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THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, FEB. 18, 1976 Page 3 )n jForcl, Reagan compare philosophies e 8 e SO Associated Press nw We[, lSmNGT oN — President n K tributfR he and challenger Ronald ■iffer on some issues. But U1 g •Menr : | r ij.’ s a philosophical differ- s to depend on which of esident’s statements one dedicatejl ’ had d College 'oommak, ^ the rnii] i to AM[ ■ ac 'ter, I® 1 best, \ pose, (1 o highji ct that ei most im d with reisto] r you. Ipoint in a nationally broad- |conference Tuesday night, “Governor Reagan is to ibulance atinued from Page 1) ited last month to the County fnise, the two city halls, St. |’s Hospital, Sherrill’s office Brazos Valley Development Fosi ge Station City Manager Bardell said every complaint •j- n 1 bi checked by the inter- liUlljMnental ambulance commit- i He said the forms will help the “r ' ioprnments assess the ambu- ^ ^ Bmpany’s seiv/ice when Sher- ^ annual permit comes up for re- ‘d U to3 0 3 nApr ! 1 ’ ■yf 1 *Bmedical services for the says the next step in improv- ’ y Jlreu emergency health care in- eX |' is more sophisticated modu- nought .K • 1 ent and advanced train- p ed M tfEMTs. ■said she is looking into getting Bgrants to train EMTs in the Jcounty BVDC area to be dies, who have 400-500 hours Irgency medical training. (ting even closer to the flogy of television’s Igency,’ she said she hopes (emetry can be added to mce service. Biotelemetry is a |i by which a person’s vital are monitored in the mce but can be observed by a an at the hospital. The hospi- siciancan then help the EMT ant stabilize the victim via efore arrival at the emergency bre biotelemetry can be practi ce said a physician must he on J at an emergency room at all ^However, no hospitals in the . area offer such a service. St. epb s Hospital would likely he the ftodo so; it has a physician in the ■ency room at all hours during lends. jAntonio, Dallas, Houston and )us Christi have modulances bed at each fire station, thereby |g down response time to the | of accidents. pill's ambulances operate out location but Bardell said that contends it titke his crew yinir to six minutes, on theaver- to get to an accident. (Sherrill peatedly refused to talk to Bat- reporters.) Idell said it would be too costly tbe city to run the ambulance fee from fire stations. Although [firemen are also EMTs, a per- an’t be both a fireman and am ice attendant at the same time, aid. With additional attendants and-by, he said it would cost the $100,000 annually to pay per- lel for each ambulance/fire sta- the right of me philosophically.” Elaborating on their differences about federal spending and Social Security, he said “it is a somewhat different philosophy.” But a few minutes later, in re sponse to another Reagan question, Ford said, “I don’t think there are any philosophical differences ... I think he is to the right of me in a pragmatic and practical way.” Either way. Ford also declared that “anybody to the right of me, Democrat or Republican, can’t win a national election.” He named no other names, but on the Democratic side seemed clearly to be referring to Gov. George C. Wallace of Alabama. In stressing the Social Security and federal spending issues, Ford continued to hit at themes he be lieves will help him in the New Hampshire and Florida primaries. But he declined two opportunities at the news conference to flatly pre dict victories. “I think we will do well in both ... I am encouraged in both cases,” he said. Reagan campaign manager Lyn Nofziger challenged Ford’s recita tions of the former California gover nor’s positions. Ford said Reagan has suggested from time to time that So cial Security ought to be voluntary and that he has suggested Social Se curity funds might be invested in the stock market. Nofziger said Reagan “has been stating very clearly that he believes Social Security must be mandatory” and that Reagan has never proposed stock market investment for the fund. Reagan told a news conference in Florida last week that Social Secu rity funds “are not invested, as they could be invested, in the industrial might of America. ” Ford said he disagreed with what he described as Reagan’s proposal of “a $90-billion cut in federal expendi tures transferring the respon sibilities and the programs to the local and state officials where they either have to abandon the programs or raise taxes to support them.” Nofziger said Reagan “has always proposed that any transfer of federal program funds back to the states must be accompanied by a transfer of tax sources.” Ford said he would campaign in New Hampshire Thursday and Fri day this week. The vote is next Tues day. Meanwhile, a variety of con troversies swirled at the level of the lifeblood of political campaigns — money. The Senate Rules Committee scheduled hearings for today on pro posals to reconstitute the Federal Election Commission, which will lose many of its powers after Feb. 29 unless Congress revamps the new federal election law that was partially struck down by the Supreme Court. Sen. James L. Buckley, R-N.Y., whose name led the lawsuit attacking the law, called Tuesday for prompt and major restructuring of the cam paign finance procedure. He said a new Justice Department unit should enforce the law, the Congress should not be allowed as at present to veto FEC regulations and the limits on campaign contributions that were upheld by the Supreme Court should be raised. ege Station City Councilmen, iver, are considering a bond this Spring which would in building an extra fire station in luthern part of the city and add- ipace to the new and old fire ns for housing ambulances, lif October a group of A&M stu- jijs with EMT training ap- hed the College Station City icil offering to run their own teer ambulance service, iirdell said he has not heard from Services.i 1 lost students since that time; how- M. they plan to present a concrete iblishej'l® 05 ^ council at its meeting ilidayF"* ixj Thursday. ^ Several councilmen are interested yc; ,r;Si5Jiialtematives to the current service, iniislic 1 ' lordiug t 0 Don Sweeney, chair- ian of a health advisory committee -fthc BVDC. Slveeney said a sophisticated /jl ote'I r 2 enc y me dical system with am- ■nce/fire stations is more costly ■these systems “are saving lives Ipver the nation.” Recording to Bryan Hospital ad- ^^“fistrator David Laird, additional -JJergeney medical services are un- juBranted. (Bryan Hospital has a toso.' tnaller emergency room and takes I),. ; r ei emergency cases than St. ■ph’s Hospital, located only two p* b! Mocks away.) aird argued that Bryan-College ion has a low potential for acci- itsand Sherrill’s service is “more a adequate.” le said Aggies are basically sl-headed and A&M doesn’t have drug overdoses and drunken dug hazards of other college ns. In addition, there is no heavy ustry which would lead to indus- accidents. And what can they do at A&M to each other? Study to death?’ rd asked. MREKfoOSE. If oft wmwsfts Sfrr 2-2/