European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 2, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Friday. September 2, 19b8 the stars and stripes Page 7 lost Home Timothy Kiili Brough comforts his Mother Brenda As their Home near Montgomery Abu bums in the background a tire set to the fireplace to harm lie House Laird out of to Tirol. All six family members escaped unharmed. Heart pacemaker firm pleads guilty to covering defects Miami a the Cordis corp. Pleaded guilty in Federal court wednes Day to concealing defects in thousands of heart pacemakers and four former executives were indic cd for allegedly trying10 cover up the problems. The Battery powered pacemakers arc implanted beneath the skin of heart patients to regulate heartbeat by electrical impulses. Food and drug administration com missioner Frank a Young stressed thai the defective pacemakers have Long since been the subject of notifications to physicians and arc no longer on i tic Market. Basically the defects were the sudden loss of the ability to control the heartbeat the pacemakers were not pacing said Diane Cossin spokeswoman for . Attorney s office. The problems affected thousands of pacemakers sold from 1980 to 1985, according to the indictment which gave no precise figures a statement released by assistant at Torney general John r. Ballon head of the Justice department s civil division in Washington and by interim Miami  Dexter Echt inn called the Case the most significant felony prosecution la Dale under the 1976 medical Navajo judge Grants non indians guardianship of 13-month-old girl tuba City Ariz. A a tribal court wednesday awarded a non Indian couple permanent custody of a 13-month-old Navajo girl ending a lengthy dispute pitting the Navajo tube against he biological Mother and the Foster parents. Navajo tribal children s court judge Manuel watchman granted permanent guardianship of Allyssa Krislias pc cts to Rick and Cheryl Pitts of san Jose calif., approving an agreement reached april 22. All Over we be got permanent custody mrs. Pitts said with a Broad smile Ashe left the courthouse. I guess i should introduce you to Al Lyssa  Kelso Pius her Hus band old reporters As he held the girl adorned in Navajo jewelry and wearing an ankle length Aqua Satin skirt. Her biological Mother Patricia kept so said "1 Eccl wonderful that it s Over. I m just glad that we can All continue on and not have to worry about what going to happen in the future or what s going to happen  she said she loves the pauses and con siders them As extended family. Under terms of the agreement pc cts will retain her parental and visitation rights As the Pitses had said they wanted. Tribal family members also will have visitation rights. Mrs. Pills said Allyssa will retain her culture and receive a Navajo census number As an official tribal member we pretty much All got what we All wanted. I m so glad it s Over i feel really Happy that we can go Home and be a Normal family she said her voice breaking. Visitation arrangements will be up to the Pitses pc also and the child s grand parents Susie and Howard Kertso mrs. Police say talk show guests violated Law fort Lauderdale Fla. A the City police chief says two men should be prosecuted for appearing Ona radio talk show to Tell How they saw guards kick a handcuffed prisoner at the local jail. Chief Joe Ger wins had warned wows am and the men that their comments violated a state Law forbid Ding disclosure of an official complaint against a police officer the show was broadcast last wee anyway and Ger wins said tuesday he would ask the police Legal advise whether the two could be charged. Jeff Plochman the adviser said wednesday he had talked briefly to Gerwens but had t reached a Deci Sion. Radio Host Al Rantel called be chiefs action a blatant Advance restraint of the  i never knew it was against the Law for people to describe what they a witnessed he said. Charles Bado one of the two guests said he decided to speak with Kantel and newspaper reporters because he believes the Law is wrong. Gerwens however defended the Law saying discussing allegations against police in the Media could impede a successful and thorough invest  Bado a marketing vice president for a financial company said he and a Friend were bicycling aug. 23 when they slopped to watch police arrest woman Lor disorderly conduct. Police reports say officers warned device amendments to the Fra Law. Attorneys for Cordis which has since sold of ill pacemaker division appeared wednesday before . District Jud Estanley Marcus to enter guilty Picas to 11 felony and 13 Misdemeanour counts. The company admitted to intentionally misleading both pacemaker buyers and the Fra by misrepresenting the Quality of the devices tens of thousands of which were sold during the period. The company agreed to pay $264,000 inline and costs. The company emphasized the agreement Only covered the company not the officers who ran Cordis at the Lime. One of the four former officers charged separately wednesday in a 43-Counl indictment was Harold Hershyn son of san Carlos calif., who was accused of criminal conspiracy and 22 felony counts and 10 Misdemeanour counts of violating the food drug and cosmetic act. Also charged in the Case was John a gone of Coral cables former vice presi Dent in charge of corporate product Assurance along with Dean Ciporkin of Miami and Stephen Vadas of Home Stead both of whom worked for Pagonis. Pitts said. Under the agreement the tribe will retain jurisdiction until Allyssa is 18, when she can petition for adoption Pitt said. As the pills is spoke to reporters watchman stepped outside briefly to shake Pitts hand and wish the couple Well. The Case pitted the Navajo tribe against the Kretsos who Are tribal Mem Bers and the Pitt pcs who initially had sought outright adoption of Allyssa. The Kretsos supported that Effort and subsequently the guardianship plan. In april a California court transferred the pauses adoption petition to inc Tri bal court in response to a tribal request to intervene. The California judge said the tribe held jurisdiction in determining he child s custody under the Indian child welfare act a Law intended to slow the exodus of Indian children to non Indian families. The two men to move on. Bado said that when they did no move quickly enough they were arrested. In a jail holding cell thai night Bado said he saw an inmate Lorenzo Pierce 40, kicked repeatedly by guards As he Lay helpless on the ground with his hands cuffed behind his Back. After Bado was released he called he police department s internal affairs department and made an appointment to discuss the matter. Gerwens said that Call officially started the investigation and under the 1982 Law Bado and his Friend were therefore prohibited from talking about it. Violation of the Law is a first degree Misdemeanour. Lottery hits $52 million in Florida Tallahassee Fla. A Florida s lotto Jackpot increased wednesday to a world s recordj52 million As ticket sales t Onlin cd booming. Sales for this week s prize were up 36 percent Over wednesday afternoon sates last week so officials increased the prize from $50 Mil lion to $52 million said lottery Secretary Rebecca h us. California gave away $51.4 Mil lion in june 21 months after Starling its computerized numbers  s lotto began four months 3�0.the $52 million Jackpot is a world record according to Terri la flour a senior editor with gaming and wagering business Magazine a Mommy Trade publication based in new York City the Jackpot includes three weekly grand prizes because no one has correctly guessed the six Wii King num Bers drawn each saturday nigh since aug. 6. Last week s Jackpot had grown to $32  officials Are assuming thai at Leas 40 million tickets will be sol this week to support the increase of the prize to is2  32 million is tickets were sold last week Paul  week s sales of 7.8 million tickets by wednesday afternoon were up 36 percent Over last week s sales Paul said. The bulk of the sates usually come at the end of the  s50 million Jackpot has really brought a lot of people in said Gary Harper assistant manager of a Jiffy store that Sells lottery tickets Intonte Vydra Beach. 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