European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - April 4, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes Friday april 4, 1986 Mark left court a student at Boston University keeps an Eye on his pet Snake Floyd during a break in classes. Temperatures in the Boston area have been in Snake eyes a photo the High 60s and Mark took advantage of the Nice weather to show off the Boa Constrictor he has owned for seven months. Statewide patient needs another transplant after receiving mismatched heart St. Louis a a Missouri Man Given a heart that does not match his blood Type must have a second trans Plant to Correct the problem officials say. John Miller a spokesman for Barnes Hospital said wednesday that the 47-year-old patient has been rejecting the heart he received March 21. He said the Man who asked not to be identified has been in serious but stable condition since a few Days after receiving the new heart. The patient has Type a blood but Barnes doctors trans planted into him a heart from a donor with Type b blood because of an error by medical officials in Texas who supplied the Organ Miller said. The patient still has the heart but there is an unacceptable level of rejection he said. Signs of rejection of the donated heart did not appear until March 28. The patient was immediately placed on the waiting list for a second transplant operation. It was late in the operation when we got a Call from the Texas Hospital telling us that an error had been made in blood Type. It was too late to do anything else but finish the  or. R. Morton Bolman who Heads the Barnes trans Plant program and performed the operation said the hos Pital does not routinely double Check the blood Type of donor hearts. Time does t allow it he said. Steve Haid supervisor for Organ retrieval services at the Southwest Organ Bank in Dallas said wednesday the Agency had procured the heart used in the transplant but that the blood typing tests were done elsewhere. He refused to identify what Hospital had done the blood typing but said human error caused the problem. Miller said the patient needed the initial transplant because he had cardiomyopathy an irreversible deterioration of heart tissue. Doctors have Given him larger doses of an immune suppressant drug called cyclosporine that has slowed the body s rejection of the new heart he said. The patient asked Hospital officials not to release his name or Hometown Miller said. He is from outside the  area. The Accident is believed to be the second time that a patient received a heart of the wrong blood Type in a transplant operation Miller said. A similar Accident occurred in Pennsylvania within the past year and the patient has survived with the mismatched heart he said. He said he did not know the name of the Pennsylvania Hospital. Officials hounding License violators Hartford Conn. Up Connecticut canine authorities on the Trail of residents who fail to License their dogs have collared their first scofflaws a 42-year-old Man who ignored a ticket for failing to Register his pet Pooch. Let these owners know the courts mean business said Frank Intino the state s top canine control officer whose office has tightened the Leash on violators. Police arrested Angel Ayla 42, in his Hartford Home after he failed to respond to a ticket from the state s canine control unit which Intino joined in october. Ayla was one of about 200 dog owners ticketed since january As part of operation dog tag a statewide door to door Survey to find unlicensed dogs Intino said. Ayla was arrested after he failed to pay a $40 Fine or enter a plea in the Case. He was released on $50 Bond for a hearing in Hartford Superior court on april 15. Intino said state Law requires owners to License their dogs annually by july 1 or face a $40 Fine. Until january the Law has gone mostly unchallenged but since then the unit has started a crackdown aimed at pinning Down the population of dogs said Intino. Now an owner can be held accountable and that puts Teeth into the Law said Intino. Intino 34, came to the state Post from the Connecticut humane society where he worked a number of years to protect animals As chief enforcement officer. During his tenure he obtained arrest warrants to protect a variety of animals including roosters used in deadly and illegal cockfight that had become popular in a num Ber of Connecticut cities. He also wants to be sure there Are no incidents similar to one in Dallas in january in which a 6-year-old boy was killed by a pack of dogs. We re going from door to door to be sure anyone with a dog has it registered and in Good health said Intino who added More arrests would be made if necessary. 12-year-old boy steers himself into trouble by driving to school St. Petersburg Fla. A a 12-year-old fourth grader has been charged with stealing a neighbor scar and driving himself to school police say. He told me that he woke up and just decided he d drive to school said detective Kenyon Corry. He could have killed somebody. The drive is a Long one. And he was following the bus so he had to be driving about 60 on the  Fay Kerrigan the Rio Vista elementary school Princi pal called police after students and teachers saw the boy pull into the parking lot. The boy is a Friend of some older kids in the neighbor Hood and basically he took one of their cars Corry said adding that the keys had been left under the of Doormat. After the boy got on interstate 275, he spotted a school bus headed toward Rio Vista and decided to follow it according to the detective. The boy was charged with Auto theft. Incumbent dead 1 week re elected As City clerk Chilton wis. Up the incumbent City clerk who had been dead for a week was re elected in a land slide Victory Over two write in candidates. Kenneth Ludwig 37, died March 23 of a heart attack. He had been running unopposed for a second term and was the Only candidate listed on the ballot. Ludwig received 749 votes to 124 and 57 for his Chal lengers. The City Council will have to take applications and appoint someone to the office a spokeswoman said. Panel on cutting paper work did t file enough paper work Trenton . A a task Force set up two years ago to reduce paper work in state government Agen cies has been disbanded partly because it was too Independent and did t file enough reports a state official says. The panel helped save the state government $5.5 million by slashing the number of forms and brochures circulating in government agencies but frankly they were too Independent and although they did a Good Job there was no control state budget director Richard b. Standiford told the Star Ledger of Newark. We wanted to know exactly what they were doing Over  Standiford said the task Force also failed to file enough reports with him on its Progress. Congress running out of funds for lawmakers mail senator says Washington up sen. Charles Mathias r md., has warned that Congress is running out of Money to pay postage and senators and representatives might not be Able to Send any mail in the Middle of an election year. Mathias chairman of the rules committee estimated that at the current rate of mailing the Senate will have no Money in about 30 Days. The House is believed to be ins Miliar Straits. The seriousness of this problem cannot be overemphasized Mathias said. If Congress does not face up to the dollars and cents of this situation by summertime we won t be Able to answer even the most direct requests  ruling clears Way for thousands of Asbestos lung damage suits Richmond a. A a former pipe fitter May seek compensation for lung damage without proving which Asbestos product he was exposed to a Federal appeals court has ruled. The ruling opens the Way to thousands of such cases nationwide an attorney for the plaintiffs said. .u716 us circuit court of appeals said the family of the late Arthur j. Roehling of Fairfax can use indirect evidence to establish that he was exposed to specific Asbestos products. R probably at least half of the people who Are exposed to Asbestos can t name the products or Don t have any idea who manufactures the products. The judge had said under those circumstances they just have to lose said Thomas j. Pearson an attorney for the plaintiffs