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Call 775-0223 be tween 10-6pm for an appointment. 98t6 Needed: Dental receptionist-assistant. Will train. TTo I STS 94tl4 I l PERSONALS Page 12AThe Battalion/Thursday, February 16, 1984 Drug may stop eye disease that afflicts many diabetics United Press International WASHINGTON — A new drug undergoing testing at medical centers around the country may prevent eye prob lems which afflict nearly half of the nation’s diabetics, research ers said Wednesday. The drug, called sorbinil, in hibits an enzyme called aldose reductase, which may play a key role in damage caused by diabe tes in the eyes and other areas of the body, the researchers said. Aldose reductase is a key in gredient in the conversion of sugars to a sugar alcohol, sorbi tol, which becomes trapped in cells and is believed to cause eye, kidney and nerve damage in diabetics. “This is clearly the mech anism of diabetic cataracts, and we think it may be the mech anism for diabetic retinopathy. It may be the mechanism for di abetic damage to the nerves and there’s a chance, just a chance, it’s involved in diabetic damage to the kidney,” said Dr. Mat thew Davis, chairman of the study and professor and chair man of the department of op- thalmology at the University of Wisconson. “Even if for some reason the drug didn’t prove useful clini cally, if we demonstrate the mechanism of diabetic retino pathy, we will have proven a great deal.” Diabetic retinopathy is the most common eye problem as sociated with diabetes, affecting 40 percent of the 10 to 11 mil lion American diabetics. The condition, in which blood ves sels of the retina are damaged, causes varying degrees of visual loss, including blindness. Sorbitol has no known role in the body, according to research ers from Ayerst Laboratories, which began clinical trials of its own version of sorbinil about two years ago and has said early results from the trial are en couraging. The latest study will test the Pfizer, Inc., version of the drug. Davis said 50 to 100 volun teers have signed on since re cruiting began this fall, but re searchers hope to enroll 600 to 700 at 12 eye care centers around the country by the end of the year. El Paso community college gets small business resource center United Press International EL PASO — A prototype Small Business Resource Center —pegged as a one-stop service site for struggling entrepre neurs —will be established at El Paso Community College, it was announced Wednesday by an official of the Small Business Administration, James N. Thomson of Wash ington, D.C., associate adminis trator for management assis tance of the SBA, said the center is only one of three being set up throughout the United States. “El Paso was chosen for one of the centers because of the ill effects the Mexican peso deval uations have had on the econ omy,” he said, in an El Paso in terview with UPI. “We were also impressed with the facilites of El Paso Community College and the spirit of cooperation in the business community.” The new center will be fi nanced by a $14,400 grant of the American Association of Community and Junior Col leges and the SBA, Thomson said. “Our target is to help small businesses presently in opera tion,” he said, “and to provide direct counseling and training to those men and women who have the entrepreneual spirit to start their own businesses.” He said SBA field personnel will be assisted in the new center in the development of: compu terized lists of local and regional rivate advisers to assist small usinesses with a system that al lows clients to make an effective selection; one-on-one small business counseling; a compre hensive training program, and information concerning fed eral, state and local regulations. Other centers will be set up in Portland, Ore., and in New York state, Thomson said. The new facility is part of a national plan to provide assis tance to small businesses before they apply for loans, Thomson said. “Sometimes a loan is the last thing a new businessman needs,” he said. “We will be giv ing advice on how to handle overstocked inventory, how to keep overtime down, and book keeping.” El Paso Community college is a member of the National Small Business Training Network of community colleges providing training programs in small busi ness management to more than 100,000 people annually, col lege officials said. The new Small Business Re source Centers will help people contemplating establishing new businesses or buying existing businesses by providing them with expert pre-business start up analysis, technical assistance, financial planning services and conducting appropriate semi nars and conferences. SKI VAIL/Beaver creek call TOLL FREE 1-800- 222-4840 for discounts. 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The National Center for Public Policy Research, 214 Massachusetts Avenue NE, Wash- ington DC 20002. 98t2 United Press International PITTSBURGH — Stormie i ones, a “poor little blonde- icaded girl that got sick” and had the world’s first simulta neous heart and liver trans plants, was alert Wednesday and may breathe without a res pirator within a day. Stormie, 6, of Cumby, Texas, was listed in critical but stable condition in Pittsburgh’s Chil dren’s Hospital following a 16- hour operation that ended Tuesday morning. Her condi tion is normal following trans plant surgery. Stormie suffered from a rare genetic illness that caused an excessive buildup of cholesterol in her blood and her heart was weakened by two double-bypass operations. Doctors said the un- precendented multiple-trans plant was her only hope of sur viving. The surgery, performed by well-known transplant surgeon Dr. Thomas Starzl and Dr. Henry Bahnson, may cost up to $100,000, hospital officials said. “All her vital signs are good,” hospital officials said in a statement. “She is responsive and alert when awake, although she is still sleeping most of the time.” Doctors said Stormie may be able to breathe without a respi rator by Thursday. She is ex pected to be hospitalized for several months. Both donor organs came from Kathryn Rebstock, 4, of Rochester, N.Y., who died Feb. 11 in a traffic accident. Her par ents, Jacqueline and Phil Rebs tock, donated the child’s heart, liver, kidneys and corneas. “She’s not my grandchild yet, but she’s going to be. She really is my heart,” Ruth Millsap, 55, said in a telephone interview from Cumby. Mrs. Millsap is the mother of Donnie Millsap, who is engaged to Stormie’s mother, Lois Jones. “She’s just this poor little blonde-headed girl that got sick,” said Mrs. Millsap. “She is such a happy, bright child. We didn’t think about her being so sick until it was almost too late.” Mrs. Millsap said Mrs. Jones and her son (delayed their wed ding because of Stormie’s sur gery. “We’re all living day to day,” she said. Mrs. Jones came to Pitts burgh Jan. 1 with Stormie and slept on a cot in the girl’s hospi tal room for 44 days. She and Stormie broke the monotony of waiting for a donor by watching cartoons and munching on treats from the hospital snack shop. Stormie’s sister, Misty, 9, who ‘alert’ is staying with a teacher in Cumby, “just prays for her all the time,” Mrs. Millsap said. “She said Cod told her every thing’s going to be OK.” Cumby residents poured out money and heartfelt wishes for Stormie’s recovery. Radio station KEMM near Cumby, which helped raise about $7,000 for Stormie’s sur gery, plans to mail her the cards and letters that are pouring into the station this week. “This isn’t much, but maybe it can help out in a small way to ward Stormie’s recovery,” wrote a grandmother who enclosed a $5 check. “Stormie, keep your chin up, darling,” another letter said. Mrs. Millsap said the family doesn’t know how it will be able to meet the total hospital bill and has been worrying only about Stormie’s problems. FOR SALE ’80 Pontiac Formula AM-FM stereo, full power, new bat tery, brakes and 5 new full tires. 48,000 miles, best of condition. $4750.00. Phone 779-0036 after 6 pm. 98t4 JOBE Professional 65” $175 w/case. 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Claim at MSC Main Desk. 97t5 LOST 1613.94114 Reward Lost Male Springer Spaniel liver and white, 822-2362 9713 PEPPERTREE APTS. 2701 Longmire 693-5731 M-F 9-6 i Sun 1-5 Sat. 10-5 95110 Couple marries in gas station where both are employed United Press International NEDERLAND — Nathan Dickerson’s service station is a full service operation, offering gas, oil, tuneups,. car washes and weddings —well, one wed- ding. Cashier Katrina Haines, 18, and mechanic James Ogden, 26, both of Nederland, were married Tuesday between the gas pumps and beneath the service station canopy. Many of the 100 guests had received their invitations along with their monthly bills, Dicker- son said, and watched the cere mony from their cars. Mechanic Clark Brock, 64, of Nederland, a lay preacher, co officiated at the ceremony with his pastor, the Rev. John Barry of Memorial Christian Church in the southeast Texas town. “We’re a big happy family,” Dickerson said. “I work for them. They don’t work for me.” He said Ogden had worked for him several months and met his bride at the station, where she also worked. “I asked him, ‘James, when are you and Katrina getting married?” Dickerson said. “He said, ‘Valentine’s Day, and I asked, ‘Where?,’ and he said, ‘Right out there between those gas pumps.’ So that’s what we did.” A local country and western band provided entertainment and the Beaumont Coca-Cola Bottling Co. provided drinks. “It was a very dignified cere mony. They are a very Chris tian couple,” Dickerson said. The couple took Ogden’s regular day off for a honey moon, but they planned to be back at work on Thursday, Dickerson said. MSC RECREATION 4^ PRESENTS: "% SCHULMAN THEATRES OFF ADULT TICKETS < | 1«tSHOWSAT.-SUN. STUDENT DISC. MON -WED. $9 C. WITH I.D. ACU-I QUALIFYING SCHULMAN 6 2002 E. 29th 775-2463 775-2468 RACQUETBALL 7:20 9:45 RECKLESS 7:30 9:50 SURF II TOURNAMENT 7:30 9:35 ' SLEEPAWAY CAMP U FEB. 17 & 18 $1.00 7:35 9:55 UNCOMMON VALOR 7:15 9:40 THE BIG CHILL 7?259U4^ RISKY BUSINESS MUST PRE-REGISTER BY FEB. 15 IN MSC 216 Jody NO LATE REGISTRATION WILL BE ACCEPTED MANOR EAST III Manor East Mall 823-8300 MATCH TIMES DETERMINED BY NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS REGISTERED 7:25 LONELY GUY 7:20 9:40 NEVER CRY WOLF CONDUCTED BY TAMU RACQUETBALL CLUB FOR MORE INFORMATION CALL 845-1515 7:15 9:35 ANGEL What’s up THURSDAY AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS CLUB: A general meeting will be held at 7 p.m. in 112 O&M Building. For more information, contact LaNell Chumney ai 846- 7102. BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: Mark Riley will be pre senting a ‘Communication in Relationship’ seminar at/ p.m. in the BSU (behind Loupot’s). For more intorma- lion, contact Annette Peterson at 764-7207. < < p.m. oper's amt Lybrand the Ramada Inn. Business attire is BETA APLHA PSI: A professional meeting with rep resentatives from Coofjer’s and Lybrand in Houston will be held at 7 requested. CLASS OF ’85: The class picture will be taken in the MSC Lounge at 8:30 p.m. Call Anne Dixon at 260-0710. HILLEL: Rabbi Peter Tarlow will he at All Faith's Chapel from 10 a.in. to noon for counseling. Contact Jean ai 696-7313 for more information. KANM: KANM will be playing music and distributing programs from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. near Rudder Fountain. MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: Watership Down’ will be shown at 7:30 and 9:45 p.m. in 701 Rudder Tower. Tickets are $ 1. METHODIST STUDENT MOVEMENT: A lunch and Bible study will be held at noon in the Wesley Founda tion (behind Pizza Hut). Bring lunch or $1 for sand wiches. For more information, call 846-4701. SOCIETY OF WOMEN ENGINEERS: A general meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m. in 105B Zachry. SPIRIT AWARDS APPLICATIONS: Applications are available in five locations: the Former Students lobby, 110 YMCA, the Student Activities Office, the Student Government Office, and in the MSC. These applications are due Feb. 29. STUDENT ENGINEER’S COUNCIL: Students can visit with representatives from their favorite industn from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 1:30-5 p.m. in 224 of the MSC. TAMU COLLEGE REPUBLICANS: A meeting will be held in 201 of the MSC. Joe Barton, candidate for the sixth Congressional District, will speak. Contact Douglas Jones at 696-9763 for the lime. TAMU THEATRE ARTS: ‘Death Takes A Holiday’will he performed in Rudder Forum through Saturday. For more information, contact Carel at 845*2621. TAU KAPPA JUNIOR HONOR SOCIETY: An in formation session will be held at 7 p.m. in 601 Rudder Tower. Applications for membership are availableatthis meeting. For more information, contact Perry Lewis at 260-6984 or Melanie McMurray at 260-0650. UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL: A Bible study to discuss the Book of Revelations will be held at 7 p.m, in the Chapel. Another Bible study to discuss GenesisII- III will be held at 9 p.m. For more information, contact Pastor Hubert Beck. vide re ence ( ristmas ts Tn ight M the 1983-1 Revolutionary film technique debuts n United SARAJI 'it the fi United fade be United Press International DALLAS — Movie director Douglas Trumbull, who helped inaugurate the new age of spe cial effects in “2001: A Space Odyssey” nearly 20 years ago, has come up with another revo lution in the Showscan process that debuted Thursday in four test cities around the country. For the next 60 to 90 days, customers at ShowBiz Pizza Place restaurants in Dallas; Springfield, Mo.; Huntsville, Ala., and Fairfax, Va., can see a 22-minute movie that shows off the dizzyingly realistic results of running specially photo graphed 70 mm film at more than twice the usual speed — 60 frames per second instead of 24. Trumbull is marketing the technique in association with Bob Brock, owner of the 200- restaurant family pizza parlor chain. Reaction to the test screenings will determine whether Showscan becomes the next can’t-do-without technique for moviemakers or if it goes the bumpy route of 3-D. Moviegoers got a glimpse of what the Showscan process can mean last fall in “Brainstorm,” which Trumbull fought to see released after its star, Natalie Wood, died more than two years ago just before filming was concluded. In that movie’s “mind experi ence” sequences, the hero played by Christopher Walken was able to feel the experiences recorded by another man, such as riding a roller coaster or hav ing sex with a young woman. While the rest of the movie was standard 35 mm, each of those scenes had a breath-taking rea lism beyond what regular 70 phase, In Rosa] i> the lea n in d ., Jg and c mm film can provide, an* sense of depth that was "mcon H; sophisticated than 3-D. a p t u r Some who have seen the lampions C rocess say the main differfW ni pi cs etween Showscan and Htolhurst that while the latter see® jump out at you, the Show image seems to open upani vite the viewer in. Showscan is being showftition We in “New Magic,” a 22-n:i:p;ot sinct movie Trumbull made fotfcins gav der $2 million. It stars pher Lee and Gerrit Graliarjs an Ame “New Magic” takes a hafft The theater projectionist throufot year w; whirlwind of experiences he foolishly tampers witha gician’s “illusion console." The plot is reminiscent Disney’s “Sorcerer’s lice” sequence in “Fantasia plot was really the least Trumbull’s concerns. What calls the “incredible ilk reality” was paramount. Trumbull was a 23-yeat special effects whiz kid hd when he joined the Odyssey” team that set the dard that still rules the indt On his own, he carried effects even farther with Encounters of the Third fc and “Blade Runner.” ’future plane c people, U.S. fi| since ning an been a went g ‘In He said Showscan arose 1 his feeling that it was another revolution in ing technique. “One of the rules thai body breaks in the is the frame rate rule,” he ! “Everybody assumed d 1 -' frames per second is the you make movies. So we' series of tests trying d" frames rates up to 96 per second. j If you’re lo Sfaste, try o J9reat flavo ( SAVOR THICK! PL.ITT THEATRES Is! 30 minutes or me 1st feature of the day Saturday & Sunday. Senior Citizens (65 & over) Anytime. Students all day Friday All Seats Tuesday POST OAK MALL CINEMAS 7:45 10:00 ‘STAR 80” <R) 7:3D 9:30 “UNFAITHFULLY YOURS’’ (pqi 7:15 9:15 STRANGE INVADERS” <R CINEMA 3 315 COLLEGE NORTH 846-6714 7:00 9:45 “TERMS OF ENDEARMENT” (PQ) 7:20 9:50 ‘SILKWOOD’ J5L 7:15 9:45 ‘DANIEL” <n> FREE! “Sixty frames per seems to be the upper d’ 1 old. We think it has todo_ ^ p i22a<)n( the speed at which the re^ the eye can receive and tn 1 ‘ Plria v for Free information to the brait think the 60 frames pen* rate approximates the speed at which the eyenojj senses reality itself, thusj credible illusion of reali 1 ' Showscan provides,” ^ said. Sent this coupi * v alid with ani nation: 3/31 Trumbull and Brock* ling, Kan., native who Brock Hotel Corp., sayth 1 pect to have the special!' 100-seat Showscan thea lf stalled in 150 Showbiz/ rants nationwide by the reaction is favorable. Initially prices will be; children and $2 for ad* , weekdays, and $2 ford 1 ' mv_ rv and $3 for adults on wee' * fn undi *6.61 <