House to debate UTPB status today
The bill seeking four year status for the University of Texas of the Permian Basin faced a final House floor hearing amid a crowded agenda and possible adjournment by midnight Monday. Supporters and opponents cite impacts on Midland College and broader Texas higher education, with optimism tempered by delays and uncertainty.
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House
University of Texas of the
Texas
Mark White
Jess Parrish
Midland College
James L. Colwell
UTPB
Arts and Education College
Colwell
Reeves
J. Edwin Becht
Utpb Management College
Becht
Rate hike by Southwestern Bell could exceed $1 billion
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co will ask the Texas Public Utility Commission this summer for a rate increase that could surpass $1 billion. The move would greatly raise the average Texas customer monthly bill and compensate for expected losses after AT&T spinoff. Paul Roth said the raise is needed to replace intrasystem revenue and boost independent company profits.
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Dallas Morning News
Dallas
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Texas Public Utility Commission
Texas
Bell
Paul Roth
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Southwestern Bell
At&t
Roth
Train Jumps Track After Mudslide Kill Seven Near Cologne
An overnight Vienna-bound express from Ostende hit a mudslide near Grosskönigsdorf, derailed, and plowed into a road overpass killing seven and injuring 18. About 180 aboard in 10 cars. engine and first car demolished. Rescue operation lasted about five hours.
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Grosskoenigsdorf
West Germany
Belgium
Ostende
Great Britain
Mainz Railway Operations Center
Rhine River
Cologne
Redistrict map OK'd by House
The Texas House approved a redistricting plan 102 to 35 to preserve incumbency for all 27 congressmen. Lawmakers favored the Uher Mauzy proposal, which adjusts districts to help freshman Tom Vandergriff and maintains the court drawn boundaries with changes. An amendment creating a Dallas County black district was defeated 88 to 48. Gramm's district shifted after he left the Democratic Party and won reelection as a Republican.
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Tom Vandergriff
Arlington
Vandergriff
Collin County
U.S. Justice Department
House
Dallas
Paul Ragsdale
Dallas County
U.S
Phil Gramm
College Station
Kerrville nurseGenene Jones indicted in infant deaths case
Genene Jones 32 was indicted in Kerrville on one murder and six counts of injury to a child tied to the May to September 1982 Kerrville clinic deaths. A Bexar County grand jury is probing San Antonio hospital infant deaths, with witnesses reluctant to testify.
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Bexar County
Grand Jury
San Antonio
Genene Jones
Kerrville
Odessa
Texas Rangers
Kerrville Grand Jury
Chelsea Ann McClellan
Jones
Kerr Coun
109Th Judicial District
Junction
Kathleen Holland
Nick Rothe
San Antonio’s Medical Center Hospital
Rothe
District Court
Chelsea Ann
Jones and
Holland
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