European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - April 24, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Sunday april 24, 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 eighth grader loses bid to attend High school prom from wire reports Dayton Ohio a 15-year-old mentally disabled girl will have to wait at least another year before wearing her dress and Corsage to the school prom a Federal judge has ruled. . District judge Walter Rice refused Friday to Grant eighth grader Sherrie sell s request to order the school District to let her attend Bradford High school s prom Friday evening. Sell alleged the District s requirement that students who attend be at least in ninth Grade is discriminatory. But Rice said sell was barred from the prom because of her Grade level not her disability. She has a developmental Handicap of borderline mental retardation and was held Back in the first Grade. Many students her age Are in the ninth Grade. Rice said sell can attend school dances for seventh and eighth graders. He said there was no evidence the school District about 30 Miles from Dayton aimed to discriminate against students with disabilities. Sell called the decision unfair. I just feel mad she said. Warning issued on 2 drugs Washington two unapproved drugs Latero Flora and Flora balance live been found contaminated with bacteria and could cause death the food and drug administration warned Friday. The drugs Are sold for use by people who have aids or weakened immune systems Are undergoing chemotherapy or Long term Antibiotic therapy or have Organ transplants. The Fra and . Postal inspectors seized the drugs records and production equipment thursday at the office of Bio genesis inc., in san Marcos,Calif., and at a manufacturing site in san Bernardino. Sex District attorney gets jail Astoria Ore. A former District attorney was sentenced Friday to 90 Days in jail for trying to Frame two police officers on drug charges after her husband was Given a traffic ticket. Circuit judge Robert Huckleberry also ordered Julie Leonhardt to perform 200 hours of Community service and placed Ner on five years probation. Leonhardt is to Start serving her sentence May 23. Leonhardt was convicted March 8 of four counts of forgery two counts of tampering with Public records and one count of official misconduct. Prosecutors said Leonhardt trumped up charges that two officers stole cocaine during a raid. One of the officers was the supervisor of a policeman who had Given her husband a ticket for reckless driving in August. The drug charges were dropped. State officials began investigating Leonhardt after she approached police about the ticket. Her husband Andrew Overby was a parolee who had been convicted of violating import Laws. Leonhardt was elected District attorney in 1993. In january she was recalled in a special election. Bank Teller smelted trouble Ukiah Calif. Clock repairman Robert Laughery s Money reeked of marijuana and a Wiff of it was enough evidence to investigate him on drug charges an appeals court ruled. Laughery was convicted after a Bank Teller told police in 1992 about deposits containing $20 and $100 Bills smelling of pot. The defense appealed arguing that the stench was t enough to establish cause for a search of Laughery s Home where marijuana plants were  three judge panel of the state appeals court in san Francisco disagreed in a unanimous opinion thursday. It does not require a Genius to think that a person who seems to have the Only marijuana smelling Money in the neighbourhood is somehow in regular Contact with marijuana associate Justice Marcel Poche wrote. After the Teller alerted police a Check of Laughery s banking records showed $28,000 in deposits Over a six month period. Laughery reported considerable less in earnings to tax authorities. After a trial judge denied Laughery s motion to suppress the evidence he pleaded guilty to Possession of marijuana for Sale. Food shortages found to alter kids behaviour Wasowicz up science writer san Francisco a study by Neur psychiatrists and Public health workers shows even temporary food shortages can permanently change children s behaviour researchers said Friday. Reporting in a special children and poverty Issue of the publication child development the scientists from the University of California los Angeles said that the results of their analysis of the 1984-1985 fam Ine in Kenya can be applied to . Welfare families As. We found food shortages affected mothers and Chil Dren in different ways said or. Marian Sigman pro Fessor of psychiatry and Bio behavioural sciences. The greatest Impact was on schoolchildren. They paid less attention in class an effect that was reversed after food supplies were restored and played less in the playground an effect that failed to rebound. The mothers too suffered As they ate less and spent less time with their children the study said. On the other hand toddlers underwent Little change continuing to grow and develop in play skills. The primary effect on the mothers and children Stu died was a Lack of Energy due to reduced caloric in take Sigman said. Secondarily trying to adjust and Cope with a food shortage further compromised the  .".,. Schoolchildren Ages 7 and 8, who had to subsist on about 250 calories a Day were most affected showing significantly less Energy paying less attention in class and playing less in the playground. Legal May stymie Case against Kevorkian Detroit a a startling Legal Man Euver to get or. Jack Kevorkian acquitted on a technicality is a Sham to one lawyer. To another it s a Brilliant Effort to make the state look As foolish As  the strategy helps Kevorkian win his first trial for an assisted suicide has yet to be seen. This is a political struggle. This is not an Ordinary criminal Case said Neil Fink a Detroit lawyer. In his opening statement thursday Kevorkian Law yer Geoffrey Fieger told Wayne county jurors that gravely ill Thomas Hyde did not die on Belle Isle i Wayne county where Kevorkian surrendered in a Van carrying the body. Instead he claimed Hyde died in neighbouring Oakland county. If True Wayne county apparently would have no jurisdiction and Kevorkian would be acquitted or see the charge dismissed. And it appears Oakland county could not prosecute because that would be trying Kevorkian twice for the same crime which is unconstitutional i think the Overall strategy is to make the state look As foolish As possible and so far they have succeeded  Stephen Safranek a professor of constitutional Law at the University of Detroit mercy said Fieger should be held in contempt of court. I think it s incredibly disingenuous for Geoffrey Fieger and Jack Kevorkian to pull this at the Lith hour he  is accused of helping Hyde commit suicide last aug. 4 in Kevorkian s 1968 Volkswagen Van on de the primary effect on the mothers and children studied was alack of Energy due to reduced caloric intake. Of. Marian Sigman Urcla in addition they were Given additional duties of car ing for the toddlers in the family while the mothers were out scrounging for food. For this reason toddlers fared Well Sigman said. Families somehow managed to find the same amounts of food for this age group As before the drought. Moth ers May have Felt it was necessary to provide More for toddlers than for their school aged Childrenas a result toddlers devoted similar amounts of time to play and continued to develop As they had before the drought. Of. / when the Farn lne ended and the children began to eat regularly again attention spans of the older Young sters returned to Normal but their activity Levels re Maine subdued. Ouy study results can be applied to mothers on Wel fare in the United states Sigman said. Many of them run out of Money at the end of each month. Kids get less to eat on a cyclical level which interferes with school Participationfood shortages can have behavioural consequences for schoolchildren in All communities she concluded. Or. Jack Kevorkian sits in court during opening statements thursday in Detroit in his trial for assisting a suicide last aug. 4. Troit s Scenic Belle Isle Park. Hyde 30, suffered from Lou Gehrig s disease a debilitating nerve disorder. During opening statements thursday Fieger said Hyde actually died in the Vai outside Kevorkian s for Mer apartment in Oakland county s Royal Oak. Kevorkian then drove 18 Miles to Belle Isle and surrendered Fieger said to avoid being beaten up by deputies in Royal Oakthey just got their."., Butts kicked and they never even saw it coming Fieger gloated Friday referring to the prosecutor. Assistant Wayne county prosecutor Timothy Kenny plans to show jurors a videotape of Kevorkian explain ing How he helped Hyde commit suicide. Although Kevorkian never explicitly says Hyde died on Belle Isle he clearly implies it Kenny said. Dog Warden promotes pooches Over pistols Toledo Ohio up dog Warden Tom skel Don wants people to choose hounds for their Homes rather than handguns for their nightstands. Skeldon to whom taking a bite out of crime is More than just a popular to Public service slogan said Friday that he is producing a video titled Man s Best Friend Home Security better Safe than sorry As a vehicle for persuading people to keep a dog for Protection against burglars medium sized dog who behaves Well and barks can be a real psychological deterrent to a would be burglar Skeldon said. And it can be an audible alarm that gives you extra time to Call 911, should a break in occur something a gun can t Doskeldon said his seven minute video will compare the positives of having a dog is. The negatives of having a gun in one s Home. There s the potential for suicide or Domestic Vio Lence Skeldon said about owning a handgun. Some one might steal your gun or accidents can occur when children get hold of a