European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 4, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes saturday january 4, 1992 the body of Walter Hudson once the worlds heaviest Man is pushed to his grave thursday in a custom made Corn. Man who was world s heaviest remembered As a gentle giant Hempstead n y. Apr Walter Hudson once the worlds heaviest Man at 1,400 pounds was buried thursday in a custom made casket after he was eulogized As a a gentle nearly All of the 1,000 people who showed up at a Long Island Church near Hudson a Hempstead Home had Learned of him Only after he became stuck in his bedroom doorway in 1987. Hudson 46, died Christmas eve of a heart attack. The medical examiners office said he weighed 1,025 pounds. At 5-foot-10, he weighed 1,400 pounds four years ago before changing his diet and starting to exercise. He was once listed in the guinness Book of world records As the heaviest Man alive. The death attracted Calls of sympathy and letters to the family from around the world. Many speakers at the funeral recalled the compassion Hudson had for others As he inspired thousands of overweight people by losing More than 600 pounds on a liquid diet with the help of nutrition guru Dick Grygo Gregory told the crowd at the gospel Blessing Center Church in Roosevelt that Hudson a addiction to food was harmless alongside addictions others have to drugs alcohol racism cigarettes and greed. A this addiction would never bring yen Erica to its Knees. Walter never knocked somebody in the head to get a turnip a Gregory said in an interview. Later Gregory looked Down from the podium on the shiny Black casket that was Only 5 inches longer than most but nearly twice As wide and twice As deep. A i can to help but think How huge it is a Gregory said. Sunday Cruz 38, Hudson a Fiancee said his love for her made her feel blessed. A i loved the gentle giant Quot she said. Before the service hundreds of people lined up to View the open coffin where Hudson rested in a purple Robe surrounded by White Satin. Dozens of people took pictures. Afterwards the closed coffin was rolled on a Metal Dolly out of the Church by eight pallbearers. The Dolly was attached to the Back of a Hearse and pulled for an hour through the streets of Hempstead past City Hall and past the House whose front door he Waikiu out in 1988 for the first time in 18 years. He never ventured beyond the Yard. A the never had a Chance to go out so i decided to let him tour where he lived for 28 years a said the Rev. Melvin c. Walker. One Hundred cars joined the funeral procession to a cemetery. Alexis Blass Hudson a business partner in his Catalon clothing business said even though Hudson had gained Back much of the weight he had lost he still dreamed of getting Down to 190 pounds. A this Christmas Quot she said a the Only presents Walter asked for were exercise children s Well being slumps Over 3 decades article says by the Washington Post americans children today Are More Likely than children of 30 years ago to be Suid ical Homicidal and obese to suffer from behavioural disorders and to perform poorly on standardized tests according to an article in science Magazine. A during the same three decade Span the article states the sum of All Federal state and local government spending on programs for children increase at roughly half the rate of spending on programs for adults. The article published Friday does not pin the decline in various indicators of children a Well being solely on this shift in government spending priorities. But it does argue that the most efficient Way for government to reverse the downward trend is to enact child entered tax credits or other policy options that would redistribute income from households that do not have children to those that do. The article was co authored by Victor Fuchs an economics professor at Stanford University and Diane m Reklis a research assistant at the National Bureau of economic research at Stanford. From 1960 to 1970, it notes that the modest decline in Scholastic aptitude test scores the doubling of teen age suicide and homicide rates and the doubling of the share of births to unwed mothers occurred in a decade when childhood poverty was by being Cut in half and when real government spending on goods and services for children was nearly doubling. By contrast in the 1980s, material conditions for children did deteriorate especially for children in households at the lower end of the economic scale. The rate of children in poverty now roughly 21 percent was higher in 1990 than it had been in either 1980 or 1970. The report tallied government spending on goods and services targeted for children and found that it Rose at an annual rate of 2.9 percent per capita in inflation adjusted dollars from i960 to 1988, compared with a 5.2 percent annual Rise in All spending on government programs for adults in that same period. Woman Dies trying to save mom who had escaped fire from wire reports Monterey Park Calif. A woman who was unaware that her Mother had already escaped from a burning apartment was killed thursday when she braved the flames in a mistaken Rescue attempt investigators said. A it was a very heroic act a City fire chief Alan Mccomb said. A she noticed the smoke and the fire and ran in trying to save her Mother. Unfortunately she did no to know her Mother was already the fire was reported at 740 . It was extinguished in less than 20 minutes. The distraught Mother remained at the scene More than two hours later sitting in a police car where she was consoled by officers. Mccomb said the 28-year-old woman who was trapped in the fire lived in a unit behind the duplex that caught fire. The cause of the fire was not immediately determined. Neither woman a identity was wants film banned Dallas a City officials have sued to prohibit the movie cuffs from opening in Dallas As scheduled next Friday with a pg-13 rating. The movies rating warns parents that it May not be suitable for children younger than 13. But City officials say children younger than 17 be allowed to see the movie without their parents along because of its violence. A one police officer was killed in a Church. Drug lords came in and killed him a said City administrator Marsha Cranford. A in one scene a lot of people came into an apartment with uzis and shot up members of the Dallas motion picture classification Board watched the movie which stars Christian Slater on dec. 18 and sued in state District court on dec. 23. The Case was transferred tuesday to . District court. A we pc saying that if parents want to take their kids to the movie they can do it. But we re saying this Isnit suitable for them without parental guidance Quot said assistant City attorney Tom raising Speed limit Boston a Drivers on the Massachusetts Turnpike will be Able to step a Little harder on the pedal next week when two sections of the Cross state Highway Are bumped up to 65 Mph. A sixty five Mph Means exactly that a Massachusetts Turnpike authority chairman Allan Mckinnon said thursday. A motorists should be careful to keep to the limits set by the 65 Mph Speed limit will be effective beginning sunday in Rural areas from the new York Border to Westfield and the stretch Between Ludlow to Auburn. The rest of the Turnpike will remain 55 s trial begins Hackensack . Jury selection began thursday in the manslaughter trial of a White police officer charged with killing a Black teen Ager a shooting that sparked a riot. Teaneck police officer Gary Spath is charged with reckless manslaughter for shooting Phillip Pannell 16, after a foot Chase on april 10, 1990. Prosecutors say Pannell had his hands in the air to surrender when he was shot. Spath maintains the youth was reaching in his pocket for a gun. A shouting match developed thursday in the Bergen county courthouse after authorities announced that during jury selection most spectators will be shut out of the courtroom. Six of pan Nelly a relatives sue of Spalhs relatives and eight reporters will be allowed in the other 50 seats will be for potential jurors. The Rev. A1 Shipton the new York Black activist who is an adviser to the Pannell family argued about the restrictions with sheriffs deputies. A the people marched to make this Case the people of new Jersey versus Spath Quot Sharpton said. A but now the people Arentt allowed into the
