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Not only are state and federal courts looking over the Legislature’s shoulder, but computers can quickly calculate the demographic effects of moving a district’s lines. This has given more people a voice. In 1981, “if you wanted to draw a plan, you went down to the Legis lative Council and they said, ‘Yeah, we can get you a plan in three or four weeks,’ ” state Sen. Bob Glas gow, who heads his chamber’s redis tricting panel, said. Now the infor mation is available within hours. Glasgow, D-Stephenville, said it will be possible for many computer terminals to have access to redistrict ing data. He wants to ensure that ev ery senator has a staff member trained in operating the computer. “We’re trying to open up the process as much as we can,” Glasgow said, “and computers are the way to do that.” Over the past decade, Texas’ pop ulation has grown by about 20 per cent, double the national average, but growth has not been even. While 15 of Texas’ 254 counties grew by 50 percent or more, 108 counties lost population. As population increased in South and Central Texas and in the sub urbs, it decreased in East and West Texas and in central cities. This has caused wide variations in the populations of political districts in Texas. Redistricting is done every 10 years, after the federal census, to correct such imbalances. In Texas, the Legislature will redraw disti for congressional seats, for Texas House and Senate andfei Slate Board of Education. If the Legislature fails to red™ itself during the first regularse i after census data become avail the task f alls to a board compose:! the House speaker, lieutenant:! ernor, attorney general, comptr f and land commissioner. Under the federal Voting Rid Act, redistricting plans mustbt; proved by the U.S. Justice Depl ment. They can be challenged court. To get ideas from public offd and private citizens, Glasgow an:- House counterpart, state Rep.if Uher, D-Bay City, are holdingr ings around the state. They elude in Austin in early Septeuij Glasgow said. By IS Of T1 Su lege payir M; bills i high cause T1 gust, Free trade pact causes concern McALLEN (AP) — Some U.S. businessmen warned an interna tional trade commission Monday to proceed with caution on a free trade pact with Mexico. A pact could harm some busi nesses on the U.S. side of the border and could drive some U.S. vegetable producers out of business, leaders told the U.S. International Trade Commission at a hearing. her commission Monday were in McAllen, 10 miles from the Mexican border, for the third in a series of public hearings on the effects of a proposed free-trade agreement with Mexico. Three members of the six-mem- President Bush and Mexican Pres ident Carlos Salinas de Gortari last month agreed to begin preliminary negotiations on a pact to reduce re strictions on commerce between the two countries. Shafer (Continued from page 1) person to leave an air-conditioned restaurant in downtown Manila where she was working on her dis sertation. Jill Shafer is an A&M doctoral stu dent in the department of Adult Ed ucation. Shafer said few places in the Phil ippines have air-conditioners and Jill was trying to beat the heat. After the tremors subsided, Shafer said his wife calmly gathered her notes, left the building and came home. Shafer said he was glad to see that news of the earthquake had replaced the ongoing debates about U.S. mili tary bases in the front pages of Ma nila newspapers. The leases at Subic Bay Naval Base and Clark Air Base in the Phil ippine Islands have expired and re newal is being considered by the Fil ipino government. Shafer said opposition to the base has become the biggest issue in the country. “Lately it’s been a little scary to be an American here,” Shafer said. “Many places are off-limits to us. It’s a very tense situation.” Philippine president Corazon Aquino is also in the middle of a tense situation, Shafer said, and the problems caused by the earthquake nave only made it worse. “The political situation is already so bad,” Shafer said. “There is rot ting garbage in the streets of Manila, the transportation situation has grown more congested and she has not been able to control the violent New People’s Army, a group of Fil ipino-nationalist communists.” Furthermore, Shafer said Filipi nos thought it was funny that Aquino was found hiding under a ta ble after the quake. Shafer said he planned to spend the next few days working on his portable computer researching the role of Filipino women in the over throw of Ferdinand Marcos and the mysterious deaths of journalists in the Philippines. “It’s a lot like ice days at A&M,” Shafer said. “All of a sudden you don’t have to go to work or school and you have a beautiful day ahead of you as long as you don’t go too far from home. Right now we’re just try- tnc Rationing continues despite rain mg to going.” get te morning coffee SAN ANTONIO (API - There was water, water m where in South Central Tex* but not enough to fill yourte tub. | Roads Hooded and erm spilled over their banks fits showers that dumped 2 to inches of rain in the region.^ ing the weekend. But authorities said it m enough to end mandatory waif rationing. Rationing will {en forced until authorities are sua the water supply, weakened tf; drought, is stable. “We have established a cere;; conservation ethic — we’ve f some believers out there no;' Kelly Morris, spokeswoman L die Edwards Underground Wf ter District, said. The district covers a three county area and monitors ih level of the Edwards Aquifer,r underground water menc? used by LS million people. Dry weather and increased «■ ter demand lowered the aquitf level below 628 feet above r level last week. The weekef . rains boosted the aquifer if'f Monday to 631,9 feet, up 4.6 from Friday. Officials said the aquifer m© average above 628 feet for f days for the water district aiuL?'-' of San Anton io to consider easirr upon water conservation. The Edwards Undergrou* Water District plan went into r feet last week and covers unintf B orated areas of Bexar, Haysm: omal counties. 11 T By Of Co vist Te: Jur cha mo tak the in yea coi fou ers oT Sta Cei nui tha ap c V still Vs fc JAPAN! JAPAN! 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