European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 25, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday augustas. 1987 stateside the new is. Wheelchair America pegs Simpson poses with her daughters Melanie 8, left nod Megan 6. Activist paraplegic from Alabama named is. Wheelchair America Bloomington Minn. A before her sex husband shot her in front of i hair iwo daughters in 1983, leaving her a paraplegic Peggy Simpson said she never would have entered a Beauty pageant. Bui saturday night the 35-year-old woman from Warrior ala., was selected is. Wheelchair America from a Field of 17 contestants. They were judged on their accomplishments personality appearance and ability to Rise above Lliter disabilities. " it s not a Beauty contest but we Haven t come up Wilh another word yet Simpson said after being crowned by her predecessor Sandra Honbaier of mourn Holly n.c., in front of More than 500 spectators. First runner up was is Minnesota Jennifer Peterson of Plymouth followed by is. Utah Diane Elingson of Salt Lake City is. Maryland Laura Jeanne Gulyas of Ocean City and i. Arizona Susan Castle of Phoeun Simpson who will be a spokeswoman for the disabled and promoter of Independent living programs in appear ances around the country said uie pageant gave her a new sense of  s nothing feminine about being in a wheel chair she said in an interview after she was crowned. After 1 was Hurt i always wore  when she was selected is. Wheelchair Alabama Sim son said she Felt she had to Wear dresses for her Public appearances and found to her Surprise thai she could be comfortable in them again. When asked to identify the biggest misconception faced by the disabled Simpson replied that it was the belief held by some Able bodied people hat the Handi capped Are incapable of controlling their lives. Society is really the one that suffers the  she  ordeal opened her eyes to the daily obstacles that society imposes on the disabled she said. She was shot on april 1,1983, by her now a husband Joseph Simpson outside her parents Home  md., where she had fled to escape an abusive situation with  was shot three times in the Back once in the hand and once in the Arm and spent 10 months in rehab Ilita  year after the shooting a jury found her sex husband innocent by reason of insanity and he went free she said. Since the shooting Simpson has been involved in victims right group served on the Alabama attorney general s task Force on disabilities spoken on behalf of legislation and worked at a crisis Center counselling women whose partners have abused them. May Good lord have mercy1 on Drivers dead girl s family says Tampa Fla. A a relative of a fifth grader who dial after she was struck by one car and run Over by four Oiher vehicles three of which kept going said he could 1 believe the Drivers did t know what had happened. How could someone run Over an year old girl and Noi notice a Dion Stepfather to Kelli Leece asked saturday. How could someone do that and not Slop May the Good lord have mercy on them. They re Gin Rig in need  no charges had been filed in the incident As of Sun Day according to Nancy Fenton a duty officer with the Florida Highway patrol. Only two of the Drivers had been identified sunday. Kelli was muck Friday night Ai she and four compan ions tit two a Busy Highway in Tampa. She was pronounced dead at the scene said Ftp duty officer de George. Kolh and the others were going to get some sodas and milkshakes at a Scarb restaurant when the Acci Dent occurred. In was the Fust time they had made the trip at Ghl they said. Kelli her sister Kim 14. And another Friend Heather Matthews 11, slopped in the median. Heather said saturday that she stoned to step Oft he median to crass the southbound lanes bul that Kim saw a car and stopped her. Kim pulled my shirt Back. She did t want me 10 gel hit Heather said. She tried to Grah Kelli a but Kelli kept  first car to hit Kelli was driven by Gregory s.  is very very upset. Too upset 10 talk right  Albert l. Saphier. Father of the 19-year-old Man said saturday. The girl ran oui in front of he  trooper said saturday they had identified the Driver of Only one of the other cars Lisa a. Conway. Con Way 20, and Stephanie Aldridge were driving Home from work when the Accident occurred. Aldridge said. Unsure of whal happened the two women decided they should return to the scene Aldridge said. When they arrived they saw a red shoe in the Road. It was unbelievable Aldrin go said. It was  she said a car in front of their vehicle and one behind i also hit the girl. The car in front of us never even swerved Al Dridge said. Bride Dies in Accident Drunken Driver charged Depew , a a Bride was killed less than eight hours after her wedding when the Carse was Riding in was broadside by another vehicle that ran a red Light. The Driver of the second car was charged Wilh Drunken  re can a 31, of do pc was returning from her wedding reception Wilh her new Hus band Alan 35, when a car sped through a red Light and struck i hair Auto on the passenger Side said officer Richard Zolnowski. John a. Radlbeck 26, of Check Powaga was charged with driving while intoxicated and pass ing through a red Light. Zolnowski  Recznik and Radlbeck were treated at the Erie county Medica Center in Buffalo and released. Refuseniks wants to return to . To visit daughter new York a an ailing soviet geneticist who after seven years of trying was finally allowed to emigrate to he United slates Las october for medical treatment wants to return to Moscow to Visil his daughter his son said monday Alex Goldfarb son of former ref Ulcnik David Goldfarb said his father docs not want to return to he soviet Union permanently. He does not intend and never intends to return and May there to live his son said. He simply cannot go on any longer without Contact with my  Chrysler investing $4 million in development corporation Detroit upi1 Chrysler corp. Says in will invest s4 million in Onset bid co inc., business and Industrial development Corpora Tion created to provide growth capital to Small and medium size companies in  chairman Lee Iacocca said sunday that the 14 million is part of Chrysler s commitment to Michigan s economic future. Behave Confidence that the Economy of the state will continue to  Onset is one of a number of business an Industrial development corporations now being formed in response to legislation passed last year in Michigan. These corporations arc a Nate financial institutions designed to help companies whose capital needs arc considered too risky Tor conventional Bank financing. B-1b decoration contest for children criticized Wichita Kan. A when Mcconnell fab gets its first bib bomber in february schoolchildren will compete for the Chance to do Corrie its nose. But the contest part of a si00,000 Welcome parly is a bad idea some residents say. This is really a misuse and abuse of our Chil Dren said a local minister the Rev. Jim Bell. It tails a child s picture of War and bombing. In teaches children thai War  and sin Oiler residents held a news con Ference to ask that the contest be cancelled. School officials the Chambers of Commerce in Wichita and Derby and an air Force spokesman said the Competition will go on. Milwaukee March Marks civil rights efforts of 60s Milwaukee a civil rights Ali visas remembered the struggles of i hair predecessors Sun Day As they Marche across a Bridge thai once served As a  Between the races the Laic Rev. James e. Groppi. Black comedian Dick Gregory and other civil rights figures were commemorated As an estimated 450 people look pan in the March Over the sixteenth Street Bridge. Groppi s widow Margaret Ruga said the antagonisms of the 1960s were missing sunday when marchers retraced the Steps of demonstrators who campaigned in the 1960s for fair housing Laws. The ceremonial trek from the City s North Side followed a Roule across the mid own via duct to Kosciu to i Ark on the South Side. No incidents were reported