European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 21, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                . Thursday Janu Mygil rum Man lamed in jail fight executed for 3 murders Jarratt in. Apr a num who Hui used n  since his spinal Cord was injured in n prison Brawl shuffled to the a Lecleric chair with help from guards and was executed late tuesday for murdering three co workers. Ill Charles Stamper 39, was pronounced dead at  . At Greenville correctional Center. In a final statement read by the prison chaplain Stamper said that his execution a Quot bruised and demeaned a hoped ins and that he death would hum Anil pc a yield Quot abundant fruit for others Tike himself. Stamper was a Cook at n suburban Richmond restaurant where the coworkers were robbed and shot in March 1978 As they prepared to open for business. He was convicted of the murders. Death penalty foes contended the execution was a unnecessary because Stamper it Stamper was no longer a danger As a result of his Handicap. But advocates for the disabled argued that he was entitled to no special consideration. His attorneys also said there was insufficient proof that he committed the murders. The . Supreme court without comment rejected a last ditch attempt to halt the execution. Slimmer had asked for permission to walk to the electric chair in Teg Brace and with a Walker a a he maintains a sense of dignity even under these f  Quot said Dennis w. Dohnel one of his at in revs Quot lie is a very proud  the request was denied Bui Wayne Brown prison operations officer refused to say Why. Brown said prison guards held Stamper by the slumbers and helped him walk 15 feet to the a Tectrix chair Stamper s feet were drugging on the floor As he was brought to the chair and one leg Shook As he was sts1nmper had used a wheelchair since he was injured in a 1988 fight with other inmates. His execution originally was set for october. But gov. L. Douglas Wilder postponed it while doctors evaluated stampers Coull 11 Quot the minute we begin to exe Euto people like Stamper i wonder if we re not crossing the Fine into something other than the society we d like to be Quot Dohnel suit some advocates for the disabled disagreed. Quot if he killed he killed Quot said Peggy bpm Rick a wheelchair user who lobbies the general Assembly on disability issues. Quot you do it you pay the  Leigh Dingerson director of the National coalition it to abolish the death penalty said that until tuesday no one who used a wheelchair has been executed since the supreme court allowed the resumption of capital punishment in 1976. Stamper was the 190th person put to death in the United states since that ruling and the 18th in Virginia. 3 years on the Dock Page 6 a the stars and stripes Ozone Hole last year confirmed As largest yet from wire reports Washington a the Ozone Hole Over the Antarctic was the largest on record in i992i covering an area nearly the size of North America Nasa said tuesday. Nasal a measurements confirm those reported in september and arc similar to data released last week by the National oceanic and atmospheric administration nasal a total Ozone mapping spectrometer a device aboard the Nimbus-7 satellite showed Ozone depletion Over Antarctica in 1992 was As severe As any previous year on record Nasa said by sept. 23, the Bole had grown to cover 8.9 million Square Miles. The Hole has been detected every year since 19871 the Ozone layer Shields life on Earth from harmful ultraviolet radiation. Its depletion could cause increases in diseases such As skin cancer. Ozone is destroyed by chlorofluorocarbons or rfcs which arc used As solvents propellants and coolants. An International agreement signed in 1987 Calls for an end to Csc production by 2000.Man with heart pump Dies Houston a the longest surviving recipient of a portable cart assist pumping device died tuesday of a stroke the Texas heart Institute said. Mike Templeton 34, had suffered from a slow deterioration of the heart. Physicians said tuesday that strokes arc common among patients with the disease Templeton had been awaiting a heart transplant. He had lived the inst 16 months with the Aid of a Battery powered left ventricular  gets medal Washington Thomas a Stafford a retired air Force lieutenant general and former astronaut was awarded the congressional space medal of Honor on  president Dan Quayle the head of the National space Council presented the medal to Stafford. Stafford who was born in Weatherford okla., flew in space in the second and third generation of manned spacecraft a twice aboard the two Man gemini once on an Apollo Light around the Moon and once in a Docking of the Apollo capsule with a soviet soyuz  food at Disneyland Anaheim Calif. Disneyland has gone Kosher but Don t expect Blintzes. Since last summer the giant Orange county amusement Park has offered Linguine Chicken and Salisbury Steak All prepared following jewish dietary guidelines. With 24 hours notice the meals Are available from Disneyland s Blue Bayou and Plaza restaurants said John Mcclintock a Disneyland publicist. Though an estimated 100,000 jews live in Orange county few places offer Kosher meals Quot visiting Disneyland has always been a problem for people who want to keep Kosher Quot said rabbi Aron David Berkowitz. Quot the jewish people will appreciate  up the drive Des Moines Iowa a some motorists Don t know whether to drive or lick the roads these Days tone Brothers Soiree co. Rejected a Large Batch of garlic Salt because it did no to meet the company a standards. So Des Moines officials ibis week decided to mix it with Sand and dump it on streets rather than Pul it in a Landfill. Tone vice president George Sone said the Salt was Loo finely ground for the company a purposes and with 3 tons of it on hand l one was Happy to donate it to the City. Garlic Salt includes sodium Chloride a the same ingredient As the Salt used to de ice streets. Public works director John Belliz i mixed the garlic Salt with Sand and distributed it around the City. V a sea Hun lounges tuesday at the k boat Dock on san Francisco Spier 39, apparently oblivious to a Celebration marking the third anniversary of die sea Lions Lexington a. Up Virginia  Institute on tuesday asked the supreme com i to Rule on the constitutionality of its male Only admission policy vm1 was Able to justify its All male status in the trial court but the 4th . Circuit court of appeals led that Virginia must have a state supported Academy for women if it insists on having one for men. Both sides had expected the Case to go to the High omit which is Why the 4th circuit did not order women admit led. The 4th circuit had agreed with vol a Tui Neys Quot thai if women were admitted to vol they could Mil obtain the benefits of vol As it now exists because its program would be destroyed by  attorneys for vol said that if the appeals ruling stands the College would he unsure about tin co Sutu tonality of single sex education. Vol said he uncertainty threatens single sex education nationwide wlm i arrival. The Dock is closed to people mid the in Hurt Are protected by Federal Law. At lust count 346 sea Lions used the Dock us n hangout. It termed ironic because Quot recent educational scholarship provides new evidence of the benefits of single sex education Quot the Case began in March 1990, when the Justice department sued vol on behalf of a Young woman who wanted to attend. The department said u state supported school denying Access to anyone violates the 14th amendment which involves the lights of . Citizens. Pm countered will a the Dudang fed species argument Quot saying it provided a Type of educational diversity that is disappearing. The Only other slate supported All male military Academy is l ire Citadel tit Charleston  lire District Youit said women would fundamentally change vol where students live in spartan Barracks with no privacy and upheld the diversity argument High court asked to Rule on vol