THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, AUGUST 13, 1981
Page 5
.State
Jniversity seeks
pproval to test
rtificial heart
United Press International
I SALT LAKE CITY — The University of Utah has again asked the
U S. Food and Drug Administration for permission to test an artificial
art in a human recipient.
The FDA rejected a similar application from the university’s Artifi-
tial Organs Center last March. The federal agency said the initial
F inest was not detailed enough and left several technical questions
answered.
University Medical Center spokesman John Dwan said Tuesday the
ewapplication is a “greatly expanded” version of the original request,
lie FDA has 30 days to reject or approve the second petition, or to ask
hr more information.
F When the university made its initial application, it said the dacron
lesh and polyurethane heart would only be used in a patient who
)uld not be successfully weaned from a heartlung machine and would
perwise die.
Dwan declined to discuss the latest application. He said, “We think
lisimproper to get involved in a detailed discussion while the FDA is
aluating the proposal. ”
Heart surgeon Denton Cooley of Houston, Texas, has tested an
tificial heart twice in humans — the first time 10 years ago, and the
cond just last month.
Cooley implanted his manmade heart in a patient on July 23. That
tificial heart was later replaced by a human heart, but the man died,
xiley claimed he did not need FDA approval for the operation
cause the patient would have died without it and that he planned to
place the mechanical organ.
|The University of Utah wants to use its artificial organ as a perma
nent implant in adult heart patients who are otherwise healthy. The
festrecipients would be tethered to machines powering the compress
ed air-driven heart and monitoring its functions. But, eventually, the
art would be powered by a small pump also implanted in the patient.
[ ittendants will try
o end air strike
United Press International
iTlie president of the flight attendant union for American Airlines
jd today she had invited the leaders of other flight attendant unions
meet in Dallas Friday to devise plans aimed at ending the air traffic
introllers strike.
Patt Gibbs, president of the Association of Professional Flight
endants, said she issued the invitation in an attempt to save flight
endants’ jobs.
Ms. Gibbs said American Airlines officials had informed her Tues-
/ofplans to lay off as many as 600 flight attendants Sept. 11 because
the air traffic controllers strike.
“Looking into the crystal ball, we expect a thousand more fur-
(ghed (after the Sept. 11 layoffs),” she said.
Were going to have a meeting to see if we can’t take some action (to
Ipend the strike),” she said. “The pilots and the FAA say’s it’s safe to
it's fine, but flight attendants are calling us to say where things
m’t fine.”
“Alotofflight attendantants are afraid to fly. “Our main concern is to
the government to bargain to get the (PATCO) people back to work
stop our furlough,” she said.
bother union activity, the Texas head of the machinists and aeros-
fce workers union is threatening to organize a human blockade of
COO to 6,000 people around a Houston airport in an effort to bolster
l week-old strike by the nation’s air traffic controllers.
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Ex-cops may be part of burglary ring
United Press International
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Three former Albuquer
que policemen may be involved in a burglary-robbery ring
police intelligence unit officers say may include the entire
Southwest.
Police Chief E.L. Hansen confirmed Tuesday that an
investigation is under way, but said little else. “I’m not at
liberty to comment,” he said, “because numerous judicial
districts in the state are involved in the investigation.”
District Attorney Steven Schiff also declined comment,
but said his office is keeping abreast of the investigation.
He did say, however that “the scope of the investigation
covers several other individuals.”
Albuquerque police Sgt. Jerry Stephens said informa
tion is being collected from at least six states, and Capt.
Don Rodgers of the Farmington Police Department said
the ring may have been responsible for as many as 200
crimes in 18 cities in eight states from Kentucky to Cali
fornia.
Rodgers said the ring has been linked to 17 crimes in the
Farmington area, involving robberies, burglaries and fraud
with checks and credit cards.
The investigation began to widen in March after former
Albuquerque policemen Robert Davis, 32, and John Har
per, 37, were arrested in Farmington in connection with
several robberies and burglaries there.
Warrants were issued recently in Alamogordo and
Amarillo, Texas, for a third former Albuquerque police
man, Donald Bailey. He was charged with armed robbery.
However, officials in both cities declined to discuss the
cases.
No charges have been filed in Bernalillo County.
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