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Page C5 Decatur, Illinois, Thursday, July 29, 1982 Polovchak fears life in jail if returned to Soviet Union State Nation- JEAM SALE THURSDAY, FRIDAY SATURDAY ONLY! ALL MENS BOYS Sedgefield Do-Nothing Denims All Cotton! All Natural! Won't wrinkle, pucker or shrink out of size edgefield JEANS thorities there a tremendous propaganda victory and, condemning Walter to a life of hardship." In halting English, Polovchak briefly mentioned incidents of religious discrimination while he was growing up in the Soviet Ukraine. For example, he said, after it became known that he was regularly going to church services, teachers at school would penalize him by making him clean desks and or do other chores. Appearing with Polovchak at the session before a House Foreign Affairs subcommittee was his 19-year-old sister, Natalie, who also described official repression encountered by many practicing Catholics and other religious groups in the Soviet Union. U.S. authorities have granted asylum and permanent residency status to the youth, who ran away from his parents in July 1980 and refused to accompany them when they subsequently returned to the Soviet Union.

Because of her age, his sister's decision to stay in this country has not been contested. WASHINGTON (AP) Ukrainian-born Walter Polovchak, whose bid for political asylum has sparked East-West wrangling and a court battle over parental rights, said Wednesday that he fears spending the rest of his life in prison if he is forced to return to the Soviet Union. Making his first public appearance in Washington, the 14-year-old boy told congressional panel: "I feel I am part of this country. I feel very free here." The, youth is living with foster parents in the Chicago area. Asked by Rep.

Peter A. Peyser, what fate he would expect upon returning to the Soviet Union, Polovchak replied: "If I have to go back there right now, I would spend all my life in jail." Peyser, who has taken a strong interest in the Polovchak affair, noted that "there have been many different opinions expressed regarding the legal and political issues at stake in this complex case." But he asserted that if the youth is forced to return to the Soviet Union, "we would be handing the au However, a number of legal fights over the boy still remain unre-. solved. i Peyser released the transcript of a recent interview he conducted with a former Soviet KGB officer. Asked what would happen if Polovchak was sent back, the one-time Soviet intelligence official was quoted as saying: "First thing, the KGB officers will try to brainwash and to force him to cooperate with them to make propaganda, so that the young man will be used to give interviews to several Soviet newspapers, probably to the local TV channel, on the 'atrocities of If the youth refuses to cooperate, the KGB defector said, Soviet authorities may forcefully confine Polovchak to a psychiatric hospital where political dissidents are subjected to massive drug doses.

If not that, the defector said "He can go to a special teen-ager labor camp, where they claim they treat them with labor and brainwashing by Marxist-Leninist theories." OFF Full one year warranty Resists twisting in the leg They'll make you look terrific. No matter what you're doing Sedgefield Jeans. For the physical fit. 1 fLr turn! 632 East Eldorado Open Mon. Fri VIS if tifi fiYii if" 1 Smartly Styled Traditional Sofa Our Complete Selection of Oil Paintings 1 $249 Ma Bell helps deliver baby CHICAGO (AP) Miranda Linzy says she covered her eyes each time she gave birth to one of her seven children.

But that didn't stop her from calmly advising a frantic teen-ager over the telephone on how to deliver her twin sister's baby. Mrs. Linzy, a civilian dispatcher for the Police Department who takes calls on the 911 emergency number, said her advice seemed routine, as if she were "telling someone how to take groceries out of a bag and put them on the shelf." That advice was sound enough to earn Mrs. Linzy a recommendation for a department honorable mention. The emergency call came at 3:38 a.m.

from a frantic 16-year-old girl who said, "My sister's having a baby Her baby is coming out now." Linzy dispatched paramedics to the apartment, returned to the phone and assured the frightened teenager she could help. "I said, 'She really needs you now. She can't do it all Mrs. Linzy said. "She was a young girl and she was frightened." The dispatcher told the girl to wash her hands, get a clean towel, sit at the foot of the bed and make sure she held the baby's head up when it came out.

The girl then shouted, "Oh, God. The baby's coming out!" Mrs. Linzy continued: "Just be calm Lay the towel on her stomach, so when the baby comes you can lay it on it It's going to be real bloody, but you can handle it You've got to be real brave. Don't be afraid Tell her to wait for the pain, then push." She then told the girl to hold the baby's head and calm her sister. The baby started coming out and Mrs.

Linzy told her not to pull the baby. The girl then blurted that the baby was out it was a big boy. Mrs. Linzy started to laugh as she heard a crying baby and then advised the girl how to clean up as the paramedics arrived, taking mother and child to the hospital. Both were reported in good condition after the July 9 birth.

As far as her assistance, Mrs. Linzy said, "I haven't been so awed by it because it's part of a day's work." One Siamese twin leaves hospital CHICAGO (AP) One of a pair of Siamese twins who were given little chance of survival at birth has gone home from the hospital after successful separation surgery, a spokeswoman said Wednesday. Jeff Mueller, who since his birth in May 1981 has been called by doctors the stronger of the two, was released from Children's Memorial Hospital on Tuesday, said the spokeswoman, who asked not to be identified. His brother, Scott, remained in the hospital in good condition. Last September, Waynona Brown of the state Department of Children and Family Services testified in court that Dr.

Carl Hunt of Children's Memorial Hospital told her the boys' life'expectancy was. "only a matter of months." The twins were joined at the pelvis and shared a leg and some digestive organs. Nonetheless, on July 15, doctors at Children's Memorial Hospital separated the boys during a nine-hour operation and their conditions steadily improved, although the weaker one suffers from a heart condition. The boys were born to Dr. Robert Mueller and his wife, Pamela Schopp, a nurse.

They were charged last year with attempted murder when allegations surfaced that they asked hospital personnel in Danville to deny food to the twins. The charges were later dropped for a lack of evidence and the boys were released to their parents' care with state supervision. The parents received legal custody, with some court supervision, two months ago. Springfield lifts boil water order SPRINGFIELD (AP) An 11-day-old order-to boil drinking water was lifted Wednesday in Illinois' capital after tests failed to show any bacteria harmful to humans. "There is nothing present in the city's water supply that constitutes a threat to public health," said Al Mon-son, a spokesman for Springfield's City Water, Light, and Power Co.

Monson said tests by the utility and the state Environmental Protection Agency failed to show any harmful bacteria in the water system. Monson said the water company will continue adding extra chlorine and another chemical disinfectant for a few days to kill remaining bacteria. Officials have riot determined the source of the contamination, but they have said it does not appear until after the water has left the filtration plant. The Springfield water company serves about 100,000 people in the state capital and about 50,000 people in surrounding communities. The boil order prompted increased sales of bottled water and canned beverages.

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