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Page 6 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1979 Porta—Boogie "Instant Party' Sound & Light Richard Moor© D.J.-KTAM (713) 822-1240 Paul Hays, Jr. Engineer (713) 693-2814 O Brazos County has 6 left Use of midwife declines By CRAIG ROGERS Battalion Reporter Midwives delivered 30 babies in Brazos County in 1977, a study re leased Monday by the Brazos Valley chapter of the March of Dimes showed. The deliveries represented 2.5 percent of the 1,181 births in the •X* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * BRING A FRIEND and come to MSC Room 216A FREE coffee and cookies 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Jan. 30-Feb. 2 Come Get INVOLVED in YOUR Student Union! t MSC Discovery ’79 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Are you interested in MSC Aggie Cinema MSC Arts Committee MSC Basement Committee MSC Black Awareness MSC Committee for the Awareness of Mexican American Culture MSC Camera MSC Cepheid Variable MSC Crafts & Arts Committee MSC Free University MSC Hospitality MSC Opera and Performing Arts Society MSC Outdoor Recreation Committee MSC Political Forum MSC Radio Committee MSC Recreation Committee MSC Student Conference on National Affairs MSC Town Hall MSC Travel MSC Videotape Committee I If so, come to MSC DISCOVERY ’79 Tuesday, January 30, 1979 7:30 p.m. Rm. 201 — MSC Ballroom county that year. The study, conducted for the March of Dimes by a Texas A6cM University Medical Sociology Class, examined the current status of mid wifery in Brazos and five adjacent counties. The study also explored the history of the profession and its legal status across the nation. A midwife can either be a regis tered nurse or a lay person who as sists in childbirth. Students par ticipating in the study identified 24 midwives, six of whom operate in Brazos County. The study, which covered 1968- 1973, discoverd a sharp decrease in the number of actively practicing midwives. It attributed that fact to hospital policies on the acceptance of black patients in previously all white hospitals, the increased wel fare payments for hospitalization, and an increase in the status value placed on hospital care. Midwives are probably caring for a higher percentage of indigent pa tients than in the past, the report concluded. All of the midwives identified by the study were black and all more than 50 years old. Fifty-seven per cent were between 80 and 90 years old. Midwives in Brazos County hand led 8.2 percent of the births in 1968. That figure declined every year ex cept two until it reached the 1977 level, the study showed. Twenty-six of the midwife- assisted births during that year were in Bryan; one was in College Station and three in rural areas of the Of five metropolitan areas for which data were available, Hearne had the highest percentage of midwife-assisted births with 20.4 percent. While 15 states have written new laws on midwifery since 1977, Texas still has no all-encompassing law. Dr. Ruth C. Schaffer, whose class conducted the study, believes that there is a need for updated legisla tion in Texas. With an economic need for cheaper medical care, and a growing number of babies delivered by midwives, new legislation is re quired to maintain the quality of medical care. Dr. Schaffer said. The trend in new legislation is to require new midwives to be regis tered nurses who have completed the requirements of the American College of Nurse Midwives. Pre viously practicing lay midwives are allowed to continue, but no new lay midwives are allowed. Dr. Schaffer said that the record of the midwives in the Brazos Valley area is pretty good. The report showed, however, that there has been no formal training in over 30 years. Now you know countv. United Press International Scott Case, who smoked 110 ciga rettes simultaneously for 30 seconds at the Oddball Olympics in Los Angeles in May 1974 holds the Guinness Book of World Records title as world’s most voracious smoker. in* tnt mi in* ww ifw w w w w tre mCTTTTTI V mv 1T i v IT' fORTUMe COOKIES TUESDAY EVENING SPECIAL ? CHINCSC H€S7JUJRj;KT TWO FREE Egg rolls with each dinner 1313 S. College Ave. 822-7661 (present this coupon) Jim King, Bookseller selling good books & atmosphere new, used (no text), out of print Woodstone Commerce Center Harvey Rd. hours 10-6 Talk to us last. Ask the other computer companies some tough questions about their training programs, their attitudes about ‘going by the book’ promotions, profit-sharing and the importance of the individual. Then ask us the same questions. Careers in computer marketing. At Hewlett-Packard, our computer sales are growing dramatic ally. So career opportunities are wide open for sales representatives, systems and customer engineers. We’re looking for people with a science degree, plus an MBA. Or a marketing degree with some computer background. Or an engineering degree with an interest in marketing. Terri Gilstrap (BS, Univ. of Tenn./Chattanooga) Staff Systems Engineer ((I'm very impressed with Hewlett- Packard's products and policies. With ‘Management by Objective! as long as you get the job done, you don’t have someone constantly breathing over your shoulder. They also let you grow in the direction that suits your interests and background. That's one reason there’s such a small turnover. The longer Tm here, the more I like it.}/ There are a lot of things about HP you’ll like. For instance, it’s our policy to promote from within rather than hiring over your head from outside. We share profits with everyone. (The last semi-annual bonus was more than $24 million.) We’ve never had a lay-off in our 40-year history. And our sales are approaching $2 billion. But you can’t learn very much about us from an ad. So represen tatives from Hewlett-Packard will be holding interviews at your school on February 1 and 2. That gives you enough time to check out the other computer companies. And to check with your placement office to arrange an appoint ment. Or write to Hewlett-Packard, Attn. Larry Amsden, 11000 Wolfe Road, Cupertino CA 95014. Then let’s talk. Preston Ford (BSEE, MIT; MBA, Harvard) HP Sales Representative { 6 There’s a lot of difference from one company to the next as to whether they treat sales people as order takers or as important people .. . HP does a good job of giving you the support and training and guidance you need to do the job right.JJ Interviewers on campus February 1 and 2. HEWLETT fPJ PACKARD what’s up Tuesday ENGINEERING TECHNOLOGY SOCIETY: Officer Uni nominal, aSHI and a discussion of a field trip to Brown and Root Co. onFelH' A will be held at 7:30 p.m. in Room 305, Fermier Building. uri MSC DISCOVERY ’79: Information about the MSC Council^ Directorate (Aggie Cinema, Town Hall, etc.) and an opporta for students to get involved with the program will be provided^ meeting in Room 201, MSC, at 7:30 p.m. SADDLE AND SIRLOIN CLUB: Humorist Jerry Smith program at 7 p.m. in Room 115, Kleburg Center. AMERICAN SOCIETY OF SAFETY ENGINEERS: Ck Burklin from Brown and Root Co. will speak at 7:30 p.m. in 333B, Zachry. AMERICAN HUMANICS SEMINAR: Lynn Copeland willspeal, “Further Education in Youth Agency Leadership” at 6 p.®. Room 607, Rudder Tower. Anyone interested in youth-scni agencies is encouraged to attend. SAN ANTONIO HOMETOWN CLUB: Will meet at 7 p.m in 501, Rudder Tower. PLANT SCIENCES SEMINAR: Stan Roux will speak on “Studies the Interaction of Phytochrome with Cellular and Artificial)! branes” at 4 p.m. in Room 112, Plant Sciences Building. Dei ieat Ass ge eat iuild m wts. heat it for s to n ing pr gm and siauran at pro hes in e gro and 1 iental h Wheat seas I at As basec joperati lepartine PRE-MED, PRE-DENT SOCIETY: Will have their first meeti et s in As the year at 7:30 p.m. in Room 321, Physics Building. TheSp: Barbeque Bash will be discussed Wednesday The Aj o feign :ed Mi f ;Wheat othe: j ho MSC BASEMENT COMMITTEE: There will be a general me merman and performer auditions at 7 p.m. in the Basement Coffeeho w0 TAMU STAMP CLUB: A discussion about interesting covers« [differe presented at 7:30 p.m. in Room 302, Rudder Tower. lead mat BAKE SALE: EE Student Wives will hold a bake sale at U was Engineering Center beginning at 9 a. m. until they sell alk m hich we BRIDGE CLUB: Will meet at 7:15 p.m. in the MSC. Every: on () f n welcome. b re ACT SPECIAL MEETING: The Spring Agriculturalist willfal cussed at 5 p.m. in Room 003, Reed McDonald Building. STUDENT GOVERNMENT SENATE VACANCIES: Senate cancies are open in the College of Engineering-at-large, Colled Science-at-large, College of Geosciences-at-large, ColleK Engineering-Junior, College of Education-Sophomore Moody College-at-large. Those who are interested should by Feb. 1 in Room 216C, MSC, for an interview. BASKETBALL: The women’s team will play the University of H ton at 5:15 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum. BASKETBALL: The men’s team will play SMU at 7:30 p.m Rollie White Coliseum. Thursday MSC GREAT ISSUES: Dan Ayre will speak on The Marija Legalization Debate at 8 p.m. in Rudder Theater. TAMU SNOW SKI CLUB: Will meet at 7:30 p.m. in Room) MSC. Everyone is invited to attend. Delay expected for U.S. — Turkey tra n e Uni Looiv btt wa onalit United Press International WASHINGTON — Rep. Les Aspin, D-Wis., said MondaydR growing anti-Americanism and internal political problems may del ratification by Turkey’s parliament of the new U.S.Turkish prison exchange agreement. _ ^ “The prospects are good for ratification, but not so good forqui B ratification, ” Aspin said. R ^ o( “No politician (in Turkey) is going to win any brownie P 0 ' n * s '^t f or Turkish voters by helping to speed the treaty through parliament^ favor to the Americans,’ he said. Aspin said this is because of anti-American feelings in Turkeyr result of the lack of American support for the 1974 Turkish invasio»| Cyprus. Also, the Ankara government — which has a slim majority oftwR the parliament — is under increasing pressure from the oppos® j because of the nation’s serious economic problems and the imposilj of martial law. WK But he also pointed out that Turkey knows the United Statesttil siders the prisoner exchange treaty important and that the Unilf | States and European allies are considering a special $2 billion package for Turkey. “The Turkish leadership is quite sophisticated and aware thattl don’t stand a chance to gain any favorable votes in Congress bydi ing over the treaty,” Aspin said. The U.S. military and economic aid program for Turkey isf pected to reach about $350 million in the 1980 budget —double^ amount requested last year by President Carter. Once the prisoner exchange treaty is ratified, five Americans in Turkish jails and seven Turks in American jails can return totk home countries to serve out their sentences. Among the Americans in jail in Turkey on drug charges, Af mentioned Kathryn Zens of Lancaster, Wis., JoAnn McDaniel Coos Bay, Oregon, and Robert Hubbard of Texas. When arrested in Turkey in 1972, police found over 200 pouniv hashish in their minibus. Aspin said Hubbard told Turkish police 1 !- neither woman — each sentenced to 24 years in prison —knewofft smuggling scheme. < Attention Married or Engaged Seniors Regi: MC LA ST. DR CA SU TU