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The Battalion
Monday, April 22,1991
Director says
more babies
have syphilis
FORT WORTH (AP) — The re
ported number of babies born
with syphilis in Texas more than
doubled in 1990, public health
officials say.
The 210 cases, reported last
year were more than twice as
many as any other year in the
last decade and up 123 percent
over 1989, said Joe Pair, director
of the Texas Department of
Health's Sexually Transmitted
Disease Control Division.
While part of the increase can
be attributed to changes in na
tional reporting methods. Pair
said congenital syphilis, like the
disease overall, is undoubtedly
increasing nationwide and in
Texas.
"Babies die needlessly from
syphilis," Pair said. "It's that se
rious — fatal in some cases. It's a
situation that doesn't have to be.
Syphilis is completely and easily
curable."
Pair said 42 babies with syphi
lis were stillborn in Texas last
year.
Two cases of congenital syphi
lis were reported in Tarrant
County in 1990, including one
death, said Johnny Humphreys,
public information specialist
with the Fort Worth-Tarrant
County Health Department.
"We have had two more al
ready this year, and one of them
has died," Humphreys said.
In 1990, Pair said, 5,165 cases
of infectious syphilis (usually
found in adults) were recorded
in Texas — a 21 percent increase
over 1989.
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construction of new airport
HOUSTON (AP) — The long-
raging debate over the proposed
West Side Airport is more than
just a struggle over space be
tween birds and planes, environ
mentalists say.
The dispute, they say, is part
of a larger debate beginning to
emerge over the development of
the Katy Prairie, a rice-farming
area west of Houston.
"Ultimately, it's a question of
what kind of city Houston will
be," Ted Eubanks, a former pres
ident of the Houston Audubon
Society, said in describing the
proposed airport and Katy Prai
rie debates.
The airport initially would
serve only small aircraft, but it
ultimately could become Hous
ton's third major commercial avi
ation facility, along with Hous
ton Intercontinental and
Houston Hobby.
Environmentalists have op
posed the proposed airport be
cause it would oe located west of
Katy where hundreds of thou
sands of geese and ducks stop
each winter during their interna
tional migration.
Jim Blackburn, an environ
mental attorney who represents
the Audubon Society on the air
port issue but also has rep
resented developers, expects a
multi-faceted debate over
growth and its management in
the area.
"When you're talking about
the future of the Katy Prairie,
you're talking about the future of
the city of Houston — whether it
will be a willy-nilly spread, re
gardless of environmental conse
quences, or growth that takes ac-
count of environmental
consequences," Blackburn said.
"It's a long-term environmen
tal fight over the city of Hous
ton's future," he said.
Some developers doubt that
environmentalists who have
fought to preserve the Katy Prai
rie want any growth.
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Officials remove sunflower seeds from stores in Houston after apparent tampering
HOUSTON (AP) — For the
second time in a week, Houston
officials have been forced to pull
an item from store shelves be
cause of apparent product tam
pering.
David's Sunflower Seeds were
removed from sale at locations in
Houston and La Porte over the
weekend after a boy found an
unidentified capsule in one
package.
An identifying number on the
bottom left corner of the package
is A231C1A024335C. Anyone
who finds a capsule should leave
the package intact and call La
Porte police.
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tranquilizer capsule in milk lit
was drinking.
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