European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 17, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 a the stars and stripes . Wednesday. February 17,1993 Hugh Gale left who killed himself with the help of or. Jack Kevorkian right had been disabled for 10  seek Kevorkian s Aid in suicide before ban begins Gale a former Security guard suffered from Umphy a and congestive heart disease Schwartz said. He Roseville Mich. A a 70-year-old invalid has become the latest person to kill himself with or. Jack Kevorkian a help before a Michigan ban on assisted suicide takes effect. Kevorkian a attorney Michael Schwartz said Kevorkian has been contacted by hundreds of people interested in committing suicide. A a a the legislature has made these people More panic stricken and a lot of them feel that if they done to do something quickly they re going to be forced into some terrible agony and pain a Schwartz said. In the 13th suicide in which he has assisted Kevorkian was present monday when Hugh Gale inhaled Carbon monoxide through a mask at his Home. It was the fifth suicide Kevorkian had attended since dec. 15, when gov. John Engler signed a ban on helping someone commit suicide. The Law takes effect March 30. Sema and congestive was in terrible pain a the lawyer said. A the was on oxygen 100 percent of the time a could not walk could not go out of the  Kevorkian 64, was charged with murder in the first three suicides in which he helped. But the charges were dismissed after judges ruled that Michigan had no Law against assisted suicide. No charges were brought in the suicides since then. Macomb county prosecutor Carl Marlinga said he was concerned about the increasing frequency of pc Gorki and a assisted suicides. A i think or. Kevorkian is on a crusade and a lot More people will die a he said. Gales wife Cheryl was present at her husbands death Schwartz said. Gale had five sons Ages 34 to 52. They were not present. Probe reopened into diver s death in 91 fair Haven . Up a a medical examiners ruling that a woman who died 18 months ago while scuba diving was murdered has led police to reopen their investigation. Sharon Powell of fair Haven about 40 Miles East of Rochester on the Shore of Lake Ontario died in july 1991 while diving in the Lake with her husband Mark. Investigators said her scuba gear was working properly leaving the cause of death a mystery. No one was Ever charged in her death. But a Man named Lee Williams with whom Sharon Powell had had a Long love affair was convicted of plotting to kill her husband in revenge and sentenced to one to three years in prison. No attempt on Mark Powell s life was Ever made. Williams will be eligible for parole in june. Williams has claimed All along that Mark Powell killed his wife though he has offered no proof. He also claimed that he never wanted to kill Powell but Only sought to Force him to explain what happened to his wife. Williams said the woman planned to leave her a a abusive husband to marry him but a few Days before her death Williams said she called him in tears to say that she had changed her mind fearing her husband would kill her if he Learned of the affair. Last Friday authorities said the Onondaga county medical examiner had ruled Sharon Powell a death a homicide prompting Cayuga county authorities to investigate the murder. The medical examiner would not say Why he believes Sharon Powell was slain. Williams also would hot say Why he believes Sharon Powell was murdered. A we thought that right along a said Sharon smother Bessie Briddle. A we were close to giving up  Mark Powell expressed Shock at the ruling but declined further comment. 4 thrown overboard on whale watching boat Morro Bay Calif. A a sudden swell rocked a whale watching boat As it headed out to sea tossing four passengers overboard and injuring nine people. Those pitched overboard were rescued by the Harbor patrol and a deck hand. The 55-foot big mama 1 was setting out on its scheduled sunday excursion and had cleared the Mouth of the Harbor when the swell Rose. As the boat pitched downward passengers were thrown into the Ocean. A they did no to just fall off Quot said passenger Annette Jones. Re mean they were  the boat was carrying 36 people including the Captain and one Crew member. Nine people were treated at hospitals for injuries ranging from bruises to broken Bones the Harbor patrol said. After the wave rocked big mania 1, deck hand Tom Cushman freed a Lifeboat grabbed a life jacket jumped into the water and swam to 3-year-old Christopher Sheppard who had been thrown overboard. A Cushman put the toddler on his Chest and floated until they were picked up passengers said. Gary James said he was standing at the boats Bow with his wife and 5-year-old daughter Katie when the swell  said he held onto the child to keep her from going overboard. He was slammed into the Pilot House Flung face first into the boats Anchor and suffered a dislocated shoulder broken wrist and cracked  will pay to replace faulty head gaskets in cars from wire reports Detroit a general motors corp. Announced monday that it will pay to replace the head gaskets in As Many As 500,000 1987-1991 vehicles equipped with four Cylinder Quad 4 engines. Although 500,000 cars Are involved the automaker said it believes defective gaskets wont be found in More than 8 percent or about 40,000 cars. Repairing All 500,000 would Cost As much As $275 million. Pm said it Isnit issuing a general recall for the cars because of the relatively Small numbers it believes will turn up with a problem. Att Ted vehicles could develop a condition in engine pm spokeswoman Sherri Childers estimated the Cost of the repair at $550 per vehicle. All owners Are being notified by mail. Vehicles that could experience the problem arc the Quad 4-equipped 1988-1991 Pontiac grand am 1991 Pontiac grand prix 1987-1991 Oldsmobile Cutlass Calais 1990-1991 Cutlass supreme 19881991 Buick Skylark and 1990-1991 Chevrolet bar Cotta  held in child s death Zanesville Ohio a a teen Ager who reportedly idolized killers Charlie Manson and Jeffrey Dahmjr was charged monday with murder for allegedly disembowel ing a 5-year-old girl he was baby sitting police said. Billy Joe Shaeffer 16, killed Sara West late saturday or Early sunday put her body into a garbage bag Ana dumped it outside the House where he was watching the girl and her 3-year-old brother police said. The girl had been shot in the head and her Torso was Slit open said Muski Ngum county sheriff Crnic Gibson. The other child Wasny to Hurt. Shaeffer confessed to the killing Gibson said. A detention hearing was set for tuesday. Gibson said a neighbor told police that Shaeffer was interested in Cults. A and some satanic symbols were found in one of his school notebooks Quot Gibson  accused priest Costa Mesa Calif. Three choirboys told a Leader of their All american boys chorus that a priest made advances toward them in the 1970s, but choir officials did nothing a former choir member said. Told assistant choir director Gregory Smet in that the Rev. Richard t. Coughlin Nad made sexual Matthew Roehl 27, said he and two other boys a gory Smet in 1979 lug Fin had made advances toward them. Roehl said saturday that Smet never investigated the matter. Smet Wasny to available for comment monday a Kerson who answered the phone at chorus cad quarters said. Roehl said Coughlin kissed him several times during choir bus rides typically at night when the other boys were asleep. Coughlin 68, has said he does no to remember any improper behaviour. He resigned As head of the chorus dec. 28 and was stripped of All Public duties As a priest and forbidden any involvement with the choir according to a Jan. 29 letter from the roman Catholic diocese of Orange to the chorus Board of  remover Burns 9 Nashville Tenn. A nine Vanderbilt University students were burned one of them seriously in an attempt to remove Graffiti from two statues outside a fraternity House. Vanderbilt spokesman Milton Capps said the students had mixed chemicals designed to remove the Graffiti when the concoction ignited spraying the burning and Sticky St stance on bystanders. Fire investigator Laura Hoffman said that charges May be filed in the incident which happened Early sunday during a party at the House. A instead of whatever they normally use they manufactured what essentially is napalm and it blew up a Hoffman said. One burned student was hospitalized in critical condition but his injuries were not believed to be life threatening said associate Dean of students Steve Caldwell. Four students were in fair condition and four More were treated and released