The Michigan Daily-Thursday, December 2, 1982-Page 5 Tylenol suspect sent to Chicago for questioning LOS ANGELES (AP)- Kevin John Masterson, sought for questioning in the Tylenol poisoning case, was ordered back to Illinois yesterday after he waived extradition. Masterson 35, appeared in a Los Angeles courtroom after spending the night in a padded cell, the result of a violent in- cident in which he became enraged, scuffled with jailers and smashed the toilet in his jail cell. BUT APPEARING before Municipal Court Judge Michael Tynan, the sandy-haired mechanic was calm and spoke sof- tly as he acknowledged that he had been apprised of his right to fight extradition. "I think I understand it, yes," Masterson said as the judge allowed him to read through the formal waiver he had just signed. The judge turned him over to two Illinois investigators in the courtroom and told Masterson, "Good luck to you, sir.' Masterson left the courthouse under an armed escort, and police department spokesman Pat Connolly said he spent last night in Parker Center, Los Angeles' city jail. A SOURCE with knowledge of the investigation said he would return to Chicago on a flight about midday today. Upon arrival at O'Hare International Airport, Masterson is expected to meet with his attorney and then travel to subur- ban Wheaton, the Du Page County, Ill. seat, and post bail on the marijuana charge. However, the source said it was "unlikely" Masterson would be tried on either the marijuana charge or a federal charge of flight to avoid prosecution "because those were simply hooks to catch him on. "SINCE HE'S agreed to be questioned-which is what they wanted him for in the first place-it's unlikely they'll go through with either charge," the source said. Masterson was sought by Chicago authorities because of statements he allegedly made linking himself to the seven deaths from cyanide-tainted capsules of Extra-Strength Tylenol. He walked into the Los Angeles FBI office on Monday and volunteered to be interviewed. He was turned over to city policy Tuesday and was booked on a fugitive warrant related to the marijuana charge. Illinois FBI Special Agent Jeffrey Hayes said he and an agent of the Illinois Department of Law Enforcement flew to Los Angeles on Tuesday night when they heard of the arrest. Photo by DEBORAH LEWIS Civil settlement in rape case Arbor moon Clouds glide over the full blue moon last night, providing a halo effect for the glowing round ball. A blue moon occurs only once every 34 months when a full moon occurs twice in the same month. The current full moon began on Tuesday. Doctors: Starch blockers useless BOSTON (AP) - Starch blockers, the fad diet pills banned by federal regulators, fail to live up to claims that they enable people to eat starchy food and lose weight too, a study concludes. Researchers found that the pills do nothing to keep dieters from absorbing the calories in the food they eat.. AT THE HEIGHT of the pills' popularity earlier this year, Americans were taking more than 1 million a day, enticed by the notion that they culd eat potatoes and pasta and still lose flab. According to their backers, the pills block the digestion and absorption of starch. But the study, published in ,today's New England Journal of Medicine, says the idea was too good to be true - and was not. 'We conclude that starch blocker tablets do not inhibit the digestion and absorption of starch calories in human beings," the researchers wrote. HOWEVER, the physician who discovered starch blockers criticized the study and said it does not prove they are worthless. The Food and Drug Administration said the experiment was the first con- trolled clinical trial of starch blockers in humans. An earlier study -In rats showed that the pills may damage the 'I am convinced that starch blocker tablets do not work the way they were advertised to work.' -Dr. George Bo-Linn, medical researcher a warning LANSING (UPI)- A rape victim's attorney says a record $2 million civil judgment against the woman's at- tacker is a strong statement against sexual assault, even though his client likely will never collect a penny. Eighteen-year-old JamesnSimmons, serving time for a rape conviction in the case, never even appeared duringthe bizarre, Ingham County Circuit Court trial, nor was he represented by an at- torney. BUT HIS 21-year-old victim, urged by her attorney Camille Abood, did appear and testified about the physical and psychological havoc wreaked by Sim- mons' assault. Tammy Jakovac of Lansing was raped on March 22, 1981 while working at a convenience store on the city's south side. Simmons beat, kicked and choked her, slashed her neck with a broken bottle and warned "You're going to die." In an emotional court appearance, during which she twice broke down, Ms. Jakovac told the jury she was unable to work for 18 months after the attack, afraid to be seen in public and unnerved by confined situations. SHIE SAID she has moved back in with her mother and given up social pursuits such as horseback riding, skating and "going out" which she en- pancreas. The doctors, headed by Dr. George Bo-Linn of Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas, based their findings on the way five people digested spaghetti dinners after taking the pills. "I AM convinced that starch blocker tablets do not work the way they were advertised to work," Bo-Linn said in an interview. More than 200 brands of starch blockers poured onto the market over the past two years. The pills are made from kidney beans and contain a substance known as phaseolamin, which inhibits the activity of amylase, a body enzyme necessary for the digestion of starches. In July, the FDA ruled that starch blockers are drugs, not food, and or- against sexual assault dered them off the market until their safety and effectiveness could be proven. Twenty pill makers went to court to try to stop the FDA, but a federal judge in Chicago ruled in Oc- tober that the agency could keep the pills from being sold. TEN OTHER promoters - are challenging the FDA in New York and are still producing and selling the pills. "As a practical matter, starch blockers are still in stores all over the country," said Bruce Brown, an FDA spokesman in Washington. So far, the FDA has seized $838,000 worth of the pills and destroyed an ad- ditional $1.6 million worth that were voluntarily given up by the makers. joyed before the assault. Lansing psychologist Mary Jane Keller testified the woman will bear mental scars from the incident for the rest of her life. Abood said he convinced his client to go ahead with the trauma of the suit "because we want to make a public statement to people who perpetrate rape and assault. "WE WANT to stress that a criminal conviction and prison sentence arenot the only resources the law may take in these cases; we know that this defen- dant probably will never have to pay a cent of judgment, but maybe it will make others think twice," he said. "The jury has made a statement: 'If you do this in Ingham County, this is what happens to you.' " The jury Tuesday awarded Ms. Jakovac $300,000 for assault, $700,000 for battery and $1 million in exemplary UAC Soph Show Bye, Bye Bird74ie! December 2,3,4 8:00 pm Lydia Mendlessohn Theatre Tickets available at MICHIGAN UNION Ticket Office and all CTC outlets. For more info. call 763-1107. 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The 61-year-old Seattle man meets all the minimum requirements for the historic operation, "plus he's a bright, articulate, knowledgeable candidate who understands the importance of this operation and who wants to make a co- ntribution to the advancement of scien- ce," university officials said. THE OPERATION, scheduled for 10 a.m. EST today, will replace the patient's dying heart with a polyurethane pump designed by university researchers. Dr. Chase Peterson, vice president for university health services, said there was a chance the surgery could take place sooner if the man's condition worsened. Peterson said the patient was in good physical condition except for his deteriorated heart and an associated fluid buildup. Medical Center spokesman John Dwan said the patient, whose name was withheld, was in critical condition in the hospital coronary care unit. The patient has suffered from congestive heart failure for three years. He checked into the research hospital Monday when his condition worsened. The implanting of the Jarvik-7 heart will be the world's third artificial heart implant, but the first in which it is designed to keep the patient alive in- definitely. Two similar implants were perfor- med in Houston by Dr. Denton Cooley, who used the devices as an extended heart-lung machine until human heart transplants could be performed. In each case, the patients survived on the artificial hearts but rejected the tran- splanted human organs and died. The Utah patient has signed two con- sent forms acknowledging his willingness to be tethered to an air pump that drives the polyurethane device. Under Food and Drug Administration guidelines, he must sign the separate consent forms at least 24 hours apart. Dwan said the identity of the patient was withheld to give him the oppor- tunity to change his mind at the last minute without public pressure. 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