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I Pages THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 23, 1980 state Dallas school busing plan will face setback United Press International DALLAS — The Dallas Indepen dent School District s 20-year strug gle to implement an acceptable school busing plan has taken a two- year leap backwards with the Sup reme Court s refusal to review a dis trict appeal. The primarily white school board and the Mexican-American com munity and NAACP have been bat tling with each other over one-race schools since the late 1950s. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday U.S. District Judge William Taylor should either justify or change a plan he drew up in 1976, which left some schools entirely black. The ruling upheld a 5th Cir cuit Court of Appeals order dating back to April 1978. School board member Robert Medrano, whose brother Richard joined with other minority children 20 years ago in the original suit, said Monday he doubted the school de segregation issue in Dallas would ever be settled. ‘There’s no question in my mind the suit’s going to continue forever,” he said. “It will end only when you have equal housing and equal em ployment and equality everywhere else.” The plan created by Taylor estab lished six subdistricts. Busing was widespread in three of the subdis tricts and two of the districts were “naturally integrated,’’ but the sixth district was left all-black. When the plan was adopted in 1976, the NAACP appealed to the 5th Circuit Court of Appeals, asking that Taylor conduct hearings either to justify the all-black subdistrict or make the district multi-racial through busing. In 1978, the appeals court agreed and ordered Taylor to begin the hearings. Upon that ruling, however, the school board appealed directly to the U.S. Supreme Court to have Taylor’s plan upheld. The high court heard arguments in the case and said Monday it agreed with the appeals court that Taylor should set the hear ings. School board president Brad Lapsley said the decision would change nothing right away and perhaps never. “Essentially we’re back where we were in April of 1978,” Lapsley said. "We’re looking to Taylor to see what he says and does. Were dis appointed but not dismayed. We’ve been in court for 20 years. 1 don’t know how much it’s cost but it sheen bad.” Ron Davis, a district public infor mation officer, said he felt it was in correct to assume the decision would lead to more busing. “The order just says Taylor has to justify the one-race subdistrict. We’re hopeful that after studies are made that district can be justified But maybe I’m just an optimist,’’he said. Man says Texas useful as fish farm United Press International TOPEKA, Kan. — A political un known who seeks to convert half the state of Texas to a huge fish farm has added his name to the list of conten ders in the April 1 Kansas presiden tial preference primary. Democrat Frank Ahern, 54, a computer consultant and retired Marine who never has held political office, wants to use modern technol ogy to solve the nation’s problems. “That’s the beauty of what I have to offer,” Ahern said. “I am not a politician. I have spent 15 years in the Marines, and I have invented a computer program that makes up 40 percent of every system in the world.” Ahern wants to bring back the use of zeppelins to transport cargo and passengers because that would mean smaller airports and fewer trucks on the road. We also would solve hunger prob lems by instituting fish farming on a massive scale. “By massive I mean half the state of Texas, for example,” Ahern said. “There is vast acreage there in Texas doing nothing. Fish farms would cre ate not only new food sources, but also new jobs for the unemployed and underemployed. ” Ahern envisions all manner of freeze-dried seafood, with the re sidue used for fertilizer. Kansas is the first state to put Ah ern on the ballot, but he plants to run tor president ip up to 10 jnoi'e pri maries. He sees this cainpaigh as only a dress rehersal, however. “I have no illusions of winning in 1980, but I am going to be prepared for 1984 when President Carter can not succeed himself. Then I will only have to beat a weirdo from California and a bum from Massachusetts, ” Ah ern said. Let us inform & entertain you for 1/2 price Receive the new morning Chronicle for half-price for daily and Sunday delivery all semester and get thorough, news coverage. 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