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State and Local
Advertising battle
begins in campaign
DALLAS (AP) — Lloyd Bentsen,
running for vice president and re-
election to the Senate at the same
time, says in ads for his double cam
paign that Texans are different and
so are their laws.
In these pre-Labor Day campaign
days, the television advertising battle
has already begun on the dual candi
dacy issue — an issue Bentsen be
lieves he has covered, but his Senate
opponent Beau Boulter says he
plans to keep jabbing.
See related story, page 6
Bentsen began his advertising
campaign last week with several “ac
complishment” ads, but his 60-sec
ond spots explaining why he is run
ning for re-election to the senate
have gathered the most attention.
Meanwhile. Boulter, a conserva
tive from Amarillo, on Tuesday un
veiled his ads that will begin airing
statewide Sunday. The ads blast
Bentsen’s double race with comedic
silent movie footage of riders trying
to sit astride two horses.
“The issue of the campaign now is
the dual candidacy and that we don’t
believe he (Bentsen) can dig himself
out of this hole,” Dick Leggitt, a me
dia consultant for Boulter, said. Leg
gitt said the Boulter ads will cost
about $250,000.
The dual candidacy is a legacy of
the “Lyndon Law” that allowed an
other Texan, Lyndon Baines John
son, to try for the presidency in I960
and eventually the vice presidency
while seeking re-election as senator.
George Christian, a Bentsen con
fidant and former press secretary to
Johnson, helped craft the law.
The Change’s performance
helps image of cover bands
By Staci Finch
Reviewer
Being a cover band isn’t easy. People expect
you to play another band’s songs exactly like they
sound on the radio, or not play them at all. How
ever, that’s one problem a new College Station
band does not have to worry about.
Review
The Change, the latest band to hit the local
music scene, made it’s debut at Eastgate Live Fri
day night as opener for The Judys, and definitely
made its presence known. Vocalist/keyboardist
Terry Ray, guitarist Dave Gaylor, bassist Drew
Hesson and drummer John Hamilton ripped
through a set of cover tunes that left the audi
ence wanting more.
One of the band’s best songs was tbe new Rob
ert Palmer tune “Simply Irresistible.” Gaylor’s
guitar solo during the song was great, and the
whole song was well-balanced and powerful.
Another notable song was the Whitesnake hit
“Still of the Night.” Close your eyes, and you
could have been listening to the radio.
The band covered a wide spectrum of music,
from The Cult to Guns ’n’ Roses, and even in
cluded the classic “My Shirona” by The Knack.
This variety really gave the band a chance to
show off their impressive musical talents.
Throughout the show, Ray’s work on the key
boards was excellent and his vocal range and
power has to be the best in the area.
The band brought a lot of toys with them.
Ray’s headset microphone freed his hands to do
some hot work on his three keyboards. Hamil
ton’s electronic drums gave a hotter, fuller sound
than acoustic drums and Gaylor’s four amps pro
vided enough volume to make the walls fall. The
Change also brought some good dance music.
Unfortunately, personalities were left at home.
Although a band has to be able to play a song,
they also have to be able to get the song across to
the audience, and here The Change fell a little
short. Gaylor looked tense most of the time, and
Hesson and Hamilton just looked bored. Ray, al
though not tied to a microphone, and able to
move within his keyboard area, stood in one spot
for the entirety of the performance.
Also, it would have been nice to hear some
more backup vocals. Although Ray obviously
liked to sing, the rest of the boys looked a little
afraid of their microphones, and consequently
the sound wasn’t always the best. A little
movement, some facial expressions and vocal
confidence added to the talent in the band would
have greatly improved the show.
Aside from that, the band showed College Sta
tion it was here to play. The Change played some
songs right off the current Billboard chart as well
as some older ones.
Woman fights insurance change
“This is the first time I’ve known where a patient had
coverage and was approved for a transplant and then
lost her coverage this way. It’s really cruel. ”
— Dr. Janies Young, director of
the Multi-organ Transplant Center
of Methodist Hospital.
HOUSTON (AP) — An Aldine
schoolteacher who needs a liver
transplant hopes to fight a new pol
icy from Maxicare Texas that ex
cludes coverage of most organ trans
plants.
Kathleen Denise Shirley, 27, of
League City, who suffers from liver
disease, was placed on the active
transplant list at Methodist Hospital
in April after Maxicare Texas
agreed in writing to pay for the
transplant.
But in July, Maxicare Texas, a
health maintenance organization, in
formed Shirley that her liver trans
plant benefits stop at midnight Aug.
31, which signals the end of her pol
icy year.
Effective Sept. 1, Maxicare will no
longer pay for adult liver trans
plants.
Tobi Nyberg, director of Maxi-
care’s public relations office in Los
Angeles, said Maxicare changed its
policy not because of financial prob
lems but because it wanted to make
its policy conform with that of most
other HMOs.
The original decision to cover
liver transplants was made when
technology increased the chance of
success. Now, Nyberg said, most pre
paid insurers refuse to pay for most
adult transplant procedures.
“Liver transplants will be covered
for children under age 10” who are
born with a condition called biliary
atresia, she said.
In addition, the Maxicare Texas
unit will cover kidney, bone marrow
and corneal transplants. All other
organ transplant services will be ex
cluded, according to a contract
amendment filed with the State In
surance Board in Austin.
Shirley’s surgeon, Dr. Hartwell
Whisennand, said she faces an uphill
fight.
Shirley is small and has received
about 150 blood transfusions since
December.
The antibodies her body makes in
the blood also might attack a do
nated organ, which would mean an
other transplant. Her size and the
antibodies complicate finding an or
gan her body will not reject.
Vet services help profits
By Kimberly Green
Reporter
Herd management services pro
vided by veterinarians can increase
the profitability of beef, dairy, hog
and sheep producers, although rela
tively few livestock producers seem
to recognize this potential.
Only 3 of 10 livestock producers
would contact a veterinarian first
about a herd management problem,
a representative sample of produc
ers said in a study, “U.S. Market For
Food Animal Veterinary Medical
Services,” a 200-page report pub
lished by the American Veterinary
Medical Association.
By contrast, 70 percent of veteri
narians surveyed in the same study
identified herd health management
as the service area with the greatest
long-term potential to increase the
profitability of most livestock pro
ducers.
A further indication that livestock
producers do not recognize the po
tential to use veterinary advice to
solve herd health problems came in
a portion of the study that shows
most producers are “very satisfied”
with the services provided by their
veterinarians, despite the fact that
relatively few contact veterinarians
for advice on herd health manage
ment.
Livestock producers rate veteri
narians highest in knowledge and
cost-effectiveness for their abilities
in diagnosis and treatment of sick
ness or injury and help with herd re
production/breeding. One of the
areas in which producers rated vet
erinarians lowest was herd manage
ment.
“Today’s food animal veterinarian
is a specialist in production medici
ne,” Dr. Donald Hudson, president
of the American Association of Beef
Producers, said. “We provide a total
program to improve production ef
ficiency. Thirty years ago, most food
animal veterinarians may have spent
most of their time in fire engine
medicine-treating sick animals. It’s a
whole new world today.”
Several examples to demonstrate
how herd health management can
increase the profitabiltity of livestock
producers are:
• A beef herd management pro
gram increased the number and
weight of calves sold and decreased
costs of production from $40 to
$100 per cow/calf unit.
• A herd health management
program in the dairy industry in
creased income from a 100-cow herd
by $30,000 or more.
• Preconditioning programs to
prepare feeder calves for the stress
of movement, a part of many herd
health programs, can increase U.S.
farm income from $200 million to
$500 million, according to a govern
ment report.
• Pregnancy checking of cows
alone, a part of many herd health
programs, will return $5 for each $1
invested.
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