European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 24, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday March a 1987 Oral Roberts receives Check to meet do or die deadline Tulsa. Okla. A a Florida dog track owner presented a Check for $1.3 million monday to the son of evangelist Oral Roberts after plans for him to give the Money to Roberts in the preacher s prayer Tower fell through. The Money could put Robert in million fund drive Over the lop eight Days before whal the evangelist has called a do or Dic deadline from god. Jerry Collins of Sarasota fis., was to have presented the Check to Roberts monday on Richard Roberts live a daily to program featuring Roberts son. But problems with a Hookup that linked Roberts and Collins in the prayer lower to the show prevented the on the air presentation. Instead. Collins raced through the rain from the Tower to the to stage about 200 Yards away. He Amoc Dusl after the show ended and gave the Check to Richard Rob erts while videotape cameras recorded the scene. Collins left for Tulsa sunday As Roberts Well into seclusion in his Tower on the Oral Roberts University Campus. Collins 79, a former slate legislator who owns two greyhound tracks told the Orlando Sentinel saturday that he was not specifically moved by Roberts claim that he would die without the Money but he added to be sure he does t have to dammit Sara minnow "1 think he needs psychiatric treatment. He needs to relax. And gel Back on the main Street said col Lins who added that his Persona Fortune amounts to $75 million. No one from Roberts organization could be reached for comment on the donation. Telephone Calls 10 Rob erts spokeswoman Jan Dargatz sunday were answered by a recording saying thai the evangelist would have no comment until april i. Campus Security officers sunday put the lower area off limits a guard said his orders were to keep report ers off the Campus until March 31. Phil Denis a spokesman for Collins said the track owner had seen Roberts on television Only but he had never seen the evangelist s University or his City of Faith medical Center. Several years ago Collins bought the Clyde a Cathy Cole Brothers circus and donated it to Florida stale University. Recently he helped new College an alter native school in Sarasota fla., pay for a $1 million Library. 111,T s _ of l 5. 1f ,-.-Lj. Ujj Fotij  w1 v ,1 Siren year old Ronnie Dewillers lit in his Hospital bed before being taken to the intensive care unil. Dewillers boy s condition critical must have second liver transplant Pittsburgh a a boy whose need for a new liver generated a nationwide flood of donations including $1,000 from president Reagan has deteriorated into critical condition and must undergo a Sec Ond transplant. Seven year old Ronnie Desi Jirs on sunday was moved into intensive care at children s Hospital of Pittsburgh after doctors Learned a virus had irreparably damaged his transplanted Organ said Debbie Lesniak a nursing supervisor. The Florida boy has been placed on inc waiting list for a donor liver said spokeswoman Lynn Mcmahon Ronnie s need is urgent she said sunday night. It s very difficult to predict the course of in is virus. But with every passing Day. His need  Mcmahon said the boy s problem is Nui that his body is rejecting the Organ he received during a 12-hour operation feb. 24. Although there had been signs of that last week when he was listed in serious condition. What happens who All transplant recipients is that the anti rejection medication suppresses the body s immune system. As a result these children arc l Able to fight off viruses and infection the Way other children can she said. The virus that attacked Ronnie s system is a fief ing the function of the liver. It cannot be corrected through medication Mcmahon said. Ronnie s Mother Maria Dewillers of Miami said her son was upset when she told him he would need a new liver. He asked me if he could sleep with me. I said no but i la be there with you he said of Mommy thank you she said. Hospital officials said they Are looking for a donor liver that matches Ronnie s size and preferably his a blood Type which is relatively rare. The boy was flown to children s Hospital feb. 7 after a nationwide outpouring of donations brought in More than $400,000, including the Check from Reagan. The donations were prompted by news that Thieve had stolen $4,000 collected for Ronnie by his class mates at his fort Lauderdale school. Last wednesday officers of the aircraft Carrier John of Kennedy presented Cheeks totalling about $32,000 to Dewillers. A chillers a 3 year old former Public relations consultant says she was forced to give up her medical insurance after she lost her Job. Stateside Massachusetts City tops fishing ports in earnings Washington a new Bedford. Moss., was the nation s top Lishing port last year Landing 1106 million Worth of seafood the National oceanic and atmospheric administration report. New Bedford s landings were up from i 103.2 Hiilton in 1985, inc government reported. For new Hertford in was the fourth year As inc top Money maker and in was Well ahead of Sec Ond place Dulac Chaitin. La. Here is a rundown of the 10 leading ports in value of fish landed in 1986 new Bedford Dulac Chauvin Kodiak Alaska Brownsville. Isabel Texas Arkansas Rockport Texas Empire Venice la. Bayou la Bare Ala. Golden Mcadow a Mcville la. Petersburg Alaska and Gloucester mass. Truck hits Concession stand during contest 6 injured Oil City la. A a truck competing in a mud bog contest skidded sideways into a con cession stand at about 100 Mph injuring in people authorities said. The Nick driven by Teddy Wade actor 3s. Of Douglas Texas skidded about 200 feel after hit Ting a bump on his Way off he track at Babyc t mud bog North of Oil City said Caddo Parish sheriffs office spokesman Mike Middle Lon. The most seriously injured person Mike Wil Kenson 35, of Shiv port was treated for head injuries but did not need to be hospitalized after the Accident saturday. Ltd Ducton said about 200 people were at the event in which jacked up trucks with oversized tires try to race through a Patch of mud without gelling stuck. Fire forces evacuation of patients from Hospital Marrero la. A a Smoky electrical fire forced evacuation of patients from the top four floors of an eight Story Hospital across the Mississippi River from new Orleans. Man said sunday. Elcans a spokes firefighters and employees of West Jefferson general Hospital carried those patients who could t walk to the Hospital auditorium and cafeteria said spokesman Pedro Garrido. The fire broke out in an eighth floor storage area and was under control within two hours he said adding that there were no injuries. Garrido said he did t know How Many patients had to be moved. The eighth floor is a psychiatric unit and fire fighters said there were about 25 patients on that floor. The fifth sixth and seventh floors were evacuated because of smoke he said. Philadelphia Blaze halts Amtrak service Philadelphia a a six alarm fire that burned out of control at a North Side Ware House halted a Nurak s Northeast corridor service for three hours. The fire sunday at the Wilder industries inc. Paper and plywood distribution warehouse adjacent to Amtrak tracks Between Philadelphia and Trenton . Forced nine trains to Stop authorities said. No injuries were reported More than 1,000 passengers had to wait when five southbound trains slopped in Trenton and four northbound trains stopped in Philadelphia sunday afternoon said Amtrak spokeswoman Marci Larson. The Southeastern Pennsylvania transportation authority shuttled passengers around the fire on its Trenton regional rail line said Septa spokeswoman Donna Alston. The cause of the Bate was not immediately known