THE BATTALION FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 1981 Page 9 State ytCrtl ; ingsysfc lied, e ruliiM spenfa Court i freezintJ hascti sul ,ve argue indicafc ■eementi ent. rmed tl mianasit: ges as Vi' iy t a hearc; tor)' Coff electritf be ate wur, # tom a (ft jntsfro® 1 le-mend' the fed® ere hut do*; its will' 5 s a drop; uncerte mi: thanai® ; favor ^ Perlssc ion 878 KKK fish fry and rally may be ‘like going to church’ United Press International SANTA FE, Texas (UPI) — The Ku Klux Klan plans a fish fry and cross burning Saturday on pri vate land to protest commercial fishing operations by Vietnamese along the Texas coast. “It’s to draw attention to the problem of the white American fisherman due to the invasion of our country by the VIET Cong,” said James Stanfield, who signed the permit application. Stanfield said the rally on pri vate property from noon to 10 p.m. Saturday will include a fish fry, speeches and a cross burning. Klansmen also will burn “the U.S.S. Vietnamese,” a dinghy symbolizing Vietnamese fishing boats. “I guess you could call it some thing like going to church and hav ing good fellowship with your fel low white Americans,” Stanfield said. “We re not expecting any trou ble of any kind from any one, not even our own people. We’re gon na be on private property. We’ve been in cooperation with the chief of police. We re abiding by the city ordinance completely.” The rally-regulating ordinance, passed when the city council learned of Klan plans to hold the rally on 30 acres belonging to Joe Collins, required the posting of a 20-cent public safety bond for each person expected to attend. The rally organizers contri buted $300, although they said they expect no more than 300 or 400 persons. Collins, who offered his land for the rally, said he is not a member of the Klan. He said he is simply a fishermen angry about the incur sion of Vietnamese on his liveli hood and inadequate government action to help him. “Who else is there left to turn to?’’ Collins said. “The Klan’s just showing support of American fishermen. It’s just a friendly rally — nothing racial — to show the federal government support of the American fishermen.” Police Chief Bryan Lamb said his entire force of six regular offic ers, including himself, and eight reservists will be on duty. He said the Galveston County sheriff’s de partment was contributing two cars for traffic control. “It’s been low key,” Lamb said. “I just don’t feel like it’s gonna be a problem. I think we’re gonna get them in and out without any trouble. “I was concerned, but these people have gone to a lot of trouble to work with me and the other agencies and that indicates to me they’re trying to abide by the law. ” The ordinance also required liability insurance totaling $100,000 for property damage and $300,000 for personal injuries. The name of the insurance com pany was withheld. Spokesmen said the organizers talked to every agency they be lieved might be interested in reg ulating the rally — even asking the Texas Air Control Board if a per mit was required for outdoor burning of a cross. It was not. The Klan received a city permit Wednesday for a weekend rally in support of American fishermen angry about the influx of Viet namese refugees into their in dustry. Valley crops escape freeze damage WE ACE LCCriNG re® TALENT United Press International Rio Grande Valley growers escaped a predicted hard freeze Wednesday night that could have severely damaged this year’s cit rus and vegetable crops as well as diminished next year’s fields. Cautious growers placed hea ters in citrus fields to ward off the 26 degree temperatures that were predicted. Growers say citrus damage occurs when the tempera ture holds at 26 for two hours. But Agriculture Commissioner Brown Reagan said today his de partment had surveyed growers all night long and determined that the temperatures for the most part never fell below 34 degrees. “The Rio Grande citrus crop is safe,” Reagan said. Bill Weeks, executive vice president of the Texas Citrus and Vegetable and Shippers Associa tion in Harlingen, said a cloud cov er moved in and kept tempera tures warmer than expected. “It didn’t even freeze, ” he said. “There are no problems whatsoev er. A cloud cover moved in and the wind stayed up. The mid and up per Valley had been predicted to have a hard freeze but it didn’t materialize. ” A hard freeze could have proved expensive to consumers all over the county, since a bad mid- January freeze in Florida cut Governor's program to use state finances United Press International AUSTIN — The Senate voted 28-0 Thursday to save the governor’s Criminal Justice Division, a popular source of extra money for local law enforcement, by converting it from a federally-funded to a state- financed, state-run program. The program will die if the state doesn’t take it over, because the federal funds for it are being terminated. The debate in the Senate, the longest of this session, came not over the continued existence of the division but over who would control it. As a federally-financed project, the division has been under the gov ernor’s control, with the usual collection of federal strings tied to the money. But with the federal money and strings gone, Senate Democrats were unwilling to let the governor fill the power vacuum by himself. Sens. Chet Brooks, D-Pasadena, and Peyton McKnight, D-Tyler, led a revolt against the governor’s bill, sponsored by Sen. Bill Meier,. D-Eylfss. The Clpmeyffs-A/j^je^ billj, gayg |,he .last ywrd on awarding grants to the governor‘ana a board appointed by the governor without Senate confirmation. “The question is whether the bill amounted to the funds being totally controlled by the governor,” Meier said as he explained the first of a series of compromises. The final compromise, passed and sent to the House Thursday, forced the governor to share the power with the Democrats. When applications for grants are made, they would be reviewed by a board appointed by the governor, the lieutenant governor and the speaker. Final approval of the grants would be made by a committee consist ing of the governor, the comptroller of public accounts (Democrat Bob Bullock) and the lieutenant governor (Democrat Bill Hobby). The House passed and sent to the Senate a bill by Rep. Gibson Lewis, D-Fort Worth, changing the minimum number of petition signatures needed for cities to call an election to ratify- or overturn the award of a cable television franchise. Only 500 signatures from voters are now required for cities to call an election. The bill was amended to require signatures from 10 percent of the registered voters rather than the 20 percent originally called for. Rep. Al Luna, D-Houston, attached an amendment exempting Houston from having to gather petitions from 10 percent of the number of registered voters. “The city of Houston has a population of 1.2 million people and 65,000 signatures would be needed in Houston. That’s too much,” he said. The House also passed a bill by Rep. Doyle Willis, D-Fort Worth, allowing the Texas Department of Mental Health and Retardation to transfer funds from the Rusk State Hospitals to the Fort Worth State School to pay for services being rendered to several mentally retarded juvenile offenders. U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice last December ordered juvenile offenders transferred from Rusk to Fort Worth because the former facility was not equipped to provide adequate care for them. Rep. Buck Florence, D-Hughes Springs, argued against the trans fer, saying Justice again was meddling in state affairs. “I’m sick and tired of the judiciary making decisions usurping the powers of the state, ” he said before the House approved the bill 122-8. Dennis Iveys Lake view Club The Very Best In Country-Western Music and Dancing" Thursday & Friday Music By DENNIS IVEY and The Way men Thursday: Lone Star Draft Beer 5