Southwestern Bell faces probes in Missouri and Texas
In Missouri investigators dig into Bell political activity as the Public Service Commission seeks evidence of campaign law violations. In Texas the unregulated intrastate rates regime and multiple agencies pursue Bell probes with no firm conclusions.
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UPI
Southwestern Bell
Texas
Missouri
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Bell
Missouri Public Service Commission
James H. Ashley
St. Louis
San Antonio
Tex
William R. Clark
Missouri Regulatory Commission
Clark
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Ashley
Kansas City
Office of the
Missouri Public Counsel
Utility Consumers Council
John L. Hill
Hill
Texas Supreme Court
Ron Clower
Garland
Texas Senate Subcommittee On
Clower
New
Public Utilities Commission
Motorized bicycles push legal gray area in Washington demo
A UPI report describes a subterranean ride in a NW Washington garage aboard a motorized bicycle, or moped, highlighting legal ambiguity as such bikes operate with pedal power and a 50cc engine. States vary in classification, with Virginia among those treating them as bicycles.
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UPI
District of Columbia
Mark Rosenker
Virginia
Potomac River
Rosenki
Michigan
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Ohio
Nevada
California
Hawaii
New Jersey
Winter Storm Grips Nation With Heavy Snow And Fatalities
A powerful winter storm moved from the Midwest to the Atlantic coast, causing at least eight deaths. Temperatures plunged to subzero in the Plains and Midwest, with freezing rain and snow disrupting travel across New England New York Pennsylvania New Jersey and Maine. Severe weather prompted school closures power outages and widespread travel advisories as a new Northwest storm formed.
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Midwest
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New England
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New Jersey
Maine
New York State
Vermont
Alabama
Ohio Valley
Appalachians
Idaho
Montana
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Maryland
Wichita
Kan
Nebraska
Inmate on Hunger Strike Examined by Psychiatrists
Lansing Penitentiary inmate James R. Roach 31 stopped eating December 26 and threatened to fast until transfer to Topeka for psychiatric evaluation. He resumed eating after transfer to the State Diagnostic Center. Roach faces charges including assault with intent to kill kidnaping car theft and armed robbery with sentences to 1977.
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Topeka
Kan
UPI
State Diagnostic Center
Lansing State Penitentiary
James R. Roach
Menninger Clinic
Raymond Maynard
Diagnostic Center
Roach
Wichita
Call Your Tribune Carrier Contact Hours
Contact details for Tribune carrier provided with hours 5:30 to 6 p.m. weekdays and 9:00 a.m. Saturday. Instructions suggest calling if missed deliveries or arranging delivery windows.
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