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! AUSTIN — The Public Utility
Lmission Tuesday released an
terim report on electric rate de-
gns It recommended that utilities
E ,d consumers study ways to
abilize the soaring costs of electnc-
| The report culminated more than
Jx months of study by the PUC, in-
Lding three weeks of hearings
here utilities and consumers pres
ited possible solutions to curbing
Igh utility costs
The PUC said its staff would con-
jnue to develop and refine its cost of
•rvice computer program in order
I make rational decisions when ap-
rovingrate increases to utilities.
"We believe in the concept of
Dst-rate,” said Bill Avera, director
f research for the PUC. "To make
itionally economic decisions, we
ave to know what the cost is. ”
Avera said utilities should be
ncouraged to slow' their expansion
[generation capacity - a reason why
ates have increased so dramatically
nder the marginal cost system.
Under the marginal cost system,
aticipated expansion by a utility is a
ictorin determining rate increases.
Avera said the marginal cost
lethod could be made less expen-
ve to utility users by cogeneration
- producing heat and electricity
rom one single industrial plant.
~ “There is greater potential in
[exas for cogeneration than any
ther state,” Avera said.
Melanie McCoy, director of spe-
ial projects, said the PUC had not
icluded alternative energy sources
r sa topic of discussion during hear-
ligs but she said several persons liar!
ontibuted information and sugges-
ions on the subject.
She said the sun and wind are the
thecomprt rimary sources of alternative
elected|n nergy sources. McCoy said the
UC has already asked for funds to
outstandii lake a detailed study of how these
reviews tk vo sources could be better utilized
) provide energy-.
“Texas, perhaps more than any
ther state, is well suited to provide
Itemative sources,” she said. “The
>des schola anhandle and the Gulf Coast, espe-
ally, are great areas for wind
pplied energy.
Italian group asks autopsy
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VATICAN CITY — A Roman Catholic traditionalist movement said
Tueday it has asked a Vatican prosecutor to investigate ‘‘the true
causes” of the death of Pope John Paul I.
The Civilta’ Cristiana movement, an Italian group that has been
close to rebellious French Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre, said it sent a
copy of its request to the college of cardinals so they may decide on
possible “urgent” action.
The step by Civilta’ Cristiana was the first concrete action taken by
any person or group since news media began discussing the pros and
cons of performing an autopsy on the pope’s body. The Vatican said last
week that laws governing vacancies of the papacy do not contemplate
autopsies, but otherwise ignored the media suggestions.
Civilta’ Cristiana did not say why it felt an autopsy was required.
“Civilta’ Cristiana, through its legal representatives, has submitted
a formal request to the promoter of justice (prosecutor) at the tribunal
of the Vatican City State that the prosecutor’s office open a judicial
inquiry to ascertain the true causes of the death of the supreme pontiff
John Paul I,” the group said in a press release.
"The detailed document addressed to the Vatican judiciary was also
sent to His Most Reverend Eminence Cardinal Carlo Confalonieri,
dean of the Sacred College, so he may know its contents and report on
it in a direct and confidential way to the cardinals, who are the
depositaries of sovereign power in periods ofVacancy of the papacy, for
all those measures, including urgent ones, that an evaluation of the
circumstances requires.”
For the third day Tuesday, torrential rain slowed down the flow of
mourners filing into St. Peter’s basilica to pay last respects to the late
pope.
Vatican officials estimated that more than half a million people have
viewed the pope s body since it first went on display Friday.
Cardinal Jean Villot, who as chamberlain of the church is running
the Vatican temporarily until the election of the next pope, was among
the day’s first visitors.
As they have done every day, the pope’s brother, sister and other
relatives kneeled to pray by the bier.
Cardinals discussing the choice of a successor to John Paul are
making it increasingly clear they will seek an engaging pastor like him.
Rail emergency board action could
let strike resume at Thanksgiving
United Press International trict Judge Aubrey Robinson. sure the parties will be able to re- sai
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Newest cop on the heat
Debbie Howell, soon to be the newest woman member of the
Texas A&M University Police Department, has completed
the state police training school and will be joining the A&M
force full-time in two weeks. She is the fourth woman to join
the force. Here, Howell is directing traffic before the Mem
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WASHINGTON — A presidential
rail emergency board hopes to send
President Carter — before an Oct.
28 deadline — its recommendation
for settling a dispute which led to the
nationwide strike of railroad unions.
The action, however, could allow a
resumption of the strike during the
Thanksgiving holiday period.
The board, created by Carter last
Thursday, has 30 days to determine
the facts in the dispute between Nor
folk & Western Railway and the
Brotherhood of Railway, Airline and
Steamship Clerks, and report to the
president.
Board Chairman Paul Hanlon told
reporters during a break on the first
day’s proceedings, “We hope to get
it out before that.”
When the 3-member board re
ports to the president, another
30-day “cooling off” period automat
ically goes into effect before workers
legally can resume the strike under a
restraining order issued by U. S. Dis
trict Judge Aubrey Robinson.
If the two full 30-day periods are
used and expire without agreement,
the clerks’ union could resume its
strike just at the end of the
Thanksgiving weekend. But if the
board goes to Carter ahead of time, a
strike could hit right in the middle of
the holiday period.
Robinson s order expires next
Tuesday and a hearing is scheduled
that day on a further injunction
against the walkout.
Pickets had shut down more than
two-thirds of the nation’s passenger
and freight rail traffic, and caused
some layoffs in the auto industry.
Officials of both the N&W and the
union were optimisticas they arrived
to meet with the board for the first
time.
“There has to be optimism,”
N&W Vice President Joseph Neikirk
said. “We certainly want to resolve it
and intend to cooperate fully.”
Clarence Robinson, BRAC direc
tor of industry relations, said, Tm
sure the parties will be able to re
solve it at this stage.”
Hanlon also said he hoped the rec
ommendation would be accepted.
“In almost all (past) cases . . . the
administration has been successful
in selling it to both parties,” he
said.
The meetings are closed to the
public and the report will go directly
to Carter. On the board with Hanlon
are Jerre Williams of Austin, Texas,
and Jacob Seidenberg of Falls
Church, Va.
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k f JWASHINGTON — James
tom en l) 0rnwe |] s ^y S jy y ears a g 0 | ){ ,
s iave. wittingly was used as a guinea pig
us t tan an an LSD experiment by the Army.
. i m-r )W ihe former private is suing the
tober 1979 s government for $1() miUion .
fhornwell filed nday,
piming the Army gave him LSD
ithout his knowlege or permission
id tortured him as part of “Opera-
on Third Chance," a secret Army
poject studying the use of LSD as an
terrogation aid.
The case is in U.S. District Court,
before Judge John Sirica.
LSD is a hallucinogenic drug
made illegal in the 1960s.
Thornwell, who is unemployed
and lives in California, said in a
statement the drug left him a "social
and emotional cripple whose
psychiatric disorders have pre
vented him from working except for
short periods since his discharge
from the Army in 1961.”
The suit says Thornwell did not
find out about the LSD test until
1977, when he received Army
documents detailing the experi
ments through the Freedom of In
formation Act.
He sought the documents after
being informed by the Internal Rev
enue Service that his address had
been given to the Army so they could
perform follow-up tests. The Privacy
Act forced IRS to reveal to Thornwell
that his address had been furnished.
Thornwell, a black, said he was the
only American used in tyesting pro
gram. The suit Said the only other
persons involved were foreigners.
The suit also alleges that for months
before the drug was administered in
June 1961, Thornwell was subjected
to ‘‘severe forms of physical and sen
sory deprivation as well as beating
and verbal abuse” which included
racial slurs.
The suit said Thornwell experi
enced “extraordinarily severe physi
cal and psychological trauma when
the LSD took effect,” but he was
again interrogated by the same “in
humane techniques.”
After the test was completed, the
officials in charge “failed even to in
form Thornwell that he had received
LSD or to alert him of the need for
follow-up care.”
“To the contrary,” the suit said,
“defendants deliberately concealed
the facts and circumstances of the
drug experiment performed on
Thornwell and the damage and
danger resulting to him therefrom.”
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The existing auditorium in the
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