European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 14, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday april 14,1992 friends help Deena Cruz left and Raul Cruz second from right carry their few possessions into their new Home. Oakland couple first on Block to move Back into rebuilt House Oakland Calif. Apr or. Raul Cruz scooped up his wife Deena and carried her across the threshold of their new Home in the panoramic Hills devastated by last years firestorm. They were the first family to move Back. The couple took just 20 minutes saturday to lug their Only possessions a boxes a bicycle two finches and a suitcase a into the House which was empty except for a mattress and an armoire. Quot i think there a a lot of spirit of renewal Here a said Raul Cruz 35. A we feel whole  the House sits among charred Street signs empty foundations and burned Trees reminders of the indiscriminate path of the oct. 20 fire that killed 25 people and destroyed one of the san Francisco Bay area s most Scenic neighbourhoods. The Blaze was one of the nation s deadliest and most costly Urban wildfires. It caused $1.6 billion in damage a destroying 3,000 dwellings and scorching the wooded Hills dry As tinder after five years of drought. The couple and their 5-Ycar-old daughter Connor had moved into their original House three Days before the fire. Connor was Home with a baby Sitter that Day while her parents shopped for furniture. A we almost lost our daughter in there a said Deena Cruz 34. For a few frantic hours the couple  reach neighbors or the baby Sitter. The baby Sitter had been warned to leave and neighbors took her to Kaiser medical Center where Raul Cruz works and where the family was reunited. A there Are no words for How i feel today a said Deena Cruz. A a it a going to be hard in some ways. Its going to take a while for it to feel like  the couple decided to move Back from their rented condominium in nearby Emeryville even though they wont have neighbors for three months. A we never thought a we want to be the first a a said Deena Cruz. They had just taken an eager a a let a get moving lets get it done attitude she said. Because the Home was newly built the Developer had the plans and the permit hurdles had been cleared. Many older Homes face tougher approvals because of stricter regulations. Egged on by journalists Raul Cruz carried his wife across the threshold saturday As he did in their old Home. A we did it a she said giving her husband a hug. Fans cheer teen with reattached arms Bismarck . A an 18-year-old whose arms were reattached after a farm Accident spent his first night on the town at a boxing match where fans gave him a standing ovation. John Thompson and three classmates were guests of popular North Dakota Boxer Virgil Hill who fought saturday in Bismarck 100 Miles from Thompsons Home in Hurdsfield. The former Light heavyweight Champion won by a knockout. Thompson entered the ring to a standing ovation and thanked everyone for the support he s received since the Jan. 11 Accident. A a it a kind of Nice Quot Thompson said after a Well Wisher recognized him on the Street. A they come up and say a i. How Are you doing and 1 always say a his Back and  Thompson was working alone on the family farm when a piece of machinery Tore off both his arms near the shoulder. He staggered 400 feet to his empty House using his Mouth to open one door kicking in another and punching out a phone Call for help with a Pencil clenched in his Teeth. Doctors in Minneapolis reattached both arms the same Day. Saturday was Thompsons first excursion from Hurdsfield since the Accident. He drove his buddies to Bismarck in his new car which an Auto dealer equipped with a steering wheel for Thompson s hands. He cannot move his wrists and fingers. Thompson wore a dark baseball Cap set Low Over his eyes and walked surrounded by his friends senior classmates from Bowdon High school who have taken it upon themselves to act As a sort of like bodyguards Quot he said. But despite attempts to blend in and go unnoticed he could not walk More than a few feet without someone recognizing him and striking up a conversation. He said the attention has been Nice but a it s made my life real  with physical therapy three times a week trips to doctors and weeks of catching up in school Thompson has made surprising Progress. He can move his elbows and has feeling Halfway Down his forearms. Doctors recently said he will eventually have at least partial use of his hands.400 plane passengers evacuated from smoke from wire reports san Francisco a about 400 passengers were evacuated from a United airlines 747 at the san Francisco International Airport of sunday after the Pilot reported smoke in the Cabin authorities said. A few people suffered minor injuries while jumping Down the planets emergency chutes said Airport spokesman Ron Wilson. Passengers were taken by bus from the runway to the Airport terminal. The smoke came from an overheated Battery the Federal aviation administration said. The plane which was headed to Narita Japan was moved off the runway after the incident. Airport traffic Wasny to  jars Alaska area Anchorage Alaska a a mild earthquake struck Central Alaska near mount Mckinley on sunday. There were no reports of damage or injuries. The temblor happened at 11 36 . And measured 3.9 on the Richter scale said Bob Hammond of the Alaska earthquake information Center in Fairbanks. It was entered in a sparsely populated area about 135 Miles Northwest of Anchorage. The Richter scale is a measure of ground motion As recorded on seismographs. An earthquake measuring 3.5 on the Richter scale can cause slight damage in a developed area Rin tin tin actor Dies los Angeles a actor James Brown Best known As it. Rip masters in the 1950s television series the adventures of Rin tin tin died saturday of cancer at his Home. He was 72. Brown began his acting career in the 1940s and appeared in More than 40 films including going my Way air Force the fabulous texan and the charge at Feather River. He also appeared in Many television shows including Dallas route 66, gun smoke and murder she wrote. The adventures of Rin tin tin featured a German Shepherd and a Young boy Rusty As his sidekick. Browne a character was a father figure to Rusty who was on his own with his canine pal at a cavalry outpost in the old  car spills Oil Ferguson to. A a freight train derailed in this St. Louis suburb sunday causing a tank car to rupture and several thousand Gallons of Oil to spill a fire official said. Nineteen cars of a 40 to 50-car Norfolk Southern train went off the tracks sunday afternoon said capt. Steven Rosenthal of the Ferguson fire department. No injuries were repo Tecl fire officials were Able to contain the Oil before it reached any water sources. Officials estimated that several thousand Gallons of Oil had spilled Rosenthal said. The other derailed cars carried new Toyota baby food and plastic pellets he said. He said Norfolk Southern officials were  guts doctor s office Ashland Ore. A a suspicious fire gutted the office of a gynaecologist Long the target of anti abortion protests authorities said. No one was injured in the fire that destroyed or. Willard Browne a office before Dawn saturday. A to this Point All accidental causes have been eliminated said Don Paul assistant chief fire marshal. A a we re trying to determine if it was  the fire was put out before it could spread to other medical offices in the building. Damage was estimated at $225,000, Paul said. Brown is a vocal advocate of abortion rights. A a in be always Felt this is the Type of Community where this sort of thing  happen a he said saturday. A but obviously it can happen in any Community anywhere in this country. Abortion protesters have tried to prevent women from entering the clinic while abortion rights supporters escorted women to and from the door