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OFF SaSSSSi of Scien niors and ,e must tal ednesday, ry Depart listry Dep Deixirtmi cs Depart nformatioi ination, cl pletion of ige of Scie ipring Sei fSSSSSSS SI in yoi on nc lembe 'UNE-l OUR 1 MOB 546-821 HALS F iiaSSSSS 5SESS8 j! ‘ fl 80 col $1S Dodg talk p 1974 9161 1974 .693-1 ffi™ ifi, i i tjU t Page 6 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, OCT. 29, 1975 League supports article 6 Associated Press HOUSTON — Delegates to the Texas Municipal League conference voted Tuesday to support only one proposition on the proposed new state constitution and took strong stands against federal aid to distres sed cities and against forced busing. With 155 cities represented and voting, the league rejected a resolu tion favoring the new constitution and substituted instead a motion for formal support of proposition number six of the proposed state governing document. The league’s resolution commit tee had earlier passed a statement favoring the new constitution, but the issue slipped through the com mittee by only one vote. Officials had predicted a strong floor fight. But when Dallas Mayor Wes Wise offered a compromise resolu tion, the delegates snapped it up. Proposition number six deals with municipalities and would allow cities to create special districts within their borders without the approval of the state legislature. Wise told the delegates that other issues in the constitution were “statewide issues” and not related to cities. “I urge you to unify around one proposition we can support,” he said. The resolution passed quickly on a show of hands. The biggest floor fight came over the stiff wording of a resolution con demning federal financial aid to bankrupt cities. A proposed resolution by the committee stated that “federal aid for any state or local government that refuses to tax its own citizens to pay for the services those citizens demand is an unfair and unconstitu tional plunder of responsible citi zens for the benefit of the irrespon sible.” The delegates cheered after the resolution was read, but Wise rose to offer an amendment. “The city of Dallas sees no need for inflamatory language,” he said. “We support the meaning, but not the inflamatory language.” He offered an amendment mod ifying the wording and forced a roll call vote. The delegates voted 74 to 71, with some abstentions, to sup port the more strongly worded re solution. The vote came after one delegate told the league: “There’s no need to be mealymouthed. The Northeast ern states have not taken care of their own backyard. A resolution calling for a constitu tional amendment forbidding the use of forced busing to achieve a racial balance in schools was passed with a show of hands. The resolution was offered from the floor by the city of Farmer’s Branch, a Dallas suburb. New Constitution Supporters, opponents debate Associated Press Increasing conflict and con troversy became apparent Tuesday as supporters and opponents of the proposed new constitution began their last week of debate before the Nov. 4 election. Former Gov. Allan Shivers said a little noticed provision of the new policy document could cause a tre mendous traffic jam in state courts. Former House Speaker Price Daniel Jr. said the same could de velop under the present constitu tion. Rep. Neil Caldwell, D-Alvin, chairman of the Constitution Con vention finance committee, said comptroller Bob Bullock was trying to “scare” Texas voters with mis leading statements that adoption of the document would bring on higher taxes. Shivers said in a statement, that a provision of the new judiciary arti cle, would let the legislature pro vide for “trial de novo” or com pletely new trials in appeals from administrative decisions of state agencies. “In my opinion, this means that Travis County would need an addi tional 10 or 15 district courts in order to handle the burden of in creased litigation,” Shivers said. “ . . . And not only would the mat ters under consideration be delayed for several years, but the additional costs to taxpayers would be as tronomical.” Daniel told a Capitol news con ference that trial de novo “could be done in most instances under the present constitution.” He said that each time a new administrative agency is created there have been strong attempts, some successful and some not, to have trial de novo. Daniel also said that Gov. Dolph Briscoe made “highly misleading and grossly unfair” statements in hinting that adoption of the new constitution would lead to a state income tax. “Such statements are as ridicul ous as if I stood before you today and stated that a state income tax is a certainty if the sprawling bureauc racy remains unchecked, the un businesslike budgeting system is re tailed and the governor is deprived of money management authority — all of which we suffer under through retention of the archaic constitution of 1876.” Caldwell took issue with a Bul lock statement that property law changes authorized in the new con stitution could result in higher taxes and said he thought it would result in lower ad valorem taxes. “Comptroller Bullock raised the specter of new taxes on items such as automobiles,” Caldwell said. “This is a deceitful statement for Mr. Bullock to make unless he truly is ignorant that the present constitu tion and laws of Texas require au tomobiles to be taxed . . . Texans should not be deceived by the mis leading statements of those special interests who are fighting to keep their tax breaks,” Caldwell said. Other efforts by supporters of the new constitution Tuesday included: • Announcement by Sen. Oscar Mauzy, D-Dallas, the he now en dorses all of the constitution al though originally he found fault with two sections. “I find it espe cially curious that the very mem bers of the Senate who, in 1969, sponsored and passed through the Senate over my violent objections a tax on groceries and medicine, are now actively engaged in the effort to deny the people of Texas a constitu tion which would forever protect the public from such unfair taxa tion.” • Announcement of Dist. Atty. Henry Wade, Dallas, that he thinks mounting backlogs of cases in some urban areas would be reduced under the proposed new court merger system. • A statement by the Texas Associa tion of College Teachers’ executive board that it endorses all eight propositions. — How it stands The pumpkin market Pumpkin carving is part of the Halloween scene, but the raw mate rial shows signs of being picked- over. Pumpkins have been on sale for about two weeks, and prices have dropped from 50 cents per pound to around 10 to 12 cents per pound. Pumpkins at Safeway and Skaggs Albertsons are 10 cents per pound, but few remain in stock. Kroger and Lewis & Coker pumpkins are 12 cents a pound and large, but the selection is small. Piggly Wiggly is advertising pie pumpkins at 15 cents per pound and Fed-Mart has no pumpkins. The freshest, brightest orange pumpkins at 10 cents a pound can be found at the Farm Patch. A new shipment arrived Oct. 27. The recreation committee of the MSC is sponsoring a carving contest with entries accepted Wednesday from 5 to 8 p.m. in Room 216B of the MSC. The rules say the carving need not be of a face but the pumpkin must be lightable. After a pumpkin is used as a jack-o-lantern, its meat, the inner two inches of flesh, cannot be used for cooking, said Tom Longbrake, Battalion Classified Call 845-2611 extension horticulturalist. “The heat from the candle can half cook the pumpkin, and after two or three days it shouldn’t be used in baking,” he said. Pumpkins will store for a long time if they aren’t opened, said Longbrake, and they can’t be used for much else but pies, cakes, breads and candies. The pumpkin is a warm-season crop planted in spring and maturing in late summer or fall. Its color is brought out by early cold weather, and most pumpkins are grown in the Midwest and Northwest part of the nation. RAY B0MNSKIE BODY SHOP 409 Burnett Bryan 823-7219 FREE ESTIMATES! WE DO INSURANCE WORK TOO. 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