Clinic Not Believed Fire Target

While cautioning that the investigtion is still in its early stages, fire officials said today that there was no indication that a women’s health clinic where abortions are performed was the primary target of the $900,000 fire on Hollywood Boulevard Monday night

Investigators said it appeared the fire began near the kitchen of the New Cornias restaurant, which is on the street level, and then spread to the second floor Feminist Women’s Health Center. Damage to both restaurant and clinic was extensive. nationally, 30 birth-control clinics have been the targets of anti-abortionist bombers and arsonists.