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Page 8 THE BATTALION MONDAY, OCTOBER 6, 1980 MUSIC % BOX WORLD t'/iiRBORNE'l Nation a "TUIE r»ICEir'l II T \ A/E r\/~» IK A 1 /THE DIFFICULT WE DO IM MEDIATELY, THE IMPOSSIBLE TAKES A LITTLE LONGER” is at AGENT AERO AIR FREIGHT SERVICES [ Happy Cottage Gift Shoppe Give a music box for any occasion | I —we have dozens to choose from. 809 E. 29th Bryan OO'l oaoa (3 Blocks East of azs'-yjyj City Nat/1 Bank) WE DO MORE THAN DELIVER YOUR PACKAGE OVERNIGHT WE GUARANTEE IT! 150 CITIES $22.11 UP TO 2 LBS. The freight problem solvers PH: 713-779-FAST P.O. BOX 3862 BRYAN, TX. 77801 Drug for organ transplants BURGER BOREDOM!!! WITH DOLLAR DAYS $! 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In the university study, 12 adults received doses of the new drug, cal led cyclosporin A, following kidney transplants. All 12 patients were given cadaver kidneys, and such pa tients are more likely to reject organs than those who get organs from rela tives. Najarian said cyclosporin A is the first new immunosuppressant drug in 20 years. He said it is an extract from a fungus and was first isolated by the Swiss pharmaceutical com pany, Sandoz, from soil. Three arrested during protest University of Minnesota Hospitals is one of only a few institutions in the United States authorized to use the drug on an experimental basis, Naja rian said. “There were no lost grafts (trans planted kidneys),’’ Najarian said. “There were no serious complica tions. There was no suppression of the white blood cell count.” “We are extremely optimistic with the early results,” he said. “We will now start a random study and should have some clear-cut answers in two or three years.” FDA ban on venom questioned United Press International DES MOINES, Iowa —The U S. Food and Drug Administration’s ban on the sale of a poisonous snake venom concoction used to treat mul tiple sclerosis victims may be the target of a lawsuit. Yale Tucker, 33, vice president of an auto salvage firm, said he has been taking daily injections of one drop of the venom solution, called PROven, since January and has experienced a remarkable improvement in his con dition. “I was living in fear, waiting for the other shoe to drop,” said Tucker, whose disease was diagnosed in 1971. “Since January, I’ve felt a lot different about myself — I’m confi dent and not afraid.” Tucker said he had been receiving the venom from snakehandler Bill Haast of Miami, Fla., until the FDA recently banned the sales. He said he is consulting an attor ney about a possible suit against the FDA in an attempt to lift the ban. Several other victims of MS in Iowa use the snake-venom mixture, he said. Tucker does not regard it as a “miracle cure.” “I don’t know if the snake shots are doing any good, I don’t know if they’re doing any harm,” he said. “I just know my disease is not as bad.” The venom, which came from cob ras, kraits and water moccasins, had been administered by Dr. Ben Shep pard, a controversial Miami physi cian who died in June. The FDA said Sheppard violated federal laws and had covered up the death of at least one patient. Multiple sclerosis is a disease with no known cause or cure. United Press International JACKSON, Miss. —Three black men armed with handgunswertB arrested Saturday as about 175 blacks marched through downtwjB Ur Jackson to protest the shooting of a black woman by a white pot | WASH officer. compute The black march preceded a similar march to city hall by the ku k brains wi Klan members for a “white solidarity rally American Two of the arrests came while the blacks marched tow ard city to replace from a black masonic temple located about a mile and a hall In workers, downtown area. The other man was arrested in fioiit <>t the p< port said department building adjacent to citv hall. re l Sgt. Perry Martin, a police spokesman, said ollicrrs saw v has shrun appeared to be the outline of guns in the men’s pockets postage st “They frisked the suspects and found the guns \ll three ing so rap charged with carrying concealed weapons and an- being hcldonS jor impac bond,” Martin said. He would not identify the men. k h' s £ He said the first two men were arrested on the sidewalk .mcblid rious upn appear involved in the march. Fred Banks, a black state r'erm j°hs are a and president of the Jackson NAA( P said the men w ere inarebtfMhin an but admitted he was not there when the arrests wore made. ' The blacks vvere accompanied on the inarch l>\ loot patmlmcn: police cars. Police officers also were out in force at the city ball and Hinds County courthouse across the street where lines of peopiew waiting to register to vote. Mayor Dale Danks placed all 375 city police officers on duty fur morning march by the blacks and the 2:30 p in. demonstration by Klan. The demonstrations stemmed f rom the Aug. 29 shooting of Doro Brown who was shot four times by police officer Cary King when refused to drop a pistol she had been firing. King, free on bond on murder charges filed by the woman’s sis was reinstated to the police force about two weeks after they shoot and is awaiting a grand jury investigation in November. “I personally would prefer not to see either demonstration t place,” Danks said. It v/as wr researche pendent world pre rTt is t P/a coo Rare manuscript sent to Jerusalem Ui OS A heading i ing perio Thu resul famine o scientist : Dr. Le fessor of United Press International NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Yale University will ship a rare 500-year- old Jewish manuscript recently de termined to have been stolen by the Nazis during World War II to a new home in Jerusalem this fall. The 15th-century illustrated Hag- gadah or Passover prayer book, kept in a Yale University basement for more than 30 years, was taken by the Nazis from a wealthy French baron James A. deRothschild, said Walter Cahn, chairman of Yale’s art history department. Cahn estimated the manuscript’s value at $150,000. The book, he said, offers a rare illustrated history of the Jews. Cahn found the book “lying on a black box” when he came to Yale in 1965. A few years later, he wrote a paper speculating it may have been a product of Johel oen Simeon, a pro- lif engineer! views bef Society. ic scribe who lived in ItukiHlt doe: 15th century mpeh. A But h<- v. nsi; ( sun' I'c t average c first two pages we re missingfroiiBshe S£ manuscript A coIIeaguev®ed on James Marrow , also hadfesolBsn and the book but was unable to®>lecule mine its origins. core sam It was also not known whooiBIt has the book bcloic \lurphy, but(®gs ref speculated a soldier maylBd mil< brought it home as war booty.B'enyea The book remained in theIBrature; incut for another I i years until We rr graduate student hai hara Hmy'gen a: began to study it last i r, she said, nar on medieval manuscriptstiBnithe: by Marrow. 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