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THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 1981
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Indian population high in Texas
United Press International
Texas holds nearly two-thirds as many American Indians
as the vast forests and tundra of Alaska, a state twice as large
and the home of the Eskimo and Aleut.
In addition, the latest federal census figures show that
nearly half of this nation’s Indian population is concen
trated in five southwestern states, including Texas.
“People say that Texas is booming, but they don’t realize
it’s a good area for minorities like Indians as well as whites,
said the U.S. Census Bureau’s Dallas regional spokesman
Lionel Rawlins. “They come for the jobs, like so many
others.”
Texas was second only to Florida as the fastest-growing
state in the union, 1980 census figures indicate. And migra
tions of friendly, job-seeking Indians — as well as blacks
and Asians — probably comprised a disproportionately
large share of the influx, he said.
“Texas corporations are always extending their minority
recruiting,” he noted. “As more large corporations move
into the state, the minority-hiring trend increases.”
Texas’ Indian population numbered about 40,000 in
1980, more than double the growth of the Indian popula
tion from a decade ago.
Alaska, by comparison, listed in 1980 about 64,000 In
dians, a statistical category that includes Eskimos and
Aleuts, or the natives of the Aleutian Islands. But that
state’s Indian population rose by less than a third during
the intervening 10 years.
The government’s Indochinese resettlement efforts con
centrated on Texas and as a result the state ranked second
only to California in the growth of its Asian population. Ten
years ago, Texas had about 17,000 Asians. Last year the
figure was 120,000.
“Texas church groups had a lot to do with the resettle
ment of the Vietnamese and Laotians, ” said Rawlins. “That
probably accounts for much of the increase. ”
More than 1.2 million Asians, a category which includes
Pacific Islanders, lived in California in 1980, the figures
show. Hawaii came in second with 583,000; followed by
New York, 310,000; Illinois, 159,000; and Texas.
More than half of the nation’s Asians live in California or
Hawaii, according to the figures. The U.S. total is 3.5
million.
Federal officials point out that Asian Indians were classi
fied as white in 1970 and Asian in 1980, so precise compari
sons are difficult.
The Lone Star state, which has always had a heavy black
population, ranked third in the nation in that category with
1.7 million people. New York counted about 2.4 million
blacks and California about 1.8 million.
Twelve states had black populations in excess of one
million, census data indicated, and more than half of the
states were in the South. In 1970, nine states had black
populations of more than a million.
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White seeks delaygjm
in bilingual ruling
United Press International
AUSTIN — A U.S. District judge’s ruling requiring expansioc
the state’s bilingual education programs was improper, says Ate-
ney General Mark White, who has asked for a delay in the prog®
implementation.
White asked U.S. District Judge William Wayne JusticeMomfe!
to stay the effect of the April 17 ruling, which would expand bilir;'
ual education programs in Texas schools.
The attorney general said if the ruling is not delayed, there wc.
be chaos and disorder in the implementation of any bilingi
program.
White, who contends the earlier ruling was improper on tte
major points, said in his request that Justice’s order is based:
constitutional issues the judge had refused earlier to considel
White said those issues were not before the court in the bilingg
education case.
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Suit filed
against oil
company
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HOUSTON — Texas Attorney
General Mark White has filed suit
against S&R Oil Co., charging it
with allowing hazardous wastes to
be used as road-paving material
and dumping acid sludge at unau
thorized sites.
White filed suit against the
Nevada-based company, which he
said re-refines used motor oil and
allegedly produces a hazardous
solid waste as a by-product. That
by-product is stablized suphuric
acid which is locked in the sludge
and used to pave roads.
However, said S&R general
manager Bob Sawvell, tests, cost
ing $80,000, showed there has
been no leaching of the acid.
Tim Brown, chief of the en
vironmental protective division of
White’s office, said Texas Depart
ment of Water Resources’ tests
showed the material used for road
paving in Houston, Palacios and
Point Blank is no longer hazar
dous. Time has negated the hazar
dous effects of the materials at the
sites, he said.
Company attorney Steve Oaks
said the dumping occurred before
Sawvell bought the company
more than two years ago.
“This litigation was instituted as
simply a pro forma matter to satis
fy the notice requirement so a final
judgment can be entered,” Oaks
said.
Sex change
therapy
defended
United Press International
HOUSTON — A federal judge
has approved the city’s settlement
with transsexuals who successfully
challenged an ordinance banning
citizens from dressing in the
clothes of the opposite sex.
Each of eight anonymous plain
tiffs received $100 damages to be
paid them through the lawyers
who handled their lawsuit.
U.S. District Judge Norman
Black’s final judgment Monday
enjoined the city from enforcing
the law against persons under
going sex-change therapy. The
cross-dressing ordinance already
had been repealed as a result of
the suit.
Psychiatrist Jay Maxwell led a
group of seven “Jane Does” and
one person identified only as
“M.B.” in filing the lawsuit in
1977. Maxwell said cross-dressing
is part of sex-change therapy and
the ordinance prevented it.
The ordinance read: “It shall be
unlawful for any person to appear
on any public street, sidewalk,
alley, or other public thoroughfare
dressed with the designed intent
to disguise his or her true sex as
that of the opposite sex.”
Black found cross-dressing an
important part of therapy for per
sons undergoing sex-change ther
apy under the supervision of
physicians. He ruled it unconsti
tutional for the city to enforce the
law against such persons.
The city council repealed the
ordinance without revision even
though the judge did not forbid
police action against cross
dressing prostitutes or others not
under physicians’ supervision.
The judge accepted the city’s
agreement to pay $100 damages to
each of the plaintiffs through the
law firm of Nelson & Mallet and
agreed with the payment of
$12,500 in legal fees to plaintiffs’
attorney J. Patrick Wiseman.
The city and the plaintiffs
reached agreement last April.
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