UT Permian Basin Faces 16.9 Percent Budget Cut
The Texas House Appropriations Committee recommends a 16.9 percent cut for the University of Texas of the Permian Basin in fiscal 1987. Sul Ross State University would lose 15.3 percent, Odessa and Midland Colleges about 9 percent. UTB officials note Gov. White proposed a smaller cut and say the final decision remains to be enacted by the Legislature.
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University Today
Appropriations Committee
Ellen Sawyer
UTPB
Dudley Harrison
Dsanderson
Odessa University
Mark White
Sawyer
House
General Revenue Fund
Sul Ross
Alpine
Odessa
Rig count shows fourth weekly rise to 734 rigs
The national oil and gas rig count climbs to 734, up 13 from 721, per Hughes Tool Co. data. Last year at this time only 1,928 rigs were active, with July lows near 663 and 672. Since December, over 1,000 rigs idle as prices slumped from 995 to a low near 9 dollars.
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Houston
Hughes Tool Co
Gas prices to rise briefly amid OPEC move
Los Angeles motorists may face higher gasoline costs in coming days as OPEC tightens oil supplies. The Lundberg Survey shows a 1.67 cent drop since two weeks ago, but analyst Jan Lundberg says the increase should be short lived and prices will likely fall again as the driving season continues.
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Los Angeles
OPEC
Dan
Lundberg
Lewis says cuts may avoid taxes in Texas budget
Speaker Gib Lewis says a package of spending cuts targeting education and state services could allow lawmakers to return home without a tax increase. The plan would trim about 600 million in 1987 spending, erase a 3 percent state employee pay raise, and faces a final committee vote before possible floor action.
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Austin
House
Gib Lewis
House Appropriations Committee
Lewis
Mark White
Protests damage border business in Ciudad Juarez
In Ciudad Juarez, bridges to El Paso remained open but days of protest left lingering harm to local merchants. Leather shop owner Felix Cano said the season was lost as PAN supporters ended a six day bridge blockade. The unrest followed July 6 elections with PAN accusing PRI of vote fraud.
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Ciudad Juarez
Mexico
el Paso
Felix Cano
Cano
National Action Party
PAN
Bridge of the Americas
Stanton Street
Institutional Revolutionary Party
PRI
Odessa utilities prepare for summer demands
Odessa utilities officials say water and electricity will be ample this summer. Utilities director Bob Derrington and Justin Johnson of Texas Electric Service Co. note storage tanks and a water treatment upgrade will raise capacity to 55 million gallons daily. Odessans use about 36 million gallons daily in summer, dropping to 16 million in winter.
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Bob Derrington
Justin Johnson
Texas Electric Service Co
Derrington
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