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Baby Fae removed from
life support, doing fine
United Press International
Future location of plaque commemorating Military Walk
Photo by MIKE SANCHEZ
Class of ’36 to give plaques
in memory of Military Walk
By MARK VIGUET
Reporter
Memories of Texas A&M Corps
of Cadets’ past marches will be for
mally recognized on Nov. 24 when
the Class of’36 dedicates two plaques
commemorating Military Walk, an
area used by former cadets to walk
from their dorm to Sbisa Dining
Hall.
The old Military Walk was reno
vated in the mid 1960s into the pe
destrian mall that runs between
Rudder Tower and Sbisa Dining
Hall. The plaques will be placed at
each end of the sidewalk.
“In order to picture Military
Walk, you have to visualize the old
campus,” said Gen. Ormond R. Sim
pson, assistant vice president of stu
dent services and member of the
Class of ’36. Simpson was named by
the class as one of the members to
head the project.
“Every day just about all the out
fits in the Corps would meet and
march from Guion Hall, where the
Rudder complex is now, north
across campus to Sbisa Dining Hall,”
Simpson said. “This was done for ev
ery meal.
“The large concrete road that
stretched from Guion to Sbisa was
known as Military Walk.”
Graduation processions walking
to Guion Hall were another fond
memory of the “big swat h of concre
te,” Simpson said.
“The Class of ‘36 felt it would be
nice to do something for posterity to
remember the walk — to remind
f >eople of it because it represents the
ellowship and friendship of the
Corps of Cadets and this whole uni
versity,” he said.
Simpson said the walk was no
longer used after Duncan Dining
Hall and the current Corps dorm
area was built in 1939.
Military Walk was the address for
Gathright Hall, one of A&M’s origi
nal buildings; Legett Hall; Ross
Hall; Old Main, replaced by the Aca
demic Building; Foster Hall; Assem
bly Hall, replaced by Hart Hall;
Guion Hall, replaced by Rudder
Tower; Bizzeil Hall; Goodwin Hall;
the Coke Building; the YMCA
Building; and Mitchell Hall, re
placed by the Beutel Health Center.
The idea for remembrance mark
ers was first suggested by the late
W.H. “Bill” Taylor of College Sta
tion.
The marker project was officially
adopted by the class in 1981 at its
45th reunion — when costs were es
timated at $6,000.
“The final cost of the project will
be approximately $13,000,” Simp
son said. “We managed to raise all of
the money through individual dona
tions from the class.”
LOMA LINDA, Calif. — Tiny
Baby Fae became the longest living
survivor of an animal heart trans
plant Tuesday, and doctors said they
were “elated” the infant with a ba
boon heart was breathing, eating
and playing without the help of life
support systems.
Five days after surgery, the 18-
day-old baby’s condition was up
graded to serious at Loma Linda
University Medical Center, where
she was breast fed for the first time
Tuesday by her mother. The infant
was taken off her respirator on Mon
day and, doctors said she played
with her mother.
“I’m not only surprised, I’m
elated,” Dr. Ted Mackett, director of
transplant services at the university,
told a news conference. “I’m sur
prised in capital letters.”
Dr. David Hinshaw, professor of
surgery, said Baby Fae was nursing
from her mother and was off all sup
port systems.
Four adults have had heart trans
plant from a primate, but Baby Fae
is the first infant. The longest living
of the adults was a South African
man who died 3 '/a days after receiv
ing the heart of a chimpanzee.
Despite the infant s remarkable
progress, doctors said Baby Fae, who
weighs about 5 pounds, still faces the
danger of rejecting the heart or kid
ney failure caused by the drugs
given her to help prevent organ re
jection.
Refusing to speculate on how long
the baboon’s heart would last,
Hinshaw said there was the “distinct
possiblity” that Baby Fae will need
another heart at some point.
research.
In response to reporters
tions, the doctors said thep,
were given a complete explat, ^T;
of alternatives to a babe
plant to correct the baby's
tic left heart syndrome, suchV
rective surgery or a human
transplant.
The doctors said they did wj
cuss a human heart
cause none was available
Hinshaw said corrective situ
was offered as an altematin,
doctors did not think chante
success were good.
The historic cross-species trans
plant has drawn criticism from some
who contend doctors should have
searched for a human heart and ani
mal rights advocates who contend it
is cruel to use animals for medical
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closure and 1 believe comeu“
very balanced," Mackett said.
The doctors praised the
lion of Dr. Leonard Bailey,v
formed the surgery, and
said he was “camped on the
hour by hour taking care
tient.”
Mother held in contempt of court
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Landscaping for the plaques, lo
cated across Ross Street from Sbisa
Dining Hall and behind Rudder
Tower, is included in the cost.
SAN DIEGO — Betty Lou Batey
was found guilty Tuesday of three
counts of contempt of court foi
going undergrouna with her son to
keep him away f rom her homosex
ual ex-husband, the boy’s legal cus
todian.
Batey, formerly of Aurora, Colo.,
is disputing the custody of her son,
Brian, 13. Her former husband,
Frank, of Palm Springs, Calif., is an
avowed homosexual.
Superior Court Judge Judith Mc
Connell, who tried Batey without a
jury, ruled that her defense that
Brian faced imminent danger while
in the care of his father had not been
proven.
“I didn’t feel that the defense of
necessity was enough," McConnell
said as Batey stared at the floor, one
hand on her forehead. “The child
was not in imminent danger. He was
subject to frequent monitoring.
There was no evidence he suffered
any harm. Batey willfully disobeyed
the court order/’
In her defense, Batey testified
that she took Brian because she
feared he could be molested in the
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