European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 12, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday May 12, 1990 the stars and stripes  a Page 7soviet circus stranded in a. Without Money to  hotel Marietta a. Apr for the second time in two Days members of the soviet great circus Bim bom were kicked out of a hotel thursday As circus officials scrambled to get Money to  a hotel Bill. The 138-member soviet circus which has just started a planned two year Goodwill tour of the United states is stranded in this Atlanta suburb without Money following a disagreement with its financial backers. Meanwhile the circus animals Are stuck in Newburgh . The company that was transporting the animals took them to its Headquarters there when the tour broke off after performances in two cities. Eight circus leaders were turned away from the Brittany Park hotel thursday said Ben Silva Art director of International show business inc., a Florida based firm directing the tour. A when we went there this afternoon they said a we done to want you  it was a pretty Nasty ordeal a Silva said. A hotel employee said the eight circus leaders were kicked out wednesday because one of them was abusive to employees. She said there May have been a question about whether the circus officials were Able to  their Bill. Hotel managers refused comment. Other members of the great circus Bim bom which includes performers from 60 soviet circuses were kicked out of a Motel 6 in Marietta wednesday. Those performers were accepted later that night at a scottish inns of America where they scrambled thursday to  their Bills and keep their rooms. Muneko Sugimura Glass director of operations for the hotel gave the circus until Friday to . Quot we can to help it. I have to  the employees a Glass said. A tomorrow Friday  have to  the circus used credit to hold the rooms but Glass said she would require Cash before the troupe members would be allowed to stay. John stallion the circus promotions director said a new financial Backer planned to wire $2,000 to him to  for the rooms. The circus came to the United states March 31 for a month of training in Wheeling . After the first performance in Hershey pa., on april 25, the trips backers an iraqi father and son withdrew their support according to Nikolaj Vissokovsky president of International show business. A Ivan Tchen Panov a touring soviet circus performer exercises one of the circuses bears in Newburgh . Brooks Savage a lawyer for Waleed . Ahmad and his father said the men had Given the circus a loan and had never intended to Back the whole tour. They Are out $331,000 plus a promised 10 percent of receipts he said. He refused to identify Ahmad a  Only other performance was in Johnson City Tenn. The performers came to Atlanta because its the Home of some of the support contractors for the . Must  $1.3 million to aids victim Providence. . Apr the govern Cal must  nearly $1.3 million to a 12-year-old boy who contracted aids after a botched Tonsillectomy at a naval Hospital a . District court judge ruled. The boy named John Doe in the suit had his tonsils removed in april 1983, at age 5, at the Newport naval Hospital. During efforts to Stop the bleeding a first at the Navy Hospital and then at a private Hospital a he received transfusions totalling 47 units of blood. In his ruling . District judge Ernest c. Torres noted it was possible the boy was Given aids infected blood at the private Hospital. But he found the Navy wholly responsible because the transfusions would have been unnecessary if the operation had been performed properly. The ruling issued wednesday was released in writing thursday. After the Tonsillectomy the Navy surgeon or Richard Busch stitched the area to prevent bleeding according to the ruling. Busch used a variety of methods to Stop the bleeding that occurred a number of times Over the next week. The Mother had the boy transferred to Boston children a Hospital where he underwent an operation to Slop the bleeding. During the operation and recovery the boy received 47 units of blood Torres said. He received seven units of blood while under busches care he said. The boy tested positive for the aids causing his virus in 1987, and was diagnosed with aids a year ago. He has been taking the experimental drug at since 1988, but there is an 80 percent to 90 percent Chance he will die within two years Torres wrote. The judge found no evidence children a Hospital was negligent and ordered the government to  $1.28 million in damages to the boy and his Mother. A there is a real question As to whether the plaintiff would have required any blood if the treatment he received had comported with prevailing standards a Torres wrote. Torres noted that a government witness testified that less than 1 percent of Tonsillectomy patients required transfusions. Texan gets 9 years for poisoning historic tree Austin Texas apr a Man convicted of poisoning Texas historic treaty Oak tree was sentenced to nine years in prison and fined $1,000 by a jury thursday Paul Stedman Cullen 46, was convicted in state District court wednesday of poisoning the state landmark in what authorities called an occult ritual. Because he was previously convicted of a felony a burglary a he had faced a maximum sentence of life in prison As a repeat offender. The minimum sentence was five years. Cullen showed no emotion and had no comment As he was led from the courtroom. His lawyer Terry Kirk said Cullen wanted to Appeal the sentence. Kirk however said he himself was  ecstatic about it. A this jury balanced the value of the treaty Oak with the value of a human being a he said. The tree estimated to be As much As 500 years old was poisoned with Velar a liquid herbicide Early in 1989. News reports about the Case brought International attention to the giant live Oak tree which according to legend was the site of a treaty signing Between Stephen f. Aus tin and indians. About two thirds of the tree is now dead foresters said but the remaining third is still producing leaves. Before the jury retired to consider punishment Kirk told them no More than 10 years would be fair to his client. A you have to decide How much a tree is Worth a he said. State District judge Bob Perkins who presided Over the trial said people still find a this crime unfathomable in terms of rationale a nobody can figure it out. It makes it that much More of a  Cullen was arrested in june after brag Ging to a woman that he poisoned the tree authorities said. During the eight Day trial prosecutors said Cullen poisoned the treaty Oak As part of an occult ritual to both protect a woman he liked and to  kill his love Lor her. Since the poisoning was discovered More than $100,000 has been donated to  for extraordinary measures that were taken to try to save the tree. Velar contaminated dirt was removed from around its roots the tree has been doused with Spring water and elaborate Sun screens were built to Shade it. Davis losing Battle with Throat cancer Sammy Davis or. In 1989 photograph Beverly Hills Calif. Apr Sammy Davis jr., battling Throat cancer now weighs about 60 pounds and has been reduced to a fetal position a source close to the entertainer disclosed thursday. While publicist Susan Reynolds would say Only that Davis was  resting and a there has been no change a friends reported the song and dance Man obviously has been losing his Battle with cancer since he was released from a Hospital eight weeks ago. Celebrities including Frank Sinatra who have worked with Davis for four decades go to see him and come away a heartsick a some in tears a source close to the family told the associated , 64, is hardly Able to utter a word because of a tracheotomy performed in connection with his Throat cancer the source said. His weight has dropped to about 60 pounds and he was in a fetal position said another source close to the entertainer. The source said head be surprised if Davis lived another week. Reynolds would not comment on the report Davis was first diagnosed with carcinoma of the Throat last september. He was admitted to Cedars Sinai in mid january for treatment of a gum infection and doctors later found that he had a recurrence of Throat cancer Davis was released from Cedars Sinai medical Center on March 13 to recuperate at Home. Davis daughter Tracey 28, and her husband Guy Garner visited Davis in his Beverly Hills Home earlier this month to introduce him to his new grandson Sam Michael Garner. Davis who converted to Judaism was Given a special tribute sunday at the friends of the Israel defense forces testimonial dinner at the Century Plaza hotel. He was cited by the group for his a love of  in her Brief acceptance Davis wife Altovise said a to try and say thank you is almost impossible. We Are so grateful. This is quite an   he a been called one of a kind the last of a Breed an endangered species and or. Wonderful Quot said comedian red buttons