THE BATTALION
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1978
Page 5
Texas utility
inquiry sought
I u n i,ed Press International
IjSTIN — The Public Utility
m Imission ordered an investiga-
^ "land public hearings Thursday
called “sweetheart’ transac-
between affiliated utility com-
s that provide electricity to
than 3 million Texans.
» 3-member commission
ed Texas Electric Service Co.,
-t worth a $40 million increase
t to possible rebates depend-
ipon the results of the hearings,
jairman George Cowden said
commission could not act on
f W w Bos 3 * 5 for reft,nds estimated at
T-44U million without investigating
reasonableness of transactions
teen TESCO, Texas Power and
t i Dallas Power and Light and
r subsidiaries of their corporate
iNTED ^ nt ’ TexaS Utilities Co ’
iwyers for the city of Fort
th and the Texas Municipal
ne Mrs '^'tue argued TESCO customers
* entitled to refunds of over-
es TESCO collected to pay for
costs in controversial transac-
with affiliates.
tions involving lignite holdings and
natural gas leases between affiliates
investigated. He said the utility
companies should be on notice that
rate adjustments and refunds may
be required.
He also said the commission
wants to investigate each and every
affiliate transaction made since the
state agency assumed regulatory au
thority over the electric utilities in
1976.
TESCO was seeking a $109.9 mil
lion increase for customers in Fort
Worth, Midland, Wichita Falls,
Odessa, Grand Prairie and other
North and West Texas com
munities. The Commission granted
TESCO a $44 million increase last
year.
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;ed to affiliates that have the re-
of increasing customers' fuel
adjustments.
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den said he hoped hearings
Id be held within two months.
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most unusual case we’ve had up
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ASHINGTON — Neither rain
sleet nor snow nor strikes will
the postal couriers from the
completion of their appointed
ds— at least for this year,
lie American Postal Workers
i and the National Association
tter Carriers — the nation’s
largest postal unions — an-
Inced Wednesday their members
jed better than 6-to-l to ratify an
"jtrated contract settlement and
I a nearly 6-month labor dispute
I threatened to erupt into a na-
wide mail strike.
jpecial mediator James Healy’s
Jement gave 500,000 postal
kers unlimited cost of living in-
es matched to the rate of infla-
substantial job security and
er pay raises.
ealy s ruling was considered
al and binding,” but the two
jest postal unions had mandated
Headers to give members a vote
lany contract — keeping alive
ices of a strike.
Camp David talks
detailed for peace
United Press International
WASHINGTON — President Carter, formally opening Middle
Last peace talks called to end three decades of hostility between
Israel and Egypt, urged other Arab nations Wednesday to join in the
negotiations and produce a comprehensive settlement.
This must be a first step step toward a greater and even larger step
toward peace between Israel and all her Middle East neighbors,”
Carter said in his opening remarks.
For 2,000 years,’ the president said, “the people in the Middle
East, the people have cried peace, peace and there was no peace.
The burden of war has lain heavily on this ground.”
The discussions will be led by Israeli Foreign Minister Moshe
Dayan, Egyptian Defense Minister Ali Hassan and Secretary of State
Cyrus Vance.
It is our hope and belief that we have reached the stage where we
can accomplish a peace treaty,” Dayan said.
Both Dayan and Ali praised Carter for his efforts, with Ali calling
the president “a fvdl partner.”
The alternative to the ministerial negotiations. Carter told the East
Room full of dignitaries, “is drift, stalemate, continued enmity and
perhaps another war.”
Carter again invited Jordan and the Palestinians of the Israeli-
occupied YVest Bank and Gaza Strip territories to “seize this opportu
nity” to join in the peace negotiations.
The talks are expected to produce a separate peace treaty between
Israel and Egypt. Carter praised Egyptian President Anwar Sadat
and Israeli Prime Minister Menachem Begin for their agreement on a
“framework for peace” in the Middle East at the Camp David sum
mit.
During the talks. Carter said, Egypt and Israel will “negotiate the
terms” of the Camp David agreement “to define in a concrete way the
terms of peace.”
He said their purpose is “to make peace and dignity a reality for all
the people of the Middle East.”
“We have certainly not resolved all the issues, nor removed the
risks, he said. We have established, however, principles and pro
cedures for resolving the negotiations ahead.”
As Carter was speaking at the White House, the Palestine informa
tion office released a statement denouncing the talks.
“Peace in the Middle East cannot be imposed through American
imperialist powers and through American-made Israeli weapons and
armaments," said a spokesman for the office. “Israeli military
superiority and the Zionist and racist laws and institutions that dis
criminate against Palestinians must end.”
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