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Show Wednesday, November nrr .A rV p AP Science Editor DALLAS tAPPhysicians at past medical centers nationwide are I' y , ; f U 3 ' n v :'Ah'C3 ?1 II t f ,i'' -- h I 1 4 - y t ''&, r' Ail V v -- " I f - , K J The gallows have divided towspeople in Douglas, Wyo. Wyoming town hopes new image won't kill tourism By JIM ANGELL Associated Press Writer No DOUGLAS, Wyo. (AP) one can remember a real hanging e in Douglas, a ranch and railroad town of tents where the first church services were held in a saloon and the unofficial symbol is a mythical beast called the jackalope. But now a gallows built for the town centennial has residents divided. Some say the symbol of frontier justice, recreated at a cost of $1,200 so boosters could "hang people and ride horses," draws tourist dollars. Others consider it an uninsured hazard and a blot on the town's image. "I think it's a part of our Western heritage, something that ought to be preserved," says Peter Mike Curtin, a leader of the "Wild Bunch," a collection of businessmen who raised the gallows in the middle of Center - one-tim- Street on June 28. During the summer centennial celebration, the noose frequently was knotted around the necks of community leaders in mock hangings. Religious leaders of this eastern Wyoming city of 5.000 question the propriety of having the gallows overshadow the down- town. "It's a symbol from a long time ago that kind of puts our community in a strange light," said the Rev. Robert Swinea, of the Christ Episcopal Church. He described it "as a symbol of hopelesness. ... I would feel the same about having a working gas chamber on Main Street." 'if it was a symbol of our past, that would be different," said the Rev. Ron Blain of the Wesleyan Church. "Maybe this is a symbol of the old West, not Douglas." Actually, the town's unofficial symbol is a jackalope, a mythical cross between the region's plentiful jack rabbits and antelopes. The jackalope has horns and supposedly sings before thunderstatue of the storms. A animal is displayed at the entrance to a fairgrounds, replacing one that used to stand on Main Street before it was smashed by a motorist. Two weeks ago, with the centennial winding down, city officials decided to dismantle the logs. But gallows of rough-hewthree members of the Wild Bunch to save literally stepped in it, and the community debate began. The group, named after the original Wild Bunch led by Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 10-fo- n who hid out rushing to adopt a new technique using tiny balloons to open valves inside the heart, a sater and cheaper procedure than surgery, doctors say. In the year since the procedure was first attempted in the United States, at least 15 medical centers have begun using it experimentally, said Dr. William Grossman of Harvard University. Doctors in 1980 began using balloons to open clogged arteries, a procedure now done on 50.000 Americans a year instead of bypass surgery, Grossman said. The new technique, called balloon valvuloplasty, is an important advance that takes the balloon inside the beating heart. It could eventually replace surgery for many of the 50,000 to 70.000 Americans who suffer severe narrowing, or stenosis, of heart valves each year, Grossman said Monday at the American Heart Association's annual meet- these three patients." elsewhere in Wyo- ming, approached two workers as they were beginning to dismantle the gallows and persuaded them to stop until city officials could be consulted. "I don't know if it brings (tourists) in or not, but when they see it, they stop," Curtin said, 'if somebody on Center Street sold one roll of film, it would have served its purpose." Merchants' support for the gallows is evident from handbills taped to windows and doors reading "Wanted: Your vote to save the gallows." That refers to an informal referendum staged by the weekly Douglas Budget. The newspaper will count ballots Friday, and both city officials and the Wild Bunch have agreed to abide by the results. Part of the debate is the gallows' lack of liability insurance to protect the city or the state Highway Department, which Is responsible for the median on which the gallows stands. "As far as the particular structure goes, we are hanging out there bare," Mayor Dick George said. "If you worry your whole ... life about what bunches of lawyers will do in court, that is all you are going to do, argues Wild Bunch member Steve Park. "If somebody wants to take me to court, let 'em." The mayor said the gallows was built with the understanding that it would be removed at the end of the centennial celebration and that Douglas, its officials and the Highway Department would be covered in case of an accident. Park and Curtin said the Wild Bunch decided insurance coverage was too expensive. "It was going to cost $1,500 for three months so we could hang people and ride horses," Park said. t more." I t s "V Charles McKay from L'SC explains the balloon technique. .1. -- 25 valve-replaceme- .1. Rhodes IK1NBB - - - rr - A j5Syti.ylW V U I I 1. w i I I 1 ifTi f&ff A TA Ai jiirtifrYJ :Jy 52i 5 . 1 4! ir 'JWtmw: ;? ESSS?!.! J : J 'it ' mtfm who An Force sergeant, isn't "a lean, mean fighting ma- chine," has filed suit to keep from being demoted for failing to meet military weight requirements. Master Sgt. Royal Latham, who is stationed at Grand Forks Air Force Base, said he was notified in August he will be demoted to technical sergeant because he is overweight. Latham, who is 16 months away from retirement, asked in a lawsuit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Fargo that he be allowed to serve out his time without being demoted. At 194 pounds. Latham is 30 pounds over the maximum weight allowed for his heiRht - Capt. Bonnie Saunders, a Grand Forks Air Force Base spokeswoman, said the Air Force had not seen Latham's lawsuit and would not comment on it except to say it would abide by any iederal court order. A board hearing before a demotion is scheduled for Dec, 3. ? " vl our in I I PILLSBURY MICROWAVE CAKE (25C) mm postage El I M'X W'th n P U Kansas 66210 crrr Mc mWmf V when you buy one package of if H p" oh utwi of na ca caa MizacaraKia Panany flavor- - ES3 11S5I 1 I eileOT trw 1 L! I J I cww" ia I I II I J J II (I HI $ttfh I V, I 4 B Jr;S:', wxm tM13 ESS9 BSSJ EZS3 f ,yv. IH .ue 11 18000 75125 5 't, M vi- MmmmwL -- " s,. 1 rririKi But for them to say (the premiums) are too much ... that is an attitude I do not much care for." 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