European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 9, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes bum victim David Opont 12, is wheeled from a new York Hospital Friday by his father Luther left sister Naomi and Mother  set ablaze during attack beats the Odds new York apr David Opont Rose from his wheelchair and thanked god his doctors and his nurses As he left the bum Ward at a Manhattan Hospital Friday three months after he was set on fire allegedly by a neighbourhood bully. The 12-year-old, smiling and carrying a Book said he Felt  he added 4 the first thing i want to do is go to  David was joined by his Mother father sister doctors and nurses at a news conference on the front Lawn of the new York Hospital comely medical Center. Colourful balloons were attached to his wheelchair. A this is a Happy Day for David a family and the Burn Center a said or. Cleon Goodwin the wards director. A a it a sad too. We re going to miss  he said David would spend three or four weeks at the Margaret t. Palomino rehabilitation Center at Jamaica Hospital undergoing reconstructive surgery and physical therapy. A the has accomplished a lot but he has a Long Way to go a the doctor said. David wore a dark suit with a Pink shirt and Black Bow tie. His right hand was covered with a Glove Bandage and he had Bald spots on his head but he looked fit otherwise. Most of his bums Are on his Abdomen Chest and Back. He was wheeled to an ambulance that took him to the 60th Street heliport where he was to Board a helicopter for transit to Jamaica in Queens. David who was nearly killed in the attack has become a Symbol of Hope and perseverance. He Drew Well wishers including mayor David Dinkins former president Reagan vice president Dan Quayle and actor Bill Cosby. David was admitted to the bum unit at the Manhattan Hospital on March 7 after the attack inside an abandoned Brooklyn building. A 13-year-old neighbourhood youth allegedly tied him to a railing and set him afire. He suffered bums Over 55 percent of his body and doctors gave him Only a 50 percent Chance of survival. He underwent a series of skin grafts at the Hospital and faces years of aftercare. Doctors who will oversee his care at the rehabilitation Center said he would receive counselling physical therapy and help in making the transition from a Hospital to school and Home. David will also continue doing exercises to preserve  and hand mobility and will undergo pressure therapy in which the burned areas will be wrapped to compress the skin grafts and minimize scarring said or. Michael Madden associate director of the Cornell bum Center and director of trauma at Jamaica Hospital. Saturday june 9,1990 a serious differences remain on German Unity Bush says Omaha neb. Apr president Bush said Friday that the status of a unified Germany is one of several contentious issues that give him and soviet president Mikhail s. Gorbachev differing views on whether the cold War is truly Over. In Advance of a White House meeting with West German Chancellor Helmut Kohl Bush told political fundraising audiences in Omaha and in Des Moines that the German Issue will not be resolved easily or quickly. A we must see that German reunification adheres to the wishes of the German people while respecting the views of other nations a Bush told a luncheon for Republican senatorial candidate Hal Daub. A serious differences still remain a he said. Earlier at another fund raising speech in Des Moines Bush said that agreements struck at the Summit a we Hope represent the beginning of the end of the cold  Gorbachev has said repeatedly that the cold War is already Over. While flying to Omaha aboard air Force one a porters asked Bush whether he and Gorbachev is different views on this subject. Bush said a i Don know. We be got a difference of semantics done to we Quot he made Clear that one of the key problems was the. Issue of whether a unified Germany should Belon Gnato As the United states wants. 810 Bush said that Secretary of state James a. Baker Iii returning to Washington for the meeting with Kohl was bringing with him a a certain degree of optimism from his talks in Europe on the German Issue with soviet foreign minister Eduard a. Shevardnadze but Bush added a a we la have to wait and see a As he wrapped up two Days of political campaigning in Wisconsin Illinois Iowa and Nebraska Bush continued to emphasize to the farm Belt the importance of Trade and Grain agreements made at last weeks superpower Summit. Judge restrains Detroit doctor from using suicide machine Detroit apr a judge Friday ordered the inventor of a suicide device not to help anyone else commit suicide until prosecutors determine whether he broke the Law by helping a 54-year-old woman kill herself. Judge Alice Gilbert issued a temporary restraining order that prevents or. Jack Kevorkian from using the device and enjoins him from using any other Means to assist in a suicide. Kevorkian had asked the judge to allow him to form a committee to establish an International a planned death  Oakland county prosecutor Richard Thompson took Kevorkian to court seeking an injunction barring m if a / of. A. / a s a ill titans a Trail a giant . Air Force Titan 4 rocket blazes a fiery Trail in the night sky Over the Waters at Cape canaveral fla., Early Friday. The 18-Story-tall rocket thundered into orbit at 1 22 . With what a believed to be a military surveillance satellite. The air Force refused to discuss or acknowledge the flight until it issued a statement about 20 minutes after liftoff. Further use of the device that killed Janet Adkins of Portland Ore. Although Michigan has no Law against assisting suicide Thompson has said that authorities Are investigating the possibility of charges against the former pathologist and they done to want the device used again. Adkins killed herself monday after Kevorkian hooked her to the machine. She pressed a Button to release the lethal chemicals. Meanwhile a Survey in Usa today found that two thirds of people say the terminally ill should be allowed to end their lives and medical facilities should be available to help them do  first mate arrested after Oil spill in . Bayonne . Apr cleanup Crews Laboured Friday to Corral blobs of Oil floating on the Waters of the kill Van Kull after officials arrested the first mate of the British operated Tanker that spewed 260,000 Gallons of heavy Oil. Authorities charged the first mate of the 811-foot Tanker by Nautilus with operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol or drugs. The kill Van Kull and the Arthur kill a second shipping Channel Between new Jersey and new York have had four major Oil spills this year. The coast guard said the Quick deployment of absorbent Boom shortly after the Accident at 5 15 . Thursday contained nearly All of the no. 6 heating Oil in the normally Busy Channel which remained closed indefinitely. About 300 workers including 50 sailors and six vessels from the coast guard resumed cleanup operations this morning. Five Skimmer boats cruised the Channel collecting Oil and a special coast guard strike team brought in 10 Small boats for mane vering in Small coves. Football sized blobs were found As far away As the verrazano Narrows Bridge about three nautical Miles from the spot where the Tanker struck Bottom As it was Docking said coast guard it. Cmdr. Paul a. Milligan Oil leaked for about five hours from one of the tankers 10 1.2 million gallon holds the coast Guam said. Divers found a Gash about 30 feet Long and u inches to 16 inches wide in the ships no. 4 tank dui the coast guard could not immediately determine the cause of the rupture. F the first mate Gregory Frederick Geoffrey 52, of Derkse England was released on $50,000 bad from police custody in Bayonne thursday night. He plea be j innocent to state charges of operating a vessel under the influence of alcohol or drugs and negligent discharge of a pollutant without a  tests were conducted for the ships Captain identified by the coast guard Friday As Albert Ainscough and the Harbor Pilot was brought aboard for Docking. Coast guard officials had no further information about the Crew