Potomac Edison seeks PSC rate case reopening
Potomac Edison asks the Maryland Public Service Commission to reconsider its March 24 decision granting 9 percent instead of 22 percent, arguing post filing costs and a snowstorm justify increasing the permanent hike to 11.9 percent. The utility cites changes after September 1974 data and promises of a prompt hearing.
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Potomac Edison Co
Maryland Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison
PSC
Maryland
Richard Case
Case
Don Rogers
commission people's counsel
Telephone rate case before PSC in Maryland hearing
Richard M. Wolf of American Telephone and Telegraph testified at the Public Service Commission evidentiary hearing on C P Telephone Co of Maryland seeking a 14.8 percent local rate increase. He cited ATT studies showing Bell system purchases far below general trade prices for Western Electric products and services.
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Richard M. Wolf
American Telephone and Telegraph
Public Service Commission
C&P Telephone Co
Maryland
Wolf
Western Electric
Bell system
Bell companies
ATT
People’s
Gary R. Alexander
Maryland reinstates capital punishment in state law
Maryland becomes the 32nd state to restore the death penalty with a mandatory execution provision for certain first degree murders. Gov. Mandel signed 311 bills, including a crime-control package, as prosecutors retain charging discretion and a criminal justice summit is set for May 13 to address trials and crime.
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ANNAPOLIS
Maryland
U.S. Supreme Court
Marvin Mandel
Supreme Court
Mandel
General Assembly
Mandel Signs Election Day Alcohol Bill for Frederick County
Gov. Mandel approved House Bill 998 expanding election day alcohol sales to Frederick County alongside Anne Arundel County. Other Frederick measures await final signing May 15 as the governor heads to Russia. The day also saw 300 bills signed including voter registration by mail and Public Service Commission cost justification rules.
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Marvin Mandel
Frederick County
Anne Arundel County
General Assembly
Russia
Carroll and
Garrett
Public Service Commission
Gov. Mandel
Charles H. Smelser
Carroll County
Carroll County General Hospital
Edward P. Thomas
Washington County
Maryland official sees better days ahead for economy
Deputy Secretary William A. Pate of the Maryland Department of Economic and Community Development spoke at an Industry Appreciation Day in Frederick County. He highlighted March output gains, reduced inventories, and a diversified state economy with strong employment growth and a thriving manufacturing base. He praised local leadership and the Max-Em program while noting national inflation and unemployment challenges amid the Bicentennial year.
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Maryland
William A. Pate
Department of Economic and Community Development
Frederick County
Federal Reserve Board
Pate
U.S
George Hubley
John Nelson
Joe McMahon
Mayor pressures utilities on underground wiring tax plan
Mayor Ronald N. Young urged utility firms to charge the underground wiring project costs to their general tax rate rather than city taxpayers. He asked the Maryland Public Service Commission to treat a 36 percent overhead cost as part of project costs and to share costs between Potomac Edison and C P Telephone. The city and PE planned evenly split the roughly 237000 project cost, with the city funding half from bonds while PE hestitates on collection method. C P Telephone also seeks PSC guidance on its billing method. Young stated the PSC must decide follow their proposals. precedent in Maryland says project costs come from general utility rates.
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Ronald N. Youn
Maryland Public Service Commission
Potomac Edison Company
PSC
Young
C & P Telephone Company
Je Young
Maryland
Communists reject peace negotiations amid Saigon setbacks
President Tran Van Huong renewed a ceasefire bid while Viet Cong assails his plan as a puppet move. South Vietnam lost Binh Tuy and Ham Tan as fighting rages in Tay Ninh and the delta. U S airlift shifts to Guam with 6 000 evacuees headed there and 1 500 Americans remaining in Saigon. The Justice Department approves U S refugee admissions reaching 131 000 Indochina refugees, including 75 000 Vietnamese dependents.
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Tran Van Huong
Nguyen Van Thieu
Huong
Thieu
Paris
Ham Tan
Binh Tuy
Tay Ninh
Go Dau Ha
Binh Tay
South Vietnam
Bien Hoa
Binh Duong
Mekong Delta
Long An
U.S
Clark Air Base
Philippines
Guam
U.S. island
western Pacific
Clark
Anderson Air Force Base
Washington
Edward H. Levi
Indochina
United States
House tackles energy proposals amid Senate delays
Inside The News notes friction as the House works on energy proposals while the Senate stalls. The page lists weather outlook with increasing clouds, highs mid to upper 60s, showers likely tonight and Thursday with highs around the 70s, and mild overnight lows near 50.
Frederick News-Post Announces Bicentennial Foundations Plan
The Frederick News-Post unveils "Frederick's Foundations" a county wide Bicentennial project running through 1975 to 1977. A kickoff at the Eagles' Home drew 250 officials and citizens as the paper schedules 20 monthly supplements starting in June to coincide with Bell & History Days and includes broad public participation.
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Frederick County
Frederick
Frederick News-Post
Eagles
George B. Delaplaine Jr
Ed Mull
Nick Wood
News-Post
Maryland
Louis L. Goldstein
Mr. Wood
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