Page 4/The Battalion/Wednesday, November 16,1983 Survivor discovered in ship’s air pocket United Press International HOUMA, La. — A cook who survived inside a capsized ship by standing on top of a locker with his head in an air pocket for more than 30 hours was in satis factory condition Tuesday. Hayes Bonvillian Jr., 47, who has a history of heart and lung problems, was prohibited by his doctors from speaking to repor ters. He did talk about the dra matic rescue to the owner of the 155-foot ship, which capsized in the Gulf of Mexico last week 10 miles off Matagorda Island northeast of Corpus Christi. Bonvillian told Dave Ohlmeyer, president of Houma- based Gulf International Marine, that he was asleep when the ship started listing late Wednesday or early Thursday. We are much more than a bridal shop—We have FORMALS for all occasions, Dances or holiday parties. Long, short, & tea lengths Present this coupon & receive a 10°/o discount off any regular price FORMAL Bridal Boutique He said he was awakened when the ship capsized. “There was a lot of confusion and he is not sure what hap pened,” Ohlmeyer said. But he said Bonvillian does remember trying to get out, then ending up in another stateroom. Ohlmeyer said Bonvillian knocked over a locker and stood on it as water poured into the room, stopping just two feet from the top. Sometime late Thursday Bonvillian saw a diver come within a few feet of him. “There was too much debris in the room and the diver couldn’t see him,” Ohlmeyer said. “Also, the divers had only small emergency air compress ors and small lights. When the diver left, he said, he thought it was the end.” Ohlmeyer said divers re turned Friday with bigger lights and air compressors and went again into the stateroom where Bonvillian was standing. Bonvillian said he heard the bubbles in the water and wasn’t going to let an opportunity pass, Ohlmeyer said. “He stuck his foot out and in minutes the diver reached out and grabbed it,” Ohlmeyer said. “He jerked his foot back to let the diver know he was alive. The diver then patted his leg to let him know he’d be back.” Ohlmeyer said the diver re turned with a diving suit for Bonvillian and within minutes he floated to freedom. Policy changes pushed SG will discuss new bills! 0 by Stephanie M. Ross Battalion Staff A bill recommending re search of three new topics by the Legislative Study Group is the first item for discussion at the Student Senate meeting at 7:30 tonight in 204 Har rington. If passed, the bill would au thorize the LSG to study the student insurance maternity benefit policy, copy center policy and administrative pro cedures act. The LSG works to repre- by sent the student body, through the Senate, on issues concerning higher education. All topics the group studies must be approved by the Sen ate. Currently the group is studying minority recruit ment funding, student service fees, foreign student user fees, tuition increases and other topics. finance the 1984 Varsity Level II sports program. The com mittee recommended using the reserve fund this year be cause financing from other sources was unavailable. The finance committee will present a bill recommending that the student service fees reserve fund not be used to Varsity Level II sports are those on a varsity level of com petition, but jointly adminis tered by the athletic and intra mural departments. Included this year is the women’s soccer team and the riflery team. The Senate also will vote on a bill which recommends a study of the traffic conge ) at the intersection of.^ : The 1 son Street and Soutli jation i Parkway. Traffic builds 1 , us-widt Anderson Street becain )gofor the constant flowoftnffi jlyheld Southwest Parkway.il brents are stop signs on Andt «st will Street, but not on Sowtajm. Noi Parkway. If the bill is passed, ternal affairs legislaliiei mittee will study the and report the findii College Station City Drug cuts flu symptoms Casin fund-rai Tuesday eeting' Gina :HA cas ch logo theme .oaring Harlov United Press International DALLAS — An influenza ex pert said Tuesday that people who catch the flu this winter first can blame themselves, and then take a new drug that will cut the duration of their suffering in half. “There is a stoic attitude to ward this disease,” said Dr. Arnold S. Monto, professor of epidemiology at the School of Public Health at the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. “People tend to think there’sjust not much they can do about it.” However, that is no longer true, he said. A vaccine is avail able which can prevent catching the flu virus. “And if people do get sick they shouldn’t think there’s nothing that can be done ing it with chicken soup, fluids and aspirin.” Monto, who is on a year’s sab batical as visiting scholar at the Institute of Medicine of the Na tional Academy of Sciences in Washington, D.C., participated Tuesday in an influenza sympo sium at the American Public Health Association’s annual convention. The symposium was held to observe the 50th anniversary of the 1933 isolation of the flu virus in England. over age 65. High risk in this context means those people have a high risk of dying if they catch the flu.” The flu vaccine has under gone substantial fine tuning since its development in the 1940s, Monto said. It is safe and efficient, he said, and necessary for people in high risk groups and for anyone who does not want to be in bed during the holidays. [eeds as le for lo sidence Seize the until 1979 and evennokipte stud totally accepted by all d “Amantadine is the viral medication,” Montt| “People think of antibii they do not work virus.” fmners he oppo asino gi ! Each 1c a in RH/ Sack and “People tend to look at in fluenza as not a serious disease, as a disease which does not lead to death,” Monto said. “That is not true, particularly among the high risk groups — those with We have come way beyond treat-_ respiratory diseases or those For those who catch the flu, Monto said, relief can be deli vered by the drug amantadine, marketed by Du Pont Phar maceuticals under the brand name Symnetrel. Monto said amantadine was developed in 1966, but was not approved for use against all Type A viruses Monto said amantad:: down on the multiplies the virus within theW victim, thereby shorten term of the symptoms it by half. “Say you would hast fever for five days," Ik “Amantadine will cut the three days or two days, take only aspirin, thefevtiB woman es back up. With amantai does not.” 1\ United P W YC ^0/gggi The Society for Entrepreneurship and New Ventures welcomes NORMAN BRINKERi former CEO for Steak ^ J^le^ennigan’s and present CEO for Chili ’s Thursday Nov. 17th 301 RODDER at 7*30 p.mu all students and faculty welcome! % AIDS Doctor savs it will test country’s moral fiber state, \ ler moth bids. Savitch’s 11,1 It was : igate C United Press International DALLAS — A member of the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta said Tuesday that the search for a cure to Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is going to test the moral fiber of all Americans. “The intense effort to find a cause and cure for AIDS forces us to deal with the issues of mmm homosexuality and intravenous drug abuse in the United States,” said Dr. James W. 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The first AIDS case was di agnosed in 1979, and Curran said that as of last week, there were 2,687 cases and 1,102 deaths, a stunning mortality rate of 42 percent. He said 72 percent of the vic tims were homosexual or bisex ual men, 17 percent were in travenous drug users, 5 percent were Haitians and the remain der fell in no special category. “Aids has a long incubation period, perhaps as long as two years,” Curran said. ‘‘That means the cases we find two years from now already are programmed. “Aids will be with us for a long time, say until the year 1990. That means medical science must be committed for the long run. Top-notch scientists must be willing to work on this prob lem until at least 1990. “The gay community will have a tough task also, perhaps the toughest because it likely will continue to have over half of the victims. The gay community must not overdramatize the _ need for a quick solutiot Phe 35-yi er and . I at 400 Statistics evaluatedidrownei ien by York I iident, s d road iDelawc e, Pa. 'ischbeir C MSC Insight Into The News Committee has opened its membership to all A&M students Come to Insight Second Discussion “U.S.: Hero or Villian” U.S. Human Rights Role in South America Noon Thursday, Nov. 17 502 Rudder for info call Jill Thrash 260-6372 sponsored by MSC Great Issues & Political Forum CDC, Curran said, all pond with the theory transmissable agent underlying cause of AlH Dr. Selma K. Dritz,din public health services! Francisco, said the eight; Bay Area, as of Mondif 386 cases, and that the lion of the cases foil approximately one year of acceleration in Nt>| City. “Our studies show makes no differencewh( ment begins,” she sail lines on those graphs cross with the mortall That proves the treatm isn’t good enough. “So, we are working K revention,butwecaniiii? es / close down thebaths.jK 10r * a l we can’t close down thek £ e -Th discos, the restauraiK la g w iH bookstores or the buste l Rude the streets * u dent . “If we tried to dot! 1 would have injunctioi Mms: against us the next day! > s P ea k< So we have to use persia ' W1 H e> try to get the bathhouse i rnme nt to inform their customfl! he dangers. “We have to convinu the these people, that just like a lottery, them ets you buy, the more you have to win a prize. CHAMPS What to “serve” for Thanksgiving? How ’Bout... $2988 Wlson Kramer Auto. $24 88 Wilson Kramer Prostaff Wilson Chris Evert $5988 Yamaha 45 $8988 Yamaha 65 $4988 Snauwaert Alum. 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