European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 08, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday. January 8. 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 . Woman believed deaf can now hear Hazen. . A Ella Hoffmann danced for the first time at age 68 because she finally could hear the music. A cheerful woman who lives in a retirement Home in this Small Central North Dakota Community of about 3,300 people Hoffman had been considered deaf since birth. But when she was being checked for a growth in her ear in Early december a specialist discovered she Actu ally could hear with the help of a hearing Aid. It was a magical moment she looked at me and kind of smiled and giggled audiologist Jon Richins recalled. Hoffmann who has lived at the Pioneer Park retirement Home since 1981, danced for the first time week later when a polka band came to entertain Resi dents of the Home. She kept time and she danced. She could hear said Helen Iverson director of the Home. It s Unbe  sitting in an armchair in her room at Pioneer Park Hoffmann laughs a wheezy laugh and sways from Side to Side in a dancing motion when she s asked about that dance. Her speech is unclear and she does t know sign language. But her smile says it All. Iverson Calls her Story a Miracle. When she came to the Home in 1981,1 was told she was deaf Iverson said. But at the same time i understood she was sent to school in Minnesota some where where she was taught to read and  last fall Hoffmann complained of a throbbing pain in her right car. She held a clenched fist to her headband made a pounding motion Iverson said. Unable to relieve the persistent pain her doctor recommended she Sec a specialist in Bismarck about 70 Miles Southeast of Hazen. At the Bismarck clinic Richins asked Iverson if Hoffmann s hearing had Ever been tested. Not to her knowledge she said. He look her into a Booth put some headphones other and she raised her hand when she heard a sound a hearing Aid allows Ella Hoffman to hear. Iverson  then fitted Hoffmann with a hearing Aid and she was All smiles when the doctor turned up the sound Iverson added. Richins was All smiles  someone says they re deaf i need to have proof he  children Aren t developing appropriate speech and language skills at a Young age their hearing should be checked he  s what should have happened with Ella years and years ago Richins said. She was probably just lumped in with other people and assumed to be  asked in a scrawled note whether she was angry at the thought of what she might have missed Hoffmann Shook her head  searchers fail to locate gun in Stuart Case Boston api police divers continued searching the Pines River in the North Boston suburb of Revere after failing saturday to find the weapon used in one of Boston s most baffling and still unravelling crime cases. Meanwhile the family of the Man linked to his wife s slaying came out of seclusion to Bury him. About Iso people attended a funeral mass at immaculate Conception roman Catholic Church two blocks from Charles Stuart s childhood Home in re vere. Stuart 29, committed suicide thursday Asau thormities sought to arrest him in the shooting death of his pregnant wife. Among the mourners were Stuart s parents his two stepsisters and three Brothers including 23-year-old Matthew who told r olice wednesday that his brother s Story about the shooting was a fabrication. Stuart had told police that a mugger forced his Way into the couple s car oct. 23 As they were leaving a birthing class at a Boston Hospital. Stuart who was shot in the Abdomen used his car Telephone to Call rescuers. Mrs. Stuart died after her child was born prematurely by caesarean Section. The infant Christopher died 17 Days later. But last week Matthew Stuart told police that his brother instructed him to meet him in Mission Hill on the night of the shooting. He said his brother handed Over a bag containing a gun and mrs. Stuart s purse apparently after the shootings had taken place. The snub nosed revolver which Matthew Stuart said he threw into the Pines River is believed to be the same gun used to shoot Stuart and his wife. With Matthew Stuart s help authorities have pulled from the River a bag containing a purse a Wallet and other personal belongings of mrs. Stuart. He also turned Over mrs. Stuart s engagement ring which her husband had claimed was stolen during the reported attack. The Boston Herald reported saturday that an unidentified source close to the family said another per son was with Matthew Stuart the night of oct. 23. The newspaper also cited unidentified sources who said Charles Stuart underwent treatment for cocaine dependency while he was hospitalized for his gunshot wound. Prosecutors however have insisted that they had no indication that Stuart was using drugs. Wash., Alaska volcanoes show minor activity by the associated press mount St. Helens belched volcanic Ash that settled Over a South Central Washington Community saturday while Seis Mic equipment detected a minor eruption in Alaska s redoubt Volcano. The National weather service reported a Light dusting of Ash South of Yakima. Wash., in the Toppenish area about 80 Miles cast of mount St. Helens. It was Gritty and it was still falling out of the sky said David Foster of Toppenish who found his two cars coated with dust when he awoke sat urday morning. It was very Fine. You could see tracks in the  Steve Malone a seismologist with the University of Washington in Seattle said seismographs and other equipment with in the Crater of mount St. Helens recorded a Small eruption at 5 37 . The eruption lasted about two min utes and was followed by Small Earth quakes that lasted about two hours. In Alaska authorities had no visual confirmation that redoubt Volcano emitted Ash during an eruption at 2 26  the Alaska Volcano Observatory said. Seismologist John Davics of the Observatory in Fairbanks called the eruption clearly a minor event compared to eruptions last month and tuesday. The Volcano 115 Miles Southwest of Anchorage rumbled awake in mid do com bar after a 25-year silence spewing Ash that disrupted air traffic. An eruption tuesday stronger than the ones in december prompted precautionary flight cancellations and delays at Anchorage International Airport. Malone said further details on the mount St. Helens eruption would not be available until Crews could Lake a closer look at the readings. The activity does t necessarily mean the Volcano is going to become More Active he said. Mount St. Helens erupted May 18,1980, leveling 230 Square Miles leaving 57 people dead or missing and creating an Ash Cloud that circled the Globe. The Volcano has had several less in tense eruptions since then but has been relatively quiet in recent years. Sands of timeu.s., Panama ships collide off Texas no one injured 40/earsagoin the stars and stripes Galveston. Texas a an american Container ship and a Panama Nian Tanker collided in nighttime fog 20 Miles offshore from Galveston but no one was injured coast guard officials said saturday. Fuel Oil from the Margaret tykes a new Orleans based Container ship leaked from a Hole in the left Side of the 618-foot Jcsse Early saturday said la. Cmdr. Frank Whipple of the coast guard Marine safety office at Galveston. The Bow of the shoun emperor a 323-foot Tanker registered in Panama sustained considerable damage in Friday night s collision. However none of its cargo had spilled Whipple said. The Bow of the tank vessel is heavily damaged As you can Well imagine and the Margaret Lykus has got a Hole on the port Side Whipple said. The Crews remained on both vessels neither of which was in danger of sinking. Coast guard officials were in route to the scene to determine if the vessels could be returned to port safely Whipple said. He said a vessel capable of setting up Oil spill containment equipment also was in route to the scene. But he said we Are not certain that corralling leaking fuel Oil is going to help at this Point. It s very lightweight Oil and containing it is very difficult to do at  officials believe the Tanker was headed South to Freeport and that the Margaret Lykes was eastbound possibly returning to Louisiana. Jan. 8, 1950 a predawn Flash fire roared through the mental Ward of mercy Hospital in Davenport Iowa killing 28 people. 30 years ago today Jan. 8, i960 president Eisenhower told a cheering Congress his new budget will Call for a surplus of $4.2 billion 20 years ago today. Jan. 8, 1970 military sources announced that spec. 5 Robert Lawrence an army newscaster who told his listeners they were getting censored news would be court Martiale for an earlier dispute with his armed forces Vietnam network superiors. He also was suspended from his Job. 10 years ago today. Jan 8, 1980 according to Western diplomatic sources soviet forces were in control of All major cities in Afghanistan but moslem guerrillas were mounting hit and run attacks at night. The soviets using helicopter gunships and Light armoured personnel carriers were concentrating their offensive on the mountainous provinces on the pakistani Border