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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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,
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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
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effects even farther with
Encounters of the Third fc
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his feeling that it was
another revolution in
ing technique.
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body breaks in the
is the frame rate rule,” he !
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frames per second is the
you make movies. So we'
series of tests trying d"
frames rates up to 96
per second.
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speed at which the eyenojj
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100-seat Showscan thea lf
stalled in 150 Showbiz/
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