European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - March 15, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes tuesday March is 1988 gala raises $2 million to fight aids organizers Hope others will be held Miami , Fla. A a Star studded aids Benefit led by Elizabeth Taylor raided 52 million for education and research and organic is Hope he gala will by repeated elsewhere we be had lie Moil private funds raid for aids at this one function than any other place in the country Benefit spokesman Charles cinnamon said of sunday s an extraordinary eve Ning with Elizabeth Taylor and we want ii to be the prototype for the Resl of the the series of i2.500-a-Platc South Florida dinner panic Tell Short of ill j3 million Goat although its grand finale of Champagne and dessert at the Fontai Nehl Cau Hilton Floviel was sold out. Taylor urged the crowd which included Brooke Shields. Maricic Matlin mar Gaut Hemingway Zug. I hive talked to kissed and embraced and held in my arms children Hoys and girls Nho have died in my arms and i m still besides the gift from Farris. The Loul raised was boosted by a 1300,000 donation by the Wohl family foundation of Mir no the Community Alliance a Gaul aids a fund raising Arm of he univer sity of Miami school of Medicine Lethe Benefit and will share the proceed with Taylor s group. Flo. Family was living in poverty in spite of $3.45 million award fort Alderdale. Fla. A an unum Loyid immigrant and his sin children Havi been forced to rely on Charity despite winning a 53.45 Mil lion malpractice suit. Their plight was attributed to Auu Incys and a Hospi Tal caring for his comatose wife splitting the award. Those involved say the treatment of Linval a ton s family is entirely itg3l inc for Florida jaw which does not Rico Psia his 20-year common Law marriage and does nol allow the children to Benefit unless heir Mother Dies. We a sympathetic. All the judges were sym a said , pc acc. The personal injury attorney who handled much of the Case. But everyone was locked in a Sci of Legal Handcuffs. The culprit Here is the the tragedy for Ayton 4an illiterate jamaican immigrant began when his longtime common Law wife Maudeline Ford then 42, entered the lira weird medi Cal Center for what should have Sci n a routine child birth in january 1985. Ford ran a Small store and had been the Only cup port of the family after Ayton ruptured a disk and lost his As a school janitor. But something went wrong during a cacs Arcan Sec Tion to deliver int baby Artof food s heart stopped. In the time it took to get her heart started again Ford s brain suffered damage hat left her comatose. The baby was bom in goad condition. Alton s sister in Law eventually called attorney Phil lip aug reach after seeing his and on television Andauer Hach in turn brought in Spence. There is dispute Over whether the attorneys old Aylon he and his children would be provided for under pus Uhle settlement. Hut whatever a ton was old quirks in Florida Law deprived the family of any benefits from the s3,15 million Cven Luarty awarded after 30 months and nine volumes orbit Galion. Oni quirk is that slate Law does Noi techs Nice com Mon Law marriages even though Ayton and Ford had been together almost 20 years that Means he had no Legal right to Benefit from loss of her companionship. The six children ranging in age from j to 19, could have received Money except for another Wist state Law Recognises their toss of companionship Only when the Mother Dies. And modern technology is keeping her alive in he North Miami medical Center at he Cost of is 000 a Day. Ayton and the children wound up relying an Charity and on the Sisler in a who would sometimes drop off a Chicken or a loaf of bread. I went to the red Cross and the salvation army and begged for food Ayton said. Mostly canned food vegetables and Corn we were living by the mercy of god. The judge in the Case circuit judge James re Asb cult eventually i died to give the family 5104,000. Hut i Robatue j it Lac Raymond Harc forced Ayton to pay it Back a few months later. There was no Legal basis for him to have it said Hare. He was t her Legal til attorneys say their 45 percent fee plus thou Sands of dollars in expenses were legitimate and Legal pc acc said the Rase v As very difficult and called win Ning it a Home Ford won a total of million but that Money was put Imo a Trust fund to pay for her medical i Linval a inn with family members from left Desmon 1,1 Len Tel jr., 8 Patrick 17 Subtle 15 and paiute line .1. Pc ses. Attorneys say the Hospital Bills will be paid out of the interest and he children will eventually inherit the principle. But the fund s administrator Fred to Crock assist ant vice president of Barnett Banks disputes that. He said Ford s care now costs a year and the care has used up almost half of he principle. At the current Rale we a Mamie the Money will last in arc or arson leu Koerner said. Ayton s family was finally saved from destitution eight months ago when the court agreed to parcels2.500 a month out Ofa Trust fund on behalf of the five minor children. The Money keeps the children in food Anil decent clothes and has allowed them to return to school. Ayton As their Legal guardian could petition the court to Puli the Piug on his comatose wife whom he visits almost daily. That would allow the children to have what remains of the Trust fund. But he refuses. We have been poor All of our lives said Ayton. I can do without any of this Money. Because to me this Money comes along like a kind of blood stateside group in Chicago honors attorney of the damned Chicago a admirers of Clarence Darrow marital Fie Sot i anniversary of Fie death of the attorney of the damned by teasing a Wreath into he Lagoon where his Kihei Are scattered and pledging to live by hit example. About 100 people huddled against the mow Sun Day on a Bridge in a Park on Chicago s South Side Darrow a septic on matters of religion and the afterlife said that if there were anything to the spiritual world he would return at 10 in the morning on each anniversary of his death according to Leon Despres a former Alderman of the sch Ward where Darrow lived. For years after Dai Row s death magicians and spiritualists gathered at the Bridge to conjure up the lawyer s spirit but year after year hey went Awny disappointed. Water pump malfunction shuts Down nuke reactor Oswe Cio. . Apr the nine mile 2 nuclear Power Plant which began providing Power on a permanent basis Friday for the first time in its troubled existence automatically shut Down sunday night when a water pump Mal functioned a Plant official said. The $6.3 billion facility described As die Mast expensive nuclear Plant Ever built in the United states underwent what officials term an unusual event at 5 4j . Sunday. Robert Burt Cli. A spokesman far the Niagara to Hawk Power corp., said the problem occurred when he Plant lost its main teed Anler pump which pro Vides water pressure to the reactor. Syracuse business booms after Snail explodes Syracuse , apr Chuck 1 scale thought an exploding Snail had blown hits year old restaurant business to Smithereens instead it brought nationwide fume. Karen j. Prouty was celebrating her j6th birthday with a dinner at Pascale wine bar & restaurant on fcb 26. She was eating her seconds cargo a Hen it blew up in her face. Garlic Butler caused minor Burns around her right Eye and blinded her for 90 minutes. Prouty was treated at a Hospital and released the lame evening the Snail s internal moisture had apparently built up steam that propelled it right out of ill depression in a Ceramic serving Dimiti Pascal theorized. Pascale said he pleaded with the local newspaper not of print a Story on the incident fearing it would Hurt business. But he said the night the article was printed Escargot was the most popu Lar item at the restaurant. Every Snail in the build ing was sold he said. We be won National awards for four consecutive years and we be been nominated for i fourth Star in Mobil travel guide said up Cale s brother and partner Neal pasuale. But this definitely added to our National reputation
