Telephone rate cuts approved by North Carolina utilities board
The North Carolina Utilities Commission approved rate reductions for several exchanges after hearings from June to September. It valued the company’s intrastate property at 13 million dollars, far below the company’s 18.9 million claim, and set a 6.86 percent expected return. Rates drop across Asheville and Charlotte lines, with notable cuts from one to four party services and rural lines.
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North Carolina
Asheville
Charlotte
Amnesia Victim and Mother Reunited Rates Note
Amnesia victim and mother are reunited as the text lists revised and old rates for telephone line services across various arrangements. It mentions Greensboro and Raleigh as reference points, with no explicit new totals beyond the price changes in the provided figures.
Telephone rate changes across North Carolina exchanges outlined
The commission sets new tolls for Gastonia and other towns with four party lines cut to 2.50 monthly and rural and residence rates reduced. One party business rates rise or drop by town, with many exchanges at 8.00 for business lines and low 2.00 levels statewide. Extensions at 76 cents per month and a capped 25 cent monthly charge for phones for eighteen months.
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Greensboro
Raleigh
Wilmington
Winston-Salemere
Gastonia
Apex
Belmont
Bessemer City
Boone
Canton
Caroleen
Cleveland
Davidson
Grover
Hamlet
Kings Mountain
Laurinburg
Lincolnton
Lumberton
Maiden
Morganton
Newton
Rowland
Rutherfordton
Selma
Waynesville
Cary
Fairmont
Gibson
Stony Point
Charlotte
Asheville Zoning Law Tested in Racial Entry Trial
Asheville on December 14 faces a test of its residential zoning law as three Black residents stand trial for moving into a block with white major residents. The city ordinance bars African Americans from blocks where whites are the majority and bans whites from blocks with Black occupants. the three arrestees were released on bond pending the hearing.
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Asheville
Chicago Produce Prices and Unsettled Butter and Eggs
Chicago prices show unsettled butter with various grades and scores from 93 to 80, no butter sales reported, and eggs totaling 3,154 cases with fresh graded firsts at 25 to 26 percent and current receipts at 28 percent. Fresh graded firate 346 cases at 25 percent.
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Chicago
Ege
University Debaters Clash Over Federal Control of Basic Industries
In Chapel Hill on December 14 J W Kendrick of Greensboro and Robert Mullen River Forest Indiana argued for state rights while Winthrop Durfee Boston and Albert McAnally High Point contended the federal government should assume control of the basic industries in the United States. The Mary D Wright debate marked the annual Philanthropic Assembly night session as senators seated the Philanthropic As sly.
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Chapel Hill
J W. Kendrick
Greensboro
Senate
University
Mary D. Wright
Senators
Philanthropic Assly
Mary D. Win
Kendrick
Robert Mullen
River Forest
Unite States
Philanthropic Assembly
Winthrop Durfee
Boston, Mass
Albert McAnally
High Point
Elements on the Sun and Earth Probed
Scientists report the number of known solar elements rising to sixty after a recent discovery of sulfur on the sun. On Earth, the total known elements remains ninety two.
Roadside plant theft penalties set at $60 or 30 days
Raleigh officials announce new roadside plant protection rulings. Taking holly cedar or other decorative greenery now carries a fine of sixty dollars or a maximum thirty days in jail. The rule applies to all roadside vegetation.
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Way
Raleigh
Death of Thomas J. Torphy In Wilmington Traced to Suicide
Wilmington police report Thomas J. Torphy aged 60 died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound at his home. Officials described the death as a suicide in the preliminary inquiry.
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Wilmington
Dee
Thomas J. Torphy
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