European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 30, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 6 the stars and stripes monday May 30, 1977 her most treasured gift or. Juan Arentsen dabs at the right Eye of mrs. Anita Josefowicz in a Philadel phia Hospital alter performing surgery that enabled her to see again. A wife s operation ends 29 years of darkness Philadelphia up Anita Josefo Wicz saw her husband of 19 years for the first time saturday thanks to a tiny Tele scope implanted in her right Eye. For 29 years mrs. Josefowicz 48, of Nanticoke pa., has been Able to distinguish Only vague shapes and shadows Buta three hour surgical operation by or. Juan Arentsen gave her 20-20 vision in one Man 29, critical after receiving heart transplant Palo Alto Calif. Up Jame Mercuri. 29, of Castle Shannon. Pa., under went a five hour heart transplant opera Tion at the Stanford medical Center Center spokesman said Mercuri was placed in the intensive care unit and his condition was critical. The identity of the donor was not Dis closed in accordance with Hospital policy. A fund drive conducted by St Winifred s roman Catholic Church in it. Lebanon netted 37,000 to make the operation Possi ble. Donations came from throughout Western Pennsylvania. Mercuri an apprentice machinist and father of two became ill with a rare virus two years ago. It damaged his heart w badly that Only a transplant could keep him alive the Rev. Bernard Lii co pastor at St. Winifred a knew he had to face inevitable death or have a transplant the priest said in an interview. He knew ahead of time it was a 50-50 Chance of wife Diane and their sons James and Jeff were at his bedside. Travelling reps reportedly got improper funds Washington up it Genera accounting office has concluded that con Gressmen travelling abroad have been improperly provided with millions of dollars of foreign currencies to Cove daily expenses Scripps Howard news service has Law travelling congressmen and their aides May draw $75 per Day for expenses plus an unlimited amount for ground transportation from counterpart funds held by embassies. The Money comes out of the millions of dollars that flow into embassies in re payment of debts by other nations or fro Sale of commodities. The funds Are used for payment of embassy reported that in the mid-1960s, Many embassies began running Short of foreign currencies. In order to pro vide Money for congressmen they used Dol Lars which Congress had appropriated for other purposes chiefly Aid programs Toby foreign currencies. The Gao said the practice initiated bythe state department and sanctioned by the Treasury department was not authorized by Law. Students earn Money for Charity by sponging Tampa Fla. A a group of Stu dents from the University of South Florida raised $4,095.91 Lor Charity by washing can despite roles imposed because of water Marathon car Wash bad been planned two months in Advance. There were commitments from 41 stores and restaurants to provide refreshments equip Eye and the ability to read the finest print and to distinguish was t a bit she said of her husband s appearance when she first saw him. My husband s a Little bit grayer than i expected him to be but he s All right. Mrs. Josefowicz s husband Edward. 52, a plumber for a construction firm visited her at wills Eye Hospital Here along with her son Randall 26, and other is just Beautiful she said As she exuberantly described the colors of the Flowers in her Hospital her 29 years of darkness she said she cried much in despair and once even contemplated suicide. But now she said i be cried a lot out of happiness. Now i feel i have nothing More to cry mrs. Josefowicz cried she had no tears. That was part of her problem. And verse reaction to Medicine caused the tissue of her eyes to dry and become skin operation that restored sight in her right Eye is the first to be perform tend in Pennsylvania and the third for Arentsen who performed two others in his native country of Chile where he received his medical operation was developed by or. Lemando Cardona of Colombia while working in new York 10 years ago. Arent sen said about 75 per cent of some 200 operations have proven . Josefowicz s right Eye Lens was re moved about a month ago in preparation or the surgery a Teflon Collar one third of an Inch in diameter was stitched to her eyeball a Hole was punched through the Cornea and a Small Lens about one sixth of an Inch in diameter screwed into the her lid with a Hole Cut through it to allow the Telescope to poke through was sewn closed to stabilize the device. Ment and a City permitted the 3501 ahead u they used Bose with cutoff i to conserve water and cot their drive la lanes from four to two. When they finally pot Down their Bock ets and sponges the collegians had earnedi2ju for Ibe March of dimes and the rest for a scholarship fund. Driver gets year for truck assault on invalid Van nuts Calif. A a judge has slapped the maximum one year toll term on Aman who used his Van to bump a cerebral palsy victim off his three wheeled Cycle and then laughed As he sped court judge Robert r. Devich suspended one Day of the sentence he gave John Edward Koch leaving the defendant with a term of 384 was convicted in april of a Misdemeanour charge of hit and run resulting in witness Betsy Cox told the jury that Koch drove up behind the cerebral palsy victim atan intersection last March 12 and bumped the tricycle. Koch started laughing and then bumped the tricycle again knocking the rider onto the Street. Cox then sped off pursued by Cox. After a High Speed Chase of five minutes Koch 23, was finally stopped by a policeman. The victim suffered bruises on his knee and wrist an injured an ankle. He can drive his car ahead in either direction Raleigh . Up Inwood Kings car draws stares double takes laughs and bets on whether the contraption is coming or , it s doing both. It s nude out of the front ends of two tur quote and White cars welded together in a kind of Mirror 01fuagcj can hop in the front seat and drive or be can jump la the other front seat and drive or be can get in one front seat and Friend can gel in the other front seat and each can take a ton driving to either direction. King a retired Auto repairman. Joined the cars 10 years ago As a publicity stunt for his then it has continued to attract at Tention As a Parade attraction or just As vehicle to get across town. Faa considering warnings on Ozone sickness Washington a the Federal aviation administration is studying a con Sumer group s request to require airlines to warn passengers that unsafe Levels of Ozone Gas could make them ill. The aviation consumer action protect says the Faa is not doing enough to Alert air travellers to the possibilities of Ozone sickness on flights cruising above 35,000 feet. . Fry. Gen. Taken up on Money Back offer Pierre . A atty. Gen. Wil Liam Janklow has received a request for 134.04 on his Promise to Cut leu whore unhappy with his Purchase of a surplus military helicopter. Janklow says be u Only two cents on the request Tor now. Janklow earlier said he figured the Bell copter Cost about 2 cents for each South Sakoun and be said be would personally anyone that amount on request Ambrose Mcbride vice president of the Crow Creek Sioux tribe of lower brute sent Janklow a Tetter saying the members of the tribe each wanted Money to be Happy to Send Mcbride his Money Janklow said. Bat be does t speak for the rest of the members an they la each have to ask personally to get their two said he s bad about eight other requests for refunds since be made the offer. Graduate got degree through intercom system Naperville u. A Ginger Esler will graduate with honors next month from North Central College where she attended All classes by using a Home school intercom system. Esler 32, attends an honors Assembly her first visit to the Campus. She is a quadra Plesic almost totally paralysed by polio that crippled her 17 years ago. She majored in psychology and has a straight a average. She said it took five years and 65 letters to convince Illinois department of vocational rehabilitation she could Atten College. She had to prove herself by first taking correspondence courses. An intercom system was set up Between her bedroom and various classrooms in Nort Central College about 15 Miles away. Sometimes they forget to plug me she said. They actually referred to that Littleboy As me that s Ginger they d Elser said she would like to live and work in a Hospital helping with rehabilitation
