Utilities problem examined [ United Press International ! 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 THE BATTALION Page 5 WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 4, 1978 r ^r 0Jm •fSM \ Pope’s death questioned (i V United Press International 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 * ;e, wheretli of the cani 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 phis State Game Saturday. Battalion photo by Lee Roy Leschper Jr. United Press International 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. Mc^ 1 3^ • • x-GI says Army tested LSD on him Oxford, one Rhi Scholar ient. Hassei iper siadtll* United Press International 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.” H tat/hc Our Is fme ^ ere next year for clinical l ffp i ^ning, they will find an array fo mX :n ° Vated facilities - availabl ^ ui ^ n gs at the Veterans Ad- institut inistra «°n Hospital complex here „ s \ l vW , lve undergone major or partial re- lirectorv im P in 8 to serve as the Temple rmie N i'J'P 118 °f the Texas A&M College ll t uc ’ I Medicine. 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