European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 29, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the Star band stripes . Thursday december 29,1994 judge holds up Salem Ore. A a judge blocked Oregon from putting its assisted suicide Law into effect tuesday until a court can decide whether the voter approved Mea sure is constitutional. Measure 16, narrowly approved in november allows a patient to request a lethal dose of drugs if at least two doctors determine the person has less than six months to live. Surely the first assisted suicide Law in this country deserves a considered thoughtful constitutional Analy Sis . District judge Michael Hogan said. Hogan did not set a trial Date but said he hoped to resolve the matter As quickly As possible. The attorney general s office said last week that i Hogan issued a preliminary injunction As he did tues Day it could be a year or More before the constitutional Challenge is resolved. But Deputy attorney general Tom Balmer said he was not surprised Hogan decided a trial was needed. This is a novel Law and it was bound to end up in if the stars and stripes 10 years ago dec. 29,1984 a Missouri state legislator introduced a Bill that would make nose blowing an of sense punishable by a $200 Fine if it s done in a restaurant in a loud obnoxious or offensive  20 years ago dec. 29,1974 half the students interviewed in a safety Survey said they went to at least one drinking party a month and 61 percent of that group said they got drunk at least once monthly. 30 years ago dec. 29,1964 a blizzard swept in from the Arctic and dumped heavy Snow on parts of flood ravaged Northern California isolating hundreds of people in rugged Mountain country.  40 years ago dec. 29,1954 Premier Pierre Mendes France appeared to have won his Battle with the French National Assembly Over West German rearmament but the last of four votes required loomed As the most difficult of All. 50 year Sago dec. 29,1944 for the third straight Day a Force of 1,200 . 8th air Force b-17s and b-24s blasted rail routes carrying supplies and reinforcements for counter attacking nazi forces in Germany. World War ii 50 years ago today dec. 29 1.94 4 German soldiers dug into heavily fortified positions Battle fiercely against red army troops in the streets and buildings of Budapest soviet commanders try to open talks Orv the hungarian capital s surrender to avoid terrible bloodshed but their emissaries Are killed trying to reach the German lines. Combat remains at a Low level in the Battle of the bulge. Source 2194 Days of War w. H. Smith publishers inc. Tho world almanac of world War ii. Bison books corp., 1981 a court Balmer said. A Portland woman who is suffering from late stage breast cancer called the ruling unfair and  i Don t think a lot of people were going to line up to take advantage of this Law and commit suicide said Nancy Dony 42. But it gave people with terminal ill Nesses some measure of control Over their lives. You can t believe How freeing that is. It s was like i Don t have to suffer ". The measure was supposed to take effect dec. 8, but Hogan issued a temporary restraining order the Day be fore so he could hear arguments on the Law. He heard arguments last week from an attorney for National right to life who said measure 16 lacks Safe guards to protect terminally ill patients who might want to kill themselves because they Are depressed or be cause they cannot afford treatment. The Oregon attorney general s office asked Hogan to lift his restraining  said the measure protects constitutional rights and a majority of Oregon 3 of subway he s victim suicide Law. " i. Voters want an assisted suicide Law. One of the Law s supporters Hemlock society spokeswoman Lee Latour said she was dismayed by  can t discount the fact that this was a Law passed by the citizens of Oregon. This is a slap in the face to those people Latour  Bopp the National right to life attorney who sued to Block the Law said the judge acted prudently. The court recognized that we have substantial constitutional claims and serious concerns about patients committing suicide because of depression or undue in fluence the Turre haute Tod. Lawyer said. Measure 16 was approved by Oregon voters by a 51 per cent to 49 percent margin after an emotional Campaign. Even before the Law was challenged Ini court health care officials wondered How it would be put into effect. Doctors and pharmacists for example had yet to de cide whether to participate or what drugs should be prescribed to patients who ask to end their lives. . New York a the Man charged in the firebombing of a crowded subway car could not have committed such a crime his wife insisted tuesday. Edward Leary has always loved new York City especially its subways Marge Shaller said. He enjoyed the transit sys tem he Felt it was something that was a  was in critical but stable Condi Tion with Burns Over nearly half his body. No i Don t think he did it Shauer said. I think he s a  a grand jury indicted Leary on tues Day on one count each of attempted Mur Der assault attempted grand larceny and criminal Possession of a weapon. The Lar Ceny charge involves a plan to extort Money from the City said Wayne Brison a spokesman for Manhattan District at Torney Robert Morgenthau. Police had filed 45 counts of attempted murder against Leary. However because authorities Are still trying to determine whom Leary intended to harm the grand jury returned a single count of attempted murder against an unnamed victim authorities said. The grand jury i expected to return additional counts As victims recover and Are Able to testify. Leary could face up to 25 years in prison on the attempted Mur Der charge alone. Police say the 49-year-old unemployed computer specialist was holding a Mayon Naise Jar filled with flammable liquid and rigged with a timer when it went off dec. 21 on a subway train in a station. Leary s attorney Stephen Murphy said Leary probably wont be arraigned until next week after surgery on his legs. He is too heavily sedated to hear or speak much the lawyer said. He said Leary answered with one word no when asked directly if he was the subway bomber. A Marge Shaller wife of suspected firebombed Edward Leary. Is accompanied by Leary s attorney during a Brooklyn news conference tuesday. Shaller told reporters she knew Noth ing about notes that investigators claimed they found in the couple s Home in scotch Plains n.j., in which Leary called himself a terror mad bomber seeking to extort Money from the City police allege Leary hoped to get Money to pay Bills that have mounted since he lost his Job at Merrill Lynch last january. Shaller denied reports that they were be Hind on four mortgages saying their Only mortgage was on the House in scotch Plains. Murphy said the couple owns three Coop apartments outright in new York paying Only maintenance and Upkeep. Troopers fired Over Bellevue Wash. A a state trooper charged with illegally detaining a couple on their Way to an abortion clinic was fired tuesday for allegedly cheating on a promotion examination nearly two years ago. Lane Jackstadt 34, was Given notice of his dismissal during a meeting with his supervisor said capt. Tim Erickson a patrol spokesman. He had been a state trooper for nine years. Another trooper John Mcauliffe 29, of Woodinville was fired thursday also on cheating charges. Officials said the Case was not related to the abortion clinic incident. Jackstadt and Mcauliffe have unlisted phone numbers and could t be reached for comment tuesday. A trial Date is pending for Jackstadt who is charged with unlawful imprison ment and official misconduct after hold ing Deanna Thomas 18, and Justin Cooper 20. He faces As much As six years in prison and $15,000 in fines if convicted. The couple said Jackstadt spent 45 minutes trying to persuade them not to keep an abortion clinic appointment after stopping them for speeding july 27. Prosecutors said he changed the Speed on Cooper s ticket from 75 to 65 Mph after the couple agreed to follow him to a charges Church run counselling session. Thomas eventually had the abortion. Erickson said Jackstadt admitted Mak ing a tape recording of a departmental examination conducted in february 1993 for officers wanting to be promoted to sergeant. Investigators said he used a wireless microphone to secretly tape the questions on a 100-question multiple Choice exam that he and Mcauliffe failed. The two planned to use the questions to prepare for the next exam which is Given about every two years investigators said. Nei ther took the most recent exam which was Given last month