European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 1, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday july 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 2 California Forest fires brought under control from wire reports Santa Ana Calif a firefighters controlled two of the seasons first big Brush and Forest fires wednesday racing to gain ground before fourth of july fireworks begin popping across unbaked  these Are August burning conditions and its Only june a said Orange county fire capt. Dan Young. A i can to imagine what its going to be like in August but first we have to survive the coming weekend.�?�. Crews that have been working up to four Days in 100-degree temperatures had scratched containment lines around most of this weeks 11 fires scattered from Central California to san Diego one of the worst a 3,023-acre fire Northeast of los Angeles was controlled said Dianne Cahir a spokeswoman for the Angeles National Forest the fire apparently started saturday by a campfire burned 10 houses and injured four firefighters. Another big Blaze in the Angeles National Forest was controlled wednesday after burning 3,500 acres in Soledad Canyon. In Riverside county lines were 75 percent Complete around the 6,420-acre fire South of Anza said Joann Evans of the California department of forestry. It destroyed three structures m the sparsely populated Bushland. A espresso anyone Washington its enough to make Ronald Mcdonald take a Coffee break. Washington area fast food lovers can now order an Eye opening espresso with their morning egg Mcruffin. A new machine at a Mcdonald a restaurant in the heart of the City a business District has begun dispensing hot cups of International Jaya drinks. On tap Are French espresso and cafe a Lait italian mocha and cappuccino and steamy american hot chocolate. Similar Coffee ventures also have begun with Success in Seattle t Mcdonald a spokeswoman said. The Price is $1.39 for a Small size and $1.99 for a Large. Hormone rises study says. A a a Quot. A new York a women get a surge of the mate hormone testosterone after they drink alcohol which May help explain Why drinking can arouse them sexually a study suggests. Alcohols effect on testosterone was strongest in women who were taking Oral contraceptives which suppress the body a natural testosterone Levels. In other women the testosterone boost was strongest around the time of ovulation when an egg is released from an ovary for possible fertilization. A woman a natural Levels of testosterone Are highest Between ovulation and her menstrual period the reason for alcohols effect on testosterone in women is not known the researchers said in Quot thursdays Issue of the journal nature. Kansas lawmaker charged Topeka Kan. A a blackmail charge was filed wednesday against a legislator accused of using a Story of sexual misconduct to coerce a colleagues vote on legislation. A a hearing for state rep. Melvin Neufeld is scheduled for july 21. Neufeld is accused of trying to Force state rep. Richard Alldritt into voting for a budget Bill during the last Days of the 1994 legislative session. Nufeld allegedly threatened to Call Alldritt a wife to Tell her about alleged sexual misconduct by Alldritt. Pitching machine kills boy new York a the death of a 12-year-old a Brooklyn boy As a result of a Ball thrown by a baseball pitching machine appears to be a highly unusual occurrence according to Federal safety records youth athletic officials and physicians. Michael Marano a member of the St. Athanasiu Bantam outside team in Brooklyn went into cardiac arrest when a pitch hit him in the Chest tuesday evening. He was dead by the time he reached Maimonides medical Center where efforts to revive him failed. Police said the youth apparently overextended As he pivoted to hit an inside pitch thereby exposing his Chest. Navy its new York apr the Navy is less than buoyant at the prospects of a movie about a Mutiny aboard a . Nuclear submarine and the Pentagon wants Walt Disney co. To tone Down the script. Despite the far fetched plot of Crimson tide Disney chairman Michael Eisner said wednesday that its a Good Story. A this is a fictional account a Eisner said in new York where he unveiled a new attraction for Disney a Epcot Center. A i happen to have read the script so i know about it. It is a very Good  cmdr. Gay shroud the Navy a Liaison to Hollywood was quoted by the. Los Angeles times As saying the chances of a Mutiny aboard a Trident sub Are a some on Mutiny what less than getting kidnapped by  Phil Strub the defense departments senior Hollywood Liaison said he hoped Disney and the Navy could resolve their differences. If not though the Navy said it might refuse to help the producers with the movie. The Pentagon generally requires two things before it will help a producer on a military movie first the movie must provide the Public with a better understanding of the military and second it should help recruitment. A there is no question this armed Mutiny is not going to make it in the Navy a Strub said. Crimson tide starring Denzel Washington and Gene Hackman is scheduled to begin shooting in August. Billy Bagwell 7, from Cheyenne wyo., plays in the Fountain outside the stardust hotel in broiling Las vegas. A Laughlin Nev. Apr Doug Simmons sagged against an open doorway leading into an air conditioned Casino and bluffed like a poker player. A a it a not hot Here a Simmons an employee at the ramada express hotel Casino said wednesday As he swiped at his sweating brow. A i keep telling thyself its not hot  not hot it was 125 wednesday in this gambling resort town jammed Between the desert and the Colorado River. The previous record of 124, the All time record for the state of Nevada had been on the record books for just one Day. And Laughlin. Wasny to even the hottest Point in the Region. A few Miles downriver Lake Hatasu City ariz., Fried at 128 degrees an All time record for Arizona and the towns fifth Day above 120. In Laughlin tourists wearing shorts move sluggishly from one Casino to another or just stay where they Are As the mountains across the River in Arizona shimmer in. The distance in the Bright Sun. Cars parked on the casinos vast Asphalt parking lots become ovens their door handles like frying pans. A when you run out there and open that locked car with the leather seats and its 120 degrees outside its got to be 200 degrees inside a said Jim Adams a Valet at the Edgewater hotel. To others its Alt relative. A once it gets Over 100 degrees it All feels the same to me a said Mark Olson visiting Laughlin from Tucson ariz., where summer temperatures Over 110 Are common. Forecasters blamed the inferno on a vast Bubble of hot air stuck Over the Southwest. Heat records have toppled from the Southern California desert to Texas and Oklahoma. Children have suffered Burns from falling on hot sidewalks. Water Parks and air conditioner dealers Are swamped. Along the California Side of the Colorado River Blythe and Needles both hit 121, As did Palm Springs. Elsewhere in California death Valley hit 126 a again. ,. A everything you pick  too hot to hold a said John Ballard who farms and ranches 145 acres South of Carlsbad n.m., where the temperature hit 111 tuesday. A a it a pretty near that Way even in the  Carlsbad got a break wednesday with a High of Only 101. A you throw out some water on the ground you la see steam coming up a said parking attendant Mike Lewis in  and Margarete Smith of Bolivar mo., said Laughlin was not that bad compared with Home where humidity often matches the temperature. But the couple stayed inside anyway feeding Slot machines. A a we re not having the same Luck with the slots As we Are with the weather a Margarete Smith said. In Laughlin which consist s mainly of 10 casinos and acres of Asphalt Bill Beamon has what must be one of the hottest jobs in town. He a the Engineer on a Small train that circles the ramada express and he has to sit in an All steel cab. A a it a the hottest 1 can remember a Beamon said. Adams the Valet at the Edgewater described his Wrork As a Holter Titan hell but we love it. When we re not doing this vet re Jet