European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday january 19, 1993. T . The stars and stripes Page 7 at least 6 in in a a los Angeles apr heavy rain drenched Southern California again sunday this time flooding buildings roads and a military base. At least six people were killed by a torrent of mud rocks and water. ,. Flood watches were in effect sunday for much of Southern California As the latest in a two week series of Pacific storms moved in from the North. The storm was expected to bring More than 2 inches of rain before moving East on monday. At Camp Pendleton near san Diego the Marine see weather map of Page 13 corps air station was under As much As 15 feet of water sunday officials said. Floodwaters had washed away temporary buildings and vehicles and submerged some helicopters or a some or the trailer Type buildings literally washed Down the River Quot said master sgt. John Farrell a base spokesman. A we done to know the exact extent of the dam a. Kiesman. A we done to know damage because we can to get  authorities evacuated j60 people from base housing Jid and closed the base to All but emergency personnel an some residents said Cpl. Paul Jerome. In Arizona where storms have damaged at least 850 Homes the National weather service issued a Flash flood watch for the entire state. Across the Border in Tijuana Mexico people kept a wary Eye on the Tijuana River which overflowed saturday killing six children and two adults in a torrent of flood a Quot a a a a water and mud. Mexican soldiers using helicopters and amphibious vehicles rescued More than 1,100 people from flood threatened areas in Tijuana. An unidentified woman and a boy who were walking across a Railroad Bridge were swept away sunday when they jumped into the Tijuana River to Dodge an oncoming train said Gabriel Rosas spokesman for the Baja California government. Their Fate was unknown. East of los Angeles in Riverside county the bodies of three adults and two children were found in a Bat to Mccula about 70 Miles East of los Angeles. A witness said someone in the truck had offered him a lift but he saw the Road up ahead was washed out and declined said officer Mac Mcclanahan of the California Highway patrol. People in the truck went ahead and the witness watched As the vehicle was swept away. By the time he could summon help the truck had disappeared Mcclanahan Saida sixth person also died near Temecula. The unidentified Many a body was found after his vehicle apparently got caught in floodwaters said Tom Ramsey of the Riverside county fire department. Elsewhere in Riverside county the National guard helped evacuate residents stranded in Homes in Temecula Murrieta and Canyon Lake. The towns were flooded saturday when the Murrieta Creek spilled Oyer its Banks. Emmy Day a spokeswoman at the Orange county emergency operations Center said 30 people were evacuated late saturday after a mudslide destroyed an apartment in san Clemente. Muddy water also caused extensive damage to two of the City a hotels. Dozens of roads Ini san Diego county were closed because of water mudslides boulders and potholes. Authorities evacuated 115 people from Nomus in the san Ysidro area bordering Mexico. Authorities also were trying to Rescue an undetermined number of horses trapped in shoulder deep water in the area said san Diego police department spokesman Dave Cohen. More than 9,000 people in san Diego were without at amp to employee Pierre  checks out tines sunday that had been lying underneath a Street that was washed away during flooding in Temecula Calif tired pickup truck sunday. Authorities said mud rocks and water swept the vehicle away saturday night As the five tried to Cross a washed out Section of Road near Power briefly sunday said Joe Langlais spokesman for san Diego Gas amp electric co. In Arizona the National. Weather service reported that a Small Tornado touched Down in Scottsdale on sunday afternoon uprooting Trees Downing Power lines and damaging the roofs on several Homes in the Phoenix suburb. No injuries were reported. In Sacaton Southeast of Phoenix authorities searched sunday for a woman believed to have drowned in the Gila River in Winkelman 70 Miles North of Tucson about 55 houses were flooded up to their roofs by the Gila about 200 people were left homeless. As of saturday night 4.62 inches of rain had fallen at Phoenix a sky Harbor International Airport during january breaking the 1897 record of 3.67 inches for the month. To Monterey Calif. A a voter initiative that established the nations most ambitious anti smoking to and Campaign hastened the decline of cigarette smoking in California and Cost the tobacco Industry $1.1 billion in sales a study shows. An earlier study showed that the $28 million 18-month to drive increased the rate at which smokers quit. The new study is the first to look at the campaigns effect on sales. A we have proof that it is a Cost effect live Campaign a said the study s author Stanton a. Glantz of the University of California san Francisco. Before the Campaign cigarette consumption was falling by 46 million packs a a a year in California Glantz found. A _ Campaign. September 1991, cigarette consumption Feu by 164 million packs per year. With plunge in smoking bit. Using the Campaign from april 1990 to l a Nsumpi a. #. A a suspend the decline in cigarette sales fell to 19 when the Campaign was suspended. Million packs per year Glantz said. The study was presented sunday at an american heart association conference on heart disease prevention. The to and Campaign was mandated by a referendum proposal passed by California voters in 1988. The proposal increased cigarette taxes by 25 cents per pack and required that 20 percent of the tax Money be used for smoking cessation programs. The Campaign included commercials that depicted the tobacco Industry As greedy and cold hearted. In the 3vi years following the referendum the decline in cigarette sales Cost the tobacco Industry $1.1 billion. Or Thomas e. Novotny of the centers for disease control and prevention said the study was a convincing demonstration of the campaigns effectiveness. Some had suggested that the tax increase itself was responsible for the decline in cigarette consumption. But Novotny disagreed. My Glantz addressed that question by looking at smoking rates in neighbouring Nevada which adopted a 25-Ccnt-per-Packtax increase at the same time. Without a to anti smoking Campaign Nevada s cigarette consumption rates were not significantly affected town Marks 25th anniversary of first 911 phone line Haleyville Ala. A Twenty five years ago the nations first 911 emergency Telephone system was inaugurated in this Small town with a casual Call from the mayors office to the police stations. Afterwards everyone celebrated with Coffee and doughnuts. A it was very Radical but it worked Quot said Bill Frye who installed Haleyville a 911 system in a week in january 1968, a we had no intention of being no. 1 it was a Community service Quot today about 75 percent of the . Population is covered by 911, although Many Rural areas do not have it said William Stanton executive director of the National emergency number association in Columbus Ohio. Most big cities now have enhanced systems that provide dispatchers with the callers address even if the caller hangs up or can to explain what a wrong. Haleyville a town of about 4,500 in Northwest Alabama decided to Institute an emergency number when the local phone company switched to an automatic system without operators. A when we Tost Telephone operators we lost a lot of services Quot said Frye a former Alabama Telephone co. Employee who now works restoring cars. A communications became better but we lost emergency Calls because the operators had been handling  Congress had called for a separate National emergency number in 1958. The number 911 was chosen because those digits were not being used in any Telephone Exchange and probably would not be used for some time to come Quot said Larry Williams a 911 sales Engineer for get corp., which took Over Alabama Telephone. But disagreements arose around the country Over whether Calls should go to hospitals police stations or fire stations. In Haleyville officials decided on the police station. Frye shuffled subscribers to come up with two lines to the police station and installed a red phone in the dispatcher s office. A then we realized we had forgotten about pay phones a he said. A so the next Day we modified the pay stations so that a person could make a 9 1 Call without having to have a . The late Rankin Fite then speaker of the Alabama House made the first Call on feb. 16, 1968, to Tom Bevill then and now a democratic . Representative. A i had no idea then that the emergency system would become As big As it has Quot Bevill said. Fie and Fite a just shot from the hip Quot Bevill said. A the said he was delighted to be making such a historic Call and 1 responded that i was pleased to  at the beginning there was no 911 training and Haleyville a police officers were nervous. A they wondered what they were going to do with the Calls who they would give them to Quot Frye said. A couple of years after the system was installed newly hired Haleyville police dispatcher Ronnie Wilson received a frantic 911  a woman said my water just broke,1 and 1 told her id get her a plumber right away Quot Wilson recalled. A then she said i did no to understand and i realized she was about to have a baby and ordered an ambulance for