European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Sunday february 16, 1992 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 Friend of a woman who hooked up to or. Jack Kevorkian s suicide machine at a secluded Cabin said saturday she Bear to watch and left just moments before the suicide. Sharon Welsh broke into tears As she testified in a preliminary hearing to decide whether Kevorkian a retired pathologist will be tried on two counts of murder in the deaths of Marjorie Wantz 58, and Sherry Miller 43. Both women suffered from painful but not fatal diseases and died oct. 23 on adjacent cots at the Cabin in a wooded Section of Bald Mountain state recreation area near Rochester Hills. Welsh said she handle being in the Cabin when Miller died. She watched for a moment from a doorway but said she walked away when she heard her friends Laboured breathing As she inhaled Carbon monoxide. A i knew she was dying a Welsh testified. A it was t easy just to stand there and on Friday Wantz a husband William Wantz testified that Kevorkian 63, a did no to kill my a she did it herself a he testified. If District judge James p. Sheehy decides there is evidence to support the charges he must decide whether Kevorkian should be charged with first degree murder second degree murder or manslaughter. In a similar hearing last year another District judge dismissed a first degree murder charge against Kevorkian 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 for helping a woman kill herself in 1990. That judge noted that assisted suicide Isnit illegal in Michigan. Wantz a husband testified he did no to see his wife operate the device that killed her. The machine has a string that is pulled to open a valve that intravenously delivers an anaesthesia. As the patient Falls asleep the falling triggers another valve which delivers a fatal dose of a drug such As pent Othal sodium. A i was not in the room when she pulled the string a he said. A when i left the room she was in the process of trying to pull the Larry Bunting an assistant Oakland county prosecutor asked him several times to release his wife a medical records saying he believed her pain was psychological not physical. He refused and disputed buntings claim. He said his wife had Many unsuccessful operations to try to cure her chronic Pelvic pain. Bunting also introduced evidence from the Cabin. One photograph shows Wantz lying in a bed her eyes closed a device with three intravenous bottles at her Side. Miller died after opening a valve on a canister of lethal Carbon monoxide. Bunting also played the tape of Kevorkian calmly reporting the deaths of the women. A i want to report a double assisted suicide a Kevorkian said in the Call to the Oakland county emergency dispatch Center. The stars and stripes b Page 7 , 97, becomes last Man in War club from wire reports Springfield to. 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. Quot 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 1 veterans was Tormod 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 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 Quot 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. A a Harvard a insignia is a shield with a Over teas 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. This photo shows Marjorie Wantz hooked to the a suicide machine created by or. Jack Kevorkian. Woman recalls she could t watch As Friend used suicide machine
