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Rain about 10 times more acidic than normal has been falling in Tyler at least since 1979, when the Texas Air Control Board set up an acid rain monitoring station there. Some scientists believe acid rain may be on the verge of killing trees and fish in parts of East Texas. On Saturday, they will meet with envi ronmentalists and government offi cials from the United States and Canada in a day-long symposium on acid rain at Southern Methodist Uni versity. “I think we have the components of a very significant problem in the not-too-distant future, especially if we continue building lignite-burning plants in East Texas,” said Ken Kramer, the Austin lobbyist for the Sierra Club. Lignite is a soft coal mined in Texas. George Crawford, an SMU physi cist who will speak at the symposium, said, “The party line has been that acid rain is not a Texas problem. The truth of the matter is, it is a Texas problem.” Water vapor turns sulfur dioxide gases from industry — notably coal- and lignite-burning power plants — or nitrogen oxide gases from motor vehicles into either sulfuric or nitric acid that contaminates rain or snow. With Texas utilities shifting from natural gas to more economical coal and lignite, there is growing concern about the effects of acid rain on the state. Texas has 16 active coal power E lants and 13 active lignite units. All ut four of those are in the eastern half of the state. The state’s restrictions on sulfur emissions are as stringent as those of any state, but Texas sions sources. Friday AMATEUR ASTRONOMERS ASSOCIATION: will show NASA video and use an observing telescope at 7 p.m.in 404 Rudder. Items for What’s Up should be submitted to The Battalion 216 Reed McDonald, no less than three working daysk fore desired publication date. Leader of civil rights donates collection to University of Texas ias more emis- AUSTIN (AP) — Civil rights leader James Farmer, who helped found the Congress of Racial Equal ity, Thursday donated his personal papers to the University of Texas and said he hoped it helps further the study of nonviolent protest. “To be perfectly realistic, very little has been done on the study of nonviolence before the ’50s and ’60s in this country,” Farmer said. “The papers may help to shed a little light on what was done then.” Farmer donated letters, notes, speeches, civil rights-related pamph lets, handbills, photographs and posters. The collection also includes the original manuscript of his 1985 book, “Lay Bare the Heart: An Au tobiography of the Civil Rights Movement.” In donating the papers to UT’s Barker Texas History Center, Farmer said credit belongs to his late wife, Lula, who kept documents he probably would have thrown away. Farmer said he chose the univer sity for several reasons. “I made the decision to donate my papers to the University of Texas partly because this is my home state,” Farmer said. “And because the state of Texas and the University of Texas have made enormous headway and progress in a retj lion of the value of the cult® exist within the state oflea within the nation.” Farmer also.said the sck “shown a real dedication tots aging black scholars and blad dents to dig into a study of the* tures.” “That is a trend whichnuistli com aged,” he said. A native of Marshall, Fans the son of an educator who« first black in T exas to earn ads ate degree. From 1941 to 1945, Fu served as race relations secreu- the pacifist Fellowship of Rea tion. In that capacity, he helped CORE in 1942 and wasapkwt developing nonviolent directs to protest racial discriminate June 1943, CORE staged tkl successful sit-in demonstration all-white restaurant in Chicago As CORE’S national directoti 1961 to 1966, Farmer oreanittii led CORE’S successful Ftwi Ride, an interraccial ride lb the South designed to compdl eral enforcement of lawsprofe segregated interstate buses aid terminals. Panel says public system of mental care not workim AUSTIN (AP) — A member of a mental health panel said Thursday close scrutiny of Texas’ eight mental hospitals shows that the public sys tem of care and treatment is not working very well. David Pharis, panel coordinator, summarized a three-volume report to U.S. District Judge Barefoot Sanders of Dallas on the state’s com- E liance with a 1981 settlement of a iwsuit filed by parents of mental health patients. leve ital are of indivi acceptable lualized treatment. IS necessary adequate program The report for the period Decem ber through April is the 10th since the three-member R.A.J. Review Panel began monitoring compliance in 1982, and Pharis said, “Problems with compliance still exist, and some of these are major problems from our point of view.” Pharis, a social worker, said two is sues concern him most — individual care and long-term community care. “We feel it that there are standards and descriptions in place and mechanisms in place aimed at protecting peo ple’s rights. ” — David Pharis, mental health panel coordinator “We’re not trying to prevent peo ple from being discharged to appro priate facilities in the community,” Pharis said. “But we feel it is nec essary that there are adequate stan dards and program descriptions in place and mechanisms in place aimed at protecting people’s rights.” The report said the panel and consultants had found that Austin State Hospital, Big Spring State Hos pital, Kerrville State Hospital’s geri atric section, and Wichita Falls State Five hospitals were identified as having continuing problems with in dividualized treatment planning and programs — San Antonio State Hos pital, Vernon State Hospital, Terrell State Hospital, Rusk State Hospital and the general psychiatric unit at Kerrville State Hospital. Also, the report said, six of the eight hospitals “are having little or no trouble” in meeting new patient- staff ratio requirements. San Anto nio and Rusk state hospitals have had some trouble but are currently hiring staff, the report said. Among other items of docu mented progress, the report said, is the proper use of mind-altering medications; renovation of build ings; fewer patients; and improved protection for patients. “One of the more exdrinj ings is that although the aggressive incidents in thekl for a six-month period hasfiff slightly for the same six-mor.t| riod the year before," Phaff “the number of injuries till curred out of these aggressiif dents has decreased remartai about 28 percent — and this suggest that somethingisi the facilities that is contriL safer environment and thatisiH* ‘ ie lie ‘ l live finding.” Hxas wit! Asked what would hai that the report has been n said, “We don’t know whether will he a hearing on the fi There can be actions propose] the plaintiffs’ attorneys." Pharis was asked if he would port a contempt order b) Sar*\lth OU gl against the Fexas DeparttutrUnited Sta Mental Health and Mental fe4tround the tion. Bin the tl toes, Olson I But Olso “The judge has to maketWas much as mination about contempt,’’htRstal area “I’m going to stick by theseffThe den; in g s ” . . ■ Texas is 47th or 48thin ted to it jitos, whic Jim xas A&IN ginated of th erica, S( for mental health, Pharis said it’s difficult to do a great deal you’re that far behind.” “I think we have beenatten for years to develop an ads program with just minim* sources,” he said. Clements sets session agenda; supports ban against income fa AUSTIN (AP) — Gov. Bill Clements on Thursday formally summoned the Legislature to a special session and urged lawmakers to pass a “responsible” budget and prohibitions against personal and corporate in come taxes. The special session is to begin at 2 p.m. Monday. “The primary issue before us is to maintain the cur rent level of spending with budget increases only for se lected priority programs,” Clements said. The 140-day regular session that ended June 1 with out a 1988-89 budget was the first since 1961 in which lawmakers failed to pass a spending plan for state gov ernment. Clements, Lt. Gov. Bill Hobby and House Speaker Gib Lewis have met since adjournment, looking for a compromise plan. Hobby proposed a $39.3 billion bud get, Lewis offered a $38.4 billion budget and Clements has indicated support for a plan totaling approximately $38.1 billion. Clements, who vowed during the regular session to veto any tax increase greater than $2.9 billion, said he still opposes substantial increases in government spend ing. “We not only must agree on a responsible budget for the next two years, but we also must be vehement in our commitment against tax-and-spend philosophies,” he said. Clements said he also hopes for passage of proposed constitutional amendments that would place before vot ers a ban on corporate and personal state income taxes. He said such prohibitions are vital to the continued economic growth of the state. “One of the strongest aspects of the Texas economy is the fact that we do not have a state corporate or per- Defe case in mi SAN A1 torneys fo with slayi rested the! out. calling stand, say ove its Cc Farrell with killiir 'hen Smi Jucker cla a| .45-calib sonal income tax,” Clements said. “We mustprolf enhance this advantage that we enjoy overmosi states. “The people of Texas want their elected off® Austin to take decisive and definitive action to fl that state corporate and personal income taxesh . prohibited.” j “ 1:u he hac Under the constitution, a governor sets the J e ense wi for special sessions. Besides the budget and Clements listed seven other issues, includinglefj that would: • Create a select committee to study judicial 1 ' in Texas, including examining the wayjudge* !r lected. • Give the governor and a panel of other “budget execution authority,” increased power® funds betwee • Require num revoh After a rs and d ed for ambers < hil Chava Jfy, Terry delense’s c “I just m agencies during times of fiscal^ ^ | full financial disclosure to the P 11 ® ^ ( ’ governmental subdivisions. • Form a state personnel office. • Create special committees to study the ness of state government management and to 1 ’ state and local retirement systems. • Consolidate son state and federal funds" into state governmen “All of these are key issues, onable do Went out t Murdered / Special however, d “I’m sati said. “As fi tional killii .... , Clements liai K] chief among my concerns for the state is th®about it care of our fiscal matters, and, at the same tin® business and industry that Texas will remain o'® few states without income taxes.” Reggie Bashur, the governor’s press secrdU other issues are under review that later con 1 eluded in the agenda. “Definitely, there may be additions,” Bashur K The jur Friday for < If convi< sentenced lid a $10,(