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For more information, contact Steve Leung at 2(50-2150 or Michelle Davis at (>93-3313 Aggieland ’85 class pictures taken now Freshmen and sophomores can have their class pictures taken now at the Pavilion from 8:30 p.m. to noon and 1 p.m, to 4:30 p.m. Junior, seniors and graduate students can avoid long lines by having their pictures taken now at the Yearbook Associates office at South Kyle, behind Culpepper Plaza. Don’t delay getting your picture taken. Class of ‘86 picnic tickets on sale now The Class of ‘86 is sponsoring a “Buns Bonanza” picnic from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at Bee Creek Park. There will be hotdogs, vol leyball and softball. Pickets are on sale in 216 MSC for $3.50. New techniques detect cancer United Press International SAN FRANCISCO — In a step to ward stopping cancer in its deadly tracks,, two researchers Thursday re ported developing advanced tech niques for early detection of lung and bladder malignancies. “New technology has allowed us to develop systems that in the next five years will revolutionize cancer detection, which now is limited to only what we can see,” said Dr. George Hemstreet, director of the bladder cancer research team. “Our results have exciting impli cations since the sooner the detec tion of the disease, the better the pa tient’s long-term survival,” said Dr. Lawrence Markovitz, who helped develop the lung cancer test. Hemstreet, of the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center College of Medicine, and Markovitz, of Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York City, reported their findings at the 70th annual clinical congress of the American College of Surgeons. The bladder cancer detection method may be in use by January, 1986, while the detection method for lung cancer may be available in several years if further tests confirm the preliminary findings, the scien tists said. With current methods, lung can cer — the nation’s No. 1 cancer killer, which claims 73,000 Ameri cans each year — is usually first de tected when the disease is so ad vanced the patient begins exhibiting symptoms or the malignant mass shows up on X-rays, cbout five or six years after the onset of the disease. The new sophisticated blood test was shown in a study of 20 patients to be sensitive enough to reveal the presence of only a few infected cells. “That’s an incredible im provement,” Markovitz said in an in terview. “Indications are the tech nique can detect lung cancer at such an early stage, a cure may be possible through surgery or radiation or some other therapy.” Of the one in 10,000 Americans stricken with bladder cancer each year, 60 percent are first diagnosed when the disease has progressed to the point it will kill half of them within five years of detection. “Current methods of detecting bladder cancer, which are 10 per cent to 50 percent effective, are so useless, most doctors don’t even bother with the test,” Hemstreet said. In three studies, the new urine test was shown to be 90 percent ef fective in detecting bladder tumors, even at early stages. Main lender freezes Syntech account 1 United Press International I DALLAS — A grand jury investi gation of a telecommunications com pany raided by police on Monday is scheduled to begin next week, the company reported Thursday. Police ®ed 110 computer terminals from Syhtech International Inc. claiming the machines were gambling devices. | And in a related development, the company’s primary banker-lender Hrsday announced it would tem porarily freeze about $1.3 billion of the company’s funds. Pierce Allman, a spokesman hired by the company, would not name the lending agency involved, but he said negotiations between agency offi cials and Syntech were going on. Allman said Syntech, a high-tech company that develops and man ufactures telecommunications equip ment, would not say how long the funds might be tied up. “Any business faced with a situa tion like this is going to experience some sort of liquidity problem, so I’m sure it requires replanning and readjustment,” Allman said. He said that there would be no layoffs. The Dow Jones New Service, a fi nancial reporting service, Thursday said the unidentified lending agency was freezing about $1.3 billion of Syntech’s funds after the Monday raid. “The company said it believes its revenues from other activities will be' sufficient to maintain present opera tions,” the service reported. Police Monday seized 110 com puter terminals from Syntech prop erty, claiming the company was vio lating state law which bans the possession of gambling devices. The company claimed the termi nals, which were part of a shipment bound for the New York State Lot tery, could be used “for dispensing other items such as airline tickets and money orders.” ve coordiffl lilosophicali • denied tlffli by firing Ita / Berry, ill coach, 14 thing,'’ Mm d of tne Wl ■vrong mors: lent, you ith coach bi' >n his four-ffl d $750,000 Jackson speaks for Democrats i’t feel iti® 5 )lace,buttw< xd by to * el no ill "'iH 1 ' io are 5- _ against the 81 Stadium. 1 United Press International 1 EL PASO - The Rev! Jesse Jack- son was in El Paso on Thursday giv ing his support to the Mondale-Fer- raro ticket and claiming Reagan’s plan for Central America is an inva sion, not a negotiation. Jackson spent about 45 minutes Baking to a partisan group ol lout 50 supporters at El Paso Inter- hational Airport before departing on a private plane for speaking en- ffiements in San Diego and Los An geles. He is scheduled to speak for ^Democratic ticket tonight in San Antonio. | The former presidential candi- who came in second in the Texas Democratic primary, crit- Ex-condidote condemns Reagan's foreign policies icized Reagan’s policies on Nicara- gua. Reagan’s policy for dealing with problems of Central America is one of invasion and assassination, he said. Jackson compared the CIA pam phlet circulated in Nicaragua to doc uments uncovered after the assassi nation of Civil Rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King. “The language in the CIA manual to ‘neutralize’ the leadership in Nica ragua is the same language used in papers relating to the assassination of Dr. King,” he said. Jackson criticized U.S. involve ment in South Africa and called the Reagan administration “hypocriti cal” for espousing human rights for citizens of the Soviet Union, while supporting what he called the re pressive regime in South Africa. “The United States is South Afri ca’s number one trading partner,” he said. “We are supporters of the regime” which advocates apartheid, a system of racial discrimination. Jackson said Hispanics in El Paso have a clear choice in the Nov. 6 gen eral election. “For all who are poor, women, mi norities and those who seek peace, the Mondale-Ferraro ticket gives you a way out,” he said, repeating his previous statements that poverty in the United States has increased by 8 million in the past four years, to a to tal of 35 million. Jackson said the economy is not as strong as the Reagan administration is painting it. He said some people may be experiencing short term gains but will suffer in the long run because of the high deficits. ••^lour ministry rejects mountain ascent request J IT I United Press International I KATMANDU, Nepal — Nepal’s jTomism Ministry said Thursday it jrejecled a Texan’s request to become (theoldest man,ever to climb Mount jEverest. Dick Bass, 54, a millionaire Dallas joilman, also had hoped to climb the iworld’s highest mountain to com plete his goal of reaching the top of (the tallest peaks in all seven conti nents. He already has attempted to climb the 29,029-foot Everest. Earlier this year, he reached 26,250 feet on an expedition made with a group of Nepalese police to clean the moun tain of rubbish left from over 30 years of climbing expeditions. This time Bass, the owner of a Utah ski resort, hoped to reach the top with the help of Gary Neptune, 39, of Boulder, Colo., and David Breashears, 26, of Newton, Mass., who both climbed Everest last year. Bass said he contributed $150,000 to the police group’s expedition ear lier this year, then discovered after it began that only police were per mitted to go to the summit. Bass eventually was ordered off the mountain Oct. 14 after having reached 26,250 feet above sea level. “I wanted to climb Everest to the summit. I am sadder but a wiser per son on climbing regulations in Ne pal,” Bass said. He put in his formal application to climb Everest following the police expedition. Nepalese newspapers in turn claimed Bass was trying tojump ahead of others who have filled the climbing schedule for Everest into the 1990s. Free Telecommunications Seminar # How to Talk to Wylbur" Provided by Computers Each Saturday in October, Yes Computers will feature a free telecommunications seminar from 10:00-11:00 a.m. The seminar will include the following topics: how to use a modem and using a microcomputer to connect to a mini or mainframe (including Wylbur). Question and answer session to follow hands-on section of the seminar. Computers 2553 Texas Avenue South College Station (Shiloh Place) 5% Cash Discount and Services! on Merchandise xa«( reCe# 5% Discount on Modem Receive 5% off the price of any modem in the store during October, 1984 af ter attending the Telecommunications Seminar. _ 5% Cash Discount COtnpUlOrS Open Mon-Sat 9:30-6:00 Intramural Triathlon Bulletin Third time’s a charm! The IM-Rec Sports Triathlon will be held Sunday, Oct. 28. All starting times remain the same. Participants should arrive 30 minutes prior to starting time. Contact IM-Rec Sports at 845-7826 for information. ENJOY THE EASY LIFE! Cripple Creek’s high standard of living lets you enjoy life more! • Lighted Tennis Courts • Swimming Pool • Hot Tub • Ceiling Fan • Mirrored Dining Room Wall • Microwave • Automatic Icemaker For purchase or lease arrangement information, call or visit us today! 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