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Page 4 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1977 Court ashed to alter name to No. 1069 United Press International MINNEAPOLIS — Micheal Den- gler wants to be called 1069. Pro nounce it one-zero-six-nine, not ten-sixty-nine. Dengler, 31, appeared Monday before Hennepin County District Judge Donald Barbeau to ask that his name legally be changed to the number 1069. The judge took the case under advisement and said he did not know when he would make a deci sion. “Lve got to research the laws,” Barbeau said. “This is the first time I’ve had anyone want his name changed to a number,” He added, “I don’t know why it can’t be done. ” Dengler lost a teaching job and was turned down by a judge in North Dakota in his quest for the name change. Now he’s working as a short-order cook. Dengler represented himself in the previous court action. This time he brought along two lawyers. “Maybe I didn’t represent myself too well,” he told Judge Barbeau. Dengler, or 1069, brought along a computer specialist who said num bers lend themselves to identifica tion just as well as names. The telephone company won’t do business with 1069 until a court grants official approval. Neither will a gas company or the state driver’s license office. The phone company gave Den gler a telephone number under the name 1069 but won’t list it in the directory. And if it does, the com pany isn’t sure where you put a number for a number. Northern States Power Co. broke ranks. The electric utility is billing Dengler by the name he prefers — 1069. “Nobody appeared in opposition to changing his name,’ Barbeau said. “We checked to see if he wanted to change his name to get out of paying bills or escape a crimi nal record. He doesn’t have a crimi nal record and doesn’t own any property. I ve ruled out game play ing.” Dengler is divorced and has two children in the custody of his previ ous wife. He did not ask that their names be changed. He is firm in the pronunciation of his name — one-zero-six-nine — but he allows those close to him to use the nickname, “One-zero.” With surgery, vision, hope, new to Maria United Press International PHILADELPHIA — With a broad smile, Maria de Jesus Rod riguez Hernandez hopped up from the stairs where she had been sitting and walked briskly across the living room of the small rowhouse to where her sister stood. Just one month ago, Hernandez would have needed a guide, or she would have had to walk slowly, groping her way as she went. When she was 9 years old, Her nandez, now 19, contracted uveitis — a disease that causes cataracts and clouding of the jelly-like fluid in the eye. She went totally blind. An operation at Wills Eye Hospi tal in Philadelphia last October, using a revolutionary instrument to withdraw the clouded fluid and re place it simultaneously with a simi lar substance, restored partial sight to Hernandez’s left eye. Her right eye is beyond repair. The instrument, known as a suc tion infusion tissue extractor (SITE) was developed about four years ago at Wills by Dr. Jay Federman. Hernandez’s physician, Dr. John Calhoun, said, “She’s seeing light very well, but her retina was dam aged by the uveitis. She’s not seeing movement in front of her eyes. ” Calhoun said Hernandez now can see shadows and colors, and some movement when it interrupts light. This makes it possible for her to move around without bumping into things, but there is no chance she will get any better, despite earlier optimism, he said. The retina, Calhoun said, was se verely damaged and because it is nerve tissue it can not be regener ated. “I wish there was more we can do, but we’ve done all we can surgi cally,” he said. Dr. Michael Cortez, an intern at Hahnemann Hospital who first learned of Hernandez’s problem and arranged for her operation at Wills, said he is seeking Spanish- language rehabilitation training for her. 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