AT&T Legal Costs In Bell Rate Hike Hearings Begin
In Topeka Kansas the first round of hearings on Southwestern Bell's 80.5 million rate request concluded. A consultant testified Kansas customers would bear about 303000 dollars of defense costs for an antitrust suit against AT&T. The case remains pending with a second hearing set for next week. Bell serves 760000 customers in 177 Kansas communities including Wichita and Topeka.
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Topeka
Kan
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Kansas Corporation Commission
Bell
Kansas
American Telephone& Telegraph Co
Richard J. Koda
KCC
At&t
U.S. Justice Department
Southwestern Bell
Koda
Georgetown Consulting Group
William Burke
Burke
ECC
Bell System
New York City
At&T’s
Kansar i
Wichita
Kansas City
Lawrence
Emporia
Pittsburg
Manhattan
Natalie Wood Drowns After Yacht Incident Off Catalina
Los Angeles actress Natalie Wood, 43, died in an apparent accidental drowning after falling from a yacht named Splendour near Santa Catalina Island. Officials cite intoxication and failure to respond as factors, noting a blood alcohol level of 0.14 percent and a dinghy nearby. Wood’s husband Robert Wagner and actor Christopher Walken were aboard. investigators found no physical altercation.
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Los Angeles
Natalie Wood
Thomas Noguchi
Noguchi
Miss Wood
Robert Wagner
Christopher Walken
Richard Wilson
Walken
Wagners
California
Wagner
Warren Cowan
Rogers and Cowan
Kansas AG Says Indigent Defense Reforms Unconstitutional
Kansas Attorney General Robert Stephan issues an advisory opinion ruling 1981 changes shifting indigency determinations from the Supreme Court to a legislatively controlled board violate separation of powers. He warns the move could deny counsel and spur appeals, though the opinion lacks force of law.
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Topeka, Kan
Robert Stephan
Stephan
Supreme Court
Alfred G. Schroeder
Kansas Supreme Court
Jeffrey Southard
Judicial Department
Kansas
Southard
Mavericks Clash On TV In Evening Duel Of Aces
AP writer Fred Rothenberg notes a ratings showdown between two TV legends. The Marva Collins Story stars Cicely Tyson as a Chicago teacher who creates Westside Preparatory School amid budget pain and red tape. Bret Maverick with James Garner offers nostalgic western appeal. Tonight's dueling programs pit heartfelt education drama against a light western, with Garner casting and Margolin adding comic filler.
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Midwest
Old West
Marva Collins
CBS
Cicely Tyson
Chicago
James Garner
Bret Maverick
Garner
Stuart Margolin
Rockford
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Clarence
Morgan Freeman
Electric Company
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