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Wednesday, February 17, 1988/The Battalion/Page 3 State and Local [VEAlJ andidate: Commission eeds to make changes By Todd Riemenschneider Staff Writer The Texas Railroad Commission Bleeds to have a 180-degree turn | film its current status and learn to plan in its policy making, Jerry J. pngdon, a Midland democratic Jidate for railroad commis sioner, said Tuesday. ■“What we’ve been seeing for the Bt seven years are ‘wait-and-see’ Bgulatory policies that just don’t cut it, Langdon said at a press confer- Ifnce in the College Station Ramada linn. “We should’t wait for a crisis to Bevelop, because crisis-motivated |gulation is ill-conceived.” Ilexas is the largest producer of natural gas in the United States, Tangdon said, so it can and should htve an effect on national energy plicy. “1 believe we don’t have a national energy policy because we don’t even have a state energy policy,” he said. Langdon, 36, said the railroad commission should maintain a sur plus of natural gas through its regu latory policies. He believes that the surplus would guarantee the state’s domestic needs and have a stabilizing affect on the market. Langdon said maintaining natural gas reserves will help the in dustry, and as the amount of drilling increases, so will the amount of natu ral gas found. “Historically, the railroad com mission regulated oil prices by allo cating any surpluses equally to all producers, which had the effect of stabilizing oil prices for almost 50 years,” Langdon said. “The commis sion, by utilizing similar procedures, could regulate the natural gas indus try to develop surpluses of natural gas and to increase stability in pri ces.” Langdon said a much of the na tion’s natural gas comes from just a few states, but the states that do not produce natural gas control the en- ergy policy for the nation. “We cannot allow the interests of consumption to outweigh the inter ests of production,” Langdon said. “Without incentives for production, consumption can’t occur. Our addic tion to foreign oil and lack of a na tional energy policy has left our in dustry suffering.” Langdon said he is confident in the strength of a healthy petroleum industry in Texas. “A healthy petroleum industry will strengthen our economy and is essential to putting back to work some, if not all, of the 200,000 Tex ans who have lost their jobs,” he said. Wednesday\ Special Buy a LARGE one topping FIZZA plus a pitcher of soft drink for only 501 University 99 good every Wednesday Nort ligate i somi lie studa ilion. Report says $378 million loaned by GSL AUSTIN (AP) — More than $378 million in higher education loans were made available last year by the Texas Guaranteed Student Loan Corp. program, according to a new report. The report, released Monday, said more than 140,000 students, 770 lenders and 1,900 schools participated in the program dur ing the period from Oct. 1, 1986 to Sept. 30, 1987. “In 1987, statewide access to student loans was our No. 1 priority,” the report from Wil liam H. Shroeder, board chair man, and Joe L. McCormick, ex ecutive director, said. The loan program was created bythe Legislature in 1979. Civil suit served to former minister as he tries to flee DALLAS (AP) — A lawsuit accus ing Walker Railey of trying to mur der his wife was served to the former Methodist minister as he and a woman romantically linked to him tried to flee, the Dallas Times Herald reported Tuesday. In a copyright story, tlae newspa per said a process server placed a copy of the civil lawsuit under the windshield wipers of a car as Railey and Lucy Papillon, a Dallas psychol ogist, sped away from a Northern California resort Monday. The parents of Railey’s wife, Mar garet “Peggy” Railey, filed the law suit Feb. 2, accusing their son-in-law of the attempted strangulation. The suit seeks unspecified damages. Mrs. Railey has been in a coma since she was left for dead on the floor of the family’s garage April 22 and is now in a Tyler nursing home. “I am not an expert on civil proc ess, but I’m sure this constitutes good service,” Dallas County Assis tant District Attorney Norm Kinne said. “I’m sure it does.” Several California attorneys told the newspaper that they believe plac ing the papers under the windshield wipers would be considered a proper service. They said they didn’t know of any case with the same cir cumstances. w W JWB ■nURUM EXPANDING dURwrauSi TO BETTER SERVE MEMBEMS The following departments are moving to new offices directly adjacent to our current location: ■ Customer Service ■ Loan Department ■ New Accounts All our offices will be closed on Monday, February 15, 1988 for President's Day, but, on Tuesday, February 16, you will find us in our new location. Our teller operations, bookeeping and collections department will remain in their present locations. In the coming weeks we will be adding new services and looking for even more ways to better serve our members. Thanks to our members we are growing for the future based on a proud past. 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