European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes monday february 29.1988 sharing the spotlight residential hopeful Jesse Jackson enjoys a chuckle with Lily Yancey during a Jackson speaking engagement Friday in Atlanta. The girl was with her father when Jackson Imilce her and scleral other children to join him at the podium. Privatization of . Prisons could be costly Washington a giving private companies the responsibility for running prisons could prove More costly than leaving the Job to government says a new study. But the head of a presidential commission that sup ports the idea said Competition in corrections would bring other benefits including improved prison Condi  run prisons May race greater administrative costs unanticipated Cost overruns and lawsuits says the study released during the weekend by John Donahue on assistant professor at Harvard univer sity s John f. Kennedy school of government. Even if private prison corporations succeed in Cut Ting costs there is unlikely to be sufficient Competition in any Given Community to ensure that the saving result in diminished government budgets for corrections says the  concluded that labor costs which account for 60 percent of corrections budgets cannot be Cut without debasing the Quality of the work Force and with it the conditions  for  non labor costs could be brought Down if there were. Robust Competition says the report. But the stud found that firms entering contracts to run jails and prisons normally demand multiyear contracts or re quire compensation if contracts arc cancelled. Even if private management results in greater efficiency we cannot expect Lively enough Competition in the prison Industry to ensure that Cost savings will be passed on to governmental clients said Donahue. President Reagan s commission on privatization in january announced support for increased private sector involvement in a number of areas including prisons. Two dozen companies operate in the private corrections Field participating in operations of More than a Doran adult facilities in nine states. Stateside Young liver transplant patient Dies nearly 5 years after surgery Caiiou. Iii. A the infant who won the hearts of Many from Illinois to the White House when she became the youngest liver transplant recipient nearly five years ago died saturday at her Home  Lynn Hardin was 5 years old. The transplanted liver she received on May 10, i983, had begun to fail around thanksgiving said her Mother Kobin Hardin. On dec. 11, the family look Amy to the University of Minnesota Hospital in Minneapolis where the transplant had been performed. But the girl returned Home Jan. 16 after doctors said her chances for recovery were not Good. She could t stand it anymore mrs. Hardin said. We made a Promise that we would t take her Back tothe Hospital. We brought her Home and the family took turns being with  she s at peace now mrs. Hardin said. People throughout the Region rallied in late 1982and Early 1983 to raise More than $260,000 through a variety of fund raisers to pay for what then was consid ered an experimental transplant operation. The Rock group kiss performed a Benefit concert for Amy in 1983 at Kiel auditorium in St. Louis. That same year Amy received a letter of support from president Reagan. If it was t for the Community getting together we would t have had five years mrs. Hardin said. She was the Joy of our life. She was very Strong. She fought All the Way to the  Amy was 11 months old at the time of the trans Plant. At that Lime she was believed to be the world s youngest liver transplant patient. That record since has been broken said Mary Solanik Media relations director for University of Minnesota Hospital. Stanik said the survival rate of most liver transplant patients improves with Lime. Usually but not always doctors like to say that you arc Over the Hump after five years but one can never say never. There Are just too Many complications she said. Amy died nearly four years and 10 months after her transplant. She would have turned 6 years old june 1. Besides her parents Amy is survived by two Broth ers. Faulty Heater kills 5 in Florida Green Cove Springs Fla. A four Chil Dren and their baby Sitter were killed by Carbon Mon oxide fumes from a faulty Gas Heater officials said saturday. Ola Weens and a Friend left the children with a baby Sitter Friday night and went to dinner. They came Back and checked about 9 30 . Left again and arrived shortly before Midnight and found the majority of them dead said Clay county sheriffs u. Tim Martin. Pronounced dead at Weens Home Here were two other three children 10-year-old James and 6-Ycar-old Sherri. Her Friend s granddaughter Julie Meador 10,and baby Sitter Jennifer Bias 17. Were also dead mar tin said. The third Weerts child 12-year-old Tanya died sat urday evening at Shands Hospital in nearby Gaines  were All in their Beds apparently sleeping except for one 10-year-old on the Kitchen floor mar tin said. Bias was found on a living room  s absolutely the worst multiple death Case in one family that we be had in Clay county mania  autopsy on Tanya was scheduled for sunday. Autopsies on the others showed they died of acute Carbon monoxide poisoning authorities  Normal Carbon monoxide level is i to 2 percent caused by pollutants Martin said. Smokers have higher Levels maybe 10  four kids had an average of 65 percent he , what has happened was we feel a faulty exhaust on a Gas Furnace became clogged and the Carbon monoxide fumes were allowed to Back up and disperse through the House Martin said. New York hotel May be sold for apartment conversion new York a the elegant Plaza hotel the fifth Avenue bastion of luxury Over looking Central part might be sold within weeks and a portion or it could be convened to cooperative apartments a newspaper reported saturday. The 18-Story hotel offers rooms from $195 a night for a single to $800 for a suite. Real estate dealers Philip Pilovsky and Arthurg. Cohen said they expect to close a $400 Mil lion to $500 million agreement to buy the hotel the new York times reported. It said the two have formed a joint venture with the mandarin Oriental hotel group of Hong Kong which owns luxury hotels on both sides of the Pacific to buy the Plaza from the Bass family of fort Worth Texas. Pilevsky said the style and spirit of the hotel would remain but part of it would be converted to cooperative ownership after renovations. Ash without a country heading Back Home Philadelphia a a ship carrying Philadelphia incinerator Ash is headed Back tothe Delaware Bay after being turned away by six countries Over 18 months As it tried to find a place to dump its cargo. The coast guard said that it has lifted a re Striction and will permit the Khan sea into har Bor. The coast guard had barred the ship be cause its liberian Register a expired but spokeswoman Elizabeth Brannan said of the problem it s All worked  she said the ship carrying 15,000 tons of incinerator Ash was expected to arrive at the Mouth of the Delaware Bay Early this week. The state department of environmental re sources said it old not allow the Khan sea to unload until the Ash had been tested for Hazar Dous chemicals. . Liberalized importing of wild pheasant grouse Washington a soon it will be All right for american Hunters to bring foreign bagged wild pheasant and grouse Home for Cook ing the agriculture department has said. That is so Long As the Birds have been eviscerated and their Heads and feet removed said James w. Glosser acting administrator of the department s animal and Plant health inspection service. The new Rule takes effect March 28. Previously such game Birds had to be cooked before being brought into the United states to prevent the introduction of poultry diseases. Glosser said the Agency has determined that wild pheasant and grouse carcasses arc not threats if they arc first trimmed of innards Heads and feet. About 300 to 400 american Hunters annually have been returning with cooked fowl shot in foreign countries he said. Boston Man reunited with father in Florida jail Clearwater Fla. A a Man who was six months old when his parents divorced 40years ago has been reunited with his father in the Pinillas county jail. There were Little tears in his  sheriff Gerry Coleman said of inmate James Stewart Aslon. He was very affectionate toward his  Gaston has been jailed for Brief stays More than 1,400 times because of alcohol related misdemeanours. His son James Stewart Gallagher of Boston Learned his father was in the area from Friend in Tampa who read about gallon in the newspaper. Gaston 65, was jailed for 10 Days for Violat ing an open alcohol Container Law. I be known him 30 years the sheriff said. He probably was my first arrest. When he s sober he s the nicest Man you be Ever