European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 17, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 8 the stars and stripes thursday npvemberl7.1994 tug of War a rigger helps guide the aircraft Carrier John f. Kenne overhauled at the shipyard before the defense depart Dyas it leaves dry Dock at the Philadelphia naval ship ment closes it. The Carrier was moved to a neighbouring Yard on tuesday. The Kennedy is the last ship to be pier where the overhaul will be completed. . Supreme court asked to Rule on Confederate Flag from the associated press Columbia . The state supreme court was asked tuesday to give state lawmakers a deadline to decide the Fate of the Confederate Fla above the state House or to impose a settlement itself ,.-.richard Gergel an attorney for a coalition of groups that sued to have the Flag taken Down said lawmakers did t follow proper procedure when they decided in 1962 to raise the Banner above the Capitol dome. As a result he argued there is nonlegal authority to keep the Flag flying. Samuel Howell an attorney for the legislature state House committee argued that the 1962 procedures were in order and that the operation of the state House is solely lawmakers jurisdiction. South Carolina is the last state to Fly the Confederate Battle Flag above its Capitol although the Georgia and Mississippi state flags incorporate the Blue x with the red background and White stars. On the last Day of this year s legislative session lawmakers killed a Bill that would have removed the Flag. A ,/.v.vThe coalition led by the National association forthe advancement of coloured people asked the state supreme court to Settle the Issue. Teen Dies in fire Chicago Heights 111. The body of a 17-year-old boy was found crouched in a bedroom closet tuesday after a fire scorched the second floor of a Home for troubled teens. Daniel Johnson died after being burned Over Mostof his body. He was among eight teen age boys and a supervisor living at aunt Martha a a Home leased by the state department of children and family services.-., another 17-year-old with Burns was in critical condition at Loyola University medical Center i Maywood said spokeswoman Maureen Kaminski. Three others were Hurt after jumping out the . The remaining three were not Home at the time of the Early morning fire. The supervisor was Home but he was not injured authorities said. Death of los Angeles a the death of Michael Jackson s former sister in Law is suspicious the Coroner s office said tues Daya. ././. -. Delores Jackson 39, died aug. 27 of asphyxia due to drowning alcohol in take and Blunt Force traumatic injuries said Scott Carrier a spokesman for the Coroner s office the report did not determine How Del ores Jackson the former wife of Michael Jackson s older brother Tito drowned or was injured Carrier said. Sandi Gibbons a spokeswoman for the District attorney s office would not say whether the Case was being handled As murder the sheriffs department interviewed25 people and concluded its investigation without arrests Deputy Brian Jones said. / Delores Jackson s body was pulled from a Pool by Boyfriend Donald banana. ". A Bohana said they were swimming in the wee hours when he got out of the water and left briefly investigators said. When he returned she was at the Bottom of the Pool Bohana said. The autopsy report noted lip Tongue and ear cuts As Well As Haemorrhaging in the neck there also was a notation that the injuries favor a non accidental origin and support the possibility of  Carrier said at a news conference that he was t familiar with the term assisted drowning in an autopsy report. But he said some of Delores Jackson s cuts and bruises were not consistent with drowning. This Jady had a torn ear lobe an ear ring had come Loose in her ear Carrier said. Carrier said investigators were not counting out the possibility that she was beaten. The Mode of death is undetermined he said. / Delores Jackson s blood alcohol level was almost 2vi times the Legal limit of 0.08 percent Carrier said. She divorced Toriano Tito Jackson in 1988 after .16 years of marriage. They had no children. Jackson family spokesman John Mclaughlin said he had not been in touch with the family concerning the Coroner s report and could not comment. Butler a. A Michael Ricksgers admits he shot his wife to death in bed but says a rare sleep disorder caused him to do it As he slept. Ricksgers was suffering from sleep Apnoea which cuts off oxygen to the brain and causes abnormal be Havior defense attorney Lou Ceraso said during opening statements tuesday at the husband s murder trial. It s a Little like sleepwalking or talking in you sleep in which you do involuntary things but in a much More exaggerated form the lawyer said. Assistant District attorney David Hepting did address the sleep Apnoea Issue in his opening statement. But he said there was no doubt that Ricksgers deliberately killed his wife As she slept the morning after Christmas. He said that Janet Ricksgers once consulted a divorce attorney and that police found a note to i Man kill Chael Ricksgers in her purse in which she said shews leaving him forever. She signed it  both sides said they would Call experts to testify about sleep Apnoea in which a person s breathing can Stop for As Long As a minute. A study in the new England journal of Medicine last year found that 4 percent of women and 9 per cent of men in their working years experience spells of Apnoea at least is times an Nour while asleep. A Canadian Man who stabbed his Mother in Law to death and seriously wounded his father in Law in 1987 was acquitted after sleep disorder experts Testi fied that the acts had occurred during a sleepwalking episode. Michael Ricksgers told investigators that he was horrified when he awoke to a bang at about 2 . And found that he was holding the .357-caliber mag num that his wife kept under the Pillow because he worked late. / lawyer says she was shot in the Back. Michael Ricksgers a 37-year-old welder called police immediately and made no attempt to hide Evi Dence Ceraso said. But relatives and co workers of  Ricksgers testified that the couple s marriage was falling apart. Janet Ricksgers planned to leave her husband after Christmas said Lester Allen who worked with her at Rob Roy industries a manufacturer of electrical conduits where Janet Ricksgers was an assembler. A Cousin Wendy Wehner testified that Janet Ricksgers said her husband had abused their 5-ye"ar Oldson. Police who searched the couple s Buffalo town ship Home found the goodbye note and a 1988 receipt for a divorce attorney s retainer Hepting said. Janet Ricksgers had filed for divorce and moved in with relatives that year before she and her husband reconciled