European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 21, 1992, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes . Monday december 21, 1992 paralysed Man to seek Kevorkian suicide Aid Detroit apr a California Man paralysed from the neck Down told time Magazine he plans to come to Michigan Early next year to have or. Jack Kevorkian help him kill himself before assisted suicide becomes illegal. Kevorkian who has assisted in several suicides could t be reached for comment saturday. But his lawyer said he Wasny to aware the doctor had agreed to help the Man end his life. The 34-year-old Man identified Only As Gary told time in an interview in the dec. 28 Issue that he does no to want to die but finds life As a quadriplegic intolerable. He plans to end his life before a Michigan Taw Banning assisted suicide for 15 months takes effect March 31. The practice is to be studied further while the ban is in effect. A they re going to shut him Down april 1, and in a going to be one of the lifeboats off the titanic a Gary told the Magazine. A a in a thinking somewhere Between january and March a he said. A it could be sooner. The luxury of having More time is  there was no answer saturday at Kevorkian s apart they re going to shut him Down april 1, and pm going to be one of the lifeboats off the  a Gary ment in the Detroit suburb of Royal Oak. But his attorney Geoffrey Fieger said there were no plans for the Man to come to Michigan. A i done to know if Jack will help him a Fieger said saturday. A if he a announced that he a been counselling with Jack i suppose that a True. I think Jack has been counselling him to continue to live not to end his  Kevorkian 65, has beet present at the suicides of eight people All women since june 1990. Judges ruled Kevorkian committed no crime because Michigan had no Law against assisting suicide. Michigan has suspended Kevorkian a medical License but he remains licensed in California. Gary was paralysed from the neck Down when he was shot in the spine five years ago. The Magazine did no to report How he was shot. It s a landslide a by 1 vote write in ballot elects 20-year-old to . Town Post Canada by the new York times Randolph . A this is America where people Are not supposed to be Able to elect themselves to positions of Power. But done to Tell that to 20-year-old Justin Weaver. Or make that town Justice elect Justin Weaver who was elected on nov. 3 after receiving a single write in vote a his own. By weavers reckoning he won in a landslide. A i got 100 percent of my own vote a he said while methodically milking a Holstein on his family a farm. Weavers election has most folks chortling in this Small Rural town in the Southern tier although some question How a Drunken driving Case might be judged by someone who is legally too Young to drink. Town officials though Are not laughing. With their $560,000 annual budget already strained by a pair of heavy december snowfalls they now have to find Money to pay for a Job they had hoped to eliminate. Residents of Randolph a town of 6,000 people and one Stop sign where it is common to see Amish carriages View weavers Story As the ultimate illustration of an old civics lesson every vote counts. Weavers candidacy was born Over a Basket of Fries one night at the ramp a restaurant a local hangout for truckers and teenagers where a sign proclaims a there Are Only two kinds of music a country and  while studying a Sample ballot in the local newspaper Weaver and some friends discovered that nobody was running for town Justice. Town justices adjudicate traffic offences and Small claims cases. In the summer of 1991, after one of Randolph a two justices died and the other retired because of poor health the town Board hired Jeffrey r. Gustafson a former state trooper to handle the courts caseload. Later that year after searching unsuccessfully for a second Justice the Board voted to eliminate one position and to pay Gustafson the $8,400 that had been split by his two predecessors. New York Randolph Pennsylvania 100 Miles 100 pm but by Law the Job could not be formally eliminated until dec. 31, 1993, the end of the existing four year term. And also by Law a special election would have to be held to fill the vacancy left by the death of Justice Raymond Hovey. The Board figured that nobody would run for a Job that was to be eliminated a year later. They did no to figure on Weaver who works on his family a farm and holds a seasonal Job delivering packages for United parcel service. The crowd at the ramp a that night decided it would be wrong for the town Justice position to go uncontested and nominated Weaver. All agreed that they would write in his name. After a while Weaver began to take the notion seriously a More seriously apparently than his friends. He woke up on election Day deciding he would vote for himself. None of his buddies followed through. Officials at the Cattaraugus county Board of elections did not even notice his lonely write in vote at first. Not until a month later after several inquiries by Weaver did the Board notify him that he was the Winner. After All he met the qualifications he was at least 18 and he lived within the town limits. A when i Hung up i said a wait a minute a he recalled. A did she just say what i thought she said a a week later i thought a what did i just get myself into a a that May be a Good question. Weaver who is taking a break from studies at Jamestown Community College will have to pass a five Day course for town justices in March before he begins working. Weaver said he expected to be paid for his services but town supervisor Dale Senn has yet to figure out where to find the Money. He takes some Comfort in knowing that the problem will last Only one year. In his less confident moments so does Weaver. A a it a not an easy Job and i have apprehensions from time to time Quot he said. A but i figured there was no Way i could screw it up for a  Brothers plead guilty to smuggling pot Seattle a a two Brothers who financed lavish lives in Europe while running a huge marijuana ring have pleaded guilty to smuggling authorities said. Christopher Shaffer 43, a fugitive in Europe until he surrendered last week pleaded guilty Friday in . District court. He faces up to 10 years in prison and a $2 million Fine. Also pleading guilty was William Shaffer 46, who was arrested earlier this year in Germany. T he elder Shaffer who . Attorney Mike Mckay said was the rings Mastermind faces 10 to 15 years in prison and forfeiture of $3 million in drug profits. Three others pleaded guilty to Money laundering in connection with the ring t hey face sentences ranging from five to 10 years As Well As fines. Authorities said the shaffers made More than $50 million from a 23-ton marijuana shipment in 1986 and a 42-ton haul in 1984. Man kills estranged wife two others then himself from wire reports Guthrie ind. A a Man killed his estranged wife his Stepson and his Stepsons Friend with a Shotgun before killing himself authorities said. Sandra l. Anderson 42, and her husband Timothy p. Anderson 38, had separated six weeks ago. The bodies of both Andersons were found in their Home Friday with the bodies of her son Clint l. Williams and his Friend Greg s. Newcomb both 19, said the county Coroner Lawrence Benhan. Benham said Anderson who was unemployed had been undergoing treatment for the past two weeks for depression. Mother school Settle suit Moon a. A a woman who claimed her daughter was illegally subjected to a school sponsored religious program has settled her Federal lawsuit with a Pennsylvania school District. Kelly Walters and her 12-year-old daughter whose name was withheld sued the Moon area school District and its superintendent Donald deep after attending a program at the Moon area High school in september. Details of the tentative settlement reached this past week were not released. Walters argued in the lawsuit that a school Assembly billed As a bodybuilding show by a group called strike Force was actually a religious program. Walters said the Assembly consisted of a prayers and sermons telling the audience that Jesus is the Savior and those who follow him will go to heaven and everyone else will go to  Walters said her daughter who attends Moon Middle school in suburban Pittsburgh tried to leave the Assembly but was told by Ushers that she had to stay for the entire program. Audit of Tsu band urged Houston a a Texas Southern University Regent is calling for an audit into possible financial improprieties by the College marching band which was disbanded after several members were caught shoplifting in Japan and a state lawmaker says a broader probe May be needed. Tsu president William Harris disbanded the Ocean of soul band thursday after confirming some band members stole electronic equipment from a shopping area of Tokyo while in Japan to perform at a football game Between american College teams. The chairman of the Tsu regents finance committee Odysseus Lanier said Friday that he wants an internal review of band expenditures in the Wake of allegations that no students were paid to perform in the band. After the shoplifting incident reports surfaced that several band members who were not students were paid $50 to $100 for each of the bands out of town performances. Harris has confirmed that 28 no students went to Japan As part of the band. He has not responded to reports that the no students were paid to perform. Money launderers convicted Providence . Eight defendants have been convicted of conspiring to launder $136 million in illegal Money for colombian drug lords. A jury returned guilty verdicts Friday on All 82 counts after four Days of deliberation. A i think Justice was done. Its an historic Case obviously the largest Federal criminal Case in the history of the District of Rhode Island a said . Attorney Lincoln c. Almond. The alleged Mastermind of the scheme Stephen Saccoccia is scheduled for a separate trial to begin feb. 17. The eight convicted Money launderers were ordered held without bail pending sentencing. . District judge Ernest r. Torres said the risk of flight was great because each defendant faced a substantial prison term convicted Friday were Saccoccia a w Ife Donna her brother Vincent Hurley Anthony Demarco Carlo s. Demarco James. M. Saccoccio Kenneth Saccocio Stanley Cerilla and Stephen Pizzo allot Rhode Island. Each of them worked for Stephen Saccoccia at t rend precious metals or Saccoccia Coin co., both in Rhode Island