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J' jmatmii in 1 1 aby bm6d ays after mom dies' interest of the fetus. We felt that life was more manifest than death." He said the premature infant's chances of survival increased the longer it remained in the mother's womb. "THE BOTTOM LINE was that she could care for the baby better than we could," Dillon said. According to the the Journal of the American Medical Association, the 24-year-old woman was admitted to a hospital Jan. 16, 1981, suffering from encephalitis, an inflamation of the brain.

She was 23 weeks pregnant Eighteen days after her admission, tests showed that she had suffered brain death, but she was placed on a respirator and transferred to Children's Hospital. There, doctors determined that the woman's Buffalo, N.Y. (AP) A brain-dead pregnant woman was put on a life-support system and kept clinically alive for six days until her baby was delivered by Caesarean section, doctors revealed yesterday. The girl, who weighed little more than two pounds at birth last year, has since been adopted. Dr.

William P. Dillon, chief of the division of maternal and fetal medicine at Children's Hospital here, told reporters that when the case came up physicians could find no similar cases in medical literature. "We had to make a decision," Dillon said, "and the decision was made to act in the manifest fetus showed movement and a good heart beat. The woman was kept on a life-support system for six more days before the baby was delivered, about nine weeks prematurely. The infant was discharged from the hospital three months later at a weight of about 4.5 pounds.

An editorial accompanying the AMA article praised the clinical skills of the doctors but said the case raised "profound clinical-ethical quandries." Such cases, the editorial said, "test our under-, standing of the nature and goals of medicine, of the responsibility of physicians, and even of the meaning of life and death." Asked to compare his decision with others that he has made, Dillon said, "I don't think I'll ever have it any tougher." nn sums mmn msmmsi San Bernardino, Calif. (AP The US Festival, a combination rock concert and computer fair, opened in a cloud of desert dust yesterday as thousands of sweaty fans braved 100-degree heat and stifling smog to charge into an outdoor amphitheater for a Woodstock of the West. A 23 year-old Santa Rosa man was killed and five were injured in a fiery chain-reaction collision as cars stacked up in a three-mile traffic jam trying to get into the festival grounds. The three-day festival in the foothills of the San Bernardino Mountains, 60 miles east of Los Angeles, was expected to draw about 100,000 people even as temperatures climbed above 100 degrees. Churning clouds of dust rose from a dirt road leading to the site as thousands of youthful rock fans trotted to the gates, cheering wildly, after security guards relaxed a cordon at one end of a campground area.

THE OPENING night concert, featuring such top New Wave acts as the Police and Talking Heads, began in the late afternoon, but the crowd began forming at dawn for the three-day, $12.5 million event. Also scheduled on the bill were The Ramones, the Gang of Four, Tom Petty, Pat Benatar, The Grateful Dead, Fleetwood Mac, Jimmy Buffett and The Kinks. Bfc 1 waii hi 4bsim ui 11 11 11 mi 1 Tr iit rrr in ihimbib nirnf ff v-vm nr AP Thousands gather as employe waves US Festival flag before opening of three-day rockfest in San Bernardino, Calif. -s, Kidnaping shatters their Eivei By BELLA ENGLISH 1. everyday, ordinary people, living paycheck to paycheck," said Jeff Runyan, 28, a receiver for a supermarket chain.

"Our first fear was molestation and that we would find a body. Now, as time goes on, it has to be different We're not tearful, we're not emotional, we're trying to be strong to do what we have to do." Elaine Runyan said the worst thing is not knowing what happened to her child "If you adopt in the next year, or if you have a new 3-year-old in your neighborhood, make sure "she's not my little girl," she pleaded. "Somebody knows this man, somebody knows this girl. If you see anyone pulling a child, or fighting a child, ask her, 'Are you Rachael Runyan? Who is your The Runyans have registered with Child Find, a private group in New Paltz that searches for missing children. A spokesman said yesterday that although it had found no evidence of organized adoption rings, individuals sometimes steal babies hoping to sell them.

Already, the group has had calls from people saying they may have leads on Rachael. The city of Sunset has offered a $20,000 reward for the return of Rachael, and the Runyans say they have raised another $20,000.. Sunset Police Chief Archie Searle said anyone with information should call (801) 825-1620 or (801) 776-30601 A couple from Utah are in New York to publicize the theft of a priceless possession: their 3-year-old daughter. Jeff and Elaine Runyan fear that their only daughter has been kidnaped for a black market adoption or child pornography ring. Blonde, blue-eyed Rachael Marie Runyan disappeared around noon Aug.

26 from a school playground behind her home in Sunset, a town of 5,000 just north of Salt Lake City. When her mother called Rachael and her brothers aged 3 and 18 months home, only the boys appeared. Rachael, they said, had been snatched by a man in a blue car who o'fered her bubble gum. When her older brother reminded her she wasn't to go with strangers, the -man reportedly picked her up and put her in his car. A POLICE ROADBLOCK was quickly set up, but the suspect, described as a 23 to 35-year-old black man, was not found.

Police believe the man took Rachael out of the state. The FBI is investigating. "We didn't think there would be a ransom because we are AP Police sketch of Rachael Marie Rurqri'sysjed Wdnjaper..