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THE BATTALION FRIDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1981 Page 7 Bill for redistricting approved by board leTestl i lements plans campaign gainst redistricting board .'onp ions, iduresj ithries longer tea ^Ringdj United Press Internatioiiiil AUSTIN — Gov. Bill Clements uc | eD l^ id Thursday that reapportion- ent plans approved b\’ the egislative Redistricting Board :e unfair and that he will actively (jj'" impaign against the four mem- of the board that voted for ndnol togra their iuthries lout I “The Senate redistricting plan as far as Dallas and Tarrant hdPi ■mnties are concerned — violates d andr>il high sense of integrity that I ftped would come out of that nth a Board, Clements said, “and I can MSS.®! you that the people of Dallas ne oil idTarrant counties are irate over omoflti thrie i doctoi ’exasAl rep dis this plan and rightly so. Clements also said the Raise plan passed by the board is w»rse than the one approved by the leg islature. The plan approved by the Legislature was thrown out by the courts as unconstitutional. He predicted that both plans would be contested in court promptly by Democrats and Re publicans, and that he would en courage such suits even though the state must defend the plans. Clements also said he thought both plans were unfairly slanted to favor liberals and that there would be a price to be paid by the mem bers of the board who advocated the plans. “I said that when the time com es I will make an issue of this in the various campaigns of the indi viduals involved, Clements said. The governor said he will cam paign against Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, who proposed the Senate plan, md would support the campaign »f former Secretary of State George VV. Strake, who is chal- bnging Hobby. However, Clements said he and Strake would not run as a team in tie campaign. Te:>: k thei 'ines oi Ik'S I rdiscu!'" icularj G»1 mosisl factor scores 1 llv it! Yarbrough s return undertaken by state o "tatte: rM AUSTIN — A spokesman for >v. Bill Clements said extradi- on papers seeking the return of inner Texas Supreme Court Jus- ce Donald B. Yarbrough were nder review by state authorities nd will be forwarded soon to the S. State Department. The very earliest they could transferred up to the State De- irtment would be Thursday,” ikesman Mark Heckmann said ednesday. The extradition papers, pre- ed by District Attorney Ronald le, were carried to the gov- lor’s office Wednesday and ed over to Secretary of State 'avid Dean. Yarbrough resigned from office ,1977 — minutes after the Leg- feture opened proceedings to re- iove him from office, fie was con- fed later that year of lying to the ravis County grand jury. Yarbrough lost his appeal of t conviction earlier this year and failed to appear for his formal sentencing. He left the country yithout permission while his tppeal was pending. But the Houston Post reported Tuesday that officials on the 'aribbean Island of Grenada had ieized Yarbrough’s passport. Curt Beckcom, an assistant Tra vis County district attorney work ing on the Yarbrough extradition, said he considered the passport seizure an encouraging sign. Prescriptions Filled Glasses Repaired 216 N. MAIN BRYAN Won.-Fri. Sat. 822-6105 8 a.m.-5 p.m. 8 a.m.-1 p.m ANNOUNCING OUR NEW EXPANDED HIPPY HOUR 2-7 p.m. Daily 2 FOR 1 HIGHBALLS FROZEN DRINKS I 25 3109 Texas Ave., Bryan Open 11-9 Sun.-Thur. 11-10 Fii.-Sat. 823-7470 * MSC TOWN HALL } PRESENTS J CHARLEY PRIDE I FRIDAY Oct. 30th 8 p.m. j • -OPTION PASS PERIOD IS OCT. 12-16. ^ -GENERAL ADMISSION ON SALE OCT. 19-30. 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A suit by Republicans would be “the height of irresponsibility,” Attorney General Mark White said. “If you look at how fairly they were treated in the House plan, such a suit would be ridiculous,” White said. “They want to run to the courts like little crybabies af ter they didn’t even show up here and tell us want they wanted. ’ No members of the Republican leadership could be reached im mediately to comment on the pos sibility of a suit. Political parties are not pro tected in redistricting by either federal or state law, so any suit would have to be taken on other grounds, most likely the drafting of minority districts. Under constitutional mandate, the five-member panel had to con clude its deliberations by mid night and turn over the reappor tionment plans to the secretary of state’s office. Speaker Bill Clayton, Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby, Land Commissioner Bob Armstrong and White signed each of the plans and looked on as they were notarized. Comptroller Bob Bullock, the final member of the board was ab sent from the proceedings. White, Armstrong and Hobby also signed a statement of facts concerning the two plans, but Clayton declined. “I’m just a little reluctant to do it, Clayton said. “We re not in a courthouse yet and I’m not ready to call a fact a fact until it’s been proven. ” In effect, the panel concluded its duties nearly eight hours be fore the deadline with the approv al of a House plan on a 4-1 vote. Bullock was the only member of the panel to vote against the plan, saying he did not like how rural districts had been drawn. The board then stood in recess while staff members ran the de mographic information through computers and drew up the bills. The final plan approved for the House is a combination of separate proposals offered by Bullock and Clayton. Through a series of amend ments, Bullock’s plans for districts in Dallas, Harris, and Bexar coun ties were added to the plan. 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