European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - December 15, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse Monday a Wambels 19b6 the stars and striped firms Battle Over Bayonet contract Washington i Riv his and a Kert Chr it Arat they replied that Irr ferrai Una of interested. Dacron tube at just 427 pounds new York Man replaces a barely half the Man he once was boy s Aorta Genoa. Italy a surgeons re placed the defective Aorta of a 7-year-old boy with a synthetic tube an operation believed to be the first of its kind in the world italian newspapers reported Sun Day. Doctors at Genoa s san Martino hos Pitat revealed this weekend the details of the successful operation on dec. 4. Giovanni Muccioli suffered from an aneurysm that caused massive swelling of the Aorta the body s main artery thai brings blood from the heart to All other arteries Milan s corriere Della Sera re an eight hour operation the boy s circulation was slowed drastically by lowering his body temperature to 61degrees fahrenheit the newspaper said. The Aorta was removed and replaced with the Dacron tube which was then reconnected to the arteries. Giovanni is in Good condition and while still under observation at the hos Pital he goes out daily to play in the Hospital Garden doctors told the newspaper. The Ansa news Agency said doctors believe the operation to be the first of its kind in the world. 3 people Hurt in crash Argos Greece a thirteen people were injured three of them seriously when a passenger train collided with a trailer truck near this Southern greek town police said. New York a from a healthy 6-Pound-4-ounce baby Ron High ballooned into an 853-Pound giant unwilling and unable to leave his apartment for three years. But when doctors told him last year that he would t live to see his next birthday if he did t shed weight. High did leave travelling to the Bahamas Andice International health Institute run by comedian and activist Dick Gregory. After a year in the Caribbean High returned Friday to show off his new form. Although he s not exactly svelte he weighs 427 pounds the changes have been considerable. High 34, has lost 34 inches on his Waistline and 6 inches on his neck. And his height has dropped from 6 feet 1 Inch to 5 feet 10 inches. My feet just shrunk and Bingo there went three inches he said in a Tele phone interview. He says he feels great. Before there were parts of my body that i could t feel because of the weight. They were just numb t was. Totally afraid of dying he said. Now big changes Are happening. Losing weight has been a spiritual High said that he has been fat for As Long As he remembers and that he used eating As an escape i would say to myself if f can t get the girl i la get the pizza " he said. I got depressed because i was tired of being treated like a Freak. Everybody expects a fat person to be Jolly. But it s hard to be Jolly All the time especially when people Are touching you and asking if you re real. So i put myself in a self imposed High refused to leave his new York apartment but after a while he did t have any Choice. It got to. The1 pram whip a my Jocame More Mittun swim Piaf i j Amund for Abom in frown " he also has taken up taif Imam. High1 i. Nerf Hsii rown Ifni in templing la raise a snotty Dietr Gand interest i his goal i 1 1 Recto i they said i ibo Newt artak i far he said. Bin oils How ent t it elect 32 injured in bus truck collision Harris Lee Finnan crushed tie att Mitt hmm Kwh Tuu of Law German Side of Irv it Waltr Kitbag Ren High Grini an air til in new York gun. Go Taii trie1 sox Vii in of Omsk after a. Daytime Stop owns Esow iwo m Germany Ibe official Kiu woman a of did the same thing the Guys did9 Wichita Falls Tern a a 23-year-old dutch woman with a passion for flying became nato s first female fighter Pilot at a graduation ceremony saturday night. Nelly Speerstra one of 32 members of he euro nato joint Jet Pilot training class who graduated at Sheppard fab mid she a not trying to make history when she applied for the Job. " did the same thing the Guys did i Don t feel very special in Ilia Way she said. Speerstra said she chose combat Fly ing Over other alternatives such at air line work because ferrying freight an passengers did t seem challenging enough. It s like flying from Point a to Point a she said. I Lute to really before joining the military Speerstra was a College student majoring in sociology. Her flight expo tour were limited to the is Parachute jumps she made at a teen Ager. Speerstra said she believes Shell be ready for combat if Nec Euary. If there it going la be any combat ill be there and 111 do my Job she said. Speerstra will soon return to the Netherlands where she will undergo More training this Lime foul weather flying. She Yua the car Ibisi Ett homr after a. Yew an 1 onto i we wet w to feat of Erika nets. Ity Jurn Gaorge Caf Tusa cafes ton t Lexuutt it cot Tony hfmingi., Abr of but lands to representative 3 Spear Nora it like to utsl4hit Ai awns Ufer a poo Ible he Aid a be
