European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 20, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse 6 the stars and stripes . Kevorkian aids 2 others in suicide As ban nears Waterford Mich. A with two More suicides or. Jack Kevorkian has stepped up the Pace As a March 30 deadline approaches. Two cancer patients fro California breathed Carbon monoxide through a mask thursday in Kevorkian s presence bringing to is the number of suicides in which he has assisted since 199q. Kevorkian has assisted in seven suicides since Pec. 15, Whin gov. John no scr signed a Law effective March 30, making such activity a crime punishable by four years in prison. Six of the seven occurred this month and three this week. People arc becoming More desperate said Michael Schwartz one of Kevorkian s attorneys. People who might not have contacted him Are contacting him now out of fear and Kevorkian however has said he intends to ignore the Law because he considers it immoral. State legislators seemed hesitant thursday to try to move up the Law s effective Date. State rep. Michael Nye cited a 1976 opinion by Michigan s attorney Gener Al that questioned the constitutionality of such a step. The latest victims were identified As Jonathon Grenz 44, of Costa Mesa calif., who had Throat cancer. Ruwart and Martha Shrontz Ruwart 41, of Cardiff by the sea calif.,whose duodenal cancer had spread to her ovaries. They used the same method employed in but two of the i suicides Schwartz said friends and relatives were present. My sister had a very advanced cancer said Ruwart s sister Mary Ruwart. We be had a lot of cancer in our family. We be seen what it can do and the suffering Itcan Grunz s cancer forced doctors to remove his Larynx and much of his Tongue Schwartz said. Grenz s physical decline and his Mother s death two months ago forced him into a deep depression said Geoffrey Fieger another Kevorkian attorney. Kevorkian has been helping people die by Carbon monoxide poisoning since he was barred by court order from using a device he invented that intravenously administers lethal doses of drugs. Kindergarteners Hurt rescuers Rush a Stretcher past a school bus that Over turned thursday after colliding with a car on . 360 in Chesterfield county a. Thirty five people were Hurt though authorities said Only one was seriously in Jurod. The bus carrying a kindergarten class was re turning from a trip to a circus in Richmond. . Ordered to seek Homes before freeing mental patients by newday Albany . The state s top court has Rule that new York City hospitals no longer May discharge psychiatric patients to the streets without taking con Crete Steps to find them a Home. Advocates for the homeless hailed the decision As an enormous Victory Over the City and its hospitals which they say regularly dump patients from psychiatric wards onto the streets and shelters without Hope of their find ing stable housing or appropriate psychiatric services. Those patients often end up Back in the Hospital or worse As in the Case of Christopher Pattiste who is accused of bludgeoning an elderly Bronx woman to death Jan. 17. This is the Dawn of a new Era said Mary Rosna Han executive director of the coalition for the Home less. We can look Forward to the Day when our streets Are no longer new York City had fought the lawsuit for nearly 10 years saying it could Cost As much As $300 million to build new housing for the City s 10,000 to 15,000 men tally ill homeless people. On thursday City officials took heart from the court s emphasis that it was not re Quiring the City to build or fund such housing but was leaving the specifics up to the appropriate Agen cies. What the court is saying is that we need to. Really try to help patients find housing said City corporation counsel o. Peter Sherwood. That is quite a different thing from saying we have to actually provide the hous ing or find it prior to hut advocates for the homeless pointed to the court s Tough language. The court said for instance that the Law requires More than aspirational cooperation an general it directed the City and its hospitals to take Concrete Steps and to give some real Legal and practical Teeth to the task of finding housing for patients. Saturday february 20, 199 ,.,ii ,.i i. mime desert storm go s trial on sex charge delayed from Wirt reports fort Bliss Texas the court martial of an army sergeant charged with sexually assaulting a female reservist during operation desert storm was delayed thursday the court of military appeals granted a defense request for a stay so it can consider whether Tothrow out the sergeant s confession said fort Bliss spokesman Tony cuciniello. Sgt. David Martinez who has pleaded innocent contends the confession was coerced. The confession initially was ruled inadmissible but the trial judge s decision was overturned by the court of military review. Defense attorneys then appealed that decision. Jacqueline Ortiz a former reservist from Sapello n.m., alleges Martinez assaulted her Jan. 19,1991,in his tent in saudi Arabia. Jury selection had been scheduled to Star thursday. Sex congressman indicted san Antonio former rep. Albert g. Bustamante and his wife Rebecca were indicted thursday on Federal charges of receiving bribes and illegal gratuities totalling $344,000 during his eight years in Congress. The Democrat was Defeated last november Byre. Henry Bonilla a Texas in the South Texas District. Bustamante and his attorney . Herndon told reporters that the Federal government spent $5million on the grand jury investigation of the one time South Texas Field hand and came up with no real violations of Law. We will go before a jury and we will fight this and we will win said Bustamante who faces a 10 count indictment. Child autopsies urged -. Harrisburg a. A Pennsylvania lawmaker has called for a Law to require autopsies on children younger than 3 whose cause of deaths labelled sudden infant death syndrome. State sen. Roy afflerbach a Lehigh count Democrat said that Law enforcement officials believe that some deaths attributed to Side could be the result of child abuse. Afflerbach s Bill which has the backing of Side Parent support groups would require coroners and
