European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 06, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse Saturday. Novembers 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 52 More bodies found after Malibu fire Malibu Calif. A the death toll from California wildfires Rose to three with the Dis covery of two charred bodies in the blackened victims were found near a burned vehicle just before dark thursday As sheriffs deputies in a helicopter surveyed damage from the arson fire that has destroyed at least 350 Malibu area structures most of them residences. If it s an arson fire then that makes it murder said sgt. Ron Spear. They were burned by the fire and As far As we know it was an arson $250,000 Reward was posted for information Lead ing to the arrest and conviction of the identities of the latest victims found in a mountainous area North of Malibu were not immediately known. Deputies had not received any reports of miss ing director Duncan Gibbins 41, died wednes Day of Burns suffered in the fire when he tried to res Cue a siamese cat. A Friend was critically burned. The cat was later found alive its paws and ears burned. Fire officials said thursday that the 18,500-acre fir that burned across the celebrity enclave from the Santa Monica mountains to the Ocean was 70 percent contained. Early morning fog and a Cooling Ocean Breeze were forecast for Friday a return of the hot dry Santa Ana winds that fanned the fires was not expected. The Blaze was part of a series of wildfires that have destroyed 1,150 residences burned across 200,000 acres and injured nearly 200 people in Southern California since oct. 26. Several of the fires were blamed on arsonists. Many of the More than 2,000 Malibu residents chased away by the fire returned to their Homes thursday to see if any part of their past was still makes me sick said Nelson Carpentier kicking at the mangled fibreglass sheets that once were his 20-Footboat. His House and 1970 Mercedes Benz also were lost. I did nothing to that Guy and he destroyed everything Deputy sheriff Ron Ablott said the Malibu fire could have been set with a single match or lighter. A photographer stands amid the rubble of a Home believed to be that of actor Sean Penn in the Hilts above Malibu. Authorities ruled out the involvement of two me seen in a pickup near the fire s Point of origin. The men had apparently spotted the fire and tried to put it out Ablott said. The fire claimed actor Sean a ctn s $4 million Span ish style mansion and Ali Macgraw s Home which has a panoramic View of the Pacific Ocean. Other residents returned to find their prayers had been answered. Gil and Joanne Segal passed the ruined Homes of neighbors to find their beachfront estate untouched except for a coating of Black and White Ash. But Segal said of the destruction around him this is very hard to see. It s an incredibly Beautiful spot and to see it burned to the Ocean is just unbelievable Alice Kavalgian found nothing left of the Home shelled with Only the clothes she was wearing. This is it she said weeping. I Don t even have Senate anti crime gets bipartisan Washington a in an unaccustomed display of bipartisan Unity the Senate is embracing a $22.2 billion planto build new jails and recruit 100,000 police officers for the War against violent crime. The anti crime blueprint endorsed in a94-4 Roll Call late thursday Calls for the construction of a $3 billion nationwide Chain of regional prisons to House violent criminals and for spending $1 billion on correctional Boot Camps and other facilities for lesser offenders. I can say this is by far and away the most significant Federal Effort to Deal with violent crime in America that has Ever been undertaken in the . Sen ate said sen. Joseph r. Biden d-del.,chairman of the Senate judiciary com , eager to avoid being portrayed As soft on crime hailed the proposal which was crafted by Senate appropriations committee chairman Robertc. Byrd d-w.va., As an amendment to a still pending crime Bill. The amendment s Centrepiece is an innovative financing mechanism that would earmark for the anti crime fight the Bil Lions of dollars the Clinton administration Hopes to save by eliminating 250,000federal jobs Over the next five years. The Money would be shifted to a new violent crime reduction Trust fund and made available to congressional appropriators to pay for the police recruit ment and prison building programs. The supporters of the Senate agreement include Senate Republican Leader Robert j. Dole of Kansas g. Hatch a Utah the gop floor manager of the crime Bill sen. Phi Gramm a Texas and Senate democratic Leader George j. Mitchell of Maine. On the other Side of the Capitol the House judiciary committee voted 23-12to Send the Brady gun Bill to the House floor for action wednesday. The Bill is named for James Brady the former presidential press Secretary shot in the head during the 1981 assassination at tempt on president Reagan. It would re quire a five business Day waiting period Anda background Check on would be handgun buyers. However it would be phased out As Crim Inal records become computerized and in stantly accessible. At that Point instant checks would be required before purchases of both handguns and Long guns. 50% of abortion clinics hit by violence poll finds Washington a half the abortion clinics surveyed by a women s group said they were targets of violence this year experiencing death threats stalking chemical attacks arson bomb threats and blockades. The Survey released thursday said that of the 281 clinics that responded 20 per cent had staff members who d receive death threats during the first seven months of 1993.eighteen percent reported bomb threats and 16 percent said blockades had been set up. Personnel had been stalked at 14 percent of the clinics 10.3percent of the clinics experienced Chemi Cal attacks. Arson was reported at 1.8percent of the clinics. The Survey was conducted by the Fem Inist majority which supports abortion rights. It was released on capital Hill where lawmakers said it demonstrates the need for immediate action on a Bill to assure Access to clinics. Congress can no longer stand by let Ting terror reign said Eleanor c. Smeal president of feminist majority. The Bill would give the Justice depart ment new Powers to Stop blockades or go after people who make threats against abortion clinics. Protesters passing out literature would still be groups while condemn ing violence contend that the Bill would limit protesters free speech. States Al ready have Laws in place that punish Vio Lence they say. And they argue that the legislation unfairly singles out anti abortion demonstrators while other groups protesting other causes would get to picket freely of this is discrimination and religious bigotry pure and simple said Andrea Sheldon of the traditional values coalition which represents 27,000 churches feminist majority said the Sample of 281 clinics included facilities in 42states, the District of Columbia and puerto Rico. Time staffers to get aids tests after flu Needles were reused Washington a Nineteen employees of time inc. Were Given their flu shots with Needles used More than once and were told this week to be tested for the aids virus and other ill Nesses. Dan goodgame chief of time Washington Bureau was advising staff ers to err on the Side of caution in get Ting tests for his hepatitis b other disease their doctors Felt Nec Essary the Washington Post reported Friday. Let s just say there s a lot of bloodworm going on Here now a distraught reporter told the Post. The staffers were Given the flu shots a their office two weeks ago. At the time several say they thought they noticed Oler merely wiping off Needles with Cotton and alcohol instead of get Ting a new one for each shot. That has been an unacceptable medical practice for years. When Oler left the staffers compare their observations and complained to employees will have to be tested More than once for his the human immunodeficiency virus that causes aids because it does t always appear on test immediately after possible exposure. Oler 75, a prominent physician acknowledged that he did reuse several ran Short of Needles and used some of them twice after carefully scrubbing them Down with alcohol sponges he told the Oler s methods Are not appropriate under guidelines set by the fed eral centers for disease control and prevention in Atlanta. Use of liquid germicides such As Al Cohol does t guarantee sterility be cause the Needle goes into the tissue so deeply said cd spokeswoman pame la Howell. ,
