European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday August 9, 1988 the stars and stripes Page 7 Gas prices increase again los Angeles a Gaso line prices jumped again Over the past two weeks rising an average of 1.69 cents a gallon according to a National Survey of about 13,000 service stations. The average Price for a gallon of Gas As of aug. 6 stood at $1.0307, said Trilby Lundberg who super vises the twice weekly Lundberg Survey. The average accounts for All grades of gasoline types of service and taxes. The average prices for self serv ice gasoline were 94.55 cents for regular unleaded $1.0926 for Premium unleaded and 91.78 cents for regular leaded. The average prices for full serv ice gasoline included $1.2170 for regular unleaded $1.3184 for Premium unleaded and $1.1778 for regular leaded. Out of control racing boat injures 24 during regatta child killed 2 women Hurt in Accident san Clemente Calif up a Texas toddler was killed and his Mother and grandmother were injured when an 18-month-old boy left alone in a station Wagon with the engine running shifted into drive and slowed into their Beach front campsite authorities said sunday. Dylan Bloodworth 2, of Arlington Texas was decapitated when the errant car struck him and the two women Fri Day an Orange county Coroner s office spokesman said. The car had been parked in front of the san Clemente state Park campsite by Hollee Groff 31, of Temecula calif., who left her son strapped into a child car seat a California Highway patrol Dis Patcher said. Groff told authorities she left the engine running with the transmission in Park because she was having trouble starting the car. She said she did not set the emergency Brake. Groff told investigators her son was alone in the car for less than a minute when he managed to climb into the Driver s seat. The child got Loose and crawled Over the seat and put the vehicle into drive the dispatcher said. The vehicle rolled Down a Hill into the Bloodworth campsite slamming into the Little boy his Mother and grandmother. Pittsburgh a a racing apparently hit debris in the water during a 50-Lap race sunday and flew up a River Bank into a crowd of spectators injuring 24 people including 11 children police said. The three Rivers regatta race was halted for 90 minutes while Rescue teams and ambulance Drivers tried to get to the Accident scene in Roberto Clemente Park where hundreds had gathered to watch the race at the Confluence of the Allegheny and Monongahela Rivers police said. The area also was congested with cars from people attending a baseball game Between the Pittsburgh pirates and new York mets at nearby three Rivers stadium. It was a mess said police officer John Potter. The injured were taken to five Hospi tals and police said eight people were listed in critical condition. Race officials said the propeller of a boat driven by Robert Wood 23, of North Peterborough Ontario apparently snagged debris and came off and the boat veered out of control. Another Driver in the race John pro Vich said officials recovered a Railroad tie from the River with propeller Marks on it. Police it. Leo o Neill characterized the Wood As a rather Large  witnesses said the boat suddenly be came airborne in Choppy water while in a Straightaway veered sharply to the right and slammed into spectators on the Grassy wooded Riverbank. The boat s engines were off when it hit the Bank at about 40 Mph and flipped several times the witnesses said. I saw it when it hit said Debbie Triantafilo of Pittsburgh who was Selling soft drinks near the Accident. It happened pretty quickly. It hit about a dozen  Barry Carras medical director for the . Formula one grand prix race said Wood suffered Only slight injuries and was being treated for Shock. Officials said they did not know How fast the boat was going at the time of the Accident. The top Speed during qualify ing runs was 119 Mph. An estimated 100,000 people were scattered along the Banks of the Rivers watching the 15-boat race which was on the seventh Lap at the time of the Acci Dent officers on the scene said. The Accident happened just after the boat had passed beneath the fort Duquesne Bridge. The boat landed on its Side with the engine toward the spectators and the Bow toward the water. Medics attend to spectators Hurt by a runaway boat during the three Rivers regatta. Jane Montgomery nursing supervisor at Allegheny general Hospital said four of the injured were taken to that Hospital and were being evaluated. She said she did not know the extent of their injuries. Other victims were taken to divine Providence Hospital children s Hospi Tal of Pittsburgh presbyterian univer sity Hospital and mercy Hospital authorities said. Formula one boats which have eight and six Cylinder engines and weigh up to 1,000 pounds Are the fastest outboard powered race boats in the world Accord ing to the race s sponsors. Drivers can reach speeds of More than 140 m pm on Straightaway and 90 Mph on turns officials said. Parents partner battling Over disabled woman Minneapolis a demonstrators rallied at a City Park sunday in support of a disabled woman who is at the Center of a Legal fight Between her lesbian Lover and her parents Over custody and visitation rights. Sharon Kowalski a High school physical education teacher has been in a nursing Home since an Auto Accident in 1983 left her partly paralysed and with reduced mental skills. Since then her father Donald Kowalski and her Roommate Karen Thompson have battled Over guardianship of Kowalski whose 32nd birthday is monday. Thompson 40, a College professor said she and Kowalski bought a House together in St. Cloud about 60 Miles Northwest of Minneapolis and considered themselves married. But after obtaining guardianship Kowalski barred Thompson from visiting his daughter who is in a Nurs ing Home in the Northern Minnesota town of Hibbing. Thompson has solicited support from advocates of Gay rights and the disabled in her fight to have Kowalski control her own destiny. The Minneapolis demonstration sunday attracted about 100 people who waved banners Reading bring Sharon  organizers said rallies were scheduled in 20 other cities on sunday. In new York a dozen protesters placed a Wreath labelled free Sharon Kowalski inside St. Patrick s Cathedral before holding a mass across the Street in a monthly protest of the roman Catholic Church s policy on homosexuality. Kowalski s parents from Rural Nashwauk say their daughter never told them she had a lesbian relation ship with Thompson or any other woman and they have refused to acknowledge the possibility that one May have existed. Her Mother Delia Kowalski says she has grown tired of the Legal Battles and simply wants Thompson and the others to leave her daughter alone. They re using Sharon for a cause she says of Thompson s supporters. I Don t think they really care about Sharon. She s laying there helpless. She can t defend  a Duluth District judge last month ordered an evaluation of Kowalski but barred Thompson from participating. But Thompson told the Minneapolis rally that even if the tests show Kowalski is not competent to make her own decisions the evaluation will break Kowalski s control Over his daughter. We Are setting the stage for his removal As Guardi an said Thompson. If she types out she wants to see me they la have to let me  Kowalski communicates by typing or gesturing. Karen Kingsley a spokeswoman for the National committee to free Sharon Kowalski said the women s plight has meaning for homosexuals and the group is encouraging them to obtain Legal agreements with each other. Lots of Gay men Are in the same position As Karen not being Able to visit their ill partners even having their Homes taken As the parents become guardians Kingsley said