European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes saturday february 29, 1992 pumped up in Little Rock film Star Arnold Schwarzenegger leads a Little Rock ark., third Grade class in push  thursday. Schwarzenegger who is visiting state fitness councils in the South said children in Arkansas Are Flabbie than most. Schwarzenegger is promoting the president s Council on physical fitness. Suicide doctor ordered to stand trial for 2 deaths say i Wasny to surprised a said Kevorkian who re e on $10,000 Bond. A i expected  Rochester Hills Mich. A suicide machine inventor or. Jack Kevorkian should stand trial for the deaths of two ailing women whose suicides he assisted a judge ruled Friday. Rochester Hills District judge James p. Sheehy said Kevorkian would face two counts of first degree murder. If convicted of first degree murder he would face a mandatory sentence of life in prison without parole. A i can Mains free it Sheehy dismissed one count against Kevorkian of trafficking in controlled substances for administering the drugs that caused the deaths. Kevorkian is charged in the oct. 23 deaths of Marjorie Wantz 58, of Sodus and Sherry Miller 43, of Roseville. A grand jury indicted Kevorkian 63, after the Oakland county medical examiner ruled both women who had sought Kevorkian said in dying were victims of homicide. The women were painfully but not terminally ill. They died in a Remote Cabin with Kevorkian present and using devices invented by him Wantz by a lethal injection of drugs and Miller by inhaling Carbon monoxide. In december 1990, another District judge dismissed a first degree murder charge against Kevorkian in the death earlier that year of Janet Adkins an alzheimer a disease patient from Portland Ore. That judge ruled Kevorkian broke no Law because Michigan has no Law against assisted suicide. Sheehy in his 20-minute ruling also noted there was no such Law but said it should be up to the jury at his trial to decide whether that is relevant. No trial Date was immediately set. Despite the ruling Larry Bunting assistant Oakland county prosecutor called again for a statute that deals specifically wit this Type of  Kevorkian a attorney Geoffrey Fieger said after the judges ruling that he anticipated a Victory in the trial court. Kevorkian a retired pathologist has been an outspoken advocate of the right for seriously ill people to have physician assistance in suicide. Earlier this month Sheehy held a three Day hearing on the charges and said at that time that he would Issue the ruling Friday. Among those who testified was Sharon Welsh a Friend of Millers who said the woman was determined to kill herself and considered Kevorkian her salvation. A she knew that she could walk away. Never once did she say to a not sure or a in a not ready a Welsh testified. Coast guard blamed in spill Washington a laxity by the coast guard permitted a ship with a history of safety and insurance violations to continue operating thus contributing to a spill of 441 Drums of arsenic into the Atlantic Ocean last month a senator contended thursday. A fall the regulations in the world Arentt Worth a thing if they Are not enforced stringently and consistently a said sen. Frank Lautenberg d-n.j., who chairs the subcommittee on Ocean and water Protection. Had the coast guard enforced its regulations the Santa Clara might never have been allowed to sail he said. Instead during a trip from new York to Baltimore on Jan. 3-4, the Santa Clara hit a storm off new Jersey that pitched 21 cargo containers overboard including four holding 441 Drums of poisonous arsenic trioxide. Most have been located on the Ocean floor As several Federal agencies plan their retrieval. Stay forever Young a be born on leap Day by the los Angeles times notice anything unusual about this year no not the presidential Campaign and elections there san extra Day 366 instead of the usual 365. 1992 is a leap year. A leap Days Quot Are added every four years to bring the Calendar in line with Earth a orbit around the Sun which takes about 36514 Days. Without leap Days it could get so out of sync that at me Point we would be celebrating Christmas in the rating one of the oldest traditions of leap year Day a a allows some Point Middle of summer women to propose marriage on this Day. In the Middle Ages this a a privilege was often extended to the entire year and was even written into Law. Another notable leap year Day occurrence will be today a Celebration of All the feb. 29 birthdays. What happens when your birthday comes around Only once every four years while this might seem disastrous to a child someone a bit ahem older May find it advantageous. For example a person born on feb. 29, 1924, will celebrate a finally a a 17th birthday this year. Done to forget to Check your Calendar watches.  Banks for pets available to needy owners from wire reports Milford Conn. A pets also suffer when their owners have financial problems so organizations Are setting up pet food Banks. A if people can t feed themselves and they be got pets they certainly Are not going to feed the animals a said Chuck Hopkins supervisor of the Milford food Bank. The Elm City Kennel club is donating dog and cat food to the West Haven emergency assistance task Force which provides food fuel clothing and other assistance to needy people. A we would rather give them food than have them give up their pets or have the pets euthanized said John Ferrie of the Kennel club. A we Are really concerned about seniors a acting animal shelter commission chairwoman Stella Donenfeld said wednesday. Donenfeld said she would try to meet with the director of the Milford senior citizen Center to discuss pet food  taste in condoms Racine wis. A giving out condoms is Fine but distributing mint Flavoured ones goes too far the mayor told officials of the City a sexually transmitted disease clinic. Mayor n. Owen Davies on wednesday told the clinic to cancel an order for 1,000 mint Flavoured prophylactics. He said there was no proof a this Type of device has any special health Benefit a and anyway complaints from the Public were pouring in. News of the Purchase had a hit the Rock stations in Chicago and created an uproar Davies  minivans lauded Detroit a a health Magazine has honoured Chrysler corp. For the safety features of the automakers minivans. A your leadership in the safety Arena has shown a commitment that goes beyond profit a Richard Porter publisher of prevention Magazine said in a statement. A it is a commitment to the safety of the consumer which is the highest value of  the Dodge caravan and Plymouth voyager were named the safest passenger vans in prevention a 1992 a Safe car of the year awards. The award winners were selected based on the performance of their automobiles in evaluations y the government and private  for Daley sought Chicago what a fit for a King should be fit for the Man who ruled Chicago for 21 years the City Council says. The Council on wednesday unanimously approved a Resolution asking the . Postal service to create a postage stamp for mayor Richard j. Daley who died in 1976. In introducing the Resolution Alderman Burton Natarus said he was motivated by publicity Over a planned stamp honouring Rock a no Roll King Elvis Presley. Daley a was one of the most influential National political figures throughout his tenure As mayor of Chicago and was considered by Many to be the most influential and powerful local political Leader in the country during that period a Natarus said. Daley has at least one thing in common with Elvis. Both have been dead for at least 10 years a a requirement for stamp depiction unless the person is a former  Krol improving Philadelphia Cardinal John Krol admitted to a Hospital feb 19 after complaining of an irregular heartbeat is improving the Hospital said thursday. Krolus condition was upgraded from critical to guarded a spokesman for Thomas Jefferson University Hospital said. Tests had determined that the 81-year-old former archbishop of Philadelphia did not have heart trouble but had a bacterial infection said Marie Kelly a spokeswoman for the Philadelphia archdiocese