PUCO drafts fuel cost rule to curb electric bills
The Public Utilities Commission proposes tighter control of fuel adjustment charges used by eight Ohio utilities to pass coal costs to customers. The rule would require annual and six month cost reports, monthly documentation, a uniform fuel adjustment formula, and hearings before any 15 percent six month rise.
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Columbus, Ohio
Public Utilities Commission
William Spratley
General Assembly
Ohio
Joint Select Committee On Energy
House
Spratley
Senate
Commission
PACO
C. Luther Heckman
Heckman
California Public Utilities Commission
Pacific Gas & Electric Co
Emperor Hirohito Praises U S Aid After War
Washington AP Emperor Hirohito says his two week visit thanks Americans for helping Japan rise from World War II ruins. He decries the war while praising U S foreign aid. Ford notes strong U S Japan ties as translation debate stirs. The dinner honors Ford. the emperor and Empress Nagako attend.
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Japan
Hirohito
White House
Ford
United States
U.S
Empress Nagako
New York
Utilities eye new billing to curb rising electric costs
Utilities test peak demand pricing and reduced off peak rates to ease bills. Florida plans a one year pilot offering 1.7c per kWh off peak and 7.9c peak with a 4c current rate, while Illinois, California and Michigan pursue vouchers lifelines and energy support for low income households.
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Associated Press
Edison Electric Institute
Florida Public Service Commission
Florida Power Corp
No Change in September Unemployment Rate
Washington AP reports September unemployment fell from 8.4 to 8.3 percent with 7.8 million unemployed and 85.4 million employed. Labor force near 93.2 million. rate already below the 8.9 percent second quarter peak. Adult men and household heads show rising or mixed jobless rates. broader inflation trends discussed by economists.
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Washington
Labor Department
Burton G. Malkiel
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Malkiel
Fromme bail denial upheld as trial set for November
Lynette Fromme's appeal to reduce bail was denied by the U S Court of Appeals. Bail remains 350000. She is jailed in Sacramento and faces trial before Judge MacBride on November 4. Milk price support raised 6 5 percent to 7 71 per 100 pounds manufacturing grade.
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Lynette
Fromme
Ford
U.S. Court of Appeals
U.S. District Court
Thomas MacBridge
Miss Fromme
Sacramento
MacBride
Washington
Earl L. Butz
Senate approves Turkey arms embargo lifting and weapons sale
The Senate voted by voice to approve a House backed bill lifting the U S arms embargo on Turkey and authorizing a sale worth 185 million dollars of American weapons. President Ford urged ending the embargo and the House's 237 to 176 vote followed.
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Senate
White House
U.S
Turkey
House
Ford
Panel Approves U.S. Monitors for Sinai Peace Accord
The House International Relations Committee approved a resolution to dispatch 200 Americans to Sinai to monitor the Israeli Egyptian peace accord with a proviso demanding withdrawal if another Mideast war erupts.
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Washington
House International Relations Committee
Sinai
Twelve die in Belfast violence Rainy Bloody Sunday echo
Police rounded up suspected Protestant guerrillas in Belfast after a day that saw twelve fatalities, most victims Roman Catholic, marking the bloodiest day in nearly four years and the fiercest since Bloody Sunday on January 30, 1972.
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Belfast
Northern Ireland
Weekend Forecast Clear and cool conditions
The forecast calls for a clear and cool night with lows in the upper 30s to low 40s. Saturday will be fair with highs in the upper 60s to low 70s and near zero rain chances. Details: Page 6.
Hoffa Body in Trash Pickup Probe in Detroit Area
FBI investigates if ex Teamsters chief James R Hoffa was placed in a 40 cubic yard trash compactor hauled by Central Sanitation Services Inc of Hamtramck. Raleigh House Southfield is 4 1/2 miles from Machus Red Fox where Hoffa was last seen.
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FBI
Teamsters
James R. Hoffa
Raleigh House
Hoffa
Southfield
Central Sanitation Services Inc
Hamtramck
Raffaele
Jimmy Q
Quasarano
Dominic Corrado
Corrado
James Joseph
Joseph
Detroit Free Press
IRS probes widen to include senators and stars
IRS Commissioner Donald Alexander testifies that the probe into political extremists expanded to target figures such as John Lindsay Norman Mailer Shirley MacLaine Joan Baez James Brown and Jesse Jackson while 465 442 persons were reviewed and 29 520 returns turned over to agencies. He disclosed an undercover agent program within the IRS and ordered the disbanding of the Special Services Staff which kept records on thousands and sent many to audits.
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IRS
Senate Intelligence Committee
Donald Alexander
Alexander
Frank Church
Idaho
Norman Mailer
Jimmy Breslin
James Brown
Shirley MacLaine
Joan Baez
Aaron Henry
Jesse Jackson
Coretta King
Godfrey Cambridge
Linus Pauling
Justice Department
Special Services Staff
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