European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6. The stars and stripes sunday april 19,1967 animal rights groups fight Washington up animal rights groups asked the Painel and trademark office Friday to reverse its morally reprehensible decision to allow parents on animals created through Gene spiking and other techniques Donald Quigg commissioner of parents and trademarks signed a memo april 7 stating he would now consider non Natu relly occurring non human multicellular living organisms including animals to be pain table subject Mailer. The decision will be published tues Day in the Patent office s official Gazette. The Patent office decision extends the patenting of life from microbes and plants to Multi celled animals. A land Mark 1980 supreme court decision held that Congress intended parents to cover Man bacteria capable of digesting i Green plants that have been altered through Cross Breeding or other techniques were deemed patentable in 1930, a Patent office spokesman said. The new decision is expected to be a Boon for biotechnology companies producing new varieties of animals through Gene splicing and other advanced techniques. The Patent office has applications pending for animal patents. The action expressly forbids consideration of patents involving a human being because the Grant of a limited but exclusive property right in a human being is prohibited by the Constitution,1 the office said. Patents Are allowed however on Cul tured human cells and genetic material from human cells. Petitioners protesting the decision in clude the american humane association the National anti vivisection society the fund for animals the american society for the prevention of cruelty to animals and the foundation on economic trends. The petition said the groups represent More than s million americans. The coalition s spokesman Jeremy Rifkin of the foundation on economic trends said the new Patent policy raises moral and ethical issues that Are mind boggling and said the decision was arbitrary capricious and a Gross violation of the statutory intent or the Patent  he said if the petition is not Success Ful the group would urge Congress to bar the patenting of animals in the next few weeks. The Patent office has said that All forms of animals Are patentable under the same terms As inanimate objects. Just like a toaster oven automobile or at Cong res to Tenaha Patent Nyling under the Sun that is made by in including genetically engineered Teri crude Oil. Comedian Dick Shawn collapses during performance Dies at 57 Tennis Ball. It s morally reprehensible Wilkin said. A humane society position statement said the Patent decision will Lead to a dramatic increase in animal experimentation Tor agricultural biome Krcaj and other Industrial purposes. In Many instances animals will. Be abnormal at birth and generations of animals will  the group also contends patenting could result in monopoly of genetic a oct and predominance of certain genetic lines of animals Over others with an Noti Maie Tosa or genetic diversity within Spe cies leading Loadvine  in and ecological consequence. In conclusion the group said if the patenting of genetically altered animals is permitted the wholesale industrialized exploitation of the animal kingdom will be sanctioned protected and intensified. This could in fact signify the end of the natural  la Joua Calif a comic ador diet Shawn who played Hitler for laughs in the Mel Brooks movie the producers died Friday night after collapsing before a College audience a Hospital spokeswoman said. He was 57, Shawn had just delivered a punch line during his comedy act at the University of California san Diego when be Felt and hit his head on the stage said Ken i Leighton who was cover \ ing the show for the times advocate of Escondido members of the audience 1 went to his assistance after realizing the fall was not part of the act said Leigh j ton who estimated the crowd at 800. An ambulance took Shawn to Scripps memorial Hospital in la Volta where he died about 45 minutes after arrival said Hospital spokeswoman Diane Yohe. Skate they re assuming he had a heart attack Yohe said. After falling face Forward onstage Shawn Lay for three to five minutes before a doctor rushed up and began administering cardiac Massage Leighton said. People thought it was a joke. They thought it was part of the act said Uigh Lon adding that Shawn s son Adam called for help when his father had Tain prone on the stage for several minutes. The younger Shawn was witching his father from the Balcony and contacted stagehands to Check his father Leighton said the delayed reaction by the stage Crew May have been due in part to Shawn s comments be California City for $ 13,000 in san Carlos Calif. A the City of san car los is suing 7-year-old Ryan Mcdonnell for $13,000, churning he was at fault in a collision Between his bicycle and a City truck. Truck Driver Edward Moody 23, accumulated med ical Bills and workmen s compensation because be strained his Back while trying to avoid hitting Ryan s Bike a year ago according to the suit file Dan san Malco county Superior court. This is just a Shock to  said Suzan Barber Ryan Mother i can t believe this. My husband is so mad he wants to move  i think it s pretty stupid for a cily to sue a Little kid said Ryan s 12-year-old Sisler Gennifer. I did t think you were allowed to do  Ryan and his Mother were named As defendants in the suit which was tiled april 9. No hearing Dale has yet been set. Mrs. Barber said wednesday she has witnesses who contend Moody was driving Loo fast for the 25-Mph forehand that he planned a few unrehearsed surprises in his one Man show. Shawn s films included it s a mad mad mad mad world in 1963 and the producers in 1968. In which he played a hippie actor with the initials Ltd who portrays Hitler in a Broadway musical. In the producers characters portrayed by Zero mostel and Gene Wilder devise a get Rich scheme that cat la for them to put on a Flop musical called Spring time for Hitler and then run off with their backers Money. But Shawn s hilarious performance As a hip Hitler makes the play a i. The producers was director Brooks first feature and won him an Oscar for Best screenplay. Shawn also appeared in love at first bile in 1979, Wake me when it s Over in 1960, a very special favor in 196$, what did you do in the War daddy in 1966, Way Way out the same year and looking up in 1977. He appears in maid to order a movie starring ally Schedy scheduled for release this summer. On Broadway his plays included the egg and a funny thing happened on the Way to the  he also appeared on to series including St.  his dose Friend Millon Berle said the two had lunch together in Beverly Hills at the friars club on thursday i m deeply shocked Berle said. There was no Indi cation there was anything wrong with him. He will be deeply missed. He was one of the most Brilliant and lib men  Shawn was Bora Richard Schul fond in Buffalo n.y., and grew up in the Small town of Lackawanna. N.y., which he once called the organic source of his idiosyncratic comedy style with his Strong physique handsome face and Brush like hair he made a Strong appearance on nightclub doors and in movies. Suing boy 7, Bike truck crash Speed limit further she said he Laid Down 20-foot skid Marks. Moody told police his Speed was 18 Mph. The Bike was mangled in the Accident the truck police said lost some paint. San Carlos police chief Owen Mcguigan said his department s report and the suit allege that Ryan ran his Bike from Between two parked cars into the Street before the collision. The police report said Moody hit the brakes and swerved the truck As the Bike slammed into the pickup truck s door on the passenger Side. The boy was treated at a Hospital for bruises. In California bicycles have the same privileges As motor vehicles on cily streets and the same responsibilities to follow the rules of the Road. If in fact the boy negligently caused an injury to a cily worker there s every reason for the boy to be liable said Robert while head administrator of the City s self insurance program. And if the family has homeowners insurance that insurance should cover  stateside Tennessee county votes to shut Down schools ca1nesboro, Teun. A faced with a $60,000 budget shortfall Jackson county school officials have voted to shut Down the schools until they have the Cash needed to wind up the academic year. The vote Means the county s 1,600 students will not return to school until the county com missioners come up with More Money said Elaine Craighead a spokeswoman for the school system. The students were scheduled to finish this school year on May 22. The school system s deficit dropped from $80,000 to $60,000 after the Sale of a building. Its budget problems began a year ago when Jack son county commissioners rejected a 2s