European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 13, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday february 13, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 7 2 die under River of mud As s. California deluged los Angeles apr mud poured through a window and killed a couple in their bed wednesday and torrents of water floated away big motor Homes As another Pacific storm inundated Southern California with More heavy Rains. Rain fell at the rate of an Inch an hour in some areas triggering flooding that stranded scores of motorists. Rain has been falling since sunday and another storm was forecast for the weekend. Up to 10 inches of rain has fallen in some areas. A woman nine months pregnant and a Man were killed wednesday when a River of mud rushed through their bedroom while they slept said capt. George Hatt of the Ventura county fire department. A they were buried in about 5 feet of mud a Hatt said. A we have flooding All Over. Its a  four nearby Homes were evacuated in the unincorporated area just Northwest of the City of Ventura 75 Miles Northwest of downtown los Angeles. Downstream Muddy torrents from the Ventura River invaded a recreational vehicle Park washing huge motor Homes to destruction beneath Highway and Railroad overpasses As draining water rushed to the sea. Dozens of people fled the Ventura Beach re resort. One Man was lifted to safety by a county helicopter. People and pets took Refuge on top of their rigs waiting for Rescue or for the water to recede. There was no immediate indication if anyone was caught inside any of the vehicles that were swept away. . Army corps of engineers spokesmen said water was rising again in los Angeles county a Sepulveda dam recreation area. The san Fernando Valley flood control Reservoir is crisscrossed by freeways where dozens of motorists were stranded monday. Freeways throughout Southern California were closed by mudslides flooding and accidents including the Pacific coast Highway which was closed by a Roc slide tuesday Ana the v a a main North South arteries. Ventura freeway. Both Are debris from receding floodwaters is heaped on a car in the Van Guys Section of los Angeles on tuesday. Heavy rain monday caused what was believed to be the worst flooding since 1938 in the san Fernando Valley Northwest of downtown los Angeles said meteorologist Gary Neumann of the National weather service. Some 76 Miles of Beach in los Angeles county were closed after a waste treatment Plant had to release More than 23 million Gallons of partly treated sewage into a Creek that empties into the Pacific. Twenty Miles of coastline in san Diego county have been closed since a sewage pipeline ruptured feb. 2. The storm on monday had dumped up to 8 inches of rain on the area that drains into Sepulveda dam causing the water level to climb 14 feet in two hours a a the fastest its Ever been known to Rise a said Rick Leifield an assistant chief of engineering with the army corps of engineers. The water reached 702.7 feet above mean sea level the second highest Reading on record. 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 have 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 intervene if a judge goes through with a plan to approve the voluntary castration of a sex offender. Frank Burns 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. .Texas 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