Southern Bell seeks 65 million rate hike in North Carolina
Southern Bell filed for a 65.16 million rate increase in North Carolina claiming inflation has eroded earnings since the last rise over a year ago. If approved, one party residence rates rise 60 cents and business lines 1.20 dollars monthly. NC AG Edmisten calls the request astounding and says the utilities will be scrutinized. The filing includes 11.5 million from settlements with other carriers and 53.7 million from direct Bell customers, plus extended evening discounts for certain hours.
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Raleigh
Southern Bell Telephone Co
North Carolina
R. G. Stamey
Southern Bell
Stamey
N.C. Utilities Commission
Rufus Edmisten
the Utilities Commission
Bell
B. Franklin Skinner
Skinner
Memphis Man 18 Held After Presley Graceland Deaths
A speeding car driven by 18 year old Treatise Wheeler III who had been drinking struck pedestrians crossing a highway to Elvis Presley Graceland killing two women and injuring a teenager. Four involved were taken into custody as crowds elsewhere at the mansion observed the vigil for Presley.
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Memphis
Sam Martz
Police Traffic Division
Treatise Wheeler III
Tennessee
Martz
Wheeler
Methodist Hospital
Tammy J. Bauer
St. Clair
St. Louis Martz
Dave Tenenbaum
Associated Press
Reader questions petrified wood and local help resources
The column discusses petrified wood in North Carolina with Dr. Roy Epperson offering identification help. It also covers local options for car upholstery services and clothing donations through Urban Ministry Goodwill and the House of Prayer, plus guidance on copyrighting music and a traffic fatality case with multiple charges and a high speed collision narrative.
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Roy Epperson
High Point College
South Main
Social Services
Goodwill Industries
House of Prayer
No Prosecution Found in Lance Banking Case
Federal investigators found no information to prosecute Budget Director Bert Lance or others tied to his Georgia banking activities. Comptroller John Heimann told Congress unresolved questions on acceptable banking practices remain and his office may seek regulatory changes. Lance and Hermann were slated to testify September 7.
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Washington
Bert Lance
Lance
Georgia
Comptroller of the Currency
John Heimann
Congress
Heimann
Senate Government Affairs Committee
Comptroller's
Carter
Hermann
Comptroller report prompts early testimony plan
In a letter to committee chair Abraham Ribicoff and Sen. Charles Percy the comptroller said further work is needed before proceeding. Ribicoff and Percy announced Heimann would testify first and Lance second, with other witnesses to be called as appropriate. They noted the report's accompanying exhibits require study and analysis.
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Comptroller
Abraham A. Ribicoff
D-Conn
Ribicoff
Charles H. Percy
A-ll
Percy
Heimann
Lance
Presley Rites Are Private As Elvis Laid To Rest
Elvis Presley funeral proceeds as a private family ceremony at Graceland with plans for a public viewing later. Rex Humbard to officiate while Sammy Davis Jr. James Brown Chet Atkins and RCA executives among attendees. Caroline Kennedy Burt Reynolds Ann-Margret rumored to attend.
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Presley
America
Sammy Davis Jr
James Brown
Chet Atkins
RCA Victor
Caroline Kennedy
Burt Reynolds
Ann-Margret
Correspondent Recalls Beating by AP Writer in Central Africa
Michael Goldsmith, AP foreign correspondent, recounts his imprisonment in the Central African Empire. He was arrested on July 14 and released August 14 after 3% days in a bare windowless cell. He recalls waking bloodied, handcuffed, and in underwear, with wounds and pain.
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Michael Goldsmith
Central African Empire
Associated Press
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Edmisten
Elvis Presley
Petrified Wood
Oak Hollow
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S.B
Register of Copyrights
Library of Congress
Washington, D.C
Ferguson and
Burt
Abingdon Press
Nashville, Tenn
Billboard Magazine
West 48Th St
New York
N.Y
Forest Hill Cemetery
Memphis, Tenn
Dick Grob
Vernon Presley
Elvis
Grob
Gene Barksdale
Rex Humbard
Akron
Ohio
Humbard
Graceland Mansion
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