Bell to cut rate hike request to under 500 million
Southwestern Bell will reduce its proposed rate increase to just under 470 to 480 million while still seeking two separate cases. The American Telephone and Telegraph divestiture in 1984 looms, with questions on timing and possible later adjustments. Sufficient details hinge on PUC rulings and hearings set for Monday.
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Austin
Southwestern Bell
Bell
Public Utility Commission
John Dee Lawrence
Commission
PAC
Allen King
American Telephone & Telegraph
PUC
Sara Cristol
Jacqueline Holmes
Holmes
Texas to Run Matagorda Island Wildlife Refuge
President Reagan signed a measure ratifying an agreement letting Texas assume management of 19 000 acres on Matagorda Island starting September 1. The move shifts administration from the Interior Department while title remains with the federal government. Environmental groups challenged the plan, saying it violates the National Wildlife Refuge Administration Act.
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Washington
Texas
Matagorda Island
Reagan
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Bill Patman
Interior Department
Sierra Club
Defenders of Wildlife, Inc
Interior
Patman
Congress
Howard Fox
The
Club
House
Jim Wright
Odessa firefighter battles grass fire near Monahans Draw
Dousing efforts by Odessa firefighter Pat Land fought a grass fire around 4 p.m. Thursday in the Monahans Draw. No residential property damage was reported, according to Coggins.
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Odessa
Pat Land
Monahans
Coggins
Pentagon budget probes hidden costs and old devices
Defense inspector general Joseph Sherick told the Senate Appropriations defense subcommittee that Pentagon spare parts purchases show abuse, with diodes priced at 110 dollars and hammers at 435, while most contracts are sole-source from monopolies. Senators urge criminal prosecutions and reform.
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Washington
Pentagon
Defense Department
Joseph H. Sherick
Sherick
Congress
Navy
Senate Appropriations Defense Subcommittee
Warren Rudman
N.H
Oil giants test debit cards to buy gas nationwide
ARCO Exxon and Shell will pilot debit card payments at about 60 stations in San Jose San Diego Houston and other markets. Card use debits from bank accounts via ATM like terminals with customer PINs and bank clearance. Analysts call it a quantum leap toward a cashless society.
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Los Angeles
George Babikian
ARCO
San Jose
San Diego
Bank of America
ABCO
Babikian
Associated Press
Exxon
Houston
First City National Bank of Houston
Shell
Texas
PULSE
Dan Lundberg
Lundberg
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American Telephone and Telegraph
Texas Municipal League
Ray Besing
MCI
Besing
Texas To Run Animal Refuge
U.S. Interior Department
Fish and Wildlife Service
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
Corpus Christi
Mexico
Bankhead Avenue
Wayne Coggins
Alfonso D’ Amato
N.Y
Defense
Caspar Weinberger
Rudman
Sen
Ted Stevens
Alaska
Stevens
D’amato
Defense Contract Audit Agency
Charles O. Starrett Jr
Dave Young
Chevron USA
San Francisco
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