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Tuesday, December 6,1988 The Battalion Page 11 tic selers 'lant extinctions worry Smithsonian researchers >n said. “This team to the point we can ic and win." dropped to 9-5 for > Central Division Cincinnati, 11-3,in inal regular-season 18 at division rival rey became the sec- int returner in as i be lost for the sea- ury. ison is out with a and Drewrey suf- ated elbow against ver Haywood Jef- ice Drewrey on the aft pick ack. Two of them ic record books." h Tom Landry on t blaming the refer- loss. seem to be getting glu now,” Landn the kind of season We are so close yet rong thing at the players were a little igth e team is being because it's out of oys previous dub sses was 11 in their ar of 1960, Dallas 1 that season. gains ing 3lls ■WASHINGTON (AP) — Almost 1700 native plants are threatened wth extinction by the year 2000, most of them in southerly and sub tropical regions with booming pop ulations or economies, according to astudy released Monday by a private conservation group. ■The Center for Plant Conserva tion said a I '/u-year study found that 253 species of plants may become eitinct within five years and another 4^7 may vanish by the turn of the century. As many as 52 of the plant Jecies may already be extinct in the Ski. jSeventy-three percent of the most critically endangered plants are found in Hawaii, California, Texas, Florida and Puerto Rico, according tdthe center, a consortium of 19 bo- ical gardens and arboreta head- |artered in Jamaica Plain, Mass. “What we’re dealing with here is ||st another sign of a planet in trou- Re and indeed, a national environ- iient in trouble,” said Thomas Love- ■tan expert cm tropical rainforests Kd assistant secretary for external affairs at the Smithsonian Institu- tln. ■ Approximately 200 kinds of ■ants have already become extinct during the past two centuries, ex- (jti ts generally agree, and conserva tionists worry the rate may accele- K rate as population and economic growth jeopardize plant habitat. A 1973 study by the Smithsonian found that 3,000 of the nation’s 25,000 species are endangered. “Working with endangered spe cies means working against the clock,” Donald Falk, executive direc tor of the Center for Plant Conserva tion, told a news conference at the Smithsonian. “It’s kind of like being in the emergency room all the time. “Every species lost represents an .irretrievable loss of biological diver sity and potential ecological values and potential human values,” Falk said. “Once a species goes extinct, you can’t then change your mind. You can’t then say . . . that species was beautiful, or that might have helped medicine or that species might have been scientifically inter esting or might have been ecologi cally significant. Falk said the large majority of crit ically threatened plants are in south erly and subtropical areas that are naturally biologically diverse, while at the same time are experiencing in tense economic and population growth and an intense rate of extrac tion of natural resources. If the center’s predictions on ex tinction are close to being accurate, the United States and the world face “the most catastrophic loss of species that’s ever been experienced in evo lutionary time,” Falk said. He said it would cost $10 million to $15 million to protect and propa gate all 680 of the threatened plants, $6 million to $7 million to target only those in the priority areas, or $3 million to $4 million to save only plants facing extinction within five years. Falk said almost almost every part of the economy is dependent on the health of the environment or natural resources, from oil and coal to fish eries and timbering to pharmaceuti cals. “So it seems rash at best and in sane at worst for us to be tampering with building blocks of ecosystems and communities of entire species of plants and animals,” Falk said. “En- dangerment represents a rather elo quent message from nature, and it’s nature in trouble, and we’re going to pay the price as a society if we don’t listen.” He said the loss of species diver sity ranks with the “big global Exce- drin headaches” such as global warming, loss of the ozone layer, acid rain and food shortages. Some of the endangered plants are relatives of important timber products, food groups or plants used in horticulture and landscap ing, Falk said. ices from a week a one first-place vote, it and Seton H r first appearance! i]) 20 this season,join- st teams Syracuse, nd No. 17 V s No. 20 with a 5-Ore ic Coast Conferem embers in the Top ke, No. 8 North Care leorgia Tech and No, ilina State —as Michigan, No. 5 low nd No. 14 Ohio State L‘d the other first-f •ek’s poll. Illinois, nth while North Cato nped from tenth# usey listed as critical after wreck CULVER CITY, Calif. (AP)— ctor Cary Busey was in critical condition Sunday with severe lead injuries after losing control if his motorcycle, authorities aid. Busey, 44, of Malibu was being xamined by doctors and neuro surgery was planned Sunday night, said Ron Wise, spokesman "orCedars-Sinai Medical Center. Busey’s work as the doomed 950s rock star in the title role of The Buddy Holly Story” earned tim an Academy Award nomi- ation. A one-time rock ’n’ roll misician himself, and like Holly a tadve of Texas, Busey per- ormed his own renditions of dolly songs in the film. No other vehicles were in- olved in the crash 10 miles west if downtown Los Angeles, police igt. Gary McEwen said. “He was on his motorcycle and vent down,” McEwen said. The crash occurred at about :40 a.m., police Sgt. Karin Rea- n said. “Our initial investigation ^howed that he lost control of the MRike, laid it down and was thrown iff,” Reagan said. “He hit the urb with his head and wasn’t Ivearing a helmet at the time of :he crash.” In addition to his role as | Buddy Holly in the 1978 film, 1 (JTl Busey has appeared in films such is “Big Wednesday,” “A Star Is Born,” “Lethal Weapon,” 1‘Carnv” and “The Bear.” Michel: House ethics ‘a national disgrace’ AT&T fights rate regulation ■King off the buses, eremony, Sanders® by an assistant he media briefly publicity surround#! mouneed Saturday!' s become a hassle, pie would consider it® c out it, that it'snc 1 Ai:S11X < A1 > — A P ro P os al e in 20 years it willli!r 0 " Unue state regulation of Al&I now ifs kist aiiotlifW 3mrTlun * cat * ons <A d 16 Southwest Hll place basic long-distance cus- d he would do whatt| t J mers “among the biggest losers” if it m e to limit publidl! ; ifFJPJjJJ^dopte^y the Public y away from it asm ' WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Robert H. Michel, re-elected House Republican leader Monday, decried the low ethical quality of the House and called on Democrats to join in an effort to reform ethics standards and election campaign practices and limit outside speaking fees. “T he record of (ethics) enforce ment in this House is a national dis grace,” the Illinois Republican said as House members met in separate party caucuses to choose leaders for the 101 st Congress. Speaker Jim Wright, D-Texas, unanimously selected by the 260- member Democratic bloc for his sec ond two-year term as the top House officer, disagreed with Michel’s as sessment but offered to discuss the issues with him. “For the most part, members of the House . . . are decent, responsi ble and ethical people,” said Wright, whose personal finances and possi ble divulging of government secrets are under investigation by the House ethics committee. He has denied any wrongdoing. The exchanges between Wright and Michel came as both parties elected their leaders for the new Congress, which begins Jan. 3. Two female House members lost bids to crack the all-male top leadership ranks on both sides of the aisle, but Rep. William Gray, D-Pa., was named to the Democrats’ No. 4 post, the highest level ever achieved by a black party member. Michel, who was chosen unani mously by the 175-member GOP contingent for a fifth term as mi nority leader, did not refer to any specific ethics cases in his remarks. He specifically called upon Wright and other Democratic lead ers to join with them in forming a bi partisan task force, aiming to fash ion reforms of ethics standards, outside income and campaign prac tices. In his acceptance speech several hours later, Wright said the House would pass “clean elections legis lation,” but the only specific propo sal he mentioned was to establish uniform poll closing times nation wide. Wright also said the new House in the 101st Congress would approve a new Clean Air Act and would work to clean up areas of business prac tices where Congress thinks manage ment needs regulation. He cited the disappearance of banks, corporations and farms in economic reshufflings and lever aged buyouts that “intensify and concentrate economic wealth in fewer and fewer hands.” On the Republican side, Rep. Lynn Martin of Illinois came up four votes short of beating Rep. Jerry Le wis of California for chairrpan of the House Republican Conference, the No. 3 GOP leadership post. Rep. Bill Dannemeyer of California was a dis tant third. Rep. Mary Rose Oakar, D-Ohio, was easily defeated by Gray in the voting for chairman of the House Democratic Caucus, the fourth- highest rung on a leadership ladder that traditionally has led to the speaker’s office. Rep. Mike Synar, D- Okla., ran third. Gray earned high marks over the past four years as Budget Commit tee chairman, a pivotal House post. have to,” he said. Commission, an AT&T offi- |t|rsaid Monday. ■ “If Texas long-distance compa- Inies are content with a regulatory ||stem that artificially inflates prices, stilles introduction of new services and, in general, inhibits competition, at’s what they will continue to get under this proposal,” AT&T Vice ■resident Pres Sheppard said. PUC administrative law judge Elizabeth Drews recommended on Nov. 14 that the state continue its oversight of AT&T’s intrastate rates for basic long-distance service to res idential and business customers. Drews also suggested partial de control of some AT&T services, such as private-line and WATS serv ices used by businesses. AT&T is the only long-distance company regulated by the PUC. 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