European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - March 9, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Pago 6 the stars and stripes . Tuesday March 0,1993 thankful Farmer a Wellton arlz., Farmer uses the top of his barn to cult press his appreciation to the Sierra club environmental group for its help during flooding of the Gila River. Many farms were damaged when the River overflowed in one of the nation s leading Winter lettuce growing regions causing prices to Rise throughout the nation. Suicide attempts alarm Florida school officials Miami up a More than a dozen South Florida elementary schoolchildren who survived Hurricane Andrew last year have attempted suicide in the past two months raising fears about the effect of stress on children. A it is amazingly disconcerting and alarming Quot said Octavio Visiedo superintendent of Dade county schools. Quot before we had one or two suicide attempts among elementary schoolchildren a year. Now we re seeing one or two a  surge in destructive tendencies reported in the Miami Herald include a a second Grade boy who Lay Down in front of a school bus. A a 7yearold boy who jumped from a second floor Balcony. A and several girls who swallowed dozens of pills. Despite the introduction of 88 Hurricane intervention Counselor to bolster school Counselor efforts Visiedo said he is concerned the problem is growing. A the stress level is intensifying with each passing Day Quot he said. Many of the children report their fears increased recently when Hurricane forecasters predicted the upcoming storm season a which begins june 1 a could bring three More major storms to the East coast. At Richmond Heights elementary Hurricane intervention specialist Cliff Hosier said the general behaviour of pupils Nas changed. It is amazingly disconcerting and alarming a Octavio Visiedo superintendent of Dade county schools a More fighting More arguing. Kids Are quicker to say something to someone who Steps on their foot Quot Hosier said. A and a lot of kids Are concerned about another Hurricane. They ask could it be tomorrow?1&Quot fifth Grade teacher Judy Simkins class of 21 pupils at Naranja elementary graphically displays the effects of the aug. 24 storm 13 were forced to move after the Hurricane 14 said they regularly had sad thoughts and nine lost pets during the storm. University of Maryland professor Nathan Fox who recently published a paper on the effects of natural disasters on children told the Herald he was alarmed by the trend. A i done to know what a  Down there Quot Fox said. A you hear about Middle school kids freaking out but you very Seldom hear about second graders a they Are 8 years old Only 8 years old. That should ring alarm Bells above and beyond whatever mental health prevention is  woman Dies after feeding tube removed by the new York times St. Louis a Christine Busalacchi whose father had  the state of Missouri for the right to have her feeding tube removed died sunday in St. Louis. She was 23. The cause of death was cardiac arrest due to dehydration a Hospital spokesman said. The feeding tube was removed in late february shortly after neurologists at Barnes Hospital confirmed that Busalacchi was in a persistent vegetative state. Such a state is a chronic irreversible condition caused by severe damage to the cerebral hemispheres of the brain. A nobody won we All lost Quot her father Peter said in a statement. Busalacchi whose wife died when Christine was a toddler had cared for his daughter All his life and spent 26 months and tens of thousands of dollars taking the Case through the courts. In an Effort to regain their privacy the family would not say when the tube was removed. The physicians statement was issued feb. 24. In such cases experts say death from dehydration can take five to 20 Days. Christine Busalacchi was a 17-year-old Junior in High school when she was badly injured in a car Accident in May 1987. A week later her father was told that her brain was swelling and that a Section of her brain had to be removed immediately or she a is going to  father was aware that Missouri Law could make it difficult to have her feeding tube removed and in december 1990, arranged to move his daughter to Minnesota where state Law allows families More discretion. But Missouri barred the move beginning Legal Maneu vers that ended in january with the swearing in of Jay Nixon As state attorney general. Nixon had campaigned on a Promise to end the states involvement in the Case and immediately sought dismissal of the states most recent Appeal to the Missouri supreme court. A the supreme court s decision to Grant that motion Jan. 26 left standing two probate court rulings in Busa Lacchio a  spree kills child leaves 5 others wounded from wire reports Zion til. A a Man who went on a rampage after an argument sunday fatally shot an 11-year-old girl wounded her Mother and sister and attacked three other children. Three hours after the shooting Tyrone Watson. 33, of Zion walked into a court in Waukegan and surrendered according to police chief Lloyd Detienne. A a 15-year-old boy who was shot in the neck and Cheek was listed in critical condition. In addition to the shooting victims police said a 10-year-old girl was sexually assaulted at gunpoint and a 12-year-old boy was stabbed. 0 police said the violence occurred during an argument but refused to elaborate. They  say what Watson s relationship was to those who were attacked. The dead girl was identified As Latoya  held in teen s death Philadelphia a woman who helped Lead a Campaign to locate her missing daughter was charged sunday with killing the 17-year-old track Star police said. Vivien King 42, was arrested on murder and weapons charges in the slaying of Shilie Turner who was shot six times police commissioner Richard e. Neal said. Police refused to discuss a possible motive for the killing or other details of King s  kills 5 in family Millville , a an apartment fire apparently started by a leaking Gas stove killed five 1 family members and a Friend sunday., killed in the fire were Melissa Smoot Saucedo 20 her three children Ages 3,2 and 1 her 13-year-old sister Mary Smoot and Sandra wines 14, a Friend of May a said state trooper .  uprising marked new Orleans a scuffles broke out and four people were arrested sunday when More than 100 people gathered at a Monument marking a 19th-Century White supremacy uprising. A we May be a minority in this City but i Tell you we still have rights Quot said former Kuk Luklan Leader David Duke who spoke at the hour Long rally at the Liberty Monument. The Monument Marks an 1874 uprising Between police and the White league a group of Whites trying to overthrow the state s reconstruction  sniper shot dead Haltom City Texas a a policeman a 14-year-old son opened fire from his House Over the weekend killing a police officer and wounding three people before he was shot dead. As the shooting continued saturday a special detachment of officers arrived and fired several shots at the House. Officers using stun grenades. Stormed the House saturday night and found the body of 14-year-old Juan Ramon. Authorities said the youth apparently was hit by policy gunfire. M the slain officer was identified As Gary hires 48. He was an 18-year Veteran of the Force. Haltom City police said Juan was the son of a police officer m the nearby City of Hurst. The eighth grader apparently had received bad grades on a report card and was unhappy about being disciplined said Wayne Mcqueary police  sinks 5 missing Manasquan . A two tugboat Crew members were rescued after their vessel Sank off the fr5�y 0031 sunday. Five others were missing. The . Coast guard said. Anjea tue boat the Thomas Herbert was towing a 340-foot Barge that was spotted floating unescorted about 9 30 , sunday. The tugboat is  a the Ocean i oort hundreds of tee from the Barge but still connected to it by a Tow me Petty officer Amy j. Gaskin said. The Barge and tugboat Are owned by Loveland towing inc. Of Henri Seville. Y to Veziano