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“MADE BY AGS — FOR AGS”
AUSTIN (AP) — A Houston law
firm has collected $6.2 million over
the past six years for representing
the city of Austin in lawsuits involv
ing the South Texas nuclear project,
records show.
The amount charged by Fulbright
& Jaworski is nearly half the $13 mil
lion total paid by the capital city, of
ficials said.
The Michigan-based law firm of
Miller, Canfield, Paddock and Stone
received the second-largest amount,
$5.8 million.
The remainder of the $13 million
has been shared by four other law
firms or individual attorneys hired
by the city.
‘‘They are expensive, but they are
a good investment for us,” City At
torney Barney Knight said.
“One of the suits has already paid
off in a big way,” Knight said, refer
ring to a $120 million settlement
with the nuclear project’s former
builder.
The $13 million represents the to
tal amount of fees and expenses
billed by outside attorneys since
1982 for their work on the two law
suits. It doesn’t include legal ex
penses incurred by attorneys on the
city staff or the costs of consultants
hired to provide engineering or eco
nomic expertise in the lawsuits, the
Austin American-Statesman re
ported S'mdav.
When money spent on consultants
and other expenses related to the
suits is added to the legal fees, the to
tal is about $24 million, city estimates
indicate.
These costs are paid by the city’s
260,000 electric customers in their
rates.
The city paid about $5.2 million in
outside legal fees related to the nu
clear project from 1982 through
1985, primarily for its lawsuit
against Brown & Root Inc., the pro
ject’s former engineer and builder.
Austin and the three other part
ners in the nuclear project sued
Brown 8c Root in late 1981, claiming
the company was responsible for
construction delays and cost over
runs.
Austin approved a settlement with
Brown & Root and its parent firm,
the Halliburton Co., in late 1985.
The city will receive $120 million
over seven years as its part of the
$750 million settlement shared
among partners in the project.
The remaining amount in outside
legal costs has been billed since 1986.
Most of that total has gone for the
city’s lawsuit against Houston Light
ing & Power Co., the nuclear pro
ject’s managing partner.
TRAIN WITH THE
NUCLEAR INDUSTRY’S LEADER,
AND YOU COULD END UP
LEADING THE INDUSTRY.
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Over half the nuclear reactors in .America are
operated by one organization. The United
Stales Navy.
The technology is the most advanced
in the world. The men in charge are the
industry’s best. That’s why the Navy-
Nuclear Propulsion Officer Candidate
Program is among the most sophisticated
training available.
It has to be!
College juniors and seniors who qualify
for the program can earn SI, 100 a month
while still in school. In addition, you get a
S4,000 bonus upon entrance into the
program and an additional S2.000 when
you complete your Naval studies.
And, as an officer in today’s Nuclear
Navy, you receive a yehr of paid graduate-
level training — gaining the experience and
credentials that can put you at the forefront
of the nuclear industry.
You must be a U.S. citizen, 25 years
of age or younger upon commissioning,
working toward a bachelor’s or master’s
degree. You must also have completed a
minimum of one year each of calculus and
calculus-based physics with a “B” average
or better.
If you're thinking about a career in the
nuclear field, start at the top. And lead
the adventure as a Navy officer. You can
apply after your sophomore year
For more information, talk to the Navy representative at the career fair
Feb. 9-10 or call collect (713) 226-2445.
NAVY^ OFFICER.
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LEAD THE ADVENTURE.
Aliens seeking registry
find paperwork delays
jeopardize residency
DALLAS (AP) — Many aliens
seeking legal residency by applying
for registry are trapped in paper
work delays that may jeopardize
their chances to stay in the United
States, attorneys and caseworkers
trying to help the immigrants say.
Registry is a little-known avenue
that provides permanent residency
for aliens who have lived legally in
the United States since Jan. 1, 1972.
The process is attractive to some be
cause it is cheaper and has fewer
obstacles than the amnesty process
under the 1986 Immigration Re
form and Control Act.
But lengthy processing delays by
the U.S. Immigration and Naturali
zation Service could cost hundreds
of Dallas immigrants their hope of
gaining legal status. As these immi
grants await word on their registry
applications, the deadline is nearing
for applying for amnesty.
Most immigrants eligible for reg
istry ostensibly would qualify for am
nesty, which requires proof of resi
dence since Jan. 1, 1982. Amnesty
takes several years to complete, can
cost hundreds of dollars and re
quires a proficiency in American
government and English.
But as the May 4 deadline for am
nesty nears, those who might be den
ied registry are running out of time
to seek legal status and avoid depor
tation.
Jonathan Bernstein, a caseworker
with Catholic Charities in Dallas,
told the Dallas Morning News most
of his clients applied for registry
“with the idea that they could get
amnesty later in the year if they were
denied.”
“Well, it’s later in the year, and no
one has heard,” he said.“It’s a signif
icant problem because there are a lot
of people who have open-and-shut
amnesty cases but touch-and-go reg
istry cases. They need to know.”,
INS officials said registry apjalica-
tions take six months or more to
process, producing a lot of paper
work.
Like amnesty applicants, each reg
istry applicant is fingerprinted and
checked for criminal records or de
portation orders.
Kim Ogden, INS chief examina
tion officer, said it’s a time-con
suming process.
“We’re trying to get the decisions
out soon, so they can file for amnes
ty,” she said. “The clock is ticking.”
Of the 19 registry applicants be
ing aided by Callejo and Callejo, a
Dallas law firm, only one has re
ceived a response from the INS — a
request for further documentation.
Because so few registry applica
tions have been decided, casework
ers lack precedents on what evidence
can be used to establish residency
since 1972.
Bernstein said the most ironclad
evidence appears to be federal in
come tax records.
“But how many people still have
their 1972 1040 form?,” he said. “I
know I don’t.”
TAMU SCUBA CLUB: will meet Tuesday at 7 p.m. in 402 Rudder.
TAMUS ASSOCIATION OF PROFESSIONAL SUPPORT STAFF: Dr [
Van Fleet will speak Tuesday at noon in 701 Rudder. For morel
please call Melody Lyne at 845-1751.
HILLEL JEWISH STUDENT FOUNDATION: will have a snack andstu(lya!!|
p.m. in the Hillel building.
AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF UNIVERSITY WOMEN: Diane Wefctl
speak at 7:30 p.m. at the Unitarian Fellowship.
HONORS STUDENT COUNCIL: will have a Valentine’s celebration al7:30j
at Mama’s Pizza.
COLLEGIATE 4H CLUB: will meet at 8 p.m. in 123 Kleberg.
INTRAMURALS: still has entries open in the free-throw contest and the!:
shoe doubles. For more information call P.J. Miller at 845-7826.
AGGIE CINEMA: will meet at 7 p.m. in 404 Rudder.
Tuesday
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MSC ALL-NIGHT FAIR: will meet at 8:30 p.m. in 704 Rudder.
STUDY ABROAD OFFICE: will meet to discuss studying in Denmark,Mi
West Germany and Scotland at 11 p.m. in 251 Bizzell West. ^
WILDLIFE BIOLOGY SOCIETY: will present information on environmenfe
taminants and their effect on wildlife at 7 p.m. in 203 Harrington.
AGGIE SPACE DEVELOPMENT SOCIETY: will meet at 6:30 p.m.inW
to finalize plans to attend the press conference in Houston for Space Cause
CATHOLIC STUDENT ASSOCIATION: will have a discussion on faithaiSj
at the All Faiths Chapel.
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS ASSOCIATION: Paul Knudson, executive
president of Asia/Pacific Division for Texas Commerce Bank, will discuss
important to international markets at 11 a.m. in 120 Blocker and 2 p.m.iij
Blocker.
BAPTIST STUDENT UNION: Louie Giglio of Choice Ministries will speai;
p.m. in 228 MSC.
BIOMEDICAL SCIENCE ASSOCIATION: Dr. Duane Peevy will speak or
genetics at 7 p.m. in 201 Veterinary Medicine.
POLITICAL ACTION OPPORTUNITIES/TEXAS GRASS ROOTSCOAI
will meet at 7 p.m. at 205-1 Sulphur Springs.
TAMU COMPUTER USERS GROUP: will present guidelines on purchasft
cro equipment and software and also will nominate officers at3p.m.in30R|
der.
TAMU SAILING TEAM: will meet at 7 p.m. in 109 Military Sciences.
WOMEN IN COMMUNICATIONS: will meet at 6 p.m. at Mama s Pizza
POLITICAL SCIENCE SOCIETY/PI SIGMA ALPHA: will meet at 7 p.m
MSC.
AGGIE TOASTERS: will meet at 7 p.m. fn 105-A Zachry.
UNDERGRADUATE BIOCHEMISTRY SOCIETY: will discuss the requii
and options of choosing BICH 485 at 7 p.m. in 113 Herman Heep.
CLASS OF ’88: will vote for class gift from 4 p.m. to 10 p.m. in the MSC
room.
INTRAMURALS: Slam dunk contest entries open and wallyball entriesctef
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Houston stabbing deaths
cause concern for elderly
HOUSTON (AP) — Two elderly
sisters were found stabbed to death
Saturday, bringing to nine the num
ber of elderly residents killed in the
north Houston area in three
months.
Residents in the quiet Kashmere
Gardens section say they have begun
to live in fear even though police say
they have the man responsible for
some of those crimes in jail.
Investigators said they hadn’t yet
been able to determine if the recent
slayings are connected to any of the
other deaths.
“It’s much too early to say there’s
a connection,” Houston homicide Lt.
Richard Holland said. “We’re going
to investigate this and see what we
have. But we don’t know much at
this point.”
The Houston slayings follow a re
port by Dallas police that a dozen
women have been brutally killed in
less than three years in a relatively
small south Dallas neighborhood.
Dallas police doubt if one person
is responsibly, for the 12 unsolved
cases.
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rine Lewis, 79, and her is
Mildred Irene Morris, 82,hot
covered at their home atari
p.m. by neighbors who were
cerned they hadn’t seen «
woman for two days, policesaii Ip,;
Investigators said both "ET
were found fully clothed
ing a sexual assault as a possible
live. Robbery was consideredajt
bility.
Jackie Gooden, a neighbor
she last saw one of the womenil
9 a.m. Thursday.
“We spoke to each otherovti
fence,” Gooden said, whoofl
ally would check on the two
“And that was the last time
her.”
It was Gooden and Charles)
son, another neighbor, whoW
covered the women’s bodies.
“I noticed her newspapers)
up, and her car in the garage!
been moved,” Gooden said
not like her not to come o»^
sometime.”
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