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Battalion/Page 11 April 16, 1982 state / national Facing tough Senate battle Bentsen called ‘liberal’ United Press International AUSTIN — Sen. Lloyd Bent- sen’s Democratic opponent in the May 1 primary, and his three potential GOP challengers all share one sentiment — they all think Bentsen is too liberal. Bentsen, 61, is seeking reelec tion to a third term in the U.S. Senate, an office he gained in 1970 by using the same label against then Sen. Ralph Yarbor ough. This time, Bentsen is feeling the “liberal” criticism. His only challenger in the Democratic primary is Joe Sulli van, a college professor from San Antonio who has lost four previous campaigns for Con gress. Sullivan is a longshot at best, and generally is considered a token candidate against Bent- sten’s well-financed campaign. The GOP, however, is another matter. Three Republicans, all con servatives, are competing for the right to challenge Bentsen in November and all are using the same campaign stragety — to paint Bentsen as a liberal sena tor in the mold of George McGovern or Ted Kennedy. The three are State Sen. Wal ter Mengden of Houston, Rep. Jim Collins of Dallas, and busi nessman Don Richardson of Houston. Collins and Mengden, both popular in their home cities, are considered the Republican fron trunners. Collins has ignored the other GOP candidates, campaigning against Bentsen as if he already was assured of his party's nomi nation. He has called Bentsen the most liberal senator in the Sunbelt. “Texans are too smart for that,” Bentsen says. “I don't think they’re going to buy that line of garbage.” Mengden has joined the chor us of criticism of Bentsen, but also has pointed out differences in style between him and Collins. He concedes there is little philo sophical difference, but notes Collins has not passed a piece of legislation during his 16 years in Congress. Mengden said during his 10 years in the Texas Legislature, he was primary author of 91 pieces of legislation. He has not been reluctant to voice his stands on issues. Mengden has called for a con stitutional amendment to pro hibit deficit spending by the fed eral government, a law requir ing criminals to pay damages to their victims, another law abo lishing the legal defense of tem porary insanity in criminal trials, a constitutional amendment providing for election of federal judges, and another extending the right-to-work provision to all 50 states. “We need a U.S. senator who will do more than just vote right (conservative),” Mengden said in an obvious reference to Col lins. “We need someone who will demonstrate a sincere commit ment to helping people through the use of conservative solutions to problems on the federal level.” Bentsen, 61, has maintained a low profile during most of the primary campaign, but has built a S2.4 million campaign fund in anticipation of a tough general election battle. Sources sav that f und could reach S5 million before the cam paign peaks. The expected rugged cam paign against the GOP nominee will not be the first time Bentsen has faced a well-known Republi can. After upsetting Yarbor ough in the 1970 Democratic primary, he went on to defeat George Bush in t he general elec tion. Bentsen did not face serious opposition in 1976. He mounted a brief campaign for the Demo cratic presidential nomination won by Jimmy Can ter in 1976, but quickly gave that up idler he fared poorly in earlv tests. Collins is giving up an appa rently safe congressional seat in Dallas to enter the campaign, and Mengden walked awav from ;t relatively safe state Sen ate seat to join the campaign against Bentsen. In their primary race, Collins is considered unbeatable in Dal las and Mengden is the oxer- whelming favorite to carry Houston, so the race may be de^ cided in the rural areas where Republican votes traditionally have been scattered. m said the nl>les Irmn tk acility to tv of oil. a vents have Iks the inspector lepartnient offi ■ samples," lie m doubt there this iiionth. James Edwaii delivery to diet site was 9 mill I carried bybai Is said Moffett ors to assess audattheSPRs said he believet that took placet :'!v insignificant Congressmen tour Mombasa as U.S. post in Mid-East war Two prison reform issues settled, others are still open United Press International HOUSTON — Lawyers f ight ing over Texas prison reform have reached another out-of- court settlement, to hire more guards and not use inmates as auxiliary enforcers. But state officials caution the legal battle is far from over. Lawyers for the State of iTexas, the plaintif f inmates and the Justice Department announced the tentative new I agreement Wednesday in a hearing before U.S. District | Judge William Wayne Justice. They withheld details of the deal, presumably a response to Justice’s sweeping April 1981 re form decree requiring nearly doubling of guards and no in mate enforcers, pending final approval by the T exas Board of Corrections and the judge. The board tentatively sche- jjduled a meeting today. Justice I set a final hearing on the matter for next Wednesday. The issues settled were among several pending before earthquake* J the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of reading offi \ Appeals after seven years of liti- ~ gation, including a year-long j trial before Justice in 1979 and | 1980. Lawyer^ earlier settled out of I court the question of improved, medical care for Texas’ 31,000- plus inmates, the largest num ber incarcerated in any U.S. prison system. If finally approved, the new settlement will leave pending be- ces is nig and meastii .ichter scale. I nigh to cause mage to poork uctures. cradf alls, and makel icople to stand ti ts tang quake w tine aftershock ig enough to said. 156, near Catod lahoma City-El inted for San takes. The Ai ded 17 and ester each h; three. theastern n ners of the Beaver and I| n the Pani earthquakes, earthquake li parts are in ptakes in theli ip can be uit by local, ttji aimers andatlf- 1 id-use plarihfjfl fore the New Orleans court the dispute over Justice’s order for no more than one inmate per 45-square-foot cell and his de mand for smaller prisons nearer big cities. The state contends two in mates per 45-square-foot cell is not too many and not unconsti tutional and that the organiza tion of prisons is no business of a federal court. The lawyers indicated they expect no out-of-court settle ment in those areas. The inmates’ lawyer, Donna Brorby of San Francisco, said the settlement resulted from a change of attitude by the state. “The effort makes me hope ful that we can continue like reasonable people,” said Bror by. But she admitted she did not anticipate withdrawal of the en tire appeal from the courts. Executive Assistant Attorney General Rick Gray of Austin said the state was “pleased” with the settlement but planned to stick to its positions on over crowding and prison organiza tion and location. “I would not anticipate those issues being resolved until the appellate court rules,” Gray said. “I don’t know if this is a major change or not. There’s a lot of issues left.” Assuming he can approve the final deal, Justice, who has had to preside over a legal wrangle that often was extremely angry, was happy: “This is very gratify ing to me that this progress has been made.” United Press International MOMBASA, Kenya — A U.S. Congressional delegation of the House Armed Services Commit tee arrived in the Indian Ocean port city of Mombasa Thursday for an inspection tour of facili ties that could be used by the U.S. Rapid Deployment Force in the event of war in the Middle East. The delegation headed by Rep.Richard White, D-Texas, toured the Mombassa habor complex which is currently being dredged with U.S. gov ernment aid to take large war ships. The delegation met with Ke nyan government officials in Mombasa and White expressed his thanks to the government for allowing U.S. warships to call at Mombassa. Two months ago the aircraft carrier Constellation and four escort ships made a courtesy call at the port. The delegation which arrived from Oman was scheduled to leave for the Indian Ocean is land of Mauritius late Thursday. The aim of the delegation’s six-nation swing is to examine at first hand possible contingency and support bases to be used by the Rapid Deployment Force if needed in the Middle East or the Indian Ocean. Congress has been asked to support a $1 billion committ ment to the force and members of the delegation said before leaving Washington that first hand knowledge of what was available to the force in the event of war was necessary to make such a decision. AT * V A to it spokes for ent folks" sity (Northgi* lon.-Fri. lO-SS 6-BIKE Don’t Forget the Folks! Residence Hall Association Parents’ Day Coffee A&A Building April 17, 1982 9:30-11:30 a.m. Bring your family and friends to see exhibits from your dorm and others, and hear a special program at 10:30 a.m. featuring Dr. O’ Connor, Jason Clark, John Nisbet, and Reveille! 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