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College Station, Texas
Wednesday, February 9, 1972
THE BATTAli
Justice Powell refuses to block court order against redistricting pla
WASHINGTON (A 1 )—Supreme
Court Justice Lewis Powell Jr.,
refused Tuesday to block the
order of a U. S. District Court
in Austin that found the Texas
legislative redistricting plan un
constitutional.
It was the second time in two
weeks that Powell has been called
upon to rple in a Texas redis
tricting case.
Last month, he agreed to block
the order of a U. S. District
Court in Dallas that found the
Texas congressional redistrict
ing plan unconstitutional.
Powell said the state of Texas,
which had asked him to block
the order of the U. S. District
Court in Austin, had failed to
show the lower court’s order was
Humble Oil
gives $70,000
for research
The College of Engineering at
A&M has received $70,000 from
Humble Oil and Refining Com
pany to continue research being
conducted by Dr. Peter D. Wein
er, associate professor of me
chanical engineering.
Research aims, according to
Dr. Weiner, are “to evaluate the
effect of the drilling tool joints
and the wear characteristics on
casing during drilling operations,
to determine the optimum
stresses on the sizes of drill col
lars used in the oil industry, and
to evaluate the tubing and cas
ing joints currently used in oil
field operations.”
Dr. Weiner, who joined A&M
in 1956, has been a consultant
for Humble on tubular goods for
the last 16 years and has re-«
ceived several patents in this
area.
He has lectured on the make
up goods in Europe and the U.S.
and has conducted research at
A&M for Humble since January,
1967.
Dr. Weiner is assisted on the
project by Dr. Charles Hays, as
sociate professor of mechanical
engineering and research assist
ants Russel McCombs and Roy
Marlow.
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Insurance change
on premium cost
made for students
AUSTIN, Tex. (A>) — College
students who buy deferred pre
mium life insurance policies in
their senior year must be clearly
informed they are taking on a
debt, the state insurance board
said today.
The board issued new rules
governing the sale of such poli
cies, which the agency said have
certain advantages for the stu
dent.
Such policies take effect im
mediately, but the student does
not pay the first year’s premium
until he leaves school. Instead,
he signs a promissory note for
the initial premium. His second
and subsequent year’s premiums
fall due after he graduates.
Occasionally, the board said,
students do not realize they are
taking on an obligation to pay
the first year premium at a later
date.
“The order is intended to make
it very clear to the student that
he is entering into an indebted
ness,” the board said in a state
ment.
For instance, if the student is
a minor, the note must be co
signed by his parent, legal guard-i
ian or adult spouse. Also, a $10
cash down payment must be paid
by the student when he signs
his application for insurance.
Senate
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ure would, five days after enact
ment, permit a court to enjoin a
strike or lockout affecting mili
tary and agricultural cargo load
ings, or any shipments to and
from Hawaii, Alaska and Guam.
The Rules Committee consid
ered three alternatives which
could take responsibility for a
decision from the Labor Commit
tee. These were the administra
tion’s compulsory-arbitration re
quest, the 60-day partial injunc
tion, and a substitute by Rep.
Spark M. Matsunaga, D-Hawaii.
The Matsunaga bill would allow
court injunction against a strike
for up to 60 days, with both fac
tions required after 25 days to
make their “last best offer” on
unresolved issues, from which the
secretary of Labor or an arbitra
tion panel would select as binding
the one deemed most reasonable.
erroneous or that implementa
tion of the judgment pending
appeal would cause irreparable
harm.
Powell on Jan. 28 blocked a
U. S. District Court order that
found the redistricting plan was
in violation of the one-man, one-
vote rule. The state had argued
in that case that the court’s
order, which was effective im
mediately, would have caused
mass confusion since the dead
line for filing for political office
in Texas was Feb. 7. Texas
argued that registration slips
already had been sent to voters
telling them where they should
vote.
The order of the Austin court,
however, did not go into effect
immediately and Powell, saying
he had discussed the case with
six of his colleagues on the court,
concluded there was no harm be-i
ing done to Texas.
The Austin court found the
redistricting plan for the Senate
constitutional but ruled the
House redistricting plan violated
the equal protection clause be
cause of population deviations in
the districts. It also found that
multi-member district plans for
Dallas and Bexar Counties were
unconstitutional.
The district court suspended
its ruling on the House redis
tricting play to allow the Texas
state legislature to adopt a new
and constitutional play. It said
the elections Feb. 7 could be held
under the plan found unconstitu
tional.
The district court also ordered
that candidates residing in Dal
las and Bexar counties could run
from any district in that county
rather than from the district of
their residence. It said this would
minimize the disruptive impact
of its ruling.
Powell said the case had re
ceived careful attention by the
three-judge court in Austin and
noted “The order of the court
was narrowly drawn to effectu
ate its decision with a minimum
of interference with the state’s
legislative processes . . .”
He said although no other
justice participated in the draft
ing of his opinion, “I am author
ized to say that each of them
would vote to deny this applica
tion.” He said he had been in
contact with all but two justices.
The district court ruling which
Powell last month agreed to stay
differentiated in the Austin
court’s ruling in that it
the entire redistricting pjj.
constitutional in that it,
violation of the equal prot
clause. That court, sitfe
Dallas, said the plan woulj
placed 4.1 per cent more;
in the state’s largest distriti
in the smallest.
That district court then a
ed into effect a redistrictinj
that would permit variant!
.3 per cent between the It
and smallest district.
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