The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current, September 16, 1983, Image 11

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I PRESEArr TO you
THE FISH POND.
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ANY FISH /A/ THERE.
by Paul Dirmeyer
University of Texas
celebrates centennial
A&M scientists involved
Teeth can reveal age
Allegheny School Dislj United Press International
tenv County ami ut; COLLEGE STATION — Just
wo have long been able to tell a
uperiorCourtjmljjem ree ’ s a g e [ } y counting its rings,
ig Pawtucket, R.I.dtj hope f or determining a
jerson’s age by the layers of a
way substance built up on the
oots of teeth, scientists say.
The technique would be parti
cularly useful in identifying vic-
of disasters whose remains
1 ire reduced to hones and teeth,
400 teachers in lliti adTexas A&M veterinary seien-
ist Dr. George Stott.
Teeth are held in their sockets
ivabony substance called eemen-
to work Wednesij
! oftieials said it wii
Slonday before ahom
its see an end tufe
I summer vacation,
higan remained thslj
the school walkoutsm
) teachers i
1 picket lines, i
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mth
Army relieves
Fort Dix officer
;■ trial originally wash
lay.
■as, a former me
Id authorities
00 women in 17stat«
I le has been chafjjj
gs of six women in
as already
trial Oct. 17 inCeoij
niton on twoothem
*s. Douthitt saidlkS
nmty charge wool
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itlutt said he would
the trial to Henrictlai
y — adjacent to Mi
y. The judge said In
nt about bringing L
; soon as possible,
ithitt rejected defer
liat the state not bet
as evidence Lucas'
sion or the ashes and
/ever, Douthitt fl
osecu tors could not a
seized from Lucas)
artrnent becausetk
is taken without a
t.
itionally, defense atti
lotions serving notkt
pursue an insanity (If
.■as in the Rich slayil
turn. Each year two new layers of
cementum are added until the
tooth is pulled or the person dies,
Stott said.
The two layers are known as an
annulation, and each annulation
leaves a ring like those on a tree
trunk.
In Stott’s research project, sup
ported by a two-year, $118,087
grant from the National Institute
of Dental Research, he and veter
inary student Jay Naylor are devis
ing a technique for staining thin
sections of teeth so the annulation
rings are distinct enough to count.
If the method is perfected, Stott
said, pathologists may be able to
pinpoint a person’s age at death
with just a half-dozen samples
from any tooth.
The technique also may be of
great importance to anthropolog
ists. It has been applied to anim
als, such as dinosaurs and croco
dile species, hut never before to
humans, said Stott.
“Our objective is to develop a
means of locating the most consis
tent site of countable annula-
tions,” said Stott.
/
United Press International
AUSTIN — University ofTexas
officials received recommenda
tions on how to improve the school
over the next 25 years at Thurs
day’s special centennial celebra
tion.
Presentation of the report was
one of several activities planned
for the celebration which was
observed by Texas Gov. Mark
White, three former governors
and representatives of 250 eol-
leges and universities.
Although the 48,000-student
university has been celebrating its
100th birthday since January,
Thursday marked the exact date
that classes officially began.
The report’s recommendations
are the result of three years of
work by a 175-member commis
sion appointed in 1980 by the
Board of Regents. The recommen
dations for a 25-year period were
presented to the regents during
the convocation.
In addition to the report, UT
observed the anniversary with a
re-enactment of the first law class.
Later in the day, the school hosted
a barbeque and open house, dedi
cated a city park donated to UT by
the city of Austin, and conducted
an evening parade through
campus.
The day-long activities began
with the connvoeation at the
Erwin Center attended by White
and former Texas Govs. Allan
Shivers, John Connally and Dolph
Briscoe. At the end of the day, the
Main Building Tower was lighted
orange and the numberal “1” was
be spelled out in the windows of
the 27-story building.
The “1 has been spelled out
only four other times — in 1963,
1969, 1970 and 1977 — to honor
the Longhorn football team for na
tional titles. The 1977 “1” honored
Earl Campbell for capturing coif,
lege football’s Heisman Trophy. ;
UT is spending a half-million
dollars raised in private donations
on its centennial activities.
United Press International
FORT DIX — Col. William
lerner, the commander of the
S. Army Hospital at Fort Dix,
hfldiyBiasbeen relieved of duty pending
eassignment after authorities
nested an unlicensed doctor
corking on the hospital staff, the
,rmy said.
Berner was relieved of his post
i) days after an investigation re-
ealed that Abraham Asante, 45,
IJI, ifBordentown, was a fraud who
ailed seven times to pass his
Idpn aedical licensing examination,
he military said.
One of Asante’s patients,
oseph Branda, a 46-year-old re
lied U.S. Navy chief petty offic-
ir, fell into an irreversible coma
md is considered brain dead after
Asante administered anesthesia to
him during an operation, author
ities said.
Asante was arrested by the FBI
at Fort Dix on Tuesday. The arrest
has sparked an internal probe into
the procedures surrounding the
hiring of civilian medical person
nel at military installations.
Berner was officially relieved of
his duties at Fort Dix Sept. 9, said
a spokesman at the U.S. Army
Health Services Command in San
Antonio. Berner was relieved
pending reassignment at a later
date, the spokesman said.
The fraud case began to develop
on Aug. 25, shortly after Branda
suffered cardiorespiratory arrest
and fell into a coma during surgery
for removal of a bladder tumor.
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