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Wednesday, March 28, 1984/The Battalion/Page 11 RJ. by Paul Dlrmeyer in exposin' ■ s been i n< J cirtruu THAPP&fcD 50 MSTl 'CALL/ BEFORE I COULp SHtHADlMkHW mAMte. ) ‘dopted i s ‘n Fek„ reconuil Envivov® cy. 'ted after fied •ancer i began shol ater supn| e J ding Ti ™ Amsr YOUR MLLAIMT? so wHatm1s\jp- Posed to do vow? sonmN'imK.woK.ift smt. i tried, Dvrstemud JUST MIRER 60 OlKmMB UmJAAJBTOVSVOL R-EJEP JO RF LIKE YOU! R&iEmeR m&no work the suicide HonitiE, OK RALPH? Texas gas firm to refund $2.6 million in gas profits e Utilities rate hike opposed ’er was ana ssauldngHi > as he war; s wife’s ant Power's a United Press International USTIN — A $304.2 million hike request by the newly [lied Texas Utilities Electric has been challenged by the Jic Utility Commission staff. Texas Utilities was created by the merger of Dallas /er and Light, T exas Power emwasfn Light, and Texas Electric dee Co. Texas Electric had ■ n granted a $73.9 million increase Dec. 12, and Dal- Power and Light was given a .4 million rate hike Jan. 16 S a case filed prior to the Iger. j& PUC examiner said Tues- ilumetoa^y/'he will rule next month on :in 1923, Be dismissal motions —which m of poetn ngth work ever sul Vicki tf:| s said Ti de it iniop aulknerJ osidy the;B order toJEh'hed Press International 'Ml PASO — An American rary hisiuBlines employee who once works enel] d deter a hijacking at El lost. Ho International Airport was holarfronHcribed in federal district isibar, retiHrt Tuesday as a model em it the awfllyee who has been discrimi- 9 to seard mily hoi /a., forth would in effect deny the rate hike request — including one filed by PUC lawyer Eddie Pope. Pope’s motion said Texas Utilities is too new a company to estimate its operating costs — a key part of its rate request. Other dismissal motions were filed by the state Office of Pub lic Utility Council, which rep resents residential and small business customers, and the Cit izens Association for Sound En ergy, a Dallas-based group con cerned with nuclear energy. Texas Utilities Vice President Tom Baker said 64 percent of the request was set aside for the Comanche Peak nuclear power plant whose costs have spiraled to date to $3.89 billion from an initially projected $779 million. The plant is under construc tion in Glen Rose, about 30 miles southwest of Fort Worth. An Atomic Safety and Li censing Board administrative judge last week questioned Nu clear Regulatory Commission quality control audits, which could jeopardize the plant’s li cense. Comanche Peak’s construc tion costs have contributed to the deterioration of Texas Utili ties’ financial condition. The fi nancial community was recently alerted that Texas Utilities cor- orate bond rating could be owered. PUC judge Angela Demerle gave the utility company until April 16 to respond to the dis missal motions. The hearing on the rate case itself was set for June 19. Pc United Press International WASHINGTON — Goastal Oil and Gas Gorp. of Texas must refund over $2.6 million for illegally diverting natural gas from a Florida interstate pipeline firm and selling it in trastate at higher prices, offi cials said Tuesday. Federal Energy Regulatory Commission officials said Coastal must refund the money — representing earnings from the well from which the gas was diverted — to Florida Gas Transmission Co. customers. The commission said the firm violated the Natural Gas Act by failing to seek their au thorization to divert 1.9 billion cubic feet of gas dedicated to the Florida company — an in terstate pipeline. The commission’s ruling on the diversion affirms a judge’s decision that Coastal sold gas in trastate to its affiliate — Lo- Vaca Gathering Co. of Houston — at rates above the maximum. The judge originally ruled Coastal should pay back the gas at a 1958 contract price, a $6 million benefit for the Florida customers. The commission said the ruling might be exces sive, and reduced the penalty to $2.6 million. Under the Natural Gas Act, once a producer dedicates in terstate service for gas supplies he may not stop service without commission authorization. ge discrimination cited in airline suit “Vision! sty boxeso eil against because of his Ulen B. Gilbert, 62, a 35- r worker with the airline, tually fom ms in his suit that his em- yers hired less experienced n to take promotions he was illetl to. . reviews. earchands When questioned by bis Jaw- :h will btyet. Thomas SySiecmy, Gilbert iction witlBtd he was passed over at least he Ovippee times for promotions that Hpt to younger men. ;r scholanH ^frustrated £;? lewlywed ills himself viewed in - not sepi di- s of fiction United Press International make his# CORPUS CHRISTI — Police notapof! i Tuesday a 20-year-old s light M Evlywed, upset when his wife ffsaid. Ibplrned him because her birth on right,Mbfitrol prescription had ex- nce is the pred, shot and killed himself as ' ’Ais bride looked on. hey were married March 2. 'olice said the man shot him- |/TUC elfin the head with a .22-cali- II IIH )er Hfle. Gilbert is suing the airline for past salaries he would have re ceived if he had won the pro motions, plus estimated future salaries he would have received with the promotions, plus puni tive damages. Specific amounts will be determined by an econo mist during the trial, officials said. He is also asking to be placed in the job he said be should have gotten through promo tion. Gilbert said lie was harassed by American Airlines managers and Ins Immediate boss, Paul De La Garza, after De La Garza was promoted to a position for which Gilbert applied. A TAMU INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE DR. NORMAN BORLAUG NOBEL LAUREATE ( AS WORLD POPULATION DOUBLES CAN WE FEED OURSELVES?" WEDNESDAY, MARCH 28, 1984 7:30 P.M. Room 201 MSC EVERYONE WELCOME Presented by the International Student Association of TAMU —ISi. mw' MAGICIANS CLUB FORMING 1 st Meeting 3/30/84 7:00 pm Rudder 308 Now Under Younger Management to further serve the needs of the Students of Texas A&M. We have changed our atmosphere and format. Now Open till Midnight 7 days Checkout our new pool tables & video games! -Grand Opening Special- a? Beer Pitchers $•4 43 Gallery Datsun 10% discount with current Aggie I.D. 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