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Pa local THE BATTALION MONDAY, MARCH 3, 1980 “Gramm calls for cut in federal [ a ’spending to balance budget By LAURA CORTEZ ingahelpinsil- . rT „ City Staff ■ CambodiaJpe U - S - budget must be ba in nrnmmi, » ancecl antl th e only way to do this IS f| cutting federal spending, Con- iresented intgj.Lsman phil Gramm says, todays socif* ^ a Saturday morning press con- minationoftl,® e nc e) Gramm said that there is e church \*asi^t ac |y so muc h growth in the feder- ‘ ^ ue 1° te al budget that merely containing the ly was a mill® tion of eitenfl rches andtk i the decision;! protests won! alue at tliisp ; unfair to bU ug Hilterandj dble for. n the needfon , and wish loa ntator preset: not handle tk icn asked a J :e to our satihj ■ did not britji ifusion insteal growth of new federal programs will not lead to a balanced budget. “We’ve come down to the sad state of affairs whereby in order to balance the budget, it’s not going to be suffi cient to tell new people who want something from the federal govern ment ‘no’ — we’re going to have to go back and look at the growth we’ve built into existing programs and cut A&M professor receives grant By MERIT EDWARDS Campus Staff Dr. John A. McIntyre, a Texas A&M University physics professor, has received a $208,762 grant from the American Cancer Society — the largest amount ever awarded to a single Texas researcher by the ACS. I The two-year grant, which began Jan. 1, will be used for research in the improvement of computer assisted tomography (CAT) scan ners. A CAT scanner is a sophisticated X-ray machine that produces precise pictures of the body’s internal organs. The CAT scanner inventors won the 1979 Nobel Prize in physiol ogy or medicine. ®’The CAT has revolutionized the field of medicine,” McIntyre said. “Pictures of slices through the live human body can be obtained with X-rays that are comparable to those previously obtained by taking pic tures of slices from human cadavers.” I McIntyre said he was awarded the grant to work toward developing a gamma ray CAT scanner that will give pictures as sharp as an X-ray scanner. | “A CAT scanner using gamma rays will give even better pictures once perfected, McIntyre said. “X-ray instruments determine only density of the body, like showing the ribs, Ihile the gamma rays determine the l location of the radioactivity in the body. 1 l^'So we can tag chemicals with •adioactive atoms then inject them into the bloodstream and trace their progress. And we re able to see where the malfunction occurs.” McIntyre said the time factor in detecting disease is important. He said the motion of radioactive che micals in the body will be affected by the growth of a tumor, for example, before the tumor has grown enough to change significantly the density of the body to where it will be visible by X-ray. “But gamma ray pictures are 10 times fuzzier than those with X-ray,” he said. “So what we re trying to do is get a clearer picture.” McIntyre and graduate student James Follin are testing ideas and working on technical details on a gamma ray model with the ultimate goal of developing a CAT scanner that uses radiocative chemicals in stead of X-rays. “We want to make sure, and so does the Cancer Society, that our ideas will work before investing a lot of money in building a scanner,” McIntyre said. “M.D. Anderson Hospital in Houston wants a model big enough for a mouse when we re through. That will be probably be about two years from now.” A physics professor from Baylor University, Dr. Ken-Hsi Wang, will join McIntyre in June as associate research scientist to help construct the gamma ray instrument for cancer diagnosis. Wang, who will be in volved with the research at Texas A&M for 15 months, was a student of McIntyre’s at Yale University in the early 1960s. some of these programs,” Gramm said. But he said he feels that there is a realistic chance to balance the budget this year because it is an elec tion year and because inflation has “flamed out of control.” Gramm said he is working on a bipartisan coalition, which he and Congressman Dave Stockman of Michigan established, to cut federal spending, and it has already come up with cuts that range between $15 bil lion and $30 billion. He said he is also working with House Majority Leader Jim Wright to change the rules of Congress in order to force the government to “live on a balanced budget like everyone else.” Gramm said that he and Wright co-sponsored an amendment to man date a balanced budget during peacetime and to require Congress to submit a balanced budget each year. He said that if changes in the economy occur in the middle of a fiscal year and the budget moves out of balance beyond congressional con trol, the treasurer would be required to report to the president an across- the-board cut in all federal expendi tures that would be necessary to Book has home cures for common ailments nufi By SHERRY WOODARD Campus Reporter j; The most common ailments of stu- lents who have visited the health xnter this year have been sprained inkles, jammed fingers and the com mon cold, said Dr. C.B. Goswick, Beutel Health Center director. For relieving these and other ail ments students may have from time to time, here are some good old ?randma-approved home remedies pdch appear in “The Dictionary of Medical Folklore.” r . . , i To relieve the common cold ° 1Sa , S j CI there’s the common cure: plenty of H , a j’ <)0 P act rest, lots of liquids (nonalcoholic) and nd the comm®®/ r, . ^ ., . , , . aspirin. But another not so common, “’°, n tJ , u . and probably not so popular, cure t re . th , e V !led in “The Common Cold and is icring is j|o mmon Sense” is to eat garlic and . . Onions. Kaw onions contain elements 'V ' which are antiseptic, while the oils in garlic have the ability to kill unheal- listenerswoulWV organisms, without attacking ■xt week. Bull or 8 an i sn is that are vital to the body. ' this week: V Jogging or softball enthusiasts may nont, and thostP happy to know ice is a good treat- ave New Ham: me nt for sprains or jammed fingers, may be nece w h> c h can happen if a ball is caught of 1984 fortl te wrong way. Soaking sprains in e of this epic. Epsom salts and water is also be a good treatment. eagan won tlu |. Another occasional discomfort of an primaries many students is indigestion. When it happens, instead of running to the store for some “plop, plop, fizz, fizz,” Gram &NAI B'RITH HILLEL FOUNDATION March 5 8 P.M. "What can we Jews Affirm About God after the Holocaust?" by Rabbi Jack Bemporad Dallas 6 P.M. Join Rabbi for dinner in private room at MSC cafeteria. 8 P.M. Rabbi Bemporad will give his talk at Hillel Jewish Student Center 800 Jersey C.S. OPEN TO THE PUBLIC achieve once again a balanced budget. He said there will be an opportun ity to vote on some version of this proposal in the 96th Congress. “Having the majority leader as an ally in this represents real progress, ” Gramm said. Concerning energy, Gramm said the country is facing a long, hard struggle. “We have planted seeds that over the next decade will yield fruit, but right now we are in a position where we are being blackmailed by foreign nations, and our dependence on foreign oil is dictating our foreign policy. We’ve got to take some ac tions today to invest in producing energy here at home at a price the consumer can afford to pay.” He said that steps are being taken in the right direction in the form of a synthetic fuel bill, a realistic nuclear energy policy, the windfall tax bill and the fast track energy bill (de signed to cut through red tape.) Gramm also addressed the issue of draft registration, and said he sup ports the president’s decision to reinstate it. He said that it is “pru dent policy” to reduce the amount of time it would take to call up an army Where the jobs are & how to get them SO.fXXi Mimm.T jot-1 Want a fun summer job? We list 50,000 of them in the 1980 Summer Employment Directory of the United States — camps, dude ranches, commercial resorts, summer theaters, amusement parks and more! Paperback, 208 pages, $6.95. Get a copy today from your campus bookstore, or write to: Dept. CA Writer’s Digest Books, 9933 Alliance Road, Cincinnati, OH 45242 (include $1.25 for shipping and handling). SWING INTO SPRING AT LAKEVIEW FEATURING DENNIS IVEY AND THE WAYMEN try baking soda — it’s a natural antacid. And for those headaches — com monly called hangovers — which usually result from intakes of too much alcohol, try hot coffee and aspirin. Aspirin can relieve the pain, while the warmth of the steam from the coffee can help to relax facial and neck muscles. Also, the stimulating caffeine in the coffee serves as a pick- me-up. A cup of tea can be just the thing at the end of an exhausting day. It has fatigue-relieving properties. And students who have over-indulged in the recent sunny weather might want to save the tea bags. Cool wet tea bags contain an acid which can soothe burned, irritated, or itch skin — unless, of course you are allergic to tea. A problem that probably not too many students suffer from is sleep lessness. But for those who do, try counting sheep. A study by two psychologists at Harvard University indicated it really works. Visualizing sheep (or whatever you prefer) jumping over a fence requires the energies of the right side of the brain where sleep-preventing thoughts occur. Therefore, with this side of the brain occupied with sheep count ing, no other bothersome thoughts can be created. 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