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le N I Page 10 THE BATTALION , TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1981 National Insurance habits examined Rural, young least insured !, - United Press International WASHINGTON — About 26.6 million Americans, 12.6 percent of the civilian population, have no health insurance, a study by the Department of Health and Hu man Services says. The 12-month incomplete study, which examined the habits and insurance coverage of more than 37,000 people in 1977 and 1978, said non-whites, young adults and rural residents are among the least insured people in the United States. The study found that about 29.9 percent of those aged 18 to 24 were uninsured. And there were large racial differences — 12 per cent of whites uninsured com pared to 18 percent of all other The study also found city dwel lers were more likely to be insured than rural residents, and those with more years of education were more likely to be insured. Although final results will not be available for several years, the preliminary findings also said: —In 1977, the mean charge for a doctor’s visit was $21.29, with more than two-thirds of it paid by insurance. Costs were higher for city dwellers than rural residents. — Highest charges for doctor’s The study’s authors said this in formation and the information that will come later, will help answer questions about costs of various types of health insurance, demand for medical services, problems in obtaining medical care, and steps that can be taken to curb soaring medical costs. * !»■' I; i COME OUT OF YOUR BAG AMERICA! If your last haircut looked better with a bag over it, you should have gone to That Place. That Place can give you a look worth looking at. And isn’t that what you want in a hairstyle? So save your paper bags for Trick- or-Treat and let That Place give you the haircut of your life. 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The patient and family paid 77 percent of the charge, but the percentage has probably gone down since recent statistics show 21 percent of Americans had dental insurance last year. —About 88.3 percent of U.S. employees work for firms that offer some form of health insur ance, but the type varies widely. Larger firms with union contracts are more likely to offer plans and assume a greater share of the cost. Entrepreneur finances search for dinosaur United Press International PLANO — Jack Bryan’s eyes sparkle with childlike excite ment when he talks about financing an expedition deep into the Congo to find a living dinosaur. Bryan, whose fascination with dinosaurs stretches back to his childhood, said an article ab out a Chicago scientist investi gating reports of a dinosaur liv ing among African tribes hit him “right between the eyes.” He said: “I’ve been in terested in dinosaurs since I was a kid. I made clay models and read a lot about them.” Bryan, 54, a consulting en gineer turned entrepreneur, said he took the first plane to Chicago after hearing that news and had lunch with Dr. Roy P. Mackal, the scientist who was investigating the reports and whose next search for the crea ture lacked financing. Mackal is a biochemist who spent 12 years searching for the Loch Ness monster and has taken four trips to Africa in of search the dinosaur. Bryan agreed to back the di- nosaur-searchilng expedition, and helped convince the Na tional Geographic Society to also help finance the trip. Bryan said Mackal, a photo grapher, two other scientists, a missionary-translater and about 20 Pygmy porters were ex pected to have reached Lake Tele this week. Bryan said he was unable to go on the mission because of a problem with im munization shots. The large reptile, said to re semble a brontosaurus, is said to inhabit a remote, swampy jungle near Lake Tele in the Congo. Mackal said natives call the beast “mokele-mbembe” eyewitnesses described it being 36 feet long, brown and standing behvet: P) bill: and 10 feet tall. It is descnli te' )ne 4 m i Unil jAsir ! Tailin' as having a long, flexible j* le"’ $251 thick, tapering tail, and ski he garag stubby legs. It feeds on« flowered plants with ana] like fruit that grow on the banks, observers say. It was iin-niad< ir-posti Climb The natives said depichot v ! e caus a brontosaurus resemble | creature. The brontosaumi believed to have beo tinct 70 million years a “We’ve got a piece ofgro» that has not changed in 70 lion years,” Bryan said, plant life is the same, there been no volcanoes, (loot other things that would changed it. If (Arthur) C Doyle’s ‘The Lost World’e: this is where it is.” Cow patties mean power farmer, Cornwell prof sa United Press International ITHACA, N Y. — Cornell Uni versity Professor Dr. William Jewell and horse farmer Harry Buck have come up with ways to make a farm energy self-sufficient by using cow manure. Both say any farmer can do it — but won’t. “There’s an awful lot of interest in this area but there’s a great re luctance to move, because farmers are waiting to see practical proof,” Jewell said. “They’re waiting to see if people other than Cornell University professors can run this system.” Buck said: “Farmers alwalys say, ‘Show me.’ The only time when they do something is when their backs are to the wall, and they can’t afford to pay for any thing. ’ Cornell researchers have de veloped a methane gas generation system to help dairy and beef cat tle farmers turn animal manure into fuel. The process also re moves 90 percent of the odor from the waste material. Using an insulated, earthen trench with a flexible, specially- made impenetrable cover and an underground hotwater heater, Cornell scientists have developed a system that produces a mixture of methane and carbon dioxide. This fuel can be used to heat farm homes and buildings, pro duce hot water for milking equip ment, cool milk, dry crops, run power generators and fuel mobile units within a confined area, the researchers said. If the trench, which must be kept at 95 degrees, is well insu lated, the gas produced from the manure of 50 dairy cows — about 5,300 pounds of manure — should be enough to heat a modern home during a winter, the researchers said. The gas could be burned in stead of fuel oil or propane gas, they said. Although Cornell has success fully tested its demonstration sys tem for the last three winters. Buck built a system of his own. He did research on the subject and utilized his knowledge gained as a mechanical engineer. “During the oil embargo of 1973 I had to go begging for gas to run my tractor,” saids Buck, a59-year- old Austrian immigrant. “1 prom ised myself I would never do that again.” With the help of his family and neighbors, he designed and built a methane gas generation system from scratch at his Whinney-Haw stables. After writing to various parts of iterials t In Vh I'nit WASH His rei ck was idy ha jOuse sii arch 3( 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 N. Main) and the world for information, started the project in 197i finished three years later. In use since last year, Bi his system, which produce equivalent of 20 barrels of oil a day, will save him thons of dollars a year and result ini output of about 800 barrelscf year. He claims his farm isenerg dependent, except for Jit worth of heating oil and gas 'ed Janu he must purchase annually! cagan at an ethanol-producing system hite H full operation. ThesystemislMeelchai held up in a legal dispute in^ his cus local zoning board. to 1 repo ' Buck said manure rei might also be sold as fertilize! cess ethanol and methane be put on the market for sale] said this makes such a system more attractive. Buck uses the methane ated from the manure ofhis| 25 horses' and his neij cows to run an internal tion engine, which poweis alternator and produces elei ity. The electricity heats his house and greenhouse makes steam to power a slil the ethanol production. Like Cornell’s, his system serves the nutrients in the at waste so little fertilizer vain lost. Jewell, who directed the I nell project, said methane generation systems arefeasitl even small-scale dairy and cattle farmers. He said (lain: with 50 to 100 head of 0 should seriously consider hi| one installed. “But until we have 1, terns operating in the U States, I really don’t know the future is for this sysl Jewell said. “I think would find it would yield lowest cost and cleanest ea available. “I feel it’s effective down# lowest-size farms.” Farmers would have to in'' minimum of $10,000 for system, he said. o: CHECK THE S, Culpepper Plaza FROM BONFIRE TO WILDFIRE" WITH an AFTER THE AGGIE BONFIRE NOV. 25TH 9 P.M. Jr NOV. 2ND-6TH — OPTION PERIOD NOV. 9TH — ALL TICKETS GO ON SALE PRICES: $2.50 $3.25 $4.75 TICKETS AVAILABLE AT MSC BOX OFFICE FOR MORE INFO 845-1234 PRESENTED BY MSC TOWN HALL AND MSC BASEMENT