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LUBBOCK — Federal spending went haywire for a moment, and
for once — city officials weren’t complaining.
A federal check designated for Community Development projects
arrived on schedule Tuesday, but in an unusual form.
The amount was left blank. The check should have been made out
for $43,000.
City Manager Larry Cunningham said he will take the check back
to federal officials in Austin later this week.
Mayor Dirk West had suggested the city might meet all the pay
demands of its firefighters, who are seeking a 12 percent salary boost,
lus those of any other group seeking higher pay. Cunningham added
lat the check seemed ideal as a means of financing a $109 million
water project.
HOUSTON — Enrollment in Houston Independent School Dis
trict this year will decline as much as 16,000 pupils from last year’s
total of 210,000, officials said today.
Superintendent Billy Reagan attributed the drop in enrollment to a
declining birth rate. He said movement from HISD to the 18 subur
ban districts “is very slight," Reagan said.
AUSTIN — A man waiting in a room filled with out-of-work labor
ers went berserk Tuesday and held a dozen people at knifepoint, then
slashed an attorney in the back near the Capitol minutes later, police
said.
Billy Ray Conner, 21, was charged with aggravated assault with a
aymentsi deadly weapon and was held on $5,000 bond.
Leonard Reese, an attorney with the Legislative Council, said he
was on his way to pick up his paycheck when a man cut his back with a
knife. He was reported to be in good condition.
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$136 million rate increase
recommended for SW Bell
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AUSTIN — Southwestern Bell
Telephone Co., on a plea that it too
is a “victim of higher costs,” has won
a Public Utility Commission staff
recommendation for a $136 million
rate increase, only $9 million less
than the company had requested.
“It’s too much. It’s almost every
thing they wanted,” said Don Butler
of Austin, attorney for the Texas
Municipal League, after the PUC’s
proposal was announced Tuesday.
More than 100 members of the
Association of Community Organi
zations for Reform Now staged a
noisy protest at a public hearing and
cried out against the increase that
will raise basic residential telephone
rates between 75 cents and $1.10 a
month. Southwestern Bell had
asked for a $1.55 per month hike.
“One, two, three, four. Don’t you
care about the poor?” the protestors
chanted as they filed into the hear
ing. “ACORN says not 1-cent
more,” was the chant outside the
building.
But N. Carlton Baker, South
western Bell’s vice president for
revenues, testified Texas’ growth
and continuing demand for in
creased telephone service strained
the utility’s financial resources and
made rate increases necessary.
“The telephone company is the
victim of higher costs,” he said.
“Rates cannot be adjusted fast
enough — or in sufficient amounts
— to keep up with inflation.”
PUC economist Julie J. Parsons
submitted written recom
mendations on behalf of the PUC
staff that:
—Endorsed Bell’s plan to con
tinue current rate differentials in
basic service charges for residents of
the state’s major cities.
—Said increases in basic rates for
residential and small business cus
tomers should be offset by raising
charges for special services such as
Centrex systems, touch tone phones
and switch board setups.
' —Proposed a new rule to restrict
Bell from back-billing customers
who have been undercharged for a
period not to exceed six months and
provide for a deferred payment op
tion in such cases.
—Called for reducing monthly
charges for extension lines from 50
to 40 cents as a step toward gradu
ally eliminating that charge.
—Suggested Bell’s overall re
quest for a $145 million increase
statewide be trimmed to $136 mil
lion.
PUC attorney John Bell said the
staff recommendation would shift
more of the raises to users of
specialized equipment and services.
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Agencies advised to buy planes
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AUSTIN —State agencies, which
must share their aircraft rather
owning them individually.
iDavis tape
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FORT WORTH — State District
Gordon Gray Wednesday
led prosecutors could submit
ieo tapes of an Aug. 20, 1978,
eeting between T. Cullen Davis
dan FBI informant into the mil-
naire businessman’s murder solic-
tion retrial.
Gray ruled the tapes were admis-
ile as evidence despite objections
[defense attorney Richard
acehorse” Haynes, who said the
and was dubbed in later.
The tapes, showed Davis talking
David McCrory, his one-time
:nd, in the parking lot of a Fort
orth restaurant. A few minutes
ter, Davis was arrested for at-
mpting to arrange the murder of
s divorce judge, Joe Eidson.
cCrory testified he showed Davis
picture of Eidson lying in the
k of a car, pretending to be
, and Davis gave him $25,000
at allegedly was to be given to a
tman. In the tape, McCrory is
en placing a towel-wrapped object
the trunk of Davis’car. McCrory
id the towel contained the
lencer-equipped gun that Davis
iiiested.
should move toward outright pur
chase of any planes currently being
leased, the Aircraft Pooling Board
has decided.
“I feel very strongly that the
long-term goal should be to get the
state out of leased airplanes, so I
think any lease agreements should
include some kind of lease-purchase
agreement,” member Doug Brown
said Tuesday at the board’s first
meeting.
Board Member Bob Cargill
suggested they investigate the pos
sibility of renegotiating existing
airplane leases to lease-purchase
agreements.
“Buying airplanes outright is the
obvious option for the state of
Texas,” he said. “Barring that, a
lease-purchase agreement is the
second best option. But the lease of
airplanes is not feasible for the state
of Texas.”
The board agreed, however, to
approve the two-year lease of a
plane by the attorney general’s of
fice for $137,000. Cargill said the
state had leased the plane for about
five years, and each year had paid
into a fund for engine overhaul. He
said extension of the lease would
allow the state to take advantage of
the costly engine overhaul.
Under the pooling arrangement,
the plane will be available for use by
other agencies.
The board chose Rep. Pete
Laney, D-Hale Center, as its
chairman for a two-year term.
Laney was sponsor of legislation
creating the board. Cargill and
Brown drew lots to determine the
length of their terms on the board,
Brown drawing a four-year term and
Cargill a six-year term.
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