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national Battalion/Page 12 September 22,1982 Prayer debate continues United Press International WASHINGTON — The Sen ate is edging closer to breaking a liberal filibuster against a school prayer measure but its chances for passage by Congress remain in considerable doubt. The Senate’s second vote on cloture to halt the debate was scheduled Tuesday and Senate Republican leader Howard H. Baker Jr., anticipating it might fail, filed a petition for a third vote today. AAA Alpha Lambda Delta (freshman honor society) will have a meeting Thursday September 23 at 7 p.m. in room 302 Rudder. All members please attend. ▲ (If unable to attend please check by our Tcubicle in 217 MSC.) A Senate source predicted 56 to 58 senators would vote to stop the filibuster Tuesday, and the third vote probably would top the required 60. The initial vote Monday w'as 50-39: 10 short of the needed amount of votes, but it w'as a con siderably better first try than the I initial 41-47 vote 10 days earlier ! on an attempt to break another i filibuster against an anti- | abortion proposal. That filibus ter succeeded in killing the anti abortion measure. “If we get cloture (on the prayer amendment), we will press to conclusion,” Baker said. He held out the possibility of night sessions or Saturday ses sions to push the Senate business ahead. But Sens. Lowell P. Weicker Jr., R-Conn., and Max Baucus, D-Mont., leaders of the filibus ter, said they would do every thing they could to stop passage, of the measure. Weicker said that even if clo ture is voted, he would continue his delaying tactics because he believes the measure is an attempt at “an end run” around the Constitution and would “limit Supreme Court jurisdic tion.” The prayer measure, spon sored by Sen. Jesse Helms, R- N.C., would stop the Supreme Court from prohibiting volun tary prayer in public schools and institutions. It is being considered as an amendment to the debt ceiling bill, which Congress must pass by Oct. 1 to keep the govern ment operating. Courtea Courtea II Behind Ramada Inn Inside Ramada Inn ■2924 846-8528 For the Cut That Falls Into Place Naturally Full Salon Service for Men and Women Open Mon.-Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. Also Late by Appt. VISA GP THAT'S RIGHT/SZVZKAL excellent privers will receive TROPHIES FOR THEIR PERFORMhHCE FT OUR FIRST AUTOCROSS/ for f/lms. Racing results 8^ RtyER RUN DETAILS BE AT OUR PlTsToP 7:30 WED NIGHT 321 PHYSICS BUILDING ATm S.C.C 'S-iZi rTtt-rtii'’ 696-7311 Wednesday: Compliment your $ 4 50 Lasagna lunch or dinner with a $ 4 50 bottle of Chianti. Lunch 11-2 Dinner 5-10 404 Shopping Center East University DIETING? Even though we do not prescribe diets, we make it possible for manydo enjoy a nutritious meal while they follow their doctor's orders. You will be delighted with the wide selection of low calorie, sugar free and fat free foods in the Souper Salad Area, Sbisa Dining Center Basement. OPEN Monday through Friday 10:45 AM-1:45 PM QUALITY FIRST K a l I I I l I I l l I I CLASS REGISTRATION I Wednesday, September 22 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. #224 MSC See Free U brochure for course listings I Man-made blood now being tested EP United Press International CHICAGO — A bioen- gineer is testing miniature, artificial red blood cells he says could some day solve blood transfusion problems and might make it possible to convert animal blood for use in human veins. Irving Miller said the new cells can be used with any blood type, ending the need for cross-matching blood transfusions to prevent poten tially deadly reactions. The new cells also can be stored indefinitely, he said. Miller outlined his finding Monday during an American Medical Association confer ence for science writers. The experimental cells were made from natural blood, which was broken down in a kitchen blender. The artificial cells are only ab out one-10th the size of natu ral cells. He said perfecting the arti ficial cells could avoid the risk of hepatitis from transfusions, a problem in many parts of the world, and make possible the temporary replacement of a patient’s entire blood supply during surgery. Ultimately it even may be possible to turn oxygen car rying hemoglobin from the blood of slaughtered cattle into artificial cells for humans because all hemoglobin is the same, Miller said. Miller, associate vice chan cellor for research at the Uni versity of Illinois, is working on the new blood cells with Dr. Ultimately it even may be possible to turn ox ygen carrying hemog lobin from the blood of slaughtered cattle into artificial cells for humans because all hemoglobin is the same, said Dr. Irving Miller, a researcher at the University of Illi nois. Ljubomir Djordjevich at Chi cago’s Rush-Presbyterian-St. Luke’s Medical Center. The research started seven years ago. Miller says test animals have recovered fully from having up to half their blood replaced by the artificial cells, although rats who received total transfusions of artificial cells eventually died of shock. “Assuming we run into no major problems, we’ll prob ably be ready for human trials within the next decade,"] ler said. Miller said protein in natu li ral blood cell walls can trigger tissue rejection in a transfu-J sion, much as donated organs! may be rejected after they are|| transplanted. He said his process should 1 get around that problem bvi stripping away the natural ceil walls, getting rid of the pro-1 tein with its tissue rejection | threat and ending the need) for crossmatching. The remaining hemogiol bin and most other normail cell contents then are wrap! ped with a new skin of lecithin | and cholesterol, fatty subst f ances like those in the original • skin. The process eliminates! such bloodborne diseases hepatitis, although that hasl not yet been proven, he said ! “We create a bag of hemog f lobin, but it’s not a living cell,'I Miller said. ST DA PR 1|1 HI m Because the artificial are not living tissue, he said, they can also be stored indefi nitely. Blood banks mustnov| discard blood that remainsirj storage for more than 35 days I Miller said his tiny artificial cells represent an improvel merit over fluorocarbon bloodJ substitutes, which have beenl used in experiments but cam I only one-sixth as much om ygen as normal blood, ST f i Defense experts urge shifting missile tactics m TA ! United Press International WASHINGTON — A of defense experts concluded in a study released Tuesday the United States should shift its emphasis on strategic nuclear deterrence from land-based missiles to atom-powered sub marines and bombers armed with cruise weapons. The recommendations in the two-year study by the Aspen In stitute for Humanistic Studies depart from the decades-old stress the United States has placed on maintaining a “triad” of strategic nuclear forces — land-based missiles, submarines to thwart a and bombers Soviet attack. The institute released its study as the Reagan administra tion plans to invest tens of bil lions of dollars in deploying the MX missile in a basing plan still under examination. The Penta gon favors densely packing 100 MXs in a field of superhardened capsules designed to survive a Soviet first strike. The “dense pack” method is estimated to cost upwards of $23 billion. The experts recommended virtual abandonment of reliance on land-based missiles because PR EA of their vulnerability to an attai and investing more heavily £■ “relatively invulnerable” sul> GR marines and bombers. Tk planes could launch cruise mi siles before encountering Sofi« surface-to-air missile defenses “This triad approach strategic planning has 1 overtaken by technological ads ances and a new reality that, several key weapons systems,tk lead has passed from America to Soviet hands,” the group said. 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Main Downtown Bryan 822-3119 MC VISA Culpepper Plaza College Station 693-0677 DINNERS CLUB AM EXPRESS LAYAWAYS INVITED The administration has pur sued deployment of MX to dost what it perceives as the “witidqi of vulnerability” opened b technological gains that coi lead the Soviets to wipe out American missile field in a lint strike, thus eliminating the US ability to retaliate and makinj nuclear war more likely. “Super-hardening silos to in crease their resistance to nucleat blasts would not assure the sur vivability of ICBMs against tnit siles with the accuracies prt dieted for the end of the de cade,” the group said. ;w< m m i Wf A member of the group, Dr William Perry, the assistant de fense secretary for research ami development in the Cartel administration, told reportersi “dangerous situation” has been created because the most des tructive nuclear weapons are also the most vulnerable since they are based on land. 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