European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - November 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 23. 1994 . The stars and stripes Page 7 teens say anti alien bids scuttled order for pizza from the associated press Stockton Calif. Three teen agers claim cashier refused to sell them a pizza because they could t prove they were legally in the unite states. The girls two hispanics and an Indian said the incident took place three Days after California voters passed proposition 187, which would deny schooling welfare and nonemergency health care to illegal immigrants. The teen agers told the Stockton record that a cashier at the graduate restaurant asked for naturalization papers when they ordered a pizza . / the kids Are humiliated Freda Alvarez Parent of 13-year-old Elirta told us today. Restaurant manager Glenn Plank said he doubted anyone refused to serve the girls. We have probably 75 percent hispanic customers he said. I doubt we d turn anyone away. It s  Church ploy triggers suit new Orleans a judge who has sentenced at least 350 people to attend Church was sue monday by the american civil liberties Union. The Acle challenged the sentence handed to a Man accused of Drunken driving saying the punishment violated the separation of Church and state -. Thomas p. Quirk Lake Charles City court judge ordered Gregory Thompson to attend Church once a week for a year on his no contest plea in 1993. I m not going to Stop until the courts Tell me i begot to quirk said. Pair jailed for abusing girl Sandusky Mich. A couple were sentence to prison monday for chaining the Man s 9-year-old daughter to her bed in a dark closet reeking of excrement. Stephen Rogers 30, got a 10v to 15-year sentence and his Girlfriend Trudy o Connor 32, received six to 15 years. A jury convicted them of child abuse Las month. Police found the girl feb. 11 in a walk in closet her arms bound in a straitjacket made of socks and a Scarf and her Ankles chained to a urine soaked bed. Rogers had testified that he had shackled the girl several times a week to keep her from roaming the House at night. State wins gambling ruling Indianapolis the Indiana supreme court ruled monday that the state s riverboat gambling Law is constitutional breaking up a Legal logjam that had kept the state from licensing floating casinos. We re ecstatic quite frankly said Rober Pastrick mayor of East Chicago which is eligible for one of 11 riverboat licenses created by the general Assembly. The ruling frees the state gaming commission to Grant gambling licenses and add riverboats to the list of Legal gaming activities which already include Bingo a lottery and horse racing. Since Spring the commission had been blocked from issuing licenses by a Superior court ruling that the 1993 gaming Law violated a state constitutional ban on Laws that play favourites among communities. Snores Lead to close shave fort Smith Ark. Three homeless men bashed one of their own in the face with the porcelain lid of a toilet tank and shaved his head because his snoring was disturbing them police said. Garry Campbell 41, was listed in Good condition with a fractured Eye socket a broken nose and cuts on the  men were arrested in the attack saturday. No immediate charges were filed. Sgt. David Overton said Campbell was part of group of homeless people who had taken Refuge from the rain in a vacant apartment where they fell asleep after drinking most of the Day. Or. Campbell was snoring real loud. The suspects began to yell at him to try to get him to quiet Down Overton  Campbell did to the others attacked him Overton  head was shaved Overton said. Investigating officers found a pile of hair on the floor and some  for cancer comes Home Norwell mass. A a 16-year-old cancer patient who ran away last month rather than endure More treatments has returned Home his father said monday. Billy Best flew Home saturday from Texas where head fled by bus after Selling off some of his possessions to pay for his fare. Right now that s All we re going to say said Bly s father Bill. He said the family would hold a news con Ference today. I m sorry that i had to Hurt anybody Billy told the television show a current affair. I wish there were some Way i could have done it. Without causing any pain.". ". A. L. A Friend 18-year-old Nate Quinn said Billy explained that he came Home because his parents kind of wanted him to and he did t want to get into an argument Over  x Billy left Home oct. 26 with Only a Duffel bag and skateboard. He left a note saying that he Felt the treat ments that were supposed to cure him were killing himinstead.1 a Billy was diagnosed in August with Hodgkin s Dis ease. The cancer affects the body s Lymph system which helps Ward off infection. About 80 percent of its victims recover with chemotherapy and radiation treat ments. Doctors told the teen Ager that the disease had been eliminated from All but the area around his Windpipe. They said he needed four More months of treatment or else the cancer would return. His parents pleaded for Billy to come Home and they and his doctors promised to modify his treatment pro Gram. " v -. " Billy called Home from Houston when he saw history on television but said he needed time to think be fore returning. He had since been in touch with his family by phone. Another Friend 17-year-old Alex eaves said Billy an avid skateboarder had stayed in Houston with a couple of friends he met skaters he  he s really healthy. He s the Healthiest i be overseen him Alex said monday. According to the to show two Houston teen Ager who had heard about Billy s Cross country trek organized their own search and found him in an abandoned warehouse. / ask. His return flight was paid for by former Tennis player Andrea Jaeger said Billy s Mother Susan Best. She said her son was scheduled to meet with doctor tuesday to discuss his future treatment. Billy told a current affair that he was looking into alternative treatments. Vav. " i. A Bill Best said the family had sold an exclusive inter View to the syndicated to show but did not say How much they were paid. The show was to be broadcast inthe states on tuesday. Use of ladder that killed Man new York a i a fire ladder that twisted and collapsed during a Rescue throwing a Man to his death and injuring four other people is a Workhorse piece of equipment used by Large and Small fire companies across the country. And it will of on being used despite the Accident sunday several big City fire departments including new Yorks said monday. Seagrave Aerial based in Clintonville wis., has been in business for 100 years and its ladders Are used in every major City said Tom Kniaz chief of Appa Ratus of the Detroit fire department. Yreno Espinoso 37, was killed sunday when the 3 year old lightweight aluminium Alloy ladder buckled As hand his family climbed out a sixth floor window in a Burn ing building. Firefighter Greg Smith gripped Espinoso children 6-year-oldlissetto and 4-year-ofd Edwin As the ladder groaned twisted and crashed to the ground. Their Mother Aqueda Santana 31, who was following Smith also managed to hold on. The Mother and children herein critical but stable condition at Bellevue Hospital spokeswoman Vicki Ciampa said monday. Smith was in stable condition at Bellevue. The ladder was fully extended to 91 feet at a Lowangie and investigators said they will Likely look into whether a combination of factors the length of Extension Low Angle and weight contributed to the Accident. They also will investigate whether proper proce dures were followed. Officials said Only one of the ladder s upright posts was secured against the building and firefighters might have been Able to set up inside a Metal Gate to get a better Angle though that might have taken longer. Deputy fire commander William Feehan said the setup was understandable Given the urgency of the res Cue Effort and did t violate department policy. Fire commissioner Howard Safir said weight alone should not have caused the ladder to fail. It is unusual to have five people on a ladder atone. But it is not unheard of he said. The ladder should hold  officials refused to release details of the Rig s maintenance record or comment on the investigation until itis Complete. It was not the first time a Seagrave ladder had buckled. On oct. 27 in nearby Yonkers a nearly identical Seagrave rear mount ladder also twisted As firefighters battled a Blaze. The Only difference was that the Yon kers ladder buckled about 25 feet up while the one inner York twisted near the Bottom. One firefighter was injured in the Yonkers incident when the ladder crashed onto an adjacent roof. As in the new York incident the ladder was fully extended Yonkers fire commissioner Neil Curry said. Seagrave Aerial would not give specifics on the ladder s recommended use and company spokesman Joe Kaufmann firefighters in new York pass under a twisted ladder that buckled and threw a Man to his death during res Cue operation sunday. Would not detail the equipment s safety record. There Are probably thousands of these ladders i service and they be been involved in thousands of successful Rescue operations Kaufmann said. At least one big City fire department plans a Thor Ough review. Capt. Fred Donnelly apparatus officer for the Philadelphia fire department which also use Seagrave equipment said we want to make sure that what we have in t the same thing and that what behave is operational and