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Page 6/The Battalion/Wednesday, Februaiy 1, 1984 Studio di Cappelli Welcome Back Aggies! Bubonic plague found in rabbit Come by the salon and get a 10% Discount with a TAMU I.D. For a totally new hair experience, our stylists specialize in new wave and clipper cuts, perms, sculptured nails and tips, also curls and relaxers, cellophane and colors, facials and make-up, and pedicures and razor cuts. We use Don Sulli van products which are available for retail. No appointment necessary. 3801 S. Texas Ave. Bryan 846-CUTS Open Mon.-Sat. 8:30 a.m.-8:00 p.m. CJpen non.-Sat. 8:30 United Press International KERMIT — Fleas on a rabbit gave a 46-year-old hunter bubo nic plague, West Texas health officials said Tuesday as they urged oil field workers to avoid wildlife. “The chances of being in fected are really pretty low,” said Dr. William Rosser, a state Health Department veterina rian in Lubbock. “Every once in a while there are flare ups,” of the plague in a certain area. Rosser said Texas Railroad Commission officials told oil companies to warn their work ers in the Kermit area. He said this was the third case he knew about in West Texas since 1980. Winkler County Health Officer Dr. William Timmons said the hunter was treated at the Winkler County Memorial Hospital for about a week before he was released. “He had skinned a good num ber of rabbits. He probably pick ed it up from a flea that was on the rabbit,” Timmons said, adding the man had gotten treatment fast enough so that he did not become contagious. The man had a hunting com panion who was tested, but did not have the disease, said a spokeswoman for the city- county health department in Midland. Rosser said rabbit meat taken from the hunter’s freezer showed bubonic contamination. He said animals other than rab bits also might carry the disease. Timmons said in the past the plague usually was fatal because it was rare and not treated cor rectly, but he said the disease was easy to treat if victims sought medical help soon enough. Timmons said people get the disease by being bitten by fleas carrying it, which are often found on rats or prairie dogs. Until the 1980s bubonic plague had not been experienced in Texas since the 1920s. Texas counties near New Mexico are considered vulner able because about 50 percent of the U.S. plague cases are re ported in New Mexico, Rosser said. In 1981 a rancher died of the plague in an El Paso hospital af ter skinning a bobcat. Timmons said an Odessa youth also died of the disease about two years ago after skinning a rabbit. Fever and chills are the first signs of the plague with swelling in the groin or under the arm, he said, adding it usually takes up to seven days between the time a person is bitten by a flea carrying it and the time signs appear. Faculty handbook Rc revised, updated inx By DAINAH BULLARD Reporter An updated version of the Texas A&M University Facul ty and Staff Handbook featur ing a new format is now avail able. The handbook is published by Educational Information Services, and this is the first revision since 1977. “The information in the handbook is based on our per ception of the types of ques tions that come up most often,” said Mary Helen Bow ers, director of Educational Information Services. The handbook has been published every year or two in the past, Bowers said, but this revision was delayed because of impending changes. The faculty senate was in the works, and tenure policies were being redefined, she said. Since the 1977 publication, major changes in T exas A&M policies have been distributed to the faculty and staff through news releases and official channels, Bowers said. The new handbook contains all of these changes, plus in formation from the Policies and Procedures Manual, but it is condensed and easy to read, she said. Thomas A. Emmet, special assistant to the president of Regis College in Denver, was a consultant on the project. He worked with a committee from Texas A&M in May 1982 and developed the handku' format. “In the long run, weft that this format will be ®f economical,” Bowers sit “Changes can be madeil printing new sheets'and t placing the old ones."Ij| handbook is printed on life leaf pages held togetherk ring binder. 'T he handbook is divfe into seven sections. Botn said the most importantF those dealing with Univerei;; administration, employm® conditions and regulatiotti “All of the information! the handbook is available other locations,” Bowers “but I don’t know of am source where all of the infc mation is together.” United i JUARI bet s of M their in radioacth border cit closure Ti al warehc cause of r \ Dr. J u; federal he did not ki the radial the conta the ware! most mod in Juarez, Baby born by Caesarea as mother dies of burns Hosp using rad yestigatot radioacti hospital i United Press International ARLINGTON — A day-old girl, delivered by Caesarean sec tion as her mother was dying from burns, was in critical condi tion Tuesday with complications from a lack of oxygen, hospital officials said. The baby, who has not yet been named, was born Monday to Brenda Smith, 24, who was eight months pregnant. Smith died a few hours later in Par Memorial Hospital in nearby Dallas of third-degree burns she suffered Monday morning in a fire at her apart ment. The blaze also killed her 4- year-old son Bryan and injured DOUGLAS JEWELRY 15% STUDENT DISCOUNT WITH CURRENT A&M ID (REPAIRS HOT IfICLUDED) Keepsake Registered Diamond Rings PULSAR SEIKO, BULOVA & CROTON WATCHES AGGIE JEWELRY USE YOUR STUDENT DISCOUNT TO PURCHASE A DIAMOND FOR YOUR CLASS RING (AND LET US SET IT EOR YOU) 212 M. Main Downtown Bryan 822-3119 MC VISA AND Culpepper Plaza College Station 693-0677 DINNERS CLUB AM EXPRESS LAYAWAYS INVITED ifc Help Elect an Aggie to Congress!! Republican Joe Barton Class of '72 Needs Your Help! • One of 3 A&M graduates and first Texan chosen by President Reagan to serve as a White House fellow. • Conservative Republican dedicated to serving the Sixth District with energy and enthusiasm. • Strong supporter of President Reagan and Phil Gramm. Join Aggies for Barton -1st Organizational Meeting- Thursday, Feb. 2 7:00 p.m. Rm. 404 Rudder her husband and another daughter. The infant girl, who was taken after birth to John Peter Smith Hospital in Fort Worth, was suffering from "hypoxic en cephalopathy,” hospital spokes woman Sally Blaydes said. “It is a condition related to a lack of oxygen,” she said. "We suspect that condition occurred because the mother had smoke inhalation which probably pre vented oxygen from going into the bloodstream. The baby is breathing by herself but we are observing her condition very closely. She is in critical condi tion.” Blaydes said the fact the baby was breathing by herself was a good sign. Rescuers at the fire scene in 1 United .ON DC Arlington kept Smith alius enough for doctors tod her baby by Caesareans Arlington Memorial Hoi 1 >< m i (ii s (i edited lirefaaational pi and ambulance workers iccoimt VV saving the infant’s life, aolitical pi Fire officials said the Union’s la rnent was engulfed in flai nnare of ab the time they arrived.TIk .hose whe cause was not known, soviet syst Fire spokesman Dii McMullan said the huslawThe let Vernon Smith, carried 1 ‘special re old Darla out of thebuildir, .he edge o Mrs. Smith wentter Bryaiconfined i McMullan said then subsisting apparently became disor and putri in the smoke-filled apar forced to v and did not come out. Shroutine in her son were found besidew'" * dow in one of the bedt-M; / \ nine , McMullan said. Nobel Pe; Business airliner to flv to Houston man righ United Press International Dairy introe comf ST. LOUIS — Air 1, an air liner which caters to the business traveler, said Tuesday it will in augurate service to Houston and Los Angeles this spring. Mark G. Morris, president of Air 1, said the all first-class car rier will operate flights on a non stop basis to and from St. Louis, with connections to other air lines and some of the other cities served by Air 1. Air 1, which began flying on Aprl 1, 1983, now serves New York’s Newark Washington, D.C., Dallat: Worth and Kansas City,I ROSEN Morris said the add: bcmal Dai routes will extend thean$ uce 9 a ( service from coast to coas: S et kids ti | The tl “We will start our s«r program Houston on March 15and high schc Angeles on April 1, on: seven to i anniversary,” said Morris : UCounc competitive reasons, »fsays the withholding details of oursiComputer dule fares and choice of airaBh optk until a later date.” It uses ask nutrii PoIice report Thefts: • One barricade and five con struction “flasher” lights were reported stolen from Spence Street on the Texas A&M Uni versity campus yesterday. The equipment belongs to Drew Wood Inc. University Police are investigating the case. categoric: and sport The p jointly by Dairy Coi • A Cain Hall resident re ported someone entered his un locked room between 6:30 and 10 Monday night and i" Ce Cente gold Seiko wrist watch fronibased ND desk. University Police ar:Apple II vestigating the case. other syst • A female student’s ^software, was reported stolen froniakpt pack left in the Academic to, ing between 9 a.m. andlf| Monday. The wallet conti her credit cards, driver’slkl University I.D. andchecksl versity Police are investifj the case. Serving Luncheon Buffet Sandwich and Soup Bar Mezzanine Floor Sunday through Friday 11 a.m. to i :30 p.m. Delicious Food Beautiful View Open to the Public Y “Quality First” Meet Joe and become involved in his congressional campaign! F F 3.. k