Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 29, 1981, Winnipeg, Manitoba 8 Winnipeg free press monday june tit unto innovative surgery successful tag do Fligr Post Ufa until . I. _ Tito univ l 11 us Uig up Caiiou Viau u done successfully anywhere in the world. A miniature shunting device was implanted into the brain of a fetus with hydrocephalus a possibly life threatening condition to hostage injured a heavily armed Man was shot in Fri Headquarters in Atlanta yesterday after taking 12 persons hostage. Two hostages including Man above were injured when police rushed the gunman. The the Denver Post Medure was performed with the fetus within a team of medical and scientific special its Mother s womb in the 24th week of its has performed an innovative and daring pregnancy. Surgical procedure on an unborn baby prob team implanted a valve controlled ably sparing it from being born with an thin tubin6 to fluid from the left uncorrectable Skull deformity and extreme ventricle or cavity of the baby s brain to the brain damage. Amniotic fluid that surrounds the fetus Dur it was the first time the operation had been ins its development. The fluid diversion is continuing through the tiny shunt which is about four inches Long and one sixteenth Inch i diameter during the last weeks of pregnancy. Provide a continuing Drain for a developing implant surgery required puncturing and damaging buildup of fluid. The baby s Skull with a specially constructed the implant surgery was performed april Needle after making a Small incision through 29 at University Hospital in Denver by a the Mother s Abdomen seven Man team dominated by physicians procedure was monitored constantly and ultrasound experts on the University of Colorado school of Medicine faculty. Drama surrounding the surgical episode was so great that two of its High Points brought spontaneous cheers from team members and support personnel during the tension filled hour. Culmination of the months Long carefully executed plan will come if no complications develop with delivery of the baby by Cesare an Section on july 29, in the 26-year-old expectant Mother s 36th week of preg Nancy. Successful delivery according to unofficial reports this past week appears Likely. Those reports indicated the Mother was doing Well with her pregnancy progressing satisfactorily examinations reportedly showed the Raby s head which had begun to swell in the mid trimester of the Mother s pregnancy had been reduced to Normal size. Team members and official sources at University Hospital and its Parent University of Colorado health sciences Center have been cautiously silent about the surgery. No official announcements have been made. A confidential report obtained by the by ultrasound. Its images and a Ray Type pictures displayed constantly on a screen enabled team members to observe every detail of the surgery and the baby s response. Ultrasound examination a week before the surgery had verified that the baby already had significant hydrocephalus a condition marked by abnormal accumulation of fluid within the water sacs of the brain. Its consequences May include atrophy of the brain mental retardation and convulsions. Hydrocephalus can be fatal even before birth and if the infant survives the prenatal period it is at High risk of significant brain polish National held for spying los Angeles a a polish National and a former Engineer at Hughes aircraft co. Face charges of transmitting secret documents about weapons and radar devices to the polish intelligence service. Authorities said they assume the information was passed along to the soviet Union. William Bell 61, a Hughes employee for nearly 30 years and Marian Zacharski 29, were arrested yesterday the two men were held without bail pending arraignment today in . District court on charges of gathering and delivering classified material to a foreign government. If convicted both men could be sentenced to life in prison. The Fri said both have been under investigation since shortly after Zacharski entered the country in 1977 As a commercial representative for a polish government owned machinery manufacturing company in Elk Grove Village agents said Bell received for his part in the alleged conspiracy which involved the Transfer of several classified documents on defence related radar systems beginning in 1980 and ending Early this year. The City of Winnipeg lots for Sale Sale of City owned land for the purpose of providing an incentive for Low Cost housing in the Core area. The City of Winnipeg is continuing ils program of offering for Sale residential building Sites for the purpose of the purchaser constructing a sin Gle family thereon. The Fol lowing described six building Sites Are offered for Sale under the provi Sions of the Low Cost housing Gram. . 81 -150 24.8 frontage x 78.28 in depth located on the South Side of Alex Ander Avenue Between Ellen and Isabel streets Wasl of House no. 426 Alexander Avenue. Parcel 4. . 81-151 .24.8 frontage x 78.28 in depth located on the South Side of Alex Ander Avenue Between Ellen and Isabel streets East of House nos. Alexander Avenue. Parcel . 81 152 24.91 frontage x 78.28 in depth located on the South Side of Alex Ander Avenue Between Ellen and Isabel streets Between House nos. 418 and parcel 6. . 81 153 24 frontage x 113.5 in depth located on the South Side of Roas Avenue Between Ellen and Isabel streets Between House nos. And parcel 10. . 81-154 30 frontage x 124.15 in depth located on the East Side of Aorta Bella Street North of Sutherland Avenue South of House no. 149 parcel 14. . 81 155 irregular approximately 40 front age. 62.65 Al the rear. 78.3 in depth located at the Southwest Cor Ner of Alexander Avenue and Isabel Street. Parcel 18. The states Are being offered subject to the terms and conditions set out in the offer to Purchase forms and instructions to intending Purchas ers. Offers must be sealed and marked sealed Oder . 81 with the applicant s name and address on the outside of the envelope and made Only on forma provided by the City accompanied by a Cheque equal to 10% of the Purchase Price or the sum of whichever is the greater amount together with a set of plans showing site plan floor plan and Street elevations of the proposed dwelling. Application forms. Instructions to intending purchasers particulars of the Sites and terms of Purchase May be obtained from the purchasing department main floor civic Centre 510 main Street. Offers to Purchase the Sites will be received by the director of Purchas ing up to . Tuesday. July 28th. 1981. All offer to Purchase forms will be received subject to the City s re serve bid of on each parcel of and. Or any information Ryou require concerning he terms and Condi tons of the application forms please phone or. G. H. Akins 985 5228. The highest or any offer not necessarily accepted. No commission payable by the City on he Sale of these parcels of land. Or. R. A. Ristock director of purchasing administration building civic Centre 510 main Street Winnipeg Manitoba r38 1b9 Canadian tire correction we wish to draw your attention to our current. Summer Celebration flyer Page 6, i Tern wd40 Multi purpose lubricant incorrectly states regular save should be we Are sorry for any ;