European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 19, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page14the stars and stripes sunday january 19, 1992 teen with reattached arms improves Robbinsdale Minn. A doctors said Friday they re encouraged by the Progress of a teen Ager whose arms were reattached after they were ripped off in a farming Accident. A i am optimistic that his arms will survive a . Allen Van Beek a plastic surgeon at North memorial Hospital in this Minneapolis suburb. Doctors on Friday performed follow up surgery on John Thompson 18. A week ago the youth lost both arms after he became caught on a tractors Power Shaft while working on the family farm near Hurdsfield . He staggered about 400 Yards to his House twisted doorknobs with his Mouth then clenched a Pencil in his Teeth to work a touch tone phone to Call for help. His arms were Cut off 3 to 4 inches below the shoulders. Each  was shortened by 2 inches during reattachment Van Beek said. T Thompson was in stable condition Friday but Doc tors said they have to be wary of infection. At a news conference doctors and Thompson s parents Larry and Karen Thompson said they were amazed by the youths strength and courage. A the has surprised everybody a said Larry Thompson his voice breaking. A a he a kind of a quiet Young Man. He does no to say a Heck of a lot. But like be told me he did t want to die. He wanted to  a the says its no big Deal a Karen Thompson said. A a he a not a Pusher. Where he got his strength is beyond me n Van Beek said he was encouraged because he found that Thompsons skin grafts were covering exposed blood vessels. He said Thompsons major surgeries Are Over but that hell require More procedures on his arms. Doctors Hope Thompson will be Able to use a wheelchair within two weeks. Thompson was Able to sit propped up in bed thurs Day and was asking questions about his injuries Van Beek . J. Bart Muldowney another plastic surgeon said its possible that Thompson May someday be Able to use his hands but that its much too soon to Tell. He said rehabilitation will take years. People nationwide have sent donations and cards to the Hospital. A a it a incredible absolutely incredible a said Joan of Fallon a Hospital spokeswoman. A people Are overwhelmed at what he a done. We re getting Calls from across the country from people who want to Send cards and Money and offer housing to the  the Hospital had to add a third switchboard operator thursday to help answer Calls. One operator was assigned just to keep track of local residents who offered Thompsons family living quarters during their stay Here Hospital spokeswoman Maggie Drury said. Hostage Holder killed by police wanted to die.  at the. Officers about the is Portland Ore. Apr a suicide note apparently written by a Man killed with his 12-year-old hostage in a Hail of police gunfire is Strong evidence he planned to die in a clash with Law officers authorities say. The undated note by Bryan French appeared to be addressed to his Mother Deputy state medical examiner Karen Gunson said Friday. French 20, was gunned Down thursday morning after he broke into a House and threatened to kill Nathan Thomas 12, with a Butcher knife. The child was fatally wounded in the head by the police gunfire. Police believe the note was written shortly before French set out on a Brief crime spree that included another attempted break in and vandalism said sgt. Derrick Foxworth a police spokesman. Police found the four Page note thursday night in a search of French a apartment. A i Hope to die tonight a the note said according to Gunson. She said the note also said a i love you mom its not your  Gunson a office must Rule whether French a death was a suicide. A the note is pretty Good evidence of his intent to die a she said. Police went to the neighbourhood about 3 30 . Thursday after receiving a Call about a burglary in Progress. A police dog tracked French to a basement window that had been forced open at the Home of paediatrician Greg Thomas 38, and his wife Martha Mcmurry 45. Officers waited while the parents went upstairs to Wake up their two children. Mcmurry found French in her songs bedroom. The parents and their other son 8-year-old Benjamin went into another room As three officers at the foot of the stairs tried to talk to French who had moved out of the bedroom into surrendering. A French was very irrational very angry and repeatedly threatened to kill the boy a Foxworth said. He said French who was out of sight shouted at the officers about the suicide note and demanded an officers gun. Two officers outside the House fired at French through a window and missed. Foxworth said French then renewed his threat to kill the boy and began a countdown. A a a ten nine eight seven six a and it was Clear in those officers minds that he was in the process of killing the boy a Foxworth said. The three officers rushed upstairs and fired at least 16 times with 14 of the bullets hitting French and two hitting the boy. French died at the scene. The boy died three hours later at a Hospital. Gunson said the autopsy showed no evidence the boy was Cut by the knife. Spurned Man sentenced to die for office rampage going for a Goa lat age 3, Tony Weston is already learning to be a Slick stick handier on the ice. The boy from Marquette mich., is learning the game in the instructional mites the first level of the City a Junior hockey program. San Jose Calif. Apr a Man convicted of murdering seven people in an office rampage Over an unrequited love was sentenced Friday to die in the Gas chamber. Superior court judge Joseph Biafore or. Said Richard Farley displayed a Complete disregard for human  the judge rejected a lawyers requests for a modified sentence of life in prison and a request for a new trial. A the defendant Richard Farley is without question a killer. Who killed with the intention to prove to the object of his unrequited love that he was t a wimp anymore a the judge said. Jurors on nov. 1 recommended the death penalty for Farley in the feb. 16, 1988, slayings at esl inc., a Sunnyvale defense contractor. In october the jury found Farley a computer Engineer guilty of killing seven people to get the attention of a former co worker who rejected him. During the trial prosecutors detailed Farley 3v2-year-Long obsessive Pursuit of Laura Black. He sent her More than 100 letters followed her Day and night from work to Home and to aerobics classes left her gifts on her desk and prowled confidential personnel files to glean titbits about her life. Despite her repeated rejections Farley persisted and was fired in 1987 for harassing her. Black 30, was shot in the shoulder during the rampage but survived and testified against Farley. Farley 43, admitted the killings but pleaded innocent saying he never planned to kill. He said he Only wished to get Blacks attention or commit suicide in front of her to make her feel guilty for rejecting him. Farley who once said he would a smile for the cameras if he went to the Gas chamber addressed the packed courtroom before he was sentenced. A i do feel sorry for the victims he said. A i could say in a sorry but they re going to look at me and laugh at me Ana say in a not. In a not a perfect human to it a  a pornographic sound track aired with sitcom Toledo Ohio up a officials at a Toledo television station say they re upset that the soundtrack of a pornographic tape was accidentally aired during the showing of a Gilligan a Island episode. Denis Katell marketing director at Wulw called the incident a totally  a family complained to the station that the voice of a woman having sex could be heard during several minutes of tuesday nights episode of the sitcom. Katell said the sound was included on a tape provided by Turner program services and was not checked by the stations staff before airing. Katell said the station control operator told him the a a discrepancy was limited to the first 2 minutes and 53 seconds. When the obscene portion was noticed a different episode of Gilligan a Island was substituted he said. A family complained that a woman a passionate running commentary heard in place of the characters from Gilligan a Island indicated she was having Oral sex with a Man. Quot she was very explicit very detailed of what this Man was doing to her a said Kim Brasher. Brasher said her two children Ages 3 and 6, were watching the show and alerted her. A it was Gross. It was awful. I  believe it. I Ini mediately picked up the phone and called my Sisie. She got it the soundtrack on hers too a Brasher t the Blade of Toledo. Katell said it is difficult for most stations to scrutinize every Frame of video before it airs. A we can Only spot scrutinize. This is a totally unacceptable thing he said. Katell said Between 15,000 and 20,000 people watch Gilligan a Island daily. Brasher said the explicit part began with the of a tape being rewound followed by music Anu the voice of a woman moaning and talking