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' L-4 ALW|Y5 o 3Ey 0 n cats'b. 1 3 Dlt lable to insial la jor foreijt in the Conia- January 1981 Colombia ami ■aceful resolu- an tensions, nal priorititi «elf nor main, tales of othfi 'id has said. heduledfroc main purpo# > for Mexicai i key toeffoit t of theetfr I it because I ig through in is decoraid ; of children! is a video tap- ertson inter- ibuse. w technioue with di says. “Ani |ualified oi ngle whosur ques in inter- just part of ■ MimiiiiyH idiimniMT , ; I in Says nation lacks energy policy White criticizes U.S. government ‘‘It doesn’t matter how many Cabbage Patch dolls are imported. However, it does matter how much oil is im ported. We need to distinguish between strategic and non-strategic industries and protect those that are im portant” — Mack Wallace, commissioner of the Texas Railroad Commission Associated Press MIAMI — Texas Gov. Mark White criticized the federal gov ernment Tuesday for what he said was a lack of a national en ergy policy, saying Washington alternately pursues policies of “panic and apathy.” “We’re crazy not to have d coherent energy policy, especially now when we have a temporary oil surplus,” White, a Democrat, told the Southern Governors’ As sociation on its final day of meet ings this year. White said energy reserves are crucial to national security and said a coherent policy was impor tant to the entire country, not just oil and gas interests in the South. ■ He wasn’t alone with his crit icisms. “It doesn’t matter how many Cabbage Patch dolls are im ported,” Mack Wallace, commis sioner of the Texas Railroad Commission and a panelist at a discussion on energy issues, said. “However, it does matter how much oil is imported. We need to distinguish between strategic and non-strategic industries and pro tect those that are important. The governors have repeatedly attacked the federal government on a variety of topics during the past two days, saying federal bud get deficits, the trade imbalance and inconsistencies in energy po lices all have hurt Southern states. “We don’t have an oil surplus, I don’t care what the experts tell us,” Louisiana Gov. Edwin Ed wards said. “We are losing our ability to produce oil. I think the Middle Eastern countries are set ting us up for another 1973 gas shortage.” "Once we can’t meet demand they will stick it to us again and we’ll have to pay $40 or $60 a bar rel,” Edwards, a Democrat, said. White agreed, saying the fed eral government actecl in panic when oil shortages hit in the 1970s and now “snow little inter est in formulating a long term policy.” Edwards said the governors should push for opening more offshore drilling sites in Califor nia and Florida. “I told (former California gov ernor) Jerry Brown that if he’d leave the state for a month I’d have a Cajun build an oil pipeline from there to Louisiana ana have it covered up before he got back,” Edwards said. Florida Gov. Bob Graham spoke with caution about off shore oil. “With our tourist industry, we have to weigh the environmental costs of drilling” near our beaches, he said. Edwards countered, saying "tourists can’t travel without gas, and unemployment can be a ter rible form of pollution.” The governors passed several energy-related resolutions. They approved measures supporting a federal role in financing synthetic fuels technologies, called for tax incentives to encourage oil and gas exploration, and requested Congress not increase oil industry taxes that help support the Su perfund toxic-waste cleanup pro ram. The latter resolution did, owever, call for a reauthoriza tion of the Superfund program. “We need to be on record as demanding a national energy pol icy and this is a step in the right direction,” Gov. Martha Layne Collins of Kentucky said. Oklahoma’s Gov. George Nigh agreed, saying, “after seven years of attending this conference I think we’ve finally achieved a pro-oil producing attitude here.” Oklahoma also has had several bank failures, Nigh noted, saying “we need to get back to a point where we are encouraging explo ration and development, not just standing still.” In other developments, Gra ham said he supported a regional residential primary in the outh. “It would increase the strength of the South politically and a di rect vote serve to help us reach mainstream Democrats,” Flor ida’s Democratic governor said. On Monday, the Southern Legislative Conference’s exec utive committee appointed a task force to look at the possibility of holding a regional presidential primary in 1988. Soutnern states participating in the governors’ conference are: Alabama, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Missouri, North Carolina, Okla homa, South Carolina, Tennes see, Texas, Virginia and West Virginia. Wednesday, September 11,1985/The Battalion/Page 11 Galveston campers encounter tornado Associated Press GALVESTON — A tornado that struck the Galveston Island State Park caused minor damage to the park facilities but turned over seve ral camping trailers, officials said. “Apparently it came in with a squall about 11 p.m. last night,” park superintendent Jake Dameron said Tuesday. “It blew over two motor homes, turned them on their sides and rolled a camper trailer upside down.” The twister knocked out power to several residences on the west end of the island, authorities said. Ralph Lorenz, 56, of Longview, was taken to St. Mary’s Hospital in Galveston and released Tuesday morning after being treated for mul tiple contusions, a hospital spokeswoman said. Lorenz’s wife, Sarah, 48, also was treated for multiple contusions. The couple was in the camper trailer that was turned upside-down, Dameron said. Houston senior citizen claims discrimination Associated Press HOUSTON — The former head of contract compliance for the city of Houston has filed a federal lawsuit claiming the city discriminates against older white males and that the Civil Service Commission’s griev ance procedure is unconstitutional. J. Bryant Young, 56, was fired in March after working 10 years with the city. Young is seeking re-instatement to his $33,600-a-year job, back pay and unspecified damages. He claims the city has a policy of “deliberately eliminating older white male employees from the work force.” As a contract compliance officer, Young was responsible for seeing that private contractors paid their employees according to city wage regulations and that minority busi nesses participated in city projects. The lawsuit also contends Young’s right to privacy was violated by the open Civil Service Commission near ing on his case. 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