PUCO hearing probes holdings in Norwalk telecom dispute
Testimony at a Public Utilities Commission of Ohio hearing in Columbus examines a potential conflict of interest involving inspector Thomas M. McClusky and a $350 000 trust tied to his late father. The session also reveals complaint statistics for Ohio telephone companies, with General Telephone showing the highest rate per 10 000 customers through September 1976.
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Public Utilities Commission of Ohio
Columbus
Norwalk
Richard Reach
PUCO
Thomas M. McClusky
Kenton
Ohio
Durin
McClusky
Henry Eckhart
Bench
Commission
Eckhart
Midcontinental Telephone Co
Rench
General Telephone Co
Ohio Bell
Charles Bowen
General Telephone
Bellevue
Richard Rench
Bowen
Chillicothe Telephone
Cincinnati Bell
Lorain Telephone
Mid-Continent Telephone
Newark Telephone
United Telephone
Inspections Dispute Over Local Phone Service Quality
McClusky led an inspection of the local phone company in December that Beach labeled a farce. He argued the five day review was too brief, inspectors lacked training on a testing machine, used only test numbers from the company, checked customers numbers, and found 30 percent of 240 subscribers rated service fair to poor while inspectors declared it good.
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McClusky
Beach
PUCO
Insurance Rate Rise for Huron County Vehicles
Huron County commissioners heard that liability insurance costs will rise this year without increasing coverage. Insurance broker Ralph Bache said the 1977 tab will go up while commissioner Thomas Carabin urged higher limits of about $500,000. County carries $100,000 to $300,000 on more than 106 vehicles. Bache suggested bidding out several coverage types.
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Huron County
Ralph Bache
Thomas Carabin
Bache
Carabin
Bacher
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