European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 30, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday january 30, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 Strong aftershocks Jolt weary . Los Angeles a los Angeles was again awakened by Strong aftershocks saturday some of about 3,000 Post quake tremors. Meanwhile police arrested an alleged quake Relief con artist who peddled $500 Worth of food Stamps. Three aftershocks jolted residents saturday morning the strongest a magnitude 5 on the Richter scale at 3 20 . It caused the collapse of a portion of a quake damaged parking Structure at California state univer sity Northridge. Police arrested Clint Reese 25, of los Angeles for allegedly Selling $500 Worth of food Stamps he obtained from a distribution Center. V three aftershocks jolted the san Fernando Valley a Friday. Scientists said that the shaking was no Surprise and that More were Likely. Saturday was the 13th consecutive Day of aftershocks since the Jan. 17 quake. In a Granada Hills movie theater dozens of patrons scrambled toward the exits when the darkened Struc Ture Shook Friday. Come on it s just an aftershock yelled one Man after the first tremor a magnitude 4. It was entered near Newhall 30 Miles Northwest of downtown los an Geles. Moviegoers slowly returned to their seats and the film was uninterrupted through a second less severe aftershock minutes later. Alan Egghead computer store in Santa Clarita soft Ware and other merchandise fell from shelves during the aftershocks sending customers running into the streets. Later Friday afternoon a third tremor struck. California Institute of technology seismologists said 3,000 to 3,100.aftershocks have hit the area since the quake. Many of them go unnoticed. Sixty one deaths were blamed on the quake which measured 6.6 on the Richter scale. More than 9,000 people were injured damage estimates have ranged from $15 billion to $30 billion. Seismologists predicted aftershocks of magnitude 4.5 or greater could continue through this week. Also Friday . Health and human services Secretary Donna e. Shalala released $27.5 million for repairs to has funded medical and research centers social Security offices health clinics substance abuse and treatment programs family planning clinics and head Start Cen ters. Gov. Pete Wilson announced a $3 million program to hire people who lost their jobs in the quake for cleanup work. Employees will be paid $2,000 a month. Roughly 179,000 people registered for Federal disaster assistance and $27.7 million in temporary hous ing checks had been issued Federal officials said. Sex Yankee Manoffe in censer for alcoholism by newday Mickey Mantle whose slugging exploits with the new York Yankees and pos game partying Are baseball legend has sought professional help in what was called Friday a 43-year Battle with alcohol  perhaps the most beloved professional athlete of his generation Mantle has begun treatment at the Betty Ford Center in Rancho Mirage calif., at age 62, after experiencing blackouts and memory loss. A spokesperson for the Center said it was against policy to divulge the names of patients but Mantle s Dallas based business manager Roy True issued a statement Friday acknowledging Mantle s presence at the Center. Mantle is expected to Complete treatment next month. The statement also noted that Mantle is concerned about possible damage to his liver and that his desire for treatment had been prompted by Brief periods of blackouts and memory losses in the past six years. Mickey began using alcohol Early in his life perhaps a casualty of his Early professional Success the statement said. The statement did not say when Mantle entered the clinic. Mantle s Hall of Fame career 1951 through 1968, All 18 seasons with the Yankees was hampered by injuries to his Knees shins thighs shoulders fingers and hip and by osteomyelitis a Bone disease that nearly crippled him. In books and in Public speeches Mantle often joked about his health saying he would have been More attentive to his health had he known he would live As Long As he has. His father Mutt died at 41 from Hodgkin s disease a Lymphatic cancer. His paternal Grandfather died at 40 with the same a tile former new York Yankees teammates Whitey Ford left and Mickey Mantle in 1962. Ailment and one of his four sons Billy apparently overcame the disease. Neither the Yankees nor people at the Central Park South restaurant bearing Mantle s name would comment about this latest episode in Mantle s life. True did not return Telephone Calls to his office Friday night. Former teammate and longtime Friend Whitey , contacted at his Home in fort Lauderdale fla., expressed Hope for Mantle s Swift recovery. Ford and Mantle were close friends until a falling out last Spring concerning their investments in a Florida baseball Camp. I m glad he went in if he had the problem said Joe Garagiola a former Catcher and Yankees broadcaster who devotes a Large amount of time to helping former players through the baseball assistance team. He was my idol said Steve Young a lawyer from Westchester county who was at Mantle s restaurant Friday. If you d done that 25 years ago it would have been shocking. Today it s a different world. The problem is recognized. And if it can make him live longer it s  in recent years Mantle a three time american league most valuable player frequently bragged of his binges and the partying he Ford and the late Billy Martin did in their years with the Yankees. The most infamous incident a Brawl at a club on Martin s birthday in 1957, led to the Yankees trading Martin a lesser player than Mantle or Ford. Mantle was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1974. The Betty Ford Center is a clinic where Many celebrities have been treated for drug and alcohol dependency among them actress Elizabeth Taylor Singer Liza Minnelli and television Riew woman Linda Ellerbee. Experts taking a shot at next year s flu strains Bethesda my. A the government May take another month to de Termine which Strain of influenza will hit the country next season. In the mean time vaccine manufacturers Are being told to delay production. Flu experts from the National centers for disease control and prevention also known As the cd told vaccine experts to include a Milder version of the Type a flu into the influenza vaccine. The harsh Beijing flu is raging in the United states while asians Are suffering from a different flu virus said cd scientist or. Nancy Cox. Every january the cd tells its sister Agency the food and drug administration what Type of flu it expects to see the following year. The Fra then tells drug manufacturers what flu viruses to include in their vaccines. Usually the Strong Type a flu which includes the Beijing flu alternates years with the Milder Type a flu which is the Strain now hitting Asia. In China the flu is Hospital zing 2,000 people a Day. Cd officials said a Type a Strain called the Texas flu probably will be found in the United states next year. They told drug manufacturers to put that into the vaccine mix but they warned it will be at least the end of february be fore they know what other viruses to add. Downpours bring floods to 3 states by the associated press heavy Rains in parts of Ohio West Vir Ginia and Pennsylvania sent creeks Surg ing Over their Banks flooding streets and Homes and forcing evacuations. Elsewhere in the Northeast 5-foot snowdrifts and freezing rain Friday made life miserable. In Northern West Virginia some communities along the Ohio River braced for flooding saturday As rain and melting Snow pushed the River Over its Banks. Crests up to 5 feet above flood stage were expected to threaten several Small River Side towns not protected by flood Walls. We re prepared for it said Lewis Flade mayor of Saint marys. They re pretty Hardy people  Parkersburg closed its flood Wall Gates Friday night police capt. . Brannon said. The american red Cross opened a shelter. There s a few in the houses near the River who have moved a lot of their Furni Ture and everything out said emergency dispatcher Kenny Harris. Flood warnings were in effect for two dozen Ohio counties. Near Cleveland a flow of water and ice moving Down the Chagrin River swept away a bait shop and crushed it against a Bridge. The Northeast was expected to be mostly Clear but colder saturday with highs in the 20s and 30s. More rain or Snow was fore6ast for today. Wheeling w.va., got 1.8 inches of rain Friday and a mile Long ice Jam blocked Wheeling Creek and pushed it out of its Banks for the second time in three Days. Northern West Virginia got More than 2 inches on rain. / in Northern new York state driving was so dangerous that state troopers had to drive with their Heads out of their car windows to see. In the northeastern part of the state everything from Glare ice to 5-foot snowdrifts to High wind made driving virtually impossible. State police threatened to arrest any Motorist on Clinton county roads. But for some along the East coast the same weather system brought a Welcome break from Days of record cold. Twenty four hours after a record Low of 2, new York City was in the upper 40s Friday. Buffalo n.y., had a record High of 51. Rains on Friday in Western Pennsylva Nia flooded roads and streams slowing commuters to a crawl in Many spots. The water just kept coming and com ing and coming. We could t get the Carout. I was looking for my hip waders said Matthew o Roski who fled his to bile Home near the overflowing Raccoon Creek in Beaver county. Rising creeks forced the evacuations of nine Homes i Beaver and Lawrence counties ten Low lying roads were blocked off in Greene county because of deep water