Bell Seeks Record $80.5 Million Rate Hike in Kansas
Hearings in Topeka begin next week before the Kansas Corporation Commission on Southwestern Bell Telephone Co. 80.5 million dollar rate proposal. If granted, residential and business basic rates rise 3.70 a month, with higher local and long distance charges and new measured service trials in 10 cities including Wichita and Topeka.
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Topeka, Kan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bell
Centrex
Wichita
Topeka
Kansas City
Garden City
Hays
Hutchinson
Lawrence
Leavenworth
Parsons
Salina
Kremlin Eyes Arms Talks Details With Reagan Proposals
Kremlin spokesman Vadim Zagladin said Soviets are skeptical yet ready to hear details of Reagan's missile reduction offer as Geneva talks open on November 30. He noted Washington must specify which weapons it will forgo in Europe for Soviet missiles to be withdrawn, while Brezhnev urged a personal meeting with Reagan in a previously cited May letter.
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Kremlin
Reagan
Geneva
Vadim Zagladin
Zagladin
Brezhnev
Jimmy Carter
Europe
Washington
United States
Congress Misses Fiscal Deadline in Government Standoff
Washington lawmakers failed to wrap emergency funding before midnight as House and Senate negotiators struggle over a $3.3 billion domestic cut proposal. Reagan aides warn of a possible veto unless a compromise passes both chambers, while talks extend into the night with no clear resolution.
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Washington
House
Senate
Thomas P. O'Neill
Howard Baker
Baker
White House
Larry Speakes
Speakes
Reagan
O'Neill
P. O'Neill
Rainey found guilty of first degree murder in trooper slaying
A Butler County Kansas jury convicts 23 year old George E. Rainey of first degree murder in the July 1, patrolman Bud Pribbenow killing on the Turnpike near El Dorado after about two hours of deliberation. Rainey, a Milwaukee resident, faces an additional attempted murder case in Wichita.
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EL Dorado, Kan
Butler County
George E. Rainey
Rainey
Milwaukee
Wis
Kansas Highway Patrol
F.F
Bud” Pribbenow
Kansas Turnpike
el Dorado
Wichita
Page Benson
Sedgwick County
Greg Waller
Japanese Say Allen Accepted 2 Watches
National security adviser Richard Allen faces investigation over a $1,000 honorarium from a Japanese magazine interview with Nancy Reagan. Reports say he accepted two watches, gold and silver Seiko quartz, each about $165, bought duty-free for $130. The FBI and Justice Department pursue whether this violated 1977 gift limits.
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Tokyo
Natonal
Richard v. Allen
Nancy Reagan
The
Mainichi Shimbun
Fuyuko Kamisaka
Shufuno-tomo
Chizuko Takase
Allen
Reagan
Asahi Shimbun
Justice Department
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Mainichi
Takage
Washington
U.S
KBI Makes Coke Raids In Wichita
Kansas Bureau of Investigation agents arrested two Wichita women after six to eight ounces of cocaine were confiscated in raids on Thursday and Friday. Samir A. Taha, 34, and David R. Bohanon, 26, both of Wichita, face multiple charges including selling and possessing cocaine and conspiracy. Taha was arrested Thursday night at Wichita Mid-Continent Airport. Bohanon was nabbed Friday at a north Wichita residence.
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Wichita
Kan
Kansas Bureau of Investigation
Samir A. Taha
David R. Bohanon
Taha
Sedgwick County
Clark Owens
Mid-Continent
Bohanon
Riday
Owens
Sniper Kills Woman on Alabama Highway
A sniper on Alabama Highway 21 fired at passing vehicles for about 15 minutes killing Bernice Harville, 56, who held her 32 year old granddaughter in a car seat and wounding another woman. Lewis Lamar Free, 27, a Greenville native, was wounded and captured after prison officers from Fountain Correctional Center returned fire. Free faces murder and assault charges. the investigation noted no confirmed motive. The incident occurred near Atmore one mile north of Interstate 65 exit.
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Atmore
Ala
Alabama
Billy Smith
Smith
Lewis Lamar Free
Greenville
Fountain Correctional Center
Free
John Evans
Escambia County
Brewton
Bartley Gates
Bernice Harville
Pine Grove
Glen Williams
Zachery
Evans
Shook
John Evare
McArthur Davis
Greenlawn Hospital
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