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Sunday, July 1, 2001 The Sunday Rutland Herald The Sunday Times Argus- A4 Cheney File Photo The murder of Michael Dubaniewicz, pictured here, who was found shot in the head, has not been solved. Unsolved (Continued from Page 1) invisible to him. i Reiner said he had been explicit in telling Cheney, 60, that this procedure and this device would not in any way impair his ability to perform his duties. That was significant, because on Friday, announcing at the White House that he would receive the implant, Cheney said that his continued service as vice president was in the hands of his doctors. Id say my capacity to function in this job, if the doctors ever conclude I cant, obviously Id be the first to step forward and say so, he said.

While Bush was at Camp David meeting Japans prime minister, his mind was clearly partly on the procedure under way at the hospital, which is a few blocks from the White House. He suggested that Cheney was not constitutionally capable of slowing down, and said he expected to see him Monday morning in the Oval Office. At the news conference Saturday, Cheneys doctors said that if the device implanted under the skin near his collarbone is activated, sending a small electrical jolt to his heart, the effects on the vice president will be minimal. His hairs not going to stand on end, Reiner said. There will be a little pop in his chest.

The device serves two purposes. It can act as a traditional pacemaker, speeding up a heart that is beating too slowly. But this model, a Medtronic GEM III DR, can also act as a minia- AP Photo Dr. Sung Lee, an assistant cardiology professor at George Washington University Hospital, holds up a Medtronic Gem III DR pacemaker similar to the one that was implanted in Vice President Dick Cheney on Saturday in Washington. forces, it is well shielded.

Still, he will be told to hold a cell phone to his right ear; his implant is near his left shoulder. The implant itself is battery-operated and can be read by computer. It will be checked several times a year, giving doctors a record of all Cheneys heartbeats and providing them with an update on the devices own longevity. The doctors said Saturday that Cheney was never in danger and was less apprehensive about the procedure than he was about an upcoming visit to the dentist. Dr.

Sung Lee, the electrophysiologist who conducted the initial test of Cheneys heart rhythm Saturday morning, said the medical team was not nervous either. The doctors offered a few details of Cheneys medical' condition, but not a full picture. For example, they said his LDL cholesterol reading the so-called bad cholesterol was 72, which is normal and the lowest it has been for Cheney in the years it has been measured. But they did not give an overall cholesterol reading, saying only that it was terrific. Reiner said the vice president had lost 20 to 25 pounds in recent months.

The doctors said they had received no guidance from the White House of Cheneys family about what kind of information they could disclose about Cheneys health. Earlier this year the White House came under considerable criticism for refusing to disclose "some details of Cheneys medical history, and he declined numerous requests for an interview with The New York Times about his health. The lengthy news conference Saturday was clearly part of a new strategy to open his doctors to some questioning, even if they sidestepped some detailed questions. Their tone was' decidedly optimistic. So was Bushs.

I dont think he ought to slow down, Bush said. I think he ought to listen to his body. The president added: I think he ought to work at a pace that he is comfortable with. And I know Dick Cheney well, and if I were to say, 'Youve got to slow down, Mr. Vice President, hes going to say, Forget it, because hes got a job to do.

ture defibrillator, which can interrupt abnormally rapid heartbeats before they become fatal. Reiner said the chances were very slight that the device would ever be activated. But since tests conducted two weeks ago showed that Cheney periodically suffered four brief episodes of a rapid heartbeat over a 34-hour period, the device would ensure that a longer burst of the abnormal rhythm, called ventricular tachycardia, would not turn into a crisis. Because of Cheneys long history of heart disease he has suffered four heart attacks in 25 years Saturdays operation raised questions about whether his condition was deteriorating. But his doctors took a very different view, with Reiner insisting that his overall condition has been remarkably stable, really, very stable now for a couple of decades.

Cheney has been hospitalized three times since November. He suffered a minor heart attack during the recount that followed the presidential election, and doctors installed a cardiac technology. Im the most prominent, probably most thoroughly analyzed heart patient in America today, he said on Friday. He has changed his diet; he repeated on Friday that his wife, Lynne, is in charge of my food supply. He has lost considerable weight.

He rises at 5 a.m., his aides sav, and exercises for 30 minutes or so on a stationary bicycle. He has also become a model for modern developments in cardiology, noting on Friday that he has been a beneficiary of technology that has advanced considerably as his cardiac disease has worsened. The type of device he had implanted Saturday is now used by about 150,000 Americans. The doctors said Saturday that Cheney would be able to work with no restrictions, and that passing through metal detectors and other electronic devices which are everywhere in the White House complex would pose no particular danger. While the device implanted Saturday can be affected by strong magnetic wire mesh stent to keep a clogged coronary artery open.

That artery narrowed again, requiring another procedure to reopen it in March. Saturdays implant was unrelated to those incidents, Reiner said, although patients with a long history of coronary disease are more susceptible to rapid heartbeats. Cheney said on Friday that he expected to be back at work after a restful weekend. But he also said it was not in my interest or anybody elses interest to have me continue in the job if I were not capable of performing it, and so Ill follow my doctors advice in that regard. Assuming that Cheneys disease proves manageable for the next three years, the big political decision for Bush would come in 2004, when he would have to decide whether Cheney should once again be his run ning mate.

But by that time, Cheney may not be needed to establish maturity and credibility for Bush, as he did last year. For now, however, Cheney has recognized that he has taken on another role: as the symbol of modern American Lotteries The Associated Press CONCORD, N.H. -Here are the winning num bers selected Saturday in the daily New Hampshire, Vermont and Maine lotteries: Pick 3 2-2-1 Pick 4 0-9-0-5 Here are the winning numbers selected in Saturdays TVi-State Megabucks lottery drawing: 11-16-17-30-33-38 Bonus 19 (Continued from Page 1) murder weapon one day before the shooting, and his fingerprints were found on it when it was discovered in a bush near Dubaniewiczs home, according to Vermont State Police Detective Lt. Myles Heffeman. Instead, Fiouman was charged with the federal crime of illegally possessing a firearm and is serving a prison sentence on that charge.

He also had been convicted in a shooting in New Hampshire, Heffernan said. Like the Peacock murders, the Dubaniewicz case is still an open investigation with a detective assigned to it. Heffeman said police will not give up on murder cases even though they may be more than a decade ofd. Investigators periodically review the cases to see if they can develop new leads. And as new evidence might surface, the case will be revisited, he said.

For instance, advances in forensic technology might help crack a case that has yet to be solved. Its not a scheduled thing, Heffernan said. But when something comes up that might be a potential lead, well take a look at it. There is no statute of limitations on murder in Vermont, according to Rutland County States Attorney James Mongeon. And it has happened before that someone faced murder charges several years after the crime, he said.

For instance, Bernard Mecier was charged in 1981 with murdering his friend Richard Serafin in 1975. Mecier was ultimately convicted, Mongeon said. But bringing murder charges several years after the fact Has unique challenges. Witnesses might move away or die. Even if they are around, their memories may have faded, Mongeon said.

That makes it tough to wage an effective prosecution, he said. Other suspicious cases in Rutland County remain open and under investigation because no conclusion- has ever been established. Most of those cases involve missing people. One is the strange disappearance of Patricia Hesse from her Rutland City apartment in November of 1981. Hesse was last seen at the Rutland Mall, now closed, where she bought a fur coat.

But later that day, her landlord went to check on her and found food burning on the stove and a table set for dinner. But no Patricia, Heffeman said. And there has been no sign of her since. The case is still open, and Hesse is still listed in police databases as missing, said Rutland City Police Cpl. Rodney Pulsifer.

So is Heidi Wilbur, who di appeared from her home in Middletown Springs in 1991 at the age of 17. Wilbur had a history of running away from home. But what makes her case strange is that she never called her friends or family in the 10 years that she has been missing. Usually someone who runs away will call somebody they know, even if its just at Christmas time, Heffernan said. That never happened in this case.

There have been unconfirmed sightings of her, he said, but none of them panned out, and the case remains a mystery like the identity of those who killed the Peacocks. At this point we dont feel it was an arbitrary killing, Heffernan said. Even if its 20 or 30 years down the road and the murder is still solvable, well solve it. Keys to the future: What a terrific time for both of these deals! Summer is the time for new vehicles, vacations, home improvements, a pool whatever you might need a little extra cash for. So, stop in to see the friendly, helpful people at Factory Pbint National Bank.

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