Lexington Herald-Leader from Lexington, Kentucky • 15

Lexim3tonHeraliLeader Section Saturday December 1 5 1 984 Classified B3 Schroeder after his stroke "It is not just tiny little quivers there were definite he said If that progress continues Schroeder might be out of bed in 48 hours Lansing said He also estimated that Schroeder could be out of the hospital in four weeks barring further setbacks Doctors were disappointed but not entirely surprised when the 52-year-old patient from sr Ind was stricken Thursday Lansing "It was a recognized possible complication" Lansing said Asked if the stroke might have been abetted by drug experiments conducted on Lansing: Schroeder Lansing said not nor "should have been adequate to prevent Lansing said If the artificial heart proves to be the culprit there is a "remote that its left side will have to be replaced Lansing said release from the hospital basically will be decided according to how soon he feels secure in leaving Lansing said Schroeder was returned to the coronary-care unit at Humana Hospital Audubon which houses the heart institute and his condition was changed from satisfactory to serious The stroke partially paralyzed the right side of body but his arm and leg were showing Lansing said By Charles Wolfe Associated Press LOUISVILLE Artificial-heart recipient William Schroeder seemed to be yesterday from a stroke and was regaining his speech and some use of his right arm and leg which had been briefly paralyzed doctors said Dr Allan Lansing noted yesterday afternoon that the sun had broken through after two days of gloom and overcast and he said the change to better weather exactly with the But Lansing acknowledged yesterday that the stroke that interrupted Schroeder's recovery might mean a delay in performing the next implant Two prospective implant patients who are good were told Wednesday we did not plan to do anything until Mr Schroeder was well and likely to leave the Lansing said On Thursday morning seemed like something that might be two weeks or so away This morning (yesterday) it may be further Lansing said Schroeder the world's second permanent artificial-heart recipient was in no pain yesterday and was able to converse in slow measured tones He also was gradually regaining die use of his right arm and leg said Lansing who is chairman and medical director of Humana Heart Institute International "His stroke was severe at the time but it a small area and he seems to be brilliantly from Lansing said Schroeder had a bout of depression yester-day afternoon which Lansing said was a classic symptom of the malady any patient had a stroke he was a little weepy this Lansing said Lansing said doctors were probably sever al days away from finding the cause of the stroke which occurred about 6 pm Thursday But he said his hunch was that Schroeder was felled by an embolus which is dot or any of an assortment of particles that break off into the bloodstream and lodge in a blood vessel It could have been the size of the head of a pin Lansing said Doctors knew clotting was a risk with the mechanical heart and Schroeder had regularly been receiving an anti-coagulant that did his vigorous activity (during Lexington man pleads guilty in kidnapping Defense attorneys say client had minor role in abduction Staff wire reports DAYTON Ohio A Lexington Ky man pleaded guilty yesterday to kidnapping a Kentucky college professor His plea came almost three weeks after his accomplices Alton Coleman and Debra Brown guilty pleas Although defense attorneys said they did not think the Lexington man Thomas Harris 33 was near as culpable as Alton Coleman or Debra in the case they thought it was in best interest to plead guilty our opinion he has minimal but that did not make him innocent said Lawrence Henke III Henke and Charles Buck represented Harris Harris had been scheduled to go on trial on Monday in US District Court on charges of abducting Oline Carmical Jr a professor of history and political science at Cumberland College in Williamsburg Carmical was abducted by Harris Coleman and Ms Brown about 10:30 pm July 16 from the Continental Inn parking lot in Lexington after being robbed of $41 He was driven to Richmond where he was forced to call his wife to obtain ransom money He then was placed in the trunk and was driven to Dayton After arriving in Dayton Carmical was removed from the trunk and told to take off most of his clothes He then was returned to the trunk where he was found by a passer-by who heard him banging on the car about 6:45 am July 17 Coleman and Ms Brown are awaiting sentencing by US District Judge Walter Rice Henke said yesterday that Harris Herald-LeaderTom Woods li Eric Howell 7 gets a lesson from Ronald McDonald during the opening of the Ronald McDonald House in Lexington New McDonald House called of had not known Coleman or Ms Brown before the day of the kidnapping After questioning Harris twice yesterday to make sure he understood the consequences of what he was dung Rice accepted Harris' plea Harris is expected to be sentenced within about six weeks Kidnapping carries a maximum sentence of life in prison (Turn to LEXINGTON B3) Replacement announced for retiring FCI warden Staff wire reports Robert Matthews US marshal for the District of Columbia will replace Robert Elsea when he retires early next year as warden of the Federal Correctional Institution in Lexington a spokesman for the Federal Bureau of Prisons said last night Matthews who headed the FCI at Ashland until 1962 will take over in February said Bill Anthony the southeast region duty officer In a telephone interview from Atlanta Anthony said that Elsea had eligible to retire since he turned a few years ago and made the decision several months ago Elsea FCI warden for about four years could not be reached for comment appointment announced yesterday by the Marshals Service was made a few days ago said Sylvia Simons duty officer for the central office in Monday Smith will work with the families and keep Lexington hospitals informed about available rooms The 16-bedroom house has certain opulence because someone cared enough to give it" Mrs Cronin said Handmade quilts prints and a wood-carved of love" with the names of major benefactors to the project are among the many donated decorative touches Mrs Cronin praised the hundreds of individuals organizations and local restaurants for their donations of cash furnishings and labor to the house their names were laid end-to-(7dm to RONALD B2) president of St Joseph Hospital said hospital administrators with open arms this newest addition to health care in the And President Reagan sent a trie-gram commending volunteers in the project for continuing enduring tradition of lending a hand to those in Families who stay at the Ronald McDonald House will have access to a fully equipped community kitchen indoor and outdoor play areas laundry facilities and luxuriously furnished lounge areas Those who can afford it will pay a donation of $7 a night to help cover operating expenses The live-in manager Cheryl By Sharon Reynolds HerakH aader staff writer Ronald McDonald House of the Bluegrass gift of love for children and their took the wraps off yesterday in a ribbon-cutting ceremony that was a prelude to official opening Volunteers doctors hospital administrators and restaurant owners were invited to a sneak preview of the Stadium Drive home away from home for families of seriously ill children The first guests a Virginia family whose son will undergo a bone-marrow transplant at the University of Kentucky Albeit Chandler Medical Center will check in happy to be opening time of year because this is a gift of love for children and their said Phyllis Cronin chairman of the Children's Oncology Services of the Bluegrass Inc which owns and operates the house More than four years in the making the Ronald McDonald House will be a temporary home for parents from out of town who have children with illnesses that require short- or longterm hospitalization or repeated treatments More than 650 families are expected to use the services of the house each year Sister Michael Leo Mullaney the Cumberland Gap tunnel project suspended turn was under orders from the White House and the Office of Management and Ballard a Democrat saw a direct connection between the halt in construction and the defeat of Huddleston foe leading advocate in Con- was a backdoor attempt to defy the law was a pet project of Huddleston's and they've just waited until after foe election to do this" Auxier Anthony said that Matthews whose resignation from his current job will take effect Jan 12 been on to the Marshals Service for the last two years Marshals Service Director Stanley Morris praised Matthews saying that he done an outstanding job of managing our largest field office during the past two years He can be extremely proud of his accomplishments While I regret his decision I am sure I speak for his friends and associates throughout the Mar shais Service as well as in the DC judicial system which he has so ably served in wishing him the best" Rogers R-Somerset was quick to criticize the decision think we will question the legality of said Marty Driesler an aide to Rogers who represents the district in which the tunnel is to be built will have a strongly worded letter to Mr (David) Stockman (who is OMB director) on Monday and if necessary we will fight in the House Appropriations Gary Auxier press secretary to Sen Walter Huddleston said yesterday that Congress had rejected an earlier attempt by the Reagan administration to cancel the project and that action By Michael York HeraU-Leader Washington bureau WASHINGTON The Reagan administration abruptly halted work yesterday on the $175 million Cumberland Gap tunnel project But aides to two Kentucky congressmen said they were planning to challenge the legality Harold Wieiand a district engineer of the Federal Highway Administration confirmed that he signed an Order yesterday that directed foe chief contractor on the project to stop work immediately Wieiand said the action was bring taken at the direction of foe Department of the Interior which in The 4100-foot Cumberland Gap tunnel would be a major step in connecting Interstate 75 at Corbin to Interstate 81 at White Pine Tenn The project has been an the drawing board since 1955 and has been seen as a possible boon to industrial development in southeastern Kentucky Officials of Crosstown Contractors Inc which received the preliminary construction contract on Nov 20 could not be reached for comment yesterday but the office of UJS Rep Harokl knew we were in trouble and the state of Kentucky was in trouble when Huddleston Ballard said Said former Middlesboro Police Chief James Pursifull: know if it was done because of economy or because they are playing politics In either case they are playing with In his nearly 25 years as a policeman Pursifull was a leading crusader (TdmtoW0RKB2) Huddleston was defeated Nov 6 by Mitch McConnell who also supports the project McConnell could not be reached for comment last night Reaction in Middlesboro at foe base of Cumberland Mountain was predictable was blown said James Ballard owner of radio station WMIK and a longtime advocate of foe project Transportation draws attention racquetbaii courts are to be installed soon If this is a full-time job who needs retirement? Leitchfidd attorney Joe Whittle state GOP chairman already has his political eye trained on 1987 when he like many others expects Lt Gov Steve Beshear to be a serious gubernatorial contender Not surprisingly Whittle has less-than-kind words for the Collins administration and predicts few successes in its remaining three years Equally lacking in surprise then is his effort to make synonyms out of Collins and Beshear giving my henchmen orders not to say foe Collins administration without saying the CoUins-Beshear administration" Whittle said this week Personnel Department in an effort to secure state employment Well it seems the former University of Kentucky rushing star has succeeded According to the department Colliris whose former UK coach is now Parks Commissioner Fran Curd is recreation directin' at Pennyrile State Park The appointment is classified as which means it can last no longer than 11 months Another former football Wildcat has secured a more permanent position in his former shop Curd appointed Mike Slganos a 1978 UK graduate as director of a fitness center that recently opened at Lake Barkley State Resort Park The fitness center includes exercise equipment a Jacuzzi and a sauna Tanning beds and When he left his medical practice he sold his part of foe Florence Medical Arts Center corporation as well as his shares of eight undeveloped acres at Florence Mall and several other commercially zoned properties all at respectable profits He politics pressing the flesh and going out to meet people a couple of years as transportation secretary 111 become clear on the direction my life will Poore says love people government and politics I fed that my star is just beginning to If this is retirement who needs a foil-time job? foe latest from the football-player-tumed-stateemployee checklist As you may recall Alfred (you probably know him as Sonny) Collins was in town recently filling out foe necessary forms at the FRANKFORT One of Transportation Secretary Floyd latest forays into local headlines involved the Christmas extravaganza he organized for cabinet employees tonight in Lexington But it was his socailed early retirement plan that attracted the attention recently of Medical Economics magazine a publication focusing an physician? finances In a lengfoy feature last month the magazine noted that Poore who left his medical practice to join Gov Martha Layne Coffin? administration has a penchant for colorfel dress to wit: always insisted on dressing in flamboyant jackets and trousers not myself if I wear anything rise' he says When Gov Collins offered him the cabinet post Poore said he accept if die expected him to wear a business suit every The piece also included the following Poore tidbits: "Though he owns a 1978 Rolls-Royce he prefers using the 1983 Oidsmobile Delta 88 that goes with the The (fids is equipped with a telephone and two-way radio He is negotiating the sale of his Florence residence although he plans to keep calling foe Northern Kentucky city home 14-room showplace includes a glass-dome-enclosed heated swimming pooL He paid $750000 several years ago he's hoping to get.