European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - June 23, 1977, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Poge 28 the stars and stripes thursday june 23, 1977 passenger flight putdown averted by . Pact level discussion soviet Leader Leonid brei nov gestures As be talks with French president Valery Giscard d a Stang at Rambouillet France. On wednesday the two officially committed their nations to working harder or world detente and nuclear . But the Windup of Brezhnev s three Day visit to France was clouded by his disapproval of France s Rale in nato by the stale. Mate in the Salt negotiations and by the color of a Green Gilt car which the russian Leader got repainted Blue. His plane look off Lor Moscow alter the two signed a declaration saying that an essential condition of detente is respect of the rights of Man and of fundamental liberties by All states. Up photo continued rare Page it Carrier gets routes to san Francisco and Seattle and the option of Hying Between London and Dallas fort Worth after three  carriers get three years exclusivity on Atlanta London and Dallas fort Worth London routes and gain another exclusive permission for another Gate Way when that time is  British get a new York Manchester route and the americans a direct Ancho rage London link. Assigning such rights under the agree ment does not necessarily mean that serv ices on any particular route will Start soon if Ever. The airlines will first study the feasibility and in some cases government Reg. Ula tory boards will judge airline applications for routes. To reduce the number of vacant seats each country will be limited to two airlines operating Between Britain and new York and los Angeles and to one each Between Britain and the smaller american air italian pins High by Cost estimates wife s death withheld auditors say to transplant Cape town. South Africa a the husband of a Young italian woman who died after a Baboon s heart was implanted in her Chest says his wife would be alive if the operation had not been performed. Or. Christian Barnard the heart trans Plant Pioneer who headed the team that performed the operation at Cape town s groote Schuur Hospital defended the transplant As a last resort bid to save Marilena Mattiuzzo portello 26.barnard said he received permission from the husband Gianni portello 27, for the operation and that the woman faced certain death without it. If the heart team had not done this kind of transplant my wife would be alive today portello said wednesday in an interview in the English language newspaper the citizen. Not been told "1 do not want to Point a Finger at anyone in particular but i say once More. I a convinced something we it wrong with that operation. I feel i have not been told very much about it  the Story quoted him As  said in London wednesday that no human donor was available at the time of the transplant. It was a very acute emergency and a human heart was not available. So i used a Baboon s heart in the Hope that either the patient s heart would recover or that the Baboon heart would support it until such time As could gel a human heart to use. In this particular Case the patient s own heart was so bad that it just slopped work ing 54 hours later and the Baboon s heart was too Small to carry the circulation alone. Clinically there was no evidence of  he , who performed the world s first human heart transplant 9 a years ago. Regularly treats foreign patients. Mrs. Porteiro first arrived at groote Schuur three months ago when surgeons inserted an aortic heart valve. She returned a week ago and die monday her second wedding anniversary 2 7 hours after the end of the operation. Washington a congressional auditors say Pentagon officials in the final Days of the Ford administration withheld estimates that the by bomber might Cost up to 20 per cent More than the figure then cited by its  Ford administration was estimating that it would Cost $22.8 billion for 244 bomb , auditors from the general accounting office have informed the Senate Aenied services committee that two other Pentagon estimates said the Cost might reach $29 billion for the Fleet of 244  Gao letter to chairman John c. Stennis d-miss., was made Public wednesday by sen. John c. Culver d Lowa a Leader of congressional  Carter has promised to decide by the end of this month whether to go ahead with production of the by. Culver said the Gao found that three Cost estimates for the by were presented to the Ford administration last december the senator said Ford administration officials disregarded the two higher Esti mates and chose to reveal Only the unreasonably Low figure. Obviously it did not want to jeopardize this $29 billion  Mitchell goes to prison continued from Page ii on the  kept me from falling said the photographer. Charlie Jones of Abc news. I was Only some 18 inches  spending about 45 minutes being processed. Mitchell was led into the com Pound having changed from his dark Green pin striped suit into prison issued Light Brown shirt and dark Brown  is the 25th and probably last person to be imprisoned in connection with watergate. He began his 2 a-to-8-year term a Day after former White House chief of staff h. R. Haldeman entered a similar institution for the same length of time in  Robert w. Gemska said Mitch Ell will be treated just like any prisoner but will not be allowed to perform work on the air base outside the prison compound because he is so Well known. Port airline officials said that if the talks had failed passengers would have been flown to other countries and taken on to their destinations by chartered shuttle flights. This would have added noun to their trips. Fares Are not affected since these Are set by the International air transport association made up of nearly All the air lines operating International flights. Britain had sought a replacement for the 1946 Bermuda agreement since last year claiming British airways was being squeezed out of the transatlantic Market by larger fleets of american planes flying More than half empty to maintain excessively frequent nights. The British pointed out that an average of 39 to 45 per cent of the seats on transatlantic flights Are empty and urged restrictions on the number of seats available. The . Said this was an attempt to Divide the Market and would interfere with free com  British contended they were getting Only one third of the $850 million a year air business Between the two countries and wanted a bigger share. The americans argued that 63 per cent of those flying be tween the . And Britain were Ameri  British also were demanding restrictions on the rights of american lines to Fly passengers to London in jumbo jets and then Divide the Load among smaller airliners going to various destinations on the continent. The British wanted a piece of this Market which has been Worth $71.4 million a year to the american airlines. The British also opposed . Proposals to expand american operations to and from Hong Kong. The British said this would Hurt Cathay Pacific the British air line based in the far Eastern Colony. Sports in Brief Bloomington Minn. Up Hie Texas rangers wednesday removed Man Ager Frank Lucchesi and replaced him with Eddie Stanky. Eddie Robinson rangers general Man Ager said Lucchesi was find because fans booed him in Texas and be could not draw a crowd. See earlier Story Page 21. Europe partly Cloudy to Molly Cloudy with Haja and  Rani Nowers town Day. It tit Chang Friday. Frankfurt Haicl Lerv loft Low m. Sura Thun Day  urim fridy4 .  wed nday cedi 4am 4pm 4am 4pmid m  � n Frankfurt a 7 it a Thant. P 4 n London it 73 Savuno. P u m Myrld a ii �  it to mull Clur St to  m a Pari. Para  to n  p partly Cloudy or to.  veterinarians of Omer Sis in Bill panel oks doctor pay Extension by John Hart Washington Bureau chief Washington its the House Mil itary compensation subcommittee voted tuesday .1-0 in favor of a Bill to extend the Pentagon s authority to provide doctors and dentists with special pay. Current pay authority was to expire sept. 30.an amendment to the Bill. Or 7839. Will also provide veterinarians and optometrists with a special monthly pay of $100. Rep. Bill Nichols. A Ala. Chairman of the panel said the Bill As amended would be reported to the House armed services committee next week for action. With a 5-4 vote the panel agreed to the amendment introduced by rep. Donald Mitchell r-n.y., which if approved by Congress will mean that veterinarians and optometrists who entered Active duty on or after july 1, 1975. Will receive the special pay. Veterinarians and optometrists who were on Active duty before that Date Al ready receive the special pay. According to Mitchell it will Cost the government about $300.000 a year to pro vide the two groups with special pay. Vernon Mckenzie acting assistant Secretary of defense for health affairs reported that the Pentagon has about 650 veterinarians with an estimated 400 currently receiving the special pay. He said there Are approximately 500 optometrists with an estimated 300 now get Ting the special pay