European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 22, 1990, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Saturday september 22, 1990 the stars and stripes a a Page 7surrogate birth creates 1 St of kind Case Johnson by the Washington Post Orange Calif. A the birth of a 6-Pound, 10-ounce boy to an apparently unrelated surrogate Mother has aggravated an unprecedented Legal dispute Here. The birth Mother is pleading for a Chance to remain in the child a life while the genetic parents seek full custody. Attorneys for Anna l. Johnson the first surrogate Mother to demand publicly parental rights and custody of a baby developed from another woman a egg said thursday that she was dropping charges of negligence and fraud against Mark and Crispina Calvert and hoped that All three could share in its upbringing. Robert Walmsley an attorney for the culverts said they were willing to discuss a any suggestions with Johnson but would continue their Legal fight for full parental rights and custody. The culverts have paid Johnson half of the $10,000 agreed upon to carry their child. An Orange county Superior court judge is expected to Rule soon on temporary custody of the child bom Here wednesday. Johnson a attorney Richard c. Gilbert said she a is extremely frightened that the baby will be taken from  although Dan tests Are incomplete Gilbert said he is willing to concede that the culverts Are the genetic parents. A court appointed attorney for the child named Christopher Michael by the culverts indicated that he would recommend putting the apparently healthy baby whom Johnson has been breastfeeding into Foster care if the two sides cannot agree on another arrangement before a custody trial expected within two months. A How can it be in the baby a interest to take that baby away from the breast of the birth Mother a Gilbert asked thursday morning. In a midday news conference the culverts said they would prefer temporary Foster care to leaving the infant with Johnson and expressed sympathy for and distrust of the woman who they said initially volunteered to help them have a baby. The culverts have not seen Johnson since june two months before she sued for custody and labelled them unfit parents for allegedly neglecting her and the unborn child. The culverts were allowed to visit the baby wednesday night in the St. Joseph Hospital Nursery without Johnson present. On thursday they told about their 30 minutes of watching and holding him. A the looks like us a said Crispina Calvert 36, a nurse bom in the Philippines. A the looks like an Oriental baby with my husbands  her husband who is of British descent said a a he a a caucasian baby. There a no doubt looking at him that he a our  both sides denied racial motives in the dispute although Gilbert said Johnson 29, who is of native american and african descent might have some rights to the child under Federal Law regulating adoption of babies bom to members of Indian tribes. Walmsley disagreed saying a a he a not an Indian baby a and adding a we would refute any claim that we Are trying to bring Bias or prejudice into this  experts estimate that As Many As 4,000 babies have been bom to surrogate Mark and Crispina Calvert discuss the custody suit at a thursday news conference. Mothers in the United states. Most of those were conceived by artificial insemination of the surrogates egg. Walmsley whose Santa Ana firm has dealt with Many such cases said Only about 80 infants have been bom from embryos created by combining eggs and sperm in a Laboratory and implanting them in unrelated surrogates. This is the first such Case to produce a publicized lawsuit he said. Up the Orange county Hospital where both to save Money they _ surrogate contract form and received worked. To save Money they signed a Johnson and Crispina Calvert met at ried a very Little Legal counselling before Johnson apparently was successfully Imp Reg a a i Proa it embryo on the first try in what some scientists said was a 1-in-10,000 occurrence. Rated with the culverts a lab produce cystic fibrosis test tube results called a Milestone new York apr in a boost for Hopes of treating cystic fibrosis researchers have replaced abnormal genes with healthy ones in the test tube to Correct a crucial defect in cells afflicted with the disease. A a it a a Milestone a said Paul Quinton a cystic fibrosis researcher familiar with the work. While the notion of Gene therapy for cystic fibrosis was science fiction Only a few years ago the new work has a pressed the fiction closer to reality a said Quinton of the University of California Riverside. The cells carried the abnormal Gene that causes cystic fibrosis and researchers fixed the defect by giving them a Normal copy of the Gene. Combined with research into Gene therapy for other diseases the new results a Ive us tremendous Hope that Gene therapy is going to become a reality in cystic fibrosis patients a said Robert Beall the cystic fibrosis foundations executive vice president for medical affairs. Two teams of scientists corrected the cell defect in the test tube by using a harmless Sims to inject the Normal Gene into the cells. One group describes its results in thursdays Issue of the journal cell. The other will publish its results in next weeks Issue of the British journal nature. Cystic fibrosis the most common genetic defect in caucasians affects about 30,000 children and Young adults in the United states. Their lungs produce a thick Sticky mucus that sets the stage for fatal lung infections. Mucus elsewhere interferes with digestion. The abnormal mucus appears because cells cannot expel charged particles called Chloride ions while they absorb other particles called sodium ions too rapidly Beall said. The effect is to dehydrate Normal mucus he said. Ruling opens Way for foreclosure on Mustang ranch Brothel in Nev. Reno Nev. Apr a judge on Friday removed the Federal government from the Brothel business by lifting a stay order that would have allowed a bankruptcy trustee to operate the infamous Mustang ranch Brothel. . Bankruptcy judge James Thompson lifted the stay in a Brief hearing opening the Way for the internal Revenue service to foreclose on the Brothel. Bankruptcy trustee Jeri Coppa told Thompson that without the courts permission to operate this weekend she would be unable to assume responsibility for the property. She asked that the irs be allowed to foreclose. Coppa had charged Brothel operator Joe Conforte with operating behind the scenes to frustrate the governments intent to operate the 100-room Brothel until a buyer can be found. The Brothel is located 10 Miles East of Reno in a county where prostitution is Legal. A obviously there is a lot of resistance for this to open a Coppa said. A i think it comes from the con Fortes directly or  Storey county officials on wednesday told Coppa that Conforte a business License was not assumable. Coppa said she was informed by the sheriff and Storey county commissioner Shirley Colletti that she would have to apply for a new License a process which could take 90 Days. Federal authorities had wanted the Brothel to be Back in business by the weekend Coppa said. The Mustang ranch shut Down tuesday after filing for bankruptcy liquidation. On wednesday court trustees were on the scene trying to get the business Back in motion to pay off creditors. Officials said Conforte owes $13 million in Federal taxes. Conforte has said the debt is no More than $7 million. About 50 prostitutes and other employees have signed up to come Back to work even if it is under Federal court supervision. The bordello has been under chapter 11 bankruptcy Protection since 1982, which allows it to operate under court supervision to pay off creditors. Conforte fled to Brazil in 1981 after being convicted of tax evasion. He returned in two years later in a Deal with prosecutors to testify against . District judge Harry Claiborne of Las vegas. Claiborne eventually was convicted of hiding More than $100,000 in income from the irs. He was later impeached and removed from the Bench. Candidate drives with expired License Hartford Conn. Up a rep. John g. Rowland the Republican candidate for governor has driven with an expired Connecticut License for 16 months but plans to renew it a at the first Opportunity a a spokesman said thursday. The 33-year-old congressman acknowledged he had been breaking traffic Laws but contended the state department of motor vehicles never sent him a renewal notice a a claim the Agency denied. Campaign spokesman Jack Goldberg said Rowland was scheduled to return from Washington late thursday afternoon and would renew the License a when he gets a Chance at the first  Rowland a License expired in May 1989, but the fact he failed to renew it was not publicly known until the Hartford courant checked motor vehicle records. Rowland suggested the tip came from a state worker angry Over his Campaign proposals that state employee unions accept a pay freeze and other concessions to Cut Connecticut a deficit. Driving without a valid License is an infraction that carries a $58 Fine although a Motorist must be caught driving to be charged said Andrew Nelson spokesman for the department of motor vehicles. Rowland will have to pay $31 to renew his License Nelson said