European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes saturday december 15,1990 woman is to Cross St. Paul Minn. Up Polar adventurer Ann Bancroft announced Friday that she and four companions will try to become the first women to traverse Antarctica and top their male counterparts by making the 1,700-Niiie trek without dog sleds or motorized vehicles. If successful Bancroft also would become the first woman to reach both the North and South poles on foot. Bancroft 35, of St. Paul said that the four month expedition will Start in october 1991. Joining her will be Veteran Mountain climbers sue Giller 43, of Boulder Colo. Kellie Erwin Rhoads 33, of Pocatello Idaho Lucy Smith 39, of Lander Wyo. And one More woman to be confirmed by the end of the year. Quot i have made this trip six years ago a said Bancroft who journeyed to the North pole in 1986 with fellow minnesotan will Steger who completed a trans Antarctica trek by dog sled in March. A but now i have experience in handling extreme conditions and i feel up to the Challenge of tackling the worlds last the Bancroft team members have started training. A the training Isnit so much physical. Its More group dynamics shaking Down the system so everybody knows what their Job is and it becomes just like clockwork Quot she said. Aside from the physical challenges of the expedition Bancroft said the Mission has messages. A a we want to encourage people everywhere especially women to take on new challenges regardless of their age or condition a she said. A it Hope Well demonstrate that people can do whatever they set their minds to. A a women continue to be underrepresented in Many segments of society. Women make up Only a handful of the top executives in the country fewer and fewer motion pictures have Strong female roles and while the pay Gap Between men and women is slowly decreasing the Gap remains. A without Strong role models to show them otherwise its tempting for people especially women an you Rig people to believe they can to change the status like Stegers International team the Bancroft team has an environment a Bent. A a we also believe its important to Call attention to the fragile environment of Antarctica a she said. A the depleting Ozone layer is just one example of the Many challenges now facing the continent that contains 70 percent of the worlds fresh water the women Hope to travel 15 to 20 Miles a Day across terrain previously tackled Only with a Snow tractor by British adventurer Vivian Fuchs and his team in 1957-58. The women will travel by ski pulling 200-Pound sleds loaded with food and supplies. At least part of the Way they will of aided by the use of Parachute like sails that will help propel them along the ice. Extra provisions will be dropped at three locations along the route. Efforts Are under Way to raise the $2 million that the expedition is expected to Cost. Temperatures will Range to minus 50 degrees fahrenheit and winds of up to 100 Miles per hour can be expected. The route also is crisscrossed with deep crevasses. The women Are expected to serve As Guinea pigs for a medical research Effort that will try to fill in gaps in existing physiological and psychological research on women under extreme conditions. Or Pat Walker of St. Paul will work with the team members before during and after the expedition to Monitor physiological changes occurring in the Antarctic environment including hormonal lipid and menstrual Cycle changes variations in immune functioning and changes attributed to Chro no biologic biorhythm effects. A the effects of Large doses of ultraviolet radiation from the Ozone Hole above Antarctica also will be fire destroys 7 Revere mass. Apr a wind whipped fire believed to be caused by arson raged through a residential area Early Friday destroying at least seven apartment buildings before firefighters brought it under control. No deaths or serious injuries were reported but at least seven firefighters and three residents suffered minor a injuries. A a a a a it a amazing there is no loss of life a said Revere tire inspector Gene Dougherty who described the neighbourhood As a the most congested in the City a. Authorities said the fire was one of three blazes believed to be set by arson overnight within a half mile or so in this working class suburb North of Boston. The other two were far less Seri Usall Fife equipment in Boston was made available to Revere and at least 17 departments sent firefighters. As Many As 60 residents were evacuated. �?o1 could smell the fire Quot said in Koczut who fled with his son Sava 13. A i Wake up and saw the burning on Highland Avenue. I Call police they told me logo to the red cross.�?�. The worst of the three fires started about 2 45 . In a boarded up building winds up to 30 Mph blew embers that spread the Blaze to nearby occupied Homes. The buildings that were destroyed were three Story Frame apartments known As fire chief James Connery declared the fire to be a conflagration a a it Haj highest level of fire you can de. Clarc. When you declare a conflagration Mutual Aid automatically takes v asked if the fire was related to Tny two other suspicious fires in the City overnight he said a it certainly looks that Way Quot police said they were looking for a White car that had been seen behind area buildings. A firefighters were hampered by temperatures in the 20s, with a wind chill Factor near Zero. About 50 to 60 residents in the mixed neighbourhood of mostly asian hispanic and portuguese residents were driven from their Homes. Electricity to the fire area Vas Cut. A Jav v a it it. A 1 / i a Aerial View of neighbourhood in Revere mass., showing damage from the Early morning Blaze woman has Carthage to. A a feeding tube that has kept a comatose woman alive Foi seven years can be removed a judge ruled in the landmark Case Friday. The decision by Jasper county probate judge Charles e. Teel or. Ends the Long Battle of the parents of Nancy Cruzan who went to the . Supreme court asking to be allowed to let their daughter die. Cruzana a father Joe said late thursday he planned of be with his daughter when Teel announced his decision Friday of Lemoon. Cruzan 33, has been in a coma since suffering severe brain damage in a 1983 traffic Accident. Doctors have said her condition is irreversible and her parents have argued since 1987 that she should be allowed to die. The . Supreme court ruled last june that Cruzan could be permitted to die but Only if a Clear and convincing evidence Quot proved that would be what she wanted. Several of Cruzana a former coworkers since have testified that she told them she want to be kept alive in a vegetative state. State health officials have promised to abide by the decision Teel ruled in favor of disconnecting the tube in 1988, but his decision was overturned by the Missouri supreme court. After the us supreme courts decision the Case was returned to teels court to determine if Cruzan really would want to be allowed to die. Bully 14,sentenced afire new York up a family court judge Friday ordered a 14-Yeari old neighbourhood bully kept in a Quot secure Quot facility for the first year of a three year term of state custody for setting fire to a frail Brooklyn school boy whose plight won National attention a a 7. It was the maximum term that could be Given to the defendant known Only As �?og.s.,�?� for the burning and maim my of David Opont on March 7, the Day before his 12th birthday. . A described by a family court psychiatrist As showing characteristics of a sadistic personality disorder was convicted nov 24 of kidnapping and attempted murder in the attack on David along with the attempted robbery of other children the Day before David suffered Burns Over 50 percent of his body and has undergone Many painful operations followed by extensive rehabilitation. His Story attracted thousands of Well wishers including former Fresi Dent Reagan Jesse Jackson ballplayer Dwight Gooden and comedian Bill Cosby. At the sentencing Friday judge Joseph Esquirol called the offence a perhaps the most heinous Quot he has had to Deal with in his career. V
