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LUBBOCK (AP) — A doctor at
Texas Tech University’s Health Sci
ences Center says he is working to
perfect a derivative of cattle blood
that can be used to replace human
blood.
Dr. Mario Feola, a professor of
surgery at the center, has been de
veloping a solution using the hemog
lobin of cattle blood as a human
blood replacement. The solution can
be used when no human blood is
available to transfuse to a person in
critical need of blood, he said.
The hemoglobin — a protein that
carries oxygen to the body’s cells —
can be injected into a patient regard
less of blood type and acts as a short
term substitute for human blood.
The solution will keep the patient
alive for a few days until his own
body rebuilds blood cells to a normal
level, he said.
Cattle and human hemoglobin are
very similar in molecular structure,
and cattle hemoglobin carries oxy
gen even better than the human sub
stance, Feola said.
Feola said the hemoglobin solu
tion has been used successfully in ex
periments with mice, cats, rabbits
and monkeys.
No adverse immunological reac
tions surfaced in the test animals,
Feola said.
Feola said he hopes to obtain
Food and Drug Administration ap
proval within the year to begin test
ing the solution on humans.
While human blood can stored no
longer than several weeks, the he
moglobin solution can be stored in
powdered form for months, he said.
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State studies
air pollution
in D-FW area
DALLAS (AP) — State officials
are studying the “brown cloud,” a
persistent layer of air pollution that
doctors say endangers the health of
Dallas-Fort Worth area residents.
To determine the smog’s makeup
and origin, the Texas Air Control
Board is conducting a $500,000 re
search effort called the “Brown
Cloud Study.”
The smog bank is different from
smog layers over Los Angeles and
Denver, wdtere mountains trap the
pollution, health officials said.
Smog in the Dallas-Fort Worth
area occurs on cool mornings be
tween October and March, when
bright sun creates an air inversion in
which warm air traps car exhausts,
dust and other gases.
Experts say the brown cloud ef
fect increases during windless peri
ods, during which small fronts from
the north block the prevailing winds
from the soutinwest that otherwise
would serve to cleanse the air.
Melvin Lewis, regional director of
the air control board, said the cloud
is growing.
“It used to look like a futuristic
bubble over downtown,” he
said.“But now, it’s not just over
downtown. It’s a blanket that covers
the Dallas-Fort Worth area.”
The first reliable results should be
available in November, said Robert
Brewer, who helped organize the
study for the stale agency.
What’s up
Monday
BRAZOS COUNTY RAPE CRISIS CENTER: w
training sessions tor new volunteers through Fridayfr
(i:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. Call 77(i-RAPE for applications a
formation.
MSC SCONA: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 206 MSC.
TAMU JUDO: will hold practice Monday, Tuesday ai
Wednesdax from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. in 230 (’>. Rollie Whin
New members are welcome and no experience isnt
essai\.
BUSINESS STUDENT COUNCIL: will hold symposia
seminars concerning ‘“Women in Business" from 8am
noon in 102 Blocker and f rom noon to 2 p.m. in I
Blocker. A luncheon xvill be held at noon in the Colb
Station 1 lilton.
INTRAMURAL RECREATIONAL SPORTS: entries;
slam-dunk, \x alls ball, pre-season sof tball and softballi
available in 159 Read.
ALPHA ZETA: Dr. L. S. Pope will speak at 7 p.m. in 1131ii
berg.
COLLEGIATE 4H: will meet at 8 p.m. in the loungeoflii
berg Animal and Food Science Center.
MSC CAMERA CLUB: will meet at 7 p.m. in 20b MSC.
AMERICAN MARKETING ASSOCIATION: will meet
6:30 p.m. in 165 Blocker.
AGGIE ALLEMANDERS: \x ill hold f ree square danceb
f rom 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.nn in 226 MSC.
SIGMA TAU DELTA: is accepting applications for a
members through Feb. 9. Applications are available ai
English department office.
FISH CLASS ’90 COUNCIL: s ign up for class committee
the Student Programs Office.
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TAMU EMERGENCY CARE TEAM
701 Ruddet.
PRE-LAW SOCIETY: \x ill meet at 8:30 p.m
SADDLE & SIRLOIN CLUB: will meet at
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MSC CEPHEID VARIABLE: A ggiecon-18 workers Kill
at 8:30 p.m. in 4 10 Rudder. All those interested in wo
on Aggiecon-19 should attend.
STUDENT Y: xvill meet at 6 p.m. in 225 MSC.
STUDENT Y — AGGIE FRIENDS: will meet at 7 p.m.mJ
Rudder.
INTRAMURAL RECREATIONAL SPORTS: entriesJ
racquet ball singles and team bowling are available tin’f
p.m. in 159 Read.
AMERICAN INSTITUTE OF AERONAUTICS & ASTEif
NAUTICS AND AMERICAN SOCIETY OF MECHAV
CAL ENGINEERS: Col. Leonard Vernatnonti uilldis I
the National Aero-Space Plane .it 7 p.m. in 108 Harr.:|
ton.
AMERICAN SOCIETY OF AGRONOMY: student sec;
xvill meet at 7:15 p.m. in 103 Soil and Crop Sciences.
ECONOMICS SOCIETY: will meet at 7 p.m. in 125 Block
MOUNT PLEASANT AREA HOMETOWN CLUB:
meet at 8:30 p.m. in 402 Rudder.
OMEGA PHI ALPHA: will hold a meeting for prospe. j
members at 7 p.m. in 145 MSC.
TAMU ONE-WHEELERS: will meet at 6 p.m. in front of
Rollie White Coliseum.
CAP AND GOWN HONOR SOCIETY: will meet at
p.m. in 401 Rudder.
HUMAN FACTORS SOCIETY STUDENT CHAPTER
meet at 7:30 p.m. in 333-B Zat hry.
WILDLIFE BIOLOGY SOCIETY: will meet at 7:30pr
207 Harrington.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE ORGANIZATION: will meeiJ
p.m. 1 uesdavs in the meditation room in the All F |
Chapel.
MSC FRESHMAN LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS: I
bership applications are available through 1 tiesdavinj
MSC.
LIBRARY TOURS: signup sheets are available at the fit!
Hoot reference desk. I he tours are scheduled forRd
1 1 a.m. and 3 p.m. Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridavssj
at 9:30 a.m. and 11 a.m. on Tuesdays and Thursdays. ‘
PARENTS WEEKEND: applications and scheduleforniiJ
available for anx group planning an actix itv. Appliaiiil
are due Feb. 27.
PARENTS WEEKEND COMMITTEE: applications;
nominating 1987-88 Parents of the Year are avallj|
through Friday in the Commons, Sterling C. Evansl
brary, the Memorial Student Center and the Pavilion.
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Families take buyout offei
leave dangerous salt don
MONT BELVIEU (AP) — More
than 100 families have taken advan
tage of a petroleum industry buyout
plan and moved off the salt dome
beneath their homes.
But others who can’t afford to
move or weren’t included in the of
fer remain in this Southeast Texas
families and five churches accepted.
One church and 18 families rejected
the offer.
Many businesses left behind are
feeling the pinch from the exodus.
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town.
They often congregate in an old
feed and hardware store to gripe
about the offer or discuss their di
minishing community.
“I’ve lixed atop ‘the Hill’ for 43
years,” said Orland Forbus, 73, a re
tired mechanical employee. “It used
to be a real nice place, but now it
looks like a skeleton town.”
The reason for the move lies be
neath the town — a giant salt dome
in which hazardous petroleum prod
ucts are stored.
There have been evacuations and
explosions, including one in Novem
ber 1985 at an underground gas
storage xvell that left two men dead
and prompted an evacuation of the
town’s 1,700 residents.
Nine months ago, a group of com
panies made a $20 million offer to
134 families and six churches to help
them move off the dome.
Businesses were left out of the of
fer, as were 80 families who still had
laxvsuits pending against the compa
nies. Another 60 families who
wanted to move lived just outside the
boundaries of the target area.
Of those included in the deal, 116
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and body shop in his
rejected a $57,000 buyout
his home because it cliditt
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Sunshine Mining hopes
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DALLAS (AP) — Sunshine
Mining Co. is hoping its fortunes
will soar w'ith the new Golden Ea
gle gold piece, which the com
pany mines, refines, mints and
markets.
Its earnings hampered by the
slumping petroleum and silver
mining businesses, Sunshine is
the only company in the United
States to see its coin through all
phases of production.
Sunshine officials say the one-
ounce Golden Eagle will be
priced below what dealers are
asking for the U.S. government’s
new American Eagle gold coin
and Canada’s Maple Leaf. Spot
market gold prices currently
range around $15.
.“We have sold a few hundred
(Golden Eagle) coins, but it is only
just getting off the groupdI
William Davis, Sunshiu'J
president of finance.
By contrast, almost
American Eagles were*
up in the first two daysali ( l
were made ax ailahle h
Mint last October.
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over all phases of product 1 ]
give it an edge in the!
gold coin market.
Sunshine’s coin,
milled at the company
mine in Western Nevada'
able in one-ounce coinsat j
smaller sizes. Gold ore!
Nevada mine is shippe'
company’s refinery at 9
Idaho, where it is refined
purity.