'Baboon Six'
now being
used in
other test
Canal supporters
defend Carter
WASHINGTON (AP) - Supporters of
the Panama Canal treaties staged a
counter-attack yesterday against con-
tentions by treaty opponents that
President Carter misled the American
people when he said the pacts would not
cost the taxpayers any money.
"It was not misleading, it was not a
deception, as charged by some," said
Sen. Paul Sarbanes of Carter's
statement in his fireside chat appealing
for ratification of the treaties four
weeks ago.
By JUDY RAKOWSKY
The six baboons spared by the High-
way Safety Research Institute in its
test to improve crash dummies are now
part of an experiment to determine
whether other primates should be used
in further research on human hyper-
tension.
In this experiment, the baboons are
anesthesized at the outset, then tested
for the regulation of salt and water in
their blood. They are also tested for
variations in blood pressure which one
researcher called "the genesis of
hypertension."
THE BABOONS are given lethal
doses of anesthesia at the end of the ex-
periment, and their tissues are studied
during an autopsy.
Dr. Daniel Ringler, who was involved
in the first experiment, said he
originally wanted to place the baboons
in another experiment through an ad in
the National Primate Clearinghouse
Exchange: The ad was pulled when
Ringler opted to let Dr. Richard
Malvin, of the University's Unit for
Live Animal Medicine, use them in his
experiments.
Malvin said experiments similar to
the current one have already been done
with rats and dogs. Now, he said, he
wants to determine whether baboons,
whose blood systems are similar to
those in humans, react similarly to the
salt in the tests. If so, he said, the
results from tests with lower animals
could be valid for research in human
hypertension.
THE EXPERIMENTS should be
completed in a few weeks, Malvin said.
He said he could not speculate how
many baboons would be used, but he
said he thinks the remaining baboons
would probably be used. One has
already died.
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WASHINGTON (AP) - Every-
body talks about the wind chill factor
on cold wintry mornings, but about
the only thing you.can do about it is
bundle up.
The National Oceanic and Atmos-
pheric Administration warns that in
a wind of 20 miles an hour, 25 de-
grees Fahrenheit has the same effect
on the body as three below zero.
People get . gold, scientists say,
because of the heat loss the body
suffers. Since the heat loss is greater
when the wind is stronger, the
chances of frost-bite and other
cold-related problems are greater
when the wind blows, says NOAA.
Bursley
calls it
a career
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George Goodman, two local
Democrats.
Bullard, who has worked with Bur-
sley on several legislative measures,
said he has not made any commitment
to seek Bursley's seat. But he has been
consulting with local constituents and
government leaders about his political
future.
"I'M CONSIDERING what to do this
year," said Bullard. "There are a lot of
variables and questions that need to be
answered."
Goodman, 37, said he is seriously
considering Bursley's senate seat, but
will not announce his decision for
another two to three weeks.
Goodman served on the Ypsilanti
City Council from 1970 to 1973, when he
was elected that city's part-time
mayor. He is currently employed as the
director of the University's Opportunity
Program, which is designed to recruit
and counsel minority and educational
disabled students.
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of Health, the procedures a
methods of the experiment
to peer reviews, Malvin saii
Carolyn Smith, a mem
Committee to Save the Ba
said the peer review comm
prised of people with "quit
self-serving interests." T
need someone else to reg
she said.
'In this expel
the baboon
anesthesized
.nd research
are subject
d. RONALD REAGAN, in a response to
nber of the the President's nationally televised
boon Seven, speech, said the canal itself was worth
ittee is com- up to $10 billion, adding that, "we'll also
e vested and pay a considerable amount to the
hese people government of Panama to take it off
ulate them, our hands."
The former California governor said
the treaties would obligate the United
States to pay "hundreds of millions of
dollars in loans and aid" to Panama as
well as up to $80 million in annual
niment, payments for municipal services, canal
operations and tolls.
s are Sarbanes,a Maryland Democrat,
said Carter's statement that there
at the would be no cost to the taxpayers was a
reference to this country's obligations
tested to Panama.
drive shipping elsewhere and lead to a
decline in revenues, forcing the United
States to supply financial aid.
As the debate moved into its 1pth day,
Senate leaders began voicing impatien-
ce with the slow pace and indicated
they might soon try to speed up the
procedure.
SENATE MINORITYLeader Howard
Baker of Tennessee said he hoped the
debate could be concluded by Easter. If
not, he said, perhaps the Senate should
abandon plans for a 10-day Easter
recess.
Senate Majority Leader Robert Byrd
(D-W. Va.), told reporters "about
everything that can be said has been
said." But he stopped short of saying he
planned early action to try to limit
debate.
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MSA appoints
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Michigan Student Assembly (MSA) last night appointed Steve Beyer,
treasurer to replace interim treasurer Howard Feldman.
One of Beyer's first tasks will be to determine how much money MSA ac-
tually has in its coffers. MSA imposed a freeze on allocation of funds until
Beyer and Budget Priorities Coordinator Nancy Smith report on the current
state of MSA finances. Their report to the Assembly is due March 14.
The confusion apparently stems from Feldman's unfamiliarity with the
financial records, according to former treasurer Rick DeVore, who resigned
several weeks ago. Feldman was appointed temporary treasurer so
"someone could sign the checks" until a permanent treasurer could be
found, according to DeVore.
MSA also endorsed a student course evaluation proposal drawn up by
the student-funded Course Evaluation Project (CEP). The proposal outlines t
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Of salt and water in
their blood.'
SMITH SAID although provision for
adequate care and sanitary facilities
/ are made for the animals, no layper-
sons have a voice in the decisions about
how many animals would be used in
which experiments. These decisions
should not be confined to peer review,
she said.
She also protested the use of terms
such as "terminal project" and
"anesthesize" because "a lot of the
public does not know what's couched in
those terms."
Cathy Fludd of the Humane Society of
Huron Valley echoed Smith's demand
for a regulatory board on University
research but she also said she has no
qualms about this project.
"PAYMENTS TO Panama can be
met out of the toll structure," said Sar-
banes. "That is an eminently correct
statement."
Sen. Charles Percy (R-Ill.), another
treaty supporter, referred to the con-
tentions that Carter had misled people
and said, "I denounce such statements
because I don't think there's any
evidence of that whatsoever."
And Sen. Edmund Muskie (D-Maine),
took issue with arguments by the op-
position to the effect that the canal is
worth billions of dollars.
MUSKIE, chairman of the Senate
Budget Committee, said it was im-
possible to calculate the value of a
facility like the canal. He said
estimates of its value vary widely
depending on what sort of accounting
system is used in the calculation.
Percy focused on opposition conten-
tions that canal tolls would have to in-
crease dramatically under
Panamanian operation. Opponents also
have argued that such increases would
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