European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes thursday. September 26, 1985 Darkne Condoli kisses her 5-year-old Cay to reall ached a was sad by leeches. Doctors use hungry leeches to save boy s reattached ear Boston a doctors who reattached a boy s severe car with microsurgery feared the operation might fail when drugs did t overcome a complication so they turned to one of their profession s oldest tools blood sucking leeches. It would t have worked if we had t been Able to use the caches said or. Joseph Upton who headed the team of children s Hospital surgeons who operated on Guy condelli5, of Medford. The boy Tost his ear when he was attacked by a  of severed cars Are rarely successful be cause the ear s blood vessels Are exceptionally tiny so Small they can t be seen with the naked Eye according to Upton the Only reported Success was five years ago in Australia he said. When Guy and his severed ear were rushed to upon after the attack aug. 16. Upton said "1 decided to give it a try even though the Success rate is almost  of the surgical team worked for 12 hours under microscopes that magnified by 40 times the Tor veins and arteries they had to reconnect. The operation worked and blood flowed through the reattached vessel but Guy s recovery was complicated by poor circulation. Although blood flowed into the ear. Clots formed inthe veins so the blood could not return to the heart. Three Days after the operation the ear turned blackish Blue with congested blood. At first doctors gave the child heparin a Medicine that prevents clotting and they made cuts in the ear to let out blood. However the child was losing a lot of blood an doctors feared the operation would fail As a surgeon in Vietnam upon had sometimes use leeches to heal wounds and he decided they were Worth a try in this Case. I started calling around the country to my friends trying to find some hungry leeches Upton said. He eventually found a variety of medical leeches known As  in England and arranged to have some flown to Boston. He attached two of the i a Inch Long Worms to the child scar. They slowly filled with blood and eventually became eight inches Long he said looking something like fat Cigar besides sucking blood the leeches inject an aesthetic and anticoagulant into the flesh to keep blood from clot Ting the surgeon explained. The ear perked up right away Upton said. It was obvious it was going to  the doctors continued the therapy for a week and use Dup about two dozen leeches. By that time Normal circulation was restored in the child s healthy looking . The boy s Mother Darlene said tuesday she had no doubts about the leeches. I said if it works do it what Ever it takes he put the leeches on and it was incredible How much better it  Guy was discharged from the Hospital about two weeks after the operation and is going to kindergarten. His ear looks terrific his Mother said. Upton said leeches Are occasionally used for Finger real tac ments in France but they arc rarely used in the unit cd mates. Stateside teen age girl killed another Hurt in Mountain hiking plunges Provo Utah a a 17-year-old girl on a High school Outing was killed and another injured when they Ell in separate hiking accidents on mount Timpanogos to in said. Tammy Witt who slipped in a snowfield then Down asleep slope and Over a ledge to her death and Diana bitter were among 56 people in an Orem High school outdoor studies group on the Mountain police Laid. Bitter also 1 7, fell while looking Over a ledge the sheriffs office said in a statement. She suffered Cuti and scrapes and was in fair condition tuesday at the Utah Valley regional medical Center a nursing supervisor said. Jetliner makes Safe Landing after losing Cabin pressure Wichita. Kan. A a United airline jetliner carrying 97 people made an unscheduled Landing at Wichita mid continent Airport after Cabin pressure dropped but no one was seriously injured authorities said. The Boeing 727 was in route to Tulsa okla., from Denver. Nine of the 90 passengers were treated for minor ear irritations and queasiness. One of the nine was taken to local Hospital. Scott Shalor of san Diego said passengers remained Calm during the incident. I was Reading a newspaper and the mask came Down Shalor said. "1 did t even notice the mask until somebody nudged me. To was very smooth. Nobody panicked and the Crew did what they were supposed to do. Alliance of theater stage workers ratifies 3-year contract los Angeles a some 30 Craft unions rep resenting More than 20,000 workers have ratified a three year contract with movie and television producers a Union official said. The vote was 9,344 favouring and 742 against the agreement reached aug. 1, said Mac St. Johns International representative of the International Alliance of theatrical and stage employees. The pact Calls for a 90-cent pay raise the first year site second year and $1.10 the final year with a 25 percent pension Benefit boost for Active employees and 10 percent for those already retired he said. In addition is. 5 million was allocated to establish drug and alcohol rehabilitation programs an Issue both sides agreed on from the Start St. Johns said. Alzheimer s disease researchers request Normal brains for study los Angeles a _ University of Southern Cali forma scientists who study alzheimer s disease Are asking healthy people to will their brains to the a for re search spokeswoman says. Research into the degenerative brain disease which the the study of postmortem brain tissue is crucial to Progress in understanding this  Finch said these analyses can t be done on living a menu and can t be done on animals since alzheimer s disease & unique to  a East ise la numans. Marriott prime to buy Howard Johnson Chain Boston up in i Boston a Marriott corp. And prime motor inns inc. Announced tuesday that they have signed agreements to buy Howard Johnson co., the nationwide Chadnof Orange roofed motels and restaurants for 1300 million including assumed  Johnson based in Quincy mass., since it was founded in 1925, disowned by the Imperial group of London. Howard Johnson president g. Michael hostage confirmed the Sale saying it would radically change the company but hold enormous Promise for each of the operating Marriott and prime said the Sale which must be approved by Imperial shareholders was expected to be completed by the end of the year. In an announcement made in washing ton Marriott said thai immediately after the Deal is completed it will sell 125 How Ard Johnson motor lodges and hotels 199 restaurants and 375 franchised motor lodges to prime for $235 million including assumed debt. Prime will also acquire the Howard Johnson trademarks and Trade names. Marriott said it will retain 350 Howard Johnson operated restaurants and 68 turn Pike restaurants As Well As the vending manufacturing and distribution operations one unspecified hotel and management agreements for three hotels and other prop the ground round restaurant Chain willbe retained by the Imperial group which bought Howard Johnson in 1980 for $630million. Howard Johnson has 30,000  sales in 1984 were j757 million. In Washington Marriott has140,000 employees worldwide and annual sales of about $4 billion the company said prune of Fairfield . Is a major Howard Johnson Licensee whose principal business is operation and management of motor inns under franchises from major lodging companies. Al i .0816 Howard a w i be radically transformed by this Sal each of our operating divisions will be put in a dramatically improved position to maximize its  Howard Johnson spokeswoman Nanc Fisher said the company would conduct a will a Viand off re "8 if 3ny ""p10 prime and Marriott said the Purchase of Howard Johnson properties boosts their no sit ions in the competitive Motel and Road Side restaurant Industry. The acquisition provides excellent opportunities for us to expand and strengthen our restaurant operations particularly our i & 1lunlpik Rota Gnu said