: Wednesday, March 9, 1988AThe Battalion/Page 3 State and Local Miller wins in Republican Brazos County sheriff primary position (innil ecM meo| 'd kf .hat* 'orse 'SH nto he;; hum am ipral stral •on.] ?rca':'i rs. lud lund I k m I »I p i A By Deborah L. West Staff Writer Ron Miller celebrated his win in I the Republican primary for Brazos [County sheriff at the Aggieland Inn Ion Tuesday night. No Democrat will oppose Miller in I the November election. With 40 Brazos County precincts lout of 41 reporting, Miller, sheriff [since 1985, won 6,679 votes to |Choya Walling’s 3,386 votes. Miller said he has increased man power while in office by rearranging duty shifts, creating new policy books for employees and helping open the county jail. Miller said his goals for his second term include opening a new mini mum security jail and expanding the officer reserve program. Miller, 41, has worked in law en- I forcement for 20 years. He said he I has worked as a patrolman, a narcot- I ics officer and an investigator. Walling, the defeated candidate, is a sergeant in charge of community relations in the Bryan police force. He has 11 years of law enforce ment experience. Walling, Texas A&M Class of ’74, said he has learned many things about political campaigning since he filed to run on Jan. 4. “Don’t run against a Republican incumbent and don’t fight opinion leaders,” he said. “I ran as a Republi can because their law enforcement platform was in line with my think- in g” Walling said he had hoped for more support from the A&rM com munity, because “Aggies vote for Aggies.” Chris Kling, a lawyer in Bryan- College Station, said Walling did not i try to get the support of local Repub lican party leaders. Walling said he “went the hard route” in campaigning. “I am a law enforcement officer, Officials of GSU expect rate hike of $93.2 million HOUSTON (AP) — As a result of preliminary rulings by the Texas Public Utility Commission, officials of financially-strapped Gulf States Utilities Co. say they expect a $93.2 million rate in crease. But the Beaumont-based com pany’s annual revenues would in crease by only about $23 million, because Gulf States owes its cus tomers $30 million for fuel over charges and the company already has put into place a $39.9 million temporary rate hike. The $30 million in fuel over charges will be refunded to cus tomers through credits on bills during the next 12 months. The resulting $23.4 million net rate increase would cost the typ- cial residential customer “a little more than $1 per month,” said Bill Jefferson, Gulf State’s vice president of regulatory affairs. The utility commission has scheduled further hearings in the longest-running rate case in its history. Gulf States estimated the impact of the commmission’s pre liminary rulings in a filing Mon day. Jefferson said that the $23 mil lion net increase in revenues for Gulf States would not eliminate the company’s need to borrow money to keep operating past May. The utility had sought an $144 million rate increase in Texas, and three hearing examiners who presided over the controversial case recommened an $86.7 mil lion rate increase. That increase was the first in a series of four an nual rate increases totaling nearly $300 million. In its preliminary findings in the case, the PUC has voted 2-1 to prohibit Gulf States from billing customers for half of its invest ment in the $3 billion River Bend nuclear power plant, near St. Francisville, La. Under a tentative schedule outlined by the commis sion, a final decision in the case could be reached by March 21. Newly elected Brazos County Sherriff Ron Miller receives a congratulatory hug from a long-time supporter. Fay Davis. Miller won against Choya Photo by David Elmer Walling in the Republican primary election Tuesday. No Democrat will oppose Miller in the November election. Police search for suspects in 2-state shooting spree not a politician,” he said. “I didn’t know how to play political games.” Walling said he has accomplished more for the sheriffs department in the last 60 days than Miller has ac complished in the three years he has been in office. “Everything Miller has cam paigned on, except for the opening of the jail, has taken place since 1 filed in January,” he said. Kling said that after the 1984 elec tion, Democratic candidate Howard Hill contested the results in a two- year battle that went all the way to the Texas Supreme Court. The controversy centered around whether some of the voters at the MSC polling location were regis tered illegally. Voters without registration cards had signed affidavits saying they were registered. FARMERSVILLE (AP) — Police used helicopters Tuesday to track two men suspected of a two-state shooting spree that left three dead, including two North Texas residents who were shot in the face and beaten about the head with a tool, officials said. Police said they were also search ing for leads on a possible fourth vic tim. Sheriffs officers said they found the bodies of a man and his son in their east Collin County home Mon day night. “They had been struck in the head several times with a tire iron or tire tool and wooden club,” Sgt. An thony Hancock of the Collin County sheriffs office said. The men also had been shot in the face, authorities said. Hancock identified the Texas vic tims as Cecil Floyd Morrison, 85, and his son, Cecil Leonard Morri son, 62. IT S A HIT Promotional Video only Full Length Available in July ■ I * V«f v enui | wilt ricaf I'St- itrie If c ! 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