European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 16, 1992 the stars and stripes c Page 5storm death toll hits 8 in California los Angeles apr drenching Rains and heavy Snow hit California on saturday the latest in a series of storms that has left at least eight dead and caused an estimated $23 million damage. Four people died in storm related traffic accidents two people drowned in Rivers and a Man and a pregnant woman were killed by a mudslide. Five people have also been reported missing including two skiers believed lost in an Avalanche tuesday in the san Gabriel mountains East of los Angeles. The latest storm arrived Friday pummelling Northern California before moving southward Down the coast with drenching Rains. In Santa Barbara 130 Miles Northwest of los Angeles workers rushed to build a sandbag Dike around a Mobile Home Park after rain sent a Creek spilling Over its Banks. But the water began to recede before reaching the trailers. The heavy rain was moving toward los Angeles where officials closed 651 schools on Friday. A a we be had a lot of damage and we expect with the saturation there a going to be additional flooding and mudslides a said los Angeles county sheriffs capt. Tom Hehir. California gov. Pete Wilson who toured mud slathered areas hardest hit by the unrelenting storms said Southern California had suffered its most serious flooding in a decade. Early damage estimates tallied about $23 million in private and Public losses in los Angeles Ventura Riverside and san Bernardino counties Wilson said. Some jurisdictions Hadnot yet reported he said. The latest storm came churning out of the Gulf of Alaska on Friday dumping heavy rainfall about 200 Miles North of san Francisco while heading southward the National weather service said. Downpours and Strong winds closed two of four runways at san Francisco Airport causing flight delays of up to two hours. National geographic rubs out soviet Union Washington a a Man armed with 400-grit sandpaper wiped the soviet Union off the face of the Globe Friday. A having been born in the generation of the cola War this is kind of fun a said cartographer Richard Rogers reaching up from a Perch on his ladder to change the National geographic society a giant world Globe. The Globe in the society a Headquarters displays the world to thousands of schoolchildren tourists and other visitors annually. And it stands As a Symbol of the intricate maps compiled and published by National geographic. The soviet Union wont be replaced by the Commonwealth of Independent states the Loose federation of new nations replacing the former communist Monolith. Instead the Globe will simply show the Independent nations that Are rising from the soviet unions breakup spokeswoman Barbara h. Fallon said. A i guess this is the first time in history at least of our lives that we be seen 17 new nations born All at once a said Rogers. A a it a kind of a momentous  in addition to the breakup Rogers was dividing Yugoslavia into three parts. The 11-foot diameter 1,550-Pound Globe was completed in late 1988, replace in the stars and stripes ing a version that needed almost no changes during its years on the Job. National geographic officials Are also updating their world Atlas. When it came out at the end of 1990, they were proud of the fact that they had managed to include the merger of East Germany and West Germany. Now More than 70 maps in the volume have to be updated just to remove the name a soviet updated i Union a f Union a Fallon said. Changing the massive Globe is the first Public step and Rogers was hard at work Friday sanding off old names and putting on new ones. First the Globe finish is sanded to roughen it a bit using that Fine 400-Grain sandpaper. Then the new Borders go on using automobile striping tape that follows outlines Rogers cuts from computer printouts. The new names Are printed in reverse on paper using Sticky Transfer Ink. Rogers presses the paper against the Globe and transfers the names of countries and cities by rubbing them with his thumbnail. Then come several Coats of automobile Clear coat sealer. Last Friday Turkmenistan was the first new country on the Globe arriving at 10 07 . Uzbekistan followed just seven minutes later and Georgia had joined them by 10 30 . Cartographer Richard Rogers updates the National geographic society a Globe. 10 years ago feb. 16,1982 the worlds largest Oil Rig Sank in a howling North Atlantic storm off the coast of Newfoundland and 84 workers were missing and feared dead. Rescue efforts were hampered by poor visibility in the rain Snow and 40-foot Waves. 20 years ago feb. 16,1972 attorney general John n. Mitchell resigned to become president Nixon a re election Campaign manager a the same Job he held in Nixon a victorious 1968 race. 30 year Sago feb. 16,1962 the Western allies delivered a protest in Moscow against soviet interference in the air corridors to Berlin As russian Jet fighters continued to approach British French and american aircraft flying to and from Berlin. 40 years ago feb. 16,1952 a the archbishop of Canterbury committed the body of King George i to burial in St. Georges Chapel at Windsor Castle the final resting place of British monarchs. The whole nation of England came to a halt in memory of the sail or King who died feb. 6. Dahmer jury reviewing evidence Milwaukee up the jury i Jeffrey Dahmer s sanity trial resumed deliberations saturday sifting through two weeks of evidence to determine whether the admitted serial killer was sane when he strangled and mutilated 15 Young men and boys. The jury began deliberations Friday evening after a full Day of closing arguments. Deliberations resumed at 8 . Saturday. A my bailiffs assure me the jury is making Good Progress a said the chief Bailiff Jim Klopp. Dahmer 31, has admitted drugging strangling and dismembering 17 Young men and boys. He has pleaded guilty but insane to 15 of the murders. If he is found sane he will spend the rest of his life in prison. If he Worl d War is found insane he will be treated at a mental institution. A combination of verdicts will Send him first to a mental institution and then to prison. For a valid verdict 10 of the 12 jurors must agree. During the trial mental health experts split 4-3 Over whether Dahmer could control his actions with the two court appointed psychiatrists siding with the two prosecution experts in saying Dahmer could have stopped killing had he wanted to. Only one expert described Dahmer As psychotic but All agreed he was a sexual deviate. Dahmer a attorney Gerald Boyle described his client Friday As a a steam rolling killing machine and a a runaway train on a track of  a this is a sick boy a Boyle said. Quot plenty sick. And anybody who says just mean or evil is trying to sell you something that can to be sold. This is sick a Boyle said Dahmer killed because he was unable to make friends and he longed to have someone stay with him. District attorney e. Michael Mccann brushed aside talk of mental disease governing Dahmer a actions and painted Nim As a cold blooded killer who carefully prepared before going out to find his victims. A the defense is painting him As a wild Man out of control a Mccann said. A the police say he  50 years ago today 16 feb. 1.94 -2 German a boats Shell important Oil installations at Aruba in the Caribbean and sink seven Allied tankers in the Atlantic theater. In the dutch East indies japanese advances on Sumatra Force British aircrews and warplanes to flee to Java Tojo tells the japanese diet that Japan will create a Quot new order of coexistence and co Prosperity Quot in a greater East  source 2194 Days of War w h. Smith a publishers inc world almanac Book of world War ii Bison books corp. I9fii a year ago Day 31 feb. 16 two . A-10 Thunderbolt jets Are reported shot Down while attacking iraqi Republican guard positions in Northwestern Kuwait. Both pilots Are missing. American attack helicopters make their first nighttime raids on iraqi positions. The allies flew 2,600 sorties during the past 24 hours including More than 700 Over Kuwait theater. The Republican guard was targeted in 170 sorties