Show y fryn'frng- S9l44jpM4qpH The Salt Lake Tribune - V'f ' fr" WpWBqpfMgfia A3 March 29 1987 Sunday Horse Hospital Gets Patients Back on Their Hoofs By Charles Hillinger Los Angeles Times Writer - as a teaching setting for veterinary students and residents DAVIS Calif d The racehorse lay anesthetized on its back strapped to the operating table and covered with a blue surgical blanket its legs stiff up in the air 1250-poun- Performing arthroscopic surgery on the horse's right foreleg was Dr Dennis M Meagher 52 chief of equine surgery at the University of California Davis veterinary medical teaching hospital Gingerly he scraped a fractured bone chip loose with a curette a small pen-poi- size instrument shaped like an ice cream scoop For 45 minutes Meagher removed tiny bone fragments from the animal's leg assisted by a team of staffers and veterinary students all in surgical caps and gowns "In three to six months this thoroughbred will be running in races” Meagher an internationally recognized expert in equine surgery and horse lameness said when the operation ended Horses like humans experience stress from running he explained “They overextend their legs at the end of the race at the speeds they go There is a lot of stress on the front of a horse running around a racetrack” Racehorses operated on at the hospital are not publicly identified because of the speculative nature of the sport More than half the horses in surgery at UC Davis each year are quarter horses and thoroughbreds involved in racing Many famous racehorses have had surgery here Every day an average of five operations on horses are conducted at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine Orthopedic upper respiratory and abdominal problems are the most frequent equine surgeries at the hospital The school’s Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital is the biggest animal hospital in California and one of the largest and most prestigious facilities of its kind in the world California with an estimated 900000 horses has more than any other state Of the 2662 veterinarian members of the California Veteri- nary Medical Association 104 are equine practitioners Numerous species of smaller animals — dogs cats cows pigs sheep zoo animals also are cared for at the hospital The treatments also serve "Veterinarians will refer horses to us that may have good teaching value or horses needing surgery that for one reason or another they are unable to handle" Meagher said Fees are comparable to those charged in private practice Horse surgery varies from a few hundred dollars to as much as $5000 One of the hospital barns is filled with bales of hay — food for the patients When horses arrive at the hospital they are examined in a receiving room by staff and students working together A horse undergoing surgery generally stays a few days occasionally several weeks if there is an extremely major problem Owners may visit their animals in the hospital which accommodates about 100 horses There are surgical recovery intensive care rooms m the hospital bams Recovery rooms have padded floor and walls A horse lays on its side 20 minutes to a half hour recovering from anesthesia then gets on its feet albeit wobbly at first Recovery is rapid The horses walk back to a hospital stall within an hour after leaving the operating room Extremely ill horses following surgery are sent to the intensive care ward where they usually remain one or two days with nursing care Horses don't lay in bed two or three days or two or three weeks like humans do after surgery They recuperate standing up in stalls in the horse hospital around-the-cloc- k — Surgical team at the renowned University of California Davis School of Veterinary Medicine prepares to operate Wealthiest Suburbs Are :lliam C Hidlay By Associated Press Writer CHICAGO — The nation's 10 wealthiest suburbs are no longer renowned meccas like Beverly Hills Lake Forest and Scarsdale The rich n est of the rich live in ha vens with names like Hunter’s Creek Texas and Cherry Hills Colo says a study released Saturday The study by urbanologist Pierre deVise of Roosevelt University ranks the nation's 50 wealthiest and 10 poorest suburbs It was based on computer estimates of 1985 per capita income developed from 1983 US Census data he said Kenilworth 111 a Chicago suburb little-know- Optimism Picks Up Americans Bullish About the Future of 3548 people along Lake Michigan's ritzy North Shore ranked first with a 1985 per capita income of $48950 The Houston suburb of Hunter's Creek came in second with per capita income of $47956 followed by Denver's Cherry Hills with $46105 for each of its 5947 people the study found Kansas City's Mission Hills is fourth with per capita income of $46030 and Houston's Piney Point is fifth at $45940 "I think by and large these small places want to remain obscure and maintain a low profile" deVise said Saturday in a telephone interview "Part of it is obscurity designed not to be a magnet for home burglars” Rounding out the top 10 were Detroit’s Bloomfield Hills $44456 Sands Point NY on Long Island $43494 San Diego's Rancho Santa Fe Oklahoma City’s Nichols $41756 Hills $40772 and Ladue outside St Louis at $40700 Gary Orfield a political science professor at the University of Chicago not involved in the study cautioned that the statistics may be out i Havens n Little-Know- dated in some areas because of the recent fall in oil prices He said the list of wealthiest suburbs would be different if it was based on 1986 per capita income "Almost half of those top 10 would have been affected by the crash in oil prices — Houston Denver and Oklahoma City” Orfield said "My guess is you'd have a very different list with 1986 figures because there’ve been really stunning readjustments in the economy since the drop in oil prices" Even though they're not in the top 10 the nation’s better-knowpockets of prosperity aren't lagging Beverly Hills ranked 37th with per capita income of $31337 Scarsdale NY was 23rd with $34925 and Lake Forest near Chicago was 50th with $28150 DeVise who holds a doctorate in public-policanalysis said his study was biased in favor of smaller suburbs because he examined any community of 2500 people or more When he combined adjacent affluent suburbs into clusters of 25000 people to 2 million people Beverly Hills shot up to fourth place following Chicago's North Shore Houston's Times Pholq ' Hamlet in Illinois i Called Most Island Affluent Suburb Z' More important than the rankings deVise said his study found that the nation's wealth is concentrated in rings of white suburbs surrounding the country’s 15 largest cities "I think the most important aspect of the study has to do with the continuing conflict between suburbs and center city” he said "You’ve got a Here are the naCHICAGO (AP) tion's wealthiest suburbs as identified in a Roosevelt University study that ranks them according to estimates bl 1985 per capita income based on U S Census data The name of the suburb is followed by the estimated 1985 per capita income and population 111 1 Kenilworth $48950 3548: 2 Hunter’s Creek Texas $47956 4540 3 Cherry Hills Colo $46105 5947 4 Mission Hills Kan $46030 3988 5 Piney Point Texas $45940 3280 6 Bloomfield Hills Mich $44486 Buffalo Bayou and Long Sound blackening impoverishing center city that depends on outside aid next to a prospering suburban area” n y l ob Annies on a racehorse The horse will soon be recuperating from the procedure in the hospital's padded recovery room DeVise also ranked the nation's 10 poorest suburbs While Chicago had the nation's wealthiest it also had the poorest Ford Heights which recently changed its name from East Chicago Heights was ranked the poorest with a per capita income of $4523 The nine other poorest suburbs were Cudahy Bell Gardens and Coachella in Los Angeles St Louis's Kinlock in fifth Florida City outside of Miami a Huntington Park Calif Fla Compton Calif and Robbins another Chicago suburb Opa-Lock- - 3781 Sands Point NY $43494 2754 Rancho Santa Fe Calif $41756 4100 9 Nichols Hills Okla $40772 7 8 3979 10 11 12 Ladue Mo $40700 9362 --V Harding NJ $39700 3428 Bunker Hill Texas $39600 3669 - PRINCETON NJ Americans’ financial outlook for the coming year has improved sharply since January amid signs of renewed vigor in the nation's economy In a new Gallup audit of the public’s economic expectations 59 percent say they expect to be financially better off a year from now while 18 percent believe their situation won't change much and 17 percent predict a downturn This represents an 8 percentage-poin- t increase in consumer optimism since January when 51 percent thought their finances would improve 26 percent remain the same and 16 percent grow worse Responses to a companion question also reveal a substantial improvement in consumers’ perceptions of their present financial status a year ago Currently 46 percent say they now are better off 23 percent the same and 30 percent worse off Two months ago 39 percent gave an upbeat appraisal of their present situation while 26 percent were neutral and 16 percent negative The public’s current financial outlook is only marginally less bullish than a year ago when optimism was at its highest point during President Reagan's tenure Although many economists predict that 1987 will be a sluggish year the last two months have witnessed strong growth in employment and retail and auto sales rose sharply in February The current high level of consumer optimism may hint at a continuation of strong consumer spending According to Jay Schmie-deskam- p The Gallup Organization’s chief economist consumer spending last year — bolstered by low interest and inflation rates and low oil prices — was the mainstay of the economy of Currently more than adult Americans (36 percent) may be classified as "super optimists" statistically matching the high point for this index Studies have shown that these people — who say they now are better off than in the past and expect to be still more prosperous in the future — are likely to be buyers of discretionary items such as houses cars and major appliances and to be heavy users of credit In the January survey 29 percent qualified as “super optimists" "Super optimism" is strongly influenced by demographic factors such as sex age race education and family income Men are somewhat more apt than women to fit this description and whites more likely than blacks "Super optimists" also tend to be younger better educated and more affluent than those who do not share this degree of optimism Not surprisingly Republicans are far more likely than Democrats to qualify as “super optimists" Week in Review: Wilkinson Loses Cable Appeal Sunday March 22 1987 Following is the first question asked and the recent trend "We are interested in how people’s financial situation may have changed Would you say that you are financially better off now than you were a year ago or are you financially worse off now?" FINANCIAL OUTLOOK VS YEAR AGO Better Some worseNo (x)' Less than 1 percent Here is the second question and the trend “Looking ahead do you expect that at this time next year you will be financially better off than now or worse off than now?” FINANCIAL OUTLOOK FOR NEXT YEAR Better Same WorseNo bone-marro- Monday March 23 1987 LAW Utah Attorney GenerJUSTICES PULL PLUG ON CABLE-Tal David Wilkinson's four-yea- r fight to preserve the Cable Television Decency Act died when the US Supreme Court refused to hear the state’s appeal The refusal affirmed the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals’ decision last September which upheld the notion that attempts to regulate subscription television were constitutionally vague “I did my duty to my oath of office by working to uphold the laws of the state” Mr Wilkinson said US HOSTAGE NEAR DEATH CAPTORS SAY — Alann Steen is gravely n ill and could die within 10 days extremists said The group offered to trade Steen a communications professor for 100 Arabs jailed in Israel “Our humanitarian motives prompt us to release the sick spy Steen in exchange for 100 prisoners held in Israeli jails" said a handwritten statement in Arabic CONSUMER GROUP DERAILS REFUND FROM UP&L — A proposed $60 million refund to Utah Power & Light Co ratepayers was killed by a consumer group that wanted $1 million to sign the settlement The agreement would have settled a charge that UP&L overcharged customers for coal from 1982-8- Tuesday March 21 1987 IRAN WARNS US NOT TO ATTACK GULF — Americans around the world will be endangered if the United States attacks in the Persian Gulf warned the speaker of Iran's Parliament The United States has strengthmissiles deployed ened its Navy forces in the Gulf in response to anti-shiwide Strait of Hormuz the southern gateway to the by Iran in the Gulf This has revived fears that Iran will try to close the strait through world’s oil passes which 20 percent of the TV PREACHERS’ ’HOLY WAR’ HEATS UP — Oral Roberts joined the fracas between television’s top preachers implying Jimmy Swaggert tried to topple PTL founder Jim Bakker over a sexual indiscretion with a church secretary Roberts urged his flock to use their checkbooks to build a wall of protection around Bakker and his wife Tammy Roberts did not specifically mention Swaggert but said “There is a very prominent ministry and the headquarters of a very prominent denomination and a very prominent newspaper who have formed an unholy alliance" for a hostile takeover of PTL The UP&L EMERY MINING CITED FOR 34 MINE VIOLATIONS owner and operator of the Wilberg Mine were cited for nine alleged violations of federal law that investigators say "contributed directly" to the 1984 mine fire that killed 27 people Four of the nine contributing violations involved an air compressor which the preliminary report pinpointed as the cause of the fire Penalties for the alleged violations could amount to $10000 each p Following is the trend in “super timists" op- SUPER OPTIMISTS TREND 1987-Ma- r January July June March January June Morch July March 1983-Jun- e March 38 39 32 31 37 37 31 28 33 37 33 31 28 20 18 The latest results are based on telephone interviews with 1015 adults 18 and older 6-- civil-right- n -- 5 - Thursday March 26 1987 5 le one-thir- d big-tick- ' CARTER MEETS ASSAD NO HOSTAGE PROGRESS — Jimmy Carter met twice with Syrian President Hafez Assad but made little progress toward gaining release of U S hostages Carter met with Assad twice but both meetings apparently were inconclusive Carter made no comments to reporters regarding the meetings SIDE EFFECTS CAST SHADOW OVER AZT — AZT has offered the first glimmer of hope for prolonging some AIDS patients' lives but side effects may force some patients to discontinue treatment or undergo blood transfusions as often as every 10 days some doctors say The drug can cause headaches nausea and suppress production of red and white blood cells Some patients using the drug have suffered no ill effects at all however - vis-a-v- is COURT UPHOLDS FEMALE AFFIRMATIVE ACTION — The US Supreme Court ruled employers can give special preferences in hiring and ' promoting female workers to create a more balanced work force In a 3 s dis- vote the court ruled a 1964 law prohibiting crimination permits such preferential treatment They said employers may adopt affirmative-actioplans without admitting to past discrimination against women COURT BREATHES LIFE INTO UP&L SETTLEMENT — The Utah Supreme Court upheld a Public Service Commission ruling that denied a consumer group the right to intervene in a proposed refund settlement to Utah Power & Light Co customers The PSC had proposed UP&L refund The $60 million for alleged overcharges to its customers from 1982-8settlement was scuttled when The Utility Ratepayers' Federation refused to sign the agreement unless it received a million dollars TURF was going to distribute the money among its members TURF had sought permission to intervene in the original PSC hearing regarding the alleged overcharges The PSC denied the group's right to intervene TURF to the state supreme court UP&L refused to sign the settlement unless TURF had signed fearing the agreement could be challenged if the ‘ court ruled in TURF's favor MSHA BEGINS CRIMINAL PROBE INTO WILBERG DISASTER — V ’ The federal Mine Safety Health Administration began a special investiga- tion to see if criminal conduct was involved in citations issued to Utah Power & Light Co and Emery Mining Corp in the Wilberg Mine disaster ' Two investigators are trying to discern if any of the 34 safety violations allegedly committed by the mine owner and operator involved knowing and willful disregard for the law The Dec 19 1984 fire killed 27 miners ' ABDUCTED GIRL FOUND IN IDAHO A Box Elder County girl was found in Idaho after she disappeared Tuesday afternoon Tori Healey disappeared Tuesday afternoon as she left her tumbling class in Dewey Box Elder County She was found near Malta Idaho - Wednesday March 25 1987 - After failDEMOS ABANDON EFFORT TO CRACK FILIBUSTER filibuster Senate Democrats ing a third time to end the Republican-leabandoned their drive to force President Reagan to fully account for all assistance going to the Contras The measure to end the filibuster lost 6 six votes short of the required number But the vote showed the possibility of a battle next fall when the Senate votes on Reagan's request for an additional $105 million for the Contras UP&L AGREES TO $60 MILLION REFUND — Utah Power & Light Co agreed to lower its rates $60 million over seven years settling allega- tions that the company overcharged customers for coal from 1982-8The is part of a proposed settlement presented to the Public Service Commission The commission was expected to OK the settlement Friday The settlement had been scuttled by a ratepayers group that refused to sign it The state supreme court ruled Wednesday however that the group TURF had no right to intervene in the settlement SENATE BUDGET PANEL CHIEF PROPOSES TAX HIKE — Sen Lawton Chiles a chairman of the Senate Budget Committee proposed a $1 trillion budget that included up to $185 billion in tax hikes Chiles’ plan would cut the deficit next year by $37 billion Chiles didn’t say which taxes might be raised but he said he was sure the Budget Committee would not raise income taxes WAVES HIT AS WINDS BLAST UTAH Winds reaching 67 mph on the west side of the Great Salt Lake whipped waves that blew across Interstate 80 sweeping five cars off the freeway Westbound lanes of were closed from 7 pm to 9 pm The front passed by Salt Lake International Airport at 539 pm Numerous power outages were reported in Utah County when the front passed through TRANSIENT WORKER ARRAIGNED IN GIRL’S ABDUCTION — A transient laborer from Washington was arraigned on charges of child kidnapping aggravated sexual abuse of a child and aggravated kidnapping in the abduction of a Box elder county girl Frank J Harvey 45 is Tori Healey on Tuesday The girl was charged with kidnapping found Wednesday in Idaho Authorities are investigating similarities be-tween the Healey case and the unsolved 1983 kidnapping of West Valley City girl who also was found in Idaho 5 rate reduction - Friday March 27 1987 d 54-4- ' REAGAN VETOES HIGHWAY BILL — President Reagan set the stage for a confrontation with Congress by vetoing the $88 billion highway and mass-transbill Reagan denounced the bill as a "budget-busting- " exam-pi- e of “pork-barrpolitics" that exceeded his request by $10 billion it ‘ ' ' ' S |