European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 29, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 a the stars and stripes sunday March 29, 1992 t amp a Theresa Ann Campo Pearson born March 21 without a brain is touched by the hand of her on donating baby s vital organs upheld on Appeal West Palm Beach Fla. Up an appeals court refused Friday to declare dead a baby girl born without a brain rejecting her parents anguished plea to allow her vital organs to be donated to As Many As six other infants. The fourth District court of Appeal agreed that week old Theresa Ann Campo Pearson Dorn with Only a brain Stem did not meet the Legal definition of brain dead. The panel of three appeals judges upheld thursdays ruling by Broward county circuit judge Estella Moriarty that Only the infants non vital organs a essentially one kidney a could be removed. The child a parents Justin Pearson and Laura Campo asked that Theresa be declared dead so her healthy heart lungs liver eyes and kidneys could be donated before they deteriorated. A a they re praying a lot and they re crying a lot a said their attorney Walter Campbell feel strongly that this baby is from a medical standpoint but the appeals court in its decision said a although it is undisputed that the child was born. Without a brain and that the child s organs will have Little use for transplantation purposes after the natural death of the child it is also undisputed that the child has a brain Stem and is still alive and we have been provided with no Legal basis upon which to overturn the trial courts decision. Indeed the pertinent Florida statutes appear to have been followed by the trial court. For these reasons we deny the emergency the court said it acted without Oral arguments and without responses from the other parties to permit further appeals if the parents chose to do so in the urgent Case. Theresa was born March 21 without a Skull and with Only a brain Stem. The condition called Anen Cephal strikes about two of every 1,000 fetuses and stops the brain from forming beyond the brain Stem which controls Basic functions such As heartbeat and breathing. Moriarty the lower court judge based her decision on testimony by or. Richard Beach. "1 asked that doctor twice a is your baby dead a and the baby a parents Justin Pearson and Laura Campo hold hands outside court. They want to have Theresa Annas vital organs donated for transplants. He said a no a a the judge said. A death is fact. Its not an opinion. I can to authorize you to take that child a life. I can to declare the baby dead because she a Moriarty a order authorized the removal of any Organ that doctors deem can be removed without threatening the child a life. A transplant expert at the University of Miami said that in practical terms that cleared the Way for Only one kidney to be removed. Tissue typing tests were being conducted to find a suitable to let paralysed Cadet graduate West Point . A a Cadet paralysed in a motorcycle Accident will be allowed to graduate from the . Military Academy although he can no longer meet the Academy a physical fitness requirements. The Academy a superintendent it. Gen. Howard d. Graves has decided to let David Dickison graduate in May if he passes his remaining classes said it. Col. Bruce Bell a West Point spokesman. A if you knew my son you would have done it also. He s a super kid Quot said Jill Dickison the cadets Mother. A a everyone who came in Contact with David knew he deserved this. David is feeling wonderfully Well a a Little tired a but elated by the she had enlisted the Aid of congressmen and others in lobbying the Academy to let her son graduate. Dickison 21, a senior majoring in computer science was injured in a March 16 motorcycle Accident near his Home in Westfield . His spinal Cord was crushed and doctors say he will be paralysed from the Waist Down for life. To graduate a Cadet is required to meet academic military and physical requirements. Two Days after the Accident Dickison was told he probably would not be allowed to graduate because he could not pass the physical test of push sit and a two mile run. Dickison passed a physical test last fall and Bell said there was no reason to suspect he have passed another one in the Spring if he Hadnot been Hurt. A the has proved himself so Well that we Felt there was every reason to believe he would be Able to successfully Complete the program Quot Bell said. bomb Falls off Al 6 during exercise from wire reports Shelbyville ind. A a training bomb accidentally fell off an Ohio air National guard f-16 during a practice Mission Over Central Indiana a military spokesman said. The 25-Pound bomb posed no danger to the Public said capt. Joe Drury a spokesman for the Indiana National guard. A a they re pretty confident that when it hit the ground it went off a Drury said. He said the fighter from the 180th tac fighter group of Toledo Ohio was performing a training Mission at Camp Atterbury about 30 Miles South of Indianapolis when the Pilot had trouble with one of the rounds. A it disengage from the Wing so the Pilot decided to finish the Mission Fly Back to the base and let maintenance Crews there Check it out a Drury said. But As the Pilot was flying near Shelbyville he noticed the bomb had fallen charged in death Columbia my. A a 16-year-old has been accused of strangling his Tutor after an argument Over his schoolwork police said. Alton r. Young of Columbia was charged As an adult last week in the death of Shirley Mulli Nix 57, of nearby Dayton. Mullinix a body was found wednesday behind a store in Columbia said Howard county police. Sgt. Gary Gardner said police believe the slaying occurred in her Home wednesday. Police were led to Young after finding some of Mullinix a possessions in a trash Container along with the suspects school pleads no contest Nashville Tenn. A an 81-year-old Man has pleaded no contest to a reckless endanger ment charge stemming from a car crash that led to the death of country music Singer Dottie West. George w. Thackston was placed on probation thursday for 11 months and 29 Days by probate judge Jim Everett. Thackston also was ordered to Complete an alcohol treatment program. West 58, was a passenger in Thackston a car when it crashed aug. 30 in route to the grand Ole opry. She died five Days later. Thackston suffered a severed artery in one along with hip and Back injuries. He registered 0,08 percent on a blood alcohol test after the Accident not enough to be considered intoxicated under state law.2nd quake hits aleutians Washington a the second moderate earthquake within 24 hours struck the Andreanos islands area of the Aleutian islands Early Friday the . Geological Survey said. Fridays tremor was recorded at a preliminary magnitude of 5.5 on the Richter scale slightly stronger than the 5.4 temblor that occurred less than 24 hours earlier Survey spokesman Don Finley said. The geological Survey monitors in Golden colo., said fridays tremor was entered about 135 Miles Northeast of Adak Island and occurred at 3 23 . It was reported to have been Felt on Adak. The location based on Early seismographic readings received in Golden was More than 200 Miles from the epicentre of thursdays quake which was entered 130 Miles West of Adak.2 children killed by train Oconomowoc wis. A two girls were killed Friday by a train they obliviously walked in front of on their Way to elementary school. The girls Ages 5 and 7, were heading for Park Lawn school and stopped at a set of twin tracks to wait for a train on the far track to pass. After it went by the girls proceeded to Cross the tracks apparently unaware of another train heading toward them. Police said the Railroad and the Engineer were not responsible for the Accident because All of the safety valves were in place. The guardrails were Down and the flashing lights in operation. The Mother of one of the girls went to the scene of the Accident and had to be taken away by ambulance
