Image provided by: Texas A&M University
About The Battalion. (College Station, Tex.) 1893-current | View Entire Issue (Dec. 1, 1983)
1 Thursday, December 1, 1983/The Battalion/Page 9 Health aid for poor called insufficient isexpum t in avail loi niottt -i," he a lo “goii nventcn' 110.7 mi ial were m United Press International TYLER — A governor’s task force heard that pregnant women loo poor for private care get no prenatal treatment from the Tyler-Smilh County Health Department, which sends them more than 200 miles away to Galveston when they go into I'estodpi labor lied hart QfVore uld tale ranchers, Duld bn I that as 1* lire Secrtt e to Bents i(Comni« las an in t little ovti if corn tli de or lot The Governor’s Task Force on Indigent Health Care took five hours of testimony from 27 fitnesses Tuesday in one of sev eral public hearings planned cross the state in the coming year. | “For a long time we’ve had wealthy cities and counties that tvould absorb most of the cost of indigent health care,” panel tiertiber Jim Spearly said. “But because of unemployment and bther changes in the state’s eco- _ nomy over the past five years, they can no longer absorb it.” The slate has no definition of indigence, but Mary Lobaugh, a nurse with Tyler-Smilh County Health Department, said a fami ly of five with an income of $237 a week is considered too wealthy to receive indigent medical care. Several obstetrics nurses said there are parts of East Texas where pregnant women go with out prenatal care because of poverty. They said that when such pa tients go into labor, they are sent to the nearest public hospital with obstetric service for indi- gents, John Sealy Hospital in Galveston. George Pearson, president of the East Texas Hospital Found ation and administrator of the Medical Center Hospital in Tyl- d Block In he Augw s llie onti len," he 'S NAACP fights redistrict plan cd. e year. I ii pushei meanin increax util Sew United Press International l| AUSTIN — There is no in centive for blacks in Dallas Coutily to be politically active • under Texas’ new congressional ^districting plan, the president of the Dallas chapter of the NAACP testified Wednesday. I “Most people feel we just idon’t have a chance,” said Theo dore T. Watkins, a Dallas ■counlant who testified on be half of a challenge to the remap- Bng plan. I A three-judge federal panel Bgan hearing testimony in the i said it ijjwsuit filed by the slate Repub- directh |i* (:an Party and the NAACP. new piiBhey contend the plan unfairly began protects two Dallas-area con- I the chair Bessmen and dilutes minority tales voting power. .me d™ Pj an ’ passed by the m $jjoii;Bexas Legislature and approved S8ti5t)f|by the Justice Department this in, i ;w1y ear ’ was opposed by Republi cans who wanted not only a Binority district but also a new “edominantly GOP district in lias County. GOP and NAACP forces favor a plan to turn the 5th Dis- n trict, represented by Democrat John W. Bryant, into a heavily Republican district, and make . the 24th District, represented by I Democrat Martin Frost, pre- m dominantly black. I However, Watkins conceded that the national office of the -WlACCP in Washington had Ijgiven Frost and Bryant a 100 •percent rating on votes concern- urters!«■ , . .. ° . ing the civil rights issue. But Watkins said the new Ian makes it nearly impossible wra minority to be elected to Congress from Dallas County ol > ‘ ! .because white voters pp j 1 County rarely support [gone neni.Ii®l Dallas m a minor ity candidate. 3i ty voters vote along racial lines. He cited the case of state Sen. Oscar Mauzy, D-Dallas, a white who won election in a Senate dis trict that is 65 percent minority. The battle over the redraw ing of Texas’ 27 congressional districts begin in 1980 when the Legislature approved the GOP plan. It later was rejected by a federal court, which redrew the lines along traditional bound aries. er, said that in 1982, Medical Center provided almost $1 mil lion in charity care and faced an additional $1.1 million or more in bad debts. He said that during 1983, combined charity care and bad debts have increased to more than $2.4 million. Rep. Jesse Oliver, D-Dallas, who moderated the hearing Tuesday, said that because Medicaid provides health care funds to so few, some method of providing health care for a lar ger percentage of the popula tion must be found. “(The problem),” Oliver said, “is very complicated in Texas be cause we have so many counties and we have a county-based, rather than a state-based, system.” SEEING IS BELIEVING SO WHY NOT SEE BETTER WITHOUT THE AID OF CLASSES TO DO THIS, CAUL DR. C. UETUR AT What’s up THURSDAY MSG VARIETY SHOW Applications are available in 216 Memorial Student Center and are due Feb. 3. Auditions will be held Feb, 21*23. STUDENT Y FISH CAMP:Applications for chairman, sub- cliairman and recreation coordinator are available until Dec. 8 on second floor Pavilion from Janie Metzer. Applications are due by 5 pan. on Dec. 8. DEFENSIVE DRIVING COURSE:Canuses will be offered Friday from 6 pan. to 10 pan. and Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Ramada Inn. Pre-register by phone: 693-8178 or 846-1904. There is a $20 fee for the course. STUDENT Y ASSOCIATIONtChristmas giftwrapping is available in 211 Pavilion through Dec. 9 fr om 9 a,in. to 4 pan. Please br ing your own boxes for the gifts you want wrapped. BAPTIST STUDENT UNlONiThe Tim Sheppard conceit is lege Station. Tickets Union. CO-OP STUDENT ASSOCIATION :The pizza party at Pas ta’s is Dec. 6 at 6 p.m. All former, present and future co-op students are invited to attend. at 8 are PRE-LAW SOGIETY:AIl members are invited to the Christmas party on Dec. 2 from 9 p.m. to midnight at the Plantation Oaks Apartments party room. For more information, call 260-0638. METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT :The luncheon and Old Testament Bible study is at 12:30 p.m. at the Texas A&M Wesley Foundation. Bring $1 or a lunch. INSIGHT:Meet at 12:15 p.m. in 502 Rudder Tower for a stu- dem/faculty discussion about computers and our privacy: “Is Big Brother Watching You in 1984?“ MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE:“The Seven-Percent Solution: A Fascinating Sherlock Holmes Mystery” will show at 7:30 p.m. and 9:45 p.m. in 701 Rudder Tower. Tickets are $1. MOTORCYCLE CLUB:Meet at 5 tonight for a road trip to Madisonville for dinner. GUATEMALAN STUDENT ASSOCIATION:Meet at 7 p.m. in 504 Rudder Tower For the monthly meeting and movie. TEXAS TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE :Meet at 7 p.m. in 503 Blocker Building for a seminar on career opportunities in tire transportation Field. The guest speakers will be Ned Walton, Matey Wilson and Donald Woods. THURSDAY NIGHT IS LADIES NIGHT OPEN BAR 7-9 p.m. No cover for ladies before 9:00 p.m. $200.00 GOES TO THE BEST MALE BODY IN COLLEGE STATION Call 696-2818 - for more info • First You Missed HTixons Resignation Speech • Then You Missed the Space Shuttle Tauneh • You Even Missed the US Festival Now-Domr mss this n 1 con [ e ® "1 think it purposely diluted U " 1 1 the minority voting strength,” f , 1, ‘ al , 1 ' he said. “I really think it’s a di- us, " vide-and-conquer-type situa- enii^ B n .. ie Maro-4 yy al j c j ns predicted the redis- g. M”' 1 tricting plan will make it difficult •v imtfl • to register black voters and to get g ) cal them to the polls. it isinnifV ioiiamlu “There is no incentive for us to get the first-time voter to the Its,” he said. But Assistant Attorney Cen tal Dave Richards argued there is no evidence that Dallas Coun- Houstonian could be pardoned United Press International 1 AUSTIN —The Texas Board of Pardons and Paroles asked the governor Wednesday to /rV, 'grant a full pardon to a Houston man who served more than four years in prison for a crime he did / j not commit. / I Johnny Binder, 29, was con- ivicted in August 1979 of stealing $400,000 worth of valuables 1 from a Houston jewelry store. He maintained he was innocent t and was charged with the crime ionly because he drove a yellow Cadillac similar to one used by the robbers. Binder was ordered freed from prison earlier this month by a state district judge in Hous ton when a Califoria prison in mate who participated in the jewelry heist said Binder was not involved in the crime. Under the Texas Constitu tion, the Board of Pardons and Paroles must recommend a par don before it can be granted by the governor. A board spokes man said the pardon recom mendation should reach Gov. 1 Mark White’s desk by the end of the week. PAUL McCartney PIPES OF PEACE including: Say Say Say and The Man (Duets with Michael Jackson) So Bad “AtBCM” OR “CASSETTE" QUIET RIOT METAL HEALTH including: Metal Health/Cum On Feel The Noize Don’t Wanna Let You Go Slick Black Cadillac/Let's Get Crazy EACH CBS (PLUS MORE) SALE THREE BIG I»AYS«! EARTH, WIND & FIRE ELECTRIC UNIVERSE including: Magnetic/Touch / Moonwalk ElectricNation/Spirit Of A New World Thurs. 1 Fri. 2 Sat. 3 FREE SHINER BOCK BEER FRIDAY earth, wind & FIRE electbic universe 0ZZY OSBOURNE BARK AT THE MOON including: Bark At The Moon/So Tired Rock 'N' Roll Rebel/You're No Different BOB DYLAN INFIDELS including: I And l/Jokerman/Sweetheart Like You Neighborhood Bully Don’t Fall Apart On Me Tonight AQAM ANT STRIP including: Strip/Puss ’N Boots/Playboy Baby, Let Me Scream At You/Libertine EDDIE MONEY WHERE’S THE PARTY? including: Maybe Tomorrow Bad Girls Club Michelle The Big Crash Don’t Let Go A % fAUS/C EXGBE55 Give the gift of music. OPEN 10-10 725-B UNIVERSITY DRIVE “Behind Skaggs & McDonalds” 846-1741 Give the rift of music.