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trklftrk 1st ED. B3 THE HMTFOIO COgMNI: Fridoy, Modi II, 1B Advances Reported in Diagnosing Fetuses Adrianne Baughns To Quit Channel 3 News on June 4 By SUZANNE BILELLO Courant Staff Writer of these problems, even though the work of the San Francisco group is truly amazing," said Kleinman, who took some of his training in San Francisco before moving to New Haven. "But what's so exciting is that we can tell parents whose fetuses have a high risk of problems that everything is OK or that, in the rare case, there is trouble. And we can treat some, although I think fetal heart surgery is a long, long way off," he said Thursday. The Yale group has given two mothers the drug digoxin to correct faulty several other community service awards including the Distinguished Service Award from the National Council of Negro Women and a commendation from the Hartford Police Department for assisting in the peaceful resolution of a hostage situation.

Baughns, who is divorced, said she plans to travel to Europe and Africa with her 12-year-old son this Sex Assault Victim Allowed To Testify By DAVID H. RHLNELANDER Courant Science Writer Two significant medical advances in the detection of problems with fetuses are being reported by doctors in Connecticut and California. Successful treatment before birth, however, remains difficult, the two groups note in separate articles in this week's New England Journal of Medicine. The most spectacular advance comes from the University of California, San Francisco, medical school There a team took a 21-week fetus partially out of the womb for 25 minutes, operated to unclog the urinary system, and put the fetus back in the womb. It is the first reported case of such an operation on a human fetus.

The pregnancy then proceeded normally for the next three months, the doctors said, and a baby boy was delivered without difficulty. The infant died within nine hours, however, because of lung, kidney and other damage caused by the blockage before surgery. Dr. Michael R. Harrison and his colleagues explained that the only reason they tried the surgery was their knowledge that the blockage would kill the fetus in the womb.

"The patient and her family," they wrote, "refused abortion and insisted that any hope of saving the fetus be pursued." From Yale-New Haven Hospital comes a report of a striking success in detecting fetal heart problems as early as 18 weeks into pregnancy. Using sound waves in a technique similar to the sonar Navy ships employ to locate submarines, the Yale School of Medicine doctors are able to distinguish all the major heart abnormalities, Dr. Charles S. Kleinman, a pediatric cardiologist at Yale, said. "We're still not ready to treat a lot Adrianne Baughns, an anchor woman at WSFB-TV for nearly eight years, will leave the Hartford television station June 4 to start her own television production company.

Baughns, 37, who co-anchors the station's evening news programs, said Thursday that she submitted her resignation 10 days ago and is leaving the CBS affiliate on good terms. She said the station's management has known for several months that she was considering leaving television news to pursue other interests and her resignation came as no surpirse. "I talked with them about it on and off since the fall I have other priorities now. I seriously want to go into other directions," Baughns said, adding that she plans to start her own television production company concentrating on educational and motivational films for young people. Baughns' contract with the station was not to have expire until May 1983, but Robert K.

Killian Baughns' attorney, said the station management agreed to let her out of the contract. "When we negotiated the current contract 18 months ago, she was not prepared to make a long term committment to broadcasting. So, they've known it was unlikely she would stay forever," Killian said Thursday. Baughns joined WFSB, Channel 3, in 1974 as a reporter and co-anchor of the Eyewitness News Noon report. She was named co-anchor of the Eyewitness News evening reports in 1978, becoming the first female anchor of a major newscast in New England.

In January, Baughns was named Woman of the Year by the Greater Hartford Jaycees. She has received By THOMAS D. WILLIAMS Courant Staff Writer Hartford Superior Court Judge Harry Hammer ruled Thursday that a sexual assault victim, despite childhood mental problems and teenage bouts with alcohol, is an able witness and can testify against her alleged attacker without first being examined by a defense psychiatrist. The judge made that decision after rejecting another defense motion to dismiss the sexual assault charge against Charles Siemon, 32, of Manchester. Siemon was convicted six years ago of sexually assaulting the victim.

However, last year, after he had served 3V4 years of an 8to-l 6-year sentence, the state Supreme Court overturned his conviction and ordered a new trial on grounds that his public defender provided ineffective counsel Hartford defense attorney Hubert J. Santos claimed the victim identified Siemon at a "suggestive" East Hartford police line up that included Siemon and three men who did not look LARGE HUTCH heartbeats in their fetuses. Both treatments were successful, Kleinman said. In another case, a faulty fetal heart beat was detected near the time the mother was due to deliver. Kleinman waited in the delivery room with a small version of a machine that is widely used to restart the hearts of adults after heart attacks.

He was able to get the beat back to normal without incident. The New England Journal paper lists 11 failures. 'That is discouraging in one sense," much like him but were seen in a car with him. Santos said police should have gotten some men who looked more like Siemon. Although the line up was somewhat suggestive, Hammer said, it was justified because the victim and her brother and sister had seen a man fitting Siemon's description standing outside their home earlier the same day.

The three children identified Siemon as the man who sexually attacked one of the two sisters, then 16. They saw him about two weeks after the March 17, 1975, attack in a field near their home. After the family complained to police about the suspect, authorities put out an alert for the car and stopped it. Police then brought the four occupants back to police headquarters, where they were detained until the children could view them through a one-way mirror. Hammer said a quick identification was also justified by the need to immediately clear the other three occupants of the car of the sexual assault charge.

The victim, now 23, 17930 169.50 1 169.50 $229.50 I' to I ft I OUTRIGGER by Sail into the sunset Admirals Super Bunk. State Offers Suggestions For Cutting Housing Costs Kleinman said. "But the positive thing is that 'our echocardiography diagnosis was correct in every case. It means that we knew what was wrong in each case. We'll be able to help some of these patients if we diagnose the problems early enough or are prepared to treat the baby immediately after birth." Kleinman said women with these kind of problem pregnancies should deliver their babies, at institutions such as Yale-New Haven or Hartford Hospital.

testified Wednesday at a pretrial hearing called by Santos in an attempt to convince Hammer to have her examined by a psychiatrist, Dr. John H. Felber of West Hartford. Felber testified that the court needed his help to determine whether the victim's childhood mental problems and her later blackouts from alcohol abuse might affect her ability to accurately identify Siemon. The judge quoted Felber as testifying that the victim seemed willing to tell the truth, and said his own observation was that she communicated intelligently and was more than able to explain her personal background and problems.

A psychiatric examination of her mental state is unnecessary, Hammer said, because the defense will have a wide latitude to cross-examine her and check into her mental state during the trial. Jury selection for the trial was completed Thursday afternoon with the impaneling of the last of the six jurors and two alternates. Testimony is expected to begin Monday. MIRROR '11930 '25930 desk '32930 hutch top 1 9930 illliil? lyT "iS-F POLOFJATES I Yun9 People at prices' please By VIVIAN B. MARTIN Courant Staff Writer "Well, first of all I want to take a rest," Baughns said.

"I'm looking to do some cooling off. I had been thinking about leaving for two years now. I wanted to move in some other directon. Working full time in news is not going to afford that time." Baughns began her career in television nine years ago when she joined a television station in Albany, N.Y. In an interview published in Greater Hartford Business magazine in February, Baughns reflected on her career and said that she was considering leaving television.

She was also somewhat critical of the station's management for not making her a solo anchor woman in 1978. When asked if the article generated any animosity between her and management, Baughns said it hail not. "There was a rumor going around to that effect. Certainly management is concerned that I was contemplating leaving but they certainly didn't scream at me. That had nothing to do with my decision to leave.

I didn't have to leave," she said. Baughns said she will continue to work with WFSB as a special correspondent, providing occasional reports on a variety of subjects. "I think it has been a very positive experience for me," Baughns said. said Victor R. Cruse, deputy commissioner of housing.

Cruse said the department will offer technical assistance and support to communities that are interested in the cost-cutting alternatives, most of which are steps sometimes referred to as "inclusionary zoning." The steps toward higher density construction would require towns to relax restrictive zoning ordinances often referred to as "exclusionary zoning." In a summary of the latest report, Joseph E. Canale, commissioner of housing, states that land costs represent 29 percent of the total cost of a new single-family home in Connecticut. Local regulations and policies on matters such as permits ana sidewalks tend to drive up these costs, the report says. The department report, which includes information on inclusionary zoning practices from around the country, suggests that many of these rules be relaxed. Other proposals suggest developing clusters of buildings closer together than normally allowed by zoning, and allowing so-called "planned unit developments" that include a variety of types oi Housing ana sometimes in elude retail outlets.

Many towns forbid these types of development, and towns that allow them often find neighborhood opposition so intense that approval is difficult Asked how effective the state program can be in this climate, Cruse said the tight supply and high cost of housing is affecting the middle class and this may encourage relaxing of strict zoning rules. Copies of the study will be mailed to chief elected officials and planners. workmanship and unscrupulous deal ers. The General Law Committee also is considering a measure to establish a bill of rights for used car buyers. The legislation would establish minimum warranty periods and give customers the right to have cars independently inspected before purchase.

There is no Connecticut motor ve hicle law which requires that the engine and other operational parts of a used car be fit to drive. As a result, the motor vehicle department will not take action against a dealer for selling mechanically defective cars," said Raphael Podoisky, a Hartford lawyer speaking for legal services clients. The length of the warranty would be based on the purchase price of the car. Vehicles sold for 1500 or less would be excluded. Although the committee killed a similar bill last year, Sen.

Amelia P. Mustone, D-Meriden, said this year's version will receive serious consideration. "Because of the state of the economy, more people are buying used cars now than ever she sail The state Department of Housing issued a report Thursday detailing steps that towns could take to reduce the cost of housing. The report suggests steps such as speeding up permit procedures and encouraging, rather than restricting or forbidding, high-density housing developments. Housing officials said they would not push communities to adopt any of the suggestions in the report.

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Tuesday to aid another driver whose car was disabled in an eastbound lane of the 1-84 bridge that connects Hartford and East Hartford. Kozak walked to the rear of his car to direct traffic around the disabled vehicle when he was hit, Conlin said. Loomis was released on a written promise to appear in Hartford Superior Court on Morgan Street March 29. by Stanley Furniture cabinet HUTCH. Enjoy the clean- lined natural lock always at home in your home.

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Cantwell said the bill was inadequate because it didn't take into account owner abuse. She also said Ford offers extended warranties to buyers who want to pay for them, and that requiring them across-the-board would add to the base price of cars. Owners of new cars aren't the only ones seeking protection from faulty SEE Puritan of ROCUYMLL You'll find atl of your juvenile needs at SUPER SAVINGS 0 dressing tabus 0 h1cka1rs 0crs accessories 0 lamps 0 soft wall sculptures 0 mattresses i b0xsprsjgs 0 portable changed tables nznnz.