Missouri approves Consumer Bill of Rights for utilities
The Missouri Public Service Commission voted unanimously to approve new consumer billing and service rules dubbed a Consumer Bill of Rights. The rules take effect December 29 with full compliance due by June 26 next year, though officials expect delays as utilities may challenge legality in court.
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Jefferson City
Missouri Public Service Commission
Commission
PSC
A. Robert Pierce
Pierce
James P. Mulvaney
November U.S. prices rise as mortgage and auto costs surge
Government data show consumer prices up 0.7 percent in November for the second straight month. Services costs jump 1.1 percent driven by higher auto insurance and mortgage rates, while groceries and gasoline ease offset. Inflation remains high with forecasts of gradual improvement into 1976.
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Washington
Labor Department
James L. Pate
Commerce Department
Tax deal clears Congress extending cuts into 1976
Congress approved a compromise tax bill by wide margins to block a January 1 increase and extend current tax cuts for six months. President Ford signaled support and a fiscal 1977 budget with a $395 billion ceiling was planned, while spending limits and record statements aimed to reconcile Senate and House plans.
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Washington
Congress
Ford
House
Senate
White House
Ron Nessen
Nelsen
Congressional Record
Beef packers deny scheme in ABP bankruptcy case
Attorneys for American Beef Packers Inc and for Frank R. West say the firm’s Chapter 11 filing stemmed from a sinking cattle market high interest rates plant cost overruns and financing trouble not an illegal scheme. The defense argued the government’s charges were not proven and requested dismissal of remaining counts as the trial closed.
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Omaha, Neb
American Beef Packers, Inc
ABP
Frank R. West
Dumas
Tex
U.S
Robert V. Denney
Denney
West
Robert E. Lee
Beefland International, Inc
Council Bluffs
Iowa
Lee
Midwest
Beefland
St Abp
General Electric Credit Corp
GECC
Stamford
Stevens Becomes Supreme Court Justice Replacing Douglas
In a ceremony at the Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens took the oath from Chief Justice Warren Burger as William O. Douglas watched in a wheelchair. Ford and other officials attended. Stevens ages 55 and formerly a Seventh Circuit judge returns to the bench January 12 to hear cases including a Georgia moonshine tax dispute.
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Washington
William O. Douglas
John Paul Stevens
Douglas
Supreme Court
Ford
Stevens
Appeals Court
Warren E. Burger
Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Chicago
Georgia
Betty
Susan
Elizabeth
Kathryn Jedlicka
John
Edward H. Levi
Robert H. Bork
Housing and Urban Development
Carla Hills
Charles Wiggins
Rcalif
Douglas Douglas
Thurgood Marshall
Lewis F. Powell Jr
United States
Portland
Ore
Trading stamp industry braces for a comeback amid inflation and energy crunch
The trading stamp industry seeks new markets as inflation drives costs higher and supermarkets phase out stamps. Industry spokesmen say stamps still exist but are down from a peak in 1968, with supermarkets and gas stations reducing or dropping programs. Some independents and regional chains kept stamps, while card issuers report heavy losses in gas station sales and ongoing efforts to resell remaining programs.
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Associated Press
Clint Wade
Trading Stamp Institute of America
Wade
Undertakers
WEC
Safeway
A&p
Tom Rooney
S&h Green Stamp Division
Sperry and Hutchinson Co
Rooney
United Airlines strike tentatively settled and flights to resume
United Airlines reached a tentative settlement with IAM after a long-night mediation. If ratified Sunday, 36 percent of flights would resume by Monday and 80 percent by Tuesday with full schedule by Christmas Eve. Reservations opened for Monday as pilots and attendants prepared to return to work.
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Washington
United Airlines
United
Hawaii
International Association of Machinists
IAM
Congress approves $6.5 billion rail aid bill amid veto threat
The House and Senate pass a $6.5 billion rail aid measure to boost freight and Northeast passenger service, with $1.6 billion for non Northeast lines and $400 million for branch lines via ConRail. Ford veto expected per Transportation Secretary Coleman. The bill alters railroad regulation, allowing faster price changes and faster ICC reviews.
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Rhodes
House
Ford
Transportation
William T. Coleman Jr
Ford Administration
Coleman
Congress
House-Senate
Northeast
Midwest
ConRail
Interstate Commerce Commission
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Warren Burger
United States Supreme Court
John Paul Steven
Washington, D.C
Super Market Institute
Institute
W.J. Usery Jr
United Mechanics
John Rhodes
R-Ariz
Richard Bolling
William Burlison
William Clay
Jerry Litton
Gene Taylor
William Hungate
Richard H. Ichord
William Randall
Lenore Sullivan
James Symington
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