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Show . Jazz try to stay alive in the playoffs sports ,Orem software company fined by state business I m Wednesday Ml m m A A. I a. A. -- - I (J MAY 30, 2007 1IJK www.heraldextra.com YGURT0WN-YOUR-NEIGHB0RSYOURIEW5PAP- itmb U A II I UTAH VALLEY EDITION 50 CENTS ER Traveler with rare TB ouaramtmec First government-issue- d Mike Stobbe THE ASSOCIATED PRESS A man with a rare and dangerous form of tuberculosis ignored doctors' advice and c took two flights, leading to the first U.S. government-ordere- d quarantine since 1963, health officials said Tuesday . The man, who officials did not identify, is at Atlanta's Grady Memorial Hospital in respiratory isolation. He was potentially infectious at the time of the flights, so officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended medical exams for cabin crew members on those flights, as well as ATLANTA trans-Atlanti- order since 1 963 E3 passengers sitting in the same rows or within two rows. CDC officials did not release row numbers but said the airlines were working with health officials to contact those passengers. Passengers who should be tested will be contacted by health officials from their home countries. The infected man flew from Atlanta to Paris on May 12 aboard Air France Flight 385. He returned to North America on May 24 aboard Czech Air Flight 0104 from Prague to Montreal. The man then drove into the United States at the Champlain, N.Y., border crossing. Where XDR-Tbeen detected - Swed. Norway Ger i UK- Neth Ireland has Canada Lith. Lat. Estonia Russia - Pol. - Georgia France Reports U.S. of rare TB r Spain w An extensively form of tuberculosis, also called XDR-Tresists many drugs used to treat the infection. Last year, there were two U.S. cases of that strain. - J" Mexico Stov.- - Italy r Azerbaijan Japan S Kor. Arm. Iran Israel - Ecuador Czech -- Peru Rep - Hong Bang Kong Thailand Brazil - Chile r -- Rom. South Africa Argentina SOURCE: World Hearth Organization SeeTB, A3 In Honor of Family Sheriffs deputies' health put to the test ii Qj 1! Natalie Andrews DAILY HERALD Climbing to the stranded hiker takes work. Swimming to the stranded boater takes effort. That's why the Utah County 1 . r& '- T, rf A 1 , : " 2 4. ASHLEY FRANSCELLOaily Herald Bert Ruesch accepted medals and pins from Rep. Chris Cannon, for his frrother, Frank Ruesch, who served in World War II. In a ceremony at City Hall in Mt. Pleasant on Tuesday, Frank Ruesch was honored posthumously with seven awards including the Bronze Star and the Purple Heart. Sheriff's Office is implementing fitness requirements for deputies. "There's a lot of interest in maintaining individual deputies' physical health," Utah County Capt. Doug Witney said. "Along with physical health comes emotional and mental health as well." . Witney said the standards are established by the Utah Risk Management Mutual Association, or URMMA. They examine what kind of effort a deputy would exert on the job, such as pulling an individual from Utah Lake or off of Bridal Veil Falls in a search and rescue. Both are common activities performed by the Utah County Sheriff's Office. Witney said the study has been reviewed and validated by the county attorney's office. It has been before the county commission, but what is needed is a policy stating what happens See PHYSICAL, A2 Cannon presents medals to soldier's brother Brittani Lusk DAILY HERALD RUESCH LEFT FOR WAR with his brother, frank, the kid everybody called BERT served together in a National Guard unit until Frank had a tiff with a colonel and left for the 11th Airborne Division. In Germany, Bert got a letter from his brother: "We've got a dinner date next summer on the mountain," it said. Be careful, Frank said, and let's both be there. The next week, Bert received a letter from his mother telling him that Frank had been killed in the Philippines. INSIDE LIFE Sunshine, OUR TOWNS D1 BUSINESS D6 COMICS M EDITORIALS A5 LOW 47 ' C6 Asiatic-Pacifi- c Gas VOLUME 84 ISSUE 303 D4 OBITUARIES WEATHER HIGH 78 CI Conduct Medal, Looking for the best place to All up? Check out gas prices from around the area on Page D2 In Our Towns. And visit dallyheraM.comgas 6 ,",61055"00050"8 Paul Larson, quartermaster and service officer for Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 9276, has helped dozens of veterans get their medals. Larson said he helped Bert get his medals in time for his 80th birthday. Then they started working on Frank's. They requested the medals and heard nothing. "I had given up on them," Bert said. During the VFW's first meeting in May, Larson said they should ask for the medals again, but go a different route. That is why they called Cannon's office. Cannon was willing to help. "There's so much bureaucracy that it takes a congressman to cut through it," Cannon said. Campaign Medal with one Bronze Service Star, World War II Victory Medal, Combat Infantryman Medal first award and Honorable Service Lapel Button. Frank is also eligible for three more medals and his jump wings. They have not come yet. Cheap , warmer B1 & STYLE SPORTS "I'm sorry he broke the date," Bert said. There were so many veterans coming home from World War II that Bert didn't get his medals until he was 80 more than five years ago. r Frank finally got his on Tuesday. James Frank Ruesch Jr. was honored in Mt. Pleasant by U.S. Rep. Chris Cannon, and relatives as his service medals were awarded 60 years late. On behalf of his brother, Bert accepted the Bronze Star Medal, Purple Heart Medal, Good for more listings. See A3 has pledged to donate hissalarv f j to charity Wtt r if he is elected "president Read more on Page A2. .? (A Contestants vie for dying woman's kidney Arthur Max THE ASSOCIATED PRESS AMSTERDAM, Netherlands A woman suffering from an inoperable brain tumor wants to donate a kidney before she dies and will choose the recipient from among three contestants on Dutch national television, a TV network said Tues- - day, claiming it wants to highlight a crisis in organ donations. Asked to intervene, the government declined, saying it would be censorship to stop the broadcast, regardless of how distasteful and it might be. And it's even unethical unclear whether the contestants are a medical match with the terminally ill woman, and whether the winner , ka..,.MiyA.M,aMna,vmnt m MEDALS, Mitt Romney ttDG would be capable of receiving her kidney. The publicly financed television network, BNN, said it intends to go ahead with the program on Friday, drawing attention to the hundreds of people who die each year for lack of a kidney transplant. 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