European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 27, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. July 27. 1987 the stars and stripes Page 7 Florida teen Ager loses Battle to cancer Hollywood. Fla. Us l an 18-Ycar-Otd cheerleader who was granted one of her last wishes last month and allowed to graduate Wilh her High school class has died of cancer at Hollywood memorial Hospital. Gloria Moore who had known for four months Hal she was going to die died Al 8 47 . Friday of the cancer that had attacked her lungs liver and hones said or. Calvin Rosin fold. She carried on an incredible fight and did much belter than any of us thought she would Rosin add said. It s Jost the end of a Long tragic  after several Days of debate Over whether sin.1 would be Able to manage it Gloria had been taken by limousine to fort Lauderdale War memorial auditorium on june 12 to graduate with her Hallandale High school class As her wheelchair was rolled across the stage and she accepted the diploma inc crowd of 1,500 stood and applauded. Gloria smiled and waved timidly. Her family wept. Three Days later her family and doctors agreed to resume chemotherapy until it was Clear that the treatment was no longer working. She was an inspiration to All of us. The Way slip handled lie ii Ness the Way she reacted to fill of lie events that occurred and tin fact that she maintained her dignity Hallandale principal Patricia Grimes said. Gloria had attended Hallandale for three years making the varsity Check leading squad As a senior although she knew she was dying she completed her graduation requirements with a b average from her Hospital bed. The week before graduation Gloria got her year Book varsity letter and an athletic achievement award. The senior class contributed More than 13,000 to a Trust fund to be used to build up a scholarship Grimes said so there will always be thai memory of her each year at  aids victims attend Chicago anointing service Chicago a about 200 people attended an anointing service for victims of aids and other severe illnesses sat urday night joining in a prayer that the sick would be made Well. The Rev. Thomas Healy pastor Al our lady of mount Carmel Church Ted the hour Long service of inc roman Catholic sacrament of anointing the sick formerly failed extreme unction or last riles. About 60 people came Forward to be anointed by Healy and four other priests who Pul their hands on the worshippers Heads and anointed their foreheads with Oil. Healy then led the group in a prayer to relieve the pain of our Brothers and Sis ters and restore them to full  it was a very private service a very special service. I thought it was handled very Well said one of the worshippers who refused to identify himself. The Chicago archdiocese plans to offer the anointing service every three months rotating among mount Carmel and four other North Side Catholic parishes Healy said. Healy said the services have nothing to do with the Catholic Church s position that homosexuality is a sin and arc not Likely to affect that position. Most of those who have acquired immune deficiency syndrome in the United states arc homosexual men. These people Are our parishioners and any concern about them As aids patients is thus our concern the priest said their suffering is our suffering. The purpose of the service is a heal ing of emotional wounds spiritual wounds caused by severe illness so thai these people can meet their physical problems Wilh Grace Healy said. Cardinal Joseph Bernardin head of the archdiocese issued a statement ear Lier this month pledging Strong support for parishes trying to minister to those affected by aids. Bernard in had provoked inc anger of homosexual groups last year when he opposed a proposed homosexual rights ordinance in the City Council. Following Bernardin s statement Jim Busson Nasonal president of dignity an organization of homosexual catholics said his group was pleased that inc parishes arc ministering to aids victims. Homosexuals make up 5 percent to 10 percent of the parishioners Al our lady of mount Carmel which is located in a neighbourhood with a Large homosexual population Healy said. He said he knew of 30 to 40 parishioners afflicted with aids. Another record claimant master Baker ame Fahlen wields a giant knife As he prepares a Cut inc in foot 28,000-Pound Cherry fit he baked for a traverse City mich., festival. It is reportedly the target pie Ever Baki a and will no doubt be sub milled for inclusion in the guinness bulk of world records. Florida Fri office honors 2 agents killed in shoot out Miami a the Fri has dedicated its new $8.4 million South Florida Headquarters to the memory of two agents killed last year in the worst shoot out in she Bureau s history. Wilh an Arm around inc shoulders Ofa slain agent s Mother acting Fri director John Oito praised the agents Jerry Dove and Benjamin Grogan saying they honoured themselves they honoured their families they honoured the  Dove s Mother Bobbie Dove her eyes misty Wilh tears stood with Olio As agent Edmundo Mireles hero of the shoot out Laid a Wreath before a plaque bearing the slain agents names. Despite serious wounds Mireles shot and killed two Bank robbers cornered behind a suburban shopping Center. Four other agents were wounded in inc april ii 1986. Shoot out. The South Florida Fri has expanded from about 100 agents 20 years ago to the current level of 320 because of drug trafficking said Olto. The Fri was in its old Headquarters for 20 years but recently used an Annex for in rapidly expanding narcotics and organized crime task forces. The Region the country s sixth largest came out on top in the Agency s newly released performance reports for the last year. Olio said. The Fri in South Florida was rated outstanding compared to other regional offices in its conviction Rales ability to develop sources and other factors used in the evaluations he said. The new Headquarters which have been occupied since april consolidate the Miami and fort Lauderdale offices. Other regional offices in the 12-Eounly South Florida re Gion which extends from fort Pierce to key West and across the slate to Naples will remain open. Van hit in latest California freeway shooting Seal Beach Calif. Api gunfire from an automobile on a freeway ramp saturday shattered the rear window Ofa Van earning four people in the latest in a wave of Highway shootings authorities said. No one was injured in the incident 40 Miles South of downtown los Angeles less than 24 hours after a icon age Driver was shot to death in Pomona. Officer Greg Young said police were old the latest i hooking. The seventh in a rash of Highway shootings since mid june was unprovoked. The shot came from a Rifle. Young said. Pomona police continued to investigate the slaying of 17-Ycar-old Russell i. Pirrone of Pomona who was shot in the head when he pulled his car onto High Way 71 on Friday night. Pirrone had pulled in front Ofa truck which had to apply its brakes said police it. Beta ten to. A witness said one of two Paw engers m the bed of the truck tired the fatal shot. Pirrone died a Short time later Al Pomona Valley Community Hospital. He was the second person to die in Highway shootings since mid june. Rich Lane Bynum. 24. Of Orange was shot twice and killed in a car driven by his Girlfriend on the Santa Ana freeway in Santa be Springs on june 20. No arrests have been made in thai shooting two other California motorists have been wounded since mid june