LT&T rate hike hearings hinge on charitable gifts
At a Public Service Commission hearing on LT&T's 6.03 million rate increase, LT&T and staff clash over who should pay for charitable contributions. LT&T cites community benefits. staff and critics warn against raising rates to fund philanthropy. If approved, residential bills could rise 10 to 15 percent, business rates 30 to 34 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Paxson
Lincoln Telephone & Telegraph Co
Lt&t
Public Service Commission
Commission
Patsy Mullenix
At&t
Duane Gay
Crete
Norm Behrens
Behrens
Main Street
Dis
Gust
Larry Connealy
Columbus
Nebraska
Monahan Threatens Loss of State Aid Over Deaf Student
State Board of Education member James Monahan warned Aurora Public Schools they could lose all state aid, about 225000 dollars, if they do not provide an educational program for Steven C Larson Jr. The district denied entry to South Elementary, arguing the Nebraska School for the Deaf offers a better program, while Monahan urged adherence to state law and appealed rulings. Special education reports are due Oct 31 with board action possible in November or December.
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Aurora
State Board of Education
James Monahan
Donald E. Burling
Special Education Appeals Board
Monahan
Omaha
Steven C. Larson Jr
Steven C. Larson
Nebraska School For the Deaf
South
Larson
Prescott
Lincoln
Larsons
State Board
Bill collectors defend image as they seek debt reform
Bill collectors say they are communicators and money managers and defend their role as ombudsmen. At a New York convention they acknowledge abuses, note most debtors are decent, and argue progress comes from soft selling and direct contact to arrange partial payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruderman
New York State
American Collectors Assn
Lincoln firm to market inflatable grain storage bins
Lincoln firm Agri-Pro Ltd plans national sale of portable grain domes that control moisture using a blower system. The units cost about half of steel bins, are rollable, tax free, and can be heated for drying. Air pressure is maintained with a Lincoln manufactured blower paired to vinyl reinforced domes.
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Lincoln
John Farrar
Agri-Pro Ltd
44Th and
Cornhusker Highway
Farrar
Farrar Company
California
Escaped reformatory inmate recaptured
A 17 year old youth escaped from the Nebraska Penal Complex reformatory Monday night and was recaptured early Tuesday morning after police said he used a wooden plank to scale the fence. Steve Birge of Grand Island was arrested on a car theft charge at 134th Street and Waverly Road while serving a 5 to 10 year sentence for assault with intent to rob and return to finish sentences for breaking and entering and burglary. He previously escaped from the Lincoln Regional Center in February 1976 and held officers at bay in a nearby house for an hour.
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Nebraska Penal Complex Reformatory
Steve Birge
Grand Island
Sheriff's
134Th St
Waverly Road
Reformatory
Birge
Hall County
Lincoln Regional Center
Chicago Police Identify 16-Year-Old Jane Doe Victim
Chicago police have named Deborah Rosencranz, a 16 year old girl from Chicago, as the battered victim known only as Jane Doe. Dental records confirmed the identity while authorities seek leads about her death and the unknown assailant.
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Chicago
Jane Doe
Deborah Rosencranz
Airlines Seek Court Order to Start SST Flights at Kennedy
Air France and British Airways request a court order to launch SST operations at Kennedy Airport. The Port Authority, which runs the airport, plans to file papers to keep the Concorde ban in place until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on the issue.
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New York
UPI
Air France
British Airways
Kennedy Airport
Port Authority of
New Jersey
U.S. Supreme Court
Tax receipts beat projections for September and quarter
State tax receipts exceeded estimates in September by 300 000 dollars and the first quarter total rose to 131.8 million versus 130 million projected. Miscellaneous taxes including liquor and cigarets ran 8 percent above forecasts while sales and income taxes diverged from July and August trends. Rosalie Wahl was sworn in as the first woman named to Minnesota Supreme Court.
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Bill Peters
Revenue Dept
Peters
Rosalie Wahl
Lake Elmo
Minn
St. Paul
Minnesota Supreme Court
American Airlines Rehires 300 Fired Stews in $2.7 Million Pact
American Airlines will pay 2.7 million dollars to about 300 stewardesses fired for pregnancy between 1965 and 1970. The settlement ends a Civil Rights Act suit filed in 1970, with most claimants to return to work and seniority credits awarded.
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American Airlines
Chicago
UPI
Pressman
No Talks Set in Dockworkers Strike
Federal mediator Wayne L. Horvitz says he has spoken with both sides in the four day strike by 50,000 dockworkers but has not scheduled formal contract talks. The strike began Saturday and has halted container ship operations in 30 Atlantic and Gulf Coast ports.
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New York
UPI
Wayne L. Horvitz
Atlantic
Gulf Coast
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Lincoln Chamber of Commerce
Nebraska Telephone Assn
U.S. Independent Telephone Ass
Cone
Kilauea Volcano
Hawaii
Kalapana
Aurora Public Schools
Appeals Board
New York Times
Michael M. Goldberg
National Trade Organization
Martin Gross
Dutchess Bureau of Medical Economics
James M. Bonner Jr
Northern Division Central Service and Credit Bureau of
Watertown
N.Y
Paul G. Olsen Jr
Cortland
Credit Service, Inc
Gross
Irving Ruderman
Rochester
J. J. Exon
Board of Equalization
Minnesota
Charles Pressman
U.S
Frank McGarr
McGarr
American
Darlene Preston
Richard Lempert
Trans World Airlines
U.S. Court of Appeals
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