European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 17, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Thursday december 17, 1992 . The stars and stripes b Page 5michigan bans assisted suicides Auburn Hills Mich. Apr gov. John Engler struck Back at or. Jack Kevorkian on tuesday by signing a Bill that temporarily outlaws assisted suicide. The signing came hours after two More women committed suicide with Kevorkian a help. Marguerite Tate and Marcella Lawrence who appeared with Kevorkian 12 Days earlier to protest the Legislatures passage of the Bill used Carbon monoxide to kill themselves at taters Home in Auburn Hills. Kevorkian was in attendance. The women were the seventh and eighth persons to kill themselves with his help since 1990. Later in the Day Engler signed the Bill placing a 15-month ban on assisted suicide beginning March 30. During that time it will be Adelong punishable by up to four years in prison and a s$,000 Fine. While the ban is in effect a commission will study the Issue. After receiving the commissions recommendation the legislature will have six months to act before the Laws penalties lapse. A i want to sign the Bill today As a protest to what or. Kevorkian has done a said Engler a Republican. A the methods of or. Jack Kevorkian and i stress  in the stars and stripes 10 years ago dec. 17,1982 a the department of defense school system operating 270 schools worldwide with a budget of nearly $500 million does not have an accounting system a general accounting office report said. 20 years ago dec. 17,1972 a the death toll at a showcase Coke Plant on Brown Island in the Ohio River ripped by explosions was revised downward to 19. 30 years ago dec. 17, 1962 a British born Charles Laughton whose roles Over three decades made him a top movie actor died of cancer at 63. 40 years ago dec. 17,1952 a four . Navy helicopters rescued the last 13 Crew members from the american refrigerator ship Grommet Reefer which had broken in half after crashing on rocks near Livorno Italy. 50 years ago dec. 17,1942 a the . Army now has 5 million men undersecretary of War Robert p. Patterson told a Senate subcommittee investigating the nation s War program. L world War ii 50 years ago today dec. 17 1 a 9 a 4 2 1 an Axis rear guard digs in at Sirte to slow the British 8th army s Advance across Libya while the afrika Korps prepares a new defense line at Ruerat. In the Pacific japanese troops holding out on new guineas North coast repulse Allied attacks . Soldiers meet no japanese resistance when they Start moving up Guadalcanal s mount Austen source 2i 94 Days of War w h nmn publishers inc. World almanac Book of world War ii son books corp1981 a the methods of or. Jack Kevorkian and i stress a or. Since his License to practice Medicine in Michigan has been suspended Are wrong because he has deliberately flouted the Law and taken it upon himself to be his own judge jury and executioner in  a Michigan gov. John Engler since his License to practice Medicine in Michigan has been suspended Are wrong because he has deliberately flouted the Law and taken it upon himself to be his own judge jury and executioner in  Kevorkian 65, a retired pathologist remains licensed in California. Michigan judges have ruled in several cases that Kevorkian committed no crime because Michigan did not have a Law against assisting in a  sick baby a hand Madeline Rudolph head of animal care at the Miami a aquarium gives food to a starving baby sperm whale by inserting her squid filled hand deep into the year old mammals Mouth. Rescuers found the abandoned 3,000-Pound, critically ill whale off Miami Beach last thursday and took it to the aquarium. Final strike follows Bowler s first perfect game Kevorkian has been a vocal proponent of doctor assisted suicide for the terminally ill and one of his attorneys Geoffrey Fieger said the ban Likely  Stop him from helping others to end their lives. A Cdr. Kevorkian told me that he is held to a higher Standard Quot Fieger said. After Kevorkian helped a Pennsylvania woman with breast cancer commit suicide nov. 23, the state House and Senate quickly approved the measure to ban assisted suicide. Several state lawmakers have said the Bill was intended to Stop Kevorkian. Lawrence 67, had heart disease emphysema and arthritis in her Back. Tate 70, had Lou Gehrig a disease a degenerative nervous disorder. She was unable to speak and communicated by typing on a keyboard. Fieger said Tate had been in counselling with Kevorkian for about a year and Lawrence for about three months. Auburn Hills police chief John l. Dalton said officers found taters body in a chair in the living room and Lawrence a body on the bed in a bedroom. He said both were wearing masks attached to canisters of Gas. Driver beaten by police was a colleague Nashville Tenn. A the City a police chief said tuesday hell Deal quickly with five White officers suspected of beating a Black plainclothes officer who was stopped for an expired License tag on his police Issue undercover truck. The beaten officer worked the same shift in the same precinct As the officers who beat him monday night but he was wearing a hat that might have made it difficult for them to recognize him chief Robert Kirchner said. Kirchner said he does no to believe the incident was racially motivated. And the beaten officer Reggie Miller said he heard no racial slurs. But the Leader of a Black policemen a group said he believed racism was behind the beating. Kirchner said he wants to reassure the Community that brutality wont be tolerated. A it will be dealt with and we wont wait two or three weeks to see if we can discover uncover some impropriety a he said. Miller was working undercover As part of a prostitution sting when officer Jeb Johnston a uniformed officer who Wasny to part of the sting noticed the expired tag. Johnston ordered Miller to pull Over but Miller drove about three blocks from the main sting area before stopping. Kirchner said that when Miller did Stop he reached Down in the truck to put on the parking Brake. Johnston waited for backup thinking Miller might have been reaching for a weapon. Johnston was joined by officers Brian Petty . Bauer David Geary and Jeffrey Blewett. Johnston pulled Miller from the ear police spokesman Don Aaron said. Geary allegedly gouged Miller in the eyes arid Blewett allegedly kicked him in the Groin. Kirchner said the officers May have used unnecessary Force at that Point. A sergeant involved in the sting stopped the officers and reported it. All five officers were placed on administrative leave with pay. Taylor Mich. Up for More than three decades Bob Bittner dreamed of Bowling a perfect game. And when he did he died of a heart attack. Bittner 40, collapsed monday night at fair lanes Skore about 15 minutes after Bowling his first perfect game in 31 years of participating in the sport. He was pronounced dead at a Hospital within 30 minutes of his moment of Triumph. His Lack of a 300 game before monday was a curiosity and a frustration friends said. He was one of the Best bowlers in the Detroit ajl Star classic leagues. He had four 800 series and had league Lead ing averages. But in an Era when 300 games nourished perfection escaped his grasp. He never gave up. A the loved Bowling a said his wife Pam. A the really wanted that 300 game but then the one he shoots is the Only