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MOUNT BALDY VILLAGE, Calif.
(AP) — A wildfire that has destroyed
yzens of cabins and forced the closure of
ko,000-acres in Angeles National Forest
bmpted mandatory evacuations as smoke
spread across communities northeast of
,os Angeles.
The fire had scorched about 22,000 acres
f the national forest by Wednesday morn-
irg, equal to about 1 1 square miles. The
■laze was only 10 percent contained early
Wednesday.
I The fire was the larger of two big blazes
in California. The other raced over 1,850
Jcres in a park south of San Jose, destroying
|5 structures and threatening 50 homes. It
fas 25 percent contained early Wednesday.
The blaze northeast of Los Angeles more
han doubled in size Tuesday. Some 2,000
efighters were hampered by rugged ter-
n and temperatures that soared into the
|igh 90s.
A fine layer of ash fell on cars and yards
several San Gabriel Valley communities
in the eastern edge of Los Angeles,
p ompting air quality authorities to issue a
aming.
Forty cabins and four federal research
buildings were destroyed, and residents
reported seeing 30-foot flames in some
areas. The cost of battling the blaze has
reached $1.5 million.
I he cause of the wildfire was under
investigation, although officials ruled out
barbecues or campfires as a possibility.
Despite a mandatory evacuation issued at
8 p.m. Tuesday, about a dozen of the 600
residents in Mount Baldy Village stayed put.
"Why would we be nervous? We don’t
see any tire," said Ron Ellington, proprietor
of the Mount Baldy Lodge built in 1914.
“ I he lodge has always been a place where
people go in a time of crisis. The lodge has
to stay open so people can find out what’s
going on.”
On the northern edge of Claremont, res
idents of 40 homes in Palmer Canyon were
ordered to leave because the fire was fast
approaching.
“I can see flame right from my back
yard. We got ash in the back yard, on the
sidewalk and the pool,” said Los Angeles
Dodgers manager Jim Tracy, who lives in
Claremont, 40 miles east of downtown
Los Angeles.
The fire, which began Sunday evening
near privately owned Camp Williams and
Camp Fellows, had destroyed 40 of 77 cab
ins and four federal buildings in the San
Dimas Canyon area.
It burned just three miles southeast of an
area scorched earlier this month by a
16,000-acre fire.
California’s other major wildfire roared
toward 250 threatened homes along the
lushly forested Santa Cruz Mountains,
destroying at least 15 structures. More than
1,000 firefighters were deployed.
Dozens of residents voluntarily evacuat
ed their homes and officials warned those
lingering to pack their cars so they could
leave at a moment’s notice.
Officials believe the blaze was sparked
Monday by a fire within a mobile home
along the eastern side of the mountains.
The fire’s thick smoke has hampered
firefighting efforts. Air tankers were
grounded for much of Tuesday until the
smoke cleared a bit in the afternoon. The
smoke was visible from downtown San
Jose, 20 miles to the north.
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ere exposed to drugs cannot sue
I PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Prisoners who were deliberately
Ixposed in diseases and given mind-alicrme drugs during jail-
house medical experiments from the 1950s through the 1970s
:annot sue the city and the university that conducted the tests, a
ederal appeals court ruled.
A three-judge panel of the 3rd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
)n Tuesday upheld a lower court’s ruling that the 298 fonner
nmates waited too long to bring their lawsuit.
In most circumstances, state law requires that the type of law-
>uit filed by the prisoners be brought within two to four years.
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h theworsihH “The experimentation programs were widely publicized from
3r the widest: he mid-1970s until the early 1980s and a number of inmates filed
3uble.” iu ' ts in the years following the publicity,” the court said. “It is
Vayne and CL (imply not reasonable to believe that plaintiffs were not aware of
es. butthes w the facts underlying this litigation many, many years before bring
ing suit.”
The prisoners — all of whom finished serving their jail time
long ago — sued in 2000 after Temple University instructor and
rcalluHi'^lP^bn activist Allen Hornblum wrote about the testing in his 1998
2 aboutkfrnsb| book “Acres of Skin.”
‘ s t ra jghtdr®I F° r decades, the University of Pennsylvania and dermatolo-
which“could$til gists led by Dr. Albert Kligman, who is credited with developing
the acne and anti-wrinkle treatment Retin A, performed experi
ments on inmates at Holmesburg Prison, a city jail that closed in
1995.
Many of the tests were harmless, but at city hearings conduct
ed earlier this year, one former prisoner said his hands and feet
swelled grotesquely. Others said they lost feeling in limbs or had
bad reactions to psychotropic drugs.
The lawsuit said the inmates had not been informed of the risks
or properly asked for their consent.
“Some of the people were tested with LSD. Some were tested
with dioxin. They didn’t know what they were getting into,” said
Thomas Nocella, the prisoners’ attorney.
He said the group has not decided whether to appeal.
After Hornblum’s book was published, Penn offered to exam
ine any former inmates who thought they were harmed by the
school’s studies.
“That offer still stands,” Penn spokeswoman Rebecca Harmon
said Wednesday.
“Thirty or 40 years ago, it was common practice. But we’ve all
grown up since then,” she said. “It’s understood globally that
prisoners are not appropriate subjects for testing.”
At least six other lawsuits filed by prisoners against the school
were settled out of court.
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LAKE WORTH, Fla. (AP) — Authorities
charged a 29-year-old man Wednesday with
think ofanol murdering five members of his family over
he weekend, saying he believed some of the
victims were molesting his daughter.
Michael Roman, 29, made incrimina -
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Police had been searching for Roman
since Sunday, when they discovered the
bodies of his uncle, his uncle’s girlfriend
and her three grown children, including a
pregnant woman.
Smith said the victims were stabbed and
shot to death. He also said Roman indicated
he believed some of the people who were
killed were responsible for molesting his 1
1/2-year-old daughter, who lived in the
home with him and his girlfriend.
Roman was charged with first-degree
murder in the slayings. It was not immedi
ately known whether Roman has a lawyer.
The public defender’s office in Orlando,
150 miles north of here, did not immediate
ly return a call seeking comment.
The body of Carmen Valentin, 42, was
discovered by police in a roadway in Lake
Worth, south of West Palm Beach.
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RIDE THE
SHUTTLE BUSES
TO KYLE FIELD
The Texas A&M Athletic Department will be
running student shuttle buses to home football
games again this season! The buses will run
on their normal routes. Students and
TacuUy/Staff plus their guests may ride FREE!!
Just show your game ticket to board the bus.
The Student shuttle buses will start their
regular routes 2 hours before kickoff and
d e part campus for 1 hour after the game is over.
RIDE THE STUDENT SHUTTLE BUS
TO HOME FOOTBALL GAMES
Fall Activities Council &
TAMU Food Services
Is proud to present:
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Aggie Invasion at Baylor
Texas A&M vs. Baylor
October 12
$10 Bus Ride to Waco (Includes Lunch)
Come and join other students, faculty, and members of the
community as we take a bus trip to Waco to watch the
Fightin' Texas Aggies beat the hell out of the Baylor Bears.
When: Saturday, October 12
Cost: $10 (available at MSC Box Office until 9/30)
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Tickets to the football <tame sold separately.
Buy football tickets by calling 979-845-2311 or going to the
TAMU Athletic Ticket Office upstairs in Koldus.
Bring participant ivavierlrelease fom to buses
Buses will begin loading at 9AM
Buses will leave for Waco at 10AM
Buses will return for College Station
1 Vi hours aftergame
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