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Show i. gnti1filiitfi.iiMiiiiii...J..gnit i..ig.. n. pninnj ... 'mp' iiiii U. Surgeons Implant Artificial Ear in Ogden Man By Anne Wilson Tribune Medical Writer A Ogden man received an electronic artificial inr ner ear Thursday during a surgery at the University of Utah Medical Center, the first of 20 such operations approved by the federal Food and Drug Administration. four-hou- cording to medical center spokeswoman Ann Brillinger. this year to implant 20 of the devices in profoundly deaf patients. She said Mr. Shepherd will be released from the hospital within three days and sent home for four to six weeks to heal. At that time, he will be fitted with a sound proas cessor that will be he learns to use the artificial ear. It will take months to determine whether the artificial ear is going to work for him, Ms. Brillinger said. The surgery was performed by Dr. James Parkin, an ear, nose and throat specialist who plans The electronic device, known as the INERAID, features six equally spaced electrodes implanted along an inch of the cochlea, the part of the ear which transmits stimulation to the auditeflon-coate- d tory nerve. Hair-thiplatinum wires are attached to the electrodes and gathered to form a cable that is threaded through a graphite button that crosses the skin just behind the ear. fine-tune- The patient, Scott Shepherd, was listed in satisfactory and stable condition following the operation and was resting comfortably in University Hospitals Clinical Research Center, ac cessor that converts sound waves into a pattern of electrical impulses. Those impluses are transmitted to the implanted electrodes, stimulating specific nerve fibers along the cochlea. Sound waves are amplified for transmission into the inner ear by a tiny microphone hooked over the outer ear. n Similar devices have been Australia, the University of California at Berkeley and Stanford University, but they rely on electrode. The a single-channmutlichannel INERAID is de signed to allow greater discrimination of complex sounds. Under the protocol approved by the FDA for the 20 surgeries Dr. Parkin will perform, patients must be profoundly deaf, unable to benefit from standard hearing aids, acquired their deafness after learning to speak and be in good enough" health. Local News Features tes-tedi- el The cable is hooked to a pro TV Today, The INERAID was developed at the university and will be marketed by Kolff Medical Inc., which also markets the artificial heart. Page C-- 4 Friday Morning, April 6, 1984 Section B Page 1 Truce Called In Latest Brine War Stop FERC, Matheson State Agrees to Put Off Breaching Till May 18 MFS Regulation Is Issue at Stake Asks Reagan By Charles Seldin Tribune Staff Writer State authorities, swept into the latest in a series of brine wars between industrial concerns along shores of the Great Salt Lake, agreed Thursday that actual gouging of a hole in the Southern Pacific causeway would not occur prior to a thorough court hearing. The agreement forestalls the need for judicial intervention prior to May 18, when a hearing is scheduled on a motion for preliminary injunction barring further work. However, it allows preparatory work to continue unimpeded, although state officials believe it will not be completed prior to peak spring runoffs. The May 18 date will allow both sides time to file legal Briefs. The complex understanding, evolving out of the latest in a long history of brine wars between south and north shore industries, n was reached before Chief Judge J. Anderson, U.S. District Court for Utah. The judge stopped short of issuing a restraining order against the work since feuding factions appeared to agree absent court intervention. The suit was brought 10 days ago by Great Salt Lake Minerals and Chemical Corp., challenging the states legal right to punch a hole in the causeway that forms a dam between the two lake ends. The Utah Legislature had authorized the breaching to limit south shore flood damage that now appears imminent. The Great Salt Lake Minerals, dependent upon consistent saline levels, produces sulfate of potash fertilizer which is concentrated in solar evaporation ponds. According to the company, a breach would decrease salinity to a point that it would be put out of its $86 million business. Dates played an important role in the agreement. Great Salt Lake Minerals attorney, Patricia W. Christensen, had sought a restraining order, pending formal review of the suit on May 18. She argued that the actual breacha 300 foot hole near the westing could not occur, at best, ern shore until July 30, and more realistically until Aug. 27. Thus, a restraining order would permit preparatory work but would ensure that if circumstances permitted earlier breaching, the court would be allowed to review it. Gov. Scott M. Matheson wrote the White House Thursday, asking executive intervention in the Federal g Al-do- Dallin Jensen, representing the state, said he would agree to a court hearing prior to creating a hole, but he was unalterably opposed to a temporary restraining order. He based his opposition on the contract signed by the state, which specifies work be done on a time of the essence basis. Energy Regulatory Commissions proposed takeover of regulation of Mountain Fuel Supply Co. gas. The totally unprecedented and potentially devastating extension of federal jurisdiction would needlessly disrupt an effective joint effort to regulate MFS gas. Gov. Matheson told Lee Verstandig, intergovernmental affairs assistant to President Reagan. The states have done an effective job for 40 years in regulating MFS, and in 1981 an agreement was reached that solved a longstanding, troublesome pricing and supply dispute involving MFS in both states, Gov. Matheson wrote. The FERC intervention, which the stales believe is illegal, would jeopardize that agreement and be contrary to the presidents stated desire to leave local matters to local officials where possible. Gov. Matheson asked Mr. Verstandig to file in Utahs and Wyomings behalf a friend of the court brief in Federal 10th Circuit Court in Denver, where the regulatory takeover question is now pending. Because the FERCS decision reverses a long history of effective state regulation and runs the risk of severely damaging the economic interests of the citizens of Utah and Wyoming, Sen. Jake Gam and I join in requesting that the president, through the Justice Department, support Utah and Wyoming in their appeal ... Gov. Matheson wrote. Seagulls fly to safety as a bulldozer moves trash at City- County Landfill, where April is free dump month. City I officials said it may be a while before cleanup crews get around to neighborhoods, but residents can use dump free. Hurrah! April Is Free Dump Month at the City cleanup crews might not make it to your neighborhood until later this summer, but during the month of April residents can load up their trash and take it to the Landfill themselves at no charge. City-Coun- ty April is free dump month at the landfill, located at 6030 W. 1300 South. City crews began Monday on their yearly cleanup schedule, which was disrupted last year by flooding, a problem that could recur this year. Residents in the Sugar House area will be first to get their years worth of tree limbs, broken furniture and other assorted trash picked up. Landfill where cleanup crews will be next will be published in The Tribune weekly. Scheduling information is also available by calling the city. The Board of Health can also provide such cleanup information as how to get junk cars removed from your neighborhood. City-Coun- ty The cleanup schedule will progress through city neighborhoods until late summer. Schedules of Tough New Standards for Water Treatment to Prove Costly By Peg McEntee Tribune Staff Writer Strict new state standards on the quality of treated water discharged from sewage treatment plants will mean plans to enlarge the capacity of Davis Countys two plants will cost more than simple expansion, officials said Thursday. The new standards, which will regulate the amount of suspended solids, biochemical oxygen demand (BOD), and coliform bacteria, take effect in July of 1985, said environmental health scientist Dan Filip of the Utah Department of Healths Bureau of Water Pollution Control. A burgeoning population in the county already has prompted engineering studies on both plants to determine increased capacity requirements. The technology needed to put the plants in compliance with this phase of the states Water Pollution Control Act, which was formalized in the may cost anywhere from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars, Mr. Filip said. But officials from both plants have said theyre not at all happy with the states requirements, which are twice as strict as those set by the federal Environmental Protection Agency. State polished secondary treatment standards will require treated water to contain no more than 15 parts per million of suspended solids, no more than 15 parts per million of BOD, and no more than 200 coliform per 100 millileters. At present, the state requires no more than 25 parts per billion of both BOD and suspended solids. The EPA requires no more than 30 parts per billion of each, and leaves coliform standards up to the states. "I think theyre wrong, said Mack Wilkins, assistant manager of the South Davis Sewage Treatment Plant in West Bountiful. The EPA of a restriction on wastewater plants nationwide. Allen Wheelwright, manager of the North Davis Sewage Plant in Syracuse, also disagrees with the See Page B-- Column 1 hasnt put that much 4, March Utah Jobless Levels Show the First Rise in Months Utah unemployment levels inched upward in March, the first such rise in months, although leading economic indicators suggest future growth, Job Service reported Thursday. Marchs seasonally adjusted rate was 5.7 percent, up from a revised February figure of 5.6 percent. In numbers, the increase represented 700 new applicants for unemployment benefits. Job Service Labor Economist Ray Sargent said creation of new jobs continues to signal recovery, although the increase in unemployment suggests future unemployment declines will be less He consistent and substantial. added that the increase is not cause for economic alarm. He said the best indicator of Utahs current economic position is continuing strong job growth. March 1984 job numbers revealed a gain of more than 28,000 since March 1983, many of those coming in four industries: non-far- (9,300), trade construction (4,500), and manufacturing (6,000), services (4,200). Mr. Sargent, however, noted what he called one sour economic development. He said the state has experienced a substantial decrease in new housing construction starts. The number nosedived from 1,250 in January to 800 in February, mid-1970- s, Hinckleys Father Says Sin Was Ignorance of Mental Illness Tribune Film Receives First Place Special to The Tribune The Salt Lake Tribunes new promotion feature has been awarded the regional first place General Excellence award of the International Television Association, it was announced Thursday. DALLAS The videotaped program, entitled Window On The World, was produced last September by Telema-tio- n Inc., of Salt Lake City and won the competition in the Public ic Service category. Michael Golden, who directed the program, was also cited by the association which has its headquarters here. The association is composed of commercial TV production compa- nies and businesses that utilize live and taped video in sales and corporate affairs. The Tribune program, which shows the history and current operation of the regions largest daily newspaper, is made available without charge to all schools and other organizations in Utah. The show was produced under the general direction of John Cummins, manager of The Tribune's tion department. By Dan Bates Tribune Staff Writer As a father, John Warnock Hinckley Sr. thought he had done as much for his son as any parent could. Our sin was ignorance, he says today. For three years, he, his wife Jo Ann and their two other children have borne the sorrow but have resisted the remorse, the blame and the stigma that a nation believed belonged somewhere after its president was shot. The third Hinckley child, John Jr., 29, is the youngest and receives more attention now than ever. We have not put ourselves on a guilt trip, John Sr. replies sternly to that dissatisfied segment of the public. "It may shock them, but we don't see it that way. We really tried to help John. Private Torment A lasting, private torment may be an unacceptable brand of American justice. So John Hinckley Sr. "Jack" as he introduces himself to admirers and wellwishers adopts a new identity in lieu of a sentence he and his family, as some may believe, should serve vicariously. Instead, a collected and still proud John Sr. grips a sense of duty to spread the good found in the unconscionable. Meanwhile, John Jr. depicted as a schizophrenic, drifting loner by three bystanders while stalking a delusional romance with a young movie actress he wanted to impress. John Hinckley Sr. has just addressed 300 people attending Thursday mornings opening of Utahs 4th Annual Conference on Chronic Mental Illness at the Salt Lake Sheraton Hotel. Flanked by an assistant and a plainclothes security guard, Mr. Hinckley politely indulges one more fast TV news interview and shakes a few more wellwishers hands. While riding the elevator to his r suite, he explains that he the country, honoris ing all invitations, to bring mental illness out of the closet. Inside the suite, his aide orders coffee from room service. Making Progress I get very tired going through that talk, Mr. Hinckley said. But I dont know how to go about it without it. We re making progress." It's hard to tell if he is weary from or uncomfortable with his new role as chief solicitor for the American Mental Health Fund. He founded the trust after the March 30, 1981, shooting of President Reagan, his press secretary James Brady, a Secret Service agent and a District of Columbia patrolman on a sidewalk outside a Washington hotel. Thursday morning, he found a half hour to convey his purpose to this 12th-floo- Mental Illness at the Salt Lake Sheraton Hotel Thursday. psychiatrists and judged guiltless by reason of insanity by a jury in 1982 cuddles a new chance for peace of mind while confined to a Washington, D C., hospital. Todv, the elder Hinckley sees himself less a wealthy Colorado oilman and more a purveyor of a wisdom painfully endowed by ignorance, despair and a volley of gunfire triggered by John Jr., who wounded president Reagan and newspaper before conveying it to another in Detroit by telephone. After first recalling reactions to the shooting, Mr. Hinckley asked that questions focus on the work of his organization and less on his son. To continue to rehash all these things with John wont serve any purpose, except to satisfy some editors, he said. Agrees to Balance But he agreed to a balance, acknowledging that other parents and families may learn from what he and his family have endured. We have only one job to raise funds to expand the awareness of the dangers and the warning signals of mental illness and to expand research, Mr. Hinckley said. "We couldnt believe, after we tried to find a group to join, that nobody was doing these things, he said. You know, there are 35 million people suffering from mental illness in this country who don't realize it. See Page B-- Column Yesterdays Chuckle 1 Positive proof that the honeymoon is over is when all the baby talk around the house is done by the baby. |