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PAGE 12 - PLAINDE ALEE - FRIDAY, JULY Si, ItM National IMWS Surgery gives life to Tenfold variation noted in UPI photo Olympic painting îtork crews paint stripes on the stairs of the Coliseum in Los Angeles. The stadium, which will be used for the Olympic track and field events and the opening ceremonies, is filled with work crews refurbishing the site. Demand for 'Olympic Gold' heightens among consumers By United Press International NEW YORK -- Demand is pick­ ing up for a limited one-ounce gold Olympic Eagle coin -- the first fegal tender gold coin minted by the U.S. Treasury since the 1930s, "i coin expert said Monday. Only 450,000 of the Olympic coins are being minted, said Luis Vigdor, vice president at Manfra Tordella Brookes bullion firm. "In my career as a coin dealer, this is the most valid commerative I have seen. It has all the makings of rariUesin the future," he said. The Treasury initially authoriz­ ed 2 million Olympic coins to be minted at West Point, a first for the West Point mint mark. An estimated 600,000 of these pieces have been sold. "However, after Russia pulled out of the Olympic games and took most East Bloc nations with it; the Treasury felt it had to inject some excitement in order to raise money needed to support the team," Vigdor said. The Treasury withdrew 450,000 of the West Point gold coins and minted 150,000 each at govern­ ment mints in Philadelphia, San Francisco and Denver. "This is one of the smallest mint strikings in history," Vigdor said. The coins sell for $352 each, of which (50 goes to the Olympic committee. Olympic silver coins, the first 90-fine silver coins minted since 1935, sell for $32 each. Vigdor estimates that 2 million of the silver coins have been sold in the two years they have been minted. Some cancer victims to face rematch By Steven Humphreys United Press International BALTIMORE - Fifty-five per­ cent of patients who survive head and neck cancer go on to develop different forms of cancer, Univer­ sity of Maryland researchers reported. Doctors previously have suspected that survivors of malignancies in the head and neck are at risk for new cancer, but the University of Maryland Medical System doctors said their study was the first conclusive evidence of that fact. The researchers said the study showed for the first time that more than half of the subjects will face another bout with cancer within 10 years after being cured of head and neck cancer, which in­ cludes all types except brain tumors. The most common kinds of second maliganicies are cancers of the lung and esophagus. 815-338-0287 RED & BLACK RASPBERRIES HEIDER'S BERRY FARM mi. east of Woodstock on Rt. 120 V« mi north on Queen Anne Rd. OPEN DAILY: 7:00 a.m.-3:00 p.m. Wednesday: 7:00 a.m.-7:00 p.m. young tumor victim the nation's surgical costs By United Press International NEW YORK (UPI) - A 14-year- old British girl who for five years was unable to get treatment for a life-threatening spinal cord tumor Tuesday was released from NYU Medical Center -- tumor gone, smiling and waving an American flag. Mandy Morgan, from Cinder- ford, England, was operated on July 3, and the tumor that ran from the base of her brain to the tip of her spinal cord was suc­ cessfully removed by a combina­ tion of ultra-sound and laser techniques. Her doctor here said she may not walk again because her spine has become so twisted over the years, but her life expectancy is now normal. Without the operation, she would have lived about two more years. "I was a bit scared at first but once I got here I was O.K.," said Mandy, who has been anticipating the operation for 15 months -- since her father read in a Readers Digest magazine about the surgical procedure available in New York. Tuesday, Peter Morgan, 55, wheeled his daughter out of the Manhattan hospital, both all- smiles. "I felt O.K. before, but I feel a lot better now," said Mandy from her wheelchair, in a pink dress and pink shoes and white woolen leg warmers to help her circula­ tion. "I'm going to go home to bed," said Morgan. "I've been sleeping in a chair for three weeks." Mandy is looking forward to see­ ing her mother, brothers and sisters and to decorating cakes id Mondale-Ferraro a distant second in straw vote poll By United Press International CHICAGO -- A group with a fairly good record of correctly predicting presidential elections took this year's straw vote and overwhelmingly opted for the in­ cumbent administration. The straw vote among 1,075 teenage boys and girls was taken during the opening session of the group's annual national leader­ ship meeting. While 29 percent voted for a Walter Mondale- Geradine Ferraro ticket, 52.2 per­ cent said they favored Reagan and Bush. Another 18.8 percent were undecided. Most of those polled, 83.2 per­ cent, said they were not influenc­ ed by Mondale's decision to select a female running mate. Ĉomfort <J(jgyed Wick Homes... 100 Degrees of Energy Efficiency. In this part of the country, where the temperature extremes can be 100 degrees apart, it's comforting to know about "Comfort Keyed" Wick Homes. You're looking at an insulation R value of 49* (16ft fiberglass sheathing) in the walls. That's plenty of protection from summer heat and winter cold. But there's more. All windows (ex­ cept in garage) are triple-glased. That's even more protection and energy savings for you. 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While Mandy was diagnosed when she was 9 years old, her British doctor said nothing could be done and sent her home after exploratory surgery revealed the tumor the length of her spinal cord. "She was in an extremely deteriorated state when she got here," said Dr. Fred Epstein, her New York surgeon. "She was writ­ ten off as hopeless. The system in the United Kingdom is dreadful for out-of-the-ordinary pro­ cedures." Mandy became completely paralyzed in one leg, partially paralyzed in the other and Epstein said she would have died in two years without the operation. He could not say whether she would walk again. Friends and neighbors raised money to help with the costly •operation -- about $40,000. Morgan said fishermen held eel- catching contests and earned money from pledges according to the weight of their catch. One neighbor carried the carcas of a pig for 8 miles. And there were pub-crawling contests. Mandy has tutors at home and hopefully will return to school this fall. 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Walter McClure, director of the Center for Health Policy Studies in Minneapolis, estimated 20 per­ cent to 30 percent of the nation's billion-dollar-a-day medical bill could be saved by curbing ques­ tionable care. Dr. John Wennberg of Dart­ mouth Medical School first reported more than a decade ago that surgery rates vary widely from one hospital to another. But the issue is now getting fresh at­ tention because of the nation's ris­ ing medical bill, which consumes more than 10 percent of the gross national product. Among the findings reported at the Pro: ect Hope conference: •A patient's chances of having wisdom teeth removed in a hospital, rather thanless expen­ sively in a doctor's office, varied up to tenfold among nine different hospital areas in Maine, Wenn­ berg said. That is even after ac­ counting for differing rates of il­ lness, insurance coverage, access to care, and patient ages, Wenn­ berg said. •In Maine, a woman's chances of having her uterus removed by age 70 is 20 percent if she lives near one hospital and 70 percent if she lives near another. If the! surgery hospital reduced to level of the low-surgery hospital, $10 million could have been saved over the past decade, he said. •Lab fees for similar patients with gall bladder disease range from $155 to $542 at different hospitals in the same city, said Dr. Paul Gertman, president of Boston's Health Data Institute, which monitors employee medical care for corporations. In some hospitals, 50 percent of lab use is "inappropriate," he said. •» •Records of one Fortune 500 company show maternity patients in the Northeast spend an average 5.2 days in the hospital, and get a $1,592 bill; if they live in the west, they spend 3.7 days in the hospital, costing $1,314. 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