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Heart disease may he inherited
A unique colony of dogs with
congenital heart defects is being
established here to aid medical
studies at both Texas A&M Uni
versity and Texas Children’s
Hospital in Houston.
The project just reached a
major milestone with the birth of
the first puppies bred from par
ents in the colony. One of the
four young pups is thought to
have a heart defect. After under
going tests in Houston to confirm
the condition, the puppy may
eventually be able to create
other offspring with the same
problem.
Such research, said Dr. David
Gross of Texas A&M’s College of
Veterinary Medicine, will bene
fit both dogs and children.
Puppies may serve as stand-ins
during experimental surgery
techniques and basic physiology
research since these types of
studies cannot be conducted on
babies with identical problems.
Information gathered from the
studies will also benefit veteri
narians and animal researchers
because little is known about the
effects of certain heart defect
treatments on dogs which actu
ally have heart defects.
In the past, much of this re
search was conducted on normal
dogs and the results are quite dif
ferent.
Dogs with heart defects sel
dom live past two years and na
ture has built in other self-
restraints among those animals
with defects. They are poor re
producers and are more suscep
tible to maladies such as
pneumonia.
So it has been a struggle to es
tablish a breeding colony. The
current population of five was
almost doubled with the arrival
of the four puppies.
Now, with banks of frozen se
men, the scientists will not have
to keep males with certain de
fects in the colony indefinitely
waiting for the right female.
Should the male die, or be
needed in other studies, its
semen can be frozen for use
later.
D.W.I. classes:
‘I don’t belong here
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Hypnosis helps police
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Division of the Israeli police then
called in a psychotherapist.
Under hypnosis, Israeli police
experts related in an article in the
Journal of Forensic Science, the
driver was able to reconstruct the
entire route “and report every small
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“He reported that upon arriving
at a certain bus stop a dark-skinned
youth entered the bus carrying a
parcel. When the driver handed
him his change he noticed a cold
sweat on the young man’s palm.
Therefore, during hypnosis, he
pointed out the youth as being a
likely suspect.
“Although the driver only faced
the youth for the short period of
time needed to sell him a ticket, he
was able to reconstruct an Identikit
portrait. At a later date a suspect,
whose description perfectly fitted
the Identikit portrait, was arrested
and confessed to the crime,” the ar
ticle said.
The Israelis marked their article
“preliminary communication” —
meaning it is subject to still more
experimentation. They also
cautioned that the technique should
only be used on witnesses or victims
who wish to cooperate fully and
never on suspects except at their
specific request and in the presence
of an attorney.
From the 40 cases thus far
studied, the authors of the article
said, it appears that hypnosis may
be a potential tool to elicit essential
information providing it is used by
experts and the questioning relates
to meaningful material.
The two techniques used to
achieve “hyperamnesia” — memory
recall greater than that achieved in a
non-hypnotic state — are “age re
gression” and “revivification.”
By JAN BAILEY
“Excuse me. . . do you know;
where the ... (in a low whisper)....
D.W.I. class is being held?
“What. . .(in a too loud voice). .
.Oh, you mean the drunk class.
Sure, it’s on the second floor of the
courtroom.”
My cheeks burn as I slip up the
stairs. What if someone sees me
here? All my friends will know. They
will never believe my story. I don’t
belong here.
I sit in a pew-like bench near the
front of the room. Everyone is star
ing at me, I can feel it. Yet when I
turn they’re all looking straight
ahead. There are 33 of us in the
room, but we re each very much
alone. A few seem to have friends
here and they make idle chatter, but
even they seem alone — their voices
drift off and they stare at the blank
screen at the front of the room.
No one wants to be here. This is no
PTA meeting. This is a class for
people who have been convicted of
drinking while intoxicated, or as it’s
more commonly known, D.W.I.
Usually on the first conviction the
judge sentences you to probation
and assesses a fine. Both the length
of probation and the amount fined
vary. The maximum penalty for this
first offense, a misdemeanor, is six
months in jail or $1,000 fine, or both.
Most here received considerably less
than that. Many had to spend the
night in jail while they sobered up
and their bond was posted. And as
part of their probation they have to
attend this class.
Since this is a misdemeanor and a
first offense, this D.W.I. does not go
on your driving record. When you
get off probation there will be no
record that the crime was ever com
mitted. But two more D.W.I. con
victions in the next five years will add
up to a felony.
Jim Harris strolls into this room in
the Brazos County Courthouse. He’s
a community alcoholism counselor
for the Brazos Valley Mental Health-
Mental Retardation Center and
he directs this class. He is fol
lowed by a probation officer who
records everyone’s name. If you’re
on probation and you miss a class you
have to make it up. You also have to
tell your probation officer why you
are not going to be there. The class
begins at 7 p.m. sharp; if you arrive
after 7:15 you’re counted absent and
you must make up the class.
A few mumble about the rules. I
mumble along with the rest.
I am a reporter. I am not on proba
tion. I have not been convictet
driving while intoxicated.
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to remind myself of these factsM
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become more concerned over
own drinking habits. Over the
four weeks there will be manyfe drinks,
I want to jump and scream, “
not like the rest of you. I should;:
here.”
I soon find that everyone els
the room feels the same way.
After Jim introduces himself
explains the purpose of the class,
is bombarded with questions.
“Why do we have to come toll
things? I know a man whos
D.W.I.s and he’s never haj
come,” complains an old na
khaki.
“Why did I have to stayinjaf
night, when I know a fella’who
out in a couple of hours?’ 1 !
another.
The “I know a man. . .’’quest
buzz like flies. No one wants ts
here. But if they do have tobein
why doesn’t everyone else who
committed the same crime?
Jim doesn’t have any pat anw
Besides, most of these people
want answers. They want to
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Drunk in public or driving while intoxicated —
which is the lesser of the two evils? The chart
indicates that more people were arrested in
1977 for being drunk in public than for driving
while intoxicated. One officer, Lt. Gene
Knowles, explained the increase as a tighten
ing up on the arrest policy.
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Demon Seed
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The Invisible Man
Invasion of the Body Snatchers
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House of Wax
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Earth vs. the Flying Saucers
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs
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Phantom of the Opera (Lon Chaney)
The Deadly Mantis
Evil Brain from Outer Space
Dr. Strangelove
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Satin Bug
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