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A 74-65 vote advanced a bill that would greatly curtail the attorney general’s power to enter into out-of- court settlements on behalf of state government agencies. Rep. Bill Ceverha, R-Richardson, wants state agency heads to have that power. “The attorney general is the only person who single-handedly, be cause he doesn’t like a piece of state law, can strike it down with a stroke of a pen,” Ceverha said. Mattox appeared unconcerned. “I never take anything Ceverha does as being very serious,” Mattox said, adding that the attorney gener al’s powers are spelled out in the Texas Constitution. “He’s kind of the clown of the House. “If it does take effect. I’ll rule it unconstitutional. ” Ceverha said he was particularly upset with Mattox’s decision not to challenge lower court orders that forced Texas A&M to allow women in its band and recognize homosex ual organizations on campus. Mattox did not consult with A&M officials, other than to tell them “take it whether you like it of- not,” according to Ceverha. “I don’t think it’s appropriate for one person to have that kind of au thority,” he said. Mattox said the bill, which faces another House vote and still would have to be approved by the Senate, was a partisan effort. “It’s a Republican-motivated ac tion,” he said. “It’s just one of those things they do when they haven’t got anything else to do, I guess.” Rep. A1 Granoff, D-Dallas, argued that Texans want an elected official such as the attorney general — not bureaucrats — making decisions about lawsuits involving the state. “I understand Mr. Ceverha’s frus tration with the current attorney general,” said Granoff. “I don’t have the same frustration, but I under stand he does.” Rep. Steve Carriker, D-Roby, complained Ceverha’s bill would “take people one step further from political power and put it in the nands of bureaucrats.” Rep. Larry Don Shaw, D-Big Spring, said, “If the attorney general makes a mistake, the voters will cor rect that at the next election.” But Rep. Patricia Hill, R-Dallas, said Mattox has been acting as a “sec ond governor,” wielding veto-like power over laws. “I want the courts, not the attor ney general, deciding if those laws are unconstitutional,” she said. Ceverha denied his bill is a per sonal attack on Mattox, although he did mention several Mattox deci sions he did not like. Bankers’, superintendents’ opinions differ on oil ruling Associated Press AMARILLO — Superintendents in the Panhandle say their school districts will suffer financial prob lems because of the Texas Railroad Commission’s “white oil ruling,” but local bankers downplayed the im pact of the decision. The commission voted 3-0 Mon day to adopt a staff recommendation that rules in favor of Phillips Petro leum Co. and against independent oil men, who are drilling natural gas and treating it with refrigeration units to create the white oil. The reaction in the Panhandle was swift. “I think that we just dropped $100,000,” said Rex Peeples, super intendent of Groom Independent School District. “Fifty-five percent of our minerals will be declared ineli gible.” The $100,000 loss in school fund ing represents 10 percent of the dis trict’s annual budget, Peeples said. “We’re going to have to start scal ing down our program,” he said. Tom Harkey, White Deer Inde pendent School District superinten dent, said the district could lose up to a quarter of the its yearly budget because of the ruling. “We could loss as much as $300,000 to $600,000,” he said. “It could have a pretty devastating ef fect.” Harkey said 45 percent of the dis trict’s local tax base comes from in dependent oil drillers. Jim Holmes, superintendent of Panhandle Independent School Dis trict, said it would be days or weeks before the full impact of the com mission’s ruling is known. Several bankers said the Panhan dle oil fields will survive as they did before production of white oil be gan. The Panhandle Field is the largest gas field in Texas, underlying 1.5 million acres in eight counties — Hartley, Moore, Hutchinson, Potter, Carson, Gray, Wheeler and Collingsworth. Oil and gas reserves are worth an estimated $27 billion, and Phillips and others have been aligned for 3 Vs years against independents who pro duce wnite oil, a water-white liquid produced by chilling vapors to as low 20 degrees below zero. An oil well is defined as a well that produces one or more barrels of oil per 100,000 cubic feet of natural gas. By classfying the substance as oil, producers can drill one well every 10 acres. If classified as gas, no more than one well per 640 acres could be drilled. Independents own the oil rights in the huge field, while Phil lips and other major energy compa nies control the natural gas rights. The railroad commission ruled that wells with LTX units must be re tested within 75 days and shut down if they do not meet the present gas to oil ratio. While the ruling could mean seve ral hundred oil and gas producers in the Panhandle can no longer derive revenue from wells equipped with the LTX units, Cook said the impact of the decision could be smaller man many thought. The full effect of the commis sion’s decision won’t be known until after wells with LTX units are re tested, said Floyd Watson, president of First National Bank of Pampa. “If they can continue to produce wells that are mainly black oil, then we won’t see nearly the effect,” Wat son said. n K ill I White wants reforms in prisons met quickly SCHULMAN 6 775-2463 RUSTLERS’ RHAPSODY (PG) 7:30^9^55 | POLICE ACADEMY 2 (PG-13) 7:20 9:50 CODE OF SILENCE (R) 7:30 9:55 JUST ONE OF THE GUYS (PG) 7:25 9:50 BEVERY HILLS COP DOLBY (R) • STEREO 7:25 9:45 i FRATERNITY VACATION (R) 7:20 9:40 || MANOR EAST III 823-8300 MANOR EAST MALL STICK fR) DOLBY aiiuis, iK) STEREO 7:20 9:40 CARE BEARS MOVIE (G) 7:15 9:35 2010 70MM DOLBY ODDYSSEY II 6 Track STEREO 7:25 9:50 Associated Press AUSTIN — Gov. Mark White wants quick action from the Legis lature to meet terms of an out-of- court settlement of the state’s 13- year-old prison reform lawsuit, but had little else to say about it Tues day. Officials say the settlement ap proved by the state Board of Correc tions on Monday is expected to cost about $200 million over the next four years. “Now maybe we’ll get back to the business of running the prisons without continual litigation,” White said in a prepared statement. “I hope the Legislature will act swiftly to implement the financial provi sions of the settlement.” However, White ducked questions Tuesday about details of the set tlement and whether he approved all of its provisions. “Well, I’m glad to have it over with,” he said, evading news report ers by hurrying into a meeting of the State Preservation Board. The plan still needs approval from U.S. District Judge William Wayne Justice. If the judge accepts the set tlement, it will mean an end to 13 years of legal battles that have cost the state $7 million in legal fees alone since the filing of the lawsuit by “jailhouse lawyer” David Ruiz. “I don’t think anyone is com pletely thrilled with tne settlement, hut the bottom line is that I think we have something that everyone can live with,” said Robert Gunn of Wi chita Falls, chairman of the correc tions board. House Speaker Gib Lewis, who earlier this year criticized federal court supervision of the state’s prison and mental health systems, said he was “fairly satisfied” with the agreement. “From what I understand, it’s cer tainly not what we all wanted, but at the same time I’m pleased to get it over with,” said Lewis, D-Fort Worth. The trial became the longest run ning prison reform trial in U.S. his tory, beginning in October 1978 and ending 349 witnesses, and 159 days later. In December 1980, Justice ruled the prison system unconstitutional. Since 1981, he has ordered sweeping reforms. Over the past four years, attor neys have reached agreement on how to carry out all major areas of the reforms except easing over crowding, the last major obstacle which Monday’s settlement ad dresses. The plan calls for phasing in changes over a six-year period and construction of a new 2,250-man prison and 10 new dormitories for low-risk prisoners. The settlement was hammered out over six weeks of negotiations between state attorneys, prison offi cials and attorneys for inmates. Prison Board chairman Robert Gunn of Wichita Falls said the plan will cost about $60 million more than the $940 million budgeted for the prison system over the next two years. Heterosexual men getting AIDS virus Associated Press SAN ANTONIO — The deadly AIDS epidemic once thought to strike only a limited segment of the population is spreading to heterosexual men who associate with prostitutes, say doctors with the Texas Medical Association. In addition, Texas has moved into third place, behind only New York and California, in the num ber of new AIDS cases reported, doctors warn. Almost 140 new cases of ac- a uired immune deficiency syn- rome were reported in the state in the first quarter of 1985 — twice the number of cases re ported in Florida, a state which formerly ranked ahead of Texas. “It is clearly increasing in mon strous proportions,” says Dr. F. Kevin Murphy, an infectious dis ease specialist from Dallas who addressed the Texas Medical As sociation annual meeting in San Antonio last weekend. Nationwide, 3.5 percent of all heterosexual men who are being seen in clinics for sexually trans mitted diseases are serum-posi tive for the virus that causes AIDS, the doctors report. The findings indicate AIDS is spreading beyond those believed to be at greatest risk — homosex ual men, intravenous drug users, hemophiliacs and Haitian immi grants, the physicians say.