European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 22, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday december 22,1986 doctor gets probation for mercy killing in . Mays Landing . Not declaring that a jail term would constitute a serious injustice a Superior court judge has sentenced a popular Cherry Hill physician to two years probation for the mercy killing of his Moi tier in Law. As the sentence was pronounced about 80 friends relatives and patients in the crowded courtroom broke into applause hugging and kissing each other. During the hour and a hat courtroom proceeding Many spectators wept As the prosecutor and defense counsel de scribed How in an act of mercy. Or. Joseph  had killed his wife s 81-year-old Mother who suffered from alzheimer s disease. She had lost control of her bodily functions including her ability to Swal Low. The Prasco Cuylor Jeffrey Blitz said it was up to the court to decide if it would be a serious injustice to incarcerate Hassman under the circumstances. But he said Hal he wanted to Send a Clear message thai any unlawful killing of another regardless of the motive of he defendant regardless of the condition of the Vic Tim will be  Blitz said he did nol know whether Justice would be served by incarcerating Hassman but said that he would press for a five year probationary period. The judge imposed the iwo years of probation and fined Hassman 110,000. He also required hat Hassman person. I 200 hours of Community service in each year of his probation. It was not Clear what professional penalties Hassman faces for having pleaded guilty in the Case the prosecutor and the defense counsel had noted the exemplary life led by Hie is year old doctor who was Active in civic affairs had worked closely with drug rehabilitation clinic had met with patients Al All hours even in their Homes and acted As Santa Claus in nursing Homes in his Community. This court discerns no purpose whatsoever to be served by sending you to jail judge Paul r. Porrec Asaid in imposing the sentence. On the contrary it will entail excessive hardship to you is Well Aslo  All the duende no circumstances of the offence the events leading up to it and those following the commission of the crime a serious injustice would be committed by jailing you  Porreca continued however by deciding not to impose a term of imprisonment this court is in no Way condoning the acl you performed. Ii is not the court s function to pass moral Jud men on what you did. The court s function is to consider the offence the degree of the crime to which you have pleaded guilty the Lack or. Joseph has Inui and wife lifter sentencing. Up photo of a Siam tory presumption for or against incarceration under the terms of the plea agreement the statutory criteria Laid Down by the legislature and interpreted by the appellate courts. This has been done and jail is  on nov. 20, Hassman pleaded guilty to killing his Mother in Law by injecting the painkiller do Mcarol into her feeding lube at the Lynwood nursing Home april 9. She was in great distress and there was no Hope of recovery he told the court at the time of his  said that the demerol hastened and caused her  Hassman asked the court for mercy adding that he loved his Mother in Law and missed her. I did what 1 did to ease the suffering of my Mother in Law As Well As the suffering of others he said add ing find it in your heart to temper Justice with  by pleading guilty Hassman subjected himself to a possible sentence of five years in jail. Resorts shudder at Lack of Snow Denver up with their busiest season just Start ing Many Western ski areas fare the bleakest of All Christmas pictures a Holiday Wilh Litile Snow and a Cather forecasters hold out Little Hope things Wilt change soon. Some areas in California Utah and Idaho have been Able to open Only because of manmade Snow. Rocks Scalier the Bottoms of some areas and Many skiers have cancelled i hair Holiday reservations. Mammoth Mountain in Southern California the Sec Ond by sics ski resort in inc United Sipics. Had not opened by the weekend because ii had less than 6 Inch Sof Snow. While ski resort owners on the Wesl coast Are dreaming of a White Christmas resorts in the Rockies arc better off because of a few heavy storms Early inthe season. But most have not received substantial new Snow in weeks. Colorado ski resorts which had record crowds Over thanksgiving reported last week that their Holiday reservations Are hold ing  resort owners lend to panic Al the mint Ion of the word drought remembering the Long dry Winter of 1976-77 when they loss millions of dollars As vacation ers cancelled their ski plans. Since then most of the Large resorts have installed Snow making equipment to insure that there is adequate  t use inc word drought said Tom Anderson operations director at Squaw Valley Calif which de pends solely on natural Snow. We up Here like to use the words temporary alignment of weather Lack of Snow Means Lack of  temporary alignment of weather has happened because of an unusual phenomenon which has been push ing Pacific moisture into Canada or the southwestern United Sipics according to Steve Markkanen a Meteorol Ogist Wilh the National a Cather  said the Jet Stream which normally flows Over the Sierra nevadas in California is split in half on the West coast weakening any storm system and bring ing Snow to the Canadian and Southern Rockies. There is nothing to indicate a break in this Pat Tern he said. This is a Long tasting pattern. It will Lake several very Strong storms Corning across inc Castlo extend the Jet Stream and bring moisture Inland. One big storm won t do the  Valley Idaho has received Little More than a foot of natural Snow so far this season and had just three runs open by last wednesday. A spokesman re ported a Large number of Holiday cancellations. A resort with plenty of Snow mount Snow it. Colorado resorts were bragging about their Snow hoping to bring in the California skiers. Little new Snow however meant slopes were hard packed. Some rocks showed through on the lower parts of runs. Several Eastern areas said they expected business to pick up in january and february if the Western resorts Don t receive More Snow. Sent Esicar 8 wolves being trained to survive in wilderness Manteo . Up eight red wolves will begin receiving red meat mixed in with Dogwood this week in the drat Experiment to return an endangered species to the wild. The animals Are part of a . Fish and wildlife service Experiment to re establish the predator species rescued from the Brink of extinction in wilderness area of coastal North Carolina. The wolves bom and raised in Captivity were transferred from a captive Breeding program i Tacoma wash., to the Alligator River National wildlife Refuge near Manley ., last month. Biologists believe that the wolves have adjusted to their new environment and that they arc ready to be weaned from dog food to red meat said Refuge officer Bonnie Straw scr project workers will begin mixing in the dog food Small amounts of meal collected from roadkill increasing the proportion of red meal Over a period of several months. Before the wolves Are released from their pens next Spring they will receive live prey to catch themselves. Reagan s Christmas talk stresses family values Washington up president Reagan saying that the american family b under virtual attack wished his radio listeners a merry Christmas on saturday and urged them not to Lake their families for granted this Holiday season. In his weekly radio address from Camp David md., Reagan quoted Luke 2 13-14 and suddenly there was with the Angel a multitude of the heavenly Host praising god and saying glory to god in the highest and on Earth peace Good will toward men " Reagan said some Revere Christ of Julia great Prophet. Others worship him As son of god. But loll this season his birth is indeed a time of glad tidings. So in the midst of our celebrations let us remember thai one holy family in a Manger on that still night in Bethlehem so Long ago and give renewed thanks for the blessings tour own families. And yes let us Pray for peace on Earth and Good will toward men Reagan  the Reagan family to your family merry  boy dragged by Van suffers broken Pelvis Greenwich. Conn. A a 10-year-old boy suffered a broken Pelvis after being dragged 70 feet by a school Van while French speaking students screamed at the Driver who could no understand their cries to Slop police said. Stephen Roth of Greenwich was in satisfactory condition saturday at Greenwich Hospital where he was taken after the incident wednes Day police Cape. James Gleason said. The Van s Driver Frank Norberto. 59, of new Rochelle. N.y., was charged with reckless driving and making an unsafe Start police said. He was due to appear in Stamford Superior court on Jan. 7,Gleason said the Van had travelled from Larch mom n.y., where Stephen is a fifth grader at the French american school of new York. When Stephen got out at his Home in Green wich his Knapsack got tangled in the Van s Seal Bell As he closed the door. He fell to the Street As he tend to run alongside the vehicle after it pulled away. Once they get together its Bye Bye blackbirds Tupelo miss. A the millions of Pesky blackbirds thai flock to Tupelo every Yea appear to have Learned of the City s plans to wipe them Oul because they be spread themselves thin Over the  City had set aside $30,000 to kill the Birds by spraying them from a helicopter with a deter gent solution to Wash the Oil from their feathers and then dousing them with cold water from fire trucks la freeze them to  the City has been wailing for the right moment since october As the Birds have spread Oul Over 23 acres in the City and surrounding  we get them concentrated in one area the spraying would t be effective George Walsh Public works director said