THE BATTALION
THURSDAY, APR. 8, 1976
Page 3
el is criticized
Williams serves on 9 boards;
»r- Rail commission candidate
\wants gas prices reduced
'\as natural gas prices must be
iced, Lane Denton, a candidate
lie Texas Railroad Commission,
at Texas A&M yesterday. The
: road Commission regulates oil
gas prices in this state.
K is crucial to pocketbooks,”
iton, a state representative, said.
VAtTexas, farmers have gas bills
J) to $300 per month, he said,
pllns to introduce a bill into the
slature this summer, which
ild repeal the sales tax on natural
ami electricity.
ha commission, he said, has not
e a very good job in regulating
piiees. Not only are consumers of
iral gas hurt, he said, but users of
:t ic
must pay more also.
ch of the electricity in Texas is
ented by natural gas.
^Be Texas Railroad Commission
aid undertake an immediate and
l investigation of the production
- pi icing system of gas in Texas,”
iton said. “There’s something
Really wrong with a system that
I a price run-up of nearly 1,000
per cent in two years and threatens
to continue climbing at the same
rate.”
Denton said that many gas com
panies buy gas from themselves.
This residts in higher prices for con
sumers and is, at best, a very ques
tionable practice, he said.
The cost of gas and electricity in
creased $1.3 billion between 1974
and 1975, Denton said. Much of that
increase was due to fuel adjust
ments, he said, which allow gas and
electric companies to pass increased
costs to the consumer.
In several other states it has been
found that utility companies have
passed administrative salaries, travel
and entertainment to the consumer,
Denton said. Last year, Denton in
troduced a bill into the legislature to
prohibit fuel adjustments. The bill
failed to pass, but Denton said he
will introduce it again this summer.
The use of geothermal energy has
great potential, Denton said. Re
search and technology on it must be
expanded, he said. The commission
has ties to the gas industry and does
not want such research, he said. The
City of San Francisco uses geother
mal energy, he said. Geothermal
energy is obtained from the heat in
side the earth.
Denton is one of eight candidates
in the race for the one position on the
Railroad Commission. The Texas
primaries will be held on May 1.
Also, the commission has been lax
in regulating railroads, he said. De
railments have become a major prob
lem and many are due to old and
faulty rail lines which woidd have
been replaced had adequate regula
tion existed, he said. Two years ago,
a derailment in Houston resulted in
the death of two persons, injuries to
three other persons and $150 million
in damage, he said.
The commission should investi
gate the possibility of relocating the
railroad through Bryan and College
Station, he said. Because its prox
imity to the campus and the two
towns is extremely dangerous.
—Richard Chamberlain
Tughes is buried
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Associated Press
USTON — Billionaire How-
ughes, remembered more as
flamboyant film-maker and in-
[al baron than as the emaciated
^Jir\ Hu-old man he was at death, has
I n huried here as he lived — in
/ate, simple graveside services,
iboiit 25 solemn mourners,
stl; distant relatives, were all that
W infled services early Wednesday
Hlemvood Cemetery near
vitown Houston.
y. ^ virtHre were no Hollywood stars or
'His in dark glasses as might be
'0/1 ^Hted at the funeral of a bil-
tight-lipped when questioned about
Hughes’ wills, and disposition of his
various holdings. Arelo Sederberg,
spokesman for Hughes’ Summa
Corp. of Los Angeles, said there will
be nothing said about whether a will
exists.
Another problem facing officials
will be establishing Hughes’ legal re
sidence. Hughes lived in many exo
tic locations throughout the world.
Hughes left no known heirs.
^ I tlghes died Monday on a private
naen route here from Mexico. An
LD topsy conducted Tuesday re-
Sled Hughes died of chronic kid-
Biilure.
funeral entourage included
ghes closest living relative, an
t[Mrs. F. R. Lumis Sr., 85, and
octors who had accompanied
es to Houston.
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ghes coffin remained sealed
oilghout the brief ceremony and
the mourners departed silently
-Hhe morning rush-hour traffic,
we diggers started scooping black
yon to the lowered coffin.
rris County Medical Examiner
j. Joseph W. Jachimczyk took
gerprints of Hughes’ body during
|eSday’s autopsy and forwarded
mu to the FBI.
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ighes executives have remained
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By DEBBIE KILLOUGH
Since his appointment in 1970 as
President of Texas A&M University,
Jack K. Williams has been asked to
serve on nine different boards and
committees. Williams said the
memberships do not infringe upon
his work at A&M.
Three of the boards Williams
serves on are: Veterans Education
Committee, National Association of
State Universities and Land-Grant
Colleges; Board of Visitors, Air Uni
versity, Maxwell Air Force Base;and
Executive Committee of the Board
of Directors, Associated Western
Universities, Inc.
Williams said being a part of the
hoards and committees probably
helps A&M, and they make him
more aware of what’s going on in the
world of higher education.
“I might even do my job a little
better from having been a part of
them,” he said.
Other boards the president is cur
rently serving on are: Commission of
Colleges, Southern Association of
Colleges and Schools; Board of Trus
tees, Southern Association of Col
leges and School; Task Force on
Southern Rural Development,
Southern Regional Council, Inc.;
Board of Trustees, National College
Entrance Examination Board; and
Council of Presidents, Public Senior
Colleges and Universities in Texas.
He also serves as president of the
Texas A&M Research Foundation.
Williams said he does not count
the time he spends working for the
committees and boards by hours. In
spite of the time they take, he said he
enjoys working with them. Williams
said service on the boards is his pro
fessional duty done over and above
his duties at A&M. He also feels it is
a part of his responsibility. “If you
are in a professional job, you take
your share of the professional
duties,” Williams said. “They are
considered a part of my work. ”
The committees and boards are
communication links within the pro
fession itself, Williams said. Also
they are mechanisms by which pro
fessionals in a certain field keep in
touch with the developments in that
field, he said.
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