European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - January 13, 1993, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and stripes wednesday january 13, 1993 High court won t consider student s Freni wire ire ports Washington a a Texas College student who challenged a failing Grade All the Way to the . Supreme court was told monday that his Effort has failed too. 1 the court without comment rejected Richard Tobias constitutional attack on the Grade he received in a nursing course nine years ago. Tobias had argued that the professor at the University of Texas at Arlington who gave him the Grade in obstetric nursing had acted a in a biased and capricious manner Quot and that University officials did nothing to remedy that. State authorities answered that Tobias a was Given even More consideration than he was  a in rejecting Tobias Appeal a state appeals court said a Given the facts in the present Case we cannot say that the decision to fail was such a substantial departure from accepted academic norms As to conclusively demonstrate that no professional judgment was  Kangaroo makes a break Indianapolis a cookie the Kangaroo bolted from the Indianapolis zoo on monday leading zoo workers on a 20-minute Chase. The 5-year-old Wallaroo hopped away from zoo keepers and past two guards at a Gate then headed toward the downtown business District. Cookie travelled nearly a mile before being cornered in a parking lot by zoo keepers with a net. Zoo officials said it was the first time any of their kangaroos had escaped. Hospital considers Tattoo Seattle a administrators at Arborview medical Center the Seattle areas municipal Hospital Wilt decide this week whether a nursing assistant who tattooed a Shiv positive Quot on his Arm can keep his Job. 1 John Baldetta 28, said he got the Tattoo on his left forearm in december to stimulate discussion and dispel myths about aids among the hospitals patients. Baldetta has his the virus that causes aids but has not developed the syndrome. Baldetta kept the Tattoo covered for seven Days at the insistence of his supervisor. When he decided to display it last wednesday he was told to leave the Hospital and was suspended for three Days. Baldetta was allowed to return to work monday pending a decision on his employment status. Clifford must stand trial new York a despite claims that a trial will kill him 85-year-old Clark Clifford must stand trial in the Bank of credit and Commerce International Case a judge ruled monday. Justice John . Bradley rejected a motion to dismiss the indictment against Clifford because of his poor health. Or. John Russo a Washington cardiologist testified that the stress of a trial would Likely kill Clifford even if he had bypass surgery. Clifford and co defendant Robert Auman Are scheduled to Goon trial feb. 15. But prosecutors said they will not oppose a motion by Clifford to separate his Case and delay his trial until his heart condition improves. Altman 45, and Clifford Are charged in Federal and state indictments with accepting millions of dollars from acc la a owners to help them get secret control of first american ban shares Washington a largest Bank. Trucker held in drug Case Waldorf my. A a new York truck Driver stopped by a sheriffs Deputy for running a red Light was being held monday on charges of transporting cocaine valued in excess of $41 million the Charles county sheriffs office said. The Driver was identified As Cary Grace 59, of Brooklyn n.y., authorities said. Upon searching the truck authorities discovered five targe cardboard Cartons in the Sleeper portion of the vehicle. The boxes contained 199 kilograms about 438 pounds of cocaine. Grace was charged with intent to distribute cocaine and transportation of a controlled dangerous substance. Protesters hold a Vigil monday at the University of Pittsburgh where a Baboon liver was transplanted into a Man. A protest use As spare parts for transplants Pittsburgh apr artinal rights activists earning signs with such slogans As a Frankenstein lives in Pittsburgh Quot criticized the transplant of a Baboon liver into a. Dying Man. 1 a i done to think an animal should be used As spare parts Quot said Pat Knezevich who was among 15 animal rights demonstrators outside the University of Pittsburgh medical Center on monday. The unidentified 62-year-old patient remained in critical condition tuesday though doctors said that he had responded to commands to open his eyes. The liver was working Well said Lisa Rossi a Hospital spokeswoman. The operation is the worlds second transplant of a Baboon liver and the 31st involving animal organs since 1963. University of Pittsburgh surgeons last year implanted a Baboon liver in a 35-year-old Man who lived 70 Days before dying of an infection. The latest patient probably would have died of hepatitis b within 30 Days without the operation which was completed monday said or. John Fung the chief surgeon. Hepatitis b patients Are normally rejected for liver transplants because the disease quickly attacks the new Organ. Baboons however Are resistant to the virus. Doctors have said such transplants could ease a shortage of human donor organs. More than 2,500 people died in 1991 while waiting for organs mostly hearts and livers. The protesters monday carried signs with such slogans As Quot Stop the Monkey business Quot and a Send the suffering now. Joan Jordan said the transplant surgeons a remind me of modern Day mad scientists a a i understand that they do this at no charge and that is wonderful. But look at their motivation Quot she said. Quot they want to achieve immortality in history books and  Mother 46, receives an artificial heart Tucson Ariz. A a gravely ill woman received an artificial heart monday night in the nations first such operation in nearly two years. Sharoyn Loughran a 46-year-old Mother of two teen age boys received the cardio West Plas tic and Metal pump during a four hour operation at University medical Center. She was listed in critical but stable condition. Plans Are to give her a human heart in a month or two said or. Jack g. Copeland the hospitals chief cardio thoracic surgeon. In 1985, Copeland became the first surgeon to use a Jarvik-7 heart to keep a patient alive until a human heart could be implanted. That patient Michael Drummond,1 received a human heart nine Days later and lived for Avi years. Loughrane a husband Richard said his wife was so gravely ill that he was t sure if. She realized she would be receiving a totally artificial heart. A a she la be happily surprised Quot Copeland said a because she was dying last  Loughran who was admitted to the Hospital last wednesday had suffered from a viral heart infection since 1989. She also suffered from progressive heart failure Copeland said Only multiple medications were keeping her heart beating. A by this afternoon a we were convinced that we should go ahead and put in a device Quot he said. Navy offers animals a Park Paradise Jacksonville Fla. A calling All squirrels bobcats raccoons snakes Deer Small Birds and even alligators the Navy is looking for a few Good animals to go wild in a new nature Park at Nas Cecil Field. Hank Cochran the naval air stations forester said he will take just about any animal native to Florida that would thrive in the Woods. The Park part of increasing Navy conservation efforts was the idea of former base commander capt. A Robert Nordman. It features Groves of Trees a hiking Trail and five Ponds stocked with fish. Now the push is on to populate the natural setting with More wildlife. A we Are welcoming All the animals we can get so we can just observe them and see the Beauty of them a Cochran said. The nature Park is across from the bases main Gate on the 9,000-acre yellow water compound believed to be a storehouse of nuclear weapons. Bert Byers a Navy spokesman said the Park location poses no threat to visitors or Security at the weapons site. The Park is open to the Public but individuals and groups Nave to Call in Advance to gain entry