European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes saturday october 26, 1991 Steve Thompson right and his tamil Are surrounded by Memorabilia used in an Abc to movie about his bout with amnesia. Joining him Are his father Alan his Mother Randi and his sister Shari. Damage caused by dui Driver turned family son into strangers Las vegas apr three years after teen Ager Steve Thompsons memory was erased in an Accident caused by a Drunken Driver he has Learned to walk and talk again. But he is still getting to know the parents who turned into strangers a i Don t know these people from the lady Down the Street Quot Thompson once said of his family. At 17, Thompson was a a High school Jock a As one therapist characterized him when his car was struck by the Drunken Driver on oct. 31, 1988, As he drove a Friend Home from a halloween party. His parents a Randi and Alan were called to the scene. Steve did no to recognize them. At the Hospital a brain injury was diagnosed. But Steve who had no outward signs of injury went Home that night. Doctors said at the time that he was t speaking because he probably was in Shock. A the next morning he was in a fetal position and we knew there was something very seriously wrong Quot his Mother recalled. The Thompsons took their son Back to the Hospital. Even then a the neurologist maintained he would get his memory Back and everything would be of Quot his father said. But he did no to improve. Thus began the family a struggle to bring Steve Back. The ordeal forced his Mother Randi to the Brink of a mental breakdown and Stevens sister Shari attempted suicide twice. A fall those precious things we had done As he was growing up pop Warner football cub scouts teaching him How to ride a bicycle they were All gone a Randi Thompson said her voice choking. Steve spent six months at the new Medico Community re entry Center in Apple Valley Calif., a head in jury rehabilitation Center. Along with his memory Steve lost the most Basic concepts. One time his Mother said he tried to walk across the family swimming Pool. A the did t realize the properties of water a Randi Thompson said a the fell 10 feet Down into the ice cold Pool. He was exploring just like a Small  he had the mental ability of a third grader when he arrived at the rehabilitation Center but he progressed quickly eventually earning a High school diploma. Today he works in a Las vegas Hospital does Volunteer work for an ambulance company and takes College classes. He Hopes to become a doctor. But he no longer searches for flashes of anything from his first 17 years. A a in be Given up a said Thompson whose Story is told in the upcoming Abc movie stranger in the family. Quot i done to search like 1 used  coach convicted in shooting Belleville 111. Apr a baseball coach who shot at a teen age Umpire during a game was convicted of attempted murder and aggravated assault. Curtis Roosevelt fair 32, of East St. Louis was convicted tuesday. He faces up to 30 years in prison when he is sentenced nov. 21 by circuit judge Michael j. Of Malley of St. Clair county. The shots were fired during a game june 19 in East St. Louis after Umpire Roderick Fisher jr., 16, called a 9-Ycar-old on fairs team out at Home plate police said. Witnesses told police that fair an assistant coach. Ran onto the Field during the Khoury league game and asked Fisher Why he was making bad Calls. He was thrown out but returned about 10 minutes later and fired several shots at Fisher who was t hit police said. Fairs brother and fellow coach Thomas j. Fair on tended fair had merely fired a starter s pistol and Wasny to aiming at the Umpire. Police found a .38-caliber Cartridge but no gun was recovered. A How can you intend to kill someone if you know by the nature of your weapon that you can t kill them a argued defense attorney John o Gara. Man fined $23,100 for killing Crane Austin Texas up a a Man was sentenced to two months in prison fined $23,100 and Given five years probation 1 thursday Tor killing a whooping Crane Billy Dale Inman of Marble Falls Texas on aug. 19 pleaded guilty to shooting the Crane april 15 in Lampasas county during a fishing trip along the Colorado River. Magistrate Stephen ii. Capelle of Austin sentenced Inman to a two month term in a Federal facility five years probation a $15,000 Fine along with $8,100 in civil restitution to the state. He was also sentenced to 200 hours of Community service and forfeiture of the 12-gauge Winchester Shotgun used in the shooting Capelle also ruled that Inman cannot possess a firearm during the five year probation period. Curtis Collier Sayers also of Marble Falls who pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting the offence was originally scheduled to be sentenced thursday. Capelle granted a defense motion to delay sentencing.  gunboat fires on . Fishing vessel from wire reports Miami a the Captain of a .-flagged fishing vessel said a cuban gunboat fired five shots across the american ship s Bow thursday morning about 18 Miles West of Cuba and six Miles into International Waters. The . Coast guard said no further shots were fired. It said none of the five men aboard was injured and no damage was reported on the Whitley a 60-foot vessel out of port Everglades. The cuban gunboat reportedly did not pursue the Whitley and the coast guard Cutter padre reached the scene later thursday to investigate hero Dies in fire Manchester . A a 63-year-old Man rescued a handicapped elderly woman from her burning apartment then died trying to save her dog officials said thursday. Norman Bilodeau quickly got Doris Williams 83, out of the second floor apartment but went Back inside to try to Rescue her dog and retrieve some of her belongings police said. He was overcome by smoke and died. The dog also died. A the was a hero and made the fatal mistake of re entering a fire building a said fire department it. Michael Clayton. A we Tell people time and time and time again not to do  a discarded cigarette started the fire shortly after 11 . Wednesday Clayton  on the Job Springfield a. A a police officer and a mall Security guard shoplifted merchandise from 20 mall stores in what police said May have been an Effort to show shopkeepers How easy it is to steal. The Security guard Nas been fired said officials at Springfield mall where the incidents occurred. The Fairfax county police officer faces a departmental investigation. Neither person was identified. A we will investigate the circumstances a police maj. Luther Nossett told the Fairfax journal. A a we re not saying what his intentions  authorities said the officer in civilian clothes and the uniformed Security guard walked through the stores tuesday stealing merchandise ranging from books to jeans and sweaters. They returned the items moments after leaving the stores. A they told us they wanted to prove to us How easy it was to steal a said Don Williams manager of a b Dalton bookseller where six books were  data made easy Sacramento Calif. A if a state test is successful californians could soon step up to a convenient atm like Kiosk and get a birth certificate renew a Drivers License or look for a Job. Fifteen a info californian kiosks were turned on wednesday in san Diego and Sacramento to Start a nine month Pilot project to see if californians Are willing to Deal with their state government in the same electronic Way Many Deal with their Banks. Initially the kiosks will connect users to a statewide Job Bank and provide information on subjects such As student Aid and car registration. Early next year californians will be Able to use their credit cards to get state  prayer ruled out Richmond a. A a judge who opened his court with a prayer violated the constitutional separation of Church and state a Federal appeals court ruled thursday. The 4th . Circuit court of appeals upheld ourt ruling that barred state judge h. William Constangy of North Carolina from reciting a prayer from the Bench. For the judge to Start each Day with a prayer is to inject religion into the judicial process and destroy the appearance of neutrality a said a three judge panel. Constangy who hears criminal misae Meanor cases began opening his court with prayer when he became a judge in 1989. The North Carolina civil liberties Union and several attorneys said it violated the constitutional ban on government establishing a religion. A Federal judge ordered Constangy to Stop praying and he appealed