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FREE EDUCATIONAL SEMINAR ggggj Ibesday-SepLIBIOam 4601 Hartford Street Section wto cw Cal now to mala your reservations 793-3490 wwwWestTexasRehaborg 1-800-460-5485 Saturday Septembers 2003 wwwreportemewscom Sbilene jReporter-iietod By Josef Hebert drilling in an Alaska wildlife reftiga Associated Press Sen Ifete Domenid R-NM who will chair a House-Senate conference to WASHINGTON With last month's work out a final bill acknowledged the power blackout chi their minds Senate taskwontbeeasyHenotedefflbrtstoget and House negotiators promised Friday a bill last year fell apart in just suck a to produce an energy bin by the end of conference the month that would include measures But lawmakers acknowledged new to increase reliability of the country's and strong political pressures to act an electric grid energy: While the blackout gave new urgency Worry about the reliability of foe to the legislation Democrats warned power transmission system in Republicans against using the wide- light cf foe Aug 14 blackout that left 50 spread power outage to push through million people In the dark from eastern contentious energy proposals such as Michigan to New York City Steep increases in gasoline prices beanie bogged down in strong regional that have left motorists talking again differences over electricity issues and in about industry price gouging The the stiU-vigorous debate over whether to Energy Department has begun an infer develop oil in an Alaska wildlife refiige" mal investigation into the gas price run- The House passed an energy bill this up that saw prices jump overnight in year that included drilling in foe Arctic some cities as much as a dime a gallon National Wildlife RefUge in northeast- Likelihood cf high heating costs em Alaska foe Senate approved no thlB winter as crude oil price remain such provisions and Democratic sena-high and natural gas supplies have yet teas promise to block a final bill that to rebound prompting prediction of includes foe ANWR provision high costs for foe fiiel this heating Sea- Some Democrats have argued that sen improving the electricity grid's Democrats and some Republicans fear foe energy debate again could Please see ENERGY Page 3B BRIEFCASE Senate panel OKs $176 million for airport work The Senate Appropriations Committee approved fL76 million for Improvements to the Abilene Regional Airport for the fiscal year 2004 to begin Oct 1 The fends awaiting Senate approval would be used fbr ramp reconstruction runway and lighting rehabilitation terminal renovation and taxiway extension Sen Kay Bailey Hutchison amem-berof thecommittBehas worked to improve foe airport securing $2 million in fiscal year 2003 Kevin Schweers a spokesman fbr office sajd the fluids should hit the Senate floor next month expect it to change another hurdle or two it needs to go through before it comes into -White Harvest KTXS KTES sale off By Brian Muiphy Reporter-News Staff Writer The sign hangs on Abilene's ABC and Telemundo television stations again as a deal to purchase their parent company fell through Businessman Larry Wilson founder and former chairman of large radio statical owner Citadel Corp withdrew an offer to purchase Pennsylvania-based Lamco Communi cations Rutledge Inclamco owns Abilene ABC affiliate KTXS-TV and Telemundo affiliate KIES-TV and San Angelo ABC affiliate KTXE-TV KTXSKTES General Manager Jackie Rutledge raid she confirmed Wilson's withdrawal with Lamco officials -in Williamsport Pa Friday Rutledge said viewers will continue seeing foe same programs they see on KTXS and KTES KTXS and KTES employ 54 foil-time and 14 part-time employees Attempts to reach Wilson and Lamco officials were unsuccessful Lamco Communications is a sixth-generation family-owned media company that began as a -newspaper company in the 1890s to July Lamco announced a stock buyout proposed by Wilson the former CEO of Citadel Wilson left Citadel in 2002 Lamco also owns ABC affiliates in New Bern NC (WCTI) and Redding Chico Calif (KRCR) and NBC affiliates in Bristol Vk (WCYB) Butte Mont (KTVMX and MissoulaKalispeH Mont Harvester Jim Weston cental works with a crew Friday raking In white cranberries fbr harvest at Ed and Mary Korphwn'a cranberry term In Carver Maas an Ocean Spray grower's term The farm which has been growing cranberries since 1930 was one of the first forms to start harvesting white cranberries used In white cranberry Juice Investors move past 9-1 1 aftershocks By Amy Baldwin Associated Press Bakery to open new location McKay's Bakery will open its new location at South 14th and Barrow on Sept 1L The new store 3113 South 14ih St wffl offer ah the same products as the downtown location 266 Cypress St 1 The bakery wffl run a special at both locations fbr 14 cookies fbr the price of a dozen for 14 days The new location will be more centrally located than the current Southside loca-tion 4653 South 14th which will dose this weekend owner Dianne Green said die is excited about the switch is going to change still going to have die same great die said new location just feels like Free meals fbr local heroes Restaurant Group will serve flee meals to police fire emergency and military personnel on Sept 11 to Show its appreciation to Idol heroes who preserve safety within the community Cafeteria in Abilene 3350 Clack St participates in the event to give thanks to these local heroes manager Bruce Sndgrove said "Ihese ladies and guys every day they put their life on foe line for our safety for our way cf life This is just a small gesture to show our Snelgrove said all police fire emergency and military personnel can either comie to the restaurant in uniform or bring their badge or identification card to receive flee lunch cr dinner company started this as a tradition on Oct 11 2001 and continued it on the first anniversary cf foe attacks said Jill Laird director of marketing for Furr's FSmily Dining Furr'S has 54 locations throughout Texas Oklahoma New Mexico Arizona and Kansas Tune running out to make area code changes fbr wireless Service may be interrupted' beginning Sept 8 for several thousand Sprint wireless phone customers due to the 915 area code split The area code split which added new area codes 432 and 325 went into affect April 5 2003 Permissive dialing allows customers to continue dialing 915 or one of foe new area codes through Oct 5 After Oct 5 customers must use the new area codes Customers with questions about the arm code changes or who experience service interruptions can contact Sprint by dialing 2 on their Sprint handsets or stop by any Sprint store for belpi From staff and wire reports I head trader at Wachovia Securities in Baltimore US financial markets are Showing more resilience to potential terror news reacting less at all when the government Issues new alerts about threatened attacks A good example occurred an July 23 when a councilman was shot and killed at New York City HalL just blocks flam Wall Street Even before it was dear that the shooter was not a terrorist stocks held their gains and finished the day highec There is no telling what another major attack would actually do to the markets And a lock bade to two years ago when the attacks toppled the World Trade Center towers and killed nearly 3000 people shows how damaging fear and uncertainty can be on stocks When trading resumed six days after the Sept 11 attacks investors rushed to sell stocks in the busiest trading day ever at the New York Stock Exchange The Dow Jones industrial average slid 68451 or 71 percent to 892070 The Nasdaq composite index dropped 65 percent and the Standard fell 49 percent Arthur Lewis unload stocks that day but within a few weeks he'd sold his entire $55000 stock portfolio laden with such blue chip names as General Motors Corp and Merck Co Inc panicky but I knew everyone else was" said Lewis a management consultant who lives in suburban Cleveland had no choice but to get In foe past year Lewis has gotten back into the stock market and now has half his portfolio in stocks and half in cash ff the now-rebounding economy continues to recover Lewis said he will increase his exposure to equities Please sea AFTERSHOCK Page 3B NW YGRK In the first year after the Sept 11 terror attacks the mere hint of another assault sent stocks tumhling After a second yeai investors as quick to hit the sell button When news about terrorism breaks wait to see what they should do and if there is anything that warrants aid Chris Johnson managwr of quantitative analysis at Investment Research in Cincinnati Concern over terrorism has evolved becoming less central to decisions driving trading on Wall Street Investors appear to have adjusted to the idea that attacks may happen within US borders and factoring that risk into purchases of stocks is part of the world we live in now It Is going to be part of our lives going said Michael Murphy Contact leiiura witter Brian Murphy at mur-phyMreportamewsxom or 6766760 Retailers hope CD price cuts by Universal will boost sales price in the fourth quarter cf 2003 The move is related to plummeting music Industrywide sales have dropped 31 percent in the last three years From 50 Cent to U2 many notable Universal names will likely be stamped with a lower price tag But foe price change had yet to Jilt stores Thursday afternoon when 50 2003 release Get Rich or Die was $1659 at one Loa Angeles area musk: store About 20 paces from foe CD was a used version retailing for about $10 Wherehouse Entertainment Inc has Please see PRICE Page 3B By Evan Pondel Los Angeles Dally News LOS ANGELES With Universal Music Group cutting the price of whole-safe CDs retailers hope the measure will put a crimp in piracy and bring consumers back to toe record atare Of course retailers must agree to follow Universal's new guidelines by lowering foe price of compact discs on the rack The largest recording company announced this week that it plans to -reduce CD prices by implementing a $1296 manufecturersuggested retail Akn HwhITIw PM and Caukr AP Jeff Turner Ml and David Kaltechey listen to music at Millennium Music In Charleston SC Thursday Universal Music Group announced wholesale price reductions earlier this week on Its music 3 i.