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lAUSTIN — More insurance com-
iies than ever before are offering
^counts on premiums for auto in-
ance, an agent spokesman said
Monday.
he discounts range as high as 25
cent for some types of coverages,
homas J. Baker Jr. of Houston,
sident of the Independent Insur-
Agents of Texas, sent legislators
alist of the companies offering poli-
s at rates lower than the rates set
the State Insurance Board.
Baker noted the number of com-
jnies offering rate deviations in-
iased by 9 percent to a total of 104
is year.
J'The clear message of competition
provided by this list of rate devia-
|ons should be sufficient proof that
fexas auto insurance consumers are
benefiting from rate competition,”
Baker told legislators.
Baker also cited findings of a re
cent nationwide insurance industry
study by the U.S. General Account
ing Office which cited Texas as one of
only two states that conduct an actua
rial analysis of company rate prop
osals.
The GAO report. Baker said, indi
cated the rates set by the State Insur
ance Board “more accurately re
flected actual loss experience than
the rates recommended by insur
ance companies.”
“In other words, Texas insurance
buyers have been paying rates which
are lower than rates the companies
wanted to charge,” Baker said.
Baker told legislators in his letter
that another big effort was expected
during the next legislative session by
some big insurance companies to
push for an “open rating” law.
“It may sound good, hut what the
companies are really talking about is
a system that will permit them to file
and use any rates they deem approp
riate,” Baker said. “We believe such
a system would most likely produce
rates higher than we presently have
in Texas.”
Under Texas’ current system, the
State Board of Insurance sets auto
insurance rates for specific areas of
the state but allows companies on an
individual basis to deviate from the
standard rate if the firm can demons
trate the lower charge will not impair
its financial stability.
Companies also are allowed to de
viate upward and charge more than
the standard rate for certain types of
customers who have difficulty
buying insurance.
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rtjHQUSTON — Supreme Court
"xtice William O. Douglas, who
fean ^ ast mont h, would have res-
ied his position 28 years ago to go
c ] !, v On the campaign trail if President
rojjjj, Harry Truman had decided to run for
,p ore L l-election, according to documents
p l)S|tr ^indby aRice University historian.
The two-page letter from Douglas,
lose 36-year tenure was the
n as'ia N est ‘ n Supreme Court history,
i stmete r discovered by Rice professor
fancis Loewenheim in the files of
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Truman assumed the presidency
upon the death of Franklin D.
Roosevelt in 1945 and was elected in
his own right in 1948. He had
announced his intention not to seek a
second full term in March, 1952,
Loewenheim said, but in a letter
written in July, 1952, Douglas urged
Truman to reconsider.
The text of the Douglas letter
read, in part:
“The world sitiation is desperately
critical — as you know better than
anyone. My fears would mount
greatly if any of the Republicans in
the limelight were at the helm. I feel
that the situation may develop so
that you will have to run again. I do
not want anything for myself. But the
danger to the country is so great that
I would gladly leave the court and
stump for you.”
Douglas was appointed by
Roosevelt in 1939 and became
known as a champion of progressive
causes. He served until ill health
forced his retirement in 1975, and he
died last month at 81.
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TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1980
Texas won t take riot cons
United Press International
HUNTSVILLE, Texas — W.J.
Estelle, Jr., director of Texas’ over
crowded prison system, said Mon
day the Texas Department of Cor
rections would not house prisoners
from New Mexico’s penitentiary,
which was virtually destroyed in a
weekend riot.
However, preliminary indications
were that some of the prisoners
would be transported to federal pris
ons at Bastrop, Texas and Leven-
worth, Kan., for classification before
being permanently moved to other
prisons — most in the southwest.
New Mexico Gov. Bruce King had
said he would ask other states to
house the New Mexico prisoners.
Officials estimated 80 percent of the
state’s main prison was destroyed in
the rioting.
Officials had feared that as many as
700 inmates would have to be moved
because a weekend inmate riot that
made many parts of the New Mexico
State Penitentiary uninhabitable.
However, a revised estimate on
Monday said that only 400 of the
1,136 inmates would have to be so
accommodated.
However, Capt. Bob Carroll,
head of the tactical force that
stormed the prison Sunday, said la
ter Monday most of the prisoners
probably could be housed under
makeshift arrangements.
“The TDC is not signatory to the
interstate compact that refers to in
terstate transfer of prisoners, ” Estel
le said in explaining the depart
ment’s refusal to accept the prisoner-
s.“As much as we would like to acco
mmodate New Mexico, and we will
in any way possible, we can not legal
ly accept their prisoners.
Estelle'based his refusal on legal
grounds, but Texas’ prison popula
tion of 26,839, is the highest in the
United States. A group of TDC in
mates has filed suit against TDC,
complaining about overcrowding.
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Our day-to-day operations
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as well as transmission
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Overthrust Belt of the Rocky Mountains. We're
utilizing biogasification and synthetically-
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If you are a skilled, imaginative, aggressive
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122 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60603
Headquarters
O Gas Supply Office
— Principal Pipeline Routes
• • Offshore Transmission Lines
■ Underground Storage Fields
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O Proposed LNG Receiving Site
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February 12, 1980
Natural Gas Pipeline
Company of America
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