European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday january 22, 19g6 the stars and stripes Page 5 gunman a a connects brother s life support Phoenix Ari. Up a Man armed will 11 Shotgun monday disconnected his comatose older brother from lie support apparatus and held off Hospital doctors Fiir two hours until talked into surrendering police said. John Whipple 28, admitted to the Hospital four Days earlier Lor a drug overdose was put Back 0,1 his Respirator and intravenous feeding unit Afler the Inci Donl. He remains in critical condition at John c. Lincoln Hospital in Phoenix Roben Whipple 19, was arrested for attempted Mur Der three counts of kidnapping and three counts of ass Lull. He was really distraught basically tearful said or. John Hon Nesses. Hon Nessus refused to unhook the Appa Ratus from the patient and said he tried to talk the gunman my of his demand. The younger Whipple sneaked  a Security guard into the Hospital s intensive care unit at 11 15 . Sun Day with a Shotgun hidden in a Duffel bag a nurse summoned i inn Essec who said he was twice threatened Wilh the Shotgun but refused to disconnect the life support system. The main things 1 tried to argue was that his brother would nut win i Kim to cause himself these additional problems find in would distress his Mother and family . I Ulso argued that he was in a deep coma and that we were going to do brain wave tests to determine if we could legally remove he life support system at one Point i thought had convinced him and he actually Laid the gun on the bed beside his brother but Only fur Aho Tii five  Whipple removed the apparatus himself and held medical personnel at Bay with inc Shotgun Polke said. The gunman told the doctor he and his brother had talked about this sort of thing sometime before and he said he would never want 10 be put on a life support  Whipple told doctors and nurses he planned to slay in the room until j . To make sure his brother died Kai he surrendered to police about two hours later. Police said the younger Whipple had tried Bill failed i persuade his Mother to remove his brother from life support. Robert went to the Hospital and apparently made the decision himself police spokesman Brad thiss said. He put the Shotgun Down a 1mo . And surren  i Lenics Sec sail John Whipple had shown Little change since he was Admi led to inc Hospital. Asked what Chance of survival he had the doctor replied almost  in a similar episode in san Pablo calif., on dec. 21. I Dward Laker .17. Clil a nurse Ai gunpoint at Brook Side Hospital until his 6 a year old cancer stricken father was disconnected from a mechanical Respirator. The Palicot died and Baker who said he wanted his father to die Wilh dignity was arrested. The District attorney s office is considering a murder charge. Tutu awarded Martin Luther King or. Peace prize Atlanta us ii South african Bishop Desmond tulu received inc Martin Luther King or. Peace pric monday and called again for . Support in the fight against his country s apartheid policy of racial separation. Remember a Hon we arc free we will be Able to Sec who helped us to be free said Tutu. Standing behind the podium once used by King at the Rban Czar Baptist Church to said a is Only a matter of time before apartheid is abolished. We arc going to be free. We know we will be free. When we ure free we want to be Able to say the leaders of the free world were on our Side Tutu said. When we arc free we will remember who helped  Tutu accepted the award an behalf of his people who protesting peacefully against injustice and oppression Kavc been killed and who Are peace Loving to a  King s widow. Coretta Scott King presented Tutu with the award during in ecumenical service at the Dowmon Atlanta Church. Like Martin he repeatedly encourages Black people those who arc denied fundamental human civil and Politi Cal right never to doubt that they will one Day be free she said. Before the service. Tutu stood Wilh vice president George Bush and mrs. King to Lay a Wreath at King s White Marble Tomb the Tomb stands on a circular Island in a reflecting Pool outside the King Center. He spoke sunday in the episcopal Cathedral of St. Philip Morehouse College and King s Church before Fly ing to Durham n.c., to speak at Duke University. He returned la Atlanta monday to receive inc prize. Tulu who received the Nobel peace prize in october i9u4 for his anti apartheid efforts became the first Black anglican Bishop of Johannesburg Las year Bishop Tutu accepts the Martin Luther Kins of peace prize from Curella Seal King. Faulty Light spurs emergency Landing Las vegas Nev. A a faulty cockpit instrument indicated an engine lire on a chartered Jel carrying 151 people leading inc Pilot to make an emergency Landing that left five people injured. In was simply a malfunction of a warn ing Light Ned Walker a spokesman for sky bus inc., said monday. Most of the vacationing passengers aboard sky bus flight 670 returned to i hair Homes in Iowa and Illinois on another Char Ter flight after spending an unscheduled extra night in Las vegas. The five who suffered injuries including two still hospitalized monday were Hurt while sliding Down emergency chutes or jumping from the wings of inc Boeing 727. The air plane was 20 minutes into a High from Las vegas to Moline iii., when the fire warning was activated said Diana Rankin a spokeswoman for Mccarran International Airport the plane Turnaj around dumped some of its 27,000 pounds of fuel Over the dose re and landed safely at Mccarran Rankin said. A Check of the engine monday showed no sign of a fire Walker said. All i could think of a As that the. Plane was going to blow up said Steven Motley 43, an Airbus passenger from la Claire Iowa. Two passengers Don Pecken Schneider of Donahue Iowa and Marilyn Sullivan of West Bend wis., were in stable condition monday at desert Springs Hospital said Hospital spokeswoman Susan Anderson.  Neider complained of Back and Chisi pains and Sullivan s arms were broken. The flight carried ij4 passengers and a Crew of seven. The Federal aviation administration is investigating. Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today Jan. 22, 1946 heavy voting with b3 percent of the eligible voters casting ballots marked Germany s first free elections in 13 years. Final returns were compiled by the military government in Frankfurt. 30 years ago today Jan. 22. 1956. Life Maga the Nils accepted full responsibility for the Brink of War article that touched off Sharp attacks in inc United slates and abroad on Secre tary of stale John  Larcarte on team taking Rood project to Africa 20 Sana gooday. Jan. 22, 1966 Ted Williams Plains a. Up former presi Donl Carter and a delegation of scientists and Public officials were lofty to Africa tuesday to launch a project to combat Hun Ger and malnutrition said Carter spokes Man George Sheerah. The project funded by a japanese industrialist and a British financial concern will introduce genetically Superior wheat Corn and sorghum to african nations where in tense heal and drought have resulted in Atice do legation which was to leave tues Day morning for Africa includes Atlanta mayor Andrew Young Plant geneticist Norman Borlaug research scientist Leslie swindle and japanese shipbuilder Ryoichi Kasakawa. We will travel to the Sudan Tanzania Zambia and Ghana to choose two or three nations in which 10 implement the project to address the need of food self sufficiency Sheerah said. Mortaugh Heads a Corn and wheat re search project in Mexico City and swindle specializes in sorghum development in Hyderabad India. Kasakawa chairman of Japan shipbuilders Industry foundation and Aga Vlasan Abadi of the British Bank of credit and Commerce arc funding the project. The african project consists of convincing Farmers in those nations to use hybrid varieties of sorghum wheat und Corn. Once food self sufficiency is reached the officials and scientists will focus on other life threatening problems in the Region including diarrhoea and dehydration. Jan. 22, 1966 Ted Williams one of baseball s All time Hilling greats welcomed election to the i All of Fame in Boston Wilh the enthusiasm of a kid Hilling a grand slam Homer. He was named a landslide Winner with 282 Voles an All time High in balloting w years ago today Jan. 22. N76 Britain and France launched supersonic commercial travel with Stork nosed concorde jets carrying Passen Gers at speeds once reserved for Comba pilots