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divorce settlement Fr Associated Press reports wx viixt, Tenn. A woman "gnting for control of seven frozen embryos in an unprecedented divorce case on Thursday was awarded tempo J! custody by a judge who ruled that "re begins at conception and the woman should be allowed to carry them to term. Blount County Circuit Judge W.Dale Young, ruling in favor of Mary Sue Davis over her estranged husband, Junior Lewis Davis, declared that their embryos were children, not property. "I'm thrilled. It's definitely what I wanted," Mrs. Davis said in a news conference in Titusville, Fla., where she now lives. Davis said he would appeal in the state court system, and potentially beyond. "They are going to force me to become a father against my wishes," he said. Mrs. Davis said she would not try to get pregnant immediately. '."I'm waiting to see about the appeal, then, hopefully after that, try to have a Sideshow GEEZ, NORTH CAROLINA IS LEAD LAST IN S.A.T. 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She added that the earliest she would try to get pregnant was January. "As far as we are aware, this is the first judicial decision which has de clared an embryo a human being," said Charles Clifford, Davis attorney, add ing that he would ask the court to pre vent Mrs. Davis from implanting the embryos until appeals are settled. Clifford said the ruling could con flict with the Supreme Court's land mark Roe vs. Wade decision allowing women to have abortions. Janet Mayfield, the attorney who will handle Davis' appeal, said the decision might also conflict with state laws on property interests and anatomi cal gifts. The case grew out of the decade-old technology of "test-tube babies," or in vito) fertilization. The Davises became embroiled in the dispute after they were unable to have children and turned to YF AH . T KNOW. COUNTRY. ARE OUR SCHOOLS THEY CAN'T READ, THEY CAN'T WRITE T HA-HA DIDTA SEE TOM FOLEY TUMP.WHEN I MADE THOSE ARMPIT FARTS ? 7 VS S" HMM...MAV3ES I I kS UIHAPPA MH PLASTIC " 7 X DIRECTION l sSd ( jwSj 1 1 ml 1989 Tribune Media Services, Inc. All Rights Reserved awards woman custody of 7 in-vitro fertilization.. The couple produced nine embryos in December under the guidance of Dr. I. Ray King at a Knoxville clinic. Two were implanted in Mrs. Davis but failed to develop. The others were put in cold storage. But Davis sued for divorce in Febru ary. During testimony in August, Davis, 31, said he would feel "raped of my reproductive rights" if Mrs. Davis were allowed to implant the embryos with out his consent. Mrs. Davis, 29, argued the embryos represented her best chance of becom ing a mother. She contended that Davis was seeking a right not normally given to a man whether a child should be bom after he has fertilized the egg of his mate. After declaring the four- to eight cell embryos to be children, Young in effect treated the case as a custody dispute, in which the overriding con cern is the best interest of the child. "From fertilization, the cells of a WHAT KIND OF ARAMlATFsN TURNING OUT, ANYWAY? UM,YES, MR. VICE ?RESIDENTt VERY GOOD. CAN WE GET ON WITH THE DRUG WAR BRIEFING? IlAf. ilAi.iLL 1 All 1111 1.0 !AIIJL AREA M OTOjRSPORT 0 L E S CARE E IH fS AIiL4.L-IiB.ti -r-Z pf Qy.cin isnw IV A RANDY . ONE SEJR bL 0 B E I 1 APACE ITALYPIANE0 ASIDE T I CIS KAII 1 All 0 iilli iI 0.11111111 liii N E SS. BASE DG E ES J " v - - A ""Ti 3 3 R 1 is 1 17 i i I10 I11 I"" ,IJ" 14 15 16 17 """" 18 TT" "" 20 21 mmm 22 " 23 24 25" " ' " 26" 27 2T" "" M" 30 31 32" """" 33 " 34 35 '. 3r """" 37" 38 39 40 37 "" 42 43 44 I 45 4 " 47 ZT "" 49" 50 " mmm . . human embryo are differentiated, unique and specialized to the highest degree of distinction," the judge said. Thus, he said, "human life begins at conception." Young said Mrs. Davis could have temporary custody so that she could have the eggs implanted in her womb in hopes of becoming pregnant. Child support, visitation and final custody will be decided if a birth results, he wrote. "It was the toughest decision of my life as a judge," Young said in an inter view. "On a scale of one to 10, it was a 10. 1 have agonized over it." Young's ruling relied on a 1988 federal appeals court decision from Florida affirming the reliability of DNA profiling in determining a person's Dyed steeo- must give up ooze From Associated Press reports COLUMBUS, Ohio A teenager who showed the Ohio State Fair's grand champion steer will lose her blue rib bon and $28,000 prize because a patch of its coat had been dyed, officials said today. The Ohio Expositions Commission approved 10-1 today an agreement reached with the family of 17-year-old Susan Shealy , whose Angus-cross steer Hank won the prize in August. "The message is not to cheat at the livestock show at the Ohio State Fair,' ' said Jack Foust, general manager of the fair. Foust said officials could not prove suspicions that Hank had also been shown under the name Carl at an Illi nois farm show in July a violation of Accidental From Associated Press reports PHILADELPHIA The city editor of the Philadelphia Daily News has resigned after a joke he inserted into a news release was mistakenly printed, the newspaper announced Monday. Tom Opdyke had slipped the joke into an announcement of scholarships being established in memory of the late NBC newswonian Jessica Savitch. Savitch drowned in 1983 when the car in which she was riding plunged into the Delaware Canal in suburban New Hope. Opdyke had electronically inserted a phrase stating that the scholarships in broadcast journalism would also be available to students seeking "college instruction in automobile-escape tech niques." In an article in Monday's editions of the Daily News, editor Zachary Stal berg quoted Opdyke as saying he never intended the phrase to appear in the newspaper. Opdyke said he had planned to add a notation saying the phrase was not part of the news release, but forgot. When Opdyke saw the phrase in Thursday's early edition, he had it Grand jury charges 3 From Associated Press reports DES MOINES, Iowa A grand jury has handed up an 1 1 -count indict ment charging a federal drug agent, his wife and the owner of a construction company with conspiracy, tax evasion and laundering large amounts of cash, officials said Thursday. The federal grand jury indicted Drug Enforcement Administration special agent Dennis Harker, Mary Ann, his wife; and Susan K. Terry, who owns a construction business in West Des Moines. The indictment also charges Harker and Terry with "use of an interstate facility to promote an illegal activity." It alleges that from 1 986 to 1 988 Harker and his wife "spent, invested and prof ited by cash transactions exceeding $1 million." Laserset Resumes LASER PRINTERS rushes possible open 7 days a week on Franklin Street above Sadlack's 967-6633 , Coming Sept 29 Midnight Late Shows featuring Monthy Python Ik the Holy Grail and Tho Lost Boys nnn v &o nnr When Harry Mot Sally Nightly 7:00 9:00 lK Sat & Sun Matinee 2:004:00 j'"" 1 r Dead Poets Society Nightly 7:159:40 (PG) Sat & Sun Matinee 2:204:40 The Daily Tar individuality "that the life codes for each special, unique individual are resident at conception and animate the new person very soon after fertilization occurs." The judge said the Roe vs. Wade decision was "in directly the opposite direction" from Davis vs. Davis. "Everything the court said in Roe vs. Wade dealt with the constitutionality of abortion statutes," he said. "That issue was not before this court." But Clifford said the Roe decision "contains some explicit language that says that a fetus, which of course is much further along than an embryo, is not a human being for the purposes of the United States Constitution." Regina Smith, executive director of the Pro-Life Council of Connecticut, the rules. But there was no question, officials said, that a white spot on Hank's belly had been dyed black, which is against the rules. Under the agreement, the Shealy family admits to no wrongdoing, but the girl from Tiro will not get her prize money and must give up her first-place ribbon. She and her family also were barred from competition for five years. Family members did not return messages today. Farm shows have become increas ingly lucrative for farm children who raise champion livestock. Hank was sold for $28,000 at the fair Aug. 14. Hank's credentials came into question when fair officials received a tip five joke costs editor his job corrected for the later edition and pointed out the error to Stalberg, the editor said. The reporter who wrote the story, based on the altered news release, and other editors who handled it "did not know the phrase was anything but genuine," Stalberg said. The newspaper ran a correction and apology Friday. "It was a terrible error, and an apol Casualties of War R 7:15, 9:30 The Abyss PG-13 7:00, 9:45 laJl ia.laflU iliirT TWtifmiWMiMaifei T wife-- :,. r.J! $3.00 i : i i i inn.? n Mil T Tin ALL SHOWS BEGINNING BEFORE 6PM FREE PARKING d BROUGHT BACK .-.dth. Ami I " f il Ll' Jp1 TjT JOHN CANDY ' 2:40 -4 ) 7:2o ':- ;ms: 1 si THE SUPERSTARS OF THE GW&STBUSTERS 1 1 so fARSITY "DAZZLING! HIGH-SPIRITED, HILARIOUS AND SCORCHINGLY EROTIC!" PETER TRAVERS. ROLLING STONE " WINNER! BEST POIRe'N WINNER! BEST ACTOR JAMES SPADER X 3Si V CANNES FILM and vidsotap R 2:00 4:05 6:10 8:20 HeelFriday, September 22, 19897 embryos called the court's decision "a victory for unborn children." Ellen Clayton, an associate profes:- sor of law and pediatrics at Vanderbilf University, called the ruling "a disaster ..i that could have implications on in- vitro research and abortion." In the in-vitro process, eggs are ex- tracted surgically from a woman's body ; and mixed with sperm in a laboratory -dish. Those that are fertilized can be , implanted in the womb. Testimony indicated the success rate for the proce-" dure averages about one in five. The Davises' divorce is not yet final. In his ruling Thursday, Young instructed :". Mrs. Davis to file final papers that -would complete the proceeding. The couple did not contest other issues such as division of household property. days later that Hank might be Carl, a second-place steer at a farm show in Illinois on July 24. Investigators said black dye had been - -used to cover a swirl of white hair on -. :. Hank's belly. A similar white patch can be seen in a photograph of Carl. Fair rules prohibit misrepresentation of an animal's history or ownership and any alterations in an animal's natural appearance. . Hank was impounded when the in vestigation began so investigators could wait for his hair to grow out. The family of 12-year-old Jeremy Simmons, who exhibited Carl at the Illinois fair, has also denied any wrong doing. They said Carl was destroyed after the Illinois fair. ogy to the Savitch family and to the name of Jessica Savitch seems to fall short," Opdyke said in a statement. Stalberg called Opdyke a "skilled and serious newspaperman," but said he had violated "the one immutable standard of a professional news organi zation" tampering with the news. Opdyke, 36, had been with the Daily News since 1986 and was named city editor in mid-March. 3M ELLIOT ROAD at E. 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