European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Kevorkian Kelps no. 9, 1st Man to kill himself Southfield Mich. Apr. Tack Kevorkian was present at his ninth assisted suicide wednesday and Nis attorney said More would come before a Tern Horary state Law Banning the practice takes effect. Jack Elmer Miller 53, was the first Man to die with help from Kevorkian who has helped eight women die since 1990. Miller inhaled Carbon monoxide through a mask at 9 10 . At his Home in Wayne county a Huron township lawyer Geoffrey Fieger said. Miller suffered from Bone cancer that had left him in excruciating pain Fieger said a there will be More deaths a Fieger said. Miller a there is a feeling of desperation among Many people out there that time is running  effective March 30, a state Law will make assisted suicide a felony for 15 months while the Issue is studied. Violators face up to four years in prison and a $2,000 Fine. Miller was diagnosed with cancer in june 1992, Fieger said. A few weeks ago his doctors told him he had Only Days to live Fieger said but he continued to live in terrible pain. Miller a tree trimmer had five children Fieger said. His Fiancee Cynthia Lee Coffey was present at his Sui cide the lawyer said. Coffey wrote to Kevorkian about two months ago about Millers desire to kill himself Fieger said. Miller had four siblings who were aware of his plans to die but did not want to be present Fieger said Millers death will be investigated As a homicide said township police chief James Caygill. The results of the investigation will be turned Over to the Wayne county prosecutors office. Millers death was the first involving Kevorkian outside suburban Detroit a Oakland county. Wayne county prosecutor John of hair would not comment on whether Kevorkian would be charged with a crime. Miller released the flow of deadly Gas by removing a clip that pinched closed a tube running Between the Gas canister and a face mask Fieger said. Fieger said Kevorkian met several times with Miller and his Fiancee and had urged Miller to go on with his life. But when doctors were unable to ease Miller s pain Fieger said the Man insisted he wanted to die. Traffic is slowed to a crawl As High Waves crash into the 1-90 floating Bridge on Seattle a Lake Washington. Storm in Northwest kills at least 8alaska tightens rules on funding of abortions from wire reports Juneau Alaska a it. Gov. Jack Coghill signed regulations wednesday that will strictly limit state funding of abortions for poor women the regulations take effect in 30 Days but officials with the Alaska civil liberties Union and planned parenthood said they planned to Challenge the restrictions before then. The rules proposed last year by gov. Walter j. Hickel would end state funding of most elective abortions paid through the medicaid program. The new rules would allow abortions that a doctor declared medically necessary to save a woman s life or to maintain her physical or mental health. The state also would pay for abortions requested when a pregnancy resulted from rape or incest the Alaska civil liberties Union and planned parenthood will jointly file a lawsuit within a month to Block the regulations Acle executive director Randall Burns said. A we Are totally opposed to regulations that treat women differently particularly indigent women who wont be Able to have abortions because they can t afford them while affluent women can have them a bums  fights swindle charges Montgomery Ala. Gov. Guy Hunt pleaded innocent wednesday to 13 felony charges in an alleged $200,000 inauguration fund swindle. The governor and three associates were indicted dec. 28 on charges they conspired to move $200,000 from a tax exempt 1987 inauguration fund to Hunts Campaign fund then converted it to. Hunt s personal use. He has said he did nothing illegal but admitted that some mistakes May have been made Fay those overseeing the funds. Hunt s attorney George Beck said tuesday that Hunt used Money from his Campaign fund but it was All  held in wife s death Myrtle Beach . A an air Force enlisted Man sought in the shooting death of his wife at a South Carolina air base was arrested in Brownsville Texas police said wednesday. Airman Jeromy Willis 23, was charged with killing his wife at Myrtle Beach fab on Jan. 4 while the woman waited in a Legal affairs office to be interviewed about alleged spousal abuse. Marie Willis 30, was in a base conference room when she was shot twice authorities  for evidence to pass fort Lauderdale Fla. A a robbery suspect who swallowed a stolen necklace was placed in isolation by police until nature produced the evidence. A when the fort Lauderdale police department wants its evidence it gets its evidence a police spokeswoman Robyn Christophers said tuesday. Police said David Smedley 24, had the necklace in his Mouth when he was stopped following a theft. They ordered Smedley to spit it out but instead he swallowed it. Broward county circuit judge John Frusciante signed a search warrant and ordered Smedley held without bail until he evidence was . Monkeys with Law Albany . A backers say a a Simian rights Bill they want considered in the new York legislature would protect monkeys from the a defamation and slander of being compared to state lawmakers. The Tongue in Cheek measure stems from a remark made by gov. Mario Cuomo during his Jan. 6 state of the state address comparing members of the state Senate and Assembly to monkeys. Receiving applause for a comment on state Aid to school districts Cuomo mapped his own hands and said a monkeys do that. What we need to do is write a a  Cuomo said he meant the crack Good Nat redly and said it applied to himself As Well but Many lawmakers were not amused. A memo explaining the a Simian rights Bill Quot explains that its purpose is a to prevent the defamation or slander of members of the Simian race by political figures for political  Seattle api a a storm with winds gusting to nearly 100 Mph killed at least eight people put one of Seattle a floating Bridges out of commission and left More than a half million Homes without electricity thursday in the Northwest. A it sounded just like the typhoons we used to get when i lived on Guam a said Julie Chapman whose neighbors 40-foot Douglas fir crashed onto her Home South of Seattle. The storm wednesday idled ferry boats grounded planes and flattened hundreds of Trees. A seaplane flipped Over on Lake Washington East of Seattle but no one was Hurt. A a in be never seen so Many Trees blown Down in my life Quot said Bruce Holland a Fisherman in Cathlamet along the Columbia River. A fall the houses have damage to their shingles and shakes. Roofs Are blown off of  the windstorm was at its most ferocious around midday wednesday and had subsided by Nightfall in All but the Cascade and olympic mountains where 6 to 12 inches of Snow was expected by thursday. Evergreen Point one of the two floating Bridges across Lake Washington remained closed thursday morning while Crews repaired damage to the Span the Hood canal floating Bridge which replaced a Span that Sank in a 100-Mph windstorm in 1979, was closed Only briefly by battering Waves. Power was restored to about 200,000 out of at least 750,000 customers who lost electricity. Utilities said the outages could continue into the weekend. Falling Trees killed four men and a 4-year-old boy along puget sound and three workers were thrown to their deaths when wind Tore the roof off a building under construction at a resort in Post Falls Idaho. Gov. Mike Lowry declared a state of emergency authorizing the use of state resources to help hard hit communities. However Only a few generators were requested officials said. Steady winds of 50 to 60 Mph were reported throughout Western Washington. Gusts in the Seattle area hit 94 Mph on Hood canal. In Oregon gusts to 98 Mph were recorded near the Routh of the Columbia River and flights at Portland Airport were restricted to North South runways to avoid dangerous crosswinds