European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday june 29, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5 Crews bid to contain California wildfires by the associated press lightning and arson sparked several new blazes As wildfires raged tuesday through National forests from Central California Down to san Diego threaten ing More than 100 Homes and prompting evacuations. Fires since saturday have burned 10 Homes nearly 20,000 acres of Chaparral and Timberland and injured about two dozen firefighters most suffering from heat exhaustion. Two Large fires that began saturday were More than 90 percent contained Early tuesday. Eight others including six that started monday remained out of control. A 2,430-acre fire in Riverside county East of los Angeles threatened about 100 Homes tuesday said capt. Mike Gray of the California department of forestry fire Crews ordered residents to evacuate the Homes monday night and planned backfires tuesday to direct the Blaze away from the Homes. The fire was started saturday by a be hide s backfire and was 50 percent contained Gray said. Federal state and local Crews working 12-hour shifts in heavy protective gear sheltered in temperatures that topped 100 degrees in some spots monday More High temperatures were expected a if you feel like your brains starting to boil to Nat a real bad a said firefighter Anthony Lacy firefighters came from As far away As Idaho and new Mexico to relieve exhausted Crews. C-130 Hercules transport planes dumped 30,000-Pound loads of flame retardant and More were to arrive tuesday from air National guard and air Force Reserve bases As far away As North  . Opera names Domingo artistic director Washington a Jaddo Domingo one of the worlds leading opera singers was named the next artistic director of the Washington opera on tuesday. The Spanish born Tenor is expected to sing and conduct with the Washington opera and to continue performing around the world a this is a very thrilling Day for me and of course a Day which i realize is full of responsibility a Domingo said at a news con Domingo Ference. A i am Hon or d to be Able to plan the future of a company that is so great  he will officially begin a four year term As artistic director in july 19%, but will begin the work of planning future seasons right away officials said. Domingo succeeds Martin Leinstein who will resign after the 1994-95 season. Domingo will have oversight of All stages of the creative process including selection of repertoire singers conductors and designers for upcoming seasons. Jail mail for . A Man who declined to be identified helps attorney Nicole pull boxes or correspondence into a vehicle at a jail parking lot ers carry mail received by of. Simpson since he was jailed in monday and drove away Pulvers is a lawyer in the office of it los Angeles on double murder charges. The pair loaded several Gorncy Robert Shapiro who represents. Simpson. Cards to be signed by . Fleetv1lle, a. A a trading card company says it will go ahead with plans to Issue 1,000 cards signed by , Simpson this summer even though the football Hall of Famer is in jail and charged with two murders. The company signature rookies said monday that it was a uncomfortable with the  but it also said that Simpsons cards a will add that much More excitement to our already remarkable  a with the inclusion of , Simpson signature rookies will make trading card history a the company said in a statement. Simpson signed a contract with signature rookies on june 3, a Little More than a week before  and her Friend were found Slabbed to death. He has pleaded innocent to charges that he killed them. Neither Simpsons personal attorney Leroy Taft nor his defense attorney Robert Shapiro immediately returned Calls for comment. Signature rookies spokesman Paul Golden said the company was assured by Simpsons agent that he would fulfil the contract and could sign the cards in jail. The company plans to produce 20,000 cards and have 1,000 of them personally autographed by Simpson. Those cards will be distributed in july and August. Signature rookies would not disclose the amount it was paying Simpson but Golden said it was Between $20,000 and $100,000.sample from Page 1 said samples could not be divided into two parts for Independent testing. Shapiro said a we Are entitled to conduct our own Independent tests not simply to look Over the shoulder of the District attorney and the los Angeles police department crime lab. A it does us no Good to simply watch a he said Shapiro filed a motion monday demanding Quick Access to evidence including blood samples Simpsons Ford Bronco the ski Cap and gloves found at the murder scene and at Simpsons Brentwood estate. The official list of evidence in the Case so far does not include bloody clothes found anywhere but at the crime scene a source close to the Case told the associated press there had been unconfirmed reports of bloody clothes found in Simpsons washing machine. The motion signalled that the defense could turn a preliminary hearing scheduled to Start thursday into a min trial. A virtually every witness who has been involved in the investigation of this Case has been subpoenaed to testify at the preliminary examination a Shapiro said in his motion to the court. The preliminary hearing normally is a Brief proceeding in which Only the prosecution presents a Barc Bones. Version of its Case. But the defense can counter with its own evidence an Opportunity that is usually seized Only in High profile cases. Meanwhile the father of Simpsons slain sex wife disputed a Coroner s document that said his daughter was on the phone at 11 . The night she was killed saying the Call was closer to 10 . Simpson lawyer f. Lee Bailey had used the document to bolster Simpsons Alibi. The report by a coroners investigator said Nicole Simpson spoke with her Mother on the Telephone at 11 . The night she was killed. But monday evening Louis Brown told the associated press that his wife misspoke. Quot initially the wife thought it was around 11, but it actually was around 10 of clock a he said. Quot however we re awaiting our Telephone Bill which wont be Here until around the Middle of july Quot to confirm the time. A a we re reasonably sure it was about 10 of clock not 11,�?� he said. Earlier in the Day Bailey seized on the report claiming it exonerates his client because the football legend was Home waiting for a limousine to take him to the los Angeles Airport at 11 . An unidentified limousine Driver who says he took . Simpson to the Airport told the to show hard copy that Simpson Wasny to at his estate at 10 45 ., but showed up 15 minutes later. The Driver said Simpson looked sweaty and agitated. Authorities have not Given an exact time on when they believe Nicole Simpson and Goldman were killed. Their bodies were found at 12 10 . On june 13. Sirn son who grew up in a poor neighbourhood in san Francisco won the highest award in College football the Heisman trophy in 1968. He then played for the Buffalo Bills and san Francisco 49ers, and was named to the football Hall of Fame. After retiring in 1979, Simpson stayed in the limelight working As a popular television sports commentator a comic actor and an advertising spokesman