European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 5, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday december 5, 1990 the stars and stripes Page 5 Pontiac Mich apr a doctor who invented a device that a woman used to kill herself was charged with first degree murder monday by a prosecutor who said he did t want his county to become a suicide Mecca Janet Adkins 54, of Portland ore., died june 4 after being hooked to the device invented by or. Jack Kevorkian of Royal Oak. She had been diagnosed in june 1989 with alzheimer a disease. 4 Kevorkian connected Adkins to an intravenous solution that would Stop her heart but she activated the switch that allowed it to flow into her veins. A recently completed toxicology of Export identified the solution As the cause of death Oakland county prosecutor Richard Thompson told reporters in announcing the charges. The autopsy also showed the woman suffered from alzheimer a disease. Kevorkian 52, was arraigned monday and ordered jailed in lieu of $150,000 bail. A Cdr. Kevorkian was the primary and Legal cause of Janet Adkins death. He cannot avoid his criminal culpability by the Clever use of a switch a Thompson said. He constructed the suicide machine for the sole purpose of causing death. He saw Janet Adkins for the sole purpose of causing her  the criminal charges were filed one Day before a civil trial in Oakland county circuit court to determine whether Kevorkian could have his machine Back it was confiscated after the woman a death. The timing of Thompsons charge angered Kevorkian a attorney Geoffrey Fieger who said he had tried to find out from Thompsons office what charges would be filed before the news conference. A i find this to be a moral and Legal outrage a Fieger said after the charges were filed a it is an attempt by the prosecutor to grandstand. It is an attempt by the prosecutor to Institute criminal proceedings to obtain an advantage in a civil  _ Fieger also said he was outraged at the first degree Inouye Washington a a senior Senate colleague defended the integrity of the Keating five senators before the ethics committee on . Daniel k. Inouye a Hawaii told the ethics panel that the five senators whose conduct is the subject of the hearings appeared to be providing typical service to a constituent when they intervened with savings and loan regulators on behalf of a amp a owner Charles h. Keatingjr. Y meanwhile away from the hearing Law enforcement sources said the Fri was examining the lawmakers conduct As Well. Inouye specifically endorsed the conduct of sen. Dennis Deconcini d-Ariz., who was described in prior testimony by regulators As a negotiator for Keating in two 1987 meetings. Y Keating donated or raised $1.3 million for the five senators campaigns and or. Jack Kevorkian Learned monday in Mich., he faces a first degree murder charge. A Southfield murder charge which carries a possible life prison sentence on conviction. Quot he would like this to be the execution capital of the world a Fieger said referring to Thompson s recent statements that he would like to seek the death penalty for drug dealers. Michigan docs not Havethe death penalty. Quot yet he does no to want terminally ill patients who seek a death with dignity to be Able to make that personal  at his own news conference after Thompsons Kevorkian referred All questions to Fieger Ronald Adkins the victims husband said he had no immediate comment about the charges. A a Ronald and Janet Adkins travelled from Oregon to meet with Kevorkian after she was diagnosed As having alzheimer a disease. The couple belonged to the Hemlock society an organization that promotes death on demand for the terminally ill. A Janet Adkins was not terminally ill. She was not suffering any pain a the prosecutor said. Quot for me not to charge or. Kevorkian would turn Oakland county into the suicide Mecca of our nation.�?�. Derek Humphry executive director of the Eugene  Hemlock group said he was surprised to the charges since Michigan has no Law against assisting in Sui Cid. Legislation that would outlaw assisted suicide is pending. A this will be quite a Job getting a conviction because the Law in Michigan is extremely ambiguous a 1 Lumphis said. Adkins had been diagnosed with alzheimer a disease in june 1989 at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland said Hospital spokesman Chuck Williams. Quot people done to die of alzheimer s. They die of other things indirectly caused by alzheimer so Williams said. Quot in a sure what the prosecutor was looking at was that she was under no direct threat to her health but if the autopsy confirmed alzheimer a there a no question she would have died of the  five before panel . A i do not believe sen. Deconcini crossed the line Between proper and improper action Touye said referring to de Concini a request that regulators waive a Thrift regulation that was harming Keatings Lincoln savings and loan. Quot if it was improper All of us at one time or another have done  Inouye said he appeared As a defense witness Over the objections of his staff because a i believe what is on trial Here is not the five colleagues of mine but the . Senate and for that matter the Congress of the United  he called the five senators Quot men of unimpeachable character and added Quot if everything turned out Well if we Dit not have this a amp a crisis if or. Keating was once again Able to revive Lincoln savings and loan these men would be heroes to their constituents they were Able to save meanwhile Law enforcement sources said the Fri is looking into the senators conduct As part of an investigation coordinated with Federal prosecutors in los an Giles and Phoenix y examination of the senators dealings with Keating is one aspect of the Broad Federal criminal inquiry into allegations of financial wrongdoing at Lincoln savings and its Parent american Continental corp. A a \ a a a a. A y Justice department officials declined to comment on a report in mondays Washington times that the Fri is focusing on allegations of vote trading and bribery against two of the senators democrats Alan Cranston of California and Deconcini. A the other members being investigated by the Senate ethics committee Are John Glenn a Ohio Donald w. Riegle jr., a it Mich and John Mccain a Ariz. Deconcini denounced the newspaper report saying he had not been questioned As part of a criminal investigation. Cranston a attorney William Taylor said Cranston was not a the target of a criminal investigation a but had provided information requested by the Justice department As part of its investigation into Keating. At the ethics hearings in their 10th Day Inouye was followed by Cranston a former chief fund Raiser who testified that a in retrospect i believe Keating linked his contributions to Cranston a help for Lincoln. Joy Jacobson was asked by Cranston a attorney a a did sen Cranston Ever say to you when the contributions were made whether it was expected he would act in any Way of r Keating or american Continental a a no a she responded. A a a i a a a a a Vvs i. V by the Washington Post Washington a the office of personnel management has agreed to Stop asking thousands of Federal Job applicants if they had Ever joined communist organizations advocacy groups sought treatment for a mental condition or used alcohol a to  in response to pressure from civil liberties groups the pm has recommended that those questions be deleted from the Standard form 86 Job application form used by most agencies for a a sensitive Federal jobs. Individuals seeking positions a related to National Security outside the. Defense department will still have to Complete the current form. But pm has agreed to create what rep. John Conyers or a Mich described As a a new Jess intrusive form for a positions of Public Trust that do not require Access to classified information. Another form sf-85, will be created for most . A. An pm spokesman said the changes mean that Only about 130,000 of the 1 million non defense Federal jobs will continue to be covered by the old form. Applicants for 170,000 senior policy positions computer data jobs and Law enforcement positions will be asked to Complete the modified sf-86. The remainder about 70 percent of the non defense work Force will use the new form. A. A ,. A a. A the House government operations committee which Conyers chairs had called for the revisions in a report published last month. Its argument was that the current form a unnecessarily invades the constitutional rights and personal privacy of hundreds of thousands of Federal  the committee charged that some agencies were requiring messengers gs-1 file clerks mail handlers and others holding positions that Are unrelated to National Security to answer those questions. The panel had called the questions about communist associations a an anachronism unlikely to identify real threats to the government and an unnecessary Retreat into the discredited loyalty oath  it said the question about excessive alcohol use was a vague and ambiguous and it expressed concern that the question on past mental treatments a would discourage employees from seeking psychological counselling in times of  Sands of time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago today. Dec. 5, 1950 a . Forces in Korea abandoned Pyongyang and left it a City of terror in front of a surging chinese invasion army expected to reach More than a million men. _30 years ago today. Dec. 5, 1960 a gales rain and floods struck Germany great Britain and Northern Europe continuing the wettest autumn in a Century. _20 years ago dec. 5,1970 a fifteen nato allies demanded a Berlin Deal with the soviet Union before joining the communist Powers in a search for a Europe wide system of Security. A a . 10 years ago today. Dec. 5,198q a an explosion and Flash fire at a Harrison n.y., hotel conference Center packed with business executives killed at least 26 people. Authorities reported scores were injured nine seriously. Most of the victims died of smoke inhalation. Fire officials said a malfunction in electronic equipment being demonstrated caused the equipment to explode