Cleveland Advocate (Cleveland, Tex.), Vol. 69, No. 8, Ed. 1 Friday, February 26, 1988 Page: 3 of 37
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CLEVELAND ADVOCATE, Friday, February 26, 1988, Section A - Page 3
• Suggs still at large
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Cleveland in north Liberty County, according to law enforcement officials
there.
A hearing on the custody of the children had been delayed but is to be
heard in County Court at Law Judge Karl Micklitz’s court.
A woman who identified herself over the telephone as “Mrs. Suggs”
telephoned to ask about renting an apartment in Waller some four weeks
ago,sources said.
Suggs is believed armed, possibly with a machine gun and two high-
powered rifles.
An unconfirmed report Monday said that Mrs. Suggs was arrested last
Saturday as she tried to recover the children from where they were being
cared for in Columbus.
• Wife arrested, held
»
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their three children from a foster
home, Colorado County Sheriff
Bill Esterling said.
Esterling said the woman was
captured while driving the
children east on IH-10. He said
witnesses told investigators
Robert Suggs was seen at a hotel
where records showed she spent
three to four days last week.
“The more he stays out
knowing he has a warrant, the
more a high bond is justified,”
Speers said.
Organized Crime Unit director
Guy Williams said Suggs is still in
the Houston area.
He said Suggs was involved in
narcotics trafficking, and Sh-
mittel was a “business partner.”
However, Williams said in-
vestigators are not prepared to
say if drug-dealing was the
motive for the killing.
GSUgranted decrease Electioneering
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PUC made a mistake the way they read the numbers and actually
granted GSU a rate decrease. Now they want us to negotiate a settlement
in favor of GSU.”
Susan Gilley, a spokeswoman for the Beaumont-based utility, confirm-
ed the PUC’s error. “The consumers would get a rate decrease. The im-
pact (on GSU) would be far reaching and apply way on down the road,”
she said.
The PUC Tuesday decided in a 2-1 vote that GSU should be allowed $1.6
billion of the $3.1 billion spent to build the River Bend nuclear power
plant, but that GSU had failed to prove the prudence of the remaining $1.5
billion. The commission also approved a 13 percent return on equity,
down from the 15.25 percent requested by GSU.
Gilley said that Fred Ritz of North Star Steel, a large consumer of GSU
electricity, asked the PUC Tuesday afternoon after its rulings to “let the
parties involved negotiate and not the attorneys.”
She said she got a letter Wednesday which said the PUC agreed to
Wr'Ritz’s suggestion. Gilley said, “A two-day negotiation session has been
set up March 3 and 4 with the mayors, the company (GSU) and the
general manager of North Star Steel.”
She said the attorneys will attend, but only to offer background and
figures, and that PUC General Counsel Lambeth Townsend will “be the
moderator. He will act as a facilitator in trying to reach a settlement.”
Branham said, “What happened is the PUC has arrived at a decision
that is not in favor of GSU. Why should I go and encourage it (a rate in-
crease)?
“We’ve spent a lot of money and aggravation to protect the people, and
I’m not going to reverse my position. I’m going to fight in every way to
maintain this thing as is.”
Branham also said, “To get the 13 to 14 percent return on investment,
GSU will have to prove the capital improvements.”
Gilley said that if the negotiations should not go in GSU’s favor, it has
the option of “appealing it (to district court) if it ends up as it did Tues-
day. Or we could ask for an immediate rehearing (by the PUC) as we did
in Louisiana.”
Clint Hackney/ Democratic candidate for Railroad Commis-
sioner came to town this week to consult with Liberty County
• Council considers 911
Photo by R.T. LOWE
Democratic Chairman Lloyd 'Tookie' Kirkham. Left to right
in the photo. Dale Everitt, Hackney and Kirkham.
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will send it to a state commission
on emergency communications
systems, which does statewide
planning.
Once the commission approves
HGAC’s plan, the plan will be
implemented and the authority to
charge a monthly fee to each
subscriber will be in place. The
fee, because of a new state law,
may not exceed 50 cents per local
access line.
The main questions any of the
commissioners had concerned
whether the system would use
one centralized dispatcher or
several dispatchers throughout
the county. They were also
concerned with which emergency
service — fire, police or sheriff’s
office — would handle the
dispatching duties. According to
Bankruptcy possible for utility
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allows the power company to ask for the disallowed
ids in a later hearing.
In addition, the commission approved a 13 percent
return on equity. This is a reduction of 2.25 percent from
what GSU sought. Other decisions by the commission
this week will effect the final amount GSU will receive.
This decision marks the beginning of what many
people believe will be a series of votes which effect the
future of the utility. It all started in November 1986 when
GSU requested a $144 million rate increase. Over three
months later, examiners recommended an $86.7 million
increase which included a $39.9 million emergency
increase.
The final dollar effect of the PUC’s decision can not be
figured until more data is gathered. It’s estimated the
increase will be less than the amount recommended by
the examiners.
PUC Chairman Dennis Thomas cast the dissenting
vote in the commission’s 2-1 decision. In Thomas’
opinion, if GSU is not allowed to pass on the cost of the
River Bend plant, it is possible the utility will file for
bankruptcy.
“I’ve made my own decision that a bankruptcy
proceeding is not in the interest of GSU ratepayers,”
Thomas said. “It’s certainly not in the interest of the
stockholders. I think it’s time we came up with a
reasonable plan to get this company back to financial
health.”
GSU’s top officer at the hearing, told the PUC a
positive decision for the utility on the rate case was vital
if the company was to survive.
Campbell did not see that as a reason to grant the full
increase. “I see nothing in the law that says I have to
give them something just to stay out of bankruptcy,”
she said.
The PUC hearings are continuing at this time.
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Let’s Do Something About Crime;
Regardless Of Who Commits It!
It’s Time For A Clean Sweep!
ELECT
R. L. (RICK)
FOXWORTH
SHERIFF
LIBERTY COUNTY
Pd. Pol. Adv. By Pamela Foxworth, Treasurer, Rt. 1, Box 345-A, Cleveland, Texas
Steele, the county could utilize
whatever type of system it
wished on both points.
Following the report from
Steele, the court passed a
resolution to participate in the 9-
1-1 plan.
In other business, the court
voted to advertise for bids to
lease or lease/purchase a
computer service for the county.
They also voted to advertise for
bids on the purchase of dump
trucks for the county.
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