European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 17, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Dying Man loses bid to freeze head Santa Barbara Calif. Apr a judge rejected a mathematicians bid to have his head Frozen before he Dies so that future scientists can find a Way to cure a malignant brain tumor and attach his head to a healthy body. Superior court judge Ronald Stevens dismissed a petition Friday by Thomas Donaldson for the right to have cryonics technicians freeze his head before he is pronounced legally dead. Stevens said the courts have allowed the terminally ill to refuse medical treatment. But it would Mark a a giant step to allow others to freeze Donaldson before he is declared dead the judge ruled. Assistant attorney general Kristofer Jorstad said Donaldson can a put a Bullet into his own heart. But he can to have people associated with cryonics put that Bullet into his heart. That a murder  Donaldson 46, of Sunnyvale says he wants his head Quick Frozen using a process known As cryonic suspension. The procedure is allowed after death from natural causes. But Donaldson contends that if he Waits until then a there would be no Point in being  a under the current stupid criteria my brain could be entirely destroyed before in a declared dead a said Donaldson a computer consultant to Silicon Valley companies. Donaldson said his tumor cannot be surgically removed and has not responded to chemotherapy. Donaldson has 30 Days to Amend his suit and resubmit it to the judge. He said he would Appeal if it is rejected again. A if the Case goes All the Way to the supreme court and they turn me Down ill just starve myself to death. Then i can be Frozen before my brain goes and no one can be prosecuted a he said. Straight from the source a actor Beau Bridges left talks on the South Lawn of the White House with Jim Brady sex president Reagan a for press Secretary. Brady was Mer wounded during the attempted assassination of Reagan in 1981. Bridges will portray Brady in an Hob movie based on his Book a thumbs . Police seek killer of 2 hikers Dungannon a. Apr police searched Pennsylvania Hill country saturday for a killer who shot and stabbed two hikers As they slept in a Remote shelter on the appalachian Trail. Geoffrey Logan Hood 26, and Molly Larue 25, were found dead thursday by two other hikers. Hood had been shot and Larue had been stabbed repeatedly said trooper Rodney Anderson of the state police. They apparently were slain As they slept in a Mountain lean to shelter he said. A they were caught off guard and somebody attacked them sometime before Dawn a Perry county Coroner Michael j. Shalonis told reporters. Police combed the area on foot and in helicopters saturday. A a we re not assuming anything a said Cpl. Brady Williams of the state police when reporters asked whether the killer was thought to still be in the area. He said police do not have any suspects. Hikers were warned to stay off the Trail in Pennsylvania. A murders Are very rare on the Trail but we can to outguess somebody that is a murderer so we re taking precautions a said Brian King a spokesman for the appalachian Trail conference which maintains the 2,140-mile Trail. The at was preparing handbills to warn hikers about the two killings. More than 3 million people hike along the appalachian Trail which runs from Maine to Georgia. The Pennsylvania stretch is one of the most heavily travelled according to the at. King said the murders were the first on the Trail since May 1988, when hiker Rebecca Wight was killed in South Central Pennsylvania. Racist teen charged in la. Murder Houston Oil tank erupts in flames new Orleans apr a teen age dropout tattooed with White supremacy slogans has been accused of killing a 59-year-old Black woman allegedly because she pulled away from a Stop sign too slowly to suit him. Chad Sullivan 16, who had been ordered to leave his grandmothers House two weeks ago was booked Friday on a charge of murder in the death of Dorothy Mae Gour Rier who was shot wednesday police said. Police speculated that the killing was racially motivated. Sullivan is tattooed with White supremacy and satanist slogans police said and the Walls of an apartment where the youth recently stayed were covered with slurs against Blacks jews and police. An Orleans Parish juvenile court judge is to decide monday whether Sullivan should stand trial As an adult. Sullivan had been arrested thursday on a trespassing charge after police caught him swimming in a canal. The times Picayune quoted an unidentified source saturday As saying that one of Sullivan a friends called police thursday and said the youth had been bragging about killing Gourrier. Other friends confirmed the report the source told the newspaper. Sullivan also was booked on a charge of assault thursday after officer Earl Woolfolk who is Black identified him As the person who hit him with a Beer bottle and broke his nose while he was jogging sept. 7. Police said they have not found the gun or the car used in the incident. Sullivan a grandmother Meldean Cowen said she and her husband Everett kicked Sullivan out of their Home about two weeks ago after he took her car without permission and wrecked it. Houston up a a tank filled with heavy Grade crude Oil exploded saturday evening at a refinery along the Houston ship Channel spewing flames and a thick smoke that mixed with wet weather to produce a a Black rain a fire department officials said. No injuries were reported. An evacuation of area residents was imposed but the order was quickly rescinded when officials determined that the fire and smoke posed no danger to the Public authorities said. Houston fire capt. Chris Chavez said that investigators had not determined what touched off the explosion at the Hill Petroleum refinery. He said the tank contained a a very heavy Grade of Oil that produced a thick acrid smoke. Plumbers uncover Cache of $1 million in fake Bills Long Beach Calif. Apr plumbers trying to unclog a sewer line discovered an estimated $1 million in counterfeit $100 Bills beneath the Campus of California state University Long Beach authorities said saturday. Secret service agents investigating fridays discovery said the wad of fake Money probably came from the same lot As 10 phony Bills that had been passed in the area Over the past two weeks. They said the counterfeiters probably decided to dump the Bills after people recognized them As fakes. A my guess is that they decided it was unacceptable Quality and tried to destroy it a said George Franklin an agent in the secret services los Angeles office. Authorities said the Money could have been flushed Down a toilet or dropped into the University a sewage system through a manhole. A it just looked like a Bunch of Bills floating on top of a mass of Green Mush a said Ron Perron a Field operations lieutenant with the Campus police department who was called out by plumbers after their surprising discovery. Officials said they had no suspects at the present time. A a in a kind of dumbfounded a said University president Curtis l. Mccray. A i suppose it could have been someone Here but i find that hard to  the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Sept. 17, 1950 a the French naval frigate la place was blasted and sunk by a magnetic mine As it Lay at Anchor outside the port of St. Malo on the North coast of Brittany. The French naval ministry said 43 of the 75 people aboard were rescued.30 years ago today. Sept. 17, 1960 a congolese army chief of staff col. Joseph Mobutu warned the russian and czech embassies that he would arrest and expel their staffs unless they left the Congo within hours.20 years ago today. Sept. 17, 1970 a a royalist military regime took Power in the desert kingdom of Jordan and imposed martial Law to counter the threat of civil war.10 years ago today. Sept. 17, 1980 a open ministers said that they were moving toward agreement on a Long term plan to boost Oil prices by Small amounts every three months but saudi Arabia wanted some open militants to lower their prices for the first time in Opecz a history before the scheme took effect