European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse At a glance Louis Farr a Khan told a University audience that Whites won t Stop Black on Black violence because it provides Organ donations. A when you re killing each other they can t wait for you to die a he told a mostly Black crowd of about 6,000 in to Ledo Ohio. See Story on Page 12. Pondering Rwanda rejecting direct . Involvement in Rwanda a civil War the Clinton administration is reviewing a Range of ways to help ease the bloodletting. A a Page s terrorist pardoned Germany a president has pardoned a leftist terrorist who became mentally ill while serving 19 years in prison for seizing the German embassy in Sweden in 1975.�? Page 10 korean tension rises South Korea said the North has temporarily provided its guards at a Neutral Border Village with illegal a arms. A. a a a a a a Page 12 More burgers in Britain Mcdonald a corp. Said it plans to double the number of its outlets in Britain to More than 1,000 Over the next 10 years creating As Many As 30,000 jobs. A. A Page in l Index n Abby Ann Landers 26 classifieds. 27-30 comics. 24-26 commentary. 17 crossword. 26 faces a no places. 23 focus. 19-22 Horoscope 29 Jumble 29 letters. 16 Money matters .18 sports. 31-40 to listings. 39 weather. 15 Kevorkian n found i innocent of assisting Detroit apr. Jack Kevorkian was found innocent monday of assisting the suicide of a 30-year-old Man in the first trial under a Michigan Law passed specifically to Stop him. The retired pathologist was accused of helping Thomas Hyde die by inhaling Carbon Mon oxide aug 4. Kevork i a n said he supplied the Poison tubing and mask and placed the Hyde a face but Only in an Effort to ease his sufferings not necessarily cause death Hyde the 17th of 20 people who have died in Kevorkian s presence since 1990, suffered from Lou Gehrig a disease a degenerative nerve disorder that left him barely Able to walk talk or feed himself Kevorkian showed Little emotion As he was pronounced innocent smiling after a few seconds. He said afterwards that the verdict May encourage some doctors who have secretly supported his crusade to come Forward. A a. A i know there Are doctors who want to come Forward a he said a i want this intimidation by medical politicians to the Detroit recorders court jury deliberated a Little More than eight hours Over three Days before finding Kevorkian innocent. A few jurors agreed to discuss their decision and made Quot Clear it was based on no single Legal Issue. The Law enacted in an Effort to Stop Kevorkian carries a penalty of four years in prison $2,000 Fine. The Michigan court of appeals is considering several challenges to the Law. A this drives a stake into its heart a defense attorney Geoffrey Fieger said after the verdict. A this is the first Chance for the people to decide. It Wasny to or. Kevorkian on trial Here it was everyone a rights on trial but until closing arguments thursday Fieger focused More on technicalities than on the moral argument for doctor assisted suicide he had previously stressed. He unleashed a Surprise defense in opening statements by claiming for the first time that Hyde had actually died in Oakland county and therefore that the Wayne county jury had no jurisdiction Kevorkian surrendered with Hyde s body in Wayne county and Kevorkian and Fieger had led authorities to believe that that was where the death had occurred. Michigan attorney general Frank Kelley ordered that the trial take place in Detroit regardless of where Hyak died. Judge Thomas e. Jackson instructed jurors that they must be convinced that Hyde died in Wayne county if they were to convict Kevorkian. A Fieger also argued that in Hyde a death Kevorkian was acting under a loophole in the state Law that allows doctors to prescribe medication to ease suffering even if the medication hastens death. He used his closing argument to try to charge jurors emotions. A is no to it a strange country that at the Point when death is sure that we As peo pie become criminals when we want to end our suffering a Fieger said a have we lost All sanity a. From Page 1 a a the group surging to fourth place. After the correction was made monday the party Sank Back to also ran status. The slow moving process raised allegations of irregularities from Many political leaders am spokesman Humphrey Khozam said 500 complaints had been lodged. However there were no indications any party would reject the results which were close to what polls had predicted. According to a formula aimed at creating a Broad based government any party receiving at least 5 percent of the vote gets a Cabinet seat in the new government. But with inkatha the White conservative Freedom front and other earties faring poorly Anc officials Intel at relaxing that Rule to ensure wider participation by opposition parties. Anc spokesman Pallo Jordan said the Anc wanted a to make government As in elusive As possible.�?�. A we would not exclude the idea of the 1fp being part of a government of National Unity even if it finished with less than 5 percent of the vote Jordan said sunday night. The same could apply to the Freedom front and smaller parties such As the democratic party and the Black militant pan africanist Congress. Provincial results clearly illustrated the a country a ethnic divisions in the Western Cape Region which has Large mixed race communities the National party led after a Campaign that played on mixed race fears of life under Black domination. But in the other predominantly mixed race province the Northern Cape the Anc moved ahead monday. In the a ulu stronghold of the Kwa Zulu Natal Region inkatha held a Strong Lead but the Anc predicted ultimate Victory there a we Are not worried As yet a said Anc spokesman Themba Rubush in Durban the main City of Kwa Zulu Natal. A but we did no to expect the fight for Natal to be like this. It s the delays that Are really working on our the Anc had big leads a in some cases capturing More than 80 percent of the vote in the country a seven other provinces. A. _ from Page 1 a a a a a be pit p n so about Ca n ing a foreign Media especially in the United states have described the punishment As Barbaric and Given their accounts of How prisoners Are caned a the prison officials told the quasi official newspaper. A some have said that a prisoner is flogged by a martial arts expert.�?�. The government then offered its first pore style caning is supposed to entail. Explained the prisons department a the caning does not cause skin and flesh to Fly a As claimed by some critics. It May however leave bruises and prisoner being caned apparently does not have much room to squirm. He a is strapped at his Ankles and wrists with leather cuffs to a trestle. Before the can ing the 1.2-meter-Long about 45 inches13-mm-thick about half an Inch Rattan is soaked in water and not in brine As claimed by some people. The Cane is also treated with Antiseptic before it is a a a a a a a a a a a a the prisons department took Issue with the Assumption that the caning is carried out by a martial arts expert. In fact the punishment is said to be a administered by a prisons official and not necessarily by a martial arts expert. The officer meting out the punishment is however required to be fit physically. Some officers a amp have taken up martial arts training to keep themselves fit and for self defense. This did not necessarily make them martial arts experts a and every caning the officials emphasized is medically supervised. A the prisoner is examined by a doctor both before and during caning to ensure that he is medically fit for the punishment. Any prisoner who is found to be unfit will not be caned. Similarly if the doctor is of the opinion that the prisoner is unable to continue to be caned he will order it to be stopped immediately. Prison authorities then refer such cases to the sentencing court to cancel or commute the caning to a jail term. A after the caning the prisoner is examined by the doctor and treated. Treat ment includes the application of Antiseptic solution to the none of this detail provided much Comfort sunday to Fay smother Randy Chan. She said the government description had left her every bit As concerned Over the Fate of her son. Chan said she found a graphic that accompanied the. Explanation especially chilling. A that picture is awful a she said. A i can t imagine who they think they Are going to convince with that. I done to believe too Many people will look at the picture and say a of yes caning is perfectly a. �?�-1 correction because of an editing error the name of Efrat Ben Zeev was misspelled saturday in a photo caption on Dodds Oral Reading and storytelling festival. From Page 1 German newspaper die Rhei Pfalz. The newspaper said her condition had been the other Man whom police would not identify injured a foot when he Jumpe d from an apartment window during the incident according to die Rhei Pfalz. The newspaper said the Man was 19 and a Friend of Melvin a 23-year-old wife. Melvin forced his Way into the apartment w Here his wife was staying the newspaper said quoting German police. German police were unavailable for comment late monday. Incident occurred about 8 40 p.m., said air Force maj. David Turner a Kai Sers laut in military spokesman. said Cynthia Melvin had left her husband several Days before the shooting. Joe Melvin apparently surprised his wife and an argument ensued the newspaper said. The sergeant brandished a pistol and shot his wife in the stomach before shooting himself in the head the newspaper said a the c1d investigation is under Way a said army master sgt. Debra Arden a spokeswoman for the 21st theater army area come. A no charges have been filed against anyone. We have nothing further to release until the investigation is a memorial service for Melvin is scheduled for 10 . Friday at Chapel 1, Ramstein a
