European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - May 31, 1991, Darmstadt, Hesse Page 4 the stars and stripes Friday May 31, 1991 second birthday nears for world s smallest baby Boston a a girl believed to have been the worlds smallest baby is approaching her second birthday mentally Normal and learning to walk but she weighs just 12 pounds. The baby who weighed 9.9 ounces at birth received considerable publicity when she left the Hospital in october 1989. In a letter in thus Days new England journal of Medicine Ufier doctors described her birth and develop Zepf. Ordinarily doctors do not attempt to save by Bies who Are under 500 Grams or 1.1 pounds because they Are too immature to survive Flower or in this Case her doctors knew the exact length of her development in the womb and decided she was mature enough to have a Chance at life. A your biggest decision wits to revive a baby that fit into my hand a said or. Jonathan k. Muras Kas. A a a a a a a.���.�. A a a a a a a a a. A a a a it a sort of a Miracle that these exceptional cases can happen even though there was nothing spectacular that we did a Muraskas said. A the baby was just meant to be. She came out with a cry and a heartbeat and was trying to Tell us something. Everything was formed in this Little girl except for her . The girl whom Muraskas declined to identify was conceived through artificial insemination and had been in the womb for 27 weeks when she was born. Lawmakers f o r base c i Osu re p process Washington a the Navy is under attack by lawmakers intent on proving that the service used a subjective process to decide which of its bases ought to be closed. Two members of the mouse armed services committee asked wednesday that an Independent Cor Ornis. Sion hold a Public hearing on the Navy a alleged failure to document its base closing decisions. A third lawmaker released documents that he said confirmed his suspicions that the Navy used arbitrary procedures in determining which bases would gel the a. A a a a a the defense base closure and realignment commission is reviewing a list of 43 Domestic bases that defense Secretary Dick Cheney has recommended closing Cheney compiled his list after receiving recommendations from the Navy and the other service branches. The eight member panel has until july 1 to approve or Amend the list before sending it to president Bush. Reps. Tom m. Foglietta d-pa., and Pat Schroeder d-colo., said in a letter to the commission wednesday that the Navy did not Back up its decisions on which bases should be closed. A we believe a Public hearing is required to return some credibility to the Navy s base closure process a they said. Foglietta is a member of the House armed services committee and Schroeder chairs the panel s subcommittee on military installations. Foglietta a a main concern is the proposed closure of the Philadelphia naval shipyard which is in his Dis strict. V a / Quot. V. A. A. V meanwhile rep. Robert Andrews d-n.j., who is also trying to save the Philadelphia Yard gave reporters a transcript of a May 20 meeting Between Navy officials and staff members of the closure commission. Andrews said the commission gave him the transcript which includes comments by Navy comptroller Charles Nemfakos on the procedure used to decide which bases should be closed. A a we did t use numbers for four criteria and plug them into a machine a Nemfakos is quoted As saying. A the answers would make us close the wrong bases. That a the process we used in 1988, and we weren t Happy with it. You can t reduce such subjective things to a a is the Philadelphia shipyard one of the a wrong bases a Andrews said in a letter to the commission responding to the transcript. Andrews said the comptrollers comments a confirm the criticism made by Many of us that the Navy failed to follow the base closing statute and has instead engaged in a subjective Andrews also called for a Public hearing. For this commission the Navy rated each of the eight Public shipyards on a number of criteria including its Mission and facilities. It. Mark Walker a Navy spokesman said wednesday that he could not comment until he had a Chance to review the transcript. The commissions press Secretary was unavailable for comment. .2 cases of air Baa chemical Burns reported Boston up1 a Quot chemicals from exploding automobile air bags burned the eyes of a 2-year-old boy and the face of another Motorist in separate accidents a doctor reported wednesday a the bursting air bags apparently released nitrogen Gas Ash and sodium hydroxide said or. Henry Perry in Manhasset . All three substances Are byproducts of the chemical reaction that inflates the bags. A i think these Are probably very very rare events a Perry said. Perry who treated the boy and the Driver described the incidents in a letter to the new England journal of Medicine. A a a a a spokesman for the National Highway traffic safety administration said he had no knowledge of any similar air bag accidents. However guidelines issued by the administration note that byproducts of the chemical reaction that inflates. The bags a May contain a Small amount of a potential skin irritant sodium the guidelines said rescuers a a should take care 10 avoid introducing the residue into the eyes or any wounds Quot of injured occupants. If the residue does gel into crash victims eyes medical workers should flush the eyes immediately with water. The same advice holds True for anyone who comes into Contact with air bag residue Perry said. Despite the injuries Perry said he Quot would not tamper with the system just because of these two boy was sitting unrestrained in the Back seat of a car that was involved in a two vehicle collision he said. The Force of the collision a propelled him at great velocity into the front seat and into the air bag a he said. The chemicals which Perry described As a a Fine Black powder a did not injure other occupants of the car. But they got into the boys eyes causing inflammation and eventual mild scarring of his Corneas. The child recovered and his eyesight Lias returned to Normal. A in the second incident shattered Ghneim from the Windshield punctured the bag causing the release of chemicals that caused minor Burns on the Drivers face a he said. A a a. A a a a a a representatives of Audi a the manufacturer of the car in which the boy was Riding a reported that they knew of no other incident involving their cars Perry. Said. A. A Home in St Lou Sharbor headaches Harbor officials in Kodiak Alaska arc faced with some unwelcome visitors who Are creating some unwelcome problems. The uninvited guests Are seals like the one shown Here that have been congregating on a fuel Dock in the Busy fishing Harbor. Since the seals began to arrive officials have been trying to figure out How to get the mammals off the Dock without harassing them a violation of Federal Law. Anchorage Alaska apr two orphaned _. Bear cubs who were killed if the Alaska zoo could t find them a new Home Are heading to St. Louis. Charle Hoessle director of the St Louis zoo said he read about the cubs and contacted the Alaska zoo. 44tessle said the cubs would be kept in the area that had Ngen occupied by two Brown bears that died during the past year. A a. / a. The 100-Pound cubs dubbed Ernie and Bert were last summer when their Mother was killed by a state wildlife officer. Alaska zoo officials had said they would kill the animals this summer because they were outgrowing their quarters. The Transfer has been approved by the Alaska depart mint of fish , and the cubs will be transported As soon As flight arrangements Are made Alaska zoo director Samf Nye Seaw cell said tuesday. F sea will said she received More than 50 phone Calls trom around the world with offers of effects expert Dies los Angeles apr Eugene Lourie Art Diree Tor for Jean Renoir a films a grand illusion Quot and Quot the rules of the game Quot has died of complications from a stroke. He was 89. ,5 Lourie also was a special effects expert and was nominated for an Academy award for the 1968 film a okra Katoa East of he documented his half Century in Hollywood with the 1985 Book,0�?~my work in films. A
