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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - October 19, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 28 to the stars and stripes monday october 19,1987 doctors Battle to save food of rescued girl Midland Texas a doctors operated sat urday on Little pcs orca Mcclure s injured right fool an Laid they were hopeful they would not have to amputate in despite damage caused by the 2 i Days the toddler spent trapped in a Well  m just glad she s Safe and and we got her Buck. I am so Happy we be got her Back. The whole world has her Back 1 said Reba Gayle Mcclure Jessica s Mother appearing Calm and  wan la Lell everybody in the world thank you All Tor your caring. We love All of you she said in a a cwt conference saturday. Jessica was still in serious but stable condition sat urday night although she continued in improve wag no longer dehydrated and her foot had regained a heal Thier Pink color Midland memorial Hospital spokeswoman Laurie Johnson said. The 18-month-Otd girl fell into the abandoned Well wednesday morning and was t treed from the 8-Inch Shaft until Friday night after round the clock drilling efforts. During her 58-hour ordeal her right foot was jammed across her icel leg. Cutting off circulation an raising threat of gangrene. Several More Days of observation will be required be fore a final ruling on amputation is made Johnson said. The paediatric wailing area at Midland memorial Hospital was jammed with balloons and cards for jes Sica whose plight captured the attention of the world. The toddler was reported to be lethargic and a bit Grumpy saturday having slept Only about a i hours in the Well. Mrs Mcclure 17, said her daughter had said Mamma that she wanted her bottle and  during part of her ordeal Jessica had entertained her self by singing Winnie the Poch she s a real fighter said or. Shefton Viney surgeon. At the backyard Well site meanwhile workers filled both the abandoned Well and the Rescue Hole alongside it with Concrete saturday and a welder inscribed the Metal plate capping the Well for Jessica with love from All of us. Workers left enough room to Plant a lire and a ring of Lavender coloured chrysanthemums on top of the res Cue Hole. The plantings were suggested by paramedic Toby Partridge who aided in the Rescue on saturday surgeons at Midland memorial Hospi Tal performed a Fascio Tomy on Jessica s fool to relieve swelling caused by her dehydrated body regaining fluid. A Fascio Tomy involves cutting through the fascia or protective membrane that surrounds muscle tissue allowing the muscle to swell outward without cutting off blood flow. We Are cautiously optimistic about the skin and the Muscles that Are involved. We still will not be Able to Tell for a number of Days and possibly a week whether we arc going to be Able to Salvage the foot Viney said after two other surgeons completed the operation. Baker considering further drop in Dollar Washington a Treasury Secretary James a. Baker Iii on saturday hinted that the United states might allow the Dollar to fall against the West German Mark in response to higher West German interest Rales. Baker said the recent move by the West German Central Bank to raise inter est rates departed from the spirit of recent consultations. If we re going to resolve the external imbalances that exist in the world the United slates has to Deal with its fiscal it is briefs 4jiotions plan to stand Post of Ai deficit and contract its Domestic demand and we be got to see an expansion of that in other countries particularly the surplus countries like Germany and Japan albeit keening inflation in mind Baker said Inan interview. Higher interest rates in West Germany could slow its Economy and that of the United Stales economists have said. The administration has Long been pressing West Germany and Japan to lower interest Rales As a Way of stimulating those economics to raise demand for More . Goods. Baker had raised the subject of West German interest Rales on thursday and some observers took this As an indication that the United Stales might tolerate or even promote a drop of the Dollar against the West German Mark. A lower Dollar should make .goods More competitive in overseas markets while imports to the United state become More expensive. Asked about that in the can inter View. Baker said if they feel there s a need to lighten up Over there instead of slaying Flat or even loosening. The perhaps it s important that we sit Down and examine what the consequences of such a move would be. They should not expect us to simply sit Back Here and accept increased tight ening on their part on the Assumption that somehow we Are going to follow them on a path of  the Treasury Secretary refrained however from commenting directly on the Dollar. I just can t do that he said. Co Washin Britain Canavacial command fort Ord calif., tithe exercise about 600 Canada s lit6ibinfbri it United states i will stage a Spe ise next month at announced win bring together brita3t\24th inf brigade. Jian brigade of at Australia s land the us. Yin Lithe use of a Cor Battle Tjai Lalion system to test the attn of staff Iff from the four armies to work together 5e exercise is scheduled to run from in nov. 18, although some Advance teams Wil arrive in California earlier the Pentagon said. Contras say . Missile used to Down cargo plane Managua Nicaragua up Nicaragua Contra rebels saturday said they shot Down a Mili tary cargo plane with a .-supplied missile two Days after launching one of their forges operations against the government in six years of fighting. A defense ministry statement said a russian built cargo plane on routine Mission crashed due to mechanical defects in Jin Olega province inthe same general area where the contras claimed they shot a plane Down. The statement said two crewmen aboard the plane were lulled. A spokesman for the contras in Miami said the cargo plane was downed near Jino Tega about 70 Miles North of Managua. Nancy from Page 1 it was a common form of breast cancer and had not spread through the tissues. The lesion was found Iii do one of the ducts that carry milk from the glands in the breast to the nipple. The spokesman said the surgery muted 50 minute Sand was without complications. He said there was no plan for reconstructive surgery or chemotherapy or radiation treatments doctors told mrs. Reagan they had removed her breast but she was still groggy from the aesthetic said the first lady s press Secretary. They won t know until she is a Little More Alert How much of it registered Crispen said. The White House declined comment on mrs. Rea Gan s prognosis but doctors not associated with the Case said the Small size of the lesion and the fact that it had not spread gives her an excellent Chance for com plete recovery. By and targe she has an excellent prognosis said or. Maria d. Allo surgeon and associate professor of oncology at Johns Hopkins University medical institution in Baltimore. This was mrs. Reagan s second bout with cancer. A basal cell carcinoma was removed from her upper Lipin late 19s2. Reagan underwent surgery by Colon can cer in 1985 and has since had several operations for the removal of skin Careen from his note. New Enesco head nominated Paris a Federico mayor Zaragoza of Spain who has pledged to Reform and restructure Enesco won nomination sunday to be the next director general of the United nations organization its officials said. Mayor 53, a biochemist was chosen by the Agency s 50-member executive Board by a 30-20 vote on die fifth ballot the Vole came after nearly 12 hours of procedural dispute that started when incumbent Amadou Maher Kubow of Senegal informed the Board by letter he no longer wanted to be a candidate. The general conference votes nov. 7 to approve the Board s Choice. M Bow had been seeking an unprecedented third six year term As head of the . Education scientific and cultural organization but it appeared Friday he faced defeat. M Bow who was backed by the organization for african Unity received the largest number of votes in four previous rounds of voting that began oct. 6, but he failed to get a majority of 26 Voles need to win fro the 50-member Board. M Bow wrote in his letter that during the rounds of voting Over the past week nations opposing hire elec Tion had not hesitated to resort to blackmail and disinformation As Well As pressures and threats of All  several delegates including the soviet permanent representative Yuri a Ilchevsky met privately with m Bow on Friday to urge him to withdraw according to East bloc sources. Several nations including Japan Canada Denmark and the Netherlands threatened to leave Enesco if Bow were re elected. The United states and Britain withdrew earlier from the organization. Philippine from Page 1 mutineer guardians faction and a military Cap with an inverted philippine Flag inc Symbol of the aug. 28 coup attempt. Brig. Gen. Alexander Aguirre capital regional com Mander told reporters that troops went on Alert late saturday because of intelligence reports of an impending coup attempt. Armed forces spokesman col. Oscar Florendo said saturday the military is preparing for the court martial of 68 officers and 17 enlisted men charged with participation in the aug. 28 coup attempt in which 55 peo ple were killed. He said 34 of the defendants were still at Large including Onasan who has threatened More attacks. Florendo said authorities were investigating More than 1,000 other soldiers to determine who should be court Martiale. The military had said More than 2,000 Sot diera took pan in the coup attempt but Only about 1,900 had been captured. Government officials say Aquino who was swept to Power in a civilian military ouster of president Ferdi nand Marcos in february 1986, faces serious threats both from communist rebels and right Wing elements in the military. Aquino commented on . Intervention in a radio program in which she responded to questions from people throughout the country. Presidential Palace sources gave the associated press excerpts from the program which was to be broadcast sunday. We Are far away from the Vietnam situation and this is an internal matter Aquino said. It is an inter Nal problem for us filipinos and we have sufficient forces and capabilities to handle the  police said two men and a woman ambushed  Velasca in suburban pasig As he slowed his jeep at an intersection. His wife and son who were also in the vehicle were unharmed. Police said they believed the assailants were Mem Bers of a leftist assassination squad known As the Sparrow unit for the quickness of its attacks. More than so soldiers and policemen have been shot dead in Manila streets this year with the sparrows claiming responsibility for most of the slayings  
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