European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 b the stars and stripes tuesday april 21, 1992 apr. Curt Juhala checks skin grafts on the reattached arms or John Thompson 18, at a Hospital in Harvey . Teen who lost arms discovers recovery a Tough Row to Hoe Harvey . Apr at first he jokes with his physical therapist As they stretch and move his reattached arms. But its not Long before John Thompson shows the Wear and frustration of constant therapy and prolonged uncertainty. A a single tear streams Down his face. A nurse wipes it away. Quot just one of those Days huh Quot therapist Kelly Christenson asks As he stretches the farm workers Limp hand. A a in a just really tired Quot the weary 18ycar-old from Hurdsfield replies with a . Laconic shy edgy and amiable the tall Blond teenager lost weight from his already slender Frame after a Jan. 11 Accident at the family farm in which his arms were torn off at the shoulders. A surgeon reattached them. Most of the time his arms slay bandaged and in splints. Bared for therapy a visitor secs his right  is still swollen below the Elbow and his arms Are a Patchwork of skin grafts. Swift changes of emotion Are daily weather for Thompson. Tedious physical therapy to help the arms heal and strengthen takes enormous amounts of time. Three times a week he drives 20 Miles in a specially equipped car to Harvey a St. Aloisius Hospital Tor two hour sessions. He undergoes similar daily therapy at Home. Thompson who favors sweat suits and a baseball Cap with the insignia of a heavy Metal band also goes to school though usually no More than a few hours each Day and accommodates requests for interviews with news Media. Everything he does reminds him of his  resurfaces As Chicago apr City Hall reopened monday exactly one week after the Chicago River burst through an underground Tunnel flooded downtown basements and forced the shutdown of the Power. City officials said business was expected to return to Normal monday throughout the business District known As the Loop. But signs of the underground flood abounded in the nation s third largest City. Gurgling hoses drained water from basements and mannequins in a window at the giant Marshall yield department store were displayed with mops. A we re delighted to reopen Quot said Cook county Board president Richard Phelan whose offices adjoin City Hall. With its basement still flooded City Hall still lacked hot water heat and drinking water. The Marshall Field store also still had water in its basement but announced it would be open. He even Sang a Solo recently at a District chorus Competition. But he Wasny to Happy.  came to look at me. They did no to come to listen to me a he said. A i got nervous. I forgot the words to the  a Thompson was working alone on the farm when he became entangled in Power machinery that ripped off his arms. He staggered 400 feet to his House opening doors with his Mouth and using a Pencil to punch buttons on the Telephone to summon help Quot his Story has touched people around the world. He has a growing collection of videotapes and newspaper clippings from All the news he has made. Gifts cards and banners fill the Thompson basement. He still gets Calls from Well wishers around the country. One woman stopped by unannounced with a homemade ointment she said would help his arms. A Faith healer called several times from California. At an april 11 boxing match in Bismarck his first big Outing since the Accident so Many people wanted to speak to him he said a i barely even got to see the  the sudden inability to perform the most mundane tasks frustrates him said his Mother Karen. A a John Sable to do a lot but i think he still gets frustrated at what he can to do by himself Quot his Mother said. Doctors outfitted him with special eating utensils that can be attached to his splints but they done to work Well she said. He has practically Given up using them. He recently bought a new car equipped with a special steering wheel ignition and shifter. Thompson said he can drive it Fine but can to open the doors. Now he is waiting for the car dealer to install push Button  bails itself out most businesses in the Loop had regained Power and were Able to reopen monday officials said. Eleven of the estimated 200 buildings blacked out by the flood remained without Power late sunday Commonwealth Edison said. A we expect to return to some state of normalcy in the Central business District in time for the Normal business Day Quot mayoral aide Billy Davis said. The flood began april 13 when a Tunnel beneath the Chicago River gave Way and water poured through a turn of the Century underground delivery system once used to carry supplies to buildings. The system now houses electrical cables and transformers. Some building basements were flooded with up to 30 feet of water. Engineers succeeded in blocking off the leaking Section of Tunnel with Cement late saturday. They hoped to begin draining the 50-mile Tunnel system monday and said the process could take 12 Days.  turning off traffic lights for Stop signs from wire reports Philadelphia a Philadelphia a traffic lights Are being torn Down and replaced with the latest High tech traffic control devices Stop signs. The Octagon shaped signs will gradually replace old fashioned signal lights at about 800 of the City a 3,000 intersections streets department officials said. Streets commissioner Pete Hoskins said studies have showed that Stop signs Are safer than lights at All but the busiest intersections. He said Stop signs Force people to slow Down eliminate the temptation to run yellow lights and make pedestrians More Alert. The switch to Stop signs is also expected to save the City $500,000 a  Dies after jog Spokane Wash. A William h. Cowles Iii president and publisher of the spokesman re View and Spokane chronicle newspapers died saturday after suffering a heart attack while jogging. He was 60. Cowles stricken near his Home died at a Hospital a Short time later. He had been publisher for 22 years a title held previously by his father and Grandfather. He was a past chairman of the american newspaper publishers association and a director of landmark communications and the Seattle times co. And Allied daily newspapers. Cowles also was a former member of the associated press Board of directors. Survivors include his wife Allison Stacey Cowles a son w. Stacey Cowles a daughter Elizabeth a. Cowles a brother and two  kills 8 show horses Dix Hills . A eight show horses were kilted sunday when a fire ripped through a Bam on Long Island Suffolk county police said. The Blaze erupted about 7 10 . In the barn at Dix Hills. It took firefighters about 20 minutes to bring the fire under control but the barn was destroyed said police sgt Jack Parrett. The fire did not appear to be suspicious he said. Some of the horses were being boarded at the barn by different horse  schools praised new York a new York City a beleaguered Public schools Are now being held up As the country a Best in at least one aspect creating a network of Magnet schools that do not segregate students by race or class a report released monday by researchers at Columbia University a teachers College praises new York City As a National Model for its career Magnet schools which draw students from across the City and prepare them for both specific careers and College. A among the big cities this is the most egalitarian i know and probably the most exciting set of choices for a student in nigh school Quot said Robert l. Crain a professor of sociology and education at teachers College and the main author of the  s publicist files suit new York a Elizabeth Taylor a publicist Chen Sam is suing the Star for $7 million Over an article that said the spokeswoman has cancer. �?o1 unequivocally swear that i do not have cancer a Sam said in court papers made Public Friday in state supreme court a i have never had cancer i was never diagnosed with cancer and have never been treated for  a judge is scheduled to Rule april 29 on whether Sani must turn Over her medical records to the supermarket tabloid. The article headlined a double tragedy devastates Bride to be Liz Taylor a was published a few weeks before Taylor a october wedding to Larry Fortensky. It said that Fortensky smother had died of cancer two weeks earlier and that Sam also had the disease. A Call sunday night to the tabloids new York office went unanswered