European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 16, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Doctor abducted on order from . Cleared in killing los Angeles apr a doctor whose kidnapping by .-paid Bounty Hunters in Mexico raised tensions Between the countries was declared innocent monday in the torture and murder of a Federal drug agent. But or. Humberto Alvarez Machain remained in prison monday evening while the government appealed the acquittal issued after the prosecution rested and sought to keep him from leaving the country. . District judge Edward Rafeedie who was presiding Over the jury trial that began dec. 1, told prosecutors a there has to be stronger evidence than you have offered to find that a Man is guilty of kidnapping murder and  Alvarez 45, grew red faced As the judge announced his decision. His eyes filled with tears and he stood up As his attorney Alan Rubin leaped to his feet and embraced him. A this was a courageous decision a Rubin said. A the easy thing to do would have been to dump it and say let the jury  the trial of Alvarez a co defendant mexican businessman Ruben Zuno Arce will continue. Prosecutors had argued that when . Drug enforcement administration agent Enrique Camarena was kidnapped and tortured in 1985 by mexican drug lords the Kingpins had their favorite doctor Alvarez inject him with drugs to keep him alive for further Tor Ture and interrogation. But Rubin said there were no puncture Marks or drug residue in Camarena a body to prove he was injected. Nor were there fingerprints to link a syringe found at the torture House to Alvarez he said. The Only physical evidence that Alvarez visited the House where Camarena was tortured was a set of his fingerprints on a plastic dry cleaning bag found in a closet. Rubin noted there was no evidence of when the prints might have been made. After the acquittal Alvarez a attorneys initially expected him to be freed by the end of the Day. But the government in an emergency petition monday evening asked the 9th . Circuit court of appeals in san Francisco to keep Alvarez in the country on an immigration hold. There was no word monday night on whether the court would hear the Case. Alvarez a gynaecologist was abducted from his Guadalajara office in april 1990 and taken to the United states. The mexican government angrily protested saying the action violated mexican sovereignty. Rafeedie ruled earlier that the kidnapping violated .-Mexico extradition treaties and that . Coults did not have jurisdiction to try Alvarez. But the . Supreme court overturned the ruling. Toppled by the storm a Beach House on fire Island n.y., rests at a precarious Angle monday after being knocked Oft its supports by the worst storm to hit the area in decades. Official damage estimates Are still being computed after three Days of High winds and flooding in parts of new York new Jersey and Connecticut. Michigan s Medicine doctor helps two More women die Auburn Hills Mich. Apr or. Jack Kevorkian helped two women kill themselves tuesday a the same women who had appeared with him earlier this month to argue publicly for his right to do so his attorney said. Marguerite Tate about 60, and Marcella Lawrence a 67-year-old woman from mount Clemens died at taters Home in this Detroit suburb said Michael Schwartz an attorney for Kevorkian. Meanwhile a Bill to outlaw assisted suicide in Michigan awaited the governors signature. A the pain i have i wish they lawmakers could have for just one night a Lawrence had said at a news conference 12 Days ago. Quot if i was up on the 13th floor right now i would  Lawrence had emphysema heart disease and severe arthritis in her Back. Tate suffered from Lou Gehrig a disease. The two bring to eight the number of women Kevorkian has helped to die since 1990. Kevorkian has battled Legal officials and waged a Public Campaign to win approval of a a Medicine a in which doctors can help the terminally ill commit suicide. An investigator with the Oakland county medical examiners office said the office was notified that two women had died by inhaling Carbon monoxide Gas. The investigator who spoke on condition of anonymity said that officials were on the scene shortly after noon and that two bodies were being transported for autopsies. Previous murder cases against Kevorkian have been dismissed because Michigan has no Law against assisted suicide. Bills to outlaw it had bogged Down in Lansing the state capital but legislators passed a Law that would make assisted suicide a felony after Kevorkian helped another woman die nov. 23.Cost of aids treatments May soar 48%, expert says from wire reports Washington a the Cost of treating americans infected with the aids virus could Rise 48 percent to $15.2 billion a year by 1995, health experts told a Senate panel monday. A the widespread use of expensive drugs has contributed to the High costs of treating persons with his a said Fred Hellinger a financing specialist with the . Public health service. About 1 million americans Are known to be infected with his the virus that causes aids and 250,000 have been diagnosed with aids. Of that Quarter million More than 160,000 have died. No one is known to have recovered from the disease. The number of patients newly diagnosed with aids each year could reach 97,800 in 1995, he said. For people infected with the virus the annual Cost of treatment is $10,000. Once they come Down with aids the annual costs Rise to $38,300, Hellinger told the Senate finance subcommittee on health. Overall the Cost in this country of treating people infected with the virus is projected to Rise from $10.3 billion in 1992 to $15.2 billion in 1995, he  vote favors casinos Trenton . A without a vote to spare the new Jersey Senate approved a Resolution monday that would allow voters to decide whether to permit sports wagering at Atlantic City casinos. Mondays vote begins a complicated legislative process aimed at placing the Issue on the ballot in november 1993. If voters approve the measure new Jersey would become the second state after Nevada to allow casinos to offer wagering on professional and College sports. In the Senate intense lobbying had placed the outcome in doubt up to the last minute. Senate president Donald t. Difrancsco had to take two Roll Call votes before two of his Republican colleagues who had abstained cast a a yes votes providing the margin for Victory 21-16. In the Assembly on monday the financial institutions committee decided to seek More testimony on the  turn to diplomacy Del mar Calif. A twelve Southern California youths arc heading to the Beach a the Beach in Vietnam that is. In what is being touted As a diplomatic Mission the 12 boys armed with translators and surfboards will teach youngsters chosen by the vietnamese ministry of sport to surf. Each american will take an extra surfboard As a gift to leave behind when the group Heads Home Jan. 1.baby whale improving Miami a a 3,500-Pound baby sperm whale is growing stronger on a diet of purged squid and is now Able to swim on its own in the medical rehabilitation tank at the Miami a aquarium a Park spokesman said monday. The malnourished 16-foot male whale beached itself on Miami Beach last thursday. Baby whales ordinarily nurse for about five years. But this one believed to be a Little older than a year was separated from his Mother. He has no Teeth yet. Unable to eat he had grown malnourished and dehydrated. He also had developed kidney  being recalled Milwaukee a Harley Davidson inc. On monday announced a voluntary recall of two types of motorcycles and set aside $5.5 million to cover the Cost of the recalls. The company is recalling motorcycles with 1340 cd engines from the company sex for Al and fed Model families. The Milwaukee based company said the Carburettor overflow system on some of the motorcycles May release fuel onto the ground beyond the intended design of the overflow system. No injuries have been reported because of the potentially faulty system. The second recall involves the softail Model family motorcycles from years 1989 to 1992. The company said it needs to repair a condition that May result in an internal Short of the starter relay while the motorcycle is parked. The company said heat from the Short May cause parts to Burn. The problem has led to one minor injury