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Flooding causes evacuations in California NATIONAL LOS ANGE1.ES (AP) The worst rainfall in nearly a dtK4de coRlIluiid its deadly assault a* nr« the statt* Tuesday, forcing the evacuation of 20.tKK) residents in northern Sacramento County and vending waves of mud into homes in Southern (California. At least six deaths were blamed on the storm All 20.000 residents of Rio Linda, IS miles north of S«i< rmnento. were ordered evo« uated when t)rv Creek, a tributary of the American Riser. spilled over its tianks Hundreds of people were sent to shelters in elementary schools and churches "Water is almost to the top of street signs in vane lota lions.“ said sheriff's spokeswoman Sharon Tolies Army National Guard Chinook helicopters plucked residents out of hard-hit Guernevillo, about 60 miles north of San Francisco. as the Russian River crested «t IT feet above fliKxl stage Brother* Brian and Dave Ridley were on one of the first flights out. both of them (.old and hungry Our hot on* is gone." Dave said I've been inside my truck for three days " At least six deaths vs« re blamed on the storm over the past two days, five in Northern California and one in southwestern Oregon In Southern California, a body was found in the raging Ventura River but it wasn't Immediately known if it was that of a homeless man reported missing Nearly 2(M).(KM) utility customers were reported to be without power at ross the state, and repairs were often difficult "A lot of tunes they're under water, and mudslides and landslides are blocking the way," said Diana Gapur of Pin ifu (wis & E1«h tri( Co In Southern California, at least 20 people were pulled from the Ventura and Santa Clara rivers, some by heli copter; three were hospitalized for hypothermia, author ities said. Many of those resi ued were residents of homeless encampments along the river ten! They had been warned on Monday to move to higher ground, but few listened I was < oming ( lose to dy ing, said George Struck, draped in a blanket and shaking violently after he was pulled from the water "I felt it I fell it " In Santa Barbara, a t residents of a convalev ent home were evat uat«d to a hospital as runoff waters invaded their home before dawn, said police Sgt Brian Abbott. 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Wednesday, pros** utors are expoc ted to ask to introduce a host of potentially explosive evidence, including Simpson’s no-con test plea to a spousal battery charge and Nicole Brown Simpson's dramatic 911 call for police help The result is ex pec ted to he such a torrid reve lation of details about Simpson's life that his Jury was ordered to bo sequestered before the hearing begins. Court papers relating to the hearing remain under seal, but the defense has suggested in previous state moots it adheres to a common legal theory that abuse evident» would amount to little more than usual ly inadmissible charm ter evidence How much of the evidence will later la* present ed to the fury is up to Judge Ho to decide Uigal ana lysis expect a mixed ruling, with both sides getting a little of what they want Simpson is accused of the June 12 slayings of Nicole Brown Simpson and her friend Ronald (Gold man If the hearing wraps up this week, opening statements in his trial could begin Jan, 18 The defense probably w ill argue at the hearing that domestic; vtolenc e evidence would only make Simpson look bad, and a tried-nnd-true legal prin ciple is that prosec utors c an't try to prove a case by suggesting bad people do bad things "Even if he engaged in spousal abuse, it's irrel evant," said Columbia University law professor George I’ T'letc her on Tuesday. "The premise that wife (water* tend to kill their wives is Simply false " At a hearing last week, defense attorney (acrald Ueimeit urged the judge to consider statistic s show - ing that while 2 5 million batterings oc c;ur each year in relationships, there are only 1,5lX) spouse or part ner murders a \ ear "By a simple statistical tabulation, you c an actu ally come up with a computation of the statistic.nl probability that a battering is going to be related to a subsequent homicide," lleimen said. Prosecutors likely will argute the opposite: Wife beaters can become wife murderers, and any sign of violence in the Simpsons' relationship points to the identity of the killer and a motive for the crime. Advocates for victims of domestic violence sup port that position "When women are killed by their partners or ex partners. there is more often than not a history of abuse in their relationship," said Mnrissa Chez, spokeswoman for the Family Violent** Prevention Fund in San Francisco. Hy this reasoning, prosecutors want the jury to hear all the torrid details the 1989 New Year's dispute that sent Ms. Simpson to the hospital, her tearful pleas for help to a police dispatcher in 1993 as Simpson crashed into her house and allegations that Simpson bashed in a car window Then* also are photos of a bruises! Ms Simpson — taken after the 19H9 fight — that prosecutors seized front a safety deposit box Previous cases provide guidance for the judge, and one t use in particular may be of interest because of its eerie similarities to the Simpson slayings In that case, a California appellate court upheld the conviction of George F Zack. who was accused of beating to death his wife in 1982 and leaving behind a bloody trail of footprints. rhi* appellate court ruled tin* jury was properly told of prior assaults by Zack on his wife, the last of which left her with two black eyes. Zack also allegedly threatened to kill her The court ruled that the evidence pointed to the identity of the killer and a motive for the attack "(Zack) was not entitled to have the jury deter mine his guilt or innocence on a false presentation that Ins and the victim's relationship and their [xtrtiug were peaceful and friendly." the court said Dan Quayle will compete in 1996 presidential race WASHINGTON (AP) For mer V'ii b President Han Quay 1b is going to compete for the tfKMi Republican presidential nomi nation and will be out on the campaign trail as soon as he recuperates from surgery, a Republican pollster said Tues day. "He's running," Texas-based pollster David Hill said in a tele phone interview from what he called "Quavlw headquarters” in Indiana I'm going to help Dan on his campaign for president 1 wouldn't Ire here if there wasn't a campaign." Quovle was released Monday from the hospital after undergo ing an appendectomy. "We're finding out how quickly he can get back in the swing of things." Hill said He said Quayle would he appearing in Iowa and New Hampshire, sites of the first par ty caucuses and the first presi dentiul primary, probably by the end of the month In addition, Mark Goodin, a GOP operative who most m entis worked for Virginia Senate candidate Oliv er North, would join the Quayle campaign as communication* director, he said. Hill has polled for 16 years for Iowa Gov Terry Rranstad. mak ing him an expert on the state and its Republicans 'That'll be one of the first place* to do busi ness when he (Quayle) really gets totally geared up again." Hill said of Iowa The Republican field is taking shape rapidly with the approach of a primary season telescoped largely into a two-month period at the beginning of 1998 Sen Phil Gramm of Texas and former Education Secretary Lamar Alexander are sure bets, with Senate Majority Leader Bob Dole of Kansas a potential contender as well. California Gov. Pete Wilson might also run Injustice, not kiss, is central idea in movie PASADENA. Calif. (AP) — Glenn Close says too much attention is being jtaiil to a kiss she shares with Judy Davis in an upcoming TV' movie about a gay military woman "It's basically not what the movie is al>ou!," Close said of the scene in "Serving in Silence: The Margarethe Cammermeyor Story." " Hie movie is a very, very personal story ... the kiss is just something that comes at the very end.” One citizens' group report edly asked NBC not to air the kiss. The group's name was not immediately available The film is not about homosexuality but about the injustice of firing an out standing officer after decades of service, said co-producer Craig Zadan.
