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ttalion/Pagel inter 18,11 local / state Battalion/Page 5 November 18, 1982 ICS S electric rates to jump drive Texas Office of Traffic Safety by Kelley Smith V j . Battalion Reporter I. X vy IjBectricity bills for College j)n residents will increase /ei the next five months from 10,131 feel) top 1.5 cents per kilowatt )n:3,161,0i;8)tri 10 as much as 3.45 cents an, 40 pertepBkilowatt hour because of a ■tactive wholesale rate in languages: .ir ; j4 se Gulf States Utilities. French, Enelm he city will be billed an addi- ms: ChrisiAl $886,000 by Gulf States re ■ties to cover the 28 percent ire: fruit, wlJease, The increase is re- ' Brave to July 11. jcturing: fJWe have to pay the bill all at xtiles, cememlf but we are going to spread oducts, c(ieni|c cost to the consumer out a five-month billing od,” said Linda Piwonka, ager of the city utility office, fter the five-month adjust- Hit period, rates per kilowatt hBr will decrease to about 2 "■s or 2.5 cents. The rate in cise is passed to consumers ®ugh the power cost adjust- astics, ogarenal : one LebantJ ecpials 100piii.| i 1 equals ment charge which compensates for utility costs which exceed the base rate of 1.5 cents per kilo watt hour. The increase in residential utility bills will vary depending on how many kilowatt hours are used after the rate increase. Based on estimates by the city’s consulting electrical firm, the bill for an average customer who uses 1,700 kilowatt hours of electricity will increase from ab out $ 116 to $ 133. The rate increase, which has been under discussion since July, has not been approved but city officials are certain that the request by Gulf States Utilities will be approved, Piwonka said. A hearing by the Federal Elec tric Rate Commission on the rate increase is set for Nov. 23. “We began (the increase) with the bills sent out yesterday so we could collect before our fiscal year and the semester ended be cause of a high customer turnov er,” Piwonka said. “We didn’t want to wait another month be cause it would shorten the period of adjustment. It would be harder on the customer the longer we had to wait.” If the rate increase is denied, next month’s bills will be ad justed to refund any over charge to the customer, Piwonka said. LdRouJ <1 if / -7J_ -7„ ,* 846-3785 3301 C^Venut £Bryan, £hxas 77801 FREE PRO CUSTOM PERM WITH AN 18 50 CUT AND STYLE. NO CHECKS PLEASE CASH ONLY NEW HOURS: Tues.-Thurs. 9 a.m.-9 p.m. | Mon. & Sat. 9 a.m.-6 p.m. STARSHIP T Officials named tm Sn voting suit The ZEPHYR CLUB THURSDAY: THIS THURSDAY & EVERY THURSDAY LONG ISLAND ICE TEA $150 All Night Woodstane — Hwy. 30 Decorate SOW for Thanksgiving D oor Posters Candlt Coloring Books /J r r, Per ^°OcJ s ies 9-7 Ron.'Sat. Culpepper Plaza 693'3002 Cl c, r VufVccy °^s ar ds Bags Co okie Cutt "king your lih United Press International iving your ®ALLAS — Eight state offi- u get to yours [' what to ’ " is a controvi d said, ts say to 1 ances of s have been named in a suit by two black voters who m they were denied their to vote in the Nov. 2 gener- llettion. JThe lawsuit was filed on be- te sav touseaiiWsfflc Jackson, a Steelwor- ■s union representative, and -son shouldi| ce Washington, a Southwest- lividual atfl H Co - employee, al factorssutll Th ey char g e 111 th e suit that ion is capablf» ks were lul 'ned away from instances df®P 0 ^ s because of ballot shor- brd said, so discussed :stmas Ballal jesand that the posting of vo- Ifraud warning signs in vily black precincts was “the lilt of a conspiracy to intimi- Je, threaten and coerce vo- be held Dec k because of their race. |fhe suit says that, because of |se irregularities, the 1965 ling Rights Act and their Bits to due process and equal Itection under the law were iated. Named in the suit were Con- ny Drake, Dallas County elec tions administrator; Texas Sec retary of State David Dean; Dal las County Sheriff Don Byrd; associate Justice Patrick Guillot; Dallas County District Judges Jack Hampton, Craig Enoch and Sid Fitzwater; and David Mosely, state co-chairman of Gov. William P. Clements Jr.’s “ballot security” operation. The attorney for the voters, Ed Cloutman, said his clients are not seeking money from the state, but changes in the voting process. The lawsuit asks that in future elections ballots be provided for every registered voter in the precincts where shortages occurred Nov. 2. The suit also seeks to have ballots available immediately to any precinct that ers 10-9 Mon.-Sat. Manor East Mall st Braniff, unions [k alk contracts nber urical United Press International lALLAS — A second union b )r 5 1 reached a contract agree- ' ^ lit with Braniff International ■!e talks continued Wednes- tceived st'- fiy uader a new Jan. 4 deadline most recentop two other unions, lerican PMiOnTuesday, U.S. Bankrupt- (rant. Swaiiu# Judge John Flowers i the EbiLoved Braniffs request for teand theHilextension to Jan. 4 for filing a iry Institute. Organization plan. Braniff, her doctotalich stopped flying May 12, is University wittg to complete requirements rsident of lift a joint-venture plan witli lion of WonAlfic Southwest Airlines. Braniff must persuade em- [iyees to accept contracts call- ?for lower pay, longer hours ent of Histot 1 p more liberal work rules be- presentalio* re the agreement will be final- Late Tuesday, officials of [aniffand the flight attendants ion reached an agreement donor Socid and talks continued with the pilots and Teamsters. The machinists’ union left the bargaining table late Mon day and has not returned. M. Philip Guthrie, Braniff chief financial officer, said Braniff hopes the machinists return. If they do not, and if the court disapproves the current con tract, then Guthrie said he doesn’t know if the future machinists would be IAM mem bers or not. It would probably be the subject of future litigation, he said. 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