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• STATE and LOCAL
Tuesday, November 20, 1990
Tickets
remain for
Bolshoi
productions
The Bolshoi Ballet-Grigorovich
Company will present the “The Nut
cracker,” and “The Best of The Bol
shoi,” a mixed repertoire that in
cludes Act II of “Swan Lake.”
The performances are scheduled
as follows:
“The Nutcracker”
• Friday at 8 p.m.
• Saturday at 8 p.m.
• Sunday at 2 p.m. (Sold Out)
and 8 p.m.
• Nov. 30 at 8 p.m. (Sold Out)
• Dec. 1 at 2 p.m. (Sold Out)
and 8 p.m. (Sold Out)
“The Best of The Bolshoi”
• Nov. 27 at 7 p.m.
• Nov. 28 at 7 p.m.
Dallas county commissioner, police
officer meet to discuss altercation
DALLAS (AP) — County Commissioner
John Wiley Price and Dallas police officer
Robert Bernal met face-to-face Monday for
the first time since their Nov. 5 altercation
that heightened racial unrest in the city.
The two met in the office of Bernal’s attor
ney for about two hours while community
leaders got together to discuss the incident
and the inflammatory effect it’s had on race
relations.
Community leaders on Monday called for
Price and Bernal to apologize to each other
and to the people of Dallas. The groups ex
pressed hope for an out-of-court resolution
and encouraged citizens to avoid violence.
Price and Bernal’s meeting was cordial and
no resolution was made, said Bernal’s attor
ney, Bob Baskett. He said the two will meet
again Tuesday.
“It certainly wasn’t hostile and was gen
tlemanly conducted,” Baskett said.
Neither Price nor Bernal were available for
comment on the meeting.
A grand jury this week is scheduled to re
view Price’s actions during the altercation,
sparked by Bernal, who was off-duty when he
approached Price while jogging and allegedly
uttered a racial slur.
Bernal told his superiors that Price chased
him down and pointed an Uzi submachine
gun at his head. Price contends he was hold
ing a pellet gun, which he denies pointing at
Bernal, who was not in uniform.
Bernal denies using any racial slurs, but ac
knowledges yelling a derogatory remark while
jogging past the commissioner’s home.
Bernal was taken off patrol duty after the
incident and an internal affairs investigation is
continuing. On Friday he was granted his re
quest for paid leave until the matter is re
solved.
Baskett has said Bernal was angry at Price
over Price’s comments in September that a vi
olent street war would erupt if the city re
placed fired police chief Mack Vines with a
“good old boy” insensitive to minority con
cerns. Price said he and others would shoot at
police, a comment he later said he shouldn’t
nave uttered.
Black and Hispanic civic leaders met Mon
day to talk about ways to ease the tension.
Price is black; Bernal is Hispanic.
“There is no doubt in my mind that we will
engage in a potentially violent reaction if this
matter is not settled,” said Michael Gonzales,
president of the Dallas Hispanic Citizens
Council. “That’s why we need to come, as
black and Hispanic leaders, together to at
tempt to diffuse the situation before a bad sit
uation becomes worse.”
Representatives from the NAACP joined
the Hispanic Citizens Council in a statement
directing Price and Bernal to apologize to
each other and to Dallas.
The Mexican-American Bar Association
and the J.L. Turner Legal Society also met
and asked the pair to settle their differences
out of court.
The
on sal
prices of the remaining tickets
ile are:
• For this weekend’s 8 p.m. per
formances — $30 for a balcony seat,
$40 for the last 13 rows in the or
chestra level and $50 for the first 13
rows on the orchestra level, the mez
zanine and the boxes.
• For all other performances —
$15, $25 and $35 for the same seats.
For more information on ticket
availability, call the MSC Box Office
at 845-1234.
Greyhound Lines Inc. Bell accused of over-collecting
files for reorganization Consumers call for
lower telephone rates
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DALLAS (AP) — Greyhound
Lines Inc., the nation’s largest inter
city bus line that sought bankruptcy
protection after a strike, filed a reor
ganization plan Monday that trans
fers most of the company’s value to
creditors and keeps its routes oper
ating.
The plan, entered in federal
bankruptcy court in Corpus Christi,
will reduce Greyhound’s debt by
$171 million and reshape its cor
porate structure.
Creditors will receive new com
mon stock and $165 million in secu
rities under the plan. Equity held by
Greyhound’s present owners will be
canceled.
Greyhound filed for reorganiza
tion under Chapter 11 of the federal
bankruptcy code in early June, three
months after its 6,000 drivers went
on strike over wages and benefits.
“It’s important that everyone rec
ognize the fast track we have fol
lowed in getting this plan on file,”
said George W. Hanthorn, senior
vice president and general counsel
for Greyhound. “We think having
the plan move forward and be con
firmed quickly is in the best interests
of everybody, most especially our
creditors.”
All of Greyhound’s routes will
continue and customers will see no
difference in the operation as the
plan proceeds through court, Han
thorn said.
The expense of fighting the strike
and a fall in revenue after the strike
siphoned cash Greyhound needed to
operate, the company said when it
sought bankruptcy protection June
4.
Greyhound lost $108 million in
the first three quarters of 1990, in
cluding $50 million in the first quar
ter. Company debts totaled $384
million at the end the first quarter,
the legacy of a leveraged buyout
three years ago led by Greyhound
chairman Fred G. Currey that took
the company private.
Greyhound’s debt rose to $631
million by the time it sought bank
ruptcy protection. Under the plan,
Greyhound’s debt would fall to $460
million.
“We believe it is a prudent level of
debt for the company to maintain
and operate with,” Hanthorn said.
Completion of the plan hinges
partly on how bankruptcy Judge
Richard S. Schmidt views unfair la
bor practice charges leveled at Grey
hound by the National Labor Rela
tions Board.
AUSTIN (AP) — A state con
sumer advocate, accusing Southwes
tern Bell Telephone Co. of over
charging customers by $1 billion,
stepped up a call Monday for Texas
regulators to reject as inadequate a
proposed rate case settlement.
The telephone company disagrees
with the figures from consumer
groups, saying they leave out legiti
mate expenses.
The state lawyer for residential
and small commercial ratepayers, C.
Kingsbery Ottmers, charged that
Southwestern Bell has over-collected
$1 billion from customers in the 22
months its case has been before the
Public Utility Commission.
Joined by groups including Con
sumers Union and a coalition of 103
cities, Ottmers said the PUG should
reduce. Southwestern Bell’s rates by
at least $392 million a year right
away. Consumer groups opposing
the settlement say the telephone
company is overcharging customers
more than $ 1 million a day.
“What is the response of (PUC’s)
general counsel and Southwestern
Bell to this situation? They’ve told
ratepayers either take the crumbs
we’ve offered you, or continue the
over-collections while we hold new
hearings,” Ottmers said.
The PUG general counsel, Bob
Rima, is among parties that support
the proposed Southwestern Bell rate
case settlement. Ottmers contended
at a news conference that Rima in
stead should join the call for tempo
rary rates.
Rima said if the settlement is re
jected by the PUG, he would resume
a plea that Southwestern Bell’s cur
rent rates be made temporary. That
could allow any overcharge to be re
funded at the conclusion of a full
blown rate case.
Ottmers wants telephone rates to
be reduced at least temporarily, until
such a rate case is concluded. The
telephone company says the law
does not provide for interim rates in
a case like this one, which was ini
tiated by the PUC rather than the
utility.
Southwestern Bell says the pro
posed settlement would be worth
$1.2 billion to customers over four
years, but consumers say the annual
revenue reduction to Southwestern
Bell is far less, at $73 million a year.
Limited hours
observed by
University
Much of Texas A&M will be
closed Thursday and Friday as fac
ulty, staff and students celebrate the
Thanksgiving holidays.
Because of Friday’s performance
of the Bolshoi Ballet Grigorovich
Company and Saturday’s football
game with TCU, however, some fa
cilities that ordinarily would be
closed Thursday through Sunday
will be open but observe limited
hours.
The following facilities will be
closed Thursday through Saturday:
the barber shop, browsing library,
craft center, and student finance of
fices in the MSC.
The MSC bookstore will be closed
Thursday and Friday, and the box
office will be closed throughout
much of the long weekend, but will
be open one hour prior to each bal
let performance.
Specific offices and holiday hours
are as follows:
• MSC main desk and post office
lobby — open 24 hours.
• Rudder Tower: closed Thurs
day; open 3 to 11 p.m. Friday; open
7 a.m. to 11 p.m. Saturday and Sui
day.
• Bookstore: closed Thursday!
through Friday; open 9 a.m. to 6
p.m. Saturday; closed Sunday.
• MSC Cafeteria: open 6:30 a.m.
to 2:30 p.m. Wednesday; closed
Thursday; open 4:30 to 7 p.m. Fri
day; open 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. Saturday;
open 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. Sunday.
• P.O. Window: closed Thurs
day, open 10 a.m. to noon Friday; J
closed Saturday and Sunday.
• Student Programs Office:
closed Thursday through Saturday; i
open 2 to 8 p.m. Sunday.
• Visitors Information Center:
closed Thursday and Friday; open 9
a.m. to noon Saturday; closed Sun
day.
• The Sterling C. Evans Library
closed Thursday; open 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Friday and Saturday. Will re
sume regular hours Sunday.
• The Medical Sciences Library
open until 5:30 p.m. Wednesday;
closed Thursday; open 9 a.m. to 5
p.m. Saturday and 1 to 10 p.m. Sun
day.
P a
ment will remain open throughout
the holiday period, but other offices
and facilities will be closed.
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