Utilities Commission Plight: understaffed and underpaid
North Carolina Utilities Commission faces chronic understaffing and low salaries that hinder its ability to review rate requests. Commissioners seek more lawyers and accountants, while staff say consultant costs outpace internal pay. Limited by outdated law, the panel often operates in a reactive mode, challenging large industrial rate designs more than broader energy policy.
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Robert B. Cullen
Associated Press
Raleigh
North Carolina Utilities Commission
North Carolina
Public
The
Commission
Clark
Lake
Duke Power
Carl Horn
Duke
U S and Spain Reach Principles for Pact in Madrid
The United States and Spain agreed on broad outlines of a declaration to be signed by Henry Kissinger in Madrid on July 9. A joint communique after a 45 minute meeting with Pedro Cortina states continued defense cooperation and coordination with Atlantic alliance bodies, mirroring Ottawa talks.
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Washington
United States
Spain
Henry A. Kissinger
Madrid
Pedro Cortina
Ottawa
Decline in U.S. science test scores worries educators
The National Assessment of Education Progress reports a drop in science achievement across ages 9 13 and 17 after 1969 70 testing. About one third of questions show improvement while two thirds decline. McBride notes 100000 tested this round and half the items repeat from prior testing. By 1975 nearly 500000 students will have participated in ten learning areas.
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National Assessment of Education Progress
The
Education Commission of the States
Robert H. McBride
Delaware Board of Education
McBride
Commission
Ford Suggests Third Party Listen To Tapes
Vice President Gerald R. Ford proposed that an independent third party listen to the Watergate tapes and provide an unbiased transcript. He ruled out taking the job, saying he would not be the third party. The NYT reported discrepancies between House transcripts and White House versions raising questions about accuracy.
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Ford
Monterey
Calif
Gerald R. Ford
White House
House Judiciary Committee
Nixon
The
New York Times
Judiciary Committee
House
ITT
Penny Pinchers Cash In
In Orlando crowds packed a mall to exchange pennies for 1.25 dollars per 100. By noon 700000 pennies were counted and moved, with Alfred Lucas the top contributor at 175000. Fred Wilcox earned a $3 profit after three hours for 1200 pennies.
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Orlando
Fla
David Jacobs
Alfred Lucas
Fred Wilcox
Wilcox
Lucas
Robert C. Baldwin III
Baldwin
Kissinger arms deal allegations denied by State Dept
State Department spokesman Robert Anderson said reports of secret 1972 nuclear arrangements with the Soviet Union are totally without merit and no secret agreements exist. Senator Henry M. Jackson had flagged the claims as reliable, while Kissinger prepared to testify and address the issue ahead of Nixon's Moscow summit on nuclear restraints.
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Barry Schweid
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Henry A. Kissinger
State Department
Robert Anderson
Department
Congress
U.S
Henry M. Jackson
Dash
Soviet Union
Kissinger
Senate
Jackson
Nixon
Leonid 1. Brezhnev
Communist Party
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Fou
Yoder’s Inc
Westchester Drive
Tuberose’s
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Westchester
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