European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 08, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes wednesday june 6, 1977 3-year-old girl Pawn in laetrile controversy fort Pierce Fla. Api the state is fighting Tor Legal custody of 3-year-old Nikki Decker whose Mother is treating her leukaemia with the Contro Versi in substance a acl rile and a special diet doctors want to use chem Othera custody hearing sought by the stale s social and economic services Agency was postponed monday until june 17."i am not saying their program chemotherapy is the child smother Elizabeth finn of Gainesville said. "1 just want the Freedom to choose the method of treatment for my Daugh , who is separated from Dan Decker of fort Pierce and has custody of Nikki said both parents Are satisfied that a diet of raw foods and laetrile. A substance made from Apricot pits is keeping their daughter healthy. But drs. Jerry Barbosa and David Rockmore of stands teaching Hospital in Gainesville say that Nikki s chances of survival arc slim without treatment by chemical agents said Vincent Lloyd attorney for the state. The physician believe the disease is in a state of re Mission but is far from cured Lloyd Florida legislature approved a Bill in the last session to allow use of laetrile but a Federal food and drug administration ban on importing it re Mains in effect. Doctors and the Fra have maintained that laetrile is use less in the fight against cancer but some cancer patients claim that it has kept them alive. Laetrile has also been legalized in Washington Alaska. Indiana Arizona Nevada and said that after Nikki s disease was diagnosed in january her lather and i wanted some time to explore alternative methods. We took six Days and i guess they thought that was too child abuse charges were filed against finn and Decker the child was taken from her Mother for two Days. It was at that Point finn said she agreed to the after three weeks of chemotherapy finn said she became worried about the Side effects As Nikki lost her hair developed an excessive appetite and was depressed and Moody. Finn said that since switching Nikki to laetrile More than two months ago she is now herself again. We had a Bone marrow test a week ago and they found no Lloyd explained that the state is seeking custody so the state can be responsible for seeing that the child gets the treatment. That Means the child would be declared dependent but not necessarily taken from the custody of her no. Doctors quit Hospital in protest flem1ngton. No. A nearly three fourths of the doctors at the Only hos Pital in Hunter Don county quit their jobs monday to protest a Hospital Rule which prohibits them from opening private of medical Center which pm ploys 36 medical specialists is the Only Hospital in the 75.000-rcsident. West Central new Jersey 27 specialists who quit make up the entire departments of general surgery orthopaedics radiology Uro logy psychology pathology obstetrics gyn ecology and otolaryngology nose car my Throat and most of the departments of Medicine and ophthalmology. Department Heads quit eleven department Heads were among those who resigned effective doctors said they will continue prac timing in the county and will admit patients to the Hospital and care for patients Al ready officials had nil immediate comment on the resignations. Itic doctors resigned because of a Hospi Tal regulation which requires All specialists to be full time employees and prevents them from opening private offices else where in the spokesman for the doctors Rule Dales Back about 25 years when the county had about 25.000 residents and the Hospital was Able to attract specialists Only by putting them on the payroll. In those Days the spokesman said most specialists did not want private practices because there weren t enough patients to make them profitable. But the county s population has tripled since then and doctors made their preferences for private practice known to Hospi Tal officials several months ago. The spokesman officials were unresponsive de spite the submission of joint proposals with general practitioners suggesting guide lines for allowing specialists to affiliate with the medical Center he spokesman said a patient cannot now Sec a specialist in Hunter Don county unless a general practitioner makes a re pregnant woman for instance must see a general practitioner for referral to in obstetrician gynaecologist on the Hospi Tal staff Hospital physicians pc l their fees and draw income billed in a formula Lor serv ices rendered . Super spy Dies Oxford. England api sir Johnm Amerman. Who masterminded the Sabo Tage of Germany s spy system in Britain during world War ii. Died at an Oxford nursing Home. He was 86 basking in accolades Andrea Mccardle who plays Annie in the musical of the same name chats with producer Mike Nichols right an fellow members of the cast at the Tony awards in new York. Standing at left is Reid Shelton who plays daddy War Bucks and next to him is composer Charles Strouse who received a Tony for Best score. Annie won the Tony in seven of the 19 categories. A . Cycle maker asks halt to unfair japanese prices Washington up Harley David son the Only american manufacturer of motorcycles. Tuesday . Became a dumping ground for nearly 700.000 japanese motorcycles last year and asked the Treasury department to put a Stop to unfair pricing the company filed a petition Wilh the department asking for an investigation into the pricing practices of four major Japa Nese manufacturers Honda. Yusufu. and us ii ithe Hurley Davidson petition comes on the heels of similar dumping complaints by the television and steel industries that May Lead to a further deterioration of Trade relations Between the arid Japan at a news conference. John Davidson president of Learley Davidson motor co japanese firms now have cornered 87 per cent of the american motor Cycle Market compared with just seven per cent for Harley Davidson a company study. Davidson a d. Has revealed that the our japanese firms have wild their motorcycles a prices As much is 58 it cent below the prices charged i Japan and Western Europe As an example Davidson that his Iii s 1.000 cubic centimetre Maxiel has a suggested retail Price of $4.008 the same Model sold by Honda has a retail Price of approximately k.300 but Sells for As much As $900 More in France West Ger Many and Llali. Tex. Woman named treasurer Washington api president Carter formally announced tuesday that he s nominating Azic t. Morton a Black woman from Texas to be treasurer of the United an administrative assistant at Texas Al Cio Headquarters in Austin Morton currently is staff assistant to the House District committee Treasury Secretary w. Michael Blumen thai has said he plans to Combine the trea surer s Post with that of director of the 41-year-old native of Dale. Tex., Morton held Federal equal employment Opportunity posts during the administration of president Lyndon b. Johnson and from 1968 to 1971. Was director of social services for the Model cities program at Wichita Kan. She became special assistant to then democratic National chairman Robert Strauss in 1977, serving in that Post until she joined the staff of the House District cun2t Ilce earlier this year. 5 killed 4 Hurt As plane rams into apartments Upland. Calif. A a twin engine plane trying to make an emergency land ing at an Airport crashed into a Block Long apartment Complex tuesday and exploded in flames. All five persons aboard the plane were killed police said. At least four persons on the ground were taken to a Hospital with injuries authorities said. It was not immediately known if anyone was trapped inside the apartments. Upland fire department capt. De lamed explosion and fire completely gutted the two Story building. At least one other nearby building in the com plex was ablaze. The second Story was Down on the first Larned said of the first building. The plane just disintegrated when it Hittle apartments " an Airport official six seater plane was owned by tale motors a Cadiz be dealer in nearby Pomona. The injured were taken to san Antonio Community Hospital in Upland where they were treated Lur amur injuries and reported in stable condition. Officials said lie plane had taken off from Cable Airport Only minutes before the 7 10 crash then developed engine trouble and tried to make its Way Back to the Airport in this Community 35 Miles East of los Angeles
