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Battalion/Page 5 August 25, 1982 (state August 25;': roposed plant causes protests in north Texas 1 her to usethei nt for her arty iay ‘I don’t like it oi Clark, dutdiJ id purse, witness stand ti ; did not knowtH innH hv HnmtmB United Press International leers last Mav® USTIN ~ Soine Lucas r ? si ' nt 1 dents say communities that reat-grandm*P ll ' i ,ro , n ', a p h rop ? se f, „ k-L™ —-•Bvage treatment to be built ic g P.'iiKg., town should take care 1^ 3 doctor, r heir was(c on an in(llvidua i or find another spot to Bfiild the plant. ■ The North Texas Municipal I Water District, which plans to . ’tit/}/' construct the Wilson Creek Re- I VV V ( iional Sewage Treatment plant ■ the edge of and partially within Lucas, is seeking a dis- marge permit from the Texas Bpartment of Water Re- ■irces. Blhe plant would serve Dallas would proteett suburbs of Plano, McKinney, environmentaliAllen and Richardson, limited publicHowever, Lucas residents nile-long, undt find their city council oppose the reef off the i pk it, saying tlie cities should i County. Bher take care of their waste on Spear, regional ian individual basis or find U.S. Fish and ■other spot to build the plant. said the siaiMGeorgia Curry, who lives with o make wildlife; |ei husband less than 1,000 i top prioritiei pu ds from the site of the prop- ilthough limitt feed plant, said the growth of aing and recttBno is largely responsible for would be allok® need for more treatment sition of 19,OOCiBtili>ies. land on the islzB“We feel Plano should stick it issue in 1975*■ their west side, which is Force, whichfF>ere all the growth is occur- ; property as a kig. ’ Curry said, lid it no longer husband, David Curry, Bd Lucas has an ordinance re- tr private lane touting septic tanks and home 1 been forced! iP as (, f no l ess than two acres, ir property to ikB It’s a lifestyle we have chosen ished to have the: that lifestyle is in danger,” returned to then I finally asked toit md as a state p eeing to the I ration-state m iposal. uld Curry said. “It’s just a bad situa tion.” Curry said his group also is concerned about the effect such a large-scale plant would have on the environment. Water department spokes man Tom Milligan said the dis charge of effluent from the proposed plant into Lavon Lake — where many of the communi ties draw their drinking water— will be the focal point of the hearings. Milligan said NTMWD cur rently sells water from the lake to the communities and is pre pared to present scientific testi mony showing that the sewage plant will have no effect on drinking supplies. Carl Riehn, executive dire ctor of NTMWD, said the dis trict’s current facilities will be overloaded by 1985, and the proposed facility is needed to keep pace with growth in the area. He said the company hoped to begin construction on the plant this year. “If they (Lucas citizens group) can drag it out long enough they know that it will alter the desira bility of locating the plant there,” he said. “It is a very desir able site and we hope that won’t happen.” Hearings on the permit have been scheduled into November, but Milligan said he was unsure if it would take that long to hear all testimony. Teachers deny groups’ charges ri r-j T 7 P United Press International t^TyiJ [AUSTIN — A spokeswoman / Ir the Texas State Teachers Association says complaints ab- -oupies were it . out alIe S ed unscrupulous re- onversation S c(:| uilin g tactics b > the TSTA are is evidence becai* dead lssue > and that the of marital pnlrg anization planned no coun- Sessions rukJ r - actl0n a g ain st rival groups. ionscanbeinimL / be . 1 e ? as . Classioom :r t i.„ leachers Association and Asso- ■ they were cr« g aUon of ^xas Professional Educators last week accused .agras and Hanf STA ' the state ’ s lar .g est teacher defendant J* nizatlon ' of P nn I tm g. P am ‘ ’s brother, havJ hlets containing misleading m- c . no ^toimation about ILIA and ^ the ambushsl J™ in an effort to attract new - ( |7() picmbers. s InpfliiB However, Annette Cootes, Ipublic relations coordinator for ecoX^ TSTA, said Monday .he defense wouldk 8 rou P had violated no laws m > Harrelson’s dtfi | rin . lin S information about the earlier had ttl l va l or g a hJ za P°n s - f „:.,t f r „„ I It s a dead issue, over and K Bone with,” Cootes said. “I think ■ was an attempt to create some find of public media event to try o get members and try to pic ture us as doing something illeg- 1 in our membership recruit- store for handbook serve you }> Through Ssf res/ te Texas Briefs Navy crash United Press International HEBBRONVILLE — A Navy |)ilot on a training flight para- huted from a TA-45 jet trainer ust before it crashed and ex ploded in a pasture about 10 niles south of Hebbronville, au- horities said. Ensign Tom Hills, 23, of Kingsville, was in good condi- ion Monday night in a Corpus hristi Hospital. Hills, a mem- lerof training squadron VT-22, vas the only occupant of the ilane which was on a routine raining mission from the Kings- dlle Naval Air Station. Author- ties said Hills noticed the plane tvas having problems and :jected before it went down. Navy officials planned to begin in investigation of the crash Tuesday. Inmate killing Court upholds smuggling conviction A O CU c , the vehicle United Press International sneak five undocumented NEW ORLEANS The aliens into the United States 5th U.S. Circuit Court of f r om Mexico by hiding them Appeals upheld the convic- j n a secre t compartment in a tion Monday of Alfredo Orte- van ‘ ga-Chavez of Texas, who was Ortega-Chavez and convicted in an attempt to Ramon Gonzalez Sanchez left the United States Nov. 21, 1980, and entered Mexico at Nuevo Laredo, where San chez received a permit to transport certain merchan dise into the United States, court records showed. Ortega-Chavez, Sanchez, Alejandro Gonzalez Delgado and five undocumented aliens later met near a bridge lead ing to the United States. Orte ga-Chavez hid the five aliens in a van compartment while the vehicle went through a border check, trial testimony showed. Ortega-Ghavez was arrested later and charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens into the United States. ing, which we weren’t.” The groups asked the attor ney general’s office to look into their complaints that TSTA violated the Deceptive Trades Practices Act in printing the pamphlets. The attorney gener al’s office said the complaints were being reviewed. Cootes said the TSTA had not been contacted by the attorney general’s office and planned no counter-action against the rival groups. “Our attorneys looked at them (the complaints) and they say they are not valid,” Cootes said. She also said the TSTA is not affiliated with the AFL-CIO, as was incorrectly reported last week. Cootes said the pamphlets were printed last summer and were based on information in TCTA’s and ATPE’s own litera ture. She said there were no further plans to distribute the pamphlets. “They were as accurate as they could be at the time of pub lication last summer,” she said. United Press International HUNTSVILLE — A Texas Department of Corrections Ellis Unit inmate faces charges in the stabbing death of convicted murderer Alvin Burton. Burton, 56 and serving a life sentence from Harris County, was found dead shortly after noon Sunday. TDC spokesman Charlie Brown said Monday that the inmate was stabbed several times with a homemade knife. Charges against the suspect are pending completion of an investigation by the Walker County Sheriffs Department, Brown said. He said investiga tors have yet to determine a mo tive in the attack. Disabled United Press International AUSTIN — Hearings are scheduled in eight cities on a special committee’s efforts to create a 10-year plan to solve the problems of Texas’ 1.7 million disabled people. Gov. Bill Clements appointed the Long-range Planning Group for Texans with Disabilities. His office said Monday the group will hold hearings in Dallas on Thursday, Longview on Satur day, Lubbock on Sept. 9, El Paso on Sept. 11, Houston on Sept. 15, McAllen on Sept. 18, San Antonio on Sept. 23 and Austin on Sept. 25. “For years we disabled Tex ans have been asking the gov ernment to include us in high- level disability related plan ning,” said Justin W. Dart Jr. of Austin, chairman of the plan ning group. “Gov. Clements has responded by asking leaders of the disabled community to parti cipate and take the lead in this most significant planning pro- Rockin' Into Registration... MUSIC E£EB£5S , RCA and A&M Records! Rock Si Roll OO OFF Record Sale! Save $ 3.00 off the manufacturer list on the entire Rock Selection including these RCA and A&M artists... BOW WOW WOW feifc i ^ T i I nesi vtcsi HOOKED ON SWING $ 3. O O OFF GO GO’S Beauty and the Beat JEST SYLVIA SALE ENDS SATURDAY! LEAGUE DARE nc/1 Records and Tapes Give the 0ft of music. 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