European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Washington apr the department of vet crr wednesday july 3, 1991 nerve but John Minnick a spokesman for the Vietnam veterans of America objected to what he called the a s Quot piecemeal Quot approach to agent Orange linked diseases. He said the veterans advisory committee on environmental hazards which recommended the latest rulings Quot was not a Friend to people exposed to agent . . Troops sprayed agent Orange in Vietnam to remove Jungle cover. More than 30.000 Vietnam veterans have filed claims for service connected disabilities saying exposure to the herbicide a which contains the contaminant dioxin the stars and stripes Page 5 a was responsible for cancers birth defects in  last february. Congress voted to award permanent disability benefits to Vietnam War veterans suffering from two types of cancer non Hodgkins Lymphoma and soft tissue Sarcoma a that they claimed were caused by agent Orange. In the latest ruling the a proposed rules granting disability status for peripheral neuropathy a nervous system condition that causes numbness and tingling. It limited its findings however to those who contracted the disease within id years of their service in Vietnam. Ans affairs said monday that Vietnam veterans exposed to agent Orange could receive disability benefits for a nerve disease but denied links Between the herbicide and lung cancer. _ a. A the a also delayed a decision on whether diabetes is related to agent Orange exposure waiting for a National Academy of sciences study not expected to be concluded for another year. A Secretary Edward.  said the proposals a Are a Mark of Progress in helping to resolve some of the lingering concerns Felt by Vietnam veterans and their  Man wins right to keep wife of life supports Oliver Manglic holds a 5-year-old picture of himself and his wife of 54 years Helga. Minneapolis a doctors who wanted to remove life supports for an so year old brain damaged woman Over her husband s objections said they will respect his wishes after he won Legal authority to make the decisions about his wife s care. The Hennepin county medical Center will not Appeal the ruling monday in favor of Oliver Wanglie whose wife. Helga has been in a vegetative stale for More than a year said or. Michael Bolzer. Hospital medical director. Quot it s not a situation that we re entirely pleased with. On the other hand we Felt that for the situation we d pursue it in an appropriate and sensible manner and we did Quot Belzor said. Quot we made Bur request for an Independent review from the court and Well abide by the court  doctors at the county owned Hospital had argued that the woman had no Hope of recovery and had asked a judge to appoint an Independent conservator who could authorize them to take Helga Wanglie off the Respirator keeping her alive. On monday. District judge Patricia Belois ruled that such decisions Are Best left to family members when they Are competent. The husband a is in the Best position to investigate and act upon Helga Wanglie s conscientious religious and moral be West Virginia s Economy rebounds from huge deficit to hefty surplus Charleston . A two two years ago. West Virginia was the budgetary Basket Case of the country. Its deficit hovered in the $300 million Range and the state supreme court had declared its budget unconstitutional because it threatened the state s financial stability. Today while other states struggle with multimillion Dollar deficits. West Virginia a state government is the picture of fiscal health. The state ended fiscal 1990-91 at least $41 million in the Black gov. Gaston Ca Perton announced monday. The exact amount of the budget surplus won t be known until at least aug. 1 because agencies have 30 Days to Clear their books. But House finance chairman Rick Murensky said he expects the figure to Range from $42 million to $43 million. A we re very proud a Caperton said. A fall West virginians have sacrificed and worked very hard to make it happen. It Means better jobs. It Means an improvement in our  the legislature already has earmarked $23.3 million in surplus funds for projects in the coming fiscal year including a $21 million to pay medicaid claims. A $800,000 for a new state government accounting system. A $1.5 million for the financially strapped state division of Energy. Caperton also has said he wants $6 million More in surplus funds to make up the state s Matching Money for a health care Grant. Any surplus left Over after those expenditures is to be used to reduce the amount the slate must borrow to finance a $1.000-a-year pay raise for schoolteachers. Personal income taxes were a big moneymaker for the state bringing in $30.3 million More than expected. Corporate net income taxes came in $27.b million below projections. Other business related taxes did better than expected. Videotape helps Texas jury convict killers Tyler Texas apr a Federal jury monday convicted two Brothers of murdering a Law enforcement officer in an attack partially captured by a video camera. Baldemar s. Villarreal 29, and Reynaldo Sanbrano Villarreal. 24, could be executed under a Federal Law allowing the death Penally for killing a Law officer while committing a drug offence. Sentencing was scheduled Tor monday. Federal officials said the Brothers trial was the first in the nation under the 1988 Law. Prosecutors said the Villarreals and a third occupant in the car were transporting marijuana from Houston to Chicago when they were pulled Over. Nacogdoches Constable Darrel Lunsford 47, was killed in january after he stopped a car on . Highway 59. His patrol car had been equipped with a video camera to record arrests and Field sobriety tests. The camera recorded Lunsford walking up to the ear and three men beating kicking and stabbing him. Lundsford was shot out of the camera s View but the  she wrote. The Wanglie ease is considered unique because family members rarely argue against doctors advice to remove Lile supports. When disputes arise normally it s because doctors refuse family requests to terminate life sustaining care. "1 think Shell be proud of me Quot Oliver Wanglie said alter the ruling. Quot it s the doctors Job to sustain life not to snuff it  said Wanglie 87. A retired lawyer. Quot you recall what Hitler did in  lie killed off All the elderly people the sick people like they were  Manglic and his wife of 54 years a ministers daughter Are devout lutherans. Lie said they believed life should be sustained As Long As possible. However. Helga Wanglie never made her wishes known in writing. Her problems started in 1989. When she tripped on a Rug. Respiratory problems and pneumonia followed. A respiratory attack in May 1990 Cut off oxygen to her brain causing severe brain damage. Quot this lady. Is at the end of her  sail or. Steven Miles who petitioned on behalf of the Hospital. Quot All we be done Here is Slop her at the instant of death. Quot we Don t feel that that is in her interest we do not feel its medically appropriate we do not feel it is consonant of Good stewardship of medical  in the stars and stripes tape showed Baldemar Villarreal with the officer s gun. A third Man. Jesus Zambrano who was asleep in the Back seat of the ear is shown on the tape joining in the attack. The suspects were apprehended alter an extensive manhunt in Eastern Texas. Zambrano. 22, pleaded guilty in april and agreed to testify against the Brothers. In Exchange for his testimony prosecutors agreed not to seek the death penalty against Zambrano. He faces 20 years to life in prison and a line of up to $250,000.10 years ago july 3, 1981 a Vietnam Veteran took five people hostage after disrupting a veterans administration disability hearing in new York. He pulled a knife and threatened to kill the five unless he was Given retroactive compensation. The Man gave himself up in the late afternoon. 20years ago july 3, 1971 Moscow scientists attending the state funeral for three soviet cosmonauts said they died because Quot they failed to Seal the Hatch of their spacecraft  30years ago july 3, 1961 Ernest Hemingway the pulitzer and Nobel prize winning american novelist killed himself at the age of 62. His wife reported that he accidentally shot himself while cleaning his 12-gauge Shotgun at their Home in Idaho. 40years ago july 3, 1951 in his first Day at the czechoslovak state trial associated press correspondent William n. Oatis confessed that he had been an espionage agent on orders from his superiors in new York and London