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The North Texas Daily—Page 3
Thursday, February 24,1983
News
Br'efs
Group denies
gas price cut
WASHINGTON (AP)—'The Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission refused Wednesday to
roll back price increases of 15 percent to 40
percent for millions of natural gas customers
in the Middle West.
By a 5-0 vote, the commission refused to
stop Trunkline Liquid Natural Gas Co. and its
parent, Panhandle Eastern Pipe Line Corp. of
Houston, from importing high-cost liquified nat-
ural gas from Algeria and passing the costs
along to retail distributors.
Bentsen battles
EPA policy
HOUSTON (AP)—U.S. Sen. Lloyd Bentsen
on Wednesday accused the Environmental Protec-
tion Agency of “trying to shut down Houston
and slam the brakes on growth in Texas" with
the use of sanctions against selected businesses.
Bentsen, in a speech before the Forum Club
of Houston, said that he has been “battling the
EPA for years attempting to get the agency to
focus on realistic, cost-effective policies,” but
that the agency is now taking unreasonable and
unnecessary steps that will punish the state.
“We sec the administration using the threat of
wholesale sanctions to pressure congress into
abandoning efforts to combat air pollution." said
Bentsen. These sanctions, he said, include bans
on construction.
Economy, peso
affect Laredo
AUSTIN (AP)—Unemployment in Laredo
increased to a record 27.3 percent last month,
propelled by a lingering national recession and
Mexico’s peso devaluation, the Texas Em-
ployment Commission reported Wednesday.
A TEC official in Laredo said the city should
expect social problems next month when un-
employment benefits begin expiring by the
hundreds.
“That's the highest it's been since we started
keeping comparable records in 1974," said
Diane Dobie, an analyst with the TEC’s head-
quarters in Austin.
Committee OKs
PUC J.house
AUSTIN (AP)—Gov. Mark White’s “house-
wife" appointment to the Public Utility Commis-
sion said Wednesday that Texans should not ex-
pect lower utility rates if her appointment to the
PUC is approved by the Legislature.
Margaret Ann "Peggy” Rosson said, howev-
er, fuel costs had stabilized enough to do away
with the controversial clause by which utility com-
panies automatically pass on to customers the cost
of fuel.
The Senate Nominations Subcommittee approved
Mrs. Rosson’s much-publicized apppointment 7-0.
Chairman Ed Howard, D-Texarkana, said the
full Senate would be asked to confirm the 47-year-
old El Paso housewife Thursday.
0/7 prices may
fall further soon
HOUSTON (AP)—Some U.S. forecasters are
predicting oil prices to fall to below $30 per bar-
rel, as a result of current price-policy differences
among members of the Organization of Petroleum
Exporting Countries.
if producing countries make such a move, an-
alysts believe oil prices piobably will stabilize at
$26 per barrel within 90 days. Analysts believe
$26 per barrel is the current oil market equilib-
rium price.
The most often-quoted measure of drilling ac-
tivity. the Hughes Tool Co. count of working
rotary rigs, declined 3 percent to 2,147 Monday,
the company said. One year ago, the active rig
fleet totaled 4,072. The all-time high is 4,530,
reached in December 1981.
Council makes bookings
UPC plans acts, activities
By ROBERT SHELTON
Staff Writer
The University Program Council, composed
of nine planning committees of NT students,
sponsors a variety of campus events, from a
midnight showing of "The Exorcist" to the
National Shakespeare Company's production
of "King Lear,” or from a “General Hospi-
tal” beer bust to Black Emphasis Month.
Committees within the UPC are the cine-
ma, concert, and travel committees, the outdoor
recreation committee, the courtyard and promo-
tions committees, the Rock Bottom Lounge-
committee . The Fine .Arts Lecture Scries com-
mittee and the NT entertainment committee,
said John De-Felice. Austin junior and chair-
man of the cinema committee.
THE COMMITTEES submit suggestions
for activities to the UPC executive program-
ing board for consideration. The board, com-
posed of committee chairmen and a board pres-
ident and vice president who do not sit on
committees, votes on all council expenditures,
Janet Kennard, Union program coordinator
said.
Kennard said the UPC is not associated with
the Student Association.
“In some universities, the programming
council is an offshoot of the SA. We’re two
separate entities at NT."
In terms of budget, however, NT’s pro-
gramming committee is comparable to other
universites. “We’re about average for our
size,’’she said.
"NT has $50,000 for entertainment, plus
$25,000 income expected. This year we are
doing very well, because we're doing quality
programs," she said,
THE COUNCIL sends a student and staff
representatives to the National Association of
Campus Activities' national convention to shop
for entertainment for the coming year, Kennard
and DcFclice attended this year's convention,
Feb. 17-20, in Baltimore, Md.
The national convention is divided into four
parts, said Kennard.
Educational sessions arc designed to help
university program councils improve campus
activities.
“ They relate to the student leadership, con-
tract negotiations, concert promotion and movie-
programming. Some are geared to the staff,”
said Kennard.
During the second part of the convention,
called showcasing, the representatives see tile-
entertainers perform.
“WE SAT THROUGH BO hours of
showcasing. Everything from film screenings
to mimes to comedians to touring reptile- shows.
Some of the acts are very good, some are
eh,” she said.
In exhibit hall, the third part of (lie con-
vention, the representatives negotiate with the
acts.
“We take a look at what their tour sched-
ule looks like, we talk about their price. We
see what fringe benefits we can get for their
price, what extras. ..."
Cooperative buying constitutes the fourth
part of the convention. The NACA has divided
the country into seven regions. NT is in the
South Central region “which comprises Tex-
as, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, and
Oklahoma. The staff and student representa-
tives from each school get together in a little
huddle and see who is interested in a certain
act.” The schools can get discounts if they
agree to schedule an act for an extended pe-
riod. she said.
“WE MIGHT PAY $2,500 to fly some-
one in from, say, New York. If we get two
other schools for a five day booking the price
might go down to $1,700. If five schools get
together to get a seven-day engagement
$1,500,” said Kennard
DeFelice said “For seven schools for a 10
day run it could be $1,000 or less. But some
acts don’t go down at all.”
Cooperative buying has its drawbacks,
however.
"Of course, you may want an act for a
Friday night, but get it on a Tuesday night,
but that's why its called cooperative buying,
you have to work out the scheduling," said
Kennard.
SOME OF THE universities with which
NT participates in cooperative buying include
Lamar, Texas Christian, Southern Methodist,
the University of Texas-Arlington, and Texas
Tech.
The NT representatives return with a list of
prospective acts to submit to the UPC for re-
view. The UPC executive board then votes
on which acts to book.
“If an act is on the East Coast on Monday,
it would be hard, if not impossible, to get it
to NT on Tuesday,” said Kennard.
Kennard said that by booking entertainment
through cooperative buying NT saves thousands
of dollars.
“THE TOTAL FOR the acts we’re looking
at came to $ 11,000. Through cooperative book-
ing we reduced it to $7,900. By sending John
and I out there (to the convention) for $800
we saved $3,000,” she said.
Some of the acts that Kennard and DeFelice
said may perform at NT next fall include nine
musical acts, four comedy acts, and lecturer
Abbie Hoffman. The tentative deadline for
selecting the acts for the 1983-84 school year
is April 1.
DeFelice said NT also saves on films btxtkcd
at the convention.
“If we book seven films from one dis-
tributer, we can save substantially, We saved
about $300 on “Raiders of the Lost Ark”
(playing at the Lyceum April 14-15) by book-
ing at conventions.’
City Council will discuss
controversial truck route
By CRAIG VANBEBBER
Daily Reporter
The Denton City Council will review a traffic or-
dinance March I that re-routes trucks through sev-
eral residential areas and past city parks and public-
schools.
The council approved the ordinance Feb. I
Councilman Joe Alford requested that the council
take another look at the ordinance after he received
a number of calls front residents who opposed it.
Alford said the council passed the ordinance be-
cause it did not have enough time to fully consider
the material.
“We didn’t get the ordinance until late that after-
noon and we just didn’t have enough time to read it
before the meeting.”
The main concern is that the route goes through
residential areas. Alford said. The ordinance forces
trucks to follow a route through North Lakes Park
past Strickland Junior High School, past the proposed
site for Evers Park Elementary School, and past
Woodrow Wilson Elementary School.
The ordinance requires trucks to take Windsor Drive
from Bonnie Brae to the Old Orchard Road.
Alford said that since the speed limit through the
parks and near the schools is 20 miles per hour, the
ordinance would not be practical.
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