Page 12/The Battalion/Friday, April 22, 1983 Court ruling allows state nuclear bans Warped by Scott McCullar YOU'RE HELPLESS, DO YOU HEAR? HELPLESS!! X doa/'T know How YOU'VE WITHSTOOD EVERYTHING I'VE TORTURED YOU WITH. United Press International WASHINGTON—The Sup reme Court has given states 3 n< sweeping powers to halt nuclear power-plant construction as long as it is done to protect eco nomic interests. In a 9-0 decision Wednesday, thejustices held states, using tra ditional power to regulate utili ties, may act to protect their citizens against utility rate in creases stemming from costly nuclear power-plant construc tion. The ruling, considered a set back to the nuclear industry, up held a California moratorium safety concerns, which are the federal government’s responsi bility. “Congress has sufficient au thority left in the states to allow development of nuclear power to be slowed or even stopped for economic reasons,†Justice Byron White wrote for the court. on new atomic reactor construc tion pending development of a permanent storage system for high-level radioactive waste. But the court’s ruling went beyond the politically sensitive issue of waste disposal and cleared the way for states to veto nuclear power development within their borders if they can justify it on economic grounds. The court specifically said a state may not take such action out of Laurence Tribe, who argued the case for the California Ener gy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, said the ruling “is especially impor tant because states have the pow er to completely reject economic dependence on nuclear plants.†Nuclear industry representa tives insisted the ruling does not affect plants currently under construction or in operation. But Tribe said the court’s reasoning could apply to an ongoing plant. “If a state decides it’s too cost ly and uncertain a source of elec tricity, there might be other issues raised, but the court makes it quite clear it’s the states’ decision,†he said. Donald Winston, a spokes man for the Atomic Industrial Forum, said, “It tells the states they have the right to pass a law like this, provided it involves the economics of the plant.†“The net effect of this deci sion is minimal, at least for the short term, because the (U.S. nuclear) industry is dead and decaying,†said Edward Mer- row, the director of the energy policy programs office for the Rand Corp. in Santa Monica, Calif. I’VE HIT YOU WITH TERRIBLE PHONE SERVICE, $35 AAOVIA/G CHARGES, AND ATROCIOUS AND GROSSLY INACCURATE ?H0H£ PILLS... DO YOU KNOW WHAT '/A GOING TO DO TO YOU A/OW? ..m GOING TO HIT YOU WITH A PHONE SERVICE RATE HIKE OF 20-50%, IF X CAN GET IT, THEN MAYBE A COSTPER-CALL CHARGE, THEN DROP YOUR FREE INFOR/AA" TION CALLS FROM 10 TO 3.' .'CAUSE YOU CANT LIVE Wl»' A PHONE, CAN YOU? HAW, " YOU'RE ONE DEFENSELESS MER ALL RIGHT. J'REEEEACH OUTJEACI AND SQUEEZE mtHL/i Lawyers from some of the 31 states that supported California at the Supreme Court hailed the ruling. Klan to defend the Alamo Ezra Bialik, assistant attorney general for New York’s En vironmental Protection Bureau, noted this was the first time the Supreme Court had ruled on the states’ rights issue. “Such questions as whether coal is better than nuclear fuel are issues in which the states have more expertise,†he said. United Press International SAN AN I ONIO — Ku Klux Klansmen will forsake their traditional white sheets and don plain clothes in guarding the Alamo from communists while other robed members take part in a May Day march. Charles Lee, grand dragon of the Texas KKK, said Wednes day up to a dozen Klan members HAIR REMOVAL NO NEEDLES We oiler Ihe most modern, sate and painless method ol removing unwanted hair More than half of our current customers are prior electrolysis users . 0** M. 50 % off INTRODUCTORY OFFER For The First 15 Minutes (with this ad) Serving 4^$. Luncheon Buffet ? 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Lee, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, Tuesday received a permit to hold the march near city hall, which is several blocks from the Alamo. rally there to protect it from communists, who raised a red flag over the Texas shrine in May Day celebrations in 1980 and 1981. The Klan originally asked to march on the Alamo and hold a City officials, fearing con frontations with the John Brown organization and the Brown Be rets — both of whom pledged to be on hand May 1 — would not Reporter’s challenge forces bill introduction United Press International WASHINGTON — Sen. Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, said Wednesday that a reporter seemed to find one of his prop osed bills so important that he would go ahead and introduce it even though he doesn’t have sufficient support to pass it. During a press conference for Texas reporters, Bentsen was asked the status of a bill he said in January he planned to introduce. The bill would require televi sion stations which sell time to political action committees claiming to be “independent groups†to give equal time, at no charge, to candidates attacked by the groups. Bentsen told the press con ference he had not found enough support to proceed with introduction even though he said in January he would submit permit a Klan march ail Alamo. But Lee said “we some members keep an e the Alamo whether wen not. They will be in] They will make sure nd does anythine." Lee said 50 to members will participateiij march to city hall. the measure. “I don’t plan to introdi until 1 get enough sup(i Bentsen said Wednesdat When the reporter ail that meant the mediasl longer operate on the that Bentsen’s press rel planned bill introdi meant the measures wo« introduced, the senator “If it’s that importanuo we ll submit it. Sctut 111 JctllLlcliy lie putlllieu iw 7 †■* * * STUDENT SPECIAL — SAVE $2.75 * * * * * * * * * * * * I’m so dirty. 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