Corpus Christi Times from Corpus Christi, Texas • 3

i i Moist climate far from CORPUS CHRISTI TIMES Tur April 24 1964 3A being ideal for many i Teddy Roosevelt the macho big-game hunter actually a depressed asthmatic? Balmy Corpus Christ! that Sparkling City not a very healthful place to live? These myths were shattered as Dr John Pettigrove whose specialty is pulmonary disease discussed its ramifications He pointed out that all along the Gulf Coast the longevity rate is not high don't see people living to the 90s here in the numbers you do elsewhere" he said "I don't 1 think anyone knows exactly why It may be the traditional South Texas diet high in fat and carbohydrates or the climate And as long ago as Zachary Taylor people complained of the cold and damp winters The Texas Gulf Coast also has a higher-than-average death rate from lung cancer in nonsmokers "A few years back NIH (the National Institues of Health) sent a team down here to do an epidemiological study to find the cause but they really never came to any The moist moldy climate along the whole Gulf Coast is far from ideal for people with bad lungs "It gets worse as you go East Beaumont with all the petrochemical industry and New stop it" Depressed and morbid states excerbate asthma He cited a case where a curandcro "cured" a patient's asthma "What the cu-randero provided was actually supportive therapy and this helped her deal with the emotional aspect of asthma" Denial is the name of the game for many people who breathe with difficulty "Smokers simply refuse to believe it can happen to them ail those other smokers yes But they will be among the lucky few who do not develop lung cancer" While not all smokers develop lung cancer generally their breathing problems show an almost mathematical progression "The other day I saw a patient who I first treated ten years ago It had been a long time since I hud seen him but now his lung capacity is much worse than It was I tell everyone to stop smoking but most of the time they don't listen" When the final result is lung cancer the prognosis is grim 60 percent mortality the first year after diagnosis he said "We see a lot of oat-cell carcinomas here and about one-quarter of these patients will live only three With emphysema asthma and tion "The emotional response is an ger the patient is angry at loos ing control of his life at having to make sometimes-drastic changes in the way he lives" Pettigrove said the doctor is handy target for that anger" A good diet and exercise are especially important Exercise can help increase the strength of the chest wall which makes breathing easier And even if it docs not direct ly- improve the ability to breathe at the very minimum it can help' prevent heart disease "Coronary artery disease and emphysema that's a terrible combination" The goal in rehabilitation of the the chronically ill patient is "his resurrection as a human being" Pettigrove said A supportive program for people with chronic lung disease is operated by the American Lung Association of Texas The Corpus Christi Reiter Living Better Breathing Club will meet at 7 pm Thursday at the Lindale Senior Citizens Center 3134 Sivanlner Information instruction practical skills and exercises for easier breathing and more active living are included in the programs (Thit column of health information ii published at intervals in The Times) other chronic lung diseases the human spirit is an unpredictable factor in rehabilitation "You'll have two patients with exactly the same terribly bad lung function One will be up carrying on as much of his normal routine as possible The other will insist he is unable to get out of bed" Some patients are nonchalant about having to use oxygen in public others are too emba-rassed to leave the house A genetic factor may or may not be involved in these diseases There are inherited risk factors for some types of emphysema and asthma but apparently none in others "There may possibly be an inherited immunologic defect in acquired lung disease but it is far from certain" he said Projection is also a common reaction in respiratory patients Somewhat like the ancient Greeks who killed the messenger bringing bad news they are inclined to blame the doctor for their condi Respiratory patients often move looking for a better environment for breathing Some who live at high altitudes are sent to Corpus Christ! by their physicians because a lower elevation increases blood oxygen "On the whole it's been my experience that they don't do that well here" Pettigrove said Roosevelt of course went in the opposite direction Because of asthma he was sent to the high dry West "lie wrote about his bouts of depression and during those spells his asthma was worse The asthma itself seemed to shape his A psychological component has long been recognised in asthma "Definitely in children" he said "There is some indication that children can bring on an asthma attack However once it starts there is no way they can the servicemen carried for quick energy But the Hershey company which you know is building a new hotel on our Bayfront was quick to answer their request supplying a variety of items Congratulations to Bob Dickey who'll serve as new president of the Southside Lions Club beginning July 1 He will succeed Roy Pell to Dr AJ Ashmore who has 43 years of perfect attendance and Bob Sullivan 38 years with the Six Points Kiwanis Club to Fred Goodwin who was elected this week as new president-elect of the Downtown Optimist Club He will take office Oct 1 succeeding Robert Davis current president Put your creative talents to work and you could win S1000 in a contest lo select the city's official logo for the Texas Sesquicentennial Celebration Entry deadline is May 11 Dodie Hummell of the Corpus Christi Arts Council at 852-6008 has the details The grandson of a local couple almost got to hunt Buster Brown at a private reception late Thursday afternoon at Ihe Town Cluh Brown will discuss his' proposed new statewide anti-crime program The 93- member board of directors of the Texas Lyceum a diverse group of stale business leaders dedicated to improving Texas by preparing for the future will hold its first meeting ever in our city -next month Raymond Rodriguez a board member who heads the local Merrill Lynch office is general chairman of the May 11-12 sessions A closed symposium will be held in connection with the directors' meeting with its theme "Revitalization of the Mexican Economy Through High Tech" Other local residents helping with arrangements are Lyceum directors RC Allen Pal Kisen-hauer and Al Jones and senior advisory members Hayden Head Sr and Wayne Siorkseth Borrowed from the Corpus Christi Civilun bulletin "If you consider what doctors charge the must precious stones arc not diamonds and emeralds they're gall and kidney" eggs on the White House lawn yesterday He is Colin Campbell 5-yenr-old son of Lt Cmdr and Mrs Steve Campbell of Burke Va and grandson of Mr and Mrs Clay Moore of the city Colin's name was picked to participate in the annual White House Easter Egg Roll but the festivities were canceled yesterday due to the weather Colin who's been suffering from a rare cancer disease since lust August was given a special Easter leave from Bethesda Naval Hospital to be with his parents After the egg roll was canceled he returned to the hospital Monday but he still got some special eggs from the Easter bunny Around town Jimmy Goldston will be honored for his many years of service to our city by the Corpus Christi Rotary Club Thursday during its noon luncheon at the Bayfront Plaza Our city's lllth bank Corpus Christi National Bank-South opened yesterday with Frank Robinson as president and CEO But despile the name the Southside bank can't accept deposits for CCNB on Shoreline It's against stale law which prohibits branch banking Local Crime Stoppers will honor State Sen the city with eleanor mortensen If you participated in D-Day June 6 1944 in Europe during World War II you might be interested to learn planning a big celebration for the 40th anniversary of the Allied invasion When I was in London recently I learned that "Sixty Minutes" the BBC television program was soliciting items for a D-Day Museum to be established in London If you have a memento you'd like to contribute you can send it to D-Day Desk Sixty Minutes BBC-TV London W128QT One of the items they wanted was a Hershey candy bar like those Doggett discusses opponents Krueger and Hance 1 ft I I i to thp United States lor commercial or private profit If elected Doggett said he would continue to support the Corpus Christi Naval Air Station "Of ail the cities in the stale Sen Tower had a more personal identity with Corpus Christi I am committed to working with existing military bases As long as anything can be justified to taxpayers I'll support it" Doggett criticized the Reagan administration's foreign policy in Central America "I'm no more eager to see Soviet dominance in Central America than the president is but our policy has not worked "I don't harbor the idea that achieving a peaceful solution in El Salvador will he easy but I doubt there's a military primary in the November elections for the scat being vacated by US Sen John Tower Doggett said "Hance has been aboveboard" on the issues but Krueger has been on both sides of the balanced budget amendment prayer in public schools amendment and the nuclear freeze resolution Doggett opposes both a balanced budget amendment and prayer in public school amendment and supports a nuclear freeze resolution under the condition that the Soviet Union match any halt in deployment or construction of nuclear weapons have no doubt the Soviets will take any advantage they find" he said but added that the US must take the lead in negotiating with the Soviets since Doggett said paring down the national deficit will lie difficult going to be a painful process in spending and taxes to get rid of the deficit" he said adding that politicians who promise to not raise taxes are "pandering for voles" Doggelt said lie would delete funding for the MX missiles and evaluate each program in government withoul cutting costs for medicare The race between the three men may produce a runoff and Dog-gelt said hr is able to beat Gramm "To beat Grainin is going to lake someone with enthusiasm Krueger's campaign lacks enthusiasm and Hance seems to he running mostly a media he said both superpowers "are going to be sharing this Doggett criticized Hance for supporting what he calls the most "unfair tax bill ever passed" lie said Krueger "is a man of great learning but he did more pontificating than getting down in the trenches" when he servpd in Congress Doggett said he would not support the Simpson-Mazzoli Immigration Reform Bill pending before Congress but could support the Immigration Reform Bill Act of 1984 introduced by Edward Roybal D-Calif The bill composed by members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus would beef up Border Patrol enforcement and Impose additional criminal penalties for the unlawful transportation of aliens By SCOTT ROTHSCHILD Staff Writer State Sen Lloyd Doggett yesterday sized up his opponents in the US Senate race saying Bob Krueger travels both sides of the issues while Kent Hance stands firmly on ground Doggett is ready to challenge Doggett an Austin state senator spoke to the Corpus Christi Caller-Times editorial board during a one-day stay in the city The major contenders in the May 5 Texas Democratic primary race besides Doggett are Krueger a former US representative from New Braunfels and US Rep Kent Hance of Lubbock The Democratic candidate is expected to square-off against US Rep Phil Gramm the leading contender in the Republican I I i I I i i If 'I I 4 I I I I' I i i State Sen Lloyd Doggett Coalition to continue action against EPA groups testified at the November EPA hearings in Brownsville Yesterday an EPA official recommended that commercial incineration of toxic wastes al sea should not be permitted before next year Steven Schatzow director of the Office of Water Regulations and Standards cited public distrust of new technology and a shortage of data comparing its environmental risks to those of land-based disposal Schatzow proposed that lour tests to burn a total of 33 million gallons of waste be permitted in the Gulf to study how thoroughly incinerator ships can destroy the chemicals and to resolve unceitainties about the impact on Ihe air and sea Ms Stewart said "Today I'm working on an adjudicatory proceeding for Ihe hearing we are requesting from the EPA Once we have followed through on all the appeals processes allowed in that agency we can continue to federal court" ing site of waste 10 years ago then it's 'an environmental said Sharron Stewart Texas Environmental Coalition spokeswoman "But" she added "it's recovered since then and is a good area for commercial fishing and shrimping" The area which she referred to as the waste-burning site is located in the Gulf about 220 miles southeast of Corpus Christi The Texas Environmental Coalition a 22-group umbrella organization of conservation and fishing By JO ANN ZUNIGA Staff Writer The Texas Environmental Coalition will continue its legal action against the Environmental Protection Agency despite the EPA's tentative decision to only allow burning chemical wastes in the Gulf of Mexico after tests assessing environmental risks "The EPA has not even determined whether that area in the Gulf is a viahle area They just decided that since it was the old ocean dump Female robber was thwarted because cash was in safe Local death probed Bosque County investigators today said they are following leads in the shooting death of 13-ycar-old Helen Kilgore a Corpus Christi girl who ran away last month Miss Kilgore's body covered with a blanket was found Sunday in a roadside ditch in rural Bosque County Bosque County Sheriff Phil Staley said The county is located about 40 miles northwest of Waco Corpus Christi law enforcement agencies received missing person reports on Miss Kilgore a Tom Browne Junior High student shortly after she disappeared March 13 Her parents Mr and Mrs Thomas Kilgore of 4705 Sierra Blanca Blvd last heard from their daughter on April 15 On that day Nueces County Sheriff's Sgt Guy Genovese said Miss Kilgore told her parents she was in Belton near Waco One week later Sheriff Staley said a motorist traveling north of Meridian the Bosque County seat discovered Miss Kilgore dead beneath a quilted blanket Staley said the blanket similar to the type used by moving companies to protect furniture was first spotted April 20 Investigators now believe the killing occurred before that date It was not until 7 am Sunday however that someone stopped and checked the quilt he said The fully-clothed body was found on a county road that connects Meridian with Morgan The road Staley said is fairly well traveled There was no identification on the body he said Miss Kilgore's body was taken to the Dallas County Medical Examiner's Office and was identified yesterday morning Staley said The teenager died from a 38-caliber gunshot wound to the head he said Corpus Christi Police Department officers said they received a missing person report on Miss Kilgore in mid-March An investigator spoke with Miss Kilgore's parents to confirm identifying characteristics Copt Robert Glorfield said Miss Kilgore also was reported as a runaway on March 5 Glorfield said Law enforcement officers in San Antonio subsequently located Miss Kilgore and she was returned to Corpus Christi Less than two weeks later she was reported missing again Glorfield said your town Petition sent urging appointment A petition urging the Del Mar College Board of Regents to appoint Dr David Berlanga Jr to the vacancy that exists on the board has been sent by Dr Cleo Garcia Dr Xico Garcia Dr Hector Garcia Augustine Leija chairman of the local American til Forum Rosita Gutierrez of the Governor's Commission for Women: Herbert Hernandez Gilbert Casares Herbert Hernandez and Oscar Del Rio Shipwreck negotiations continue Final negotiations for settlement of a 15-year-old lawsuit concerning a Spanish galleon shipwreck found off Padre Island are still incomplete Jim Parker a lawyer representing the State of Texas said the final version of the agreement may not be filed with the federal court in Austin until June He said the salvage fee for the firm that found the ship would be almost 8300000 The treasure remains state property The following "Crime of the Week" is a brief recount of an unsolved felony that so far has baffled investigators Crime Stoppers a non-profit organization working in conjunction with local law enforcement groups will pay up to 1 1000 for information leading to the arrest and grand jury indictment of a suspect in the Crime of the Week Informants may remain anonymous Crime Stoppers also offers lesser rewards for valuable tips concerning other felony crimes Call Crime Stoppers at 868-TIPS during business hours Monday-F'ri-day if you have information about the Crime of the Week or any felony Encapsulated descriptions of the crime will be aired throughout week on channels 3 0 10 10 and 28 Most local radio stations also will present a different Crime of the Week beginning each The woman walked directly to the beer cooler took one six-pac and proceeded to Ihe front counter As the clerk rang up the purchase the woman pulled out a small blucd-slcct revolver She told the clerk to open the register and give her the money The clerk said the cash had just i been dropped into the store's safe" which she was unable to open Upon hearing this the robber' ran from the store and escaped in' a blue pickup truck with a white camper shell The robber is described as a female in her mid-30s She is slim about 5 feet 6 inches tall and has curly blond hair She wore a blue knit rap brown vest with khaki shirt and blue jeans on the day oD the robbery Information leading to the ar- rest and indictment of the Stop-X- i Sav robber must be received by" Monday April 30 for the fuil'j $1000 reward to be available About 10 weeks ago an An-naville area convenience store Has held up by a gun-toting female robber About 11 pm on Wednesday Feb 15 the woman entered the Stop-N-Sav station at 11001 Leopard St She was alone I i i I i A.