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V Wednesday, September 28, 1983/The Battalion/Page 11 Justice Department to vote on districts jack jlace camp this year A'e are fortunate to to# ce back,” Landry said, 1 right here in Dallas, ed that Huther"cou \ ur defense this week,wEtc jably nobody else could' he Cowboys have a tat cing wounded goinei nesoiagame.induoi Doug Cosbie, center Ttc ferty and safety Dew ksdale. ■ haven’t been as lucky injuries as we have onlt I,” Landry said uck played a key role inDi ! 1 -20 win over NewOrbt ime in which the Cowtoij ed the ball over six tiinwi second half. will be working with it nse this week," Landnsai t we are always w he offense has done'it it and they will do it anil ust w asn't a very he offense. rence exas mi's championships. ■n will compete in foe tball, baseball, tennis, country and outdoor ad >r track. Women will con in basketball, vollevbal ill and tennis, ficials said football an s and women’s re only mandatory ams will compete at the It i 1 level, with football cot gat the DivisionI-AAIevd Ficials said Nicholls Southeastern Louisian ntly are Division 1 school southwest Texas Stalerf classified as Division 1# 1, 1984. Sam Houston ani len F. Austin have initialfi “dures to gain Division! te three Texas schools«■ v are playing their ftnalst: n the Lone Star Conic a Division II leaaif ills Stateisaniemberoltli s America Athletic Conic and Southeastnl tiana is independent United Press International AUSTIN — State elections officials said they expected to hear Tuesday whether the U.S. Justice Department had approved or rejected Texas’ congressional redistricting plan. Karen Gladney, an elections official with the Secretary of State’s office, said the Justice De partment could approve or re ject the plan but also had the option or requesting more time to complete its deliberations. The Justice Department must review the plan to ensure it complies with civil rights legisla tion. The battle over the redraw ing of Texas 27 congressional districts began in 1980 when the Legislature, under pressure from then-Gov. Bill Clements, approved a plan that created one minority district and two Republican districts in Dallas County. Democratic opponents of that plan began a lawsuit to halt its use in 1982 elections, saying it violated the 1965 Voting Rights Act by packing Dallas minorities into one district. In 1982, a three-judge feder al panel agreed and redrew the districts along traditional boundaries. The result was a re turn to two predominately Democratic districts in Dallas. Texas Republicans appealed that decision to the U.S. Sup reme Court, which said the three-judge panel erred by changing the boundaries with out first declaring them uncon stitutional. The Dallas chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People also intervened in the suit. However, because it ruled only six weeks before Texas primary elections, the high court ordered that the revised plan be used in 1982 elections. While the Republicans’ law suit was still pending, the Legisl ature last session approved a re districting proposal that dif fered only slightly from the court-ordered plan. The Legislature’s revised plan was then submitted to the Justice Department for approv al under the Voting Rights Act. The primary benefactors under the Legislature’s plan were Democratic Rep. Martin Frost, whose traditional district would be preserved, and Rep. Tom Vandergriff of Arlington. Under the plan, Vandergriff, a freshman representative, would lose about 25,000 voters in a Republican stronghold of Southwest Tarrant County and gain approximately 45,000 largely Democratic voters in East Arlington, his traditional power base. GOP Rep. Phil Gramm’s dis trict also would be changed under the Legislature’s plan. Gramm would pick up about 45,000 residents of Tarrant County. Republican State Chairman George Strake and the NAACP both nave indicated that even if the redistricting plan passed Justice Department muster, they would continue their suit. Glasses obsolete? Contacts improve, come in six-packs United Press International Contact lenses worn 30 days and nights in a row — or lon ger—are the cutting edge of a revolution that in 10 years may make glasses obsolete. As the revolution adv ances, users may be able to purchase long-wearing soft contacts in six-packs. When a lens becomes discolored or dirty the user would throw it away and put in a new one. The practice will be more eco nomical than having the soiled lens cleaned. Dr. Oliver Dabezies, chair man of the contact lens com mittee of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, keyed those predictions to advances in contact lenses over the last decade, particu larly the arrival of the long- wearing types. The professor from the Tulane University School of Medicine expects even more startling progress in the next 10 years. “The momentum forward is so great,” he said, “that what I predict today may well be obsolete in two years. “In 10 years, eyeglasses will almost be a thing of the past. The next major breakthrough will be better bifocal contacts.” One in two Americans needs glasses. Ten million of those use contacts, those small, tiny plastic disks that rest on the cornea and aim to correct errors of refraction — near-sightedness, far sightedness and astigmatism. Contacts adhere to the thin film of tears that covers the front of the eye. Each time an eyelid blinks, it covers the lens and causes it to move slightly. This allows tears to flow under the lens, providing lub rication and some oxygen. About half the contacts in use are hard. The others are soft. Among users of soft lenses are those fitted with ex tended-wear type. Hard contacts are made of rigid plastic. They provide ex cellent vision as a rule. They are easy to care for, have long life and will correct astigmat ism, an uneven curvature of the cornea. The disadvan tage: they may be less com fortable. Soft contacts are made of a softer flexible plastic, a type with the feel of Saran wrap. They are comfortable to wear and require a shorter period of adjustment. They are less likely to dis lodge during vigorous activity and can be worn for long periods and are easily inter changeable with glasses. Dis advantages: they may be more expensive than hard lenses, need more frequent replace ment, are more difficult to care for, and may result in less clear vision. Extended wear contacts first came into the main stream in 1981 with federal Food and Drug Administra tion of the first ones for gen eral use. Unlike hard contacts or ordinary soft ones, the very special soft contacts allow lots of oxygen to be delivered to the cornea, the clear covering of the eye. “Any patient who can wear daily wear lenses can be consi dered an excellent candidate for cosmetic extendedwear contacts,” Dr. Jack Hartstein, a St. Louis ophthalmologist, said at the annual meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology. Study shows bad highways United Press International AUSTIN — The Texas Good Roads and Transportation Association, citing a study that said 15 percent of Texas auto accidents were caused by obso lete highways, called Tuesday for a 5-cent increase in the state gasoline tax to fund needed re pairs. The press conference called to release the study marked the fifth time in recent months the association has sought public support for greater highway funding and the tax increase needed to pay for it. The study, which was con ducted by The Road Informa tion Program, a non-profit re search group from Washington, D.C., said obsolete highway de sign was the second leading cause of traffic accidents in 1982. The results were based on a formula designed after a three- year study of accidents on In diana roadways. More than 10,000 miles of Texas highways and farm to market roads were found lack ing, the study said. The primary flaws were narrow lanes and in adequate shoulders that were typical of roadways built in pre war years. The inadequate roads could be easily upgraded, the study said, if funding were available. The Good Roads Association, as it has several times in the past, advocated doubling the current current 5-cent gasoline tax to pay for renovations and repairs. Texas’ motor fuels tax has not been increased since 1955. The tax increase should be used to fund a 10-year, $1.7 bil lion renovation program, said Charlie Kirkham, an association spokesman. “Many of the roads were talk ing about today are unsafe at any speed,” said Kirkham. Kirkham credited the Texas Department of Highways and Public Transportation with doing the best job it could with limited resources. However, he said the depart ment was forced to switch 5 per cent of its current budget from state to federal projects in order to qualify for federal matching funds. As a result, he said, the de partment was unable to pickup litter and mow grass along right of ways on many roads. THE UNDERGROUND Sbisa Basement Breakfast Special 7:30—10:30 a.m. Monday, September 19 — Friday, September 23 DONUTS — 100 EACH OFFER GOOD TO THE LAST DONUT “The Best Food. 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Lloyd Bentsen, D-Texas, Tues- s t uesday returned roi day introduced a bill to force the agent Brian Sochia loll ^government to provide 'e io.v' lor Sundays pi ’emergency feed assistance to nst i .c Pittsburgh Steeto drought-stricken ranchers, such tesman said. gas releasing over 17 million tsoc hia, 22, a 6-foot-3,8 bushels of its damaged grain, nd defensive end, hadW ^ j n introducing his bill aimed lie injured reserve list» wiping ran chers suffering !; - sujferedaspr# t [, e worst drought in more than knee and left ai 'klf “VyQ y ears> Bentsen criticized the I 1983 preseason ft Department of Agriculture for Inst Dallas. Ifailing to implement the discre- le is expected to bolsito plenary emergency feed assist- ■r’s defensive pass rush nit , ance p r0 g ram ■r’s game Sunday against* Secretary of Agriculture sburgh Steelers. 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Current ly, the CCC-owned commodities can be released only through a presidential disaster declara tion. “The bill would also see to it that all farmers and ranchers suffering from a natural disaster could qualify for disaster assist ance, whether or not their coun ty has been declared a disaster area,” said Bentsen. Texas officials have been frustrated because over 17 mil lion bushels of damaged, gov ernment-owned gram have been sitting in silos in the heart of drought-stricken West Texas since the Russian grain embar go, costing taxpayers $5 million annually in storage costs. 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