European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - February 22, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                To and ��3 second toddler Dies from illness linked to burgers m.a1tll a a 1? month old boy died sat a div of complications from food poisoning in an out Inck linked to Jack in the Box hamburger but the infection apparently has mopped spreading doctors Taid Kilty do Twiler of bal Linghan quit breathing sat in Day morning at children s Hospital and medical Center after further use of life support equipment proved fruitless and he was removed from it doctors said at a news conference. It was t so much that Kilcy was taken off life sup port. It s that he became unsupportable because of the advanced nature of his disease said or. Elliott Kranc of Tlush Ospital s paediatrics intensive care unit. He said the boy Likely would have lived Only a few More hours if he had remained on the equipment. The death was the second fatality directly linked to an outbreak of the bacterium a Coli which has been connected to contaminated and undercooked meat from the nation s fifth largest hamburger Chain. A third child died during the outbreak but her Case was not directly linked to the hamburgers and officials have said they Are not sure How the girl contracted the illness. Unlike Michael Nolc 2, of Tacoma who ate a tainted hamburger and died Jun. 22 at children s hos Pital do Twiler did not cat at Jack in the Box. He be came ill through Contact with a less severely infected youngster who had eaten there officials said. Shored up against the rain residents walk along Street in the Pacific Palisades District of los Angeles where workers tried to stabilize water soaked hillsides and minimize mudslide danger Formant expensive Homes. Saturday s rain was less than anticipated but 33 inches have been recorded in a storm that started last week with More expected tuesday. Los Angeles already has 22 Al inches this season 12 above Normal. See Page 13 for More on the weather. 2 judges who ruled in historic cases die Washington up Federal judges Gerhard a. Gesell and David l. Bazflon two judges known for their sweeping Liberal rulings in major cases have died. Gesell 82, and Daz Clon 83, both died a riday. Gesell who defended the Rule of Law against the heavy hand of government in the watergate cases and Iran Contra affair and protected the Public s right to know in the secret Pentagon papers died of liver cancer. A Elon former chief judge of the . Court of appeals for the District of co Lumbia and a passionate believer that the Justice system should seek to rehabilitate criminals and not merely punish them suffered from alzheimer s disease. Gesell is Best remembered for ruling sin which he held that Federal officials exceeded their authority. He also was firm defender of civil rights. During the watergate investigations Gesell ruled that president Nixon s Dis Missal in october 1973 of special prosecutor Archibald Cox in the saturday night massacre had been illegal Gesell also ruled that National Security was not sufficient justification for Low level Nixon administration officials to break into a psychiatrist s office to gather evidence on Daniel Ellsberg who helped write the secret Pentagon papers study of the Vietnam War. He also ruled that the Washington Post could continue to publish a series of articles based on the study after the government tried to halt  1969, Gesell issued one of the first major rulings liberalizing abortion strik ing Down a Washington d.c., abortion Law As  the 1989 criminal trial of Marine it. Col. Oliver l. North for his Rolein the Iran Contra affair Gesell fined North $150,000, placed him on probation and sentenced him to 1,200 hours of Community service but decided not to Send him to prison. I do not think in this area you were Aleader at All but really a Low ranking sub ordinate working to carry out the Initia Tives of a few cynical superiors the judge said. Appointed to the Federal Bench in 1967by president Lyndon b. Johnson Gesell served 25 years taking part time senior status last month. Bazelon who was the youngest Man Ever named to the Federal appeals court Bench when he was tapped in 1949 by president Truman was a Pioneer in introducing psychiatric principles into Thefield of criminal Justice. Perhaps his Best known decision was a1954 ruling instrumental in revising the Legal definition of  introduced the Legal notion that an accused criminal is not responsible for his actions if they Are the product of a mental disease or  ruling modified the Century old requirement that defendants be unable to distinguish Between right and wrong to be acquitted on grounds of insanity. Meningitis outbreak kills la. Inmate Santa Clarita Calif. A a bacterial meningitis outbreak at a crowded los Angeles county jail has killed one prisoner and forced the quarantine of 9,200 inmates officials said saturday. About 2,000 inmates at the Peter j. Pitchess Honor Rancho have been exposed to the disease authorities said. A male inmate died thursday. Two others Are critically ill and a fourth inmate was in stable Condi Tion with a possible Case of meningitis said sgt. Ron Spear. About 200 deputies and other workers at the sprawling 132-acre Complex also Are at risk said or John Clark the prison s head physician. All family visits to the jail have been cancelled said sheriffs Deputy David Peltz. No new prisoners will be brought in and inmates will not be move among the jail s five buildings. The sheriffs department medical services team will administer an Antibiotic to All those who have been exposed Peltz said meningitis is an inflammation of the membranes that cover the brain and spinal Cord. Viral Menin gitis is relatively mild but bacterial meningitis is life threatening. The main symptoms arc fever headache nausea vomiting and a stiff neck. Sharpton begins fast Over haitian his policy ukr the new York times no w York the Rev. Al Sharpton began a five Day hunger strike saturday to protest the unite states exclusion of haitians who have the aids virus Sharpton joins the Rev. Jesse Jackson who began fasting feb. 14 to protest . Policy toward the haitians being held at Guantanamo Bay Cuba. Sharpton also called for other Public figures and elected officials to join the Fust which he said May be extended past five Days. These people who sought to come to the unite states Are faced with a very unfair and in my judgment biased policy Banning them Fiorin the United states Sharpton said. The hunger strike is to dramatize and publicize their  the 270 or so haitians held at the . Naval base at Guantanamo were interviewed by the immigration an naturalization service and were found to have grounds for Asylum but were prevented from entering the coun try by a hush administration policy barring immigrants with the human immunodeficiency virus which causes aids. Many of the detainees began fasting in late january to pressure the Clinton administration to lift the ban but the . Senate voted 76-23 on thursday to uphold the policy. Sharpton said that he would drink Only water an juice during the fast. Catawba Indian tribe strongly backs Deal to end land dispute Rock Hill . A the Catawba India tribe voted overwhelmingly to accept a proposed $50 million settlement with state and Federal officials sat urday moving closer to resolving a 144,000-acre tribal land claim. The tribe approved the agreement in a 289-42 vote after a meeting at the Rock Hill Law enforcement Center that lasted nearly three  settlement must still be approved by Congress and the state legislature the tribe claims South Carolina failed to get required congressional approval when it bought 144,000acres of Catawba land in 1840. At one Point the Indi ans were preparing to sue 61,767 individual landowners Over the dispute. I wish they d get it settled so we can get on with our Ives said France Catoe 31, who lives on the Catawba s 630-acre reservation in York  tentative settlement would require the tribe to relinquish some of its self governing rights in Exchange Tor the Money most of which would come from state and Federal  members who opposed the settlement said it relinquishes too much Power to state authorities. The tribe would have Only limited authority in major Crimi Nal civil and regulatory  agreement also restores Federal recognition the tribe lost in 1959, giving members eligibility for Federal Indian benefits and Low interest Loans. I