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
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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
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the container or it can be re
leased by hitting the sponge with
a weak electrical charge,
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