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Show mrtificial Heart For $2,000 By STEVE HALE Deseret News Medical Writer cial hearts may cost about ' C Utah of University . That, he said, would cover the artificial heart and power console. Kolff, whose research team is developing and testing artificial hearts at the University, said the devices should be ready in the near Artificial hearts will soon be available for less than the Cost of most new cars, a renowned ' $2,000. researcher said today. pr. Willem J. Kolff, the mad who first put the artificial kidney in use, said artifi low-co- st future. They have been tested In animals for years. Kolffs comments came after Dr. Denton Cuoley implanted an artificial heart in a patient at Houston. That artificial heart was developed by Dr. Domingo Liotta, who once worked with Kolff in Cleveland. The Utah praised them as men people hewere who researcher SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH It saying explained. couldn't, will go down in history. Kolff. who heads a team that has been working for years on developing an artificial heart, said the Texas operation "proved that it can be done," and that this was highly significant. "Until it happened, many DESERET NEWS The Texas implantation Monday, April 7, 1969 Three T ts Drown On Lake PowelB MAY BE BETTER such operations occur. Dr. Kolff will said. But I can predict that the day wiil come when a patient will say hed rather keep the artificial heart than take the risk of a transplantation with a human heart," said Kolff. looting lishaip When that happens, the arti- ficial organ will really be put to the test. These devices have their inconvenient aspects at present. By DEXTER C. ELLIS and BRYAN GRAY Deseret News Staff Writers Three small children were trapped and drowned on Lake Powell Sunday when their parents boat, overloaded through a Good Samaritan operation, capsized near Rainbow Bridge. The father, mother, her brother and a fourth child were saved other boaters, but the frantic father was unable to disentangle by POWER SOURCE While the heart is placed inside the chest, its cumbersome power source is not. This is a small console that forces the rubber heart to contract with compressed air. The ultimate artificial heart will be one that can be implanted with its power source perhaps an the three little victims from the canvas top of d atomic-powere- device, or one that uses body chemicals. Kolff foresees a continuous new models, stream of each becoming better than the ones before. his overturned crafc. The weekend storm, whipping up low-co- st Melons $0-5- 0 Want Out 'No Counsel' writs ol habeas corpus should be granted, Romney said. This would almost certainly effect release of the men in these cases, v By GORDON KIRBY and PAUL SWENSON Deseret News Staff Writers Between 40 and 50 Utah State Prison Inmates have filed for release from prison on the grounds they were not represented by counsel at parole revocation hearings. COURT DECISION Utah Assistant Atty. Gen. disclosed Lauren Beasley today that Utah prisoners, acting on the strength of recent U.S. Supreme Court decisions, began about a month and a half ago to At least three men have already been released by Federal District Court decisions handed down by Judges Willis W. request that their file writs of habeas their release. These were men to prison because Ritter and A. Sherman Christensen. . AN ALTERNATIVE whether to fight several other cases through in court, or in some cases to take alternative courses of action. where we simply dont have legal pegs on which to hang our hats, we may have to that stipulate to the fact SECTION 2ity, Regional lomics V Highlights B 1, 3, 5, 12 2 ' 4 , financial Obituaries leather Map Action 'Ads 20 approximately requests landed on Beasleys desk. NOT ALARMED This situation is not something we are particularly alarmed or concerned about, Beasley said. The Supreme Courts ruling that by virtue of the fact you lock the gates behind a man, his civil rights dont cease, makes sense, but is difficult to handle adminis- tratively. Beasley said that as many as 30 or 40 might be turned loose eventually, but if they run true to form, the majority will be back in a short while. It will be up to the Utah See rRISON on Page 2 9 Sports i when situations are there - sent back of parole violations, but who' were by counsel during their revocation hearings. The flow of writs into the attorney generals office reached flood tide last week . Utah Atty. Gen. Vernon B. Romney said the attorney general's office is considering If attorneys corpus for 10,11 12, 13 13 13-2- 1 Deputies Nab $8 Bit COTTONWOOD CAN-- N pre-ang- last year on April 7 on KSL there was a program on which two poenut were read. I would like to get copies of them. I collect poetry, sayings, stories, etc. and would appreciate these two poems which were either called or were about: I Have Come Back . . and What Power Is This . . G.A.P., Kaysville. .Mrs. Maam if you are interested enough to pursue this after a whole year, then Rex Campbell who read those two poems will help you personally. Give him a call at The two poems were contained in either American or English Anthology from The Worlds Great Poetry. Bridge. The heavily loaded boat was attempting to make headway against the buffeting wind and waves when the engine failed, waves came over the gunwales and swamped the craft, the defendant was sentenced to five years and fined $10,000, overturning it, they said. STAYS WITH BOAT each to run concurrently. One passing craft picked up The two blocks of sentences and fines will run consecutive- - Mrs. Nielson, her brother, identified only as Mr. Gilson, ly for a total of eight. years ; and the me surviving Nielson and $15,000. child whose name and age Tritts attorney, Sumner J. were not learned. Hatch, filed a notice of appeal Another boat rescued the faimmediately after the ther and three boys whom the He asked that the Nielsons were assisting. $5,000 bond currently in effect Nielson insisted on staying be continued. U.S. Attorney with the overturned boat to William T. Thurman said he to had no objection to that try get the children out. After the two rescue boats amount if there was any assurance that Tritt would See S CHILDREN, Page 2 refrain from continuing his BitumiiniiuininniQmnniminrainntBimB practice of writing prescrip- No More Steps Necessary 1911-23r- 42, Chadwick . St- - (1415 East), was released on $1,000 bail after signing of the complaint against her by Salt Lake Policeman B. E. Dalton before City Judge Melvin H. Morris. The victim was Mrs. Elsie Lee, 67, 829 E. 27th South. According to Dalton, the Burgess auto, after striking Mrs. Lee, hit a parked car, went through two chain link fences, then swerved across the street, went over the curbing and sidewalk and stopped in a yard. 2516 police. On the remaining 11 counts, g. 2-1- tions. The amount of bond is SHOP con- TIL I sent $10.93 to a Connecticut firm for a vibrator pillow which they advertised in a magazine ad. This was in December. Ive never had a reply to several letters. I checked with the store where I bought the money order I sent them and they suggested I contact yon. Wbeta the next atop? Mrs. TJt.T., Salt Lake City. No next step. They are sending . 400 persons s. B-1- a refund. First Delay, Now They're Lost My husband was discharged from the Air Force and the government shipped our baggage from England. We were advised it arrived in N.Y. on Jan. 12 and was put in a storage warehouse of Seaboard Worid Airlines to await delivery. This baggage includes all of our dishes, cookware, linens and our babys crib, high chair, etc. We are tired of eating off paper plates and sleeping on borrowed sheets. Weve tried to get help but are only told taerea nothing to do hot wait. Can yon please help? Mr. and Mrs. C.E.S., Provo. By now, we hope, you know that, unfortunately, your baggage is lost So there is something else you can do now besides wait, and thats go and replace the items you need You should have by now sent in claim forms for reimburse- ment ditioned upon Dr. Tritt refraining from writing prescriptions for stimulants or depressant drugs or drug of any kind. If any prescriptions , UNESCO Names U. As Depository The of University Utah libraries have been chosen as a depository for all publications of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural (UNESCO). Organization The U. of U., one of 15 such depositors in America, will serve as a UNESCO reference source for all states between Illinois and California, Ralph D. Thomson, director of libraries, said. In the last year, the Utah school has also been designated a depository library for the United Nations and the Food and Agricultural ; Organization. are Initiate My husband acl I have been married since Dec. 21. He is in Vietnam. I have not received any allotment checks at all and I need the money bad. I have a new baby. I have contacted the Red Cross and I have written to his chaplain but can get nowhere. Can yon please help me? Mrs. U.H., written, the bond will be reviewed, the judge said. Before he sentenced the defendant, Christensen said he had been informed of five people who had been found dead in Salt Lake County of appar-See OSTEOPATH Page B-1- 2 Lark. Have you written to your husband? You must realize that, perhaps, he has not made arrangements for an allot- - i Eimdiinig By FLO MUNSON Deseret News Correspondent PROMONTORY, Box Elder One of the last links County with the pioneer past in Utah 5 . i i Por 1-lo- riS' hi37) education will disappear this spring with closure school in this of the historic community. The Box Elder County Board made the School announcement a short time Callao u k I I J Dljji ' : ; ; I ; ' rs In trict. The veteran principal-teache- w Schools Promontory 4 r, Mrs. Merlin (Wanda) Larsen, will transfer to the school at Howell where she will also serve as principal but will have to teach only 4th, 5h and 6th grades. Barbara Larkin will handle the three lower grades. For 14 years Mrs. Larsen has taught all six grades at Promo ntory Elementary, teaching music, dancing, singing, reading, science, spelling, arithmetic, social studies, art, ' and English penmanship, physical education. two-roo- - ;V 0 8, i . v Wanda Larsen, at blackboard, In addition, she has shepherded her charges during recess, tried to give each child help in his little crises and generally had a lot of fun with her students. is principal and teacher to six grades at Promontory School. Programs have been held at Christmas and at the end of each school year, with parents and friends Invited. With a student body of only 10, there has been no great Halloween, MAN on Page B-1- 2 two rest rooms, a kitchen, pantry, storage room and other facilities. Tintic District and at Ibapah in Tooele Dis- at T Shoolhome one-roo- m more subjects. These are the DO-1- . om jJj public See nniiniHDIIUIUlitumiUimQHItlRnimmiUUllD , Era You Wish Yourself-- lf financial support from the state will be withdrawn. Tills will leave in existence only two schools of this kind, teacher where a single Instructs students of varying ages and grades In a dozen or Kaid massive raid on a teen club e early Sunday resulted In arrests and the confiscation sto-- i suspected marijuana, items, alcohol and ciga-teA Just Call For Help ago after learning that extra ipaced in the projects. About were in the club when the arrests were made. of the arrested Twenty-fou- r persons were under the age of 17 and were taken to the Detention Home for investigation ef public intoxication, rhe arrests at the Old Min, curfew violations, lewdness 10 Big Cottonwood Canyon and parole violation. Salt . were so numerous, Sgt. Gary W. Deland signed ke County sheriff deputies complaints against 20 of the artored a bus to transfer 24 adults before Justice of the Lake Salt youths to the Peace. Ralph Childs who set unty Detention Center and up shop at the jail Charges It Lake County Jjul. are still against the rapt. George Q. Nielson Jr., other four pending persons. enile division commander, id the 12:30 a.m. raid was Capt. Nielsen said investigawould continue into the tion In history. county largest stolen of property suspected many Sixty deputies, which includes car stereo 10m wore gaudy "hippie See TEEN CLUB, Page 2 Ming for disguise, particv tIG By ROGER PUSEY Deseret' News Staff Writer Dr. Arnold Gerald Tritt, 55, d East, an osteopath, today was sentenced to eight years in federal prison and fined $15,000 by Judge A. Sherman Christensen. Tritt was convicted last week by a jury on 21 counts of causing to be sold and stimulant depressant drugs. Christensen sentenced Tritt to three years in prison and fined him $5,000, each to run concurrently, on 10 counts which involved the first visits to Tritts office by undercover federal agents and Salt Lake T (344-8626problMiT Dioi -t p.m. Monday through Friday, or writ to lax 1237, Sait toko Oty, Utah 841 10. Do- - To 8 Years, Fined An auto homicide charge was filed today against the driver of a car which went out of control Saturday evening and fatally injured a pedestrian on the sidewalk near her Jione on 27th South. Jean Brady Burgess, Mm 4 to 9 taken aboard a father and three Ja.ge sons from another disabled boat and was heading into Forbidding Canyon which leads to Rainbow Tritt Sentenced Driver Charged In Car Death four-to-fiv- e foot waves, caused considerable other distress among Lake Powell vacationists and forced 10 boaters on Great Salt Lake to spend the night on barren islands. The three drowned children were identified by national Park officials as Myra, 6; Raymond, 5, and Wilfred Jr., 4, daughter and sons of Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred R. Nielson, Huntington, Emery County. HEAD INTO CANYON Rangers of Glen Canyon National Recreation Area said the Nielson boat had just CLOTTING A PROBLEM A major problem ronfront-in- g the researchers is the tendency of blood clotting caused by the artifical heart. Researchers in Koiffs lab are working on several approaches to break through that roadblock. Long an advocate of artificial organs, Kolff has developed an artificial kidney that can be operated for less than $2,000 a year in the home. Dr. Clifford Kwan - Gett demonstrates artificial heart pumping with power from console. 1 of an artificial heart is only a temporary measure, and was done to prolong a patients life until a natural human crgan can be stitched into the man's chest. More B problem in getting all the children involved in dances and plays. A baseball game between and parents the students marks the close of each school season. Although Mrs. Larsen has done all the teaching, the little school also employes a cook and janitor. The white frame building was modernized in 1957 by installation of an oil furnace, Before that, students washed at a basin in one corner, while an oil stove in the oppose comer provided warmth. The toilets were of the outdoor variety and the pupils walked a block to the home of Mrs. Jay (Helen) Brown for lunch. Next fail the children will be bussed 26 miles to Howell School. Supt. J. C. Haws of Box Elder District said the additional transportation cost will be $1,428 annually, but at least $7,315 will be saved through lower unit lunch cost, elimination of operating expenses at Promontory and the guaranteed state support. Four mothers protested the decision to close the school, but most of the communitys 13 families took it in stride. They are accustomed to the i n c o nveniences of semiisolation and ihink little of the drive to Brigham City or Trenv-tfo- n for entertainment or supplies. Promontory is 14 miles south of Promontory Summit, the spot where national history was made 100 years ago by driving the Golden Spike to complete the transcontinental railroad. |