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Engineering technology junior Dustin Martin peers over a wall to talk with fellow engineering stu
dents, junior Kevin Orr, left, and senior Todd Grage, during a class break Wednesday afternoon.
Young mothers face double risk
of premature births, study shows
BOSTON (AP) — A large new study suggests
that biology, not just poverty, is to blame when
teen-age births turn out badly.
About 13 percent of all children in the United
States are bom to teen-agers. Statistics have long
shown their babies are especially likely to be pre
mature and undersized.
The reasons for this have never been clear. But
because these young mothers are often poor, ill-ed
ucated and from racial minorities, many experts
assumed their living conditions, not their age, ex
plained their pregnancy problems.
The new work challenges this belief. It found that
even middle-class teen-agers are almost twice as
likely as older women to deliver premature babies.
“In general, all teen-agers should be encouraged
not to get pregnant,” even those who are married,
said Dr. Richard Ward, the study’s senior author.
Just how the mother’s age contributes to pre
maturity is unclear.
Understanding prematurity is important be
cause it is the leading cause of newborn deaths.
Babies born too soon simply cannot survive out
side the womb, no matter what doctors do.
The new study attempted to sort out the causes
by focusing solely on white, middle-class females
in Utah. Two-thirds of the teen-agers in the group
under age 18 were married, and 95 percent were
still in school.
The study concluded that even when poverty is
not a factor, the risk of prematurity remains high,
especially for the youngest teen-agers.
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for one of nation’s
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most poorest areas
□ The vice president
visits the Lower Rio
Grande Valley touting
an administration plan
for rural and urban
'empowerment zones'.
WESLACO (AP) — Vice Pres
ident A1 Gore visited one of the
nation’s poorest regions Wednes
day with a message that Wash
ington can help bring economic
development and raise hopes for
the next generation.
“These children will have a
greater opportunity to stay here,
raise their families, have a good
job and a better way of life,” Gore
said, gesturing toward a group of
elementary school children who
attended a town meeting.
The vice president’s trip to
the Lower Rio Grande Valley
touted a Clinton administration
initiative for rural and urban
“empowerment zones” — needy
areas targeted for special tax in
centives, . . .
Despite the enthusiastic re
sponse Gore received about the
empowerment program, some
audience members wanted to
know his reaction to the bomb
ing of a federal building in Okla
homa City.
“At a time like what we find
is that the people who see the
U.S. government as their enemy
are surprised that the reaction
to their terror
and hateful
ness is a
surge of the
strongest sup
port they
could possibly
imagine for
our self-gov
ernment,’’
Gore said.
“We’re go
ing to stand
against those
who hate it
and despise it and see it as an
enemy. They’re never going to
prevail,” he said, drawing loud
and spirited applause.
Gore toured St.
Gore
Representatives from!
Band and the Ross Vc,
attended the funeral Weft
a former cadet who die:
bombing of the federal
Oklahoma City.
Kenneth McCollougli
A&M Class of ’80, wasarir
the Drug Enforcement Age
assigned to the DEAsfie'
which was located intte
building.
Brian Taylor, RossVt
commander, said Hie
Volunteers were requeslec::
the funeral in Edmond &
honor McCollough.
"We try to stay away frcr
funeral for every Aggie!ha:
away because we don'tli
finances for it," Taylorse
family requested the RossVot
there and contacted thepiee
office and Dr. Southerland.
“We wanted to helpoulh
and provide any emotiona 1 :
we could for them."
Maj. George B'
administrative officer for :
ROTC at A&M, said th
Volunteers sent a seven-
detail, led by a squad lea:
addition, two buglers from-
Band were also present, lies;
The cadets were escote
Col. Thomas Owen, militar,
for the Ross Volunteers.
sday
job train
ing, low-
interest
loans and
commu
nity
grants.
The
Valley —
with un
employ
ment and
poverty
rates con-
"As someone who grew up in
Brownsville and is a product of
the Valley, I think this is a dream
come true/'
sistently among the highest in
the nation — is one of only three
designated rural empowerment
zones so far, each eligible for
about $40 million.
Gore told business and com
munity leaders that the rest of
the nation will be watching the
Valley as a model for future em
powerment zones.
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couch
with
U.S.
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man and
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— Frederico Pena
transportation secretary
Valley native.
“As someone who grew up in
Brownsville and is a product of
the Valley, I think this is a
dream come true,” Pena said.
“This will help us to lift the
Valley, create jobs and address
the problem of rural needs and
job training.”
HOUSTON (AP) -A
errors has left a convicted
an execution date for seveny
James Ronald Meanesi
have been the forgotten man
row. No one’s even looked aft
in the past seven years bei
files were misplaced after
judge rejected his first bid fora
execution.
Ron Dusek, spokesr
Attorney General Dan Moral
someone in the U.S. Disfe
Clerk’s office “obviously dro;
ball” in notifying parties oftfe
decision.
The system finally cauf
Tuesday when state Distn:
Doug Shaver scheduleda
execution for Meanes, who;
death row in 1981. In II
District Judge Ken Hoyt
death sentence.
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Option Code Types of Permits and Prices
10 Commuter Student $75
30 Resident Student $75
09 Night Permit $35
12 Motorcycle/Moped $35
Summer Permit (Effective Summer ‘96) $55
Faculty/Staff (Reserved Lot) $100
Faculty/Staff (Reserved Number Space) $200
Garage Roof $180
Garage (Inside) $240
Garage (Priority) $270
Zachry Basement ...$270
15 Bus Pass $ 110*
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