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Wednesday, January 22, 1986/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local Special elections need ustice Department OK Associated Press ■ WASHINGTON — The Su- iveme Court has ruled Texas’ gov- nor may not schedule special elec- ms to fill congressional vacancies the state without the Justice De- irtment’s prior approval. A ruling that a federal voting ;hts act requires such prior appro- Iwas upheld by the court with no corded dissent. Rep. Sam B. Hall Jr., D-Texas, re- ffiAned his seat representing the tie’s first congressional district last ay 24. An emergency election was called White for June 29 to fill the va- ncy, allowing candidates only five ys, until May 29, to file applica- nsto run. When no candidate received a majority on June 29, White then called a run-off election for Aug. 3. Jim Chapman, a Democrat, out- polled Republican Edd Hargett to win the election and has taken his seat in the House. Justice Department attorneys challenged the procedure on grounds that White was required under federal voting rights law to get federal approval before making any election changes. Had White not declared filling the vacancy an emergency, Texas law would have required that the filing period for candidates be June 10 to July 10, 1985, with the election to be neld Aug. 10. White was required to submit the emergency election dates to the Jus tice Department for its approval, a special three-judge federal court in Texas ruled last Aug. 1. “The wide manipulation of the dates of candidate qualification and of voting ... provide a potential for (racial) discrimination” forbidden by the voting rights law, the three- judge court said. “Any variation from the election dates stated in the statute ... must be precleared” by the Justice Depart ment. Texas officials appealed to the Su preme Court on grounds that if fu ture congressional vacancies arise the governor would be limited in scheduling emergency elections. doctor defends diet set up or woman at Autumn Hills 10 nc roul lains, 1 ert E. I himset ly in a Associated Press IsAN ANTONIO — A doctor piesday defended in court his deci- n to put an elderly woman on a W-calorie liquid diet, disputing jiims by other doctors that the diet irder starved her to death. |Dr.John Konikowski, who treated R-year-old Elnora Breed in 1978, aid Breed had congestive heart fail- ire ■Such a condition, he said, means pit body cannot tolerate large Sounts of fluids. ■Konikowski ordered the 600-caI- |ediet, fed to Breed through a na- tube, while she was a patient at a Iveston hospital. Colle|jtfaq e said he intended for her to led ra' imtinue on that diet when she left o want ifce hospital and entered an Autumn to be Hills nursing home in Texas City. ■Autumn Hills Convalescent Cen- , in Inc. and four of its current and ks. H 5 Krmer employees are charged with the J tilurderin her Nov. 20, 1978, death, e checwThe state claims Breed died of lost ref» rvat > on an< d overwhelming infec- t that lip lumpedf )ii cards! kingmtj oundtoj been sitlj ekend. j 3St of l : newsp icoplec ston | -g u r s ' rootnni : spenil trunk si ses Moij asn’t aslj was a | isles orl idy f or | re too. jour The l “She (Elnora Breed) stopped eating and mov ing. There was a gradual loss of weight. ” — Dr. John Konikowski, who treated Breed in 1978. tion, both brought on by poor nurs ing care. The defense claims she died of a recurrence of colon cancer. Nursing experts called by the prosecution testified earlier that nurses at Autumn Hills should have realized the 600-calorie diet was star vation level and they should have a uestioned Konikowski on the or- er. Defense lawyer Tom Sartwelle asked Konikowski, “If a nurse had called you and question the order, would you have changed it?” “No, I would not have,” Konikowski replied. “I had deter mined this was the diet she needed. We were limited by the amount of fluid we could give her.” The doctor said the 600-calorie diet was all Breed could tolerate “without aggravating other condi tions — specifically congestive heart failure.” Konikowski said Breed died of colon cancer that had spread to the surrounding lymph glands. Earlier testimony indicated Breed underwent colon cancer surgery three times, in 1961, 1967 and 1976. Konikowski said he noticed a change in Breed’s condition in Au gust or September 1978. “She stopped eating x and moving around. 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