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Page 4 THE BATTALION WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1981 Hispanics protest voting 'dilution' Redistricting bill under fire United Press International CORFU S CHRISTI — Leaders of a national Hispanic organization Tuesday said they will ask the Justice Department to overturn a con gressional redistricting plan just approved during a special session of the Texas Legisla ture. Tony Bonilla, president of the 100,000- member League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC), assailed the redistricting plan as an intentional dilution of Hispanic vot ing strength in Texas. “We (Hispanics) should have been entitled to three new congressmen because of the His panic population increase,” Bonilla said. “The outcome of the whole thing is that we may not get any new congressman and we may lose the ones we have." Bonilla announced the challenge of the re districting plan, which was considered a major victory for Texas Gov. Bill Clements, before the governor had signed the measure. Clements had said he would approve the plan, which Democrats contend could give Republicans up to nine of the state’s 27 con gressional seats. Democrats now hold 19 of 24 existing seats, and Texas will gain three new seats in 1982 because of growth in population. Liberal Democrats had lost a last-ditch effort Monday to send the redistricting plan to a conference committee to dilute its benefit to Republicans. “The only reason the state showed any real growth was due to growth in Hispanic popula tion,” Bonilla said. “From what we’ve read and studied, our vote has been diluted and mini mized in order to accommodate the power brokers who are determined to gut some of our more progressive members in congress.” Bonilla said LULAC has hired the Mexican- American Legal Defense Fund to research the new redistricting plan and to challenge the reapportionment under the federal Voting Rights Act. “We re convinced the result of legislative action is to dilute and minimize Hispanic vot ing strength,” Bonilla said. “We will pursue the remedies available to us through the Jus tice Department.” Neutron bomb to be assembled at Pantex nuclear plant in Amarillo United Press International AMARILLO — The controversial neutron bomb, which releases a strong burst of radiation intended to kill people but leave buildings un damaged, will be assembled at the Pantex nuclear assembly plant near Amarillo. The plant will assemble two types of neutron warheads, one for the Army’s 8-inch howitzer, which has a 13-mile range, and another for the Lance missile, which has a 75-mile range. The Pantex facility, which assembles all of the nation’s nuclear warheads, has been working on the neutron warhead for the past three years. A plant official told the Amarillo Globe News Mon day the assembly of the neutron bomb will have “no significant effect on the plant’s operations.” Construction of the bomb, which was delayed by President Carter in 1978, was approved by President Reagan last week. Carter had ordered the bomb’s components to be built and stor^ j not assembled. Reagan said the neutron warheads woulla stored in the United States after assemblyliiMPhlNGI transported overseas. retired ath Bob Chandler, chief of the weapons bran;jack Kemp the Department of Energy’s Savannah faame a fev plant near Aiken, S.C., told the Clobe-Ne»i|| But Ton final work on the neutron warheads awalenter the p delivery of tritium-lined casings. eellege ath He said the South Carolina plant is theonlj So, as t in the nation that produces weapons-grai Wilkes-Bai tium. basketball The neutron bomb is designed to rele«|| a y or strong burst of radiation and a relatively ^uehanna amount of heat and blast, as opposed tothei Madden and hydrogen bombs. The purposeofthene, the May pi warhead is to kill ground personnel with rat 2®* vec * eno leaving relatively little damage to buil&l? 0 - , ' It s goi 'Get the Texas Briefs United Press International Authority fined HOUSTON — The Houston Port Authority has been assessed a fine of $10,000 in the Jan. 15 death of a 21-year-old man, who was over come by fumes from a pesticide. The ruling Monday came after au thority officials pleaded no contest to a charge of negligent homicide in the death of Dean Bogany. Spokesman William Colburn said the Authority entered the no con test plea because the public would have had to pay all the legal fees if the case went to trial. Eagle wins suit AUSTIN — The Bryan-College Station Eagle has won its court battle to get Texas A&M Universi ty to release the names of the 400 candidates it is considering for the University presidency. A state district judge Monday ordered the school to release the names. The Eagle had sued the school under the state’s Open Re cords Act, because the Texas A&M Board of Regents refused to release the names of the candi dates under consideration. School officials said they will appeal the decision. Search protested BEAUMONT — Lawyers for country singer Rusty Weir said Monday that police exceeded their authority when they sear ched Weir in a restaurant March 16. Weir, 36, and two other men, were arrested and charged with possession of a controlled subst ance. Police said they were look ing for Thomas Aquinas Deslatte when they entered the singer’s dressing room. Police said cocaine was found on a table in front of Deslatte, and authorities then went to the restaurant next door where they arrested Weir. Recovery plant LUBBOCK — Construction has started on a carbon dioxide recov ery plant that will help produce oil. The plant, which officials say is the largest of its kind in the world, is financed by Carbon Dioxide Technology of Houston. It is de signed to recover carbon dioxide from the waste stack gases that are now discharged into the environ ment near the Lubbock Power & Light Holly Street facility. After the carbon dioxide is stripped from the power plant stack gas, plans call for it to be dried and compressed into pipelines for de livery to oil fields. It will then be pumped into the ground where the carbon dioxide will swell the oil and break it free from rock for mations. Funeral laws DALLAS — The president of the National Funeral Directors Asso ciation says the organization will support the veto of any proposed funeral trade practices act. Richard Myers, of Ogden, Utah, said Monday that trade laws would be “unnecessary and un just,” because the industry re ceives so few complaints. The association also approved the concept of establishing a con sumer action panel. We Gets What Ya Likes In The Way Of Bikes! Takara - Ross - Campagnolo Cinelli - Shimano and much more Cycles, Etc. 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