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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 14, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday August 14,19b7 first do not resuscitate Bill signed by . Governor Albany . Up gov. Mann Cuomo signed into Lav America s first do nol Rusu Sdale Bill allowing people 10 choose in and Vance whether they would want to be revived in the event of cardiac or respiratory arrest. The Bill lakes effect in april. Right to die activists said they were pleased but asked for further measures including a living will Bill. A living will Law would allow a person to stale in Advance procedures they want or do not want per formed including allowing Docman to take the Termi Nally ill off life support systems. Thirty eight slates have living will Bills already said Alice schling executive director of the society for the Nightie die. The Bill presumes thai every person who suffers a parents sentenced to a i because of daughter s truancy Arvada. Colo. Up the parents of a i a year old girl will spend time in jail because their daughter will nol spend Lime at school court officials said. Janice and Alfred Bryant whose daughter habitually misses classes were slapped Wilh j300 in fines and sentenced to respective jail terms of 30 and 10 Days for disobeying a court order. In addition the girl was or dered to spend a month in a state run detention Center court records  to those records the girl missed 43 Days of classes last semester at Arvada s Mandalay Junior High is Hool and was tardy 19  unusual ruling followed a nov. 20 court order requiring the Bryants to do what they could to make sure that she attends class. The school District argued l lie girl had violated a 1963 state Law Randal ing Atten dance in either Public or private school until age 16. In june school officials resumed to court alleging the girl continued to miss the bulk of her school work. Jefferson county District court referee Russell a. Slutska Sid cd with the District. In his ruling he note the couple had asked hat i hair daughter be excused because of illness even though there was no evidence presented that the child Ever consulted a physician for any of those  Alfred Bryant said he viewed the punishment As excessive. He said his daughter was suffering from kidney problems nobody believes me when i loll them i m going to jail Over this said Bryant who manages a Denver re Sigurani my girl needed to get some Type of a reprimand but this is a Lille  has been ordered to begin serving his it Jay sentence Al the end. Of August. Mis wife 12 Days into her sentence Al a Lakewood Halfway House is released during the Days so she can work the school District has filed hundreds of court petitions against absent children and their parents in the past few years said Gerald Caplan the District s lawyer. He called it statistically a very effective Way to make sure students gel to school. But he said that the Bryants Case was Only the second in the past 10 years where a judge got so perturbed that he enforced a Eon Lempel order against the  heart attack wants to be resuscitated unless the person or a family member on his behalf consents to a do nol resuscitate order. It allows patients to decide in Advance whether they would want resuscitation and to appoint someone to decide on their behalf in the event icy lose the ability to choose. The Bill provides immunity for those doctors and Hospital officials who carry out a do nol Regusc Ilac order or who fail to do so because they were unaware the stricken person had issued such an order. Do spic approval from Many Legal and medical organizations and support from most religious groups some senators were upset a1 the immunity provisions contained in the Bill saying in gives doctors and Hospi Tal officials carte Blanche to make mistakes Wilh Imp Nily. App Twu a swing with the King Valerie Lee Sweeney rett dance with the Kli of Rock v Roll who b Nauly Elvis Iraq Rwm Lorp us Presley. Screeney of Washington Ibrie was put of Presley t perform numb in in Impett Ator contest held i the Vapours supper dub in Memphis tenn., tics Day night. The Coulett is one of the Terente held this week Lomi he 10th anniversary of Eli Presley s death. Blood clot hospitalized Justice Marshall Washington up supreme court Justice Thurgood Marshall was admitted to bal hcs naval Hospital wednesday suffering a blood col in his right foot but was in Good condition a spokeswoman said. He is in Good condition according to his physicians and is zip cited to be hospitalized approximately a week because he is receiving intravenous Anli crag gains which require monitoring said Toni House a supreme court spokeswoman. Marshall 78, admitted to the medical facility out Side the nation s capital on wednesday afternoon we Hospi Ali de several years ago for bronchitis. House said. Two of her justices Are ailing. Justice William Brennan. 81, announced wednes Day he is suffering from a slightly enlarged prostate gland hut said the condition does not warrant surgery. Brennan the oldest member of the supreme court had said monday that he exp Clad to have a Prossie operation this week. Bui doctors performed Lesti Mon Day and tuesday and determined surgery was not Nec Essary. The physicians Al Mayo clinic have completed the evaluation of my prostate condition Brennan said in a Sut Cuenl. Ally oui the prostate is som whal enlarged the condition is not malignant and no surgery u  jul Isicc Harry Bukk Mun 7g. Entered the Mayo clinic last month for treatment of a recurrence of cancer in the prostate area. His prot ale was removed because of cancer in november 1977. Justice Lewis Powell 79, who Sci Rcd Fram the court in june also had prostate cancer and underwent our gory Al Rochester methodist hos Nilal in january Parsai a Tost of $1� million  
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