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Battalion/Page 1| April 21, state/national Battalion/Page 11 April 21, 1982 Dallas primary vote 1, court says H United Press International AUSTIN — In a one- graph order, the U.S. Sup- eme Court upheld the decision fa three-judge federal panel in Austin that congressional prim- imelections in four Dallas area istricts should be held May 1 nder a reapportionment plan ravn by the federal court. Thejustices in an earlier deci- ion had said the three judges xceeded their authority by adkally changing the shape of he-districts, and that the lower ourt should have left the dis- ricts alone because the Justice 'Department had approved hem under the Voting Rights Act. objected to the re-districting plan, but only to two districts in South Texas. In its latest motion for re hearing, the GOP had asked the Supreme Court to halt primary elections in the four Dallas area districts until June 5, the date for primary run-off elections. The high court rejected the mo tion with no dissent. However, the Supreme Court allowed the federal panel to de cide Monday whether the four Dallas districts should be changed again or elections held under the erroneous court- ordered plan. Noting the nearness of the May 1 primary, the three judges ruled that elections should be held in 1982 under the court- ordered plan. GOP leaders have vehement ly opposed the court-ordered plan and hoped to have the Leg islature’s plan reinstated be cause it was considered more favorable to Republican candi dates. Republicans had hoped to gain one or possibly two new dis tricts under the Legislature’s plan for Dallas County, but those potential gains were wiped out under the court-ordered plan. staff photo by Eric MU act eneral studies, frd on the wall nexl r in the week. College Station tines intermittenl firm in collapse of ■ suspected bridge ng suspected of causing a higf "vay bridge collapse that kille United Press International |AST CHICAGO, Ind. — The manufacturer of scaffold- h- ed [2 workers reportedly has been ^ :ited for safety violations in two C CiTjv Hilar accidents that killed five 1 ftp* 6 * n Canada. ■ Anthes Industry of Toronto I 1 ^ r V /2x o ^signed and supplied the scaf- ( 1 O (3 folding being investigated as in- O Idequate, or improperly erect- id, at the East Chicago bridge lilt collapsed last week. Twelve workers were killed and 18 oth- ;rs injured. Eleven workers re mained hospitalized, three of :hem in critical condition. I jLake County Coroner Albert l^llardo has subpoenaed the fate to turn over records on the . construction project and has be- C icming to tuir interviewing workers who Survived the collapse for an in- luest in two or three weeks. ams, a key witness in ud he was instructedi! with White and Tin id report details to s officials. ams testified heamij ■ troopers to illegal!-1 u cotics. He also toll! White and Thoiffi to Houston and sel ) to fit “The state had better have every ‘t’ crossed and ‘i’ dotted,” Willardo said Monday. “If they don’t have it (the information), we’ll go to court. We’re going to look at the information under a microscope.” Willardo said one variation reported on the East Chicago job was that Indiana Depart ment of Highways officials allowed the pouring of concrete on the 70-foot-high structure, instead of on the ground. He said usually the forms must be “cured” as much as 20 days be fore being raised into place. Seventy-five construction workers were pouring concrete when three 150-foot sections of the unfinished highway ramp collapsed last Thursday. “The autopsies on all the bodies have been released, and many of the funerals are taking place today,” Willardo said Monday. He said he wanted to release some sort of general statement about the inquest within a month. “We want to make recom mendations to the general pub lic and, if necessary, to the con tractors involved, so that some thing like this doesn’t happen again,” he said. In a television report, station WMAQ said four carpenters fell 36 stories to their deaths when a portion of a support system sup plied by Anthes collapsed in Vancouver in early January. A similar accident in Calgary killed one man, the station said. The East Chicago accident was being investigated by offi cials from the federal and state Occupational Safety and Health administration, as well as an in dependent Illinois firm hired by the state Highway Commission. >ans lut |)PT shot may cause retardation in children lair I United Press International j WASHINGTON — Each Mr hundreds of American chil dren may suffer from brain pmage or mental retardation Spuse of a common vaccina- tlon many states require, a year long investigation concluded. I The “DPT shot” — which Spotects children against dipth- Ha, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus — may be dangerous because the whoop ing cough component is of poor quality, according to the report aired by WRC-TV in Washington. I The Department of Health and Human Services had no im- mediate comment. x John Robbins of the Food „ f eiand Drug Administration’s Bureau of Biologies was quoted B the report as saying the risk of whooping cough still outweighs any side effects the vaccine may have. I Most states require DPT shots as a prerequisite for admit ting children to school. Howev er, 20 states allow students to :cy : attend school without the vacci nation. The report said a 1978 gov ernment-funded study by the UCLA Medical Center found one in every 700 children suffer a convulsion or go into shock fol lowing the vaccination — an in dication of probable brain damage. The study also showed as many as one in every 13 children may suffer lesser reactions. In Britain, where the DPT shot is no longer mandatory, a compensation program has been set up to provide financial assistance to children disabled by the vaccine. Reporter Lea Thompson who authored the report said, based on the numbers of British chil dren eligible for compensation, there are probably 2/2 Amer ican children left severely dis abled and retarded by the vac cine each year. 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