European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 23, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday May 23, 1989 the stars and stripes Page 3 these kids can thank their Lucky test tubes � Bourne. England api there were tall ones Short ones Chubby ones Skinny ones noisy ones quiet ones. The 600 boys and girls looked perfectly Ordinary hut they had one Ihmsen common All were test tube children. They gathered in the Sunshine sunday wit their balloons and ice Cream for a reunion at the clinic one might Call their Birthplace. I he Gums ranged from infants a few weeks old to i0-Vcar-old Louise Brown the world s first test tube child. They released 1.2 i yellow balloons one for every test tube Bah conceived at Bourne Hall clinic. They posed on the Lawn for a group photograph and Louise planted a Walnut sapling in memory of the late Patrick Steptoe. The Man who co founded the clinic and pioneered the test tube baby technique. Never before have so Many test tube babies been gathered together in one place at one time medical director i ctr inn seen said in a speech welcoming Bourne Hall s progeny you Are the message of Hope for other people around the  Louise s birth in England on july 25. 1978. Heralded the Dawn of what became known As in Vitro Fertile a Tion. Or int. The technique invented by St proc and his partner Robert , involves removing the egg from the Mother s ovary1, fertilizing it with sperm in a dish and returning the egg to the womb to grow into a Normal embryo Tor women who could not concede because of such afflictions As blocked fallopian tubes. If was their salvation. But it remains difficult painful and expensive and Only some 10.000 babies worldwide have been born by if. So Many of you suffered pain anxiety stress ten Sion and then fortunately All of you had Joy and Happi  Brinsdon told parents gathered outside the clinic. So it was worthwhile for  he said. But i d like you just to Bear in mind that for every one of you there Are seven or eight or nine others who have not been As fortunate As you. So let us think today also of the people who have not been As Lucky among the children enjoying the jugglers brass band and punch and Judy show was Greece s first test tube child. Christine a Orfanidou 7. Standing with Christine and her parents was another greek couple. Dimitri and Diamanto Marsellos and their 4-year-old son John also a test tube child. His Mother said she had Only one fallopian tube and it was blocked. The couple visited american doctors who told her nothing could be done. Then after hear ing about Christine a Orfanidou on television they visited St Ploc and Edwards. The world s first test lube baby Louise Brown 10, holds Andrew Brown Machuta. One of the youngest at the Bourne England reunion. Two others Al the reunion Are Eli Ahelf 3 i left and Amy Wright. 2 years 1 month they re identical twins Horn after n technique enabled doctors to  embryos. Or. Steptoe accepted  Marsellos said. I said. All Over the world we were told there was no Hope. What makes you so sure you can help .1 and or. Slep toe said something i will never forget. He said your Case is one of the most difficult cases and we accept difficult cases " Louise Brown has entered her preteen years at ease with Fame. Wearing a Pink dress and while ribbon in her Long Golden hair she faced the cameras patiently while her parents fielded reporters questions. I think the parly s absolutely marvelous. I never thought when Louise was born thai we would one Day Sec so Many children. It s  said Louise s Mother Leslie 41. Louise s father John a 48-year-old truck Driver said the couple often receive letters from parents of test tube children asking whether such children need anything special for their upbringing. We just say. Do the natural thing bring up the children he said. The Browns have a second test tube daughter 6 year old Natalie. Steptoe died last year but Edwards was at the party and used the Opportunity to deliver an impassioned Appeal for More research and financing for techniques of assisted Conception. When you think that maybe one couple in 10 is infertile he said we be got a lot of work to  3rd Condor Chick of year coaxed from egg san Diego a a California Condor Chick was coaxed from its egg sunday As keepers clucked Over the year s third successful hatching in an ongoing Effort to save the giant vulture from extinction. The Chick named Kasuku. Was the first conceived by a pair of 6-Ycar-old Birds Al the los Angeles zoo changing biologists notions about when condors reach sexual maturity said san Diego wild animal Park spokesman Tom Hanscom. It previously was not known if Cali fornia condors achieved full sexual maturity at age 6 or 7." Hanscom said. It was thought to be 7, but these Birds proved  the sparsely feathered Bird hatched from an Aqua coloured egg Laid on easter sunday weighed 5.s ounces after it was helped from the Shell by handlers at the san Diego Park around 11 20 a.m., i  said. It was our   said los an Geles zoo spokeswoman Cindy Richard son. It looks recall healthy and is doing  the baby whose Konkow Indian name Means and the paws scheduled to take its first meal of minced mouse meal sunday night. The baby Bird con cued by a pair of Birds named Cayuta and Cachura. Was the fourth captive bred c9tidor Chick successfully hatched bringing the world s i n Taoy. Nos Nonno Muia scans very Strong being both physically  joined two other Chicks at h Park s so called conform mum and Condor Chick Kasuku rests after hatching Al the san Diego wild animal Park. California Condor population to 31. All remaining wild condors which arc North America s largest land Birds have been captured in Hopes of building their numbers in Captivity. Seventeen condors arc housed Al the animal Park in Northern san Diego county about 30 Miles Northeast of downtown san Diego and the other 14 live at the los Angeles zoo. Sunday s hatching followed one on thursday and the year s first on april 19. The first captive bred Chick named Mil Loko. Hatched in 1988 and remains in Good health As do the other Chicks. Like All previous captive Condor Chicks. Kasuku was brought to the con Dor minium in san Diego As soon As the egg was Laid in Hopes the parents would produce another egg to replace it. The female Cachura previously produced another egg bul it was infertile. Los Angeles zoo officials have been encouraged by the pair s continued affectionate behaviour and the officials said they Hope the Birds will become productive members of the Breeding program. The Chicks Are raised by handlers who use lifelike Condor likeness puppets to feed the Birds allowing for close scrutiny of their daily Progress while maintaining the Chicks identification with their own kind. The captive Breeding program was established when numbers of the Black car Rion caters dwindled because of shooting and pesticide contamination