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Death follows respirator order JACKSONVILLE. Fla. tUPl) A comatose X-year-old mother who had been kept breath- iag by a nspiralor for 14 days died yesterday 13 minutes after doctors, acting inter a court order, unplugged her life support system. "It's all over," confirmed Roy Lewis, an attorney for Dr. James Eugene Glenn, the physician treating Celia Cain.

Doctors said Mrs. Cain bad been clinically dead for two weeks, that her brain was partially dissolved and that her blood was beginning to coagulate within her blood V63981S. The mother of two children, ages 4 and 8, Mrs. Cain entered St. Vincent's Medical Center for a routine hysterectomy on Nov.

19. She underwent surgery the following day, but developed breathing problems. She was then rushed to the intesive care unit and put on the respirator. She lapsed into a coma about five hours after the respirator was put in place and never regained consciousness. Doctors advised her husband, Gerald, several days ago that there was no hope for her recovery, and be obtained a court order allowing thai the life support system be shut off.

The order was issued by Duval County Circuit Judge John S. Cox, who decreed that the devices be removed for a period of 45 minutes. If there were signs of life at the end of that time, the support system was to be restored. If not, Mrs. Cain was to be declared legally dead.

Upon learning the respirator was to be shut shut down, Mrs. Cain's husband said, "This is what we asked for. We are pleased with the judge's decision. We believe Celia's been dead Now we can pick up our lives and go on." The court order was signed shortly after 11 a.m., and at 12:25 p.m. the respirator that had been keeping Mrs.

Cain breathing was shut off. At 12:38 p.m. her heart stopped, and hospital attorney John Corrigan annnounced to newsmen that Mrs. Cain was dead. Doctors waited until 1:10 p.m.

for any sign of a heart beat as specified by Judge Cox, before declaring her legally dead, however. Dr. dean signed the death certificate. Mrs. Cain's hghand and other members of her family were at the hospital, but not in the intensive care unit, when the life support system was removed.

The family left the hospital without immediately making any further statements and without waiting out the full 45 minutes prescribed by the judge. Dr. Jacob Green, chief neurologist at St. Vincent's and former president of the Florida Society of Neurology, was present at the time of death. He said he and Dr.

Glenn both listened by stethoscope for heartbeat and examined the pupils of Mrs. Cain's eyes before pronouncing her dead. Green confirmed that her heart stopped beating at 12:38 p.m. but added that "no one looked at their watch" when the stethoscope examination was completed. Green said the exact cause of Mrs.

Cain's death may never be known because of physiological changes in her brain after she lapsed into a cOtDH- He also said he hoped her death would bring changes in Florida and in other state laws "so that this kind of thing won't require a court order in the future." He said that by legal definition, death occurs when the heart stops, while from a medical standpoint, death occurs when the brain ceases to function. Other patients were removed from the intensive care unit before Mrs. Cain's life support devices were unplugged. Mrs. Cain's case differs from that of Karen Anne Quintan, the 22-year-old New Jersey removed from life support systems after months in a coma, in that Miss Quinlan shows evidence of brain activity, is breathing on her own and is still clinically alive.

Mrs. Cain's husband said earlier he originally had had been opposed to any shutdown of the life support system, but after talking with Dr. Glenn last Tuesday, he changed his mind and ordered the lawsuit filed. Dial-a-ride adds 2 areas SUNDAY ARGUS FREMONT -Whs and North Carter- viUt will be served by duU-ridt puWk buees befiminf today. Part a program to provide dial-a-ride service threxghsot Fremont and Newark, the two new MM wHI operate on the same schedule as other dial-a-ride areas already in operation.

BUMS will pick up passengers from a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 7 to 10 p.m_ weekdays, a.m. to p.m. Saturdays, and 10 a.m.

to 5 p.m. Sundays. Buses may be summoned by calling 7)1- 7M4. Door-to-door trips cost 75 cents. Free transers to (iied-route buses will be provided.

The new North Centerville zone is bounded by Alvarado Boulevard on the west, San Andreas Drive on the north, Fremont Boulevard and Paseo Padre Parkway on the east, and Decoto Road on the south. The Niles tone covers virtually the entire district that bears that name. It also reaches up into Niles Canyon to the city boundary. Residents of the affected areas have been notified by mail. Vol.XIV,No.221 A consolidation and continuation of the News-Register Fremont-Newark, California, Sunday, December 5,1976 84 Pages 25 Cents Carter faces tough task By DIM VMTMI CASH REGISTER SEEMS TO BE FOCAL POINT IN FREMONT FIRE YESTERDAY Burglary-arson ii suspected hi Silveira Ranch Supplies blaze Burglar may have set blaze at saddle shop FREMONT A fire believed to have been set by a burglar to cover up his work destroyed Silveira Ranch Supplies, 38523 Fremont yesterday.

Fire departr.ient Capt. Phil Soria estimated damage in the 6:08 a.m. fire at $62,000 to the destroyed building, $50,000 to the merchandise and $2,000 in heat damage to four new Volkswagens on the lot of Mezzetti Volkswagen, which is adjacent to the scene of the blaze. Mr. and Mrs.

Jack Silveira. owners of the business, told fire inspectors that rolls of coins were missing from the cash register, a receipt machine had been moved, and papers had been removed from the safe, which had no lock and contained nothing of value. Soria said a burglary alarm went off. "but there seems to be some discrepancy here. The alarm had to go through a centralized location in Hayward.

which then notifies the jurisdiction in charge, so Fremont police didn't get it right away." A spokesman for the police department said the department first got the burglary alarm call at 10:32 a.m. more than four hours after the fire department was called. Bill Gillespie of San Leandro. who was flocking Christmas trees in a lot at Fremont Boulevard and Country Drive, heard a boom and looked across the street to see the glow of the fire. Soria said.

Gillespie. initially suspecting that the fire was at Mezzetti Volkswagen, ran over to the scene and sent his son scurrying about four Heather to be a little better Fair through tomorrow except for night and morning fog. Decreasing haze today, witti light, variable winds becoming nortn- to-norttiwwt at 10 to 20 milts per hour today. Highs both days should be in the mid-Sh to mid-401, with overnight lows from ttw Astrology Movie Guide Crossword I Obituaries 2 Edrtwial 10 Sports Finance TV Log Lifestyle 12-14 Want Adi 71-31 blocks to the nearest fire station to report the blaze. Soria said.

At about the same time, police Officer Francis Palmer saw the glow and radioed the police dispatcher of the fire. Mezzetti Volkswagen wasn't damaged by the blaze except for four new vehicles two cars and two buses --on the lot nearest to the fire. They received blistered paint and melted taillights, Soria said. Four engines- responded to the two-alarm fire. The blaze apparently began in the northeast corner of the riding equipment and feed store, which is across the street from Washington High School, because that part of the structure was the most completely burned, Soria said.

Singer Bob Marley, 3 others shot KINGSTON. Jamaica (UPI) Jamaican folk singer Bob Marley and three members of his troupe were shot and wounded by a band of gunmen who invaded his home in Kingston, police said yesterday. The sources said Marley was shot in the arm in the attack by an unknown number of raiders on his uptown Kingston bungalow Friday night. Hospital officials said the wounds of the other three members of his troupe were not critical. Marley.

31. was scheduled to give a free public concert Sunday at Hero's Circle an event sponsored by the government of Prime Minister Michael Manley. Political motives for the attack were immediately suspected. Jamaica has suffered political violence since January between rival gangs of the ruling Peoples National party and the opposition Jamaica Labor party. National elections are scheduled for Dec.

15. Marley. boyfriend of this year's Miss World. Cindy Breakspeare. has frequently toured the United States and popularized reggae.

Jamaican ethnic music. Cabinet picks culled PIA1NS, (UPI) -President-elect Jimmy Carter, after choosing an insider and an outsider for two top administration posts, settled down yesterday to the tough task of naming 10 more Cabinet members and filling other major jobs. With no formal appointments scheduled, Carter concentrated on reading profiles of potential appointees prepared by chief talent scout Hamilton Jordan. Jordan has made in- depth inquiries on about 70 persons being considered for key posts in the new government. One anticipated appointment is that of Atlanta attorney Robert J.

Lipshutz, Carter's campaign treasurer, as White House counsel. An early Carter supporter, Lipshutz would become the next president's chief lawyer and a policy adviser in a number of areas. Lipshutz, 54, vice chairman of the Georgia Board of Human Resources, declined to comment about reports on his selection. He would have to divest himself of private banking and financial interests before taking the White House job. Yet another possible appointment is that of Juanita Kreps.

vice president of Duke University and a prominent economist, to a post either on the Council of Economic Advisers or as labor secretary. Carter announced Friday he had chosen veteran Eastern establishment trouuleshooter Cyrus Vance as secretary of state and Atlanta banker Thomas Bertram Lance, who once ran for Georgia governor, to head the Office of Management and Budget and help make good on campaign promises to cut the federal bureaucracy. He called both appointments "superlative." Popularity unquestioned Junkets 9 value debated By KARCM HOLZMEISTER The sight of dolphins, palm trees and San Diego.Mission bell towers are becoming very popular ahf very familiar sights for South County electSd and administrative officials this fall. About 110 South County elected and appointed city officials and administrators were in San Diego in October along with a conservatively estimated $27,000 in taxpayer- financed money for the annual fall League of California Cities convention. Today South County school board trustees and admjnistrators will be among the more than 5,000 persons leaving San Diego as the annual fall conference of the California School Boards Association and the Association of California School Administrators concludes.

The cost to South County taxpayers may be about 17,400. A check with South County school districts by The Daily Review indicates that 37 trustees and administrators were going to San Diego on taxpayers' money. A number, of adminis- trators from all the districts, who are members of the school administrators' group, were paying their, travel, and The convention, which began Friday mom- ing and ends this afternoon, will cost about $200 per participant, according to Alameda County Deputy Schools Supt. Robert Coney. The estimates from district to district vary but average out to roughly the amount Coney quoted.

The estimated cost of $200 per person multiplied by 37 persons equals $7,400. The actual amounts won't be known until travel expense sheets are turned in by trustees and administrators. Most school districts have a travel policy specifying how many persons can attend instate and out-of-state conferences at district expense. Each school board annually sets aside a fund in its budget to cover travel expenses. The value of the convention, replete with seminars, panel discussions, major guest speakers and a five-hour trip to the jai-alai games in Tijuana, depends on whom you ask.

of three administrators who attended, along with three trustees, from the Hayward school district. Bushnell attaches a great deal of importance to the conference. "It's a fine opportunity for our board members to meet with trustees from througlmut the state and for members of the administrative staff to become familiar with new methods of planning and curriculum development," he says. The district is very careful about the money it spends on travel, with staff members who are selected to go justifying their attendance on the basis of "what they will bring back that will benefit other people in the district," Bushnell says. Hayward Trustee Joan Hamblin, who says she tries to attend the state conference at least every other year, finds "a lot to be gained" Continued on Page 17, col.

2 A loving peck ly IXM VMrw Judy Swank is the center of attention for Pasha, the yellow-naped Amazon, giving her a love peck, and Melrosef a military macaw, on her shoulder. More than 1,000 rare species of birds are competing in an all-bird show at the Fremont Community Center in Central Park sponsored by a local chapter of the Bird Association of California. The show is open to the public from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. today.

Birds include rare finches, parakeets, canaries and foreign hookbills..