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Thursday, April 30, 1987/The Battation/Page 3 1 -ad the Exodus v down r other e Lord Corin- nt, love Jos not f many e Bible >iased tial. An from a “n been »ns, but on that jf view. Jsed on can't be dism is idem is id stud- mieone vs to go rnalism oron in n gyrad- ion. te lom. igiven not rn sus :o ; in vould !e will ipril the mese yer tre i i ngs, )fus iocs es s. I’m ere are le hink er ever I arked reads is. anas at in- State and Local Court orders inquiry into 13 state schools Charges allege abuse of mentally retarded DALLAS (AP) — Texas’ 13 state schools for the mentally retarded were ordered by a federal judge Wednesday to cooperate in an inves tigation of charges of abuse alleged by lawyers for residents at the schools. Lawyers in a settled class-action suit had called for the investigation amid reports of abuse and numer ous deaths at the schools. Plaintiffs’ lawyer David Ferlegei of Philadelphia said he now plans to ask the judge to put a cap on admis sions to state schools for the re tarded. “Because otherwise, more people will be subjected to the same awful conditions, which already violates the court’s orders,” Ferleger said. U.S. District Judge Barefoot Sanders ordered the institutions to provide information on all allega tions of neglect, abuse, lack of safety or harm to clients. Ferleger predicted the Legis- lature, faced with a court order that could cost the state millic ins of dol- lars, will dost at least two state schools and move the diet its to com- mu nit y homes. “The retarded are nc >t danger- ous,” he said. “They have commiited no crime and they are sul [fering be- ing locked up in these it istitutions. Maybe a contempt citation will wake everyone up.” • In a second'court order, Sanders also instructed court monitor Linda O’Neall to do a »ew review of condi tions at the Fort Worth State School by June 1. “That’s the school at which the plaintiffs have made some fairly se rious complaints about abuse,” O’Neall said from her Tallahassee, Fla., office. “There are some deaths we will look into. I think the judge is just responding to what’s before him at this point.” The Dallas Morning News re ported Sunday there were as many as deaths at the 13 schools siatewide. One of the cases included a lb year-old Fort Worth State School . resident who swallowed a lubber glove, wire and bolts and then died from surgical complica tions. : n of die 45 deaths occurred at the state schools in Fort Worth, Aus- nn and Denton during a three- month period, according to the most recent quarterly report provided to the court by the schools. O’Neall said she did not know which deaths she will investigate. “I need to get with some of the (onsuirants I’ll use before designing completely what.the review will con sist of,” O’Neall said. Kent Johnson, an attorney for the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, said he could not comment on Sanders’ or ders because he had not read them. ft Judge freezes in failed savings ana assets oan lawsuit DALLAS (AP) — A federal judge Wednesday froze the assets of six de fendants in a lawsuit that claims of f i cers of the failed Vernon Savings and Loan Association exploited the thrift for their personal gain. Correction A story in Tuesday’s issue of The Battalion misspelled the name of a registered nurse at the A.P. Beutel Health Center as Cindy Bergenbeck. The proper spelling is Cindy Bergenbai k. The Federal Savings and Loan In surance Corp. on Monday filed a suit seeking more than $350 million in damages from six former officers and a major investor of the thrift. The suit alleged the defendants fraudulently caused Vernon to grossly overstate its profits and .net worth in order to pay S22.1 million in illegal dividends to Dondi Finan cial Corp., a holdi headed by Dallas d< Dixon. After Dondi acquired more than 90 percent of Vernon’s stock in 1982, the FSL1C alleged, the top of ficials “began to loot Vernon for their personal finapeial benefit ami compam loper Dor defraud its depositors, creditors and the FSLIC.” The FSLIC did not specify dam- . es hut said it would seek at least jo million, the amount of insol vency when the thrift was closed March 20. b 3. District Judge Joe Fish froze he personal assets of the six former ■ >1 fleers, acting on a motion by the FSLIC attorneys. ! ! assets of six of the individu als were frozen, with the exception i Don Dixon, because he’s involved m bankruptcy proceedings in Cali- rni i,” said Andrea Plater, a Fed- ual Home Loan Bank Board spokesman in Washington. 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