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Doctors say it is needed for consumer protection New Texas Medical Practices Act draws criticism United Press International AUSTIN — Ministers who give a glass of water to a dying man, or a health food store owner who sug gests use of organic food as treat ment for allergies, could be sent to prison under terms of a Medical Practices Act backed by the Texas Medical Association, a group cal led the Health Freedom Council said Tuesday. Tuesday alt seats $1.00 Friday and Saturday Midnight: “ROCKY HORROR PICTURE SHOW” 00000000004 ALTERED STATES® 7:40 9:40 846-6714 Skagg^shoggjnc^cemeivAcrassJiorn^AMi STIR I CRAZY 7:30 9:45 Leaders of the group — includ ing a doctor who ran afoul in the TMA for his use of acupuncture and laetrile, a Universalist minis ter and a Tyler man who says he is a writer and researcher — said the proposal pending in the Legisla ture would turn what already is a medical monopoly by the TMA into a medical dictatorship. Dr. Dan Dotson of Graham, Dr. Peter Wilkinson of Dallas, a minister; and Gene Mitchell of Tyler said the new Medical Prac tices Act makes prosecution easier and punishment stronger for per sons accused of practicing medi cine without a license. Greg Hooser, legislative coun sel for the Texas Medical Associa tion, said the claims by the Health Freedom Council “simply aren’t true.” “This group seems to be either confused or misinformed about both the proposed and existing medical practice act,” he said. The definition of “practice of medi cine,” he said, is the same in the proposed new law as in the pre sent law, and he brushed aside claims by the Health Freedom Council that doctors should be free to experiment with new forms of treatment such as laetrile, acu puncture, color therapy, and use of DMSO. “Complete deregulation of medical practice in Texas would put the state back to the pre-1907 era when consumers had little protection from charlatans, quacks, and other self-proclaimed healers,” Hooser said. Under the Texas Sunset Act, a new Medical Practices Act must be passed this session to keep the State Board of Medical Examiners in operation. Mitchell said Tuesday the Health Freedom Council now has only about a dozen leaders attend ing its meetings, but said he ex pects the group to attrl thousands of Texans once known. in this were involved in 1 but this is a much broader t We’re interested in better k care at lower cost,” he! Madam files for council seat J0MSC AGGIE CINEMA hello laughter the tall blond man |pg with one black shoe "THE TALL BLOND MAN WITH ONE BLACK SHOE" WEDNESDAY MARCH 11 7:30 P.M. RUDDER THEATRE $1.25 WITH TAMU I.D. United Press International SAN ANTONIO — Madam Theresa Brown,'saying she would use her list of3,000 brothel clients to find political contributors, de clared her candidacy Tuesday for a city council seat. ^ Brown, who pleaded nolo con tendere last month to charges of aggravated promotion of prostitu tion, said her effort to unseat an incumbent Democrat was under taken “with the most serious de liberation and concern. “People run for the city council because of the special vested in terest behind them, because of their own egos, and because of their sinister narrow attitude,” Brown said. “None of these will impel me.” During a news conference. Brown displayed the 3,000-name card file of brothel clients, which she had compiled over 16 years. She said the two-drawer file was returned to her Tuesday by an attorney for El Pueblo, a bilingual monthly newspaper. El Pueblo last month published only 19 of the 3,000 names on the list, despite initial promises that all client names would be pub lished. Most people named by El Pueblo have denied any associa tion with Brown or her brothel. “I have obtained possession of that list and intend to have the city’s largest bonfire,” she said. “All 3,000 (clients) and all candi dates and all people are going to be invited to attend.” She said the El Pueblo attorney voluntarily returned the trick list. “It’s going into my attorney’s vault for now,” she said, adding that she planned to seek campaign contributions of $1,000 each from her friends on the list. the plea, saying she enteral plea under the advice of a attorney. A Bexar County judge sent enced Brown to five years proba tion after she pleaded no contest to the prostitution-related charges. She has asked for a rehearing on Bexar County District James Barlow, who sentenced madam, said Monday thatBi would be allowed to run for office under terms of her tion as long as she refrains fc “associating with seedy ck ters. ” Houston, Miami hit hard by meningitis ou tbreaks ADVANCE TICKETS: MON.-FRI. 9-5 45 MIN. BEFORE SHOW MANOR EAST 3 MANOR EAST MALL 823-8300 THE YEAR’S #1 COMEDY SMASH! "Lily Tomlin is one of the funniest -r-. If people alive" W | HE INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN ^ UNIVERSAL PICTURE Read the |OVE Book Copynfht Ml ky C«y StuAov fax offGI SCANNERS” A new high in being low down tn*Devil dfcwDevtm United Press International ATLANTA — Outbreaks of meningitis were almost twice as numerous in the United States during the first two months of 1981 as in the same period last year, federal health officials say. Officials at the national Centers for Disease Control said Monday they were baffled by the upsurge in meningococcal meningitis cases, which may set a 26-year re cord. At least two major cities — Houston and Miami — have re ported epidemics of the some- times-fatal disease, an inflamma tion of the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord. In creases of the disease were noted, however, in all nine regions of the country monitored by the CDC. Health officials said 780 meningitis cases were reported in the nation through February, compared to 445 a year earlier. Normally, the illness does not peak until summer. “No one really understands why, ” said Dr. Walter F. Schlech of the CDC’s special pathogens di vision. “It may be related to a pre ceding viral infection. There was quite a bit of influenza this winter. Why leave Texas to find recognition when there’s RECOGNITION EQUIPMENT in DALLAS! Now that you love Texas, don’t leave it! You can find a solid career path at Recognition Equipment, a Dallas- based leader in information processing systems. 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