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Show The Sal NATION Monday, Jan wakeTri 6, 199 Forest Service Accused of eer Its Own Probe ; Miller tempts by agency offi aection ests of the Pa fic Northwest. accounting for tens of millions of dollars in revenue lost to Our crackdown has bae n from entrenched Whose the Treasury control om the vast national for- In 1991. a created within cial federal task force was e U.S. Forest Service to investigate and help pro: cute the bi; thieves — believed to be mber compan taking far me better trees than those they were pay But nearly four yearslater the effort is in After bringingforththe biggest timin U.S. history in 1993, the spenot produced a single prosecution in more than a year, and many membersare now directing theircritical attention toward 1 reflection of how wel can probe de operations b; andeffa orts by offi W ASHINGTON — For ye rs the government suspected that | rge amounts of tim a powerful icials on of panels that F 9 letter to investigators be and blackened the morehi! v valued trees. than those for, shor of dolla anging the the agency is strongly committed to combat- Congress, the Fi ting timber theft. Lowell Mansfield, who headed the task force. maintains that the com- the Agriculture Department's inspector gen they want to stay in southern Oregon, near ignoring pervasive thefts in the government preserves and are trying to prevent investigators from uncovering them In formal allegations not yet made public. they detail what they say are systematic at- ght panels con ey who did not wink with them The charges are causing a furor inside the Forest Service. where officials contend that the government's caretaker of timber In internal complaints beinginvestigated by eral, a majority of task-force members charge that Forest Serviceofficials are deliberately cial timber theft The “a bunch ofbaloney found that the scaling bureau was routinel: declaring high-quality logs defective or worth less, thereby robbing the government ofmil lions of dollars. The case has thus far |led te $3.2 millionin fines andrestitution highly unusual inside the federal government andraises thespecter of a particularly tough confrontation between an agency andinternal seven membersof an immigrant family who had moved to this to havea sister. Now I don’t. No father, either.” he said. “They L used to be a brother. I used southwest Chicago suburb a year were my family. that killed 21 people. On Sunday, an electrical fire at a home in Missourikilled three children In Burbank, dogs picked up the years after emigrating to this country, moved Bierly eae bank in January 1994. Sunday's fire, in University ago The blaze was one offour house fires around the country Saturday odor of the accelerant, which has yet to be identified, Police Chief Bill Kujawa said Sunday. “We'retreating it as a multiple homicide investigation,” Kujawa said. He refused to discuss a motive or say whether there were any suspects. Theblaze started in the living roomshortly after 3 a.m. Saturday and quickly spread through the split-level house. The dead were identified as Abdulla Yaffai, 62, and his six children, whose surnames were Mohamed: Quasam, 3; Gaze, 5; Hanan, 9; Zain, 13; Aneece, 14; and Mohamed, 16. Edmund DonoghueJr., medical examiner for Cook County, said the victims died from inhaling smoke andsoot As the fire raced through the house, Yaffai managed to push his wife, Fatima Ahmed, 40, out a bathroom window. His pregnant daughter-in-law, 21-year-old Huda Sahadad. also escaped and called neighbors. Both women remained hospital- ized in stable condition Sunday Family members asked that no moreinformation be released If you have four of the following symptoms at the same time twice weekly, call 581-8806 for information on treatment-oriented research Ak OR FONG LING Is Target of Arson Probe Yaffai’s eldest son, Saleh Mohamed, 18, broke down in tears whenhe heard the news _ PANIC DISORDERS volved the Columbia River Grading Bureau, which was hired by gon timber companies to measure and g the logs they had harvested. The task f Mansfield said Nonetheless, such a coordinated protest is THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BURBANK, Ill. — Anaccelerant found in theliving room and undertak Thebiggest theft case of 2 their homes andfamilies. The complaint is vernment Start Illinois Fire That Killed 7 basementstarteda fire that killed Ss jomous from agen. that their 3 amstrung by gement that winked at industry misconduc plaints reflect personal grievances by the investigators. The department wants theinvestigators to use their expertise to combat timber theft nationwide, Mansfield said, while anotheralleged culprit — their own agency omme Investiga- Choking sensation Rapid heart rate Chest pain or discomfort Nausea or abdominal pain | a Mountain fresh atmosphere. Feelings of unreality | Numbness or tingling sensations Hotflashes or chills Trembling Fear of dying Celebrate The New Year lovely family.” Yaffai, who managed a grocery store in New York City for 15 City. Mo.. was blamed onanelec- se im Th Noon-10 PING ee Sat 430-11 pm ‘| -30a Sun 430-10 pm ae 9agaere CS J TReRe DERESe + Takeout * Liquor Licensee 14 family members were sleeping, said Fire Department Capt. Jeffrey Keller Three children died: Danielle <immons,5, her 6-year-oldsister, Constance, and their 8-year-old cousin, LaShanda Simmons. The other family members escaped unharmed. The other Saturdayfires were in Minnesota, Ohio and Washington state. 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