Page Two THE MfCHIGAN DAILY{ Tuesday, August 9, 19?77 Fires burn out of control in West By The Assciated Press away. Hundreds of fire fighters from One official said the entire throughout the nation were rush- country's resources for fighting ing to California yesterday to wildfires were being strained. join 10,000 people already fight- Fires also continued to lay waste ing giant forest fires there. But to vast areas of Alaska wilder- the blazes made new headway ness; a spate of new fires broke end smoke could be seen in out in Oregon, Washington, and Utah and Wyoming, 500 miles Utah, and a troublesome blaze There IS a difference!!! PREPARE FOR: MOATO DATe LSATO SAT GRE @ GMAT @ OCAT. VAT ur broad range of programs provrdes an umbrella of test- ng know-how that enables us to otter the best preparation avat3b/e no ratt r which course is taken Over 3$ years of experience and sccess Small classes. 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By yesterday, the groups of firefighters were spread so thin, and some fires were so far out of control, that 3,100 firefighters This game is always ready BILLIARDS /at the }FY Ui~t on battling the 77,000-acre blaze in the Marble-South Cone area of the central Pacific Coast began letting it burn wildly on parts of its southern edge as they concentrated on shoring up lines on the northern side." "I HAVE HAD to make some decisions today that were not easy to make, but were essen-. tial to protect a high priority watershed," said fire boss My- ron Lee. "This action could con- ceivably double the size of the fire." The watershed purified water and protects against mudslides for Monterey and other Carmel Valley communities. The fire al- ready had destroyed watershed worth $150 million. The steep timberland, in the Los Padres National Forest, was so rugged that some crews were being supplied by pack mule. 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