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Thursday, April 30, 1992
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By Robin Roach
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women in this country," said Dr. Geyer,
Jr., an assistant professor at the Texas
A&M College of Medicine.
This year alone 180,000 women will
develop breast cancer and 46,000 women
will die from the deadly disease.
Although women have become
increasingly more aware of the
significance of clinical breast exams and
mammograms, thousands of women a
year continue to be plagued by breast
cancer.
Scott & White announced their
involvement in the national research
study. The Breast Cancer Prevention Trial
(BCPT), in a news conference Wednesday
via microwave from Scott & White
Memorial Hospital in Temple.
Scott & White was chosen as one of the
four sites in Texas to conduct the study.
Together, Scott & White and the Texas
A&M College of Medicine (Temple
campus) will conduct studies on
approximately 150 to 200 participants.
Nationwide 16,000 women will
participant in the study.
’ "Our institutions are committed to this
important project and have demonstrated
our commitment by developing a Breast
Cancer Prevention Trial office and
research team," Geyer said.
BCPT will scrutinize the effects of the
drug tamoxifen on breast cancer
prevention. Tamoxifen has been used for
nearly 20 years for the treatment of
cancer, but it may halt the initial
development of breast cancer if high-risk
women take the drug on a daily basis.
"Unfortunately, there is nothing yet
available that we can identify that will
effectively lower the risk of developing
diseases," he said.
The study will be conducted over a
five year period and the participants will
be randomly divided into two groups.
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Model student
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California, works on a model Wednesday for a
studio design class. The project is design for a
hypothetical graduate student center
Rioting erupts
in Los Angeles
Violence results in one dead, at least 72 hurt;
Gov. Wilson orders in National Guard troops
LOS ANGELES (AP) - One
person was killed and at least 72
injured as looting, gunfire, street
fights, vandalism and fires swept
across widely scattered parts of
the city hours after a verdict
acquitted four white policemen of
a black motorist's beating.
Mayor Tom Bradley declared
a state of emergency and Gov.
Pete Wilson said he would send in
the National Guard.
In the worst outbreak, an inter
section in predominantly black
South Central Los Angeles was
plunged into chaos, with looters
running free and motorists pulled
from cars and attacked. Police and
paramedics were ordered to steer
clear.
City officials, including
Bradley and Police Chief Daryl F.
Gates, as well as leaders of the
black community, appealed for
calm.
In a scene that was captured
by news helicopters and broadcast
live, a truck driver was pulled
from his tractor-trailer rig, beaten
and clubbed with a tire iron as
looters went through a nearby
liquor store, gas station and auto
parts store.
Men who beat the truck driver
raised their hands and smiled.
The man's pockets were
picked and he was kicked before
he was able to stumble to his truck
and drive away.
In another attack, about 25
people stood around as looters
pulled a man from a vehicle at the
intersection, beat and kicked him.
The man staggered about in
the street, his head bloody,
looking for help or a way out.
After several minutes, two good
Samaritans emerged, their hands
raised for a halt to the violence.
They led the man away.
A man in a white truck had his
window smashed and was pulled
out of the cab and beaten. A
motorcyclist was seen shooting a
shotgun at passing cars at the
intersection.
At the downtown police
headquarters, demonstrators
demanding Gates' resignation
threw rocks and uprooted plants,
breaking doors and windows.
About 50 of the crowd of 200
menaced two police officers who
were trapped outside the
building, but no one appeared to
be injured.
Police in riot gear later moved
in and some officers were hit with
what appeared to be rocks.
Jury acquits four police officers
involved in videotaped beating
SIMI VALLEY, Calif. (AP) -
Four white Los Angeles police
officers were acquitted of all but
one assault charge Wednesday in
the videotaped beating of black
motorist Rodney King. A mistrial
was declared on one count.
The verdicts, in the seventh
day of deliberations, came after a
year of political uproar sparked by
the graphic videotape of a black
man being beaten by white
officers, denounced in many
quarters as brutality. The backlash
brought down the Los Angeles
police chief.
"My client and I are just
outraged," King's lawyer, Steve
Lerman, said after the verdict. "It
sends a bad message. It says it's
OK to go ahead and beat
somebody when they're down
and kick the crap out of them."
Chief Daryl Gates, who was
pressured to resign after the
beating, declined to comment
directly on the verdict at a news
conference.
"I do not think there are any
winners at all in this situation,"
Gates said. "I'm hopeful . . . that
this department will go forward."
Los Angeles Mayor Tom
Bradley blasted the jury's
decision.
"Today, the system failed us,"
he said.
"Today, this jury told the
world what we all saw with our
own eyes wasn't a crime. Today,
that jury asked us to accept the
senseless and brutal beating of a
helpless man."
See Officers/Page 8
hallenger stresses
involvement of citizens
By Michael Q. Sullivan
The Battalion
Students should be more in-
olved in the government of Col-
ege Station, says mayoral candi-
iate Doug Glasgow.
"If students will just get out
nd vote, they just can't imagine
the power they would have in city
government," says Glasgow, a lec-
urer in the Texas A&M manage
ment department. "Students
Wouldn't just leave A&M a better
place, they should leave the city
hat is home to their school a bet-
w place, too. If they do vote, the
fudents will make a lot of differ
ence."
Glasgow, an economist and a
member of the Texas Bar Associa
tion, is running for mayor because
^ perceives the city council as be-
l ng weak when dealing with the
tity manager's office.
"I decided to run
for mayor because
of a lot of things that
had gone on in the
city recently," he
says. "Our city may
or and council are
pretty weak. They
are supposed to be
our link to the city
manager's office,
but the council is
afraid of offending
the (city manager's)
staff."
If elected, Glasgow wants to
take control of the city manager's
staff and get the council involved
in making decisions.
Public involvement is a major
theme in Glasgow's campaign.
Citizens of College Station — stu
dents and non-students — need to
be given a more active role in run
ning the city, he says.
"College Station is a relatively
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Doug
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Glasgow, mayoral candidate
small town," Glasgow says. "If we
can spend millions on various
projects, there is no reason why
we can't spend a few thousand
dollars educating the citizens
about the decisions coming up be
fore the council."
Glasgow says the council often
acts without informing the public
See Glasgow/Page 2
By Michael Q. Sullivan
The Battalion
Experience, dedication and a
broad base of knowledge are rea
sons why Larry Ringer feels he
should be re-elected as mayor of
College Station.
"The experience that I have in
the community, both as council
member and mayor and activities
with other organizations," says
Ringer, assistant head of the Texas
A&M statistics department. "This
gives me a broad base of knowl
edge in what people desire, and
the needs of many groups and or
ganizations in the city. "
Ringer has served as mayor for
six years and as a council member
for seven. Ringer believes the high
point of his term as mayor has
been improving relationships be
tween College Station, Bryan and
A&M.
Ringer says the
biggest challenge for
the city is planning
for the future by at
tracting new indus
tries to the area.
"We want indus
try that is suitable in
terms of the the ma
jor industry that is
already here, a ma
jor research univer
sity," he says.
However, the
Ringer
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Larry Ringer, mayor of College Station
forsees is not limited to industry.
He also wants to work on the park
system, as well as a new library
and civic center.
Ringer believes the current re
cycling program is a good start,
but will just require time to get
under way.
"We've gone city-wide now
and have two systems in use,
which will give us a better idea of
which works best," he says. "I
hope we can increase the materials
we can recycle, as well as do
something with household chemi
cals like paint, so they don't get
into the landfill."
The subject of TCA Cable has
been prominent, but Ringer thinks
the company is doing fine, it is just
a matter of the city and company
See Ringer/Page 2