European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - June 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The stars and St Lopes thursday june 2,1988 a phone a vital Jolt for heart patients St. Louis a a to Jpaul Here u testing a new briefcase size Derice that Mam doctors to saw some heart attack victims no Nutter where they in by it Tatlong life sating Jolt of electricity to Tele phone Hookup. Jewish Hospital will use the portable a phone Tran Stephonic  on trial bub for nine months to a year Hospital officials mid tuesday. The electronic device could free certain patients from Long Hospital stays twid or. Rodolphe Harry director or arrhythmia services at the Hospital. The a phone allows heart patients in stay at Home he Yrtti ining immediate Access to the treat. Men base Scullon at he Hospital he said. When a patient or another person opens the unit which can be plugged into a Standard phone Jack tie Hospital base station s phone number a automatically dialled and medical personnel can give directions Orer the phone. Upon application of adhesive electrode pads to the patient s Chest doctors at the Hospital can Monitor the patient s Electrocardiogram in compiler screen at the base station. The pattern s history can also be called no. The doctor then can if necessary act Rale the defibrillator to try to restore Normal heartbeat by administering an electric Shock. Unify said. The a phone is the first interactive medical sys tem capable of treating life threatening arrhythmia irregular heartbeat by Telephone said s. Eric Nachlel president of me phone corp. Of Paramos n4, which developed the device. If treatment is not administered within four to six nannies after the Onset of fibrillation brain damage is Likely to occur be said. Of tests have proven that the a phone nukes it possible for Padgitt to be diagnosed and defoliated at the scene of the Emer gency within two min ret of the Onset of symptoms considerably faster than ambulance response  Ruffy said the agreement with me phone corp. Oils for a fully operational 24-hour emergency response system at jewish Hospital within about a month. He mid the Hospital would then begin to re Cruit candidates for the service. Huffy said that eventually a network of hospitals would have the system and that any of them could treat a patient. A phone already has been tested on about 100 patients at various hospitals and has been approved by the food and drag administration unify said. 2 arrested in army mail drug smuggling Case Moultrie a a two women were arrested wednesday in an alleged Panama to new York cocaine pipeline that smuggled the drug in via army mail bringing to seven the num Ber of arrests in he Case the sheriff said. This Small southwestern Georgia town was apparently one of several . Towns where cocaine was mailed from a Mili tary Post office in Panama for transportation to new York by courier said Colquitt county sheriff Gene Beard the two women were not immediately identified and the charges against them were not disclosed. Three others have been been arrested in Georgia in the Case As Well As one person in new York City and one in Panama Beard said. At least three of the suspects awaited arraignment wednesday in Albany said assistant . Attorney Debra Fowler. Beard said the Case began to unfold May 24 when a state trooper mopped a car near Here to arrest a Man he knew did not have a Driver s License. The trooper found about 18 pounds of cocaine in a suitcase in the trunk Beard said. The. Cocaine had been mailed from Panama through army mail to a Post office in Moultrie the sheriff said. On Friday two women from new York were arrested when officials seized a second shipment containing nearly 29 pounds of cocaine at the Moultrie Post  spokeswoman Paige Eversole in Washington said that army investigators were in Moultrie and would go to Panama too. The army has investigations going on and has had for some time into drug trafficking by service members and by people posing As service members in Panama she added. In March an american Soldier was convicted in puerto Rico of smuggling More than 37 pounds of cocaine int puerto Rico from Panama aboard a Mili tary transport plane. He was arrested along with another Soldier and two civilians one panamanian authorities believe some of the men were working with other people in Texas to distribute the drugs. Recess on Nof considered a danger economic Index continues modest Rise in april Washington a the govern ment wednesday said its chief forecast ing gauge of economic activity Rose a moderate 0.2 percent in april in what amounted to a signal of steady economic growth with no danger of a recession this year. The Commerce department said its Index of leading indicators Rose for the third consecutive month following a re Vised 0.2 percent March increase and a 1.5 percent february surge the biggest gain in More than two years. Economists said the performance of the leading Index was entirely consistent with i hair belief that the Economy was headed for its Best year since 1984 Al smokestack America benefits from a Boom in Export sales. The Rise in the leading indicators indicates the Economy is experiencing continuous expansion based primarily on improving Trade and greater capital in vestment said Jerry Jasinowski chief economist of the National association of manufacturers. In other Good economic news the Commerce department said that orders to . Factories Rose a Strong 1.2 percent in april following a 1.6 percent March increase. The department also reported wednesday that construction spending edged up 0.1 percent in april As a big jump in investment on new factories on set a decline in spending on government according la quarterly portent change in Gross mall Oral product of a Mobil Praud. In total Mitat value of an xxx to and or Tim Shaun to Miro Are rising chilian unemployment rale., pome Burnt w. Deduced by a Nam in a year reflects a Reabion mod Oralo slowdown in the and consumer pc. Midei. Economy when there Ara two a Saigol Quarter with decline in output other 20v 5 -5 Iff. Re men m in. I. 71 1 do Nubar 1969 l Chi s.1 1unemployment 15% 1 prime ra�j7wj Down Lar. 1tri. Cut 1zj% 1unemployment 7.2w 1 1iii ill 1 i ill till Ilii 1 1 March. 1w l Chi 8.0% 1  9.0% 1 prime Talb 1 a 1 a ii  i u Sam Elmr 1h7 Kepi 1 Ulni payments prime Rawlett l Hll.  Iii a Tulon " 966 to 71 72 73 it 75 76 77 in 79 w v m wha because unemployment it and of consumer Parks moot am report a wry. Daa Rome Tot Rin of minted Quarter to a. Tray  of Tomc Sou i Btu Matt co Pluma Olum Santa  of this should be Good news to vice president George Bush who Hopes to Benefit from a feeling among voters that the Reagan administration is managing the Economy Well. The March increase had originally been reported As a much larger 078 per cent Rise. Analysis had expected both the big downward revision to the March figure and the Small increase in april. They said the gains reflected a Relura to More Normal economic activity Fol lowing a roller coaster period after the october Stock Market crash. At one Point the leading Index actually fell for three consecutive Mouths the traditional signal of an impending recession. Later revisions however showed the Index posted big declines in both no vember and january but registered in creases in other months. Fears of a recession thu year have largely evaporated As the Economy Shook off the Jolt from the Market collapse to turn in surprisingly Strong growth for this advanced stage of a 5-year-old economic recovery. Angry women protest handsome Calif candidate Santa Rosa Calif. A a candidate for so Noma county supervisor whose handsome Square Jawed face appears smiling on Campaign posters has angered some women who claim he u using his looks to win election. Tim Smith 37, was the object of a demonstration tuesday by placard carrying women protesting the Guilzi fiction of county politics. He d look belter standing next to Vanna while than be does running for office said Bebek Mcgee Leader of the demonstration downtown. She claims Smith spends too much Money and time wooing female voters Between 18 and 35 with his Glossy lavishly illustrated brochures showing the Blond Blue Yed candidate. You Don t love for someone be cause you think he s a hunk Mcgee said. Smith who was an aide to . Rep. Doug Bosco said he is amused by the criticism. Whose picture was i supposed to put on my signs he asked. Neither of Smith s rivals in the non partisan race is pictured on Campaign posters in the county where issues such As sewage treatment plans and building permits typically stir political passions. The most recent polls show Smith running a dose third in Bis District behind Eric Anderson and Jack Healy candidate Shorter on looks and Money. Men tend to Back Healy 62, a  coun Cilman More development oriented than he two Nib according to the polls