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in 'V-r-'i v''f 4 -t 'i No coins for meter? Put yourself to the test 100 years of Redding's history in quiz A CREDIT 4s mm Friday Redding California October 2 1987 Vol 138 No 172 30 cents dKtPib Remains are of missing mother! Dawn Berryhill's death still a mystery with X-rays of the remains according to a statement issued by the Shasta County Sheriff's Department Thursday evening Ms Berryhill's remains were found approximately 250 yards from where a woman's skeleton was discovered Aug 17 The deaths are being treated as homicides Redding police Sgt Chuck Byard said Authorities are asking that anyone who saw Ms Berryhill after June 22 contact them in hopes of identifying the first set of remains found The Sheriff's Department and the Redding Police Department are Jointly investigating the deaths Because the two bodies were found so close together authorities are in- See REMAINS A-10 By JUDI LEMOS Authorities Thursday indentified skeletal remains' found near Happy Valley as those of Dawn Marie Berry-hill of Redding the 20-year-old who dropped her baby off with a friend one day in June and left home with an unidentified man Mrs remains were found Sept 22 in a brushy area near where authorities earlier discovered a second set of skeletal remains belonging to a woman who so far has not been identified Both cases are being treated as homicides but authorities cautioned against any over the fact that the bodies were found within a few hundred yards of each other Ms Berryhill 20 was identified after forensic odontologist Dr Larry Farrell compared her dental records Idaho man becomes ninth victim of blazes i IW- ESrWHSw The long-burning California forest fires Thursday claimed their ninth victim Klamath National Forest officials said today Freddie Pahnemah 33 of Fort Hall Idaho died after he apparently was overcome by smoke while fighting the Strouse Fire in the Chllkoot Complex near the border of Shasta and Siskiyou counties said Lee Poague fire information officer for the Klamath National Forest Pahnemah was on the fire line about 8:15 pm on the northeast flank of the blaze when he collapsed Poague said Using a radio hookup rescue workers tried to revive the firefighter with the help of a doctor at the 143rd National Guard Evacuation Unit at the Forks of Salmon Poague said Rescue workers carried Pahnemah to a clear spot to be picked up by a US Coast Guard helicopter from Areata but the helicopter could not land because of smoke Poague said The cause of death had not been determined A special investigation team from the Shasta-Trlnlty National Forests will Investigate the incident Poague said The death brings to nine the total AP Uurphoto Whittier resident Celia Guerrero steps across piece of her home that was damaged by quake Cleanup begins after earthquake i Three Democrats join the opposition to Bork Mill operators impatient See A-7 number of firefighters who have lost their lives fighting this year's blazes The most recent deaths in the north state happened Sept 16 when three firefighters died in a crash of their air-tanker in Shasta County Meanwhile firefighters continued to -battle the 24000-acre Yellow Fire near Forks of Salmon that threatened some valuable timber near Wooley Creek Liz Bowen fire information officer for the Klamath National Forest said today the fire had not yet crossed Rock Creek toward Wooley Creek but had slowed down its progress Fires have burned 239200 acres of timber and brush in the Klamath National Forest Officials offered a rough estimate of $500 million damage -to timber in the forest In the Shasta-Trinlty National Forests firefighters continued their mop-up and patrol efforts Fire Information Officer Judy Downing said Fires in the Shasta-Trinity have-burned 91030 acres the people of America have a constitutional right of privacy especially in the Also announcing their opposition were Sen John Kerry of Massachusetts and Jeff Bingaman of New Mexico Bingaman said confirmation would run the risk of inviting era of Internal dispute and disaffection" in the country place this man on the Supreme Court would be to reopen old wounds and to re-fight old Kerry said On the other side Sen John Mc-See BORK A-10 -VVWsJ An inside tip The AIDS virus can remain undetected within the human body for more than a year far-longer than medical experts had thought possible research indi' cates The research suggests that those infected with the AIDS virus for many months' may still show negative results-from widely used tests See C-4 1 i "4 Just a tune-up? Sea A-3 officer Ernie Garcia said Meanwhile a series of small to moderate quakes in northwestern Utah continued today with another tremor but no injuries or damage were reported geologists said The epicenter of quake was 22 miles west of Brigham City on the east side of the Promontory Mountains and on the north end of the Great Salt Lake said Jim Pechmann of the University of Utah seismograph stations V- It measured 35 on the Richter scale but was unrelated to the California quake officials said The California earthquake lasted only 10 to 15 seconds but left more some others The quake which measured 61 on the Richter scale struck at 7:42 am Bastio who lives on the second story of an apartment complex Said the quake rolled rather than shook his building but did not cause damage was kind of enjoying it basically" he said Curt Tiffany of Orange about 35 miles southeast of the eplcen- ter definitely did not enjoy the expe- 1 rience feeling I had was one I never want to have again" he said was Just like being on a boat deep-sea fishing a slow roll1 "While you were experiencing It you Just wondered is this it? Is this the big he said It was not as it turned out and "'V than 100 people injured as It damaged hundreds of houses and tossed furniture about like toys Yet emergency services worked smoothly traffic flowed power was quickly restored and highway improvements completed since the dev- astating 1971 Sylmar quake minimized damage officials said Cleaning up was the priority in hard-hit Whittier police officer Mike Willis said a lot of damage out there Some of the roofs are caved In and the fronts of some homes are gone Many of them were old he said Whittier resident Dan Guerrero spent the night in a tent outside the condemned duplex where he and his family had lived full effect of See QUAKE A-10 unperturbed Tiffany said there was no noticeable damage in his neighborhood Tiffany is considering a visit to Redding and called the Greater Red- ding Chamber of Commerce for Information about the area shortly after the quake occurred "Just a he said in Downey south of Los Angeles 'former Redding -resident Scott Foust stress engineer for Rockwell International said in a phone interview Thursday he was sitting at his desk talking with a co-worker when the temblor hit Foust is the son of Ray Foust superintendent of the Whiskey-town Unit of the Shasta-Trlnlty Na- i v- Seo SURVIVORS A-10 ANGELES (AP) Southern Californians today began cleaning up after a powerful earthquake and 16 sizable aftershocks that killed at least six people crumbled dozens of buildings and left a sea of broken glass and millions of dollars in damages No major looting was reported today in the area hit Thursday by the most powerful earthquake since 1971 In suburban Whittier Mayor Gene Chandler told Sen Pete Wilson during an inspection tour that the quake caused $10 million in damage destroyed at least 30 businesses and damaged about 200 hoigeb in the community near the epicenter i- Crews worked throughout the night to shore up a damaged overpass on Interstate 60S near Santa Fe Springs and morning rush hour traffic flowed normally California Highly Patrol Quake shakes WASHINGTON (AP) Three more Democratic senators including Lloyd Bentsen of Texas said today they will oppose elevation of Judge Robert Bork to the Supreme Court criticizing record on civil rights and Individual privacy One Republican announced his support for the nominee virtually every case where he has taken a position Judge Bork has opposed the advancement of civil rights over the past 25 Bentsen said in a Senate speech He added: am not prepared to vote for a Supreme Court nominee who has steadfastly refused to ackowledge that Inside Today Record Searchlight reporters Michael Martin Joseph Follanaboo jand Staaia Scarborough contributed to this story Editor 1 Friends and family of Redding residents who live in areas shaken by quake said it Caused minor damage and momentary alarm followed by relief It wasn't the "big it could have been was like riding on a said Paul Bastio of Northrldge some 20 miles northwest of the epicenter as he arrived at Redding Municipal Air port Thursday 1 end of the couch bounced up and the pictures swung away from the wall" Bastio said "I knew It the big one because nothing was falling out of the shelves" 1 i Pa i a I I.

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