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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a a a the stars and stripes saturday june 2,1990 -p5� birthday splash a Storrie Jones left the worlds first heart liver transplant patient prepares to Dunk Jennifer Cochran during Sto Rinier a 13th birthday party in White settlement Texas. The girl has survived for six years since the double transplant operation was performed. School segregation permanently banned by judge in Boston Boston apr a Federal judge permanently banned racial discrimination in the City a Public schools in his final order in a 16-year-old desegregation Case. On thursday . District judge w. Arthur Garrity or. Barred a creating promoting or maintaining racial segregation in any school or other facility in the Boston school  in a 1974 ruling on a lawsuit brought by Black parents Garrity found the City a Public schools were segregated. He ordered them desegregated and the resultant busing of students touched off years of turmoil. Garrity monitored the City a compliance with his order until 1987, when a Federal appeals court ruled that the schools were desegregated and gave control Over student assignment Back to the school committee. Garrity continued to Monitor school administration and operations however. He said thursdays order would be his last. Perhaps the most controversial part of the four Page ruling was a decree that teacher layoffs must follow court ordered racial guidelines rather than be based on seniority alone. That order which Means teachers and administrators must include 25 percent Blacks and 10 percent other minorities is to remain until a seniority would be a racially Neutral Stan Dard a he said. Achieving a fully desegregated faculty and staff a will be an important Milestone on the Long Road to affording equal educational Opportunity to All students in Bostons Public schools a Garrity wrote. More than 200 teachers Are expected to be Laid off a nearly 800 have received Layoff warnings a before the next school year because of budget limitations. The Boston teachers unions contract Calls for layoffs strictly on the basis of seniority. Union president Edward Doherty has said the Union would Appeal any ruling that continued minority quotas which he said would mean Many White teachers with 20 or More years of experience would lose their jobs. But lawyers on both sides of the desegregation Case praised Garrity a final judgment. A the order is consistent with affirmative action policies the school committee has in place and clarifies some issues that need clarification concerning layoffs a said Henry Dinger a lawyer for the school committee. Robert Pressman a lawyer for Black plaintiffs said the ruling shows that Garrity a studied the papers carefully and manifests his continuing steadfastness in protecting the rights of the plaintiff  coca cola contest fizzles out p�3 Over defects in prize filled cans Atlanta apr the coca cola co. Said thursday it is ending its a magi can promotion after bad publicity Over mechanical problems with some of the prize filled soft drink cans. The company had intended to distribute 750,000 of the special cans throughout the summer but spokesman Randy Donaldson confirmed that shipments had been halted. About 200,000 cans have been shipped so far he said. A we Are winding it Down Early a Donaldson said. The promotion part of a $100 million a magic summer Quot Campaign that also includes prize bearing cups and an endorsement by the pop group new kids on the Block has been plagued by reports of defective cans. Although Coke had received Only about 70 complaints Donaldson said a there is the impression we done to like among our Consumers that there is a problem with the  the spokesman said news reports about the problem cans Wasny to a Factor in the decision. The move to kill the promotion came one week after coca cola ran full Page advertisements in newspapers across the nation acknowledging the problems and explaining How the prize cans work. Donaldson said ads would be run on network television announcing the promotion was coming to an end. The ads Tell Consumers that Only a few prize cans Are left on the Market and that they will be a going going gone by mid june a the spokesman said. The randomly distributed prize cans look like regular cans of coca cola classic but contain a mechanism that ejects either Cash or prize certificates. The Bottom end of the can was filled with chlorinated water to make it feel like the real thing. Some Consumers reported that the prize mechanism jammed keeping it from ejecting. And in some cases the chlorinated water which tastes bad but is said to be harmless leaked. There was speculation that Coke could be vulnerable to product liability lawsuits. Coke said last week that the mechanical problems had been corrected. Other aspects of the a magic summer promotion which began May 7, Are to continue Donaldson said. He said the cans that already Are on the Market should be sold by mid june. Disney goers did no to Rock the boat Anaheim Calif. Apr fifteen Disneyland visitors paddling furiously aboard a Canoe kept getting Wetter and Wetter apparently in the belief a Good soaking was part of the adventure. Moments later the boat Sank. As the Canoe slipped into the Rivers of America Lagoon tuesday evening about six riders swam to Shore while others treated in the 8-foot-Decp water waiting for a second Canoe and a raft to Rescue them said Brian Burnap a Park visitor from Sacramento. Burnap said they did no to panic. In fact most of the riders remained stoically in their seats As the Canoe took on water. Life preservers were stowed at both ends of the Canoe but in the confusion they weren to distributed Disneyland spokesman Bob Roth said. The sinking was blamed in part on two Young men who splashed and rocked the Canoe causing it to take on water Roth said. The Only injury was a bruised toe Roth said. The soggy riders were taken to a first Aid station where they were Given clothes to Wear while theirs dried. The canoes continuously Loop Tom Sawyer Island in the theme Parks Frontier land Section. A Disneyland employee steers and a second Crew member rides in the front while riders paddle the course.29 indicted on charges of smuggling marijuana Sarasota Fla. Apr a Federal indictment charges 29 people with smuggling More than a ton of marijuana from Jamaica to Florida and a Canadian Man who allegedly led the ring has been arrested authorities announced. Pierre Gilles Doyer of North Hatley Quebec who authorities say started the smuggling operation in 1985, was arrested in North Hatley the . Attorneys office in Tampa said. The indictment alleges that Doyer and others had organized vessels Crews and ground transport since 1985 to smuggle marijuana from Jamaica to Florida for distribution to other states. Six canadians 14 americans and nine other people whose nationalities Are not known were named in the  Stamps Honor . Olympic athletes Washington apr a set of postage Stamps honouring five american olympic athletes will be issued july 6, the postal service has announced. Featured on the 25-cent Stamps Are Jesse Owens Ray Ewry Hazel Wrightman Eddie Eagan and Helene Madison. Texts adjacent to the Stamps state a Jesse Owens won world acclaim by capturing four Gold medals in track and Field at Berlin in 1936�?�. A three time olympian Ray Ewry won eight Gold medals in the standing High jump and other jumping  _ a donor of the trophy for the .-great Britain women a Tennis series Hazel Wrightman won two Gold medals in 1924.�?� a Boxer and bobsled Der Eddie Eagan was the Only . Gold medal Winner in both the summer and Winter games. A swimmer Helene Madison won three olympic Gold medals in the summer games at los Angeles in 1932.�?�  
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