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Senators approve
utility regulation
THE BATTALION
WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 1975
Page 9
AUSTIN (AP) — Senators voted
Monday to set up Texas’ first state
agency to regulate the utility busi
ness. There were no promises,
however, that it would mean lower
rates.
House members tentatively ag
reed, 66-61, to outlaw the sale of
“Saturday night specials — cheap,
poorly made handguns that some
blame for the increase in violent
crimes.
The utility bill was sent to the
House on a voice vote, and the
sponsor. Sen. W. T. Moore,
D-Bryan, predicted a House-
Senate conference committee
would write the final version.
Moore admitted that he opposes
the state regulation of utilities,
which raises questions about the
worth of the bill.
But Sen. Ron Glower,
D-Garland, who favored a stronger
measure, said Moore’s proposal was
“good for consumers, good for the
companies and good for the state of
Texas.’
It creates a three-member com
mission appointed by the governor
to regulate intrastate telephone
rates and service and also electric,
water and sewer utilities in unin-
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Jaskilka to give
130 commissions
Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Samuel Jaskilka will be leading
commissioning Saturday of 130 cadets.
Held in conjunction with spring commencement, the cere
mony is planned for 1:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coliseum.
Gen. Jaskilka, deputy chief of staff for manpower at USMC
headquarters in Washington, will present commissions to 70 Air
Force, 47 Army and nine Marine second lieutenants and four
Navy ensigns.
The three-star officer will address the newly-commissioned
officers, Corps of Cadets and visitors. Gen. Jaskilka also will take
Corps salutes at Final Review. The latter starts at 3:30 p.m., on
the Memorial Student Center drill field.
A 32-year military veteran, the flag officer was commissioned
in the Marine Corps after graduation from the University of
Connecticut in 1942.
Gen. Jaskilka commanded the Second Marine Division before
assignment in Washington in January, 1974. Much decorated,
he wears the Distinguished Service Medal for Vietnam service
with the First Marine Division, as Task Force Yankee comman
der and with the Military Assistance Command.
A close acquaintance here is retired USMC Lt. Gen. Ormond
R. Simpson, assistant vice president for student services. Before
his retirement, Gen. Simpson was deputy chief of staff for
manpower.
The distinguished military guest served aboard the USS
Princeton during World War II. He participated in the Tarawa
Island raid and the Gilbert and Marshall Islands operations. He
was on Palau, Yap, Ulithi and Wolei raids and the Marianas,
Western Carolina and Leyte operations.
Combat heroism in Korea earned Gen. Jaskilka, then a cap
tain, two silver Star Medals and the Bronze Star with combat
“V”. The former Ansonia, Conn., resident also wears the Legion
of Merit for service at Marine Corps headquarters.
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AUGUST 8 - 16,1975
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BACKPACK TRIPS
JUNE 21-25, 1975
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Everything furnished Participants
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"Lewis & Clark would have
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corporated areas.
City councils would retain juris
diction over electric, water and
sewer rates and service within the
city, but they could turn that job
over to the state commission after
two years.
The councils would keep control
of natural gas rates within the city,
and the Railroad Commission would
continue to regulate natural or
synthetic natural gas outside the
city limits.
Senators rejected, 19-11, an
amendment to extend the
commission’s authority to natural
gas.
The bill requires public hearings
before rate increases could go into
effect, and commission staffers
would be available free-of-charge to
the councils for consultation on
proposed rate increases.
In addition, the Senate voted to
require the utility companies to pay
the cost of hiring experts for the city
during rate negotiations.
Senators defeated, 17-12, how
ever, a Glower amendment to base
rates on the original cost of company
facilities rather than what the com
panies consider a fair replacement
value. The bill establishes a “fair
value rate base’ that will not be
weighted less than 40 per cent or
more than 60 per cent to either orig
inal cost or replacement cost.
They also rejected, 21-8,
Glower’s amendment to make the
commission a three-member elec
tive body “to alleviate the fears that
appointed commissioners will be
dominated by the industry.
Sen. Oscar Mauzy’s proposal to
create a nine-member commission
elected from single-member dis
tricts failed, 21-9.
The Senate adopted amendments
to make it a third-degree felony for a
commissioner to have a business in
terest in a utility and to prohibit a
utility from including lobbying ex
penses in calculating rate proposals.
House members looked over a
table full of handguns before voting
on Houston Rep. Ben Reyes’ bill to
outlaw the sale of any handgun that
would melt at temperatures below
1,000 degrees Fahrenheit. He said
this would eliminate the “junk”
guns made mostly of die cast zinc
alloys.
Before the vote, Rep. Bill Heatly,
D-Paducah, who was acting as
speaker, made certain that the
sergeant-at-arms checked the
weapons furnished by Reyes to be
sure they were not loaded.
REFRIGERATOR RETURN
DEADWEEK - THURSDAY AND FRIDAY
MAY 8 AND 9
4-7 P.M.
FINALS - MONDAY, TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY
MAY 12, 13, 15, 16
2-5 P.M.
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