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Charges
in suicide
dropped
United Press International
HOUSTON — A judge has
dismissed an indictment charg-
icide
ing a girl with aiding the suici
of her boyfriend.
State District Judge Charles
Hearn quashed the indictment
against Jean Leann Miller, 17, in
the Aug. 27 shooting death of
Kent Kretsinger, 18.
Kretsinger’s mother had
alleged her son was under the
influence of Miller, who officials
described as a punk rocker who
once dyed her hair purple.
Hearn ruled the indictment
did not charge Miller with
enough specific acts in the
suicide to hold her on a suicide
aiding charge.
Governor vows to push
election of PUC members
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United Press International
AUSTIN — Gov. Mark White
reaffirmed his commitment to
have the Public Utility Commis
sion elected rather than
appointed, despite a hostile
reaction by a House subcom
mittee.
The House State Affairs
committee heard testimony
from proponents for White’s
plan during a public hearing
Tuesday night, but recessed un
til next week without taking a
vote.
However, White said he
would apply more pressure if
the committee wanted it.
“If they want more pushing,
I’ll be glad to provide it,” the
? ;overnor said. “I think they’ll
ind my commitment is still
strong.”
Jim Nelson, White’s deputy
executive assistant for adminis
tration, said about 20,000 Tex
ans had written the governor ab
out utility rates, and between 85
and 90 percent favored an
elected rather than appointed
commission.
“The people who responded
to our office, it
in great numbers,
have stated what they want is re
sponsiveness and control,” said
Nelson. “Their greatest concern
is not rates themselves, but the
fact that they feel like they have
no control whatsoever in this en
tire area.”
Rep. Mark Stiles, D-
Beaumont, praised White for
raising the utility issue in his
1982 gubernatorial campaign,
but he said the entire state
should not be punished for high
utility rates in some areas.
“We’re fixing to do something
that will affect the whole state
when the whole state doesn’t
need its hand slapped,” he said.
donations to PUC candidate!J
White has proposed.
“1 think the utilitycompi
would buy that election,"
said.
Jim Boyle, legislativedirec
of the Texas ConsumerAss
tion, conceded that the elec
of BUG members “will not 1*1
panacea."
Stiles, criticizing the elective
plan, said utility companies
could not be constitutionally
barred from making campaign
But he comparedutilintaj
to two sister states, Loni
and Oklahoma, that area
the 11 states with eleaedci
missions. Boyle said t
are 18 percent cheapetl
1 .ouisiana and 8 percentbi
Oklahoma.
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Bell wants market split
Texas phone deals told
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AUSTIN — Southwestern
Bell and AT&T are conspiring
to “split up the Texas market”
even after the Bell system is di
vested, a representative of one
of Bell’s competitors told a
House subcommittee.
“The biggest company on
earth (Bell) wants to split up the
Texas market even after devesti-
ture,” said Ray Besing of MCI.
“They’ve come up with an ex
tremely clever plan to carve up
the state of Texas market as they
see fit and I think the rate-
skyrocket as Bell attempted to
undercut independent long dis
tance companies such as MCI.
Joining Besing in testimony
before a subcommittee of the
House State Affairs Committee
were representatives from
icl Value Line.
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payers are going to pay.
predit
Besing predicted local ex
change rates, especially in rural
areas and small towns, would
Both companies complained
that a Senate amendment to a
bill to continue the Public Utility
Commission eventually would
allow a rnarket-by-market de
regulation of Southwest Bell
and AT&T.
Stan Bickerstaff of the Dallas-
based U.S. Telephone, Inc., said
under current law • the PUC
looks at the state as a whole in
determining rates.
But he said language
Senate-passed PUC bill
chop up the state into 1!
communications markets," giv
ing Bell the option of setting dif
ferent rates in different parts of
its Texas system.
Bickerstaff said that, under
the proposed Senate bill, the
PUC would not be able to effec
tively regulate such a system.
The charges were not well re
ceived by Bell’s representative.
“Frankly, I’m tired of some
one who telling you what our
intent is,” Southwestern Bell
vice president Paul Roth told the
subcommittee.
Roth testified on behalf of the
Senate bill and responded
charges that Bell would use
vestiture to undercut h
distance firms such as U S Tti
phone Inc.
But Roth said claimsthatn
would rise by as much as!!
lion and hospitals and bo
w ould be unable to offert
distance sendee “are gra:
tortions of the truth and
signed to cloud common is
and inflame emotions."
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Committee OKs state budg<
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AUSTIN — Raises for
teachers would be limited to
small increases already required
in a previous law, under a prop
osed $30.9 billion two-year
budget approved by a Senate
committee.
Public employees would re
ceive a 4 percent raise each year
instead of a higher figure re
commended months ago by the
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“I’m concerned about the
money we’re not putting into
education,” Sen. Grant Jones,
chairman of the Finance Com
mittee, said Tuesday. “I’m con-
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