Alabama PSC orders shutdown of Fruitdale Telephone Co
State regulators move to end Fruitdale Telephone Co after 15 year hold times and repeated delays. About 200 Alabama customers await service transfer as the company faced damage from 1979 storms and failed to secure federal restoration loans. Milky Telephone Co. in Mississippi expected to assume operations.
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Fruitdale
Ala
Billy Coaker
Alabama Public Service Commission
Fruitdale Telephone Co
Alabama
Fruitdale System
Mobile
A.B. Miller
Leakesville
Miss
Montgomery
Public Service Commission
Lynn Greer
Miller
Greer
Mississippi Telephone Corp
Quints' moms swap advice in New Jersey
Jennifer Joyce seeks guidance from Peggy Jo Kienast, mother of five, about raising quintuplets. Kienast urges accepting help but being selective, noting quints require constant adaptation and humor. The Joyce quints born Aug 18 at Jersey Shore Medical Center near Neptune. four home soon, one remaining hospitalized.
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Joyce
Jersey Shore Medical Center
Neptune
Kienasts
Jerry
Sea Girt
Mrs. Kienast
Somerset County
Christopher Vincent
North Carolina Lt. Gov. goes on trial for bribery
Lt. Gov. Jimmy Green, 62, former House speaker, faces five counts after an FBI sting alleging a $2000 bribe and bribe conspiracy with Howard Watts. Jury selection begins at Wake County Superior Court with potential three-week trial. Green pleads innocent.
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Raleigh, N.C
North Carolina
FBI
Jimmy Green
Wake County Superior Court
Green
House of Representatives
Howard Watts
Watts
Clarkton
J.J. Harrington
Bertie
James Long
Alaska Sheds Russian Ties as U S Takes Formal Possession
In 1867 the United States formally assumed possession of Alaska, completing a transfer from Russia and marking a pivotal expansion of American territory. The event established a new geopolitical era and laid groundwork for future statehood and strategic significance.
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United States
Alaska
Russia
Betty Ford visits prison for stock market course graduation
Former first lady Betty Ford toured California Institute for Women in Frontera Rancho Mirage for a graduation ceremony of a stock market investment course taught by Ira Distenfield. She spoke of struggle with illness and addiction, urging inmates toward a second chance. Also covered: a Monaco gala honoring Princess Caroline with Cary Grant and other stars, and notes on Akakis 110th birthday in Finland, Dan Rather to receive Bob Considine Award at St Bonaventure.
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Frontera
Calif
Betty Ford
Rancho Mirage
California Institute For Women
Ira Distenfield
Beverly Hills
Diane Adams
Alameda County
Cary Grant
Monaco
Caroline
Grace Kelly
Grant
Robert Wagner
Reagan
Patti Davis
Wagner
Jill St. John
Helsinki
Finland
Akakis
Scandinavia
Valamo
Heinavesi
Paavali
Akakij
Panteleimon
Vologda
CLEAN
N.Y
Dan Rather
Cbs-Tv Evening News
St. Bonaventure University
Bob Considine
University
Rather
Plaza Hotel
New York City
Considine
Walter Cronkite
Sylvia Porter
Michael O'Neill
Walter “Red” Smith
Diane Sawyer
Liberace Brother George Liberace Dies at 71
George Liberace longtime Las Vegas partner and museum co founder dies at 71 from heart disease complicated by leukemia. He helped his brother Liberace on TV and stage and led the Liberace Museum. Survived by sister Angelina Farrell. wake planned in Las Vegas with funeral at St Anne's. Burial at Forest Lawn Hollywood Hills.
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Las Vegas
Nev
George Liberace
Clark County
Illinois
Wladziu Valentino Liberace
Just Liberace
Menascha
Wis
Salvatore and
Frances Liberace
Philadelphia
John Philip Sousa
Sacramento
Calif
Liberace
Las Vegas Strip
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George C. Wallace
Milky Telephone Co
Jerry Joyce
St. Rose High School
Belmar
Quints
Joyces
Walter Mondale
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Washington
N. Carolina
Malloy Jewelers
2Nd Avenue SE
Cedar Rapids
Fort Dodgs
Iowa City
Iowa-Illinois
Lowal Illinois
Iowa-Illinois Gas and Electric Company
International Foundation For Learning Disabilities
David Niven Scholarship Fund
Princess Grace Foundation
The
Nivens
Beverly Wilshire Hotel
John Forsythe
Placido Domingo
Carol Burnett
Bruce Jenner
Loretta Young
Linda Evans
Phyllis Diller
Zsa Zsa Gabor
Danny Thomas
Barbara Walters
Moonlight Madness
Lindale Mall
First Avenue N.E
Iowa
Lindale “Mall
Collins Road N.E
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