European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 12, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday november 12, 1993 the stars and stripes Page 5 burned out residents Brace for landslides plastic sheeting held by sandbags protects Malibu Calif., slope wednesday. Malibu Calif. A a rainstorm triggered minor mudslides thursday and fire survivors piled sandbags and spread plastic sheets on the ground for fear worse slides were to come on Hill stripped of Brush by wildfires. Rain heavy at times fell before Dawn the first storm since fire destroyed hundreds of Homes and burned vegetation off More than 200,000 acres in six coun ties in Southern California. A Quarter Inch of rain was expected along the coast by afternoon with up to three quarters fan Inch in the mountains. The rain should not be heavy enough to cause major mudslides meteorologist Stephen Ahn said. But several Small Rock and mudslides were reported in the Malibu area including one that blocked Sev eral lanes of the Pacific coast Highway. Officials said it would t take Long to Clear. Some people weren t taking an chances. Tim Swain of Malibu who lost his Home in the nov. 2 fire rented truck and picked up free sandbags at a fire station to pile in front of the remains of his House this is scarier than the fire said Swain whose House was insured against fire but not landslide. If the rain comes and washes out our lot Well be in big  in san Diego county horticulturists atthe san Diego wild animal Park built dams out of Hay Bales to thwart mudslides that Conj old damage enclosure holding the arabian Oryx an endangered Anim Fin the Antelope family As Well as80 species of Birds and mammals. About 750 acres of Park land burned outside the exhibit areas. In Scenic Malibu the fire not Only destroyed Chaparral and grasses that hold. Together the Rock and dirt on the Community s Canyon slopes but also ruined Man made irrigation systems from catch basins to pipes. Along twisting big Rock drive a Large Metal pipe that feeds into a storm Drain was melted away for several Hundred  drains were clogged with debris. Even without the rain rocks and Boul Ders tumbled Down hillsides onto Canyon roads and in some places onto Busy Pacific coast Highway where several Resi dents draped plastic sheeting on slope around their houses. Twenty six major fires fanned by win skilled three people and caused millions of dollars in damage. Nineteen blazes were determined to be arson. John Magaw director of the Bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms said wednesday that investigators May be a Leto link four or five fires to Thomas Lee Lar sen a 43-year-old convicted child  was arrested last weekend and accused of sending letters threatening Coset fires to get even with the government for seizing his property. Senate backs estimated $28 billion for spying Washington a the Senate approved a estimated $28 billion for the intelligence Community after splitting nearly Down the Middle on whether the classified spending Otal should be made Public. A voice vote wednesday to approve the fiscal 1994intelligence authorization Bill came minutes after a 52 48 vote approving a nonbinding amendment seeking tomake Public the Bill s total. Public disclosure is opposed by Cia director r. Jame Woolsey and the Clinton administration. Opponents on the Senate floor claimed it could Aid a potential enemy and jeopardize National Security even though the $28 billion estimate has been widely used i news reports. English girl 5, Dies two months after transplant Pittsburgh a a 5-year-Oldenglish girl who underwent a rare seven Organ transplant died Early thursday end ing a struggle for life that captivated her Homeland. Laura Davies never thrived after the 15-hour operation sept. 16, in which she received a new liver stomach pancreas Large and Small intestines and two kidneys. Lynn Mcmahon a spokeswoman for children s Hospital of Pittsburgh said the cause of death was not yet determined. Laura s lungs had weakened and she had been on a Respirator Mcmahon said. Many britons contributed Money for Laura s medical care including the Princess of Wales. King fahd of saudi Arabia sent$270,000 toward her first transplant last year. Laura s parents fran and Leslie Davies of Manchester England were in the room when their daughter died at 2 45 . Barbara Cooper the girl s grandmother said in England that her daughter Laura s Mother decided that Laura was not fight ing anymore and asked the doctors to switch off the  Laura s parents recently said they dreamed of a Normal life for their daughter. Fran Davies said Laura had dreams too. She said she wanted to be the Angel in when the House approved its version of the Bill in a gust it rejected an amendment that would have legally required the government to make Public How much it spend son the Cia the defense intelligence Agency the National Security Agency and other intelligence programs. The Bill which now goes to a Senate House Confer ence would authorize spending at a level about $1.3 Bil lion less than the administration had requested. The administration is committed to cutting the budget for the intelligence Community by $7 billion Over a five year period. Sen. Howard m. Metzenbaum a Ohio sponsor of the Public disclosure amendment said the budget total is Washington s worst kept  he said americans have a right to be told and rejected arguments that release of the totals will add to pressures to Cut intelligence spending. Another supporter sen. Dale bumpers d-ark., exhibited a Large Chart with the $23 billion figure written in red and compared to the defense budgets of other coun tries. When sen. John w. Warner of Virginia ranking Republican on the Senate intelligence committee accused him of violating secrecy rules bumpers said the figure came from newspaper  stressed that no other major nation in the world discloses its spying budget and that the figures would be More valuable to potential enemies than to the american Public. Waking up 10 times riskier for heart than sex study says Laura Davies shown in an August 1992photo, died thursday in Pittsburgh. The Christmas play fran Davies said i september. The girl was bom with Short gut syndrome a condition in which the intes tines Are undersized. The illness prevented her body from digesting enough food to sur Vive and she lived her first four years on intravenous feedings that damaged her liver. In june 1992, she received a liver an Small intestine transplant at the Hospital. The second transplant operation was required because her body was rejecting the new intestine. Atlanta a sexual activity slightly raises the risk of a heart attack but is far less dangerous than waking up the next morning a study shows. In the study of 1,712 men and women recovering from heart attacks or. James Muller found that 1 percent of the heart attacks were triggered by sex. In comparison 10 percent were Trig gered by Awakening. But the Harvard medical school re searcher in t advising people to give up sex and stay in bed. These data should t be used to head on train Kelso Wash. A two freight trains collided head on around Midnight thursday lulling at least one Crew Mem Ber and causing a fiery derailment that blocked an interstate Highway. Hours later rescuers still could no find four other Crew members and it was feared that they were trapped in Smol Dering wreckage authorities said. The collision of the Burlington North Ern and Union Pacific trains derailed More than 20 cars onto interstate 5, said scare people to say that sex is a danger Ous activity Muller said. The results of the study reported wednesday at the annual meeting of the american heart association confirm less rigorous studies that had suggested a link Between sex and heart attacks. But More important they Demon Strate that the absolute risk is extremely Low Muller said. A healthy 50-year-old Man faces a one in a million risk of a heart attack. After sex he faces a two in a million risk Muller said. Kills at least 1 Colwitz county sheriff Brian Pedersen. State troopers halted freeway traffic i both directions for several Miles As Emer gency Crews went to the scene. The fire caused by diesel fuel igniting was put out. But 10,000 to 15,000 Gallons of diesel fuel from the train engines spilled onto the tracks and the Banks of the Columbi River Pedersen said. The coast guard was checking to see whether fuel poured into the River