Regulation Of Cable TV Eyed By West Virginia PSC
A bill to bring cable television under the State Public Service Commission jurisdiction is expected in the upcoming West Virginia Legislature session. PSC Chair Elizabeth Hallanan says regulators have studied the issue for about a year and would take on added workload, while Captiol Cablevision's Joe Lions questions customer satisfaction. A recent price commission ruling defines cable as a utility, aligning with national regulatory trends.
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West Virginia
Commission
Elizabeth Hallanan
Miss Hallanan
The
Price Commission
Washington
Nixon
commission re+ Lions
Communications Commis
Sion
West Vision
Jurisdic
Virginia
Commis
Capitol
Evision Corp
Charleston
Department of Health
McConnell
Stone
Ap Peatatee
Ne Associacearess
Insurance Department
Moore
Labor
Vecellio & Grogan Inc
Beckley
Mercer County
Nitro to Reapply for Sewage Funds
Mayor Gibson and city officials read two letters from Robert Y. Hayne urging Nitro to refile its preliminary SF-101 to HUD for sewage treatment funding. HUD previously turned down the request, with a recommendation to resubmit later, per Jacksone and Whiting.
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Martha Smith Oil
William Gib
Jacksone
Robert Y. Hayne
Sect
Hayne
Whiting
City HUD-Named Reapplication Window Opens May 1 1973
Officials outline open season from May 1 to June 3 for Nitro reapplication to qualify for fiscal 1973 funds. EPA reviews an $806000 grant for sewer projects including interceptor sewers two pump stations and upgrading treatment plants. West Virginia leads with trained inspectors as department seeks twenty more inspectors and ten more for the fire marshal’s office.
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Pittsburgh
HUD
Whiting
Hayne
Gibson
Fred B. Grant
Environmental Protection Agency
Bruce Crawford
EPA
Grant
POW Group Raps Nixon Over Raising False Hopes
Nixon administration faces criticism from a POW group for creating false hope of peace. The piece notes delays in firm peace prospects, ongoing disputes within government, and calls for clearer policy and action amid wartime weariness.
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Nixon
Nations Leaders Brace for Prolonged Vietnam Ceasefire Talks
The league urged restraint after Kissinger's remarks that peace is near and Nixon said no satisfactory ceasefire has been agreed. It warned against raising hopes of a Christmas treaty and called for progress on freeing missing and captive Americans in Southeast Asia and for identification of the missing.
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League
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Southeast Asia
Union merger talks grow across national unions
Washington reports that Frank E. Fitzsimmons and Harry Brydges dine at the same table as merger discussions begin. A merger committee from CWA, APWU, and NLCAs will meet to explore a possible union by 1974, amid other consolidation talks involving AFT, NEA, GRAPHIC ARTS, and related unions.
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New York Times Service
Washington
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Harry Brydges
International Longshoremen's and Warehousemen’s Union
Communications’ Workers of America
American Postal Workers Union
National Letter Carriers Assn
Fire and Blast Ruin St Albans Home on Carte Street
Neighbors report an explosion and fire at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Carroll at 12 Carte Street St Albans. Fire officials say a gas leak caused the blast and the family was away at the time. Damage estimated at about 3000 dollars. Firemen received the call shortly before 7 p.m. Tuesday.
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West Side Volunteer Fire Department
St. Albans
Thomas Carroll
Carte Street
Man Woman and Youth Charged in Two Armed Thefts
Montgomery police charged Randolph Keesey and his wife Diana Keesey of Kimberly and a 16 year old Montgomery youth with armed robbery at Campus Corner restaurant and Jacobs Grocery near the Kanawha County line. The couple posted $1000 bond in Fayette County for the grand jury. the youth is jailed in Fayette County juvenile custody awaiting court.
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Montgomery
Montgomery City
Randolph Keesey
Diana Keesey
Kimberly
Campus Corner
Jacobs Grocery
Kanawha County
Keesey
Fayette County
Nationwide 5 Percent Rate Cut Probe Moves to Jan 15
Nationwide filed for a 5 percent homeowner rate reduction after a hearing, with a deadline of January 15 to answer on further cuts and a possible extension to February 1. The insurer underwrites about 14 percent of West Virginia home policies, about 1.6 million in premiums, while Kentucky Central cut rates 25 percent earlier this year. State fremont is pushing back on excess rates as insurers shift toward more competitive pricing amid scrutiny of joint standard rates.
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Nationwide
Weese
Kentucky Central
Kentucky
West Virginia
Central
State Farm
Twide
Wall Street Journal
Miller cites shift to new leadership in Boyle board clash
The board creates a financial advisory committee to oversee union finances and bestows honorary emeritus status on Boyle after a farewell address. Miller says the election proved voters want new leadership and accuses Boyle’s board of resisting democracy, amid a Charleston Gazette notice.
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Boyle
UMW
Miller
Washington
City adopts repeal plan and police promotion
The city moves to repeal the Board of Park Commissioners and create a citizens advisory committee with parks authority reverting to a council committee under a replacement ordinance. It approves promoting Patrolman David A Walters to police sergeant per the Nitro Police Civil Service Commission request.
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Board of Park Commissioners
David A. Walters
Nitro Police Civil Service Commission
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Finlay Fire Equipment Co
Roy Allen
Mevilaine
Kenneth J. Brown
Graphic Arts International Union
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Newspaper Guild
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Charleston Gazette
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