European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday october 19, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 5texas tall rises with floodwaters Conroe Texas apr Rivers and creeks raged with floodwater in Southeastern Texas on tuesday As thousands fled their Homes and the storms death toll Rose to six. /. A. The torrential storms began sunday pounding some areas with up to 30 inches of rain by tuesday. Rain was expected to last through today. About 3,000 residents downstream from a dam 60 Miles Northeast of Houston were told to evacuate because of the rising Trinity River and 5,000 residents to the South fled their Low lying Homes. A a it a bad and it looks like we re not going to get any better a Polk county sheriff Billy Nelson said. Some of the worst flooding was in Montgomery county about 40 Miles North of Houston. Water from a flooded Creek swept a car carry ing two men off 9 Road sunday. One body was found the other remained missing. V v a a 0-Va Man trying to drive through High water in Grimes county drowned when his pickup was swept into a swollen Creek and overturned. A car carrying a Mother and four children was carried away by Flash flooding in the same county. The woman and two children survived a third child was drowned and a fourth was missing. Searchers were using horses and planes to search for the missing child. A the current is so Strong right now that boats Are just out of the question a said sheriff s Deputy Jackie a Siracusa. A a a j. A a a. A a a a a a a a  other fatalities included. A an elderly Man found dead in his truck near a Highway in Polk county after he tried to drive through High water Nelson said. A a Many a body found floating in a rain swollen ditch just East of Houston. Details were not released but authorities attributed the death to flooding. A Man who had a heart attack when his Van got stuck As he tried to Cross a flooded Highway in Conroe. Waist High water swamped upper class suburbs North of Houston sending residents to emergency shelters set up in local schools and churches. Others hunkered Down in their Homes to wait out the storms. Two women who were trapped in the flooding near Conroe Texas sit under umbrellas As they Ore carried to safety. Ito allows evidence tied to Dan tests los Angeles a a judge tuesday refused to throw out evidence or impose other sanctions against prosecutors for delays Irr Dan testing which could be the key to the . Simpson murder Case. Reversing threats he made last week Superior court judge Lance Ito reject cd defense claims that prosecutors acted in bad Faith by waiting nearly three months after the killings to submit some of the evidence for lab testing. Among the evidence was a bloody Glove found at Simpsons estate. A the Mere fact that the prosecution waited until the second week in september does not standing alone establish bad Faith in the context of the unique facts and circumstances of this Case a Ito said in a written ruling. The ruling came As a major Surprise juror no. 32 says los Angeles a a Bailiff knew her co workers knew. Her Mother knew. It even seemed the joke writers on. Saturday night live knew. She was juror no. 32 in the . Simpson Case. A in the end it was too much to Bear. The 31-year-old White woman from Pasadena As she described herself in a juror questionnaire wanted out of the jury  though her name was withheld a the Vroman gained widespread attention judge Lance Ito a since Ito hinted last week that prosecutors did in fact wait too Long. Simpson 47, has been charged with the june 12 stabbing deaths of his second former wife 35-year-old Nicole Brown Simpson and her Friend 25-year-old Ronald Goldman victim s sister horrified by halloween garb by the los Angeles times Laguna Beach Calif. The sister of Nicole Brown Simpson issued a nationwide plea monday asking Consumers to return halloween costume items that depict either . Simpson or his alleged victims including masks blonde wigs and even prosthetic Slit throats. Denise Brown called on stores handling such items to Hall their Sale saying that they Are in a extremely bad taste and hold a no redeeming value for our society a but most stores ignored ther remarks. Victor Pahl manager of a  in Fullerton said monday that his store had sold 70 masks in the likeness of the former football Star As Well As numerous football jerseys splattered with fake blood and blonde wigs for women a wanting to dress up As Nicole.�?�. V too Tough to tackle for being the first juror questioned and for drawing the same number Simpson wore As a football player. Superior court judge Lance Ito granted her request monday. 1 juror no. 32, who works in Industrial engineering research complained of a undue attention to my jury  among the things that bothered her was a saturday night live skit in which Ito was depicted winking at juror no. 32. A i just want to have my life Back a the woman told reporters before leaving the courthouse. A i was supposed to be Anonymous. But i  eight prospective jurors were quizzed monday. Fee Van were kept bringing to 15 the. Number of people who have been questioned and remain As prospects. No. 32 was briefly questioned and excused. T free others who weren to questioned were dismissed for various reasons including one woman who said she suffered Domestic violence for years. She said she bristled at the thought of being questioned about it by attorneys. Judge lenient on murderer of cheating wife Towson my. Apr a husband who admitted slaying his wife after catching her in bed with another Man was sen a fenced to 18 months in prison by a judge who said such a killing was understandable. A  Quot. A a a a a. A. Sandra Peacock 31, was killed feb. 9 by a single shot to the head from a Hunting Rifle a few hours after her husband Kenneth Peacock 36, arrived Home unexpectedly during a Winter storm prosecutors said. The victims Lover escaped in sentencing Peacock on monday circuit judge Robert Cahill said he was reluctant to give him any prison time a Al seriously wonder How Many men married five four years would have the strength to walk away without inflicting some Corporal punishment a Cahill said. A i am forced to impose a sentence Only because i think i must do it to make the system  assistant states attorney Michael Dehaven had asked for a sentence within the three to eight year sentencing guidelines. A. A a attorney Judith Wolfer a Domestic violence activist said the sentence sends a dangerous message. A you done to kill someone because they betrayed your Trust. She said. A it his judge is excusing this behaviour by giving this lenient  Wolfer questioned whether Peacock should have been allowed to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter since court documents show he first drank Beer and wine and argued with his wife for several hours before killing her. A if he had time to sit Down and have a drink before he shot his wife that is no different than an execution a Wolfer said