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PAGE 2 Toronto mom receives Hieatt from home RICHMOND, Va. (UPI) A Canadian woman has become the-38th heart transplant recipient at the Medical College of Virginia after a donor heart was located by coincidence in her hometown of Toronto. A team of cardiovascular surgeons from the medical college flew by Lear Jet to Toronto yesterday in" the predawn hours to remove the heart from a traffic victim, returned to Richmond and performed the operation, all within about hours. Good condition Shirley Chappell, a 45-year-old mother of four, who was flown to Virginia last week to await the surgery, was listed in good condition in an intensive care section yesterday after the three-hour operation. "We decided to list her as said William Van Pelt, an MCV spokesman.

"What condition can you say someone is in when they've had their heart cut out?" The donor was Michael Rowat, 18, killoH UpHnosHav nn Hiohwav 54 smith of Collingwood. His parents, Mr. and Mrs. Neil Rowat of Richard's Landing, a small island community near Sault St. Marie, gave their consent for the donation.

"I'm really glad for the woman who Customs pulls rug on Persian rugs slated for an auction at the Chateau Laurier last night remain rolled up, unsold. And no-one even had a chance to bid. The auction was cancelled suddenly after a customs detention was placed on the rugs yesterday for not being marked with their country of origin. Originally heading for the U.S. from Iran, the rugs were re-routed to Montreal after the American ban on Iranian imports was imposed earlier this year.

Although the carpets were passed through Montreal customs, officials in Ottawa inspected them once more after reading in the newspaper about the approaching rug sale. It turned out the rugs contravene the Marking Act. And until the markings are put on, the sale remains off, said a customs official. sale Intermittent cloud with high near 29 Ottawa Sunny with a tew cloudy periods today and high near 29. Cloudy overnight with showers, risk of thunder-showers and low near 15.

Tomorrow, gradual clearing with high near 26. Looking ahead Sunday's outlook, and warm. sunny For the record Yesterday's high 26.9C; kw14 0C; Record high: 34.4C. 1941 low: 10.0C. 1962 Humidity (noon): 41 Precipitation: none Today's sunset: 8:39 Tomorrow's sunrise: 5:39 Barometer at 1 0 p.m.

101 .4 kPa. and rising. NATIONAL Calgary 10 25 Charlottetown 16 20 received my son's heart, said the father. "Michael wasn't a selfish boy. He would have been in favor.

I guess you could say I'm proud of him." Although only 13 of the 38 transplant recipients, including Chappell, are still alive from the operations that began at MCV In 1968, Van Pelt said the odds are better than they sound. "Most of them would have about six months to live and perhaps less if they didn't receive the transplants," he said. "They're all very sick people." Chappell's doctor confirmed the 97-pound woman from Scarborough whose heart began failing to contract properly after her last pregnancy 11 years ago, had a life expectancy of only six months. The oldest living transplant recipient from MCV is a Washington, DC, man who has survived seven years since his operation. Heart cooled The technique of transporting donor hearts over long distances was pioneered at MCV.

It requires that the new heart be reimplanted within four hours of removal from the donor. "It was cooled slightly above freezing and brought back in something that looks like a modified Thermos bottle," said Van Pelt. A convoy oFpolice cruisers greeted the medical Jeam at the Toronto air-port and ensured speedy access to and from the Toronto hospital where the donor heart was obtained. Chappell was prepared for surgery while the jet was still en route back to Richmond and the operation, which began at 6: 15 a.m., was completed at 9 a.m. EDT.

A spokesman for Toronto General Hospital said it was an "unbelievable coincidence" that though numerous medical centres in North America had received requests for a donor heart with Chappell's blood type, the new heart was found in her home area. Barnard's mentor The operation was performed by Dr. Richard R. Lower, MCV's chairman of cardiac surgery, who helped devel-' op the heart implantation method in the early 1960s. One of his students at the facility was Dr.

Christiaan Barnard, the South African surgeon who performed the first transplant on a living patient in 1967. "Of those who receive heart transplants, 40 per cent die in the first three months," said Van Pelt. "If they make it through that time, they have an 80 per cent chance of making it for an entire year. Beyond a year, we haven't had enough experience with the current anti-rejection medicine to have meaningful data." WEATHER Edmonton 8 24 Fredericton 18 26 Halifax 13 24 Montreal 15 27 Peterborough 1 1 25 Quebec City 16 27 Regina 12 32 St. John s.

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No circuses, please "But how can I go down to the Chateau Laurier 'and apply for a job when I used to work, there as a bus-boy?" As for other non-skilled jobs such as cashier or waitress, Lefebre says she finds the same response wherever she goes: "Poke, poke, look at her over there, they go. Employers don't want to turn their place into a circus." Lefebre said she has applied for a few jobs during her term on welfare, one of them as an orderly at Ottawa General Hospital. But they wouldn't hire a woman. She also signed up for Algonquin College's upgrading skills program, but said she dropped out because she was continually "hassled" by students. Stuffing knocked out An Algonquin staffer said she members Lefebre in the course, adding only that it was "a very complex situation," and indicating Lefebre did Drought By United Press International Rangelands devoid of cattle, empty chicken coops, bees frantically fanning their hives and withering corn and wheat symbolize the disaster facing farmers.

Experts said yesterday it soon would be felt at supermarkets. Crop and livestock losses are expected to bring sharply higher prices for poultry, milk and cheese and more moderate increases for many other farm products. Price hikes were forecast even for honey, No relief A few scattered showers dotted the Gulf Coast and parts of the Plains, but did little to relieve drought that wiped out crops in broad sections of the Midwest. Sunny, warm weather prevailed in much of the country. Crop and livestock losses blamed on drought, heat and storms have' exceeded $3 billion already this year and could push even higher if some areas do not get rain soon.

JOURNAL their rescue yesterday Lefebre: 'Hassled' find the situation intolerable. Lefebre said the stuffing was finally knocked out of her about 18 months ago, when she applied for a hostess job at the Inn of the Provinces. She almost had it until the manager learned she was a locally known transsexual, she said. "That just let me down boomp." A spokesman for the hotel's person soon to In other regions, where heavy rains came early in the week to' chase away a killing heat wave, withered corn and wheat poked feebly through shallow lakes of stagnant water. Officials reported the crops beyond hope.

Texas ranchers report this year has been drier than any year in the seven-year, 1950s drought and warn some ranchers could fold if the dry weather continues through the winter. Missouri farmers say crops are at a critical stage and damage will be staggering unless significant rainfall materializes in the next two weeks. Missouri officials estimate the state's crops and livestock already have suffered $1.5 billion in damages. Milk scarce Gordon Sherwood, a 34-year-old farmer in Edgerton, 30 miles north of Kansas City, said his 200-acre corn crop normally yields 130 to 140 bushels of corn per acre but will from Three-flight plunge Continued from page One the end of the performance and could not find her. Panov and Bliss expressed "shock and grief" at the death.

Bliss said Mintiks performed In the first half of the performance, playing for "The Firebird," and the "Pas de Deux" from "Don Quixote." Following that, Bliss said, she left the pit and went to the women's locker room. Because the orchestra did not play for the third ballet of the evening, "Five Tangos," her absence went unnoticed until the final ballet, "Miss Julie." Bliss said that Mintiks was apparently taken to the roof of the six-storey building and pushed into the air shaft. Her body plummeted about three flights and was caught on a beam in the shaft Her shoes were found on the roof, Bliss said. UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Pedestrians to face much tougher laws Continued from Page One. lights have become a nuisance, particularly in downtown areas "where great number of pedestrians continue across a street when the light changes and drivers simply can't make a turn." The province also hopes to crack down on pedestrians who fail to walk on the side of the road facing traffic where there are no sidewalks.

1 "This causes an appalling number of deaths because the pedestrian fails to see a car coming and the motorist fails to see them," the official said, "but charges are laid only rarely." Police also come in for problems when they attempt to lay charges against pedestrians. Platform dropped from under them "I've always had a Jot of confidence in safety belts," said 22-year-old Denis Paulin, "but I have a lot more now." Paulin, of 2 Lamoureux Aylmer, and his brother Francois, 17, had Just climbed in a 19th storey window of Centertown Place on Slater at Lyon Street yesterday afternoon after dangling precariously for nearly 10 minutes. Their 18-foot window cleaning platform had just dropped out from under them as they were washing the windows of Apt. 1910. A shackle had broken.

Shackle let go "One shackle just let go as I. was tightening it," said Denis, who has been in the high rise window cleaning business for seven years. Both men are employees of Soulard Enterprises. Francois had been with the firm for four and a half months. "The brace stretched as I pulled down the handle to tighten the cage," said the older brother.

"I climbed up the rope to a ledge, but Francois was left swinging a few feet below me. He tried to grab my foot but couldn't." Firemen with a long hook were able to stop the swinging youth and pull him back to safety some 200 feet above the street where a large crowd had gathered to watch the 19th-storey drama. "I feel fine," said Denis when asked his reaction to the ordeal.It's the first time I've ever had towse smiled, patting the loops on the safety belt he was still wearri want a eircus nel department said they only keep applications for four months, and both members of the department are fairly new to the. hotel. Letter solved matter Last month wasn't the first time welfare officials have cut off Lefebre's $301 a month paycheck the amount for individuals under 30 years of age who are incapable of working.

Lefebre said welfare officials cut her off this time last year, but a letter from her doctor, Norman Barwin, solved the problem. The doctor sent a similar letter this year, but this time it; was rejected, she said. Barwin, an Ottawa doctor who performed Lefebre's third and final sex change operation, could not be reached for comment. Regional welfare officials denied yesterday they were tightening up on welfare payments, and suggested Lefebre appeal the decision, something she plans to do. Won't work gay bars They wouldn't comment on her case.

Neither would Lefebre's psychiatrist, Dr. Elwin Koranyi, whom Lefebre be felt produce only about 40 this year. A spokesman for Central Dairy at Jefferson City, the major buyer of milk in mid-Missouri, said the drought could cause "an acute shortage of dairy products" later in the year and force the price of those products up substantially by next year. In Benton, 111., Franklin County farm adviser Richard Swope said hot weather is putting the pinch on pork producers. "When hogs get out in the hot sun, they're like people, they don't eat right and they don't gain weight the way they should.

Some of the veterinarians say some farmers lost some hogs due to the heat." And in Fauurview Heights, 111., Joseph Marxer reported recent heat had burned up area flowers and would boost honey prices. "Most of my bees aren't doing too well in this hot, dry weather. If these bees don't get enough food, there's WE ARE PAYING HIGHER PRICES FOR Gold coins Gold Flings, chains, etc Tokens Medals Silver Dollars Prooflike Sets Pre-1967 Silver Coins Mint Canadian Stamps Canadian Presentation Sets Military Medals Badges Paper Currency 1968 Silver Coins FRIDAY, JULY 25, 1980 Susan" Knowlton, the occupant of Apt. 1910 had Just moved into the building, but was not in at the time of the high wire act outside her window. I'd never go up again' Continued from Page One other men, suspended several storeys up by scaffolding, were repairing some of the concrete balconies totally oblivious to the drama happening on the other side of the building.

"I didn't know about it until one of the tennants stuck her head out a window and told me," said Salvador Rosa, of Robi Construction. "It upset me. I've been doing scaffolding work for 17 years and I've never had an accident. "If that had happened to me, I'd never go up again." The Paulin brothers were employed by Soulard Enterprises, an Ottawa window-washing company and as he waited for an Industrial Accident Prevention inspector, supervisor Remi febvre laid the blame for the ac- ident on the building. 'Usually when buildings are con structed, holes are drilled in the concrete overhang or we can put our outriggers on the roof.

"In this building, the holes are in the siues ui uiexemeiu wans anu mere a strain on the motor bracket as the scaffold reaches the top." 1 claims suggested she work in a gay bar, and who has written articles on transsexuality. Lefebre said she refuses to work in a gay bar because "I didn't get this done it- i ior noming. She also refuses to leave town as he has suggested, saying she would have many of the same problems in any city. Also, her parents live here. Prejudice cited Lefebre charged that social prejudice against transsexuals most of whom go male to female force many of them into stripping or prostitution to make a living.

one aaiu uicic aic auuui live iiidie- to-female transsexuals in Ottawa, and two females-to-males. According to LeteDre, one ot tne otner women is on welfare for obvious medical reasons, another is a housewife, and a third is an exotic dancer. Asked why she had the operation, the former dancer said she decided when she was about 16 that she wanted to be a woman. Though her doctor told her she had as many male as female hormones, she was really a woman inside her head, she said. in stores just not going to be much honey this year," he said.

He said bees kill themselves trying to keep their hives cool overexerting themselves fanning the hive with their wings. Poultry prices Poultry was hit harder than cattle. Hot weather wiped out millions of chickens from Arkansas to the Caro-linas. Agriculture officials in South Carolina said farmers and consumers will pay for the losses while middlemen turn the meteorological misfortune into tidy profits. Farmers raise the chickens under contract with the producer, who pay a set price per chicken, so fewer chickens means less money for the farmers.

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