European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 27, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday december 27.1989 family receives Best gift teen talks again Spokane Wash. A just last week doctors thought 18-year-old Melissa Missy Goebl would remain in a coma for years. But on Christmas Day the Mead High school honors student was talking and watching As family members opened presents for her at sacred heart medical Center. I thought the very Best Christmas present i could Ever get was to hear my daughter talk again said her father. Steve. She gave me that gift with a week to spare. And each Day she gets a Little bit she was injured nov. 25 in a head on collision on i Etc state 90, just West of occur d alone Idaho. The teen and her 16-year-old Boyfriend Ian Mcelfish were in her car when they collided with a pickup truck travelling the wrong Way. Mcelfish was treated and released. The 79-year-old Driver of the pickup is now in a nursing Home. A month ago Goebl was expected to die suffer ing from head injuries and a broken neck Clavicle right Arm and left was in a coma and largely unresponsive to family members. On the 19th Day doctors said Goe bal most Likely would be comatose for years. But just a few hours after doctors left her room that Day the Young woman spoke to her Mother and then asked to Telephone her brother. She s a Little Miracle said her Mother. Victoria Goebl. She s quite an amazing mrs. Goebl said she welcomed the sound of her daughter bickering with her younger brother Brian. She Calls her brother a dweeb a lot the Mother said adding that the siblings Are close friends. "1 could t believe it when they were in there arguing the other Day. It was the teen s struggle is far from Over since the left Side of her body remains paralysed. Her father said she often slips into a kind of dream state and becomes confused easily. She s pretty much like a rag doll he said. But she s further along than anyone Ever thought she would when it comes to mountains resorts know How to move them Jackson Wyo. A some advertisers prompt ing vacation spots hundreds of Miles from Wyoming have the Power to move mountains. The picturesque grand Teton and its sister mountains have been used in ads for Amtrak which does t run through Wyoming and for such places As a resort in Montana and even a condominium in the heart of the Rockies in Colorado. For the record the tetons have been standing firm in Northwestern Wyoming for cons. And while imitation May be the since rest form of flattery the Jackson Hole chamber of Commerce in t Happy to see the craggy peaks plastered on brochures touting destinations that Don t have a View of the Range even on a Clear Day. The tetons Are one of the most recognizable Moun Tain ranges in the world and we arc More than a Little miffed that our competitors continue to use our assets to promote their areas said Carol Waller the chamber s director of marketing. We Are seriously considering Trad marking the tetons i m Only while managers of those out of sight resorts responded with Shock or embarrassment when queried about their use of the tetons none offered any apologies. Not even resort managers in Colorado which boasts of being Home to the greatest skiing in the world. Larry dumps by general manager of the Crestwood condominium hotel in Snowmass Village colo., just North of Aspen said he did t even realize his Magazine advertisement of a skier used the tetons As a backdrop. No matter he said the picture is representative of a Winter ski vacation in the Colorado Rockies even if the tetons arc nearly 400 Miles North. The and Agency that used the melons on the brochure could t say much More than it was just a Case of mistaken said Bill cutting of the Agency Penna Powers culling and Haynes of Salt Lake City. Believe me. We had no intention of using the tetons to advertise a Condo project in still he said the tetons do resemble Aspen s Maroon Bells. When you look at one Mountain from 25 different angles it would be difficult to Tell the difference said cutting. Besides he insisted no one Reading one of the brochures would know the difference or care much either. Except Waller. She is contacting the resorts to ask them to retract their advertisements. One of those being contacted is the Fairmont hot Springs resort in Grigson Mont. It uses a brochure with a full View of the nearly 14,000-foot grand Teton stateside patient hooked to oxygen Dies trying to smoke in bed Toledo Ohio a an emphysema victim died Rette while the melons have shown up in ads for resorts in Montana and Colorado and for Amtrak which does not travel through Wyoming. Crown jewel of the Teton Range. Naturally inviting the cover manager de Henrich said the tetons were used when the marketing c9mpany could i find any Stock photos of Montana a Pitit Lar mountains. "1 was totally against it but we had to gel something out on the Market immediately he said. No you cannot Sec the tcl9ns from Montana but they look an awful lot like the says it s false advertising. I can t say How much it s hurting us but we d rather not confuse people. They might see the Beautiful mountains and wonder if they Are in California Wyoming Montana or Colorado. We d just like them to know they re in Wyoming she said. They re not portable.".,warned not to smoke in bed in his private room at the Moldova care Center fire investigators fire Early monday was limited to Shaw s bed area but 15 other residents were moved As a precaution to the dining area for a couple of hours authorities said. Police charge Man who reported bomb on plane Hartford Conn. A a Man working for an Airport caterer was charged with falsely reporting that a bomb had been planted on a plane bound for Chicago state police said. Robert j. Shinklg 23, of Springfield mass., Wai charged monday with falsely reporting an incident and breach of peace said detective James was overheard saying As he stocked food on United airlines flight 509 for a Christmas Day flight to Chicago that the air plane would blow up in flight police said. Passengers had not boarded the plane at Bradley International Airport when he allegedly made his comments and the flight was delayed More than an hour police searched the plane with a bomb sniffing dog but found nothing. Shinklg of Dobbs catering service was to be arraigned Jan. 8, police said. School named after King votes to cancel Roth new York a bowing to opposition led by the widow of the Rev. Martin Luther King jr., the Board of education has reversed itself and decided to keep Roth out of the High school named for the late civil rights Leader. The Board voted to cancel the three year program of Theair Force Junior Reserve officers training corps said Robert f. Wagner jr., Board president. The program was to have begun in february. The Board had approved the program in june two months after the faculty voted 102-59 against i Wagner said the Board changed its mind because of a letter Coretta Scott King sent to the Board in november. It said my late husband. Or. King believed in the principles of non violence and worked tirelessly to pass this message on to the youth of America. While i understand the need for Roth programs in other High schools i believe that a Mili tary program has no place in a school named in his three City High schools have Roth programs which give students who Complete the course a Chance for scholarships and possible admission to service academies. Mrs. Quayle challenged on abortion Pill stance Washington not Marilyn Quayle the vice president s wife exchanged letters with the head of an anti abortion group last week Over whether she endorsed an abortion inducing Pill for rape victims. The Exchange Rose out of an interview with her published in the new York daily news sunday Magazine. In the interview she said that in rape cases every step should be taken to ensure that a pregnancy has not she added something like the French morning after Pill if proven effective would be very appropriate and would Lessen the psychological trauma of a rape John c. Willke president of the National right to life committee wrote to mrs. Quayle last tuesday after he saw an Advance copy of the article said David Beckwith the spokesman for vice presi Dent Dan Quayle. In the letter which Sec with read Over the phone Willke said he hoped mrs. Quayle was not advocating the use of re 486, a drug used in France. Willke said the drug was not a contraceptive but a chemical that induced abortion. It is not a morning after Pill rewrote. It is More like a month after in a reply to Willke written on thurs Day mrs. Quayle reiterated that she favored whatever can be done to prevent the Onset of she also said i do not support any pills except those that prevent but the letter did not specifically disavow advocacy of re 486. Beckwith said that the vice president opposes abortions except in cases where the Mother s life is threatened and has taken no position on the use of re 486. The drug ends pregnancy by blocking the action of progesterone a hormone that causes the uterine Wall to accept a fertilized egg. When coupled with a subsequent shot of Prost Arlandin which causes the womb to expel its contents the drug brings on abortion in More than 95 percent of cases. The manufacturer Roussel Claf withdrew re 486 from the Market in France last year under pressure from anti abortion groups but the French government ordered the company to renew the have found it to be Safe As Well As effective
