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Rains take toll:
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t HOUSTON — Floodwaters that
hatwillu t ,Wged through northwest Harris
me| U owiii,[County Thursday, swamped expen-
10ne yartft. sive homes and swallowed a car that
'ms/'AdJveered off a rain-slick road into a
leownerjjjBillen bayou, leaving at least one
' are entm person missing.
the fed^pThe vehicle struck another then
icrs can, plunged into the 40-foot-deep Brays
•ir tax retiij! Bayou, where Hood waters carried it
U on enei downstream, police said,
se up to .Bit was involved in an accident,
went off a levee,” Officer W.T.
lohr.Min said. “Whoeverit w'as, they
twent off in the bayou. We couldn’t
y get it out.”
|dt was not known how many peo
ple were in the car, but Johnson said
[ hat consiilf: witnesses believed the driver, who
saved dm was presumed dead, was the only oc-
by life Bant.
The flooding was caused by re
took u; lentless thunderstorms that added
l Time ait 9.32 inches of rain to an area that
■sidemWoo was already saturating from a week
di :tl, |5| of rain.
lling it H # I The National Weather Service is-
ealedtlielt sued a flash flood warning for Har
ris County and southern Montgom
ery County and called it “a
significant and dangerous Hood situ
ation.”
I Homes ranging f rom $80,()()() to
$1 million in northwest Houston
Iwere hit hardest by the flooding.
Bl've had calls from people wad
ing knee deep in the houses,” said
Harris County constable’s Sgt. Ron
Hickman.
Rescue workers used six airboats
from the city fire department and
county dump trucks to reach people
trapped in their homes, Hickman
said.
“Every bayou out here is out of its
banks,” he said.
Red Cross spokesman Bobby
Allred said 50 to 75 homes in the
Greenfield and Briarcreek subdivi
sions had from 2 inches to a foot of
water inside.
Police Officer Greg Michon said
vehicles on U.S. Highway 59 were
stalled in window-high water.
“It’s bad, no doubt about it,” he
said. “The north side of town is get
ting hit the worst.”
All Houston Independent School
District schools closed at 1 p.m. be
cause of the threat of flooding, and
northwest schools closed earlier in
the day.
Many roads leading to Houston
Intercontinental Airport were
flooded, causing severe traffic prob
lems and flight delays.
“The flights are being delayed not
by the weather, but mainly because
they (airlines) know passengers are
being delayed,” said airport
spokeswoman Sissy Cooper. “The
airport is open and still operating.
Flu vaccine project
uses A&M subjects
i By Brittany Millholland
Reporter
| Many of the almost 3,000 Texas
A&M students who gave blood sam
ples a month ago have the option of
pariu ipating in a government virus
vaccine research project this winter,
Dr. John M. Quarles, the microbio
logist in charge of the project, said.
Bh e tes t< which was approved by
A&M’s Institutional Review Board,
will compare the effectiveness pro
vided by a live vaccination adminis
tered through nose drops to that
provided by conventional inacti
vated flu vaccine given by shot.
I Students who showed a lack of im
munities in their blood were eligible
to take part in the study. Those still
participating in the study must give
another blood sample before receiv
ing a shot in the arm and drops in
the nose this week.
I The vaccinations should stimulate
an antibody response that will pro
tect the body from two separate
strains of the virus. If a flu epidemic
develops at A&M this winter, stu
dents will be asked to check in once a
week with a medical student who will
question students about illness and
obtain a nasal wash or throat swab
specimen.
Students participating in the pro
gram are paid $10 for each blood
specimen donated, $5 for each vacci
nation and $2 for each questionnaire
completed. They could earn up to
$100 dollars and they receive a free
flu vaccine, Quarles said.
Quarles said that through pre
vious testing, he’s learned a lot about
flu on this campus.
“Last year was the worst flu epide
mic I’ve seen in the 8 years I’ve been
here,” Quarles said.
“Although bacterial diseases are
treatable, viruses haven’t been trea
table until lately,” Quarles said. He
reports that in a similar project that
was conducted 2 years ago, about a
75 percent protection rate occurred.
Students visit A&M
University News Service
1 Nearly 2,000 high school stu
dents become “Aggies for a day”
Saturday during a visit to Texas
A&M for a campus tour, orienta
tion program and the A&M-Rice
football game.
I The students are junior ROTC
cadets and are the guests of the
KCorps of Cadets. Thirty-one
I Texas high schools and one from
j Shreveport, La., ar^ represented.
I Each of the junior ROTC units
(| will be given a tour of the campus
I beginning at 10 a.m. Saturday
Ei —
conducted by current corps mem
bers who attended that high
school or by former members of
the Texas A&M Fish Drill Team.
At 11 a.m. the students will be
introduced to Texas A&M tradi
tions including a yell practice led
by Head Yeli Leader Kelly Jo
seph.
The ROTC students will be in
Kyle Field at 12:30 p.m. to ob
serve the traditional march-in
ceremonies and will be guests of
the athletic department for the
football game at 2 p.m.
Study shows incomes
alter family lifestyles
By TRACY PROBST
Reporter
I Dual-income families who have
children can expect to have lifestyles
that differ greatly from families that
don’t have children, a Texas A&M
home economist says.
; Diane T. Welch, a specialist in
family life education with the Agri
cultural Extension Service, said the
Public Issues and Consumer Prod
ucts Department of J.C. Penney Co.
Inc. has studied families with no
children, families with young chil
dren and families with older chil
dren.
According to the research, work
and spousal relationships are impor
tant to families with no children. Fi
nancially, these families usually
spend more on material goods and
their savings are targeted toward
short-term goals, Welch said.
On the other hand, the research
shows that dual-indome families with
young children are under great fi
nancial stress. Welch said many
women work only to provide addi
tional income.
i s “Much of the time, the main rea
son to work is not for self-satisfac
tion, but for economic necessity,”
she said.
Dual-income families with young
children also have completely differ
ent lifestyles from those with no chil
dren. In this situation, Welch said,
the children dominate the lifestyle.
At this stage, women care primar
ily for the children and the home,
while the men still consider their
work a priority, Welch said.
Since both spouses are working,
the question of “What happens to
the children?” often arises, Welch
said.
“Eighty — 90 percent of the kids
are kept in family care situations,”
Welch said. This includes relatives
and sitters. Day care centers are also
another option available, she said.
Where the child is placed when
the parents are working is extremely
important, Welch said. Children
need to be placed under quality care
because children develop the most
between birth and three years of
age, she said.
According to the study, personal
time is important to working men
and women at this stage. Financially,
the older families are more con
cerned with college expenses and
saving for retirement.
“Having children is probably not
the only factor that affects the life
style of these families,” Welch said.
“The motivations for both spouses
working, whether it be fulfilling a fi
nancial or self-satisfying need, also
will affect the family’s lifestyle and
attitudes.”
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GAME DAY
Q Richard 1
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State Representative
When the students of Texas A&M needed a friend, Richard Smith was
there.
Last Spring, the Democrats (led by Gov. Mark White) called a Special
Election for State Representative during Spring Break, When the Aggies
would not be in town to vote. The Battalion Editorial Board called the scheduling of
the election by the Democrats ‘an attack on Texas A&M students, staff and faculty
members/ as reported Friday, Jan. 26, 1984. The Bryan/College Station Eagle Edito
rial Board said ‘Let's face it, this whole thing smacks of partisan politics at its most
petty level.’, Sunday, Jan. 29, 1984.
Richard Smith, George Strake (Chairman, Republican Party of Texas) and
local Republicans worked to change the election date as did Student Government
leaders. Not only would the Democrats not change the date but they would not even
meet with Student Government.
George Strake said, ‘Mark White, probably in consultation with the Demo
cratic candidate in Brazos County, undoubtedly looked at the high Republican vote
totals in Texas A&M precincts and decided to give an edge to his candidate over Re
publican Richard Smith...’, as reported in The Eagle Thursday, Jan. 26, 1984.
Richard Smith said, ‘This act of political expediency is another sign of the
lack of sensitivity of the state Democratic party and our state Democratic elected offi
cials for Texas A&M University’, as reported in The Eagle, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 1984.
Then Richard Smith went one step further to make sure as many students
would be allowed to vote as possible, despite Neeley Lewis and the Democrats. Rich
ard Smith personally provided for a shuttle bus system to take Aggies to the
polls to vote absentee. Students who wanted a ride were taken to the polls, with no
regard to party affiliation or who they were voting for. When Texas A&M and it’s stu
dents come under attack, Aggies stick together.
When the students of Texas A&M needed a friend, Richard Smith was
there. Where was Neeley Lewis?
Richard Then:
• Member, Squadron 22
• Varsity Swimming Team
• Distinguished Student
• BS Mechanical Engineering,
Class of ’59
• 4 Years Active Duty U.S.
Air Force
• Captain, USAF Reserve
Richard Now:
• Former Mayor, Bryan (5 years)
City Council Member (3 years)
• Founding President, Brazos
Animal Shelter, Inc.
• Member, Century Club,
Association of Former Students
• Varsity Donor, The Aggie Club
Pol. Adv. paid for by Citizens for Richard Smith, P.O. Box 3743, Bryan, Texas, 77805