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Iso be very dif| : down off a curb! ions,” she said, standards to ref for the blind ah id in Washington nd the state wi it receives thos f [ to make adapt®; sually-impairf Thursday • September 8, 1994 STATE Pneumonia plagues Houston inmates BOSTON (AP) — Overcrowd ing and poor ventilation helped spread a deadly pneumonia out break at a Houston jail, where prisoners averaged less than 6- by-6 feet of living space, accord ing to a federal report. The outbreak, which occurred in 1989, was the first of what has turned out to be a series of episodes of pneumococcal infec tion in crowded places. “We think this was a sentinel in the reemergence of that dis ease,” said Dr. Robert F. Breiman of the U.S. Centers for Disease control and Prevention in Atlanta. Breiman’s team investigated the Houston outbreak, which struck 46 inmates, killing two, in a one-month period. The bac teria, called streptococcus pneu monia, can cause pneumonia or a more serious blood infection. At the time, the 13-story Har ris County Jail was the third largest in the United States. It was designed for 3,500 inmates but housed 6,700. Half slept on mattresses on the floor. Since then, the county has opened a new facility, and the jail where the outbreak occurred now has 3,746 prisoners. Maj. Mike Quinn of the sher iffs office said a new ventilation system has been designed but not yet installed. “The overcrowding did not the cause the disease. It was a vehi cle for its spread,” said Quinn. The CDC report on the out break was published in Thurs day’s issue of the New England Journal of Medicine. The report blamed the out break on overcrowding, poor air circulation and susceptibility of inmates to catching the bacteria, because of AIDS infections, drug abuse and other health problems. “My gut feeling is the thing that played the greatest role was overcrowding, but it was a combi nation of all three,” said Breiman. The prisoners had an average living area of 34 square feet. Current engineering standards suggest that inmates have at least 50 square feet. The CDC found that nobody in the Houston jail with more than 80 square feet of living space got sick. The investigation also found that,the jail ventilation system delivered six square feet of out side air per person each minute, while the recommend level is 20. square feet. Since the Houston outbreak, similar clusters of pneumococcal infection have been seen at mili tary bases, hospitals, day care centers and nursing homes. Breiman said this is proba bly because there are more peo ple with weak defenses against disease, in part because of AIDS infections, drug abuse and medical treatments that weaken immunity, such as transplant medicines. iMdUnr CLINT BLACK CONCERT TONIGHT 8:00 pm Rudder Auditorium FLOOR SEATS AVAILABLE Purchase tickets at the MSC Box Office 845-1234 Brought to you by MSC Town Hall & Glenn Smith Presents Inc. SERVING AGGIES FOR OVER 20 YEARS! Gig 'Em! J.J. 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Through an intermediary, Courter confirmed last week that he would reject the con tract because of fears that such a deal could be perceived as improper. In an interview Wednesday, the former Republican con gressman from New Jersey said: “I’m not going to be re tained by any community.” “I don’t think it’s appropri ate, even though it’s proper and legal and everything,” added Courter, who now prac tices law in Hackettstown, N.J. Former commissioners are prohibited from directly lob bying the panel. But under ethics rules, they aren’t barred from advisory or plan ning roles. Courter was clearly reluc tant to discuss his dealings with San Antonio, other than to say that officials there are “terrific people.” “The story is over. I’m not under contract. I’m not getting any money,” he said when asked to explain why he had first considered and then re jected the contract. San Antonio is home to four Air Force bases — Kelly, Randolph, Lackland and Brooks — as well as the Army’s Fort Sam Houston. Like many military cities nationwide, San Antonio is bracing for next year’s round of cuts which is expected to be the harshest yet. Kelly Air Force Base, which was re viewed last year for closure and later taken off the cut list, is expected to also land on next year’s list. Local lawmakers and the San Antonio Chamber of Com merce have geared up for a nearly $500,000 lobbying effort to protect Kelly. Kelly, which is home to the San Antonio Air Logistics Cen ter, is the largest of the city’s defense installations. A genius figured it out- HP built it in. /vr r rFrvno™ JEWISH STEOElVTSs Texas A&M Hillel is here for yM ...with a full range of religious, social, cultural and educational programs New Member Bash Sunday, September 11th, 5:00 P.M. Shabbat Services every Friday at 8:00 P.M. 800 George Bush Drive across from campus Call 696-7318 for details. 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