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Rep. Bartlett
enters Dallas
mayoral race
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep.
Steve Bartlett is trading a successful
career in Congress for a chance to
become mayor of Dallas.
It’s a chancy proposition, but if he
wins and succeeds in getting Dallas
back on track, Bartlett may have also
won something else — a larger base
and wider name recognition for that
“something bigger down the road,”
congressional scholar Norman
Ornstein says.
Bartlett, a five-term Republican
who has faced only minor opposition
in recent elections, says he’s running
for mayor of the nation’s eighth-
largest city to bring leadership to
Dallas City Hall.
“He really wants to bring back a
sense of unity to the city,” fellow Re
publican Rep. Lamar Smith of San
Antonio says. “I think that’s his sin
cere motive — to help the city
through some difficult times, to be a
unifying force, to bring some bal
ance to the political arena.”
And if he does a good job as
mayor, Smith says, “he ought to be
rewarded. Oftentimes you have to
sacrifice the present for a better fu
ture.”
Another fellow Texas Republican,
Sen. Phil Gramm, says Bartlett is sac
rificing his own political future to
help solve Dallas’ problems.
“He has such a great future here
in Congress, this represents a real
sacrifice to run for mayor,” Gramm
says, describing Bartlett as one of the
most effective members of the
House.
Bartlett, in announcing his candi
dacy for mayor Tuesday in Dallas,
said he would resign his congressio
nal seat as soon as a firm date for the
election is set.
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by Scott McCullar ©1991
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first time, more Americans live in
huge urban areas than in small cities
and rural localities, according to
Census Bureau figures released
Wednesday.
And while those urban centers
grew rapidly in the 1980s, more peo
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million.
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percent of Americans lived in urban
areas of 1 million or more.
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cent of the total population of 248.7
million people. The bureau will re
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breakdown of the rest of the pop
ulace —those in smaller cities and on
farms.
The big urban areas expanded in
E art because service industries —
usinesses that don’t manufacture
anything — played a bigger role in
the economy, Tom Kingsley, of the
Urban Institute, said.
Service industries “have always
been more concentrated in larger
cities, so when the structure of the
economy expands, it’s not surprising
the larger cities would grow more,”
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ilty representation in math and sci
ences until it reflects the state’s
ireakdown of minorities.
I Last year, Texas’ population was
61 percent white, 12 percent black
and 26 percent Hispanic. Students
in the A&M System were 87 percent
hite, 3 percent black, 8 percent
ispanic and 2 percent Asian and
other minorities. The faculty was 83
xcent white, about 1 percent black
md about 4 percent Hispanic and 6
ircent Asian.
“Once fully developed, this model
ill ensure that when African-Amer-
:ans and Hispanics in Texas come
to represent the numerical majority
of our population early in the next
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ased disciplines,” Hiler said.
“While it is first and most immedi
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he said.
A&M’s “Commitment to Educa
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last year will be a main component of
the coalition.
A&M’s designation as the leader
in a statewide effort for $10 million
for programs to reform science edu
cation at all levels also will play a
role.
Hiler said A&M consistently pro
duces more Hispanic engineers than
any other university in the United
States, followed closely by Texas
A&I University, a predominately
Hispanic institution and a new mem
ber of the system. Prairie View A&M
University, which has the largest
percentage of black students, is a na
tional leader in producing black en
gineers.
Laredo State University, with its
strong emphasis on international
trade, has the state’s highest propor
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student body.
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tate University.
Hiler said the coalition is seeking
matching funds from various fed
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Science Foundation and depart
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schools, community colleges and the
federal government.
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in the Lone Star State, 67 corporate
partners and 12 national laborato
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