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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1981
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Pedestrian s death brings
student manslaughter charge
A Texas A&M student has
been eharged with involuntary
manslaughter in conneetion
with the death of a man who was
struek by a ear in the 300 bloek
ol \ ilia Maria Hoad k’riday
night.
Linda Sanders, a 19-year-old
freshman psyehology major
from Houston, was eharged
Wednesday morning.
Police said John W. Tovaj\
50, was walking west on Villa
Maria when he was hit by a ear,
also travelling west. The ear
jumped the curb and went up
onto the sidewalk, police said.
Tovar was taken to St. Joseph
Hospital where he was found to
be suffering from a broken neck
and head injuries. He died at 5
a.m. Saturday.
Sanders, who was stopped a
few blocks from where Tovar
was hit, was charged with driv
ing while intoxicated.
After Tovar died, additional
involuntary manslaughter
charges were filed, police de
tective John S. Boyd said.
Legalization spurs controversy
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Reaction mixed on DMSO use
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By SUSAN FLORENCE
Battalion Reporter
The legalization of dimethyl sul
foxide by the Texas Legislature in
September has brought about
controversy on use of the drug.
DMSO’s legalization means
that Texas pharmacies can sell the
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drug without a prescription for hu
man use, but they cannot promote
it. Before the legislation, the sale
of DMSO was legal only for
animals.
The drug, a product of wood
pulp, coal or oil, has been used for
years as an industrial solvent in
the manufacturing of plastics and
pesticides.
Food and Drug Administration
Commissioner Jere Goyan said:
“Industrial strength DSMO can
be poisonous whether ingested or
injected in unpurified forms, and
it can carry harmful, soluble subst
ances into the bloodstream.”
In a book on DMSO, Dr. C.D.
Katt said the drug was hailed in
the 1960s as a wonder drug having
“remarkable properties for treat
ing the ailments of man and
animals.
For 19 years, the FDA has
fought to keep DMSO from being
legalized, Katt said, but the admi
nistration hasn’t produced con
crete evidence that the drug has
harmed anyone.
Dr. Chauncy D. Leake of the
University of California Medical
Center said: “The FDA operates
under an act which seems to imply
that no drug is to be used by a
physician unless it is demons
trated to be absolutely safe and
effective. ”
Philip Lindeman, a representa
tive of the FDA, said he believes
that the administration doesn’t
approve of the drug’s use because
adequate scientific studies on hu
mans and animals aren’t available.
The drug isn’t used in the A.P.
Beutel Health Center, Director
Claude B. Goswick said. The cen
ter doesn’t use the drug because
patients don’t like it, since it
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causes had breath, he said
Willard Jones, a pharmacistt
the Texas A&M Small AnimalCt
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nie, said DMSO may be best usd
on horses.
“DMSO works well on horsn
that have been kicked or injured,'
he said. “When the solvent is usei
on the injured area the srajj
seems to vanish quickly.”
If an animal is suffering fronn
severely damaged wound, D.MS(
will heal the wound without w
pus formation, Jones said. DMSO
used on animals should beadmi- i
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therapy should not exceed $
days.
Katt said the drug isn’t vvideli
used because it is very expensive,
costing $50 per gallon to produce,
DMSO solvents cost $2 to $2.>!
an ounce.
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By RANDY CLEMENTS
Battalion Staff
The College Station Planning
and Zoning Commission is ex
pected to recommend rezoning of
102 acres on the north side of
Southwest Parkway at 7 tonight in
City Hall.
The area is currently zoned as
single family residential. The de
veloper, J.W. Wood, originally
requested the area he rezoned to
general commercial, professional,
medium density apartments and
single family residential R-1A
(allowing a maximum 10 units an
acre instead of the 8 unit max
imum in single family residential).
The compromise woidd leave
all the residential area single fami
ly (8 units maximum) instead of
single family R-1A (10 units max
imum). City Planner Al Mayo said
the compromise seems to satisfy
three of the four commissioners
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Church School at 9:30AM
College Class at 9:30 AM
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opposed to the high density of the
overall zoning. This would give
the compromise the votes needed
for passage.
The initial request was tabled
twice by the commission to allow
the city staff, developer, commis
sion subcommittee and residents
an opportunity to compromise on
the rezoning of the large tract, he
said.
“I feel a recommendation will
be made by the commission be
cause of the comments made at
the workshop meeting (Nov. 10)
about the developers propose!
compromise, he said.
"I can’t believe they (thecom
mission) would put it off again.
The workshop session allod
the commissioners and develops
to give likes, dislikes and altera
tive plans for the rezoning re
quest, Mayo said.
inner:
The commission also will re
view the preliminary plan fortk
Chimney Hill Business Park
the north side of Tarrow Streetii
the Chimney Hill Subdivision.
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