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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 14, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 a a the stars and stripes wednesday november 14 ,1990students pay tribute to Stormie White settlement Texas a More than 900 students held a rally tuesday for classmate Stormie Jones the worlds first heart liver transplant recipient who died at the age of 13. Quot Stormie would want All of us to remember her for who she was a said Chere Bourland also 13, who knew Stormie for two years. A and i think what Stormie wanted us to learn from her is to be proud of what we have whether we have everything we want or not and be proud that you Are Well and  she was answered by a deafening Roar from the 940 students in grades six to eight at Brewer Middle school in this fort Worth suburb. Stormie died sunday at children a Hospital of Pittsburgh. Lab tests to determine what caused her sudden death will take up to two weeks to Complete. Paulette Lane the schools vice principal said a live Oak tree was planted sunday in front of the school in Stormie a remembrance. / the Flag flew at half staff at Brewer Whin Stormie attended for a few weeks in the fall before being forced Home by medical problems. Students voted to name the gymnasium after Stormie. The student Council also decided to hang a portrait of the seventh grader in the Hall. A they decided to dedicate the school yearbook to her to collect donations All week for her medical Bills instead of sending Flowers a said student Council sponsor Connie  Marker will be added where the Oak was planted in front of the school principal Homer dear said. A she liked to do things for other people a said Crystal Millikan 13, Stormie a Best Friend. A if you Felt bad she would make your Day by saying something funny to cheer you up or by giving a gift and saying a i love  a a she was always Happy and outgoing a said Steven beam 12. Quot she never made fun of  Stormie was 6 when she became the first person to receive a transplanted heart and liver at the same time she received a second liver transplant in february. Stormie on saturday night was flown with a sore Throat and High fever to the Pittsburgh Hospital which had performed the transplants. Her condition deteriorated rapidly. Or. Jorge Reyes staff physician at children a Hospital said preliminary autopsy results were inconclusive. Agency to seek Homes for romanian children Eugene Ore. Apr an Oregon based adoption Agency has launched a project to find Homes for thousands of romanian children. Holt International children a services of Eugene estimates that Romania has 40,000 homeless children. Holt representatives who have made three visits to Romania since dictator Nic olae Ceausescu was overthrown last december will go to Bucharest later this month to begin the first placements. Those Are not expected to be completed until next year. Ceausescu who ruled Romania for 24 years before his ouster and execution prohibited birth control and abortion resulting in a High number of unwanted children left at orphanages. He believed Romania would be More powerful if it had a larger population. Susan Cox Holt a director of development said the Agency must raise $250,000 for the two year placement program. A a it a a real leap of Faith for us because that Money is nowhere in sight right now a she said a a we re hoping and praying that the american people will see our need and respond to  the projects main goal will be reuniting As Many children As possible with their biological parents. In cases where the parents cannot be located the Agency will attempt to place orphans with families in the United states. A we need help and we certainly can to handle this on our own a said Cornel Dragomirescu first Secretary at the romanian embassy in Washington . A your Economy is improving but we simply Lack the clothes food medical care and housing to help those  Arizona governor May Call session to of King Holiday Phoenix a j gov. Rose of Ford May Call a special session of the lame Duck legislature to adopt a Martin Luther King Holiday. Mofford believes some departing lawmakers May now be willing to support the Holiday because they wont have to face voters y rth spokesman Vada manager said Bihday. Lawmakers have also seen the economic damage of not having a King Holiday she said. Quot there is now a Domino effect of lost tourism lost conventions and a lost super bowl a manager said. A a we re taking a beating nationally  manager said the democratic governor May Call a special session if she is assured that lawmakers will pass a paid King Holiday by a two thirds vote thereby blocking any Chance at another Public referendum. Homeless protest Eleanor and Sherman Edwards embrace monday night As they join More than 50 people protesting the City of Chicago a eviction of the homeless from of Hare Airport. Another protester carries a a a Headstone for James Williams a homeless Man who died of exposure Over the weekend. In october City officials declared the Airport would be closed overnight except for employees and passengers with tickets and moved hundreds of people to City shelters. Convicted Louisiana killer granted new trial Washington apr the supreme court has thrown out the murder conviction of a Louisiana Man because the jury that convicted him was Given an impermissible definition of a beyond a reasonable  the justices unanimously ruled tuesday that Tommy Cage currently an inmate on Louisiana a death Row is entitled to a new trial. In other action the court a set aside a ruling that let Louisiana officials give mind altering drugs to a convicted mass murderer in the Hope that he could be made sane enough to execute. The justices ordered a state court to restudy its ruling in the Case of death Row inmate Michael Owen Perry convicted of killing his parents and three other relatives in 1983. The one paragraph unsigned opinion ordered reconsideration of the Case in Light of a supreme court opinion in february permitting prison officials to Force inmates to take powerful anti psychotic drugs without a judges consent a but Only if prison doctors determined the medication was in the inmates medical interest. A turned Down the bid of an Ohio legislator Robert e. Netzley to avoid a libel lawsuit for using the term a a mafia in opposing the re election of James p. Celebrezze to the states highest court. The court without comment left intact a ruling that Netzley a Republican member of the Ohio House of representatives from Miami county must defend himself against Celebrezze a lawsuit. A turned away an Effort by Tom Perdue onetime top aide to Georgia gov. Joe Frank Harris to kill a libel supreme court Roundup lawsuit against him by a state Public service commission member j. Mac Barber. The court without comment let stand a ruling that a jury should hear barbels allegations that Perdue falsely accused him of bribery. A agreed to hear an Appeal by a Maryland Man who said a Federal judge illegally increased his sentence. The justices said they will use the Case of Thomas Braxton to decide whether Federal judges May base stiffer sentences on charges that were dismissed. The a reasonable doubt ruling dealt with cages murder conviction for fatally shooting Arthur Johnson while robbing him of a Gold Chain and medallion on a new Orleans Street Corner april 16, 1986. Cage had been sentenced to death for the crime. Jurors who convicted Cage were told they had to conclude he was guilty beyond a reasonable doubt. The judge said a this doubt however must be a reasonable one a that is one that is founded upon a real tangible substantial basis and not upon Mere Caprice and conjecture. It must be such doubt As would give Rise to a grave uncertainty. What is required is not an absolute or mathematical certainty but a mortal  the Louisiana supreme court in upholding cages conviction and death sentence said the jury instruction was constitutionally permissible when taken in its Complete context. But on tuesday the nations highest court said the state court was  Plain to us that the words a substantial and grave As they Are commonly understood suggest a higher degree of doubt than is required for acquittal under the reasonable doubt Standard a the justices said in an unsigned opinion. A reasonable juror could have interpreted the instruction to allow a finding of guilt based on a degree of proof below that required by the constitutions due process clause a the justices said  
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