European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - December 10, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Tuesday december 10, 1985 the stars and stripes Page 5 Louisiana parishes tight Over Oil Gas Money hour Vlf son ia1 a pint of High ground along the Mississippi Kivor where Confederate Cannon once shelled Union a mishaps. Has become the landlocked sue of a Border conflict Between lawyers warring Over Oiland Gas royalties. The land used to be in West Baton Rouge Parish but the meandering Mississippi has shifted its Channel Well to the West leaving port Hudson in territory now claimed by East Baton Rouge Parish. An i807 charter placed the to counties Border in the Middle of the Mississippi. Now that the River  Idi much Oil and Gas Rich land to the cast West Baton Rouge has gone to court seeking to prove that its Border should be drawn not where he River  now but where it flowed almost in o centuries ago it s a very interesting question said f Rnest la Rcd a lawyer for the state. " there s been a lot of new land created since the civil War. And a lot of land titles that arc going to have to be changed if they move the  West Baton Rouge Parish Hopes to win a share of 575 million in royalties Nalii in an escrow account since the dispute was raised in i979. Under Louisiana Law 10 per cent of royally Money collected on slate owned land  forwarded to the Parish in which the land is Lov item the Bottom line is Money said Bill Low Rev a lawyer defending l ast Baton Ruuge Parish in the suit. Nobody would care whose land that was if there was t Gas there. I think it s mainly  we want West Baton Rouge to be entitled to any royalties to which it is entitled said police juror Ted Blanchard. No Date has been set for a hearing. The suit also names Hast Flliciana Parish As a defendant saying any change in the other two parishes Border could also affect its boundaries. Assistant attorney general David Kimmel said stale Law holds that when a River changes course abruptly the Boundary line remains where the River used to flow. When change occurs gradually the line moves with the River he said. But Kimmel said that Law is aimed at slate Boundary lines and he is unaware of any previous suits involving Parish border1. The Legal War is far More polite than the 186.1 Battle Over port Hudson when the River lapped at the town s Edge and Confederate artillery batteries were poised to prevent adm. Vivid i Warragul from steaming upriver into the rebel heartland. Only one of Farragut s i boats the flagship Hartford passed the Confederate guns one boat was lost to the canno firc. And smoke Fridun the barrage kept the rest of the Fleet at Bay to the South. Today War buffs visiting the site Tan no longer see the River from where the Cannon St Mil where the gun ats once sailed Are Fields and Trees on land built up As old River channels silted up if West Baton Rouge Parish wins claim to Llie land it will also inherit responsibility for maintaining it  said. Our Altitude is going to be that if it s nol ours we re not going to have anything to do with  he said let them come across the River to maintain it. Let them lax it and try to collect " that sort of situation could Licate real problems for West Baton Rouge Kimmel said. There Are pans of Mississippi that lie on the 1 Susiana Side of the River and vice  he said. They sometimes have distinct difficulties in Ching things  a frosty Mug of Winter Sieve Luck shows his artistic ability by making a Snow sculpture of a Barbershop Singer in the front Yard of his Home in Dubuque Iowa. , an Art teacher in Andrew Iowa sings in a Barben hop quartet. Judge rules universities in Alabama still segregated Birmingham Ala. A a Federal judge has labelled Auburn University the most segregated Campus in Alabama and has Given guv. George c. Wallace until Valentine s Day la devise a plan to remove remnants of Segre gation from Alabama universities. The evident e tends to support the wide spread perception us Blacks in Alabama that except for the presence of Black ath letes and the changes mandated by Federal his and regulations Auburn s racial attitudes have changed Little since the 50,." . District judge . Demon said in his 100-Page ruling. Demon s ruling was issued saturday the same Day a Black Auburn football player to Jackson won the Heisman trophy. The school in Auburn had a Black student enrolment of slightly More than 2 percent last year and a Black faculty of  percent. Demon s ruling also targeted Auburn s pc dominantly White Montgomery Campus which he said needlessly duplicates pro Grams at Predo Minally Black Alabama state University in the same City. Demon also focused on Auburn s agricultural Extension program which he said benefited from racial discrimination against a similar program at the state s other land Grant College pc dominantly Black Alabama am University in Huntsville. The ruling resulted from a lawsuit filed 2vj years ago by the . Justice department. Lear Jet crashes during practice run kills 3 Rochester Minn. A a Lear Jet making practice runs rolled from Side to Side and crashed sunday killing All three men aboard authorities said. Lakeville William Lund 50, of Northfield and Maurice Lillis 49, of Bloomington. The Jet was making its ninth or 10th Landing approach at Rochester municipal or Paul Belau Olmsted county Coroner. Airport on sunday afternoon when it rolled identified the victims us James Zimmer 40. Of right rolled left and then crashed said Mort Edc Stcin a Federal aviation administration spokesman in Chicago. The Faa and the National transportation safely Board arc investigating the cause. There was no explosion or fire but debris was scattered 300 feel. Al Alt cruelly s very furry Christmas r Well just have to keep an Eye on things. Now 1 p setter let Horace a 7 cruel la in the sack poor like the ipe of that Zapun in the workshop Perry the judge gave Wallace the Alabama commission on higher education and the Al Obama Public school and College authority until feb. 14 to submit a plan based on . Office of  criteria for  the state s system of higher education. John Knight an Alabama state ii minis Trator who led a group of students Fucus in and alumni who intervened in the Federal court Case applauded the ruling. However he said he did t expect it to bring about any immedi ate changes particularly at Auburn. Alabama state also joined the lawsuit on the Side of the Justice department and claimed that two newer predominantly while schools. Auburn at Montgomery and Troy state University at Montgomery had drained off students and desirable pro Grams. In Huntsville Alabama am joined the lawsuit on the Justice department s Side claiming that the newer University of Ala Bama at blunts Villa had drawn students and programs and that Auburn University had usurped its role As a land Grant College. Sands or time in the stars and stripes 40 years ago foday. Dec. 10, 1945 Gen. George i Atton was at the army Hospital in Heidelberg in serious condition As the result of injuries suffered shortly before noon when his Sedan collided with an army truck near Mann Heim. 30 years ago foday. Dec. 10. 1955 Roy Campanella Catcher for the world Champion Brooklyn dodgers was selected As the National league s most valuable player in 1955. It marked the third Lime he has won the award. The Yankees Yogi Berra won the american league Crown also for the third time. 20 years ago foday dec. 10, 1965 in Moscow. Anastas Mikoyan stepped Down from the presidency of the soviet Union in a Surprise move that appeared to solidify the Power of party Leader Leonid arc a nov. 10 years ago foday. Dec. 10. 1975 new York City streets and curbs arc littered with 35,000 tons of garbage piled up in an eight Day strike by private sanitation Woi Kors that has Esca lated into fir bombings and attacks on Gar Bage trucks and workers