THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, MAY 16, 1979 Page 5 LP WANTE fc A A wanted Charges against TDC \NTe' f • ■ • 1 . . ^conditions are better. exaggerated inmate testifies ELP WANTED irt time hours, ays. Market Sar >xas Avenuei 822-6417 TEACHER dergarten ci 3nee in early it. Half-day >ol. Begin ttiey ALL 779-132< IE CHICK! time employ fits. Will e United Press International HOUSTON — The Texas De- artment of Corrections is “one of he best institutions today,” and error stories about abuse and offi- ially sanctioned lawlessness within jrison walls are exaggerated, a con vict has testified. Charles Hardin testified Monday editions are better in state prisons than other inmates have charged in a lawsuit demanding court-ordered rhanges in the TDC. “I feel there’s been a lot of things aid down here that are not only to tally untrue, but are lies,” Hardin told a federal judge. “Tve read in the newspapers so many things that I know didn’t happen, i; “I’ve always felt, even during the years that I was against the adminis tration, that inmates themselves have helped make TDC one of the best institutions today. It’s come a long way. I don’t want to see it de stroyed.” Plaintiffs contend Texas prisons violate inmate rights through over crowding, systematic abuse, denial of access to the courts, substandard medical care, lack of adequate re habilitative programs and other sub standard conditions. Inmates and the Justice Depart ment finished their case two weeks ago. The state is presenting its re sponse to months of adverse tes timony about the allegedly in humane conditions. U.S. District Judge William losition avai n at Farmeni ;hop in Bryafj n., 6daysa# ! experienced! ALL 822-6411 ;hild CARE Babysitter Church Nurse JNDAY ONI' 2 noon. Mt| 846-2354 jn Chronide| 5 for sun i0-450 per tion allowi onuses. afternoons! ? transport ulian McM. 523 or 84^: ILD CAN /ISOR- nursery, oek. Sunday 1 igs, some i nd eveningsl lependlng yfa :ommandai I 846-2354 =J or part time i iretaps OK’d in narcotics cases United Press International AUSTIN — Gov. Bill Clements Tuesday said Senate passage of a bill authorizing law enforcement officials to utilize wiretapping pro cedures in major narcotics cases was the needed tool to combat the perennial illegal drug problem in Texas. “This is what the people of Texas want,” Clements said shortly after the Senate gave the bill tentative approval with a 20-11 vote. “This is the best tool we have had (for combating the drug problem) in many, many years.” The Senate last week had refused to consider the bill by Sen. Ed Howard, D-Texarkana, on a 20-11 vote. It takes two-thirds concurr ence to get a bill before the floor for debate. Tuesday’s count was 21-10 with Sen. Bob Vale, D-San Antonio, switching his vote. Vale said he had not been persuaded to change his vote. “I just prayed over it,” he said. Clements said passage of the bill proved he had some support in the Senate. “I think this has made some believers of some people,” the gover nor said. “I’ve been telling people we thought the Senate would do some things. I am most pleased and gratified.” Howard said that under provisions of the bill, wiretap orders would have to be obtained from the presiding judge of the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and could be utilized only in major narcotics cases. He said the law enforcement agency requested the wiretap orders must first prove that all other alternatives in obtaining information in the case have been exhausted. Lethal toxins found in East Texas lakes }R SALE > A A AAi ure From y II Apts. 5ELL NOW! ?d Deal 4, 696-663i HAN GUITI United Prss International CORRIGAN, Texas — Spring ains may have washed enough po- entially lethal chemicals into lakes, streams and soil to introduce the jtoxins into the bloodstreams of East Texans, a congressman has warned. 1 In making the announcement, Rep. Charles Wilson, D-Texas, said a congressional subcomittee will travel to the east Texas town of Cor rigan this month to investigate re ports that lethal amounts of cyanide and other toxic chemicals were ;.mixed with oil used to pave roads throughout the area. In a news release issued this the last ol5 5 wee L Wilson said he made a per- teel string# sona l inspection of Reiley’s Village from mysl«! subdivision in Corrigan, where about Vi r« large amounts of cyanide and nit- iitars startaiil robenzene have been found on come visij#4 roadways. r call afterE.r; jj e sajj scientists now report that jart Mossnu spring rains may have washed suffi- UIIMIir cient amounts of the chemicals into Mail A Water supplies and the soil to infil- IVIdll a if f rate t ^ e bloodstreams of east Tex- & Gasoil! ans through inhalation and other is up to 86', ; : contact. 1,000 titlesWilson said some of the stories ; titles & text.; subdivision residents were -75%onnatoi “ i-ii. _ ” i, nail enamels c „^ lng- , shaves, grmr One woman said more than 300 sol or catalog!; fish died in a pond behind her home $3.00. Wilsons when the first rains fell after the oil 75978. Was poured. “A young man explained that his ft VICES ^ ^ w ^ Israel Toll fl JOB OPPORTUNITIES lungs and nostrils burn from the odor of the road and said he suffers from headaches and itchy eyes, a malady he didn’t have before the roads were paved.” Wilson said the House Subcomit tee on Oversight and Investigations would hold hearings at Corrigan. Wayne Justice, who is trying the 7-year case without a jury, warned Hardin sternly that he risked prose cution for perjury if he admitted to earlier lies in court. Hardin said he was aware of the Gas pump shutdown threatened United Press International AUSTIN — A decision by the 3,300 service station owners who belong to the Texas Service Station Association whether to turn off their pumps in a nationwide gas station shutdown this week, rests with the Department of Energy, a spokes man says. Bill Ligon, managing director of TSSA, said Monday there was “a real good chance” the station own ers would vote to close in the planned national shutdown Thurs day through Sunday if the DOE fails to increase profit margins from 1974 levels. But Ligon said the group was try ing to avoid such a strike and had petitioned the DOE to increase the profit margins. “If and when there would be a strike take place, it would be as a last resort,” he said. “We re the only businessmen in Texas whose profits are frozen,” Ligon said. “The oil companies couldn’t care less if we get our mar gins increased. They get their money regardless — this won’t hurt them.” Ligon said the association had in formed its members through a newsletter that a group of gas dealers and TSSA officials went to Washington in April to push for the higher margins and would return if the request was not approved within the month. 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