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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Friday, November 6, 1992

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     European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 6, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Bush wields veto pen on Urban Aid tax Bill Metal panels overturn killing 3 on Navy ship from wire reports Norfolk a a three Crew members of a Navy ship died wednesday when Sheet Metal panels overturned on them in a passageway the Navy said. The names of the victims a two enlisted men and on amp enlisted woman a were being withheld pending notification of relatives. The Accident occurred about 2 . Aboard the Shenandoah a destroyer tender docked at the Norfolk naval base. The Shenandoah normally carries a Crew of about 1,680. It routinely carries items like Sheet Metal and plywood panels As part of its Supply  author kills self Whately mass. A a Farmer who co wrote a popular Book on the occult killed himself after wounding his estranged wife at their Home in Western Massachusetts police said wednesday. Maurice Theriault was found dead of a Bullet wound to the head in the rented House in Whately on tuesday night. The body was discovered after his wife Nancy staggered out the door and collapsed on a neighbor s front Steps. She was was taken to Bay state medical Center in Springfield where she was reported in fair condition wednesday with Bullet wounds to her left Arm and Side. Theriault in his 50s, was co author of satan s Harvest a Book on the occult published in 1985, in which he claimed to be possessed by the  warns of snipers Jacksonville Fla. A on the eve of the Winter tourist season the american automobile association has issued an unprecedented warning to avoid interstate 295 because of sniper and Rock throwing attacks. The 1-295 bypass around Jacksonville carries about 80,000 vehicles a. Day and is the main entryway for southbound tourists. Some merchants Are worried the warning will Hurt business. A this is the first time in our 90-year history that we be issued a warning to motorists because of acts of violence on a Highway a said Tom Schroder a spokesman for the Aaan a Florida Branch. Since june More than two dozen motorists including three in the past two weeks have reported that their cars were hit by bullets or chunks of Concrete along a 10-mile-stretch of Highway. One Motorist died july fourth when he was hit in the head with a piece of Concrete and lost control of his car. Another was shot in the jaw. There have been no  no Johnny come lately new York a scientists say they be found the earliest known chemical evidence that ancient people quaffed a few Beers Pale yellow deposits on the inside of a Jar More than 5,000 years old. Tests suggested the deposits were Calcium oxalate a substance that settles out when Barley Beer is stored or fermented said the researcher who reported the finding in thursdays Issue of the journal nature. The finding supports other evidence of Beer at the same time around 3500 . To 3100 ., at the same archaeological site in Western Iran and at several Sites in Iraq said study co author Patrick Mcgovern an archaeological chemist at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia. Los Angeles a a Rookie police officer who was relieved of duty for his role in the videotaped beating of Motorist Rodney King lost his latest bid wednesday to save his Job Superior court judge Stephen of Neil granted the City a request to deny Timothy wind the right to a hearing before a three member police department Board of rights. Wind probably will Appeal and May also accept the City a offer to let him argue his Case during a less formal hearing conducted by a police officer of captains rank or higher said his attorney Patrick j. Thistle. Wind was still on probation when police stopped King after a freeway Chase in March 1991 and beat him As a witness videotaped the incident. Washington apr in one of his first acts after electoral defeat president Bush carried out his Promise to veto a $27 billion Urban Aid and tax Bill whose original intent he said became a lost in a blizzard of special interest  there is no Chance of the veto being overridden because Congress has adjourned for the year. The Bill passed by the House oct. 6 and by the Senate two Days later is a mosaic of special interest benefits with tax Breaks for groups ranging from real estate agents to boat manufacturers to major corporations. The 600-Page Bill would have created �0 Urban and Rural Enterprise zones designed to attract and retain businesses in inner cities by giving them tax Breaks and incentives. It also would have repealed the 10 percent luxury tax on boats air planes jewelry and furs that has Hurt sales in those industries. Two hot air balloons stand inside an inflatable dome measuring 110 feet by 240 feet in Reno nev., on wednesday to simulate a prelaunch procedure for Earth winds Hilton which will attempt to be the first Boston apr doctors with hopelessly ill patients should seriously consider helping them commit suicide if the patients want to end their lives to Stop relentless suffering a report contends. Three doctors including one who has admitted assisting a patients suicide wrote guidelines for other physicians confronted with such cases., they said they believe doctors morally can give incurable patients the Means to kill themselves but should not carry out the final act. A when an incurably ill patient asks for help in achieving such a death we believe physicians have an obligation to explore the request fully and under specific circumstances carefully to consider making an exception to the prohibition against assisting with a suicide a they wrote. Last year one of the authors or. Timothy Quill of the University of Rochester wrote an article in the new England journal of Medicine describing his decision to prescribe barbiturates to a terminally ill leukaemia patient. He told her How Many she must take to die but he was not present when she committed suicide. After quills article was published a grand jury and a state review Board cleared him of any wrongdoing. In thursdays Issue of the journal an article by Quill or. Christine Cassel of the University of Chicago and or. Diane Meier of mount Sinai school of Medicine in new York outlined their Case for making assisted Sui a i am withholding my approval. Because it includes numerous tax increases violates fiscal discipline and would destroy jobs and undermine Small business a Bush said in a written message. A the original focus of the Bill a to help revitalize americans inner cities a has been lost in a blizzard of special interest  los Angeles mayor Tom Bradley and an official of the City a riot recovery Effort said president elect Bill Clinton and Congress should act quickly on Urban Aid in the Wake of Bush a veto. The rebuild . Recovery organization a expected the presidents veto. It had become an election year political football a to the detriment of our cities urgent needs a Barry Sanders the groups co chairman said in a statement. Manned balloon to circumnavigate the Earth non Stop the Captain of the Mission is Larry Newman and his Crew members Are Vladimir Ozhan Nibeko and Don Moses. Their earliest attempt at liftoff is nov. 15. Cide a part of medical practice. They noted that 36 states have Laws against physician assisted suicide although no doctor has Ever been convicted. The three argued that such Laws should be changed. On tuesday California voters rejected a ballot initiative that would have legalized doctor assisted death. In their journal report the doctors proposed several criteria for physicians helping with suicide a the patient must have a condition that is incurable and causes severe unrelenting suffering. However the disease need not be imminently terminal. A the doctor must make sure the patients suffering and desire to die do not result from inadequate treatment. All reasonable efforts must be made to keep patients out of pain before suicide is considered. A a patient must clearly and repeatedly ask to die rather than continue suffering. The process should Stop if the patient shows any uncertainty. A physician assisted suicide should occur As part of a meaningful doctor patient relationship. The doctor should get to know the patient personally to understand the reason for the wish to die. A the doctor should consult with another physician to make sure the patient s wish is voluntary and rational and to double Check the diagnosis and treatment of pain. A the patient the primary doctor and the consulting physician each must sign a consent  cop loses around the world doctor assisted suicide endorsed  
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