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Thursday November 15, 1984 Volume 80B, Number 58 Duke University Durham, North Carolina THE CHRONICLE Newsfile Shuttle rescues Satellite: Two space walking astronauts seized a second wayward satellite and hauled it into the cargo bay of the shuttle Discovery for the dramatic completion ofthe first salvage opera tion in space. Mission Control in Houston congratulated the astronauts for a "super job." See page 2. $200 billion deficit: A deficit of about $200 billion for the next fiscal year is now forecast by Reagan administration budget officials if no actions are taken to cut spending or raise revenue, according to ad ministration officials. The new deficit projection would mean an increase of nearly $30 billion over the ad ministration's projection of last summer. See page 2. Israeli-Lebanon talks: Lebanon decided to resume talks with Israel on an Israeli troop withdrawal from Lebanon after the Israeli army in southern Lebanon released three of four Shiite Moslem militia leaders and reportedly pledged to free the fourth one soon. A U.N. spokesman said the talks would resume Thursday. Salvadoran talks Stall: A Salvadoran official sidestepped a proposal by rebel leaders to discuss a for mal ceasefire in the five-year civil war. As an alter native, the Salvadoran minister ofthe presidency, Julio Adolfo Rey Prendes, said in a televised debate in Los Angeles that the government would seek an "end of violence" in general. Administration discusses arms: Ways to revive arms control talks with Moscow were discussed by President Reagan, Secretary of State George Shultz and Robert McFarlane, the White House national security adviser. Athletes in action PETER HA/THE CHRONICLE MarCOS Opponent ShOt: A key Philippine op Duke freshman Kevin Strickland (left) brings the ball up court on Athletes in Action defender Oliver Robinson in position leader and critic of President Ferdinand Mar Wednesday night's exhibition game. Duke won 92-73. See page 7. cos was fatally shot. The victim, Mayor Cesar Climaco of Zamboanga, was the second prominent member of the Philippines opposition to be slain in the last month. Ghandi aide arrested: An aide to Indira Gan Liver recipient status stable dhi has been arrested by officials investigating the assassination of India's prime minister. A judge rejected By MARIANNE HAGAN minor problems with blood clotting. The major problem a bail application from the arrested man, a Sikh who The recipient of the first liver transplant in North involved now is with rejection, as with any was a member of Mrs. Gandhi's inner security ring. Carolina - performed at Duke - was upgraded Wednes transplantation." day from critical to stable condition, medical center Hospital personnel said they expected more transplants spokesmen said. to be performed here in the future. Weather The surgery was performed Tuesday afternoon. The reci Dr. Randall Bollinger, assistant professor of surgery and pient, Judy Branch, 32, of Brunswick, Ga., was diagnosed immunology and one of 15 doctors involved with the opera Warm up tO Winter: Today will be mostly sunny with liver cancer last July. Doctors predicted she had less tion, said in a statement, "The number of liver transplants with highs in the upper 60s and southwest winds from than a year to live without a transplant. that could be performed each year at Duke once the pro 10 to 20 mph. Ibnight should be mostly cloudy with Branch, who is still in the hospital's intensive care unit, gram is rolling has yet to be determined. We expect to per lows in the upper 40s. Friday will have a 30 percent is "off the respirator," said William Flowers, medical center form six to ten such transplantations during the initial chance of showers with highs again in the 60s. spokesman. "She is awake, smiling and can respond to commands." Freiberger said, "I expect [transplanting] will become an A second medical center spokesman, Catherine Macek, accepted form of treatment for patients with liver disease. Inside said Branch remained stable throughout the surgery. The hospital has a commitment to the transplantation "Although [doctors] anticipated many problems, they really program." didn't run into any - it went very, very smoothly," she said. The mUSiC UnderdOgS: A look at Durham's two Branch was fortunate to find a donor because she has Common problems during liver transplants are excessive progressive independent record companies, Dolphin and rare type O blood. bleeding and erratic blood pressure, she said. Neither of Sugar Hill, try to take care of the little guy - with the these occurred. different sound - in a market of mass produced giants. The donor of the liver was Deborah Phillips, 24, of See R & R. "The operation took 10 hours and [doctors] used 10 units Durham. Phillips was pronounced dead at Durham County of blood and additional blood products," Macek said. General Hospital Monday from a gunshot wound to the Liver transplants may take up to 20 hours to perform head. She apparently shot herself, according to Durham and recipients may require as many as 20 units of blood, police Humanitarian award: Louise Bost became the she said. Phillips, originally from Binghamton, N.Y., was on leave first recipient ofthe Duke Duke Humanitarian Service "The most difficult part of the operation was removing from Duke Medical Center, where she was being treated Award Sunday. Bost, the director of oncology recreation the diseased liver, which was three times its normal size," for depression. therapy at the medical center, will receive $2,500. See she said. "It was a massive operation." Phillips had designated her liver and kidneys for page 3. Anesthesiologist Jake Freiberger, who assisted in the transplant. Both kidneys have also been transplanted. operation, said, "A major function of the liver is blood Although Phillips was born with a shortened leg and Staff meeting coagulation .... There is very, very much bleeding" dur wore a prosthesis, she was an avid equestrian and won ing a transplant. severaF riding awards, including the New York Junior There will he a quick Chronicle staff meeting today "The major vein which flows to the heart is interrupted Jumper Championship at 4 pm. Absolutely no critiques this time. All depart during this operation and it is difficult to maintain blood She also won the U.S Women's Amputee Ski Champion ment editors and assistants should attend this, our last pressure," he said. "Without the liver functioning normally, ship for seven consecutive years and retired undefeated. meeting before one whole week without editing or it makes the job very demanding." She was ranked second at the 1974 Handicapped Olym messed up classifieds. "Because we were pretty well prepared as a team, pics in France. [Branch] did pretty well," Freiberger said. "Mrs. Branch She portrayed herself in the 1977 CBS television movie, experienced minor problems with blood pressure and "I Can." Her performance won her an Emmy nomination. Shuttle rescues second satellite By JOHN NOBLE WILFORD they were running more than one hour ahead of schedule. World & N.Y. Times News Service That gave them a chance to slow down, relax and take HOUSTON — With joyous ease and the sureness of ex some occasional pictures. perience, two space-walking astronauts captured a second At one point, Gardner was moved to praise his working National wayward satellite Wednesday and hauled it into the cargo conditions: bay ofthe shuttle Discovery for the dramatic completion "I've got all the world in which to work here. It's not the Page 2 November 15, 1984 ofthe first salvage operation in space. same show anymore. Boy, what a view." "We have two satellites latched in the bay," Capt. In. only seven minutes, he had flown across 35 feet from Frederick Hauck ofthe Navy, the commander, radioed to the shuttle to the slowly spinning Westar communications Mission Control when the job was done, and a "super job" satellite, the solar cells on its cylindrical body glinting in it was, Mission Control told the astronauts. the early sunlight 224 miles over the southeastern United THE CHRONICLE The space shuttle Discovery, carrying the two salvaged States and the Caribbean. Gardner left the spaceship at Assistant news editor Doug Mays satellites, was scheduled to end its eight-day mission with 7:22 a.m., EST, powered by nitrogen-gas jets in his Associate sports editors Jim Arges a landing Friday morning at the Kennedy Space Center backpack. Charley Scher in Florida. John Turnbull The two space walkers, Dr. Joseph Allen and Comdr. Dale "I got it," exclaimed Gardner, as he inserted a five-foot- Assistant sports editor David Loomstein Gardner ofthe Navy, could hardly believe how much easier long probe, called a stinger, into the nozzle of Westar's spent Associate photo editor Don Mullen it was, following modified procedures, to retrieve Westar rocket and brought the satellite to a standstill. R&R editor Rich Heyman 6 than it was to haul in Palapa B-2 on Monday. Copy editors Elisa Davidson "Joe, it's just like you said," the commander said to Allen, Kathy Burkett One of them called the difference "amazing," and they who remained in the cargo bay. For the Palapa retrieval Ed Prewitt were able to work so swiftly and smoothly that at one time Monday, Allen had made the capture flight. Copy desk Larry Kaplow Night editors Jeffrey Skatoff Shayana Kadidal Sports production Jilt Daffer $200 billion deficit anticipated Day photographer Alice Adams Watchdog Michael Milstein By STEVEN R. WEISMAN deficit to about $160 billion by the fiscal year 1989. This N.Y Times News Service Wire editor Bernard Gwertzman would bring the deficit to the 1989 level that was projected WASHINGTON - Budget officials now forecast a deficit last summer on the assumption of no new budget savings Account representatives Judy Bartlett of about $200 billion for the next fiscal year if no actions and steady economic growth.