European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 01, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 \ " the stars and stripes . Monday August 1,1994 Simpson unsure of Cut he told police los Angeles a hours after his former wife was found slain of. Simpson gave police a confusing explanation of How he Cut his left Middle Finger according to a grand jury transcript. Without his lawyer present Simpson said that he was t sure How he was Cut then when pressed he said he Cut it twice once in los Angeles and once in Chicago. He told police that he was t sure How v the first injury occurred but that the Sec Ond injury occurred when he Cut the Fin Ger on a broken Glass in a Chicago hotel according to the transcript. I had previously noticed the Bandage on his left hand and i asked him How he had injured his hand and he said that he really did t know police detective in the stars and stripes 10 years ago aug. 1,1984 the last . Combat troops left Beirut Lebanon aboard giant helicopters ending a two year Mission that Cost the nation the lives of 264 of its service members. 20 years ago aug. 1,1974 John Ehrlichman president Nixon s chief Domestic affairs adviser was sentenced to 20 months to five years in prison for his role in the watergate cover up. 30 years ago aug. 1,1964 spacecraft Ranger 7 televised the first close up pictures of the Moon and then crashed into the sea of Clouds producing a historic first Success in the trouble plagued . Lunar exploration pro Gram. _ 40 years ago aug. 1,1954 sen. Joseph Mccarthy battling efforts to Curt or control him told the Senate that he would never play Ball with the administration to the extent of stopping his committee s probe into communist activities. 50 years ago aug. 1,1944 a private who turned the tables on his German captors and brought in 80 prisoners to the us. 1st army in France de scribed Hoy 9th air Force warplanes destroyed a 2-mile-Long column of nazi armoured vehicles. World War ii 50 years ago today aug. 1 with soviet troops nearing Warsaw polish resistance fighters Rise up in an ill fated rebellion against the germans. Red army soldiers take Kaunas Lithuania. In the Pacific . Marines push northward on Guam to a line from Agana to Pago Bay. Japanese resistance ends on trnian with a futile attack the baffle for the Island has Cost the japanese 6,000 fives the marines 390. 2194 Days Orf in w. K Smith inc. The wort Date a cof 9, won Book corp., 1m1 Philip Vannatter testified in june the transcripts were released by the grand jury office Friday and reviewed saturday. Vannatter who interviewed Simpson on june 13 without his lawyer said Simp son at one Point spoke of injuring his Fin Ger twice once at his Brentwood mansion and once when he arrived at a Chicago hotel the morning after the slayings of his sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend Ronald Goldman. He says he must have injured it some time that reverting while he was preparing to leave on the trip Vannatter said. His explanation was he was very Busy and he was Rushing around. But did t really know How he had done  Vannatter said he asked if Simpson might have Cut himself during a visit this sex wife s Home and might have been dripping blood there. He said no he was t injured and he could t have been dropping any blood Vannatter. Testified. He said Simpson said  t visited his sex wife s Home in a week. Vannatter said Simpson explained thai blood drops found at his own Home were his and that he had noticed during the evening that he was bleeding and that he had grabbed something and wrapped it on his hand and the bleeding had  and then i asked him Well did you injure yourself any other time or were you Hurt Back in Chicago and he says Well yeah i broke a Glass Back there. Iwas upset when i got a Call from you and i must have reinsured myself " a prosecutor asked so he put some thing on it both Here and in Chicago yes but he could t remember exact by. He says i must have grabbed a Towel or Napkin or something and put it on my hand and the bleeding stopped while i was Here " Vannatter said. Simpson is charged in the june 12 Mur Ders of Nicole Simpson and Goldman. Prosecutors have cited the Cut on his Fin Ger As circumstantial evidence that he was the knife wielding assailant who slashed the victims. The source of the Cut is important be cause blood drops leading away from the crime scene had the same genetic Mark ers As Simpson s relatively rare blood group according to police experts. Canyon residents told to evacuate As Washington wildfire roars near Leavenworth Wash. A residents in four canyons East of this bavarian theme tourist town were asked to evacuate saturday night As a wildfire jumped a Highway and raced eastward. The 1,500 Canyon residents were told to leave after the rat Creek wildfire jumped . 97 and spread nine Miles. Fires were burning to the West South an East of Leavenworth. We re pretty much surrounded said Celly o Brien operations chief for the Leavenworth fire department. This is Abig  another 6,000 people in neighbouring towns were told to be ready to evacuate and the 22,000  Wenatchee were warned of burning embers another fire hazards. The fire earlier forced workers to shut Down the water Plant. About 25 Miles Northeast a fire that had burned across 86,000 acres of grass and Pine Trees was moving away from the Lake resort town of Chelan but a number of houses in the area remained evacuated. Fires started mostly by lightning also burned out of control in Utah and Mon Tana where a Tanker plane crashed and killed its two Crew members and else where across the West. Conditions in Oregon had improved enough  than 200 state firefighters were being sent to help Washington state Crews. The rat Creek fire near Leavenworth broke out Friday in the icicle Creek can Yon South of the town in North Central Washington. By saturday it had destroyed 14 structures mostly houses the Chelan county sheriffs office said. The Homes had been evacuated and no one was injured. Rob Harris lost his Home plus a. Rental House. We were getting ready to evacuate but the thing was coming Down the can firefighter Rick Trimbath uses a safety flare for Back burning near Chelan Wash., Early saturday. A wildfire that once threatened the town appeared to be moving away. Yon so fast there was hardly any warn ing he said. There was hardly any time to think but i got out my most valuable tools and my  by saturday afternoon the fire had spread to More than 5,000 acres. It was moving away from Leavenworth but a evacuation Alert remained in effect Tell ing residents to be ready to flee. It was among a series of about 34 fires dubbed the hatchery Complex threatening the Leavenworth and Lake Wenatchee areas the Leavenworth water treatment Plant which serves about 3,000 area Resi dents was shut Down Friday because Plant employees were evacuated As the Jire crept to within four five Miles of Lown Leavenworth City administrator Mike Cecka said. The Plant was spared but residents Yere told to continue boiling drinking water. Stalker lived in crawl space wife says a a of a 01t" y t a i � / a to a Bakersfield Calif. A a Man stalking his wife after she left him secretly moved into a 2vmoot crawl space under her trailer police said. He watched and listened to her for about week with a gun at his Side they reported. Angela Czubko discovered her Hus band thursday after tearing noises under her floor and stepping into a Pool of his urine. She called police and Dan Iel Czubko fled authorities said. Police continued to search saturday for Czubko 32, who already was wanted for allegedly raping and beating his wife. Police found clothing cigarettes food wrappers and a handgun under Angela Czubko s trailer. The longer i dig into this Case the scarier it gets police detective Richard Ramirez said. Police gave this account Angela Czubko left her husband in october after a Stormy relationship but he returned to beat and sexually assault her on several occasions she said. He would Call her and describe what she was Wear ing and where she had been. Police agreed to watch the Home but Daniel Czubko broke in again raping her at Lurf St four More times each time More violently she said. She said things quieted Down after she moved into the trailer. But on thursday she heard noises under the floor and became uneasy. She piled up boxes and garbage cans against her door to keep her estranged husband away unaware he was living beneath the trailer. She later moved a Couch in her living room and found a phone connected to a hidden wire. Nearby was a rubber Mallet. As she leaned against the Couch she stepped in a Pool of urine. She did not see him before he fled