European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 25, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a the stars and stripes tuesday february 25, 1992faie of Paradise apartment is a Cliffhanger from wire reports san Francisco a from the deck of his Telegraph Hill apartment with its Bridge to Bridge views Michael Freedman spent countless Happy hours watching the ships pass the Moon Rise the gulls wheel across the sky Ana the Bay turn from slate Blue to Milky Gray. Nourished by the Beauty spread before him Freedman and the other five tenants at 22-30 Alta St. Counted themselves blessed to be perched on this Sandstone Cliff in an encased aerie in a City beloved for its Steep Hills and wide vistas. Now the Art Deco apartment building one of san Francisco a prize addresses is dangling from the sheer Hillside Ana has been evacuated the victim of two weeks of heavy rain that sent mud and rocks sliding Down the Eastern slope of Telegraph Hill. On sunday the $2 million apartment building lost its porch and a retaining Wall and May have to be torn Down. A it looks like saving the building is a moot Point Quot said Laurence Kornfield the City a chief building inspector. Recent heavy rain eroded the foundation but the building Clung to the crumbling Cliff until the porch and Wall collapsed sunday. The apartment buildings six residents along with 10 people living in three surrounding buildings were evacuated a Welc before the sunday collapse. The building which overlooks the quaint Filbert Steps and a Lush neighbourhood Garden has been monitored around the clock by engineers and building inspectors and is Likely to be demolished by its owner provided it does no to slide off the Cliff first. A that would be the most economical solution to the problem a said Benjamin Chavez the owner who said e would love to save the architectural treasure but doubted he could afford the multimillion Dollar stabilization work. A decision on the Fate of the building is expected this week but meanwhile a new tourist attraction has been born. On the Street below neighbourhood office workers and out of town visitors Crane their necks to study the Structure that continues to shift and twist As More moist slabs of Earth slip from beneath it. With umbrellas and Nikon in hand the Gawker gather on the sidewalk watching and debating whether the building is Likely to come tumbling Down. Even if it does City officials say there is Little danger. The Only Structure in its downward path is an office building at the foot of the Hill reinforced to withstand just such an Avalanche. Workers in the office building shrug off a threat to their safety. Like All card carrying californians they seem inured to natural disasters or at least pretend to be. Quot stuff Falls Down a lot a said Marshall Krassner a computer graphics artist. Quot you hear it but you done to  Krassner said he is keeping a close watch on the excavators removing the rubble from the slide. Quot if we see them running Well be close behind a he said. At the moment mud first broke Loose a week ago saturday Anne Rodgers a native new yorker was having lunch in the Penthouse of the Alta Street building with a Friend who grew up on the precarious Pacific coast. They heard a Roar rather like the sound of an earthquake and saw a Cloud of dust Rise outside the windows. Rodgers paused unclear about what was happening. Her Friend grabbed her Arm. Quot come on a he said. A a we re out of  for the next several Days tenants were denied entry to the building to remove their possessions. Angry that engineers were allowed in when they were not Freedman and his neighbors climbed from the Back stairs of a neighbors apartment to the Back stairs of their own and filled plastic sacks with clothes photo albums and computer disks. But while the recent heavy Rains ruined 22-30 Alta St., the rest of the Bay area has survived far better than Southern California where the storms left eight dead and caused millions of dollars in property damage. Here amid Celebration about brimming reservoirs the Rains have left the City sparkling clean Bright with new grass and adorned with Blooming Plum Trees. Washington a Quot Are you a victim of a defective breast implant a the newspaper and asks. If your answer is yes lawyers Are lining up to help you sue. The advertisement is typical of Many placed by Law firms using newspapers and television to solicit clients amid growing concern that silicone gel implants May cause disease and deformity. Advertising by lawyers a tactic once condemned now is common and regarded by some As a needed Public service the practice even has a stamp of approval from the supreme court. Quot i grew up in the Days when you  do it. I resisted it a said Aaron Levine who Heads a Washington Law firm. A but when it comes to drugs and medical devices you can to do just one Case. Drug companies have unlimited funds to fight it.  blow you  Levine said 50 women have responded to his firms newspaper and that began running about two weeks ago. The and says a Are you a victim of a defective breast implant if your claim is meritorious we can prosecute it for you on a contingent fee  such arrangements mean that lawyers who win lawsuits get a sizable chunk of the damage award. Levine a firm also promises a free evaluation from staff medical personnel. Advertising by lawyers is generally acceptable. But some experts warn that Consumers should be on guard. A advertising makes perfect sense a said Susanne Roschwald a professor of communications at american University in Washington. But women seeking help a have to be aware they could be exploited. They might get better Legal advice from a firm that does not advertise she said. A food and drug administration advisory panel last week urged the Fra to restrict substantially the use of silicone gel breast implants with Only women enrolled in experimental trials being eligible to get the implants. The panel also recommended that the Fra impose strict limitations on Access to implants for women seeking enlarged breasts for cosmetic reasons while making the implants More easily available to women seeking breast reconstruction following cancer surgery. Women who want implants simply to enlarge their breasts would have to apply to doctors conducting the trials. A Section of porch crashes Down from the Alta Street apartment building in san  lawyers the Fra is expected to Issue its final decision within 60 Days. Numerous doctors testified before the Fra panel that their breast implant patients developed problems ranging from mild fatigue and joint aches to serious disorders. Silicone breast implants have been put in about a million american women Over the last 30 years. The Fra asked plastic surgeons on Jan. 6 to Stop using them temporarily because of renewed safety concerns. Paul Rheingold a new York City lawyer who said be has been advertising for years said his office has received about 100 Calls in response to ads offering help for those with breast implants. Preliminary review suggests at least half have serious problems he said. Fingerprint left on bottle solves 8-year-old killing Oakland Calif. A a fingerprint left on a bottle eight years ago led to the arrests of two women who admitted tying an 84-year-old woman to her bed beating her and setting a fire that killed her. Denitra Dunmoore 21, and Aethra Edwards 23, both of Oakland confessed to the crime police said the women 1old police they were 12 and 14 years old respectively when they attacked Virginia Hogan in her san Francisco apartment. The attack occurred Jan. 19, 1984, and Hogan died of smoke inhalation six Days later. The women Are being held without bail in san Francisco on charges of murder burglary and arson. Because they were minors when the crimes occurred the Case will be handled in juvenile court. Dunmoore was arrested tuesday after Wendy Chong a san Francisco get lice fingerprint technician matched Anmoore s fingerprints to one taken off a wine bottle found on Hogan s scorched bed. The unidentified print Lay in a file for eight years until this month when Chong ran it through a computer fingerprint identification system that scans the print files of other police departments. She found a match in Oakland where Dunmoore had been arrested on a Petty theft charge. Edwards was arrested thursday on a prostitution warrant. Her Mother was the dead woman a housekeeper. Bit of nostalgia returning with los Angeles railway los Angeles a adige la a flight twin Cable cars erected in 1901 and dubbed a the worlds shortest railway before being dismantled in 1969, is being rebuilt to link the old and the new in downtown los Angeles. Its comeback set for late 1993, will Mark the completion of a civic overhaul that has been re fashioning the City a Skyline. The 315-foot funicular will run from the foot of Bunker Hill the old downtown District Replete with grit and crumbling Concrete to the gleaming Glass and Marble corporate towers on the Hilltop. To a a Elway it roughly the length of a football Field consists of two counterbalanced wooden cars named Sinai and Olivet for the biblical mountains. Biblically Olivet is also known As the mount of olives. The railway was taken Down 13 years ago but the City funded Community redevelopment Agency promised to put ii Back up after the civic remodelling. It has kept its word. The restoration will Cost $3 million. A it May be a bit out of scale Given the new buildings that have replaced it but its a bit of nostalgia a said Donald Mcintyre president of the Central City association. A maybe it will help reconnect the old and the new parts of the City physically but More important symbolically and philosophically a he said. When Angelus flight was new at its Bottom end was the Edge of the horse and buggy City Center. At the top along Olive Street perched victorian mansions