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Thursday, November 10,1983/The Battalion/Page 11 OP still holds nate majority nited Press International Democrats dominated off- r elections, but Republi- ms captured the Washing- n state seat they needed to p control of the Senate. In Washington, GOP Sen. niel Evans won the remain- igfive years of the late Henry tckson’s term, despite the ict that liberal Democratic ep. Mike Lowry tried to aint him as a mouthpiece of eagan’s policies in Grenada ad Lebanon. However, the II the Mayctory probably was testi- ntrodueiony to Evans’ popularity as a inner governor rather than referendum on Reagan’s Tomoti olictes. tes, anev The Republican capture of on roller,ie historically Democratic enate seat means the Demo- rats will now have to gain six t, a spo- ;a t s in next year’s elections to ting RmUgain control of the Senate, tion in Lj History was made in Ken- e brotHcfy, where the state elected notetl s fu st woman governor, and ike theCi Philadelphia, which elected I Record s first black mayor. , . Strong victories in guber- atorial elections by Demo- rats Martha Layne Collins in ' ( ! Kentucky and Attorney Gen- ral Bill Allain in Mississippi, , (l s [ long with the earlier defeat ts wh ' fGOP Gov. David Treen in \! ie ' Louisiana, slowed Republican iroads into the traditionally ieoiocratic South. ^ ^"WThis trend could hurt ers thic i e£ lg an > s hopes of picking up ey southern states in the iresidential race next year, > left B articularly if the Democratic ere to Candidate chooses a South- earlyDarner such as Sen. Ernest Idlings of South Carolina or 27, a en. Lloyd Bentsen of Texas nily fri s his running mate. ? motorM«A.fter beating Sen. Jim tunning in the gubernatorial lection by 100,000 votes, Col- jr, the ns;said she was ready toget to ie van /0I 'k- itingberf “We said during the cam- laign that the next governor rad better be ready to hit the S o {round running and that’s rnirhir ^ al we re doing,” she said. vj As the nation’s only woman ur enurev. . . „ 7 , ;overnor and the Democrats lighest elected woman offi- iall Collins’ name has auto- natir^lly been added to the tarty’s list of vice presidential trospects. | In Mississippi, Allain over came charges he had homose xual relations with black “drag queens” and criticism for being a divorced Catholic to win a convincing victory over Republican Leon Bramlett. While there were few sur prises in the voting, Georgia Democrats ignored the tradi tion of electing the wife of a dead congressman to fill his seat. State Rep. George “Bud dy” Darden, a mainstream Democrat, easily defeated Kathryn McDonald, who wanted to take the place of her conservative husband, Demo cratic Rep. Larry McDonald. McDonald was killed when the Soviets shot down Korean Flight 007. The Republican capture of the his torically Democratic Senate seat means the Democrats will now have to gain six seats in next year’s elections to regain control of the Senate. Voters also expressed their opinions about a variety of policies, including: • A proposal to ban hunt ing of Maine’s state animal, the moose, in the state. The proposal was defeated. • A referendum outlawing nuclear research in Cam bridge, Mass. Results are still uncertain due to slow count ing of ballots. • A restriction on smoking in San Francisco. Results are also uncertain in that election. • Proposals to raise the minimum drinking age in Ohio from 19 to 21 and to re peal a 90 percent increase in the state income tax approved by the legislature. Both prop ositions were defeated by the voters. • An initiative in Seattle calling for withdrawal of U.S. military aid to El Slavador, Guatemala, Honduras and guerillas battling Nicaragua’s Sandinista government. The initiative passed. Over 50? Check for cancer United Press International NEW YORK — People over 50 years old should ask their doctors for examinations to de tect early signs of colon and rec tal cancer, the president of the American Cancer Society says. Ninety-three percent of such cancers occur in the over-50 group, but only 12 percent of the cases are detected by regular examinations. Dr. Willis J. Taylor, of Seat tle, Wash., said Wednesday that getting people to pressure doc tors for the examinations is part of a new three-year campaign to reduce the bowel cancer toll. In 1983, bowel cancer will strike an estimated 126,000 adults and result in about 58,100 deaths, the ACS said. The ACS also will step up its education program for physi cians, telling them that doctors play a key role in the early detec tion of colon and rectal cancer. That campaign will be aimed at 200,000 physicians. Taylor and other doctors .spoke about the new campaign at a press conference attended by cancer victim Phyllis Kiniry of West Islip, N.Y. She is 63 and had bowel can cer successfully treated 11 years ago. She later was treated suc cessfully for lung cancer and now “does everything any re tired person does.,” However, Kiniry said she must see her doctor twice a year for a colon and rectal cancer ex amination. The doctors emphasized that examinations are less uncom fortable than they were a few years ago. A newer instrument, a thin, flexible tube illuminated by fiber optics, replaces a 10- inch non-flexible device once used. Dr. Paul Sherlock, chairman of the department of medicine, Memorial Sloan-Kettering Can cer Society, told of such surgical advances as the use of staples that sharply reduce the inci dence of colostomies. He and other doctors estimated that permanent colostomies are needed in only 15 percent of New ‘sponge’ pulls oxygen from water Petal Patch YOUR COMPLETE FLORIST MSC Camera Bonfire Print Sale Pre-sale: Nov. 14-18,21,22 1st floor tables MSC 8x10 - $3.50 ped Serving Luncheon Buffet Sandwich and Soup Bar Mezzanine Floor Sunday through Friday 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Delicious Food Beautiful View Open to the Public “Quality First” United Press International BEAUFORT, N.C. — An “artificial gill” process which produces oxygen from water, theoretically permitting humans to stay under water indefinitely, has been developed at Duke University. Joseph Bonaventura, direc tor of the Duke Marine Biome dical Center, and his wife, Celia, said they have developed a “hemosponge” that could re place current methods of pro viding oxygen to people under water. Bonaventura said the hemos- C onge uses hemoglobin, the lood component in humans that carries oxygen. The hemoglobin is combined with a prepolymer — a subst ance with the consistency and color of golden honey — to form a sponge substance. The hemosponge is placed in a container, and when water is passed through the container, oxygen is extracted. Oxygen can then be siphoned off by drawing a vacuum over the container or it can be re leased by hitting the sponge with a weak electrical charge, Bonaventura said. A. 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