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OX SATURDAY 77T 7 3 Vols await end of Tide's streak 'Daydream' true with 'Fantasy' Carey's latest effort more relaxed Gaylon says rivalry special motive NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE A GANNETT NEWSPAPER VOLUME 91, NO. 287 6 SECTIONS Copyright, 1995 SECOND CLASS POSTAGE PAID IN NASHVILLE, TN Probate LM1 66 43 I Complete weather forecast on 6B TENNESSEAN accounts i. Br ozeii tvt Judge issues order after DA's appeal By KIRK LOCCINS and LAURA FRANK Staff Writers In a sweeping emergency action, Nashville's presiding trial judge took steps last night to protect the Will interests of 58 wards of the Probate Court, which is currently under a corruption investigation. Circuit Judge Barbara Haynes froze the funds in 58 probate accounts handled by Senior Care Services, a limited liability company created by two Nashville women last year. Senior Care handled financial and personal matters for minors and for individuals the court deemed incom 2l EVERETT harmful' side effects charged by some women By TAMMIE SMITH Staff Wriltr Like women across the country drawn to the promise of a no-fuss contraceptive, Cherry Price thought Norplant could be inserted once and forgotten.

Two years and a series of health problems later, she found out differently. "Five whole years of no worry, it sounded good," Price recalled. For her, reality fell far short of expectations. "I was bleeding for months at a time," she said. "I had to take Premarin to stop the bleeding, but I would bleed anyway.

"I just don't think it should be legal." A growing number of women and their lawyers would agree. Across the nation, dozens of lawsuits have been filed against Norplant's maker, Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories, claiming the product caused harm. These days, Nashville-area physicians report they are removing Norplant faster than they are putting it in. But many are not so quick to condemn Norplant "Certainly, it prevents pregnancy, but most women are looking for birth control they don't have to think about," said Dr. Robin Sandldge of Centennial Medical Center.

"They thought this was going to be the magic one. The reality is they don't have to go back into the doctor's office, but they have to deal with these side effects every month." Promising beginnings Launched five years ago amid an avalanche of praise, Norplant was hailed as the first major contraceptive breakthrough since the pill 25 years earlier. The matchstick-like inserts are placed in a woman's upper arm. For up to five years, they gradu- Turn to PACE 2A, Column 1 petent Haynes based her action, in part, on an affidavit filed by District Attorney General Torry Johnson, in which he swore: "The property of the disabled people andor minors in the care of SCS may be depleted unless immediate action is taken to protect their property. "Senior Care Services has paid fees to itself as compensation for services rendered as a court ap; pointed fiduciary and these fees appear to be substantially in excess of reasonable compensation for the services rendered by SCS." (: PEYTON HOGE his wife was moody and her depression worsened while the implant was in place.

Cherry Prico tays Norplant side effects prompted her to have the contraceptive removed. Chris Price, in the background, says Herders, dda effects cssoeSstcd Willi Uzqfiztft It Johnson said he based these conclusions on "the result of an ongoing investigation into the operation of the Probate Court." Haynes' unusual action continued after the Metro Courthouse had closed for business with Probate Court personnel standing by to handle the paperwork. It came six days alter Probate Judge Jim Everett took his own life, amid an escalating joint XL HAYNES How Norplant works Hormonal contraceptives work by deception; they trick the body into skipping steps that trigger ovulation, or the release of a mature egg from an ovary. Ordinarily, ovulation is triggered when the body senses a shortage of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. Norplant releases a steady daily level of progestin, a synthetic form of progesterone, so there is never this shortage.

Norplant also causes the mucous covering the cervix to stay thick and sticky, making it difficult for sperm to get through. This gooey, sticky covering also chemically changes the sperm so even if it got through, it could not penetrate an egg's outer coating. SOURCE: The PDA Family Guide to Women's Health and Prescription Drugs, 1994 Norplant is not recommended for women who: Have undiagnosed abnor-mal genital bteedhg Are pregnant or suspect they could be Have acute Iver disease or maBgnant Ivor tumors Have breast cancer or are suspected to have ft HavelhrarrJxjemboBc dteofders, In which btood vessels are blocked by blood dots, cur or gas bubbles or bits of tissue Literature distributed with Norplant warns of the following possible side effects: Irregular bleeding Delayed follicular atresia, a condition in which foflictes that woukl normaBy become eggs continue to grew past the point at which they could be fertilized In many cases they spontaneous disappear, but in rare cases they may twist or rupture, requiring surgery. Ectopic pregnancies ThromboemooScdfeorders Other adverse reactions reported during first year. Headache NervousnessAnxiety NauseaVomiting Dizziness Adnexal enlargement Dermatitisrash Acne Change of appetite Breast pain Weight gain Hair loss Hirsutism (excessive hair growth) state-federal corruption probe of his office.

Elizabeth Jackson, the co-founder of Senior Care Services, said last night she was surprised to learn of Haynes' action. Jackson said her company has done nothing wrong. "This is the first I've heard about it," she said. "I don't know how far they're going to take this, but I don't have a problem with it Certainly with the circumstances, I can imagine that they are gating everything. 1 "It's almost welcomed that there'd be an Invest SOURCE: Wyeth-Ayerst Laboratories-, oompHed by Tammie Smith Turn to PAGE 2A, Column 4 Jury still deliberating! Middlebrooks' fate Social Security: 2.6 more in 1996 but then what? culate benefits.

Moynlhan, a member of the Senate Finance Committee, said his panel had five top economists perform an evaluation that found the CPI is overstated by 0.7 to 2 percentage points. By KIRK LOCCINS Staff Writer The fate of Donald Middle-brooks, facing a possible death sentence for his 1987 conviction in the torture-murder of a 14-year-old boy, was still undetermined yesterday as jurors deliberated late into heaerai Ke- 9 1 serve Chairman Market report: A new look The Tennessean today begins publishing Weekly Market Review, a free subscriber-only section that contains more information about stocks and mutual funds than had been carried in the Saturday or Sunday papers. Weekly Market Review has five pages of stocks, three pages of mutual funds, a summary of the commodity and currency markets and expert analysis. Stocks of Tennessee-based companies and other stocks of area interest will be the only coverage of financial markets in the regular Saturday and Sunday papers. To get the free section delivered with your Tennessean subscription, call 242-NEWS or toll-free 1-800-342-8237.

You also can fax your request to 726-5921. Subscribers to World News Extra will automatically get Weekly Market Review and do not need to call. the night As of 10 p.m., the jury of six men and six women had deliberated for nearly six hours, and Judge Ann Lacy Judge Ann Lacy one during the commission of another felony rather than premeditated murder. Middlebrooks benefited from a 1992 ruling by the Tennessee Su-; preme Court that tightened for imposing the death sentenced when someone is killed in the com-; mission of another crime, in this; case kidnapping. The Supreme Court affirmed Middlebrooks' kidnapping and felcv ny murder convictions but said he7 was entitled to a new sentencing' hearing on the murder charge.

Middlebrooks, 33, would have been left with a life prison sentence had Davidson County prose--cutors not decided to ask another jury to impose the death penalty on him. Prosecutors based their request for the death penalty on a single "aggravating circumstance" that Turn to PAGE 2A, Column 1 step of voting to reduce benefits. "If trie Congress wants to cut the cost-of-living adjustment let them say so upfront I don't think the American people want to see Social Security COLAs cut for the sake of reducing the deficit" said Evelyn Morton, congressional lobbyist for the American Association of Retired Persons. "Reducing the cost-of-living adjustment would have vast economic consequences, and it is outrageous for the government to be thinking about doing this in the last four or five weeks of frenzied debate over the budget" said Dan Schulder, legislative director of the National Council of Senior Citizens. The planned 2.6 increase will mean an increase in the average monthly Social Security benefit from $702 to $720, starting Jan.

3. Increases have been 3 or less for the past four years. Tennessean News Services WASHINGTON The nation's 43 million Social Security recipients will get a 2.6 boost in benefit checks starting in January, the second-smallest increase in the 21 years of annual cost-of-living raises. Next year's typical increase will be $18, triggered by national inflation figures released yesterday. But under one budget-cutting proposal, the average increase would be only $11 a prospect that has senior citizens groups upset The method for determining the annual Increase in Social Security benefits has become the subject of heated political debate in Washington.

The increase is based on the change in the Labor Department's Consumer Price Index for the 12-month period ending Sept 30. But Sen. Daniel Patrick Moyni-han, has proposed using a number lower than the CPI to cal Aian ureenspan has suggested the index might overestimate the true rise in prices Americans pay for goods and services by as much as 0.5 to 1.5 percent 4 Johns was al- ''I. lowine them to Lri i lowing them to MOYMHAN MIDDLEBROOKS continue. age points.

Compounded over years, the smaller cost-of-living adjustments resulting from a lower measure of CPI would amount to billions of dollars of savings, all without. Congress having to take the unpopular Another jury sentenced Middle-brooks to death in 1989, after finding him guilty of kidnapping and murdering Kerrick Majors. But the 1989 jury convicted Middlebrooks of felony murder killing some BASEBALL MUSIC The COWboy Way Is the only way raiEM Greg MaddUX had never pitched a areat aame in the play- i CONTENTS THINGS TO DO Avid readers can count on a memorable time today and tomorrow as 200 authors gather for the Southern Festival of Books at Legislative Plaza. Droves of book enthusiasts are expected to attend the weekend event which includes panel discussions and, yes, book slgnlngs. Included in the lineup of novelists scheduled to participate are Doris Kearns Goodwin, Reynolds Price, Lee Smith, Eleanor Taylor Bland, and, to appease fans of The King, Peter Guralnick, a former East German EMs Impersonator turned author.

On 1B. COMPANIES What do the new Nashville Regional Farmer's Market, the Cumberland Valley Girl Scout Council, Warner Bros. Records and Montgomery Bell Academy have In common with that funny-looking house on Chlckering Road? All of them are the work of Tuck Hinton Architects, a relatively small Nashville architecture firm headed by Seab Tuck and Kern Hinton. No matter whether people love their work or hate it, laugh about it or deride it, they talk about It a lot Who are these people? On 1E. V2E Brad About You Bmlnw offs, but he threw eight strong innings last night to lead the Atlanta Braves over the Cincinnati Reds 5-2.

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