The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 4, Ed. 1, Friday, September 9, 1983 Page: 4 of 8
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propelling the state from the third to
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accerdbtg the U.S. Census Bureau
proJectieM.
The bureau projections released thte
week show that more than haK the
increase will be the result of people
moving in from outside Texas.
"It doesn't surprise me and I don't
think it's going to surprise anybody
here" said Bonnie Young coordinator
of the data management program in the
Texas governor's office referring to
the projections.
Ms. Young who developed population
projections for the Texas 2CvO Com-
mission said the aritlcipaUxl high
' migration from outside the state
; continues a trend Vtvi began in the
: 1970s.
"The 19703 was a drastic change for
' Texas in its pattern of growth" Ms.
; Young said in a telephone interview
; from Austin. "Up to that time over 90
percent of our growth had been just due
to natural increase of the population
;. ( the rate of) births over deaths.
' "And in the 70s over 50 percent of our
growth was due to immigration" she
said.
The Census Bureau projected that
Texas' population would jump from 14.2
million in 1990 to 17.4 million in 1990 and
thea.to 20.7 million in 2008.
Of the 6.5 million population increase
during the two decades a little over 3.5
million will represent net migration
from outside the state the bureau
' projected.
California which will experience a
projected population increase of nearly
7 million is expected to remain the"
nation's most populous state with more
than 30.6 million people by the year
2000 the Census Bureau said.
Texas is projected to take over
second place from New York which
.will drop to fourth the bureau said.
' Florida with an increase of more than 7
.million will move from seventh most
populous to third it said.
.The bureau's projected increase for
Texas is slightly less than the projec-
tion developed by the.staff of the Texas
2000 Commission appointed in l'selty
then Gjjv. William Clements to study
the growth potential and problems of
.Texas through the remainder of the
century V; . ' .
Ms. Young said the staff developed a
range of projections based on various
circumstances but that the mid-range
projection was for an increase of about
n.millldn per butt2 JfttW-
"However thii&jtJeftUva.made
before 1980 census figures were
available and that likely accounts for
the difference in the two projections
she said.
''In ltsj final report in 1962 the com-
mission: said that "we have accepted
population growth and changes in the
Texas economy as driving forces that
will to a large degree influence Texas'
future. '
"This; is the land that's still kind of
growing the South Southwest the
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spend so much meney every year for
heating fuel."
She said that in general she feK the
large immigration from outside the
state was viewed in Tests "as a been."
But "there are a ht of people who feel
it's a mixed blessing" becuvwe they are
starting to see that "there are problems
with this fast growing population" she
said.
"When the majority of your growth is
natural increase (from births) you
have time to develop services and in-
frastructure to go along with that" she
said.
"When you're getting a large influx of
population due to immigration all of a
sudden you Wake up and you say 'look
at the highways tliey're falling apart
or what about schools or what about
human services.
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AUSTIN (AT) - Wreatiing with
Southwestern Bell's cempMcated rate
case hi about as exact a process as
"trying te nH Jeil-0 te the waH" says
an assistant attorney general fighting
the $1.7 bittien request.
But Geeffery Gay's argument in
favor ef throwing Me eae eut was
rejected Wednesday by PuMfc Utility
Commission Examiner Jacqueline
Holmes. However she did agree te
postpone the hearing by 13 days.
Opening day is new set for Oct. 24. If
granted the rate hike would triple
monthly residential bills for basic
telephone service.
Gay said the Bell request te "vague"
and "Incomplete." Bell lawyer Jen Dee
Lawrence acknowledged that all the
numbers aren't in but he said they will
be by Sept. 24.
"I say it's time to go ahead and get
started" Lawrence said.
The rate request is complicated by
the court-ordered American Telephone
and Telegraph Co. divestiture wltlch is
effective Jan. 1. Gay said AT&T and
Bell are trying to get all parties in the
case to "march to the beat of the
doomsday drum."
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to stow this case down" he argued.
His. Holmes saying she wm net
"listening to Bell's doomsday drums"
said there was sufficient htformadm m
file to begin the revenue deficiency
portion ef the hearing en Oct. 34 The
rate design portion witl begin en Pec t.
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meney a utility company my it needs.
Kate design te the process of deter-
mining whkh customers should cover
the increase.
Gay complained that Bell's request te
partially based an "future teat year"
data. State law requires rate requests
to be based on historic data.
"It's a speculative case" he said.
"It's like trying to nail Jeil-0 to the
waH."
But Lawrence said the major
changes in the telephone Industry make
It necessary to use projected data
"It would be totally inappropriate to
ignore the changes that are happening
in this industry" he cald. "We don't
want to look backward because that's
not the way the world is going to be."
Consumers Union Texas ACORN and
the League of United Latin-American
Citizens had asked for a 60-day delay in
the hearing
Jim Boyle utility counsel in charge of
representing residential and small
commercial consumers said there was
"absolutely no way" be could be ready
for the case by Oct. 11 the previously
set opening day.
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A vtetttng student from Texas
AM University had four tires and
wheels stolen from hte 1979 Corvette
early Sunday morning in the parking
tot ef A.B Merrte Hall according to
an Abilene police report.
The owner or the car Mike
Martin a freshmen agricultural
economies major from MeANen
wm VteUing ACU student Shane
Thompson a compute science
major from hfcAMen Thompson
said The ear doers had been locked
the night before the theft and
nothing inside the car was stolen
Thompson said.
The value of the tires and wheels
stolen te approximately 9129
A lMl Ford dual-wheeled pickup
truck was stolen from the Mabee
Hall parking lot during the night of
Aug 3e according to an ACU
security police report.
The owner of the truck Barry
Hittlc a freshmen sports medicine
major from Hugoton Kan said his
truck was found the next morning
approximately three miles south of
Baird next to the Baird police
department
"The truck had been pushed off
into a ravine and was pretty
scratched up" Hlttle said. Both
doors the right front fender the
front bumper and other
miscellaneous items that were left in
the locked cab of the truck were
reported stolen.
Candidates for class office Monday night
Sept. 1 2. In the main room of the camptis
center from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Refreshments
will be served.
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Two ACU students were among
four men arrested SfjJ
possession of marijuana accerawg
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Beth men were arrestee: V
after midnight to the 2. Week eC
Oak Street. The men are ACU
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Twe ewer AWtone men were
arrestodwHhthestodents.
Class "A" misdeineeasr charge
of deMvery ef J"iI
filed against one of the wesjimeflay
the district attorney's office. The
other three were charged with ctaes
"B" posseseten of a useable amount
of marijuana ateo a mtedemeaner.
Charles De Sambeurg a
freshmen from BralthwayWe La.
reported a MaranU cassette steree
valued at approximately $ and a
Turbo Jet power boosterewriliaer
also valued at approximately M0
was stolen from bis locked 1876
Camaro. ' ' '
William Taylor Lamkin a senior
business major from Houston ateo
reported stolen from his locked 1978
Camaro two Pioneer speakers
valued at approximately $70 and a
MGT graphic equalizer-power
booster valued at approximately
$10.
Both burglaries occurred in the
A.B. Morris Hall parking lot late
Sunday night or early Monday
morning the report said.
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The Optimist (Abilene, Tex.), Vol. 71, No. 4, Ed. 1, Friday, September 9, 1983, newspaper, September 9, 1983; Abilene, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth96074/m1/4/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Abilene Christian University Library.