European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 3, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse Ata glance in Louis Farrakhan told a University audience that Whites won t Stop stack on Black violence because it provides Organ donations. A when you re killing each other they can to wait for you to die a he told a mostly Black crowd of about 6,000 in Toledo 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 page5 terrorist pardoned Germany s 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. A Page 10 korean tension rises South Korea said the North has temporarily provided its guards at a Neutral Border Village with illegal arms. A a. A Page 12 More burgers in Britain Mcdonald a corp. Said it plans to double tha number of its outlets in Britain to More than 1,000 Over the next 10 years creating As Many As 30,000 jobs. A Page 18 Index u Abby Anni Landers. 26 classifieds. 27-30 comics. 24-26 commentary. 17 crossword. 26 faces a in places. 23 focus. 19-22 Horoscope. 29 Jumble 29 letters 16 Money matters .18 sports. 31 -40 to listings. 39 weather 15 r correction 1 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. Kevorkian found innocent of assisting patient suicide Detroit apr or. Jack Kevorkian was found innocent monday of assisting the suicide of a 30-year-Dld 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 monoxide aug. 4. Kevorkian said he supplied the Poison tubing and mask and placed the. Mask on Hyde a face but Only in an Effort to ease his suffering not necessarily cause death. Hyde the 17th of 20 people who have died in Kevorkian a 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 i know there Are doctors who want to come Forward Quot he said. Quot 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 Clear it was based on no single Legal Issue. A the Law enacted in an Effort to Stop Kevorkian carries a penalty of four years in prison and a $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 was t or. Krevor Kari 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. A a a. A. A. A a a a. A a 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 Hyde died judge Thomas e. Jackson instructed jurors that they must be convinced that Hyde died in Wayne county if they were to convict Kevorkian. 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. A. A a a. Y a a a a 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 people become criminals when we want to end our suffering a Fieger said a have we Tost All sanity a. A \ from Page i. Fences our relationship has become a Symbol of the ability of South africans from widely different backgrounds to cooperate in the National de Klerk the product of a traditional afrikaner family took office in 1989 and was expected to continue the hard line policies of his predecessor . Botha. But he shocked the world by announcing the imminent end of apartheid and in february 1990, he freed Mandela from a life prison term for opposing apartheid. Within months the two men had launched negotiations that led to a new Constitution guaranteeing equal rights for Blacks and Whites and Clearing the Way for All race elections. Voting took place in a mood of National euphoria and the final results from a slow moving vote count were expected sometime today. 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 the Freedom front inkatha and other significant parties faring so poorly Anc officials have hinted at relaxing that Rule to ensure wider participation by opposition parties. Provincial results reflected the country a ethnic divisions. In the Western Cape province which has a majority mixed race population 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 was ahead. A in the Kwa Zulu Natal Region a Zulu stronghold inkatha held a Strong Lead. The Anc had big leads a in some cases capturing More than 80 percent of the vote a in the seven other provinces. Mandela seeking to reassure the Ancus opponents vowed to work closely with the National party and other opponents for the Sake of stability in the Long turbulent country. A a an Anc government will serve All the people of South Africa not just Anc supporters a he said before joining other Anc officials in a Toast to a the outgoing state president the new state president arid the new South from Page 1 \ a cent ions about caning. 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 Straits times newspaper. A some have said that a prisoner is flogged by a martial arts the government then offered its first official version of exactly what a Singa 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 the prisoner being caned apparently has Little room to squirm. He a is strapped at his Ankles and wrist with leather cuffs to a trestle. Before the caning 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 be fore it is 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 May have taken up martial arts training to keep themselves fit and for self defense. This did not necessarily make them martial arts 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. Treatment includes the application of Antiseptic solution to the meanwhile Fay remains at Queenstown prison one month through a four month term. He is still awaiting word from singaporean president Ong Teng Cheong on a final Appeal for clemency. None of the governments description comforted Fay smother Randy Chan she said monday that a graphic accompanying the explanation was especially chilling a i can to imagine who they think they Are going to convince with that a she said. A i done to believe too Many people will look at the picture and say a of yes caning is perfectly ok.�?T�?�. Shoots from Page 1 German newspaper die Rhei Pfalz. The newspaper said her condition had been upgraded from critical sunday. The other Man whom police would riot identify injured a foot when he jumped 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 where his wife was staying the newspaper said quoting German police German police were unavailable for comment late monday. The incident occurred about 8 40 p.m., said air Force maj. David Turner a Kaiserslautern military spokesman. Die Rhei Pfalz 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 Cid 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, Ramsten a
