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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Sunday, August 20, 1978

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   European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 20, 1978, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and strips sunday August 20, 1978 Flo. Couple gets $50,000 jury award in . Over test tube baby halting i jury Friday 0,003 in their new York up a awarded a Florida couple $50,1 suit against a Hospital and its chief Gneco Logist for halting their Effort to have the world s first test tube baby five years ago. The Federal court jury of four women and two men awarded $50,000 to Doris Del Zio 34, of fort Lauderdale and a Token $3 to her husband John a 59-year-old dentist. The couple had sued for $1.5 million. I feel i have been  said the Chubby dark haired mrs. Del Zio who sobbed after hearing the verdict Friday  gynaecologist or. Raymond Vande Wiele said of the jury s decision it was so  for. The defense immediately asked judge Charles Stewart to set aside the verdict which came after 26 hours of deliberations. The judge asked for briefs next  jury made the award on mrs. Del Zio s claim that Vande Wiele chief Gyne ecologist at Columbia presbyterian Hospi Tal intentionally damaged her psychologically when he halted her attempt to have a baby conceived in a test tube it found in favor of the defendants How Ever on the couple s Contention it was deliberately deprived of property by Termi nation of the procedure. The panel decided that mrs. Del Zio should receive $12,500 from Columbia presbyterian Hospital $12,500 from co Lumbia University and $25,000 from Vande Wiele. The husband was awarded $1 from each  mrs. Del Zio said the decision was a vindication of herself and the two doctors who bad attempted the test tube fertilization As Well As a vindication for All women who need help like i . Landrum Shettles who was on the staff at Columbia presbyterian in 1973, and or. William Sweeney a gynaecologist at new York Hospital had planned to Fertil ize in a test tube an egg taken from one of mrs. Del Zio s ovaries with sperm from tier husband. They then planned to replant the culture. In mrs. Del Zio s womb who agreed to the procedure because she wanted to have a child by her second husband but could not because her fallopian tubes Are blocked. I it was similar to the procedure used in . Court denies bail love Frang a suspect charged with murder   former rep. Hanna to be paroled in Washington a former rep. Richard t. Hanna a calf. Will be paroled on sept. 6, 1979, from prison where he is serving a term of 6 months to 30 months after pleading guilty to a bribery conspiracy charge in connection with the Korea payoff the . Parole Board ruled that Hanna must serve approximately 16 months of his , 64, was accused of taking part in a scheme to ply members of Congress with Cash and other gifts in an Effort to promote South korean inter for the Only other former c has been charged in the scandal is rep. Otto Ekl awaiting trial " Passman was indict " took $213,000 in bribes i _ Rice dealer ton Sun Partt Hanna who is at theft Maxwell air Force base ala., is eligible fort mandatory release d. Parole would be May 1961. Special interest group contributions be Denver api special interest groups already have contributed $7 million More to ibis year s us. House and Senate races than la All of the 1976 campaigns says the chairman of the Federal election commission. Joan aliens said Here that the 1,700 la Bor business and ton groups who Mart file i commission haves far toward the 1171 by contrast to House and sedate 1976 totalled Stoml Llew. Carter adds n.c., no. To his travel Sci Washington a president car Ter has added trips to North Carolina and new Jersey to a Busy travel schedule that will follow his two week vacation and mid dle East Summit next  White House which had previously announced plans for presidential visits to South Carolina and Ohio in september re leased the expanded travel schedule Fri Day. The president will make a Campaign appearance for John Ingrani Senate candidate in Noril sept. Is in Ashe Vule Ito Columbia s.c., for a support Charles Ravenel Senate candidate in Sou Tao on sept. 16, Carter will Ohio for a democratic p on sept. 19, carte City n.j., to address Tutei Tion of the United steel Doris Del Zio. I feel vindicated the widely publicized birth of a baby girl to a couple in England Early last month. The baby was born while the Del Zio s suit was being  the five week trial in . District court in Manhattan both Shettles and Sweeney admitted they attempted the fertilization without the required clearance at their hospitals. Defense attorneys argued that Shettles was a frustrated incompetent and that Vande wide stopped his Experiment be cause it would harm the patient. 6 tons of Mori Uono plants seized in Hilo Hawaii up More than to tons of marijuana plants Worth an Esti mated ft.4 million were seized on the is land of Hawaii in the coarse of a four Day  80 and 106 officers took part in the combined county state and Federal drag eradication est mid Cap. Hawaii county police list rattle service Dovwa the raids led to the i who were released pen def i gallon Carvalho Sahl Chicks were lining up 10 deep for Ai Bowdoin Maine up when James Economou s Artesian Well suddenly dried up it took two state agencies a local fire department and the . Army re serve to quench the thirst of his 52,000 baby chickens the Farmer said Friday. The month old Chicks were without water 18 hours before help arrived in the form of a . Army Reserve 400-gallon Tanker truck. The vehicle was oiled with water from toe local bred but Economoy survived toe dry spell serious than a hefty Thant they re still All her. 1very thirsty. They were lining up first drink of water and front were not moving Iline he said. Concorde sets a Paris to Washington new York up a Bronx grand jury Friday charged love Triangle slay ing suspect Howard buddy Jacobson with killing his former Girlfriend s Lover. A True Bill of indictment was Dis closed in Bronx criminal court when Jacobson s lawyer tried again to have Jacob son released on bail. The jury s decision convinced Bronx criminal court judge William Holland to deny bail. A spokesman for Bronx District attorney Mario Merola said the indictment will not actually be handed up until it is signed by the grand jury Foreman and handed up to a state supreme court Justice. Jacobson is charged with shooting Stab Bing bludgeoning and then burning the envoy to Jordan named Washington up the Senate has approved the nomination of Nicholas a. Veliotes As ambassador to Jordan. Body of 34-year-old restaurant operator John Tupper on aug. 6, several weeks after Jacobson s mistress and business partner cover girl Melanie Cain moved in with Tupper in a neighbouring Penthouse. Authorities said . Immigration and naturalization officials have picked up Salvatore Giamo. Who was stopped with Jacobson shortly after witnesses told police they saw two men set fire to Turner body in a wooden Chest. Giamo who told police he was hitchhiking and who was not charged in the slay ing was released Friday on $2,000 Ball pending a hearing aug. 25 on charges he overstayed his tourist i Washington up an air France supersonic concorde set a Speed record for commercial airliners Friday by travelling from Paris to Washington to 3 hours adj minutes a National aeronautics association spokesman announced. Air France spokesman James collinsf81 Wasna existing Speed record be tween the two capitals and the French concorde was Esu Bliskun c one for the one passenger said the right we marked by the King in the West As be to newly dark. When they arrived h tag faster unite Al was two Hon before Annamai. United Stales Doe i a loaf f to Reia the record Tombstone orders a ban on loud by Tombstone Arta. Up _ Button the minature poodle is banned from Tomb  some residents in the u u 7- by Nemen was being held at the Bronx detention Center. To land wednesday refused to release Jacob son on bail after the District attorney claimed the suspect would be killed if Letout on the streets. A 7-year-old do Barking at night. Acting on noise complaints from neigh Man   
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