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Census shows population trends
Texas may get more seats in Congress
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Texas
could get from two to five new
seats in Congress after the 1990
census, possibly surpassing New
York, according to projections of
reapportionment based on pop
ulation trends.
The American Federal of
State, County and Municipal Em
ployees used U.S. Census Bureau
data and a system of “equal pro
portions” to project how the 435
seats in the U.S. House of Rep
resentatives would be divided m
1991.
Congressional seats are reap
portioned every 10 years after the
census.
“The AFSCME calculations
show that the big gainers will be
California, Texas and Florida;
the chief losers — New York and
Michigan,” the group said.
Another study by the Congres
sional Research Service at the Li
brary of Congress also predicted
that population would continue
shifting from the Northeast and
Midwest to the South and West.
Using data from the Census
Bureau, Bureau of Economic
Analysis and the National Plan
ning Association, CRS predicted
Texas would gain two to four
seats in Congress.
AFSCME predicted that Texas
would get five more seats for 32
while New York and Michigan
would lose three each.
That would put Texas ahead
of New York and in second place
in the number of House seats.
California would remain first by
also gaining five seats for a total
of 50.
CRS, which gave ranges for
most states, said New York could
lose two to five seats and Califor
nia could gain two to four.
States that would gain seats un
der either of the projections were
Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Cal
ifornia, Colorado, Florida,
Georgia, North Carolina, Ore
gon, Texas, Utah, Virginia and
Washington.
Those that would lose seats
were Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa,
Kansas, Massachusetts, Michigan,
New Jersey, New York, Ohio,
Pennsylvania and West Virginia.
CRS analyst David C. Hucka-
bee issued a caution with his fig
ures.
“The apportionment formula
is sensitive to minute population
shifts,” he said. “Adding or sub
tracting a small number of people
from a state’s population can
make a difference in whether or
Projected changes
Associated Press
WASHINGTON — Here is a
list of states projected to gain ot
iose seats in the U.S. House of
Representatives after the 1990
census, according to two separate
studies, one by the American
Federation of State, Coiinty and
Municipal Employees, and the
other by the Congressional Re
search Service. The AFSCME fig
ure is listed first, followed by the
CRS projection. The number of
seats the state currently holds is in
parentheses.
Gain seats:
Alabama — 0; 1 (7).
Arizona— 1; 1 (5).
Arkansas — 0; 1 (4).
California — 5; 2-4 (45).
Colorado — 0; 1 (6).
Florida — 3; 1 (19).
Georgia— 1; 1 (10).
North Carolina—- 0; 1 (11).
Oregon — 0; 1 (5).
Texas —5; 2-4 (27).
Utah —0; 1 (3).
Virginia— 1; 0 (10).
Washington — 0; 1 (8).
Lose seats:
Connecticut —0; 1 (6).
Illinois —2; 1-2 (22).
Iowa : —0; 1 (6).
Kansas — 1; 1 (5).
Massachusetts—1; 1(11).
Michigan — 3; 1-2(18).
New Jersey — 0; 1 (14).
New York —3; 2-5 (34).
Ohio —2; 1-2(21).
Pennsylvania-—2; 1-3(23).
West Virginia— 1; 1 (4).
not a seat is assigned, to that
state.”
The GOP says it would benefit
from increased population in the
more conservative Sunbelt, but
Democrats say many voters who
move to the Sunbelt may take
their Democratic preferences
with them.
It is difficult to project where
any new seats would be located
within the state, because the Leg
islature draws the new bounda
ries; a process that has been
fraught with allegations of parti
san fanagling.
Dispute over Texas’ 1980 reap
portionment plan had to be set
tled by a panel of federal judges.
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Public asking for seats in plane’s rear
Associated Press
DALLAS — Increasing numbers
of non-smokers are taking a deep
breath and asking for seats in the
back of the plane in the aftermath of
two commercial airline crashes,
travel agents say.
Travel agents said that since the
Delta Air Lines Flight 191 crash
Aug. 2 at Dallas-Fort Worth Interna
tional Airport, requests for smoking
section seating in the rear of the
plane have jumped as much as 50
percent.
“Some people . . . are changing to
the smoking” section in the rear, said
Linda Harrison, manager of Gard
ner Travel Service in Fort Worth.
She said smoking section requests
are up 10 percent to 20 percent.
But some agents predict the rear-
seat requests may be shortlived.
Experts differ on whether seats in
the rear of a plane are safer in a
crash. The Federal Aviation Admin
istration keeps no statistics on safe
seat locations.
Some
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stronger than others, Packman said.
Seats over the wings and seats be
hind galleys or partitions may offer
extra protection, he said.
Other seats provide quicker es
cape. Packman said he chooses an
aisle seat because he wants immedi
ate access to exits. But seat selection
is rarely a sure bet, he said.
Rescue workers
react to ordeal
Psychologist AI Somodevilla says
many of the rescue workers who
worked at the crash in Dallas are suf
fering from nightmares, flashbacks,
sleepless nights and a lack of concen
tration because they had to remove
the bodies of those who did not man
age to escape.
Psychologist Somodevilla says he
has talked to about 125 people about
their experiences since the Aug. 2
crash.
Somodevilla, who conducted a de
briefing session for Dallas County
sheriffs office employees Tuesday,
said the officers have not been able
to shrug off their experiences.
Somodevilla said the experience
was so frustrating for many of the
paramedics and volunteers because
they are used to saving lives, not col
lecting the dead.
In an attempt to explain the futil
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scribed what one officer told him:
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obviously dead. But her hair was in
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of metal (part of the plane). This guy
was untangling her hairs one by one.
One guy pulled out a knife and said,
‘Let’s cut it.’ And (the other guy)
said, ‘No, you might hurt her.’ ”
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