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TuesdaypJanuary 17, 1984/The Battalion/Page 9 Ef. Prenatal care advocated Arraignment, bond set i United Press International B “Babies need not be born sick,” says Dr. Mary J. Hughes, • who is crusading on behalf of a 250,000 infants born sick and 9 deformed annually in the Un sited States. 1 No new drugs or therapies ; are needed to bring Dr. Hughes’ ndream — well babies for all — to brealization, she said. ", “We’re not talking about re search down the road, but about things we know that need to be ■ applied to save babies.” A well-informed, well- zmotivated mother is the first -istep in Dr. Hughes’ campaign. -’That starts with every baby being planned, she said. She _does not believe in “babies by ■ chance.” Dr. Hughes is vice president and director of public health education for the March of Dimes Birth Defects Founda tion, a voluntary health agency f whose cause last year was sup ported by more than $80 million K in contributions. “Having a baby is not a patho- Hi f ?, !ogical thing,” Dr. Hughes said. ““It is a physiological event meant > come out well and not sick. ’ “If we could encourage ^women to better take care of °their own health and that of in Di londi DWI : Dat rneji thew etecra end® ns an slept wouli by 81 office h bti! Parle continued from page 1 Brown said it will take several redid n such steps, and that during the ^next legislative session, MADD will be back lobbying for still tougher laws. The new laws, Brown said, have only brought Texas to a , level where it should have been at in 1970. Texas is one of six v states where it is legal to drink 2 and drive, and one of a few -where the legal drinking age is under 21, he said, j, The drinking age and the L ,allowance of open containers in pears also were debated in the leg- •a Wpslature but no changes in the ed.lfi present laws were passed. t However, Brown has faith .that the new laws will be en forced. “Another reason they will be enforced is that we i(MADD) will be watching,” he trial li i , _. , .. Local attorney Tyler Moore says the laws will result in more DWI cases going to trial with 'fewer people trying to receive 'probation. The major topics of the new laws are: • The definition of intoxica tion was changed from a pre sumption of intoxication to per se intoxication for a blood alco hol concentration of. 10 or grea ter. Previously, if a defendant’s ,blood alcohol concentration was 3 .10, it was up to the jury to de cide whether he was intoxicated. • Deferred adjudication is no longer applicable to persons charged with DWI or DWI in- !y, voluntary manslaugter. ltn ™ • Refusal to take an intoxilyz- er or blood or breath specimen to determine alcohol concentra tion will result in a mandatory 90 day suspension of offender’s her tl* driver’s license. The refusal is Admissible in later criminal ac tion against the offender. • Punishment for a first bffense is a $100 to $2,000 fine imd 72 hours to two years in jail. second offense is punishable vith a $300 to $2,000 fine and 15 days to two years in jail. Third find following offenses are pun- shable with a $500 to $2,000 jfine and 30 days to two years in he county jail or 60 days to five ’ears in the state penitentiary. • If serious bodily injury is | aused by DWI, the minimum ail term is increased by 60 days md the minimum and max- mum fines by $500. • Even if the punishment is irobated, ajail term is required or all but first offenders. For a econd offense the term is 72 lours in jail. After the second iffense the term is 10 days in jail. The term for a DWI involving erious bodily injury is 30 days in iil, and for a DWI involuntary nanslaughter it is 120 days in »il. • Counties with a population f 25,000 or more are required o purchase videotape equip- rent to record DWI arrestees, he tapes are admissible in ourt as evidence. Failure to ideo record an individual also is dmissible at trial. •A district attorney is allowed o petition for forfeiture of a «hicle from a person who re- eived a DWI while on proba- ion for DWI involuntary man- laughter, or from a person who ets a fourth DWI related iffense. •e d. own i led lystf • A three year insurance pre- lium surcharge may be asses- :d against DWI offenders. An iditional three year surcharge lay be assessed upon each sub- uent conviction. their unborn babies we would significantly reduce the number of sick babies born in our country. “We’re not talking about re search findings to come, but ab out what is possible right here and now from what we know. The health educator said said fewer sick babies would be born if mothers-to-be would also: • Get into care the minute they know they are pregnant. • Stop over-the-counter drugs, smoking and drinking. • Join an exercise program. • Sign-up for childbirth educa tion classes. Dr. Hughes said women who need assistance following the advice should contact the local March of Dimes for information about the location of childbirth and exercise programs in their communities. “It’s a trend, a trend sup- ported by the Foundation, that hospitals now are expanding ex ercise and childbirth classes along with prenatal clinics,” she said. “When you think of the ex pansion of medical science rela tive to the unborn baby, it is fan tastic. We can look at the baby in the womb. We can monitor the fetus. We can perform surgery on babies in the womb. It blows your mind.” Some causes of birth defects, cited by Dr. Hughes and the Foundation include: • A child may be born with defects because of a virus infec tion of the mbther during pre gnancy. Rubella is an example, and immunization is the way to prevent such defects. • Birth defects may be caused by a mother’s exposure during pre gnancy to excessive amounts of alcohol, lead or drugs. Smoking also is a known hazard. • Defects may be due to a disease of the mother-to-be. Diabetic mothers-to-be require special monitoring throughout pre gnancy to help assure the birth of a well child. • A baby may inherit abnormal genes or chromosomes from either parent and be born with heart, brain, kidney, blood or metabolic abnormalities. Genetic services now are available at more than 100 cen ters in the United States, estab lished in most cases with start-up support from the March of Dimes. The services include a wide range of specialized di agnostic procedures, as well as the expertise to translate find ings into a basis for informed decisions by prospective parents and individuals at risk for birth defects. United Press International BROWNSVILLE — Three men were arraigned Monday on charges that they beat and rob bed a member of the Marshall Tucker Band’s road crew on the beach at South Padre Island. Clyde Wilson of Key Bis- cayne, Fla., who said he was in town with the band to record an album, told police he was beaten, robbed of $ 186 and left bleeding from the mouth at Andy Bowie Park last Saturday evening. Michael Dane Tanner, 21, Lee Boone, 22 and William Wayne Witt, 22, all of Harling en, were brought Monday be fore Justice of the Peace Alex Perez who set bond at $7,500 each. Wilson told officers he met the trio in Harlingen and was going to hire them to work with the country rock band. The three men drove Wilson to the island at about 5 p.m. Saturday, he told investigators. “Wilson said that during the drive, the three men started asking for their pay in advance for a job that was to be done today,” Cameron County sher iff’s investigator Ronald K. Saenz reported. 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