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THE BATTALION THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1981 Page 13 Matures Jolly’s singing earns $666 a minute d Hf V wa present cii ^ restraint! 1 3 said, el and k ; to ok Syrian Bjj, ie t SAM-6 eirut. 8/ :e-to-air jd last via border i action d two S)i ere attach ise forces ey near . Israel tian forces' ountry music pioneers get big bucks United Press International jiiASHVILLE, Tenn. — Country music’s pioneers used ink making it big meant getting a regular job. The ;est accomplishment they could achieve was becoming ember of the Grand Ole Opry. I" Since country has gone uptown, and everybody from lir i isident Reagan to the city slicker is donning cowboy ies, the stakes for country entertainers have skyrock- olly Parton was born in the rugged mountain country last Tennessee but since leaving home, she has broken the industry wide open. She became one of the first enter tainers to have repeated success on the more lucrative pop charts, performs for audiences in Las Vegas and already has won praise for her acting roles. For her average 90-minute concert, Parton earns about $666 a minute, or $60,000. She will get more than $1 million for the soon-to-be shot “Best Little Whorehouse in Texas” film, and was earning $350,000 a week for her engagements at a Las Vegas hotel until she had to cancel due to laryngitis. Behind Parton is Kenny Rogers, a husky singer- songwriter who changed careers in midlife to become the heartthrob of female country fans. He first gained notoriety in the 1960s with rock ’n’ roll’s “The First Edition,” then shelved that career for country. Rogers earns $50,000 for a 90-minute concert. Willie Nelson, whose ponytails make him appear more like a freaky rocker than a country performer, has stuck with his progressive “outlaw” music throughout his 20- year-plus career. He now earns $50,000 per concert. His “outlaw” partner in the old days, Waylon Jennings gets $25,000. iouth-birth frog een ulcer cure .1 Struggle. I United Press International ly threate- SYDNEY, Australia — Researchers are studying a small Australian next wed jg that gives birth to its young through its mouth, not removs |Vhen Rheobatrachus Silus, was discovered by Australian scientists ign Mini?; a Queensland forest in 1973, nobody believed it. Idamrejett Now an herpetologist at Adelaide University has succeeded in day. eding the frog — just over 2 inches long — in captivity and mecalWI :uring the birth regurgitations on film. ■e is the is Michael Tylor, a senior lecturer at Adelaide University, said the ion on Le [time he tried to film the frog it spewed four young up to three feet aid in Beiii tiss the room and the ejection rate was too fast to be picked up by a ided anoll orized camera shooting six frames per second, i local lead ‘The second time she held her mouth incredibly wide — it was nd to Men pe — and waited for the babies to just step out,” Tylor said. fylor has a $22,500 grant for further research on the frog. Hope is . Israel k at understanding of how the female frog switches off its gastric ines to alti etions during pregnancy, may have important applications in i Leban# iting stomach ulcers in humans or at least explaining why humans idding kit them. s not havetlrhe female gastric frog swallows its fertilized eggs and incubates . “Thisissjera inside her stomach for up to eight weeks. During this time she -negotiants nothing and her young survive and grow on food contained in a ■ sac. ■ylor said the Queensland frog probably was the most genetically lanced in the world. Western styles in wherever you live JWSC Cafeteria UNBELIEVABLE WEEKEND SPECIAL Each Night Friday, Saturday and Sunday. 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Men’s boots range from work styles to dress boots of antelope and lizard. Colors range from earth tones blues and even flashy silver. Jet setters attend fashion shows featuring crea tions by famous designers. Now country fashion shows are popping up in such cities as Nashville, New York, Cincinnati, Phoenix, Buffalo and New Orleans. Hay bales, three empty whiskey kegs, and a dry milk can added some flavor to the stage of Nashville’s first western boot show. Laredo West ern Boots was showing off its new all-leather Sil ver Collection, including “nine highfashion styles suited for demanding women.” “We re really proud of what we re about to show you now, ’cause for the first time in history, America, and especially the comfortable, easy pace of the Southwestern United States, is setting the mood and the style for the whole world, ” the commentator said. A five-member band with a conductor and a Grand Ole Opry guitarist set the mood for the models and audience of reporters, boot distribu tors and corporate officials. Waitresses in high skirts, boots and cowboy hats served beer, whiskey and cocktails to guests seated in folding metal chairs waiting for their first look at the $60 to $125 boots. Jets better than medicines r reducing human stress bis arrest, •dally fill he .... ._ . ., United Press International Id! prosit? rLANTA _ There ’ s a simple seen God,. t 0 cope with your stress, low- ’ ur blood pressure, help your- leadedgul ecover f rom a heart attack or son of ta t a ] illness, avoid loneliness m the ) even jj ve j on g er — g e (- your- e » hpet. Ian Beck, director of the Uhi- juryotsni fy 0 f Pennsylvania’s Center itcliffe sol !e Interaction of Animals and schizopta s a ys studies show that tims were a j s p] a y a ro j e j n fh c handling women, aman stress, recovery from charged, j [Se) anc l coping with physical diitaker, o mental illness, lalifax M side from these scientific find- ch rusty into “one ipons s guilty toj n of insi guilty to between ember l! northed [there is a large body of anec- evidence on the important | pets play in the lives of peo- Beck told a recent meeting of American Animal Hospital iation. e are only now beginning to [eciate the nature and scope of anionship as a major role of als in our society,” he said, irehamor* r j cans spend over $3.9 billion hetherSuti JS on their pets, or nearly $19 |erortliel f very person in the country, ies detent* p e t s definitely have an effect ier than I* Ugevity,” said Beck, quoting rdy of heart attack patients. 1 that Snti s t u dy showed 94 percent who the pros® ed pets survived, while of car and tk !e who did not only 62 percent with aha* d. jmandn® feck said everyone talks about ies witha'f Joneliness of the elderly “and including!™ they exclude pets from hous- saw, scre" i gfor the elderly. Loneliness all Self is a contributing factor in lan mortality; lonely people irience greater rates of disease categories. ” ~iere are reports of people who , lebecome seriously depressed, I ■ I r or comm i tte d suicide when I jfy were separated from their he said. “This is alarming fn one considers that over 12 :ent of former dog owners are id to surrender their pets be- they are no longer permit- :o keep them in new housing Jects for the elderly. ” He said the ban on pets in pes for the aged is beginning to pge because of the growing t of evidence of pets’ lendous therapeutic value lonely older people, xits of places are putting dogs. cats and birds in old age homes. You put a cat in an old age home and you get people to smiling.” Even the level of care seems to improve, Beck said. Beck said research with psychiatric out-patients suffering i lp from depression shovyed a pet gave a patient an improvement in morale, a decrease in the feeling of hopelessness and isolation, a feel ing of security, a feeling of being needed, a source of companion ship during illness, distraction from problems and stimulation to be more physically active. Good results have also been achieved by placing pets with au tistic children and even with the criminally insane. Among the lat ter, Beck said, the addition of pets “brought about a tremendous re duction in the number of fights among the inmates.” Animals in therapy must be used with common sense, he said. “Researchers are now developing criteria to help match pets to peo ple. This research is even trying to determine specific breeds for spe cific purposes.” Beck said the information gained from studies on the in teractions of people and pets was not new: “We’re just trying to document it.” Pets might not fit in some situa tions, such as some nursing homes where they might be stumbled over or cause other accidents, he said. Several issues are raised by the findings that pets play a role in handling human stress, disease, loneliness, mental illness and even the human life span raises. One is that veterinarians must be considered part of the human pub lic health team. “It also raises the issue that animals, like their livestock brethren, are not simply luxuries or an artifact of cultural develop ment, but are very much a part of survival.” AGGIES! Douglas Jewelry 10% AGGIE DISCOUNT ON ALL MERCHANDISE WITH STUDENT ID (Cash Only Please) We reserve the right to limit use of this privilege. Downtown Bryan (212 IN. 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