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Show Artificial Heart Surgery Begins at U. H Tribune Staff Hie implantation of the Jarvik-artificial heart into a 61- - ear-ol- d 7 former Salt Lake City man was moc ed up on an emergency basis to late Wednesday night when the patient's condition began to worsen The recipient is Barney Clark, a Seattle dentist. John Dwan, spokesman for the I rnxersitx of Utah Medical Center. announced at a 10 p m press conference that the surgical team headed b Dr. William DeVries decided to move the operation up from Thursday morning because Dr Clark began developing abnormal heart rhythms The artificial heart recipient met with his wife, Unaloy Mason Clark, and members of his family about 8 p m , before preparing for surgery "The reason why he (Dr. Clark i waited so long is because he wanted to get his affairs m order, Mr Dwan said tune in medical history that an artificial heart has This is the first been implanted in a human without More oil htart transplant if the artificial heart operation is not sueessful Me y ars past the cutoff date of 5h is years of age for a heart transplant This man is no different than Columbus or the pioneers who settled this alley He is striking out into new territory, said Dr Chase Peterson, vice president of health science at the university During the press conference, I)r 1 c ' . B- -l backup system in case the surgery fails There is no possibility that Dr Clark could get a human a said 'he irregular heart beat had cont in led for some time during the dav and that the decision to move the operation up was made so the surgeiy could take place while the heart was still pumping adequate amounts of blood to the brain Dr Peterson said certain steps were taken Wednesday to improve Dr Clarks condition "Chemicals were administered to smooth out to eliminate the the heartbeat vtia beats We were trying to dry him out. also, to get the extra fluid out of his tady " i The oK'rating room was sealed oft and guarded by five armed University of Itah Police This is toe1 first time guards have been used ,il the Medical Center since executed murderer Cary Gilmore donated his eves mow Kills 1 .(.ow By George Raine .Tribune Staff Writer Snow fell relentlessly in northern Utah Wednesday, giving comfort to weather forecasters who had delivered on their word, and anguish to travelers who moved in slow motion. Streets and highways were littered with a hundred or more minor accidents, and a Provo woman was killed when her automobile slid into oncoming traffic. The snow was to abate early Thursday morning, but another storm, like its sister that arrived in the Mountain West at daybreak, BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) Presi- with Brazils chief executive Wednesday about the countrys troubled economy, and agreed to provide an emergency $1.2 billion loan to help it pay urgent foreign bills until longer-terfinancing is arranged. The U.S. loan is intended to permit Brazil to continue buying foreign goods until it negotiates a $5 billion to $6 billion loan from the International Monetary Fund in measexchange for ures to stabilize its economy. Along with Mexico and Argentina, Brazil is among the Third Worlds most heavily indebted nations. The prospect of Brazilian default on an estimated $80 billion in foreign debt, and defaults by other similarly troubled countries, has prompted talk in international banking circles of a global credit crisis. Reagan also agreed to ease the impact of U.S. sugar quotas for Brazil, the worlds largest sugar producer. Reagan met with Brazilian President Joao Baptista Figueiredo at the Palacio do Planalto, the modernistic presidential palace, and later went horseback riding. We have come to some agree m was poised over the Eastern Pacific Ocean and will arrive Friday. fell in the upper benches of Bountiful and Salt Lake County, and, For record keepers, the lowest barometric pressure ever for the city was measured at the Salt Lake City International Airport, at 1:41 a m. The surface pressure fell to 29.01 inches, according to the National Weather Service, erasing the previous record of 29.04 inches on Jan. 12, 1932, when 5.7 inches of snow fell at the airport. Five inches of snow had fallen there by 1 p.m. Wednesday, and up to another 2 inches were expected before midnight. Two feet of snow adding Tuesdays and Wednesdays measurements, more than 50 inches of snow fell at Alta and Snowbird. In Provo, Susan T. Wing, 33, was killed when she lost control of her Street Plowing! B- -l vehicle on slick University Street. Mrs. Wing, who was northbound, slid into two southbound automobiles on 5100 N. University at 7:20 a.m. ments about future cooperation, Reagan said after the palace meeting. Reagan, who arrived Tuesday n Latin night to begin a American tour to promote democracy and strengthen relations, said he looked forward to working with Brazil on their economic problems as well as our own. He did not elaborate. However, as the two leaders met, the traveling White House press office announced that Reagan had signed a proclamation waiving U.S. quotas for sugar used to produce gasohol and alcohol for industrial purposes. Although Reagan administration officials had warned in advance that this would not be a trip in which there would be U.S. handouts at every stop, the gesture was seen as symbolic of the administrations efforts to ease the trade protec-tionsiFigueiredo has decried. As the worlds largest sugar producer, Brazil complained that the quotas Reagan imposed last four-natio- m Today's Chuckle Nothing makes a woman feel older than meeting a fat, bald man who went to school with her. to protect the U.S. sugar market would cost up to $400 million in exports this year. This is just a fraction of Brazils total annual exports of $22 billion, but the issue typifies the South American nations complaints about U.S. restraints on its trade. In the capital city, Reagan walked through a double file of ceremonial guards outfitted in white tunics and plumed helmets to enter the palace for his formal discussions with Figueiredo, who has blamed the industrialized nations for causing the world recession that has taken such an enormous toll here. May Reagan confirmed he is considera request from the Beirut government to increase the number of U.S. peacekeeping troops in Lebanon and also seek other nations participation in the multinational force. On his first official trip to South America, Reagan spent the day engaged in activities that were closed to the press and public sesexcept for brief picture-takin- g ing sions. Wednesdays agenda also included a reception hosted by Reagan for about 100 Brazilian politicians. Family Considerations Kennedy Bows Out of 84 Elections By David Espo Associated Press Writer Sen. Edward WASHINGTON M. Kennedy said Wednesday he won't seek or accept the 1984 Democratic presidential nomination even though he believes it was his to claim. With his children alongside, he cited overriding obligations to them for the decision to dismantle a budding campaign. I tery dont think theres any mysI would like to be president, he said. Were the decision to be made solely on political grounds, I would have made a different announcement today. ' A Tr avelers 1 Billion Offers $ Reagan T o Stop Brazil Default dent Reagan conferred v The withdrawal of the Massachusetts senator came 451 days before the first presidential primary, in March 1984. Kennedy, whose brothers John, then the president, and Robert, who tried to be, were both assassinated, failed in a bid to wrest the Democratic nomination from incumbent Jimmy Carter two years ago. But he was out front in the early polls for the 1984 contest. In stepping aside, he endorsed no other contender, but held open that possibility. The decision left former Vice President Walter F. Mondale as the frontrunner in an already crowded field of unannounced Democratic candidates. Other liberals, including Rep. Morris Udall of Arizona, may now be encouraged to step in and bid for the Kennedy constituency. Udall told reporters that Kennedys move forces everyone, including myself, to what role I might play. Talked With Family 1 will talk with my wife, my as to family, my colleagues whether I should become an active candidate, Udall said. In Atlanta, Carter said, 1 am sure the other candidates will be relieved that Kennedy is out of the contest. But Im not a candidate and I have no plans to run for office again, and this doesnt change my plans, he said. Kennedys announcement was a political bombshell in Washington, even though it was known his family was leaning hard against a 1984 campaign. Kennedy met with the dan over Thanksgiving, and "they all support my decision, I think." Cranks I'p Election Bid Kennedy had geared up to run, .spending $750,000 on television commercials in Massachusetts even was though his Senate assured, beefing up his political and g staff and authorizing aides to solicit advice from campaign veterans about setting up another bid for the White House. fund-raisin- In addition, two aides disclosed, Kennedy had commissioned polls in New Hampshire, Iowa and Illinois. They said he made his decision not See Page 9, Column 1 The drivers of the other vehicles, Roger Scaland, 1097 N. 910 East Orem, and Nancy Bembrock, 38, 667 N. Atlantis Drive, Orem, were taken to Utah Valley Hospital where they were treated and released. The Utah Highway Patrol also reported that a man was injured early Wednesday when he was hit by a car in Salt Lake City as he got out of his car, but the mans name and condition were not available. By midday, when snow was falling faster than an inch an hour and the National Weather Service and other agencies were reporting extremely hazardous drivingtondi-tions- , Gov. Scott M. Matheson ordered the department heads of state government to release from work the majority of the 6,000 state employees in Salt Lake County. Skeleton crews remained to do the states business. The 53,500 students enrolled in the Jordan School District, the states second largest, went home two hours early Wednesday; the majority of Salt Lake Citys 2,100 employees, minus police, fire and streets personnel, were sent home at 4 p.m., and those Salt Lake County employees who had considerable distances to travel from their workplaces were told they could depart early. Nearly all of the Utah Transit Authority service was crippled early Wednesday, and service in the Avenues area of Salt Lake City was not attempted until noon, when plows had sufficiently cleared the main arteries, spokesman John Inglish said. Many people waited nearly an hour for their bus, not so much because of piling snow but because of traffic jams created by stalled vehicles or accidents, the worst conditions being in the University of Utah area. Salt Lake City Police reported some 60 accidents, most of them minor fender-benderduring the day, and a dozen abandoned vehicles made driving even more hazardous than it was given the weather. The Salt Lake County Sheriffs Office said deputies were called to some 45 accident scenes, and the Utah Highway Patrol responded to 40 or more accidents, most of which were domino-lik- e pile-up- s in the bottlenecks of freeway systems. People seem to want to get to work at the same time they always do. when it snows, said Salt Lake City Police Lt. Ben Jensen. They leave at the same time and expect to keep the same pace, and it doesnt work. You never know what it is theyre thinking about. That seems to be the problem. One of them. The main road between Alta and Snowbird was closed throughout the day, as was Johnsons Pass in Tooele County. Big Cottonwood Canyon was open and closed intermittently all day as well, and Little Cottonwood Canyon was closed to traffic at 5 p.m. We like to use the word See Page 2, Column 4 U. s, vtss-- s Tribune Staff Photo by Lynn R. Johnson downtown Main Street was typical scene throughout Utah, where snow fell faster than an inch an hour. Snow-covere- d Storms Wrath Hits Rockies With Fury By David L. Langford Associated Press Writer A blizzard whipped up by a storm that tore across California with e winds buried some Rocky Mountain communities snow Wednesday. under waist-dee- p The death toll reached 11, with four hurricane-forc- But the stuff coming down out West stuck where it lay, snarling travel across all of Utah, northern Arizona, southern Idaho, southern Montana, western Wyoming, and w estem Colorado. Blizzard warnings were up in Montana where at least 2 feet of snow also was expected. south-centr- The storm had dumped snow 6 feet deep in the Sierra Nevada Mountains as it moved across California earlier. ... Todays Forecast Salt Lake City and vicinity Skies will be clearing by afternoon but turning cloudy by night. Highs in 30s. Lows in teens. Details on B-- I other people missing. The South was swamped by torrential rains, with almost 8 inches falhng in Birmingham. Ala., where flooding forced evacuation of scores of families and closed many roads and schools. Up to 7 inches of rain in northern Louisiana also flooded roadways. In Birmingham. Chil Defense officials exacuated 100 people from the northern part of the city, where some schools were surrounded by water 3 feet deep from 7.38 inches of rain. About 75 people were evacuated hi the suburb of Enslex and an undetermined number fled homes in the neighboring city of Bessemer. Many - Associated Press Laserohoto Utility crewmen work outside Malibu, Calif., beachfront home collapsing into the I t e ocean after winds and heavy rains caused severe mudslides and flooding in area. gale-forc- streets deep water. The storm in the West had buttered California on Tuesday from San Francisco to San Diego, w ith snow falhng as fast as 3 inches an hour in the Sierra Nex alias. It toppled power poles and trees and ripped off roofs with winds up to 78 See Page 2. Column 2 |
