry Ulysses Back Over the South pole of the Sun in 1994 and up Over the North pole in 1995. While it will never Fly closer to the Sun than about 120 million Miles Ulysses is the first spacecraft built to study the Polar regions of the Sun giving scientists their first three dimensional look at Earth a life giving Star its Complex magnetic Field and the tenuous solar wind. The close encounter with Jupiter was somewhat harrowing for project scientists because of the planets intense radiation belts. But All went Well. A happily everything is in perfect working order a said Derek Eaton project manager from Esa. A Jupiter has a filthy radiation environment and there a always a fear you la get the unexpected. That did no to happen. The spacecraft is in Good shape everything is working  castration plan draws ire from a act Houston up a the National association for the advancement of coloured people has threatened to inter Vene if a judge goes through with a plan to approve the voluntary castration of a sex offender. Frank bums president of the state conference of a act branches has called for the immediate resignation of District judge Mike Mcspadden. Mcspadden said last week he will Grant Steve Allen Butler who has a history of molesting girls Butler probation if he undergoes the procedure. Butler 27, told his attorney he was willing to be castrated As an alternative to prison. Harris county prosecutors have emphasized it was butlers idea. Burns said he will Appeal Mcspadden a order if he approves the castration. Mcspadden accused Burns and the a act of being soft on crime. A a it a a shame the Black Community does no to have More responsible leadership a he said. Butler is charged with aggravated sexual assault of a 13-year-old girl. Mcspadden never has sentenced a sex offender to castration. He said last week Butler would be granted 10 years deferred adjudication if he pleads guilty to the charge and is castrated. Deferred adjudication Means that Butler would have no criminal record if he fulfils terms of the probation.  Law officer pleads guilty to drug conspiracy from wire reports Dallas a a sheriff pleaded guilty tuesday to a cocaine conspiracy charge in connection with the seizure of More than a ton of the drug valued at nearly $50 million. Rick Thompson sheriff in Presidio county in southwestern Texas faces a prison sentence of 10 years to life and a Fine of up to $4 million said Tom Beery a Federal prosecutor. . District judge Jerry Buchmeyer scheduled sentencing for april 17. Thompson 45, was charged in connection with the dec. 4 seizure of 2,421 pounds of cocaine in a horse trailer parked at the Presidio county Fairgrounds. Before he was indicted Thompson claimed the drugs were being used in a reverse drug sting he was operating alone. The Street value of the drugs was estimated at More than $48  linked to slaying Tempe Ariz. A a Black woman who police said was shot to death by a White neighbor As she held her 15-month-old baby had moved from Chicago two years ago to get away from inner City violence relatives said. Lora Adcock 22, was killed sunday while walking past a neighbors window police said. The neighbor Curtis Donald Mcdonnell 40, was charged with first degree murder and was being held without Bond. Relatives said Mcdonnell shouted a racial epithet at Adcocks Stepfather Willie Lee As Mcdonnell was being arrested. Police said Mcdonnell had complained that electrical appliances in her apartment interfered with his radio  conned Trenton . A a Man who fabricated his academic record and swindled Princeton University out of $22,000 in scholarship Money pleaded guilty to theft by deception and faces up to nine months in prison. James a. Hogue 32, enrolled in the Ivy league school in 1989 under the name Alexi in Dris Santana. He was arrested last february on a Utah warrant for jumping parole after serving six months for stealing racing  backs Samaritan St. Petersburg Fla. A judge has ordered that a woman who was exposed to hepatitis while performing Mouth to Mouth resuscitation on an Accident victim be told whether the victim tested positive for the aids virus. Circuit judge Gerard of Brien ruled tuesday at an emergency hearing that Connie Mederos Jacobs 38, should be told the results of a blood test to determine whether the comatose Man on whom she performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation Jan. 30 carries hiv.2 congressmen to retire los Angeles a reps. Edward r. Roybal and Mervyn m. Dymally minority democrats who Between them have served in Congress for four decades announced they would not seek reelection. Roybal 75, the Dean of los Angeles hispanic elected officials on monday cited the health of his wife Lucille and a desire to pursue scholarships for hispanics As reasons for not running. Dymally the former janitor who became one of the states most prominent minority politicians said monday that he too will . To see . Trials new York a British television viewers on saturday will begin seeing taped highlights of . Court trials under an agreement Between the court to Cable network and British television. Each saturday night London Schannel 4 will broadcast an edited version of a completed trial in the series titled court to America on trial court to said in a statement announcing the agreement with Channel 4 and Barraclough Carey productions Ltd