European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 07, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday november 7. 1993 . The stars and stripes Page 5 no to eat in county Jai i Detroit a death doctor Jack Kevorkian says he is ready to make the supreme sacrifice in his fight for assisted suicides starving himself to death in jail. Kevorkian was jailed after a judge or dered a $20,000 Bond to Stop him from defying a state Law Banning assisted Sui cide. The gaunt doctor his body Limp in protest was dragged from court vowing i won t eat he said he was refusing to Post Bonito protest the Law. We Are now beginning the Deathwatch of or. Kevorkian his lawyer Geoffrey Fieger said after Friday s hear ing. He won t die today. I do think he will die unless he is  authorities said Force feeding or hospitalization could be options but that would be up to the courts. If you re asking me Are we going Tolet or Kevorkian die in our custody no said Wayne county sheriff Rober Ficano. Jail officials said Kevorkian 65, i drinking water but not eating. Jail officials had said he also was drinking juice a but determined later that he declined or. Jack Kevorkian 65, goes Limp Friday at Wayne county deputies drag Hon from a juice they had offered him. He refused Detroit courtroom after the Bond was increased in assisted suicide cases against him. Snack and dinner Friday and would t eat breakfast saturday. _. He seems to be very stable and comfortable Ficano told reporters saturday. Wearing a Green jail suit the retired pathologist was held in a 10-by-10 cell isolated from other prisoners. Kevorkian supporters held a rally sat urday at Wayne county jail. It s going to make us stronger. We lube standing at grocery stores Street Cor ners gathering support for Jack Kevorkian said Marge Singley a member of the Hemlock society of Michigan. Kevorkian who has been at the deaths of 19 people since 1990, has been charged twice with violating Michigan s8-month-old Law against assisted suicide. He had remained free on personal Bond pending his trial As Long As he did not As Sist in More suicides a condition he Alleg edly violated. Police found Kevorkian at suicide Vic Tim Donald o Cefe s deathbed hours after he had been ordered to stand  of helping Thomas Hyde 30,  on aug. 4. Hyde was suffering from Lou Gehrig disease a degenerative disease of the nerve cells that control muscular movement. Kevorkian also is charged in the sept. 9 death of o Keefe,73, who had Bone cancer. Land mine production exceeds reports study says new York a the world s arms makers maybe producing 10 times More anti personnel land mines than publicly reported feeding a Supply that has turned parts of the third world into no Man s lands two human rights groups said saturday. In a 510-Page report landmines a deadly legacy human rights watch and physicians for human rights cited information from previously classified .defense department documents and other sources for the new figures on mine production. The report estimates average annual worldwide pro Bolt failure delays flight of balloon its Reno nov. A the Crew of the300-foot Earth winds Hilton. Balloon scrapped Takeoff saturday after Anchor bolts failed while the vessel was being filled for the first nonstop around the world flight in a balloon. The Veteran balloonist ripped the to balloon of the two balloon Craft to re lease helium and prevent a premature Takeoff without adequate lift said the Crew chief Dave Melton. Earth winds which would have contained about 5vt times As much helium As the Goodyear Limp hoped to hitch a ride on the Jet Stream after Takeoff. Now the project will be delayed at least six to eight weeks said Crew member Richard  members Tore the top of the bal Loon and a huge Clowd of helium was re leased. There were no injuries. The Craft would have needed just two hours to climb about 35,000 feet to meet up with the Stream for an eastward rid eat 75 Mph to 100 Mph. The trip was expected to take two to three weeks an cover roughly 22,000 Miles before touch ing Down anywhere East of  Craft can t take off in winds stronger than 4 Mph and the forecast was in its favor. The Crew had hoped to take off sometime near  doomed Earth winds first two attempts to make aviation history. I february 1992, brisk winds prevented the auction of up to 10 million anti personnel mines in re cent years equivalent to almost 30,000 a Day. That is about 10 times what has been reported previously in Trade publications. More than 100 million mines May lie unexploded int least 62 nations most densely in Afghanistan an Gola Cambodia and other countries where civil War combatants placed the explosive devices to terrorize civilian populations the report said. An estimated 200 civilians Are killed by land mines each week worldwide the american red Cross has is capt Larry Newman foreground with his Crew left to right Richard a Nizzo  and Dave Melton gather in the capsule of the Earth winds Hilton on thursday. Craft from launching in Akron Ohio. Ajan. 12 flight from Nevada ended when Pilot Larry Newman abandoned the bal Loon after it grazed a California Moun Tain Peak. The current distance record for a hot air balloon is 5,209 Miles set in 84 hours in november 1981. The duration records six Days set last year. Earth winds is actually two connected balloons with a windowed 10-foot-by-24 foot Crew Cabin suspended betwee them. Newman is an airline Captain from Scottsdale ariz., who holds seven aviation and ballooning records. The other Crew member is maj. Gen. Vladimir do a Nibeko of the russian air Force. Timoted. The . Senate last month voted to extend a moratorium on . Exports of anti personnel mine for three years the moratorium was first adopted last year. " the . Military opposes a total ban on use of anti personnel mines saying they May be abused by guerrilla armies but they Are legitimate weapons of War when properly used. Mine manufacturers contend today s advanced mines which self destruct after a designated period pose less danger to civilians. Girl 11 wins right to remain in couple s care grand rapids. Mich. A for now the Long bitter custody Battle is Over for 11-year-old Jenny Yang who can stay with the couple she considers her parents and never again has to see he birth Mother or father. A judge ruled Friday in favor of Jenny and the couple who raised her since in fancy. That s where i belong the sixth grader said after the ruling. I m looking Forward to returning to a More Norma life with my family and  when a state supreme court ruling last fall opened the door for her birth parents Long Han Hong and Phan Hue Ong to regain custody Jenny sued other own behalf to stay with Mike seng Yang and Tuyet Trieu. The couples have fought Over the girl for about nine years. Despite protests from the songs that they believed they were giving the Yang Only temporary custody of Jenny in 1982. Circuit judge Robert Benson said Testi Mony showed both couples intended for the arrangement to be permanent. Benson also said he believed Jenny allegations that the songs hit her and swore at her during visitations. The songs who denied abusing Jenny admitting chaining their son in a base ment for up to three Days for misbehaving