Senate probes Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission
The Pennsylvania Senate opens a long overdue inquiry into the Public Utility Commission. Chairman Franklin L. Kury leads a 10-member Consumer Affairs panel examining staff levels compensation and potential full-time tenure for commissioners. The probe will later broaden to tax treatment of utilities, rate structures, and the role of nuclear power, with possible corrective legislation by late summer.
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Public Service Commission
Public Utility Commission
State Senate
Senate Committee On Consumer Affairs
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Franklin L. Kury
Sunbury Democrat
Kury
PUC
TV fall comedy and crime shows clash across networks
Networks unveil 22 situation comedies and 19 police and private-eye series for fall. Competition tight on Tuesday Wednesday Friday and Sunday nights with counterprogramming to win sponsors for 70 prime-time slots. Also notes Nixon backing Connally privately despite Ford support and questions lingering on Connally's acquittal.
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Mel Brooks
ABC
CBS
Beacon Hill
Baltimore
NBC
Lucas Tanner
Gunsmoke
Rhoda
Phyllis
Tony Orlando
Dawn
Cher
Carol Burnett
Howard Cosell
Kojak
Bronk
Jack Palance
Nixon still hopes for advisory role after Watergate losses
Nixon, under strain from Watergate fallout, seeks an advisory foreign policy role while walking daily in San Clemente and polishing memoirs. Friends note his health appears waning yet his mental state remains hopeful as he weighs income and public perception. The 18 and a half minute gap remains unresolved with investigators unsure whose hands stopped the tape.
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San Clemente
David Frost
Fishing and Fading Paradise in the Bahamas
A veteran fisherman recalls days of light green Atlantic waters, the thrill of a 4.5 foot barracuda, and long voyages from Florida to Bimini. He bonds with friends, reflects on Bahamian independence, tourism, and changing attitudes, then plans another Gulf Stream crossing aboard Sunnyside Up as wind and waves test his resolve.
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Bahamas
Atlantic Ocean
Two Jobs and Shifting Pay in Postal Service Policy
Discussion of House Resolution 3842 pending in the Post Office and Civil Service Committee, outlining Rural Carrier Heavy Duty schedules, mileage versus hours pay, and overtime rules. Contrast with rising dairy costs and farmer income, urging survival through postal service work over dairy farming.
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Post Office Department
Corry Post
Jess
Joseph Vigorito
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Postal Service
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