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Scandal over Southwestern Bell probes across Texas Missouri
The two state investigations into Southwestern Bell unfold with Missouri regulators probing alleged campaign law violations tied to a Bell slush fund after former executive Ashley leveled claims and gifts to a regulator surfaced. In Texas, AG Hill and a new Public Utilities Commission oversee rate actions while no firm proof of illegal political activity emerges, though accusations of dual books and political entanglements persist amid ongoing suits and inquiries.
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Southwestern Bell
Texas
Missouri
Public Service Commission
Bell
Missouri Public Service Commission
James H. Ashley
St. Louis
San Antonio
Tex
Ashley
William R. Clark
Missouri Regulatory Commission
Clark
Commission
Bell Force
Missouriaw
Missouri Public Counsel
Utility Consumers Council
John L. Hill
Hill
Texas Senate Subcommittee On Consumer Affairs
New Public Utilities Commission
New York
Comain
Richard Long
North American Telephone Association
Long
Business
Fisk Telephone Co
Houston
Bell System
Federal Communications Commission
John B
deButts
New York’s
J.A. Pattillo
Dallas
Pattillo
UPI
Texas Senate Subcommittee
Coin
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