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Mayor opposes GTE rate increase request same vicinity. E.L. Langley, president of General Telephone’s Texas operation, testified for most of the day on the company’s need for increased revenue. The Public Utility Commis sion staff has recommended the United Press International AUSTIN — The mayor of Webster said service provided by General Telephone Co. of the Southwest isn’t up to accept able standards and the company should not get a $110 million rate increase. Mayor Beverly Heinrich was the first witness called in a Public Utility Commission hearing Thursday on General Tele phone’s request for a rate in crease. Heinrich said General Tele phone’s service in her city has improved during the past year, but said it still is not up to to acceptable standards. She said General Tele phone’s rates are higher than those charged by Southwestern Bell or Continental telephone companies, which operate in the ‘Heroes’ surprise robbery suspect United Press International HOUSTON — Five construc tion workers surprised, tackled and captured a teenager who was calmly walking out of a sav ings and loan office, which he TAMU JAZZ BAND IN CONCERT SATURDAY APRIL 20, 1982 8 P.M. Rudder Auditorium had just robbed at gunpoint. The workers, who have been acclaimed as heroes by the cus tomers in the bank, did not know at the time of the capture Wednesday that the would-be- robber, 17, held only a toy pistol. “I don’t know what possessed any of us to tackle him, except we knew we had to do some thing,” construction worker su perintendent Barry Smith, 25, said. Police said a customer en tered the San Jacinto Savings and Loan in downtown Houston Wednesday morning in time to see an armed man forcing cus tomers and employees behind a counter. The man turned from the bank and told a nearby construc tion crew the bank was being robbed. The workers gathered near the bank entrance, and jumped the suspect as he emerged wearing a nylon stock ing over his face. “We work hard for our money,” said C.J. Crowe, 35, who explained that the con struction workers were simply tired of crime. Workers Jerry Harrell, 30, Bill McDonald, 31 and Leonard Hodge, 35, helped jump on the suspect, who had taken $2,000 from the bank. With the winding down of the semester comes the impact of grades. Ocean engineering sophomore disappointment McDonald evident Arkansas calls it unfair Power switch protested United Press International LITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Arkansas officials believe a new government formula doling out hydroelectricity in a six-state area is unfair and could even PROFESSIONAL SERVICE & REPAIR Foreign & Domestic TOTAL PERFORMANCE AUTOMOTIVE SERVICE CENTER 696-3775 General Admission — only $1.00 Tickets on sale at MSC Box Office or from band member. FULL CAR CARE Air Conditioning • Tune Ups Brakes • Charging Systems Engine Rebuilding • OWNER J. BITTLE ATM 78 ■ ■ Parts 1800 Welsh & S.W. Pkwy. College Station destroy the state’s economy by driving the Reynolds Metals Co. out of business. Gov. Frank White says he is petitioning the Southwestern Power Administration to recon sider the allocation of electricity — a move that may not sit well with the other states involved. “We’re going to look at the demise of the Reynolds opera tion in the state of Arkansas” un less the company can continue to operate with inexpensive hyd roelectricity, White said at a news conference. Reynolds employs about 2,400 people in central Arkan sas — another 1,200 have been laid off — and White said the loss of Reynolds would have a drastic economic impact on the state. The SPA, a division of the federal Energy Department based in Tulsa, determines how much electricity generated at federal dams will be given to Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. In 1979, the SPA opened hearings to decide how to distri bute more than 2,108 megawatts of hydropower — valuable be cause it is cheaper than electric ity from any other source. But Arkansas officials say they never knew the hearings were going As it turned out, Arkansas’ allocation was cut from 521 megawatts to 376 megawatts or 18 percent of the available pow er. White said the cut is especial- The SPA, a division ot the federal Energy De partment based in Tul sa, determines how much electricity gener ated at federal dams will he given to Arkansas, Missouri, Louisiana, Texas, Oklahoma and Kansas. ly unfair because 53 percent of the hydroelectricity is generated at dams in Arkansas. “The critical issue is that no state was hurt as severely as the state of Arkansas,” White said. Missouri was the only other state to lose electricity — 35 megawatts — under the new for mula. It would still get the lion’s share of the available power, however, at 676 megartl percent. Oklahoma will get M of the available poMtl Texas 14 percent —ipl for both. Kansas and Loiil which do not generateaoi hydroelectricity, willeadi| percent. The 145 megawattsthl lopped off Arkansas'alM were exactly the amount 1 used by Reynolds forjtsl tion plant at Arkadelphii| White’s petition, being signed by all oi Art congressional delegation, the SPA to reopen the' on the allocation formula several arguments: — Arkansas governnn dais apparently werenevtt fled that the allocation ft was to be recojisit Reynolds Metals and Arl Power and Light sub comments privately, l)> (: state did not. — The manufactureofl na is important to natp fense. — The SPA should hav(' idered the South Central* trie Gooperative, whichsm Reynolds, a “preferencf tomer” and included it* formula. United Press 1 ■TYLER — En Delta Drilling C that what the co the government as much as half . ■ Last March, 1 87 longtime emp knalty by dividii among the work* of vears of servic I The averag $612,000, but' agreed to take 70 bonanza in sto $17.50 per share I Since then, L plummeted mop cent, to less that: hut the Internal US < an etui OFFICIAL NOTICE General Studies Program SUTTER’S MILL CONDOMINIUMS 1 |f || N I till! ... i! Students who plan to Pre-Register for the Fall Semester in the General Studies Program are URGED to pick up a Pre-registration Form in Room 100 of Harrington Tower from Mar. 29 thru Apr. 16. mmm j iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiimiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiuiuiiiiiiiiiiiiifr; — The loss of Reynolds be a hardship to Arkansi l J would be a detriment to development — one of tM ginal goals of the SPA — The allocation ft unfair. The 376 megawatts Adj will continue to receive divided by the ArkansasEI Cooperative Corp. and municipalities — Augusta, tonville, Clarksville, jom Paris, Piggott and Pi They were left in thefot because they are consit “preference” customers, Jeff Levin of the state Office. United Press I ■ HOUSTON — a Metro bus are So, when a bus vehicle to chase a hit him, the r waited for their cl i Lee A. Kellou Been fired from tan Transit Autl guilty Wednesda ravated ass; placed on prob; years and ordere to his victim. 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