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THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1979
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Sends trade mission to Houston
N. Orleans lures busines
s
United Press International
NEW ORLEANS — There’s a
natural business rivalry between
New Orleans and Houston — a
rivalry born of having the same basic
industries, port facilities and even,
in one case, the same skyscraper.
So it’s somewhat unusual for the
local Chamber of Commerce to
sponsor an “industry mission’ to
Houston — designed to lure busi
nesses from the Houston area to
New Orleans and its suburbs.
“We don’t like to think of it as a
raid,” said Linda Hayden, spokes
woman for the Chamber of Com
merce. “And I would tend to think
nobody in Houston would think it s
even possible for New Orleans to
‘raid’ them.
“The rivalry, the competitiveness
is probably always going to be there.
However, business leaders in New
Orleans also think it’s a good idea to
take advantage of the fact that there
are many firms (in the Houston area)
that are ready to expand. Also, there
are many Companies in New Or
leans who do a lot of business with
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portunity is there to solidify and
perhaps increase the trading ties.’
About 50 business officials from
the “River Region’’ — the New Or
leans chamber’s area that includes
the upriver parishes of St. John the
Baptist, St. James and St. Charles
— will lly to Houston Sept. 26 for
three days of meetings, negotiations
and business lunches with Hn„ ri
business leaders.
The chamber says more than &
billion in new plant investments
petroleum refineries and cheinb
plants have been completed
non need or started in its seve
parish region since Jan. 1, me; ^
an increase of 2,200 permant]
jobs. ^
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United Press International
AUSTIN — One hundred fifty
state employees won’t receive
paychecks until they come up with
the money to pay their delinquent
student loan debts to the state.
Comptroller Bob Bullock says, un
less a court tells him to handle the
situation differently.
Bullock held back the paychecks
of the 150 employees this month and
said he will retain the checks again
next month unless the debts are
paid.
Bullock said a Texas Employment
Commission employee in Kingsville
has filed suit in an attempt to have
his paycheck released. But the
comptroller said state law prohibits
a person owing the state a debt from
receiving state payment ofany kind.
“I’m simply following the law,”
Bullock said. “Until these loans are
repaid there will be less money
available for new loans to the next
generation of students. ”
The state employees
the money to pay college exp^
under the Hinson-Hazlewood Cd
lege Student Loan program. 1
program requires that payments#
the note begin nine monthsafteii
student completes or drops out if w
college, and that it lx? paid offwitk ]<,
Bullock said the 150 works
whose checks were held backbyL
office owe the state $311,072 inp^
due student loans. They wereii
tilled by a cross-check of pa]
records.
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and notified them he would
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back the student loans,
He said 491 of those settled
$896,563 in debts with the lev
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