The Hereford Brand (Hereford, Tex.), Vol. 83, No. 57, Ed. 1 Wednesday, September 21, 1983 Page: 1 of 18
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‘Bubble boy’ celebrates 12th birthday
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happy. He seems to accept his life."
Brand
The Hereford
Serving Huatlin’ Hereford, Deaf Smith County
16 Pages
20 cents
83rd Year, No. 57, Horsford, Ti. Deaf Smith County
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New freeze date set
(See FREEZE, Page 2)
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Green Balloons
‘Maroon Madness’ set Friday
ty.
(See AMCB, Page 2)
Hospital board discusses new
form of government payments
Crucial portions
of wreck found
Fun Breakfast
reservations due
Wednesday
Sept. 21, 1983
* Hustlin’ Hereford,
home of Dora Medina
United States preparing to
alter arms offer to Soviets
ent chiefs
1, it was
Monday with the
of the NATO g
Doctors and nurses will be
required to be more specific
on their reports than they
have been previously Each
treatment is to be identified
as one of 467 DRGs, which are
grouped into 23 major
diagnostic categories. For
every DRG. a reimburse-
ment figure will be assigned
which is based on the national
average cost for the par-
it was 44 at Dallas-Fort
Worth, shattering a record of
46 set in 1918. San Angelo’s 47
edged out a record 44 set in
Yes, the balloons were green.
You’ll also have to take our word
that the faces behind the balloon
strings belong to Jennifer Hicks
(foreground) and Martha Couch
(right). The action was captured
. Tuesday at the Recruitment Night
for the Deaf Smith County 4-H
program. Couch, district 4-H
specialist, was the featured
speaker at the annual event, held
in the Hereford Community
Center.
Ma Bunch, president of the
beoster dub, salid fams me also em-
Ff
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tendance eligible. And, a drawing for chamber
members only will offer a $200 prize. pro-
viding the lucky winner to present when his or
her name to drawn.
barely above freezing at Lub-
bock where a dawn reading of
33 broke a 1918 record of 42
degrees
Wichita Falls recorded ».
breaking a 1942 record of 46.
Friday has been declared as
"Maroon Madness" day to Hereford
by the Whitetace Booster Club.
The boosters are encouraging
everyome to wear maroon clothing
Friday and attend toe Mg game F-
well as to spot around toe city.
The Whitefaces, 34 « toe seasom
and 14 ta district actiom, face a Mg
teat agalmst toe Platmamen who are
14 m toe seasom and 1-1 to distriet
ptay. The Momterey toa* tow been to-
stailed as toe tavortte by toe Harris
Rating System, whieh apparendly
feels «e Plainsmen have faced
"MeHeFdeihtmea toe anstrters top
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He spends two weeks a year, one each in June and
December, at the Texas Children > Hospital in Houston
Two rooms are reserved for him at the hospital year
around.
At home during the school year, David spends 2* hours
each morning and afternoon participating by a telephone
hookup in a regular sixth-grade class at a nearby school
A tutor teaches him at home for another two hours daily
Tests have shown David to have a superior IQ and the
scholastic abilities of an eighth-grader
The family takes David on outings through the use of a
portable isolator which fits in a van.
All items given to David are passed through an airlock
in his bubble. Ethylene oxide gas is used to sterilize books,
food containers, clothing and bedding His food is also
germ-free. A peracetic acid solution is used to sterilize
plastic and glass items.
David takes care of the inside of his bubble, passing out
clothing, bedding and wastes for disposal
Dr. William Shearer, David's physician, said a bone
marrow transplant appears to be the only treatment
Geneva. Switzerland, despite a slump
in U.S.-Soviet relations caused by the
downing of a Korean passenger jet
carrying 299 people
Edward Rowny, the chief U.S.
negotiator to the talks, told a small
group of reporters on Tuesday “we
certainly are aware of the Korean
airline incident. You can't brush it
away."
But, Rowny said, “we feel it is in
our interest to continue arms control,
and we are going to go back to
negotiate and do it"
Separate talks with the Soviets on
intermediate-range nuclear missiles
in Europe reevned Sept 9. While pro-
gress on both fronts has been slow,
Reagan wrote the allied leaders to
assure them he intends to pursue
arms control and is prepared totakea
flexible approach.
Richard Burt, the assistant
secretary of state for European af-
fairs. met secretly to Brussela m
David’s family installed a video cassette recorder in
their home last year and the boy has ba* able to see
movies. He also is able to play an electronic game and has
started to play a miniature electronic piano
He was treated to a special showing of “Return of the
Jedi” at a local theater during the year and for his 12th
birthday is expecting “Jedi” toys as gifts.
Mrs. Griffin said he also to to receive video game car-
tridges, electronic toys and adventure books.
Doctors planned after David’s birth to transplant bone
marrow from his sister, but the plan was abandoned when
they found the blood types were not compatible. Bone
marrow produces lymphocytes.
Since then, except for constant protection from the dirty
outside world, David has received no treatment for his
condition.
David spends most of his time in a four-compartment
isolator that takes most of his family’s living and dining
rooms. The isolator is supplied with constantly filtered air
that removes germs.
possible f or the boy
The transplantation of bone marrow to David hasn’t
been feasible because of the lack of a matching donor.”
said Shearer Unmatched bone marrow, he said, would
cause a fatal condition called graft versus host disease"
in which the marrow rejects the recipient
David's parents aad I are watching developments at
other medical centers that have treated SCID patients
with unmatched bone marrow treated with monoclonal
antibodies," said Shearer, but there are no immediate
plans to attempt the therapy on David.
Monoclonal antibodies are obtained from cloned cells
and appear to kill cells responsible for graft versus boat
disease
Senu-annual testa on David show that the boy has come
in contact with some germs Swabs of tea body areas have
found pseudomonus, a common human mouth bacteria
David care is supported, in part, by grants from the Na-
tional Institute of Health Since 1971, the NIH contribu-
tions have totaled 91 1 million, said Mrs Griffin.
HOUSTON (AP) - A bay who has never been touched
by a bare human hand or kissed by his mother celebrates
his 12th birthday today in the germ-free bubble where he
has spent his entire life.
David, who* last name has been kept secret, was born
into a sterile environment and placed immediately in a
plastic home after doctors determined he suffered from
severe combined immune deficiency.
The condition, discovered by doctors while David was in
his mother’s womb, involves the lack of two types of white
blood cells. T-cells, which ward off infection, and B-cells,
which produce antibodies against germs.
Officials said he is the oldest survivor of the untreated
disease.
David will be served a birthday cake at a private party,
'said Susannah Moore Griffin, spokeswoman for the
Baylor College of Medicine, which directs his care.
He is a member of the Roman Catholic Church and will
receive Communion with consecrated and irradiated
wafers, she said.
“He's just like any other 12-year-old boy," Ms. Griffin
Reservations are due by 5 p.m. today for the
bi-monthly Deaf Smith County Chamber of
Commerce Fun Breakfast set to begin at 6:30
a.m. Thursday at the Community Center.
Tickets for the breakfast are priced at $2.50
each, and maybe reserved by calling the
chamber office at 364-3333.
The breakfast will be sponsored by local car
dealers, who will have new UM models on
display in the community center parking lot.
Participating in sponsoring the breakfast are
Hereford Ford-Lincoln Mercury, Stevens
Chevrolet-Oldsmobile, and Stagner-Orsborn
Buick, Pontiac. GMC.
The Fun Breakfast is open to all citizens, not
just members of the chamber of commerce.
As usual, fun and games as well as the presen-
tation of the “Ball Chip Award" will highlight
activities at the early-morning event.
Also, drawings for $25 and $75 in Deaf Smith
WASHINGTON (AP) - After con-
sulting with the NATO allies, the
United States is preparing to alter its
stand in negotiations with the Soviet
Union to promote an agreement
reducing the risk of nuclear war in
Europe.
The changes include a willingness
to discuss limits on U.S. bombers that
can carry either conventional or
nuclear bomba, a US official said
Tuesday
Also, he said, the Soviets would be
told that an accord would lead to the
United States cutting back on Per-
shing 1 as well as cruise missiles
targeted on their territory
The fast-moving Pershings are con-
sidered a much graver threat than the
cruises. A total of 572 missiles are due
to be deployed in western Europe
beginning in December.
Meanwhile In Moscow Tuesday,
Soviet President Yuri V. Andropov
urged the Weet Germans to take “the
moot vigorous and decisive action” to
forestall deployment on their sail of
the missiles
The changes, which grew out of a
series of unpublicized sessions with
NATO officials, are designed to pump
life into the slow-moving U.S.Soviet
negotiations.
They may be announced this week
rehabilitation facilities
The building would be
located directly east of the
hospital with a direct connec-
tion to the main corridor,"
the report claimed “The
facility would consist of four
doctors offices with combined
waiting and the rehab facility
would have three treatment
rooms, one whirlpool room
and support area ”
Another major cost would
be finishing the shelled patio
area, which would include
relocating the emergency en-
trance for D6GH. More than
9246.00 would be needed for
that and a new special pro-
cedures operating room, ac-
cording to the report
At least a dozen patient
rooms would receive new
ceilings, floors and wall
finishes under the proposal
Several others would receive
less drastic rennovations
A final decision on the
1983-1984 DSGH budget will
probably be made at a special
meeting next week. Bullard
said Another matter to be
discussed will be the need for
doctors to more quickly to
complete their medical
charts
ment payments for Medicare
They are to be phased in over
the next four years, he said.
Among those present at
Tuesday's meeting to
describe DRGs was Debbie
Foerster, director at schedul-
ing for DSGH. "The key to the
success of (DRGsshe
said, “is the medical records
department working closely
with the medical staff."
ticular treatment
■We're going to do
everything we can." Bullard
told the gathering, which in-
cluded several DSGH doc-
tors. to make it as easy as
possible on our medical
staff."
Larry Anderson and Sheila
O'Hara, staffers from Lub-
bock's accounting firm of
Mason, Nichols and Waner,
explained some other aspects
of DRGs Billie Crofford,
DRG coordinator for DSGH.
also Mt in on Tuesday's
meeting
Discussion on possible ren-
novation at the local hospital
was postponed until a future
meeting On August 17. Jack
Nottingham of Harwodd K
Smith and Partners. Inc..
Dallas, inspected DSGH He
presented his suggestions for
changes in a report received
recently by Bullard
Nottingham proposed
6964.700 of work be done and
broke it down into four
phases The major expense
would be the fourth phase, to
cost 9440.000. which would be
construction of a new profes-
sional office building with
Hereford set a new earliest
freeze date early this morn-
ing when the mercury dipped
to 32 degrees according to
radio station KPAN The
freeze was the earliest here
since 1926, when the ther-
mometer registered the
freezing point on Sept. 29.
A Canadian cold front
roared across Texas early to-
day, accompanied by gusty
winds and thunderstorms.
Record lows were recorded
from Amarillo to Brownsville
Ma result.
Records were set or tied at
Amarillo, Dallas-Fort Worth.
Lubbock, San Angelo,
Wichita Falls, Austin and
Brownsville. One low
temperature shattered a
previous low dating back
before the turn of the century
and several dated back to the
closing days of World War I.
Amarillo shivered under
below-freezing temperalures
when the mercury dippod to
31 at 9:30 a.m., breaking a
record of 39 set in 1999. It wm
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recovering the flight data
recorder that might explain
why the jumbo jet went
astray
U.S. officials in Washington
Mid the U.S. Navy salvage
tug Narragansett had twice
picked up and then lost the
pinging' signals from the
so-called "black box" earned
in the Boeing 747's tail
section
Pentagon spokesman
Benjamin Welles Mid the
signals were heard in
international waters about
2.500 feet deep
There were unconfirmed
reports the Soviets had found
the black box, but Pentagon
sources were skeptical
“We've heard they may
have found something, but it
could be a plant," said one
source, suggesting the
Soviets may announce
finding a black box that had
been doctored to support
Soviet charges the KAL flight
wm on an American spy
mission
Soviet officials in Moscow
told Japan they would hand
over unspecified items and
documents" from the airliner
at a rendezvous Monday at
Nevelisk, on the western
coast of Sakhalin Island
In Moscow, Soviet Foreign
Minister Andrei Gromyko
(See CRUCIAL, Page 9)
by the White House or by President
Reagan when he addresses the UN
General Assembly next Monday
On a related front, the administra-
tion is preparing to propose to the
Soviets that both sides remove two
strategic nuclear warheads from
their arsenals for each new one
deployed.
The move to integrate the so-called
build-down" concept into the U.S.
negotiating position at the Geneva
arms control talks is certain to im-
prove prospects for congressional ap-
proval of the MX missile program.
A number at key senators, including
Democrat Sam Nunn of Georgia and
Republican William Cohen of Maine,
have urged Reagan to adopt the build-
down approach. He indicated he
might be receptive last spring, while
making other changes in the U S. pota-
tion in the Strategic Anna Reduction
Talks (START)
Since the administration already
has prop Mid a cut of some 2,200 UA
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diotroy about 2,900 to reach Reagan’s
propMid ceiling at 9,999 on each side
- the 2for-1 proposal could be easily
incorporated into the U S. stand, said
another official, who also declined to
bo identified.
The negotiations resume Oct. 9 in
WAKKANAI, Japan (AP)
— A top Japanese mantime
official said today the United
States may have located
"crucial portions" of the
wreckage of a downed South
Korean airliner in the Sea of
Japan.
Rear Adm. Masayoshi Kato
of the Maritime Safety
Agency did not specify what
the portions might be or
whether they had been
recovered. But he said the
search for debris and victims
of the jetliner might be
drawing to a close in the next
few days.
He noted that the Soviets
have set a time and place to
turn over “items and
documenta’’ recovered
earlier from the aircraft,
which wm shot down Sept 1
by Soviet interceptors.
The search operations are
reaching a critical point with
the news of the Soviets
handing over material
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recovered dv Uneir snips.
Kato Mid
Korean Air Lnes Flight 097
WM shot down by air-to-air
missiles after it wandered
into Soviet air space on a
flight from Anchorage.
Alaska, to Seoul The 299
people aboard were killed
The search — pitting a
Soviet flotilla against U.S .
Japanese and South Korean
vessels — to focused on
By REED PARSELL
Staff Writer
Diagnosis-Related Group-
ings (DRGs) were extensive-
ly discussed Tuesday at a
regular meeting of the Deaf
Smith General Hospital
Board of Directors.
As described by James
Bullard, DSGH ad-
ministrator, DRGs represent
a new form of federal govern-
statisties this week, averagimg 316.7
yardsa game whe yleldig fees omly
147.3 yards a game. Romnie Terry was
alse toe league’s tap rusher, averse-
ing 123.3 yards a game.
Herd quarterback Mike Seett to
averagimg 110 yards • came pussing,
second to Pemberton of T*re*. and
keto have completed 99 parse* of
thetr tosses. Teny to Nad 9* too seor-
tag lead win 99 patala. whdle Miekey
■sngtakMto.
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