Utility Officials Deny Overcharge Allegations in Texas
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn claims 12 Texas utilities overcharged customers 419 million dollars from 1956 to 1960 based on FPC data. Utilities deny the charge as false and propaganda, noting their figures come from annual financial reports. Houston Lighting and Power president calls the accusation a big lie.
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Associated Press
National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn
Texas
NRECA
Washington
FPC
T. H. Wharton
Houston Lighting and Power
National Electric Cooperative Assn
Italian Doctors Strike Over Low Pay and Red Tape
In Rome 83 000 doctors staged a 24 hour strike and announced an indefinite non cooperation with 280 health insurance groups. They protested red tape and low fees, limiting work to emergencies and canceling university classes while demanding streamlined paperwork and higher visit charges.
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Rome
UPI
Italy
Ike's Talk Cites American System at UC Charter Day
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower said the American system, though nearly 200 years old, remains an experiment tested today. Speaking at Charter Day ceremonies on the UC Los Angeles campus, he urged citizens to understand their role and authority in government to preserve self-government. He received an honorary Doctor of Laws degree.
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Los Angeles
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
University of California
University
Staff Judge Advocate Assigned To Reese
Captain Joseph W. Spencer returns to Reese Air Force Base as staff judge advocate after duty at Huntley AFB Georgia and Morocco. Captain Rutherford Friday joins the staff from the Air Reserve Record Center in Denver. Spencer, a Duke Law graduate and West Virginia native, served in World War II and has three children. Friday, a Wake Forest and Emory Law graduate, has five children.
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Joseph W. Spencer
Air Force Enison
Morocco
Reese Air Force Base
Rutherford Tr. Friday
Dallas
N.C
Spencer
Reese
2Nd Bomb Wing
Hunter Afb
Barksdale Afb
West Virginia
Duke University
Ohio Bar Association
Friday
Air Reserve Record Center
Denver
Wake Forest College
Emery University
Skeleton of Pygmy Elephant Found in Sicily Grotto
The Italian Institute for Geological Studies reports a three foot tall pygmy elephant skeleton discovered in a Siracusa area grotto. Scientists say these Sicilian pygmy elephants lived in the Pleistocene epoch.
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Rome
Italian Institute For Geological Studies
Siracusa
Sicily
Congo
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