Southern Bell seeks large rate hikes in South Carolina
Southern Bell Telephone Co. asks the Public Service Commission and state Supreme Court for a 50 million rate increase amid further requests that would raise long distance rates about 35 percent and residential call costs. The company has already begun part of the increase with refunds plus 9 percent interest if denied. Residential installs could rise to 59.75 to 84.80 dollars and monthly residential bills about 2.80 dollars, while business rates would climb 7.05 dollars. the paper editorializes in favor of full PSC consideration and public acknowledgment of rising costs.
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Public Service Commission
State Supreme Court
Southern Bell Telephone Co
South Carolina
Southern Bell
PSC
Aiken Standard
The Political Paper Pollution menaces Carter reforms
President Carter faces a public overwhelmed by federal paperwork with billions of pages of rules and 84 000 pages of documents cited as hindrances. Harry Kulligan critiques delays from donors whose smiles mask the bureaucratic hurdle. Drainage fixes require passage through 52 agencies, illustrating the sprawling red tape.
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Carter
Tenance St Pilions
Council
Harry Kulligan
Kulligan
Sleep research uncovers REM stages and dream activity
The Chicago era researchers first mapped REM and non REM sleep and linked dreaming to active brain states. A current Tribune survey across 20 centers notes risks from too little or too much sleep, including potential heart attack during intense dreaming.
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University of Chicago
Nathaniel Kleitman
Eugene Aserinsky
The
Chicago Tribune
Ronald Kotulak
Stanford
William Dement
Science Center
Dallas
Howard Roffwarg
Kotulak
Chicago
Marines Face Senate Hearings On Recruitment Abuses
The Senate Armed Services Subcommittee opened two days of hearings into alleged Marine Corps recruitment abuses. Officials cited wide malpractice, fraudulent enlistments, and high discharge rates amid quotas, arguing reforms are needed to preserve the Corps as an elite force.
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Senate Armed Services Subcommittee On
Marine Corps
America
Andrew Jackson
Harry Truman
Douglas MacArthur
Brookings Institution
Jeffrey Record
Sam Nunn
Georgia
Martin Binkin
Marine Aviation
Record
William Lind
U.S. Naval Institute Proceedings
Defense
Marine Air Wings
Navy
Iwo Jima
Mafia Fronts Use Union's Fund
Investigative profile details how mob fronts exploit the Teamsters Central States Pension Fund to finance ventures. It traces Allen Glick and Tony Spilotro tied to ArgentCorp and Stardust, and Hyman Green’s Florida projects, including Honeymoon Island. The piece notes defaulted loans, alleged bribes, and a deadly Mob-linked backdrop.
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Washington
Underworld
Las Vegas
Allen Glick
Anthony
Tony the Ant
Spilotro
Glitter City
Glick
Teamsters Union Central States Pension Fund
Chicago
Argent Corporation
Stardust
Fremont
Exchange Commission
SEC
Argent
Teamsters’ Pension Fund
Central States Pension Fund
Justice Department
Tamara Rand
G- Men
Hyman Green
Florida
New York
Teamsters
Jimmy Hoffa
Green
Repartee slips and social misreads in a rambler’s essay
A reader recalls many awkward moments of comic misfires from casual comments and insults. He cites a Boston Globe repartee piece on a cousin misunderstanding and reflects on the folly of witty remarks that hurt others.
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Boston Globe
Jeremiah V. Murphy
Ireland
America
Alice
Dublin
John
Tim
Joe
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Charles O. Grice
University of Texas Health
Inchon
Korea
Europe
By Jack Anderson
Honeymoon Island
Gulf of Mexico
Dunedin
Fla
Honeymoon Isle Development Corp
State of
Ashley
Spartanburg Herald-Journal
Annie
Doonesbury
MR. Begin
ABC News
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