European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 21, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes . J sunday August 21 ,1994 Simpson team contests dam testing los Angeles a attorney Robert Shapiro wants the court to help him find Breaks in the Chain of evidence against  Simpson. In a letter delivered to Superior court judge Lance Ito and prosecutors after hours Friday Shapiro said blood samples May have been so compromised by mis Labelling cutting switching and other discrepancies that the results of Dan tests will b e inadmissible in court. He asked to know All people involved in every step of handling evidence from collecting to testing and requested Ito determine just How much blood was available for testing. Prosecutors declined to comment. We prefer to comment in the court room said Sandi Gibbons a spokeswoman for the District attorney s office. You la hear More about it in  Simpson is accused of killing his sex wife Nicole Brown Simpson 35, and her Friend Ronald Goldman 25, on june 12. He has pleaded innocent. Dan tests on the blood samples taken from the murder scene and from . Simpson s estate could place him at the crime scene or help,deal1 him. The tests sometimes take months to Complete and it is not known if they will be finished in time for the trial which is scheduled to begin sept. 19. Ito scheduled a hearing for monday to discuss How Dan evidence might be used in the trial. At a hearing last wednesday the judge said he was concerned that police might be holding some blood samples he was not aware of. Shapiro contended that lists of blood samples sent by the prosecution to a Maryland Laboratory Don t match with lists of samples the lab says it received. He wants the defense to be Able to in Spect and inventory All samples. All of these discrepancies May affect the admissibility of any testing results and will certainly affect their credibility Shapiro protein the past the prosecution has assured defense attorneys that they could have their own people present to watch the handling and testing of evidence at cell Mark diagnostics in Germantown my. Meanwhile sources close to the investigation have told the associated press that preliminary tests on four blood drops found at the murder scene did not match. Simpson s blood and have yet to be matched to anyone else s blood. Knic to cited unidentified sources Friday As saying a separate blood drop found on Goldman s shoe matched his own blood. The television station also re ported that both prosecutors and defense attorneys have received copies of the preliminary Dan results. Shapiro would t comment on preliminary in a results. In other developments Friday Fox broadcasting co. Announced that it Wilt postpone a television version of the . Simpson Story at least until jury selection is completed. Fox said it would scrub a planned sept. 13 broadcast because it was afraid the movie could jeopardizes fair trial. Teen smokers lured by ads report says Atlanta a the three most heavily advertised cigarette brands depicted by Joe Camel the Marlboro Man and the fun couples of Newport Cap tured 86 percent of the teen age Market and Only 35 percent of Overall sales according to a study released last week. The results Are pretty striking. We were shocked by the magnitude in the difference said Michael Eriksen of the Federal centers for disease control and Preven Tion commonly known As the cd which conducted the study. Eriksen director of the cd s office on smoking and health said teens Are More vulnerable than adults to advertising by the tobacco Industry with its images of inde pendent social and sophisticated people smoking. The cd first reported More than two years ago that teen age smokers arc much More Likely than adults to pick the most advertised brands. But the new study re leased thursday offered fresh ammunition for Law makers who want to restrict cigarette advertising. About 3 million teens Are smokers and they con sume nearly 1 billion packs a year. Seventy percent of teen age smokers become regular smokers by age 18. Tobacco companies spend $4.6 billion a year in advertising and promotions but insist they Don t target children. They do support campaigns to discourage children from smoking most notably spending hundreds of thousands of dollars to print placards warning teen agers that buying cigarettes is illegal. Just As you Don t blame general motors for Chil Dren who steal cars nor should you say cigarette brands initiate kids smoking said Thomas Lauria a spokesman for the tobacco Institute an Industry group. He pointed to the june decision by the Federal Trade commission to end an investigation of the Joe Camel Campaign without filing a complaint. The Etc said at the time that it lacked evidence to support allegations that the Campaign encourages children to smoke. The report was based on a 1993 Survey of 702 smok ers Ages 12-18 whose Brand preference was known. Marlboro was the most popular cigarette accounting for 60 percent of teen sales while Camel and Newport each grabbed about 13 percent of the teen Market. Health care concerns High at vow gathering. Las vegas a the veterans of foreign wars kicked off its 95th annual convention Friday with health care Reform and its effect on the veterans administration a major topic on the Agenda. Our concern is that any new National health plan will Impact  health system adversely Steve Van Buskirk the vow s assistant director of Public affairs said in a Telephone interview. We want to make sure the a system will remain intact and will remain exclusively for  some 20,000 delegates were expected to attend the convention of the organization which has 2.2 million members. The convention runs through next Friday. E National Forest near � T a Les  a  Torch after settin8 a Back Burn fire Friday in Mccall Idaho. Forest fires also raged saturday in Washington and in Northern firefighters Battle to save California logging Region w a a r a � my pm. T it i a we_.-. Loyalton Calif. A w More than 2,000 firefighters nearly twice the population of this historic logging town have arrived to Battle a 27,000-acre Blaze racing unchecked through Theta be National Forest. A sign on a Fence outside a preschool dotted with Small Han prints read simply thank you  flames advanced on the southwestern Edge of downtown Friday and threatened a 150-Home subdivision for the third straight Day. But the fire eventually veered East and the immediate danger eased said Diane Minutilli of the . Forest service. Sixty five trucks and 265 firefighters were positioned on a Ridge above the town As a final defense Between the Homes and the flames. But their fire line was tenuous Friday afternoon a burning Ember carried by fickle winds landed in the Yard of a Home in the subdivision nearly one mile from the fire s front. Crews moved quickly and stopped the fire 2feet from the House. No structures have been lost and Only minor injun nes have been reported since the fire broke out tuesday at a Campground in the Sierra Nevada foot Hills. Officials suspect arson but the cause remains under investigation. The fire has raced unchecked through 42 Square Miles of dead and dying Trees in the Tahoe National Forest.--. � -. Hot dry weather and sometimes brisk winds could Rause More problems this weekend As 21,000 firefighters throughout the West Battle 31 major fires Oyer More than 443,000 acres of forests and Prush land the National inter Agency fire Cente said. / _ in Idaho Crews saturday tried to Stop a suspicious fire that destroyed one Home and forced the evacuation of More than 20 others in the Rural Hills about 18 Miles Northeast of Boise. The fire started Friday afternoon near Idaho Highway 21 and quickly spread Over 3,000 acres of grass Brush and scattered Ponderosa Pine. Lines were being cleared to keep the flames from Idaho ? ai.olf.mmmg-t6wn of 300 residents. In Washington about 2,400 firefighters had a Chance of containing the 127,000-acrl Tyee Creek Complex of. Fires if winds Don t kick up this week end officials said