Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.twt.news From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Headline Article Date: Tue, 10 Nov 92 15:13:22 EST Message-ID: \SE A;NATION;AMERICAN SCENE;MIDWEST \BY FROM WIRE DISPATCHES AND STAFF REPORTS S=NEW STORY Judge to rule in Axl Rose riot case CLAYTON, Mo. - It'll be up to a St. Louis County judge to decide Axl Rose's legal fate. Attorneys handling both sides in the misdemeanor case against Mr. Rose have agreed to skip a trial and let the judge rule on the matter. They presented evidence yesterday in Clayton. A decision is expected in a couple of days. Mr. Rose's charges stem from a riot that broke out during his concert in suburban St. Louis last year. The fighting started after he leaped from the stage to take a camera from a fan. About 40 concertgoers and 25 police officers were hurt. Mr. Rose has pleaded not guilty, and won't have to testify in the case. He faces up to 4 1/2 years in prison and fines up to $4,500. S=NEW STORY Son of accused woman taken off respirator GERING, Neb. - A woman accused of causing her 2-year-old's coma by throwing him into a desk is locked in a battle over the right to direct his life-sustaining medical care. Susan Cross pleaded not guilty yesterday to assault and child abuse. She lost temporary custody of the hospitalized boy and is seeking court assurance that her wish for life-prolonging treatment will be honored. But her wishes weren't followed by the Nebraska Department of Social Services or Children's Hospital in Denver, where the toddler was taken after he was injured Sept. 30. The toddler was taken off the breathing machine Friday, despite Miss Cross' objections and a judge's ruling that her wishes should prevail until the criminal charges against her are resolved. Jerald continued to breathe on his own yesterday. A state lawyer, doctors and a hospital spokesman said there is no meaningful hope for his recovery. S=NEW STORY Marriage to end after '370,000 years' CHANHASSEN, Minn. - If anyone can talk authoritatively about the ups and downs of marriage, it's David Anders and Susan Goeppinger. They've been married for about 370,000 years. On stage, that is. The husband-wife team has appeared almost nightly for 22 years in a dinner-theater production of the romantic musical "I Do! I Do!" It's believed to be the longest run in the United States of any play with its original cast, according to Pamela Jordan, librarian at the Yale School of Drama. But the musical, which depicts 50 years of a marriage, will have its final curtain call in June. By then, Miss Goeppinger and Mr. Anders, as Agnes and Michael, will have sung their wedding vows, flirted with divorce and lived together to a ripe old age more than 7,600 times. Over the years, more than 650,000 people have seen the production at Chanhassen Dinner Theatres in this Twin Cities suburb. This article is copyright 1992 The Washington Times. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM