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x Page 6 THE BATTALION TUESDAY, JUNE 2, 1981 (save your energy) YDUR CHILDREN MAY NEED IF State St Flooded Austin cars may be for sale soon RAIN OR SHINE PASTAS TUESDAY NIGHT BUFFET goes on!! 6 to 8 p.m. All the pizza, fried chicken and salad you Sun.-Thurs Fri.-Sat. can eat for only United Press International • DALLAS — Water-damaged vehicles from the late-May flood ing in Austin may surface as far away as Kansas in less than two weeks, and Dallas business spokesmen say some unscrupu lous dealers may try to pawn them off on unsuspecting buyers. Officials report scores of vehi cles were damaged by water when torrential rains turned the quiet central Texas city of Austin into a flooded chaos last weekend. Ron Berry, president of the Dallas Better Business Bureau, says industry spokesmen tell him that unscrupulous salesmen will have the flood-damaged cars fixed up, deodorized and on the market with alarming speed. The prob lem is so serious his office has issued an alert. "I checked with some sources in the automotive industry and the concensus is that it is very likely that flooded vehicles will be in the Dallas market for resale within the next 10 days,” he said. “Apparently the cars that are to be salvaged are to be cleaned up and sold to wholesalers who will then sell them to car dealers and used car dealers in Dallas and parts north. They’ll try to sell them as far away as possible. El Paso was named as a key spot, as well as several states, including Oklahoma and Kansas. “It’s very unlikely that you’ll have a satisfactory long-term ex perience with a flooded car. It may take as little as two weeks or as long as six months for the prob lems to show up, but they will. “Those problems will include corroded wiring, rust, and mil dewed carpets and seats. There is also a possibility of sand in the working parts of the automobiles such as the wheel bearings. In that situation, the sand would score the bearings,” he said. As a result, the bureau has issued nine suggestions for people to check for signs of water damage: 1. Check the trunk around the tail lights for signs of mud. 2. Look inside the door panels for straw or mud. 3. Look for a silt line or water line on the radiator. 4. Run your fingers under the lip of the dashboard to check for any sand or sludge residue, 5. Check under the carpet. especially in the trunk for silt and debris. 6. Look for a milky, washed out finish on the interior vinyl. 7. A key test. Smell the car. If you notice any musty odor, be ware. 8. Beware of a price that’s much lower than the going market price. 9. Be concerned if the title is a duplicate original. “A duplicate original may indi cate the car was salvaged or from a dealer in a flooded area and that the seller got the duplicate to obscure that fact,” he said. Rick Kinnibrugh, assistant su pervisor of the Texas Highway Department’s Dallas office, said any time an insurance company pays a total loss claim on a vehicle, whether from theft, wreck or flood, the company will pay off the bank and get the negotiable title to the vehicle. “Then they will turn the negoti able title into our office and we issue a salvage title,” he said. But Teresa Wells, an Allstate Insurance spokesman, said many people are unaware that an “s” on the title means a vehicle has been salvaged. “I’m sure most people do. know that unless they’ve worked in insurance or wrecking yards.” And Kinnibrugh says once a sal vaged auto has been repaired, the owner can acquire a new title, which does not mention the dam age, by having the vehicle in spected and approved by a law en forcement officer. “Once that is done, the pur chaser of the vehicle can take that title to a county tax office and get a new negotiable title on the car which has no indication that the vehicle was damaged,” he said. In that situation, the only way a buyer could find out if the car was salvaged would be to call the re gional highway department office and request a title history on the vehicle. Kinnibrugh says it takes about two days to get the informa tion from Austin. Berry says his office is very con cerned about a consumer who buys a car with the impression it is a new one or low-mileage used vehicle without the knowledge that it was involved in a flood. “Our Better Business Bureau automobile advertising and selling standards require that any auto mobile which has been shall be clearly identified flooded car and that it shall as a used car, rather than one,” he said. 01 “That would protect the chaser in the event flooddu struck was later discovered, ” he sail He says consumers sh strugglinj watch out if a car is priced® over sine $6(H) less than the goingprin that model, especially if thes indus has a hard luck story “If it’s sold through a whole posing as a private individual )Wnec J ^ s ing out a classified add, 1 ably use a distress pitch sud l 8 reemei saying he is just going thro divorce, or a financial eraera or the loss of a spouse—wb might make an individualuiJ: car quickly at a price lower the market price,” he said And don’t forget our daily lunch buffet too!! Voting Rights Act ruling to aid lower courts by OPEN 11 a.m.-ll p.m. 11 a.m.-12 a.m. Reapportionment must get federal ok i There’s no pizza like Pasta’s pizza! We EASELS guarantee it! 807 TEXAS AVE. PIZZA SPAGHETTI LASAGNA 696*3380 United Press International WASHINGTON — In a major ruling on the Voting Rights Act, the Supreme Court ruled Monday that a reapportionment plan for a group of Texas county commis sioners must win federal approval even though it was court-ordered. The 7-2 decision upheld a fed eral appeals court ruling that a reapportionment plan, drawn up to remedy the dilution of Mex- ican-American voting strength in Kleberg County, must be approved by the Justice Depart ment before it can go into effect. In an opinion by Justice John Paul Stevens, the majority held that Congress required “whenev er a covered jurisdiction submits a proposal reflecting the policy choices of the elected representa tives of the people — no matter what constraints have limited the choices available to them — the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act is applicable.” A great deal of reapportionment will result from the 1980 census, and today’s ruling provides gui dance for lower courts for when a plan drawn up by a legislative body, rather than the courts, should be subject to federal pre clearance under the Voting Rights Act. A jurisdiction covered by the act, must convince the U.S. Attor ney General or a federal court in Washington that its reapportion- + + + + REGISTRATION INFORMATION ***** WHERE: 224 MSC WHEN: Wednesday, June 10 TIME: 12noon-5p.m. Who: Anyone may take a Free U class that can make the class meetings. Needed For Registration: Pen and Full Payment-Check or Cash. Class Locations and Meeting Times: All classes will be held on the University campus and in the evenings, unless otherwise stated in the brochure. Please take note of this and make arrangements accordingly. Interested in Teaching: The Free U Committee is presently taking applications for those interested in teaching for Free U fall courses. No phone registration No pre-registration For more information call 845-1515 or stop by the Free University cubicle in room 216 MSC. **** ******************** CLASSES OFFERED ********************* DANCERCISE The purpose of this class is to shape up while learning dance movements. The class will be a mixture of ballet, jazz, and floor ex ercises. (For Women Only) Monday’s class will meet 6:30 - 7:30, June 15, 22, 29, July 6, & 13. Wednesday’s class will meet 6:30 - 7:30, June 17, 24, July 1, 8, & 15. Instructor: Julia Mashburn Cost: $7 BEGINNING C & W DANCE Beat the rush to the Hall of Fame and impress your friends with your improved dancing. Learn to Two- Step, Cotton-Eyed Joe, SchoK tische, and Jitterbug. Come for the class and stay for the rest of the evening at the Texas Hall of Fame. No partners needed! Class will meet Tuesday, June 16, 23, 30, July 7, & 14 from 6:15-7:30 p.m. Instructors: Ford & Sandra Taylor Cost: $12 STRETCH Aerobic conditioning and stretch for those in dance or any type of sport. A fast paced, fun exercise class done to familiar music that in creases your physical capacity for all activities. Tuesday’s class will meet 7:30- 8:30, June 16, 23, 30, July 7 & 14. Thursday’s class will meet 7:30- 8:30, June 18, 25, July 1 (Wed.), 9 & 16. Instructor: Marcella Wells Cost: $7 JITTERBUG ADVANCED C & W DANCE Be the hit of the dance floor— learn to Jitterbug! Class will begin with the very basics and will advance as the ability of the class progresses. A variety of spins, turns, pretzel, aerials (if the class desires), and much, much more! No partners needed! Class will meet on Satur day nights from 6-7 for 5 weeks. Instructors: Mike McCarley and Sherri Cobb Cost; $7 Learn many advanced moves in Jitterbug. Learn to turn to the left and right while dancing the Two-Step, Polka, and Waltz, Learn to do Jitterbug moves while Two-Stepping, Waltzing, and doing the Polka. All this and more, taught at the Texas Hall of Fame. No partners needed! Class will meet Thursdays, June 11, 18, 25, July 2 & 9, from 6:15 - 7:30. Instructors: Ford & Sandra Taylor Cost: $12 ment plan does not have a racial purpose of effect. Justices Potter Stewart and Wil liam Rehnquist dissented on grounds that Congress “expressly stated that a reapportionment scheme which is submitted and adopted pursuant to a court order does not have to be approved thor- ugh the preclearance procedures” of the 1965 act. Kleberg County, with a popula tion of 33,(XX) in 1970, has a com missioners court form of govern ment, consisting of a county judge and four commissioners. The county judge is elected county wide and one county commisioner is elected from each of four pre cincts. A group of Mexican-Americans filed a class action suit in January 1978 asking for the redrawing of precinct lines on grounds the populations of the four precincts were so unequal that they violated the one-man, one-vote principle. Also, they contended, the boundary lines of the precincts were drawn in such a way as to unconstitutionally dilute the vot ing strength of Mexican- Americans. U.S. District Judge Owen Cox held reapportionment was neces sary to correct the population dis parities and ordered a new plan drawn up by November 1979. A university professor. Dr. Robert Nash, drew up a new reap portionment plan to equalize the precinct populations. It was sub mitted to Cox who ordered it used for 1980 elections. Those bringing the suit ob jected to the new plan because it had not been approved under the provisions of the Voting Rights Act. But the court found the plan remedied the previous disparities and since it was court-ordered, it was not subject to approval by fed eral officials as a plan drawn up by ze a coc [deral pri Hicks, the legislature would be. In April 1980, the 5th U.S f e ^ i n th euit Court of Appeals revti t , f i s holding the plan was legii ami required preclearance. “A proposed reapportion plan submitted by a local If? tive body does not lose itssta a legislative rather than ordered plan merely becausi the product of litigation ducted in a federal forum, court held. In their Supreme Courtaf) Kleberg County officials saidl did not reapportion theoot|| their own authority and, ini were barred by Texas law reapportioning the county ti time the plan was submitted On behalf of the Men Americans, Texas Rural Lea argued the Voting Rights art not intended to allowa. approved without court find on whether the plan wou minority voting strength, Legislators AGGIES! Douglas a plug airpoi loophole Jewelry 10% AGGIE DISCOUNT on ALL MERCHANDISE WITH STUDENT ID (Cash Only Please) We reserve the right to lihiit use of this privilege. Downtown Bryan (212 IN. Main) and Culpepper Plaza United Press Internalionil AUSTIN — A loophole allowed several people da with committing crimes at Dallas-Fort Worth regional port to escape prosecution plugged Sunday by legislate Since the airport lies in: Dallas and Tarrant counties, trict attorneys say it issometi difficult to decide whichW has jurisdiction to prosecult Current Texas law requite fendants to be tried in the® where the crime occurred, port police said in some where jurisdiction was an i district attorneys chose nolle] seeute. Unitet DALU mall refin “If you are given what like too good a deal on anti low-mileage used car, itmijli he currei a good idea to ask wheretii ted State came from. Ask if it was ii ,ut to Austin flood of May 198 seller tells you it wasn’t, writing. 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