European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday february 16, 1992 the stars and stripes a Page 7 paper to drop team names that insult indians others Portland Ore. Apr the oregonian newspaper announced Friday it will discontinue publishing sports teams names that May be offensive to racial religious or ethnic groups. References to the braves redskins indians and redmen will be dropped effective today and other names May be dropped later editor William a. Hilliard said in a statement to his staff. The statement is to be published today. Hilliard said he believes such names a tend to perpetuate stereotypes that damage the dignity and self respect of Many people in our society and that this harm far transcends any innocent entertainment or promotional value these names May have. A the oregonian is sensitive to the feelings of those in our society who Are rightly offended today by names and nicknames that came into being when a majority in this country was insensitive to minority concerns a he said. Hilliard and other editors  comment Friday on the policy. Rochester Hills Mich. A a judge considering whether to order a murder trial for or. Jack Kevorkian listened Friday to a recording of the suicide machine inventor reporting the deaths of two women As a physician  the judge also saw a Gas mask and intravenous equipment used in the deaths of the two Michigan women on oct. 23. He also viewed a photograph of Marjorie Wantz one of the two women apparently hooked to the intravenous machine. And he heard testimony from one woman a husband. Kevorkian a attorney Geoffrey Fieger argued that none of the evidence shows that the retired pathologist committed murder. Michigan has no Law barring assisted suicide. A a Marjorie Wantz and Sherry Miller died As a result of their own hands a Fieger said during a break in the first Day of the preliminary examination before District judge James p. Sheehy. The proceedings were scheduled to continue saturday and conclude monday. A grand jury on feb. 5 indicted Kevorkian 63, on two counts of murder in the deaths of Wantz 58, and Miller 43. Both women suffered from painful but not fatal diseases. If Sheehy decides the charges should stand he must decide whether Kevorkian should be charged with first degree murder second degree murder or manslaughter. American indians protested during baseball a world series last year when Atlanta braves fans were shown on National television wearing fake headdresses and War paint chanting a Hollywood version of an Indian song and making an motion known As the a Tomahawk  the actions were found offensive by Many who said they trivialize Indian culture and demean native Peoples. Similar protests were raised last season about the names of the National football leagues Kansas City chiefs and Washington redskins who won the super bowl last month. Clyde Bellecourt a founder of the Minneapolis based american Indian movement and spokesman for the newly formed National coalition on racism in sports and the Media praised the oregonians decision. A a it a going to take things like this to keep this rolling a he said. A a in a really excited about something like this  in a similar hearing last year a District judge dismissed a first degree murder charge against Kevorkian for helping another woman kill herself in 1990. That judge noted that assisted suicide Isnit illegal in Michigan. On Friday William Wantz testified that Kervorkian a did no to kill my wife. She did it  however Wantz said he did no to see her operate the device that killed her. One of Kevorkian a suicide machines lets the patient pull a string that opens a valve and intravenously delivers an anaesthesia. As the patient Falls asleep his or her falling triggers another valve that delivers a fatal dose of a drug such As sodium pent Othal. A i was not in the room when she pulled the string a Wantz said. A when i left the room she was in the process of trying to pull the  Fieger was quoted last week As saying Kevorkian is still counselling several Michigan residents considering suicide despite a Bond agreement which circuit judge Richard Kuhn said prohibits it. Fieger said the agreement does not prevent Kevorkian from talking to patients but Kuhn said a a he a not supposed to carry out any of those  Fieger said the three or four current clients include a Detroit area surgeon who is terminally ill. It was reported wednesday that Kevorkian helped a free Lance journalist in California to carry out the death of his dentist Friend Gary Sloan. , 97, becomes last Man in War club from wire reports Springfield to. A a 97-year-old Man has become the sole survivor of a world War i last Many a club making him the recipient of the groups bottle of Vintage Champagne. A i never expected to be the last one a v. Homer Wilson said before receiving the bottle thursday. A a in a very proud of  the clubs next to last member Angus Armstrong died two weeks ago at his Home in Waco Texas. Wilson a club one of a number of similar groups started by world War i veterans was formed by american legion goad Ballinger Post 69 at the beginning of the War. Wilson did Stevedore work for the Navy during the War. The club originally had 781 members according to Post adjutant John  plane crash kills 3 Heath Ohio a a Small air plane making its third approach to a Central Ohio Airport crashed and burst into flames Friday killing three people aboard. Authorities said or. James Mccaulley 43, of Mansfield was piloting the single engine Piper Saratoga that went Down at Licking county Airport. The two other victims were identified As passengers Robert Rice and Teresa Wagner both of the Mansfield area. The plane was flying to Newark. Mccaulley who obtained his Pilot s License about one year ago flew from Mansfield to Newark twice a week to visit the nursing Home  pays museum Miami a the City has complied with a court order by paying $40,000 to the cuban museum of arts and culture for trying to evict it from City property. The museum twice bombed for displaying artists some exiles Felt were soft on communism filed suit in Federal court against the City commission which has a cuban american majority. . District judge Lawrence King ruled in May that the commission violated the free speech rights of museum directors by refusing to renew the museums lease. Museum directors welcomed the Money. A for us it is a rebirth for the museum a said executive director Cristina Nosti. A we can continue our work without  rejects condoms Cambridge mass. A Harvard University has rejected an entrepreneurs request to Market condoms emblazoned with the schools insignia. Sylvia j. Struss a Harvard trademark administrator said the University denied the request by eur Pacific International because it feared potential Legal problems if the condoms proved defective. Harvard rejected a similar request from another condom company a year ago Struss said. Eur Pacific president Christopher j. Tingus said the Harvard condoms would have been the first of similar customized condoms he Hopes to sell in College areas nationwide. The company said it would have donated a percentage of its profits to the schools aids education and outreach program. Harvard a insignia is a shield with a Veritas a the latin word for truth written across three open  Heads for Florida Edwards fab Calif. A space shuttle discovery finally took a piggyback Jet ride out of California on Friday after rainstorms and Nasa logistics delayed its departure for Florida. A modified jumbo jetliner carrying the shuttle took off shortly after 8 a.m., said Don Nolan a National aeronautics and space administration spokesman. It made a refuelling Stop at Biggs  air Field in Elpaso Texas and an overnight Stop at Kelly fab in san Antonio he said. It was scheduled to refuel again saturday at Eglin fab in Florida before reaching Kennedy space Center. Discovery and seven astronauts landed at this Mojave desert military base Jan. 30 after eight Days in space. A this photo shows Marjorie Wantz hooked to the a suicide machine created by or. Jack Kevorkian. Deaths called physician assisted