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DAYTON DAILY NEWS THURSDAY, JULY 1,1999 SA, i MEDICINE GINTER ikTTri i is I 7 Si i 3 Heart valve defect found less serious WE STOCK A FULL-UNE OF HIGH-FILTRATION REGULAR STYLE VACUUM CLEANER BAGS FOR MOST MAKES MODELS; FUSSNECKER Sweeper Sales Service 160 Salem Ave 11 1 W. Dorothy In'. CONTINUED FROM 1A "He left about three weeks ago," Cunningham said. "He left here on a Monday." -Cunningham said Brown told a coworker to keep the store "open as long as you want to. I don't think I'll be coming back." "He's a very nice guy," Cunningham said.

"He was very respectful to everybody. I heard a lot of people could hardly believe it when they heard the news about him." Kristie Cunningham, who grooms dogs near Brown's former video store, described Brown as being "very nice and personable." researchers say. The condition, long considered a "hidden epidemic" afflicting 5 to 30 percent of Americans, is far less dangerous and less common than doctors believed, two studies show. The research is reported in today's New England Journal of Medicine. Doctors have warned patients that the condition, while often symptomless, may require surgery to prevent complications that can cause sudden death.

Americans diagnosed with mitral valve prolapse should talk to their doctors about a re-test. By Linda A. Johnson ASSOCIATED PRESS The millions of Americans who have been told they have a serious, sometimes fatal heart defect called mitral valve prolapse probably have nothing to fear, Among those complications: stroke, heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms that cause fainting. But researchers determined that the patients who actually had mitral valve prolapse suffered those complications at about the same rate, just 6 percent, as a healthy comparison group. "Don't assume that it's a sort of death sentence," concluded Dr.

Emelia J. Benjamin, a professor of medicine at Boston University who led one of the studies. Her advice: Talk to your doctor about a re-test, particularly if you were diagnosed years ago. The mitral valve lets oxygenated blood into the heart's main pumping chamber. In prolapse, for reasons still unclear, the valve's two flaps become elongated and floppy and some blood leaks backward when the chamber contracts to pump out blood.

Major leakage can cause serious problems, but it is rare. i 223-8334 223-8334, Hours: M-F 8-6 Sat. 8-4 use your bonus coupons for extra savings values NEW REDUCTIONS SAVE 25 Better sportswear He bring his dog in to have it bathed," Cunningham said. "We were all very, very shocked." Brown, who escaped from prison in Taft, in December 1984, went through at least three court cases here as Kenneth Ginter without anyone learning his true identity. On April 26, Brown, using the name Ken Ginter, filed for divorce from his wife, Linda Ginter, of Albany, in Montgomery County Domestic Relations Court.

The complaint for divorce stated they were married in Covington, on June 30, 1987, had no children and were "incompati ble and are no longer suited for marriage to each other." Brown listed his address as the video store, which he said lost $6,842 in 1998. James P. Langendorf, the attorney who represents Brown in the pending divorce case, was shocked to learn his client's true identify. "No way!" Langendorf said. "I've known this guy for a few years.

He's just the sweetest guy. That's amazing. I am absolutely amazed. I find it hard to believe." In yet another odd twist to the case, Morris confirmed that Gint-er's wife, Linda Ginter, is really his first wife, Donna Brown. Both Charles Cunningham and a neighbor, who didn't want her name used, identified a picture of Donna Brown, from the Unsolved Mysteries website, as Linda Ginter.

Donna Brown, 52, is a suspect in her husband's escape from prison because she disappeared the same day, after leaving her teen-age children with relatives, but she is not charged with any crime. Morris said Oklahoma officials will determine whether further UnBA 1 1 xi 0 for misses, petite: in 0 and women From a Famous Female Designer, Famous New York Maker, Charter Club, 4(0)oo FR, ALREADY REDUCED PRICES August Silk and Jeanne Pierre. mm Reg. LADIES SHOES sale i i Orig. 29.99:$76, Was.s21.97-56.97, Sale 15.38-33.S3 MISSES PETITES WOMEN JUNIORS MEN YOUNG MEN KIDS DRESSES SPORTSWEAR INTIMATE APPAREL ACCESSORIES SHOES TOTAL SAVINGS OF 45-70 LOOK FOR THE GREEN SIGNS case.

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winter, seeking payment of $11,161 for unpaid medical servic es. i The lawsuit was dismissed in January after the hospital was unable to serve the lawsuit on the Ginters. On July 20, 1998, G.E. Capital Mortgage Services of San Bernardino, sued Kenneth and Linda F. Ginter.

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An elderly neighbor, who asked not to be identified, described the couple as "wonderful neighbors." ''He's such a nice man," the woman said. "He cut my grass for me. I hated to see them leave." She said they told her they were moving to a mobile home somewhere in Kentucky. "I saw nothing out of the way with them," she said. "I just trusted them completely." Morris praised area citizens and the Kettering Police Department for enabling the FBI to pressure Brown into surrendering.

Lee Mann, a spokeswoman at the McAlester prison, said Brown walked into the penitentiary shortly before 8 a.m. Tuesday and told prison officials he was tired of being on the run. He will remain there for awhile. His original death sentence was converted to life in prison. FBI Special Agent Thomas K.

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