KCC and Bell clash over TeleKansas plan details
Kansas Corporation Commission staff oppose parts of Southwestern Bell TeleKansas regulatory plan proposing a $213 million rate decrease. CURB criticizes the plan as too favorable to Bell while hearings set for October and November.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas Corporation Commission
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Bell
KCC
Citizens’ Utility Ratepayers Board
SWBT
CURB
Alice Ranstoos
TeleKansas
Bell’s
Commission
Superfund program bogged down by studies and misused funds
A congressional analysis faults the Superfund for directing over half of its funds to administration, studies, and management rather than cleanup. Since 1980 about $10 billion was earmarked through 1992, with only about three dozen of 1,200 priority sites fully decontaminated. The report cites gridlock, legal wrangling and excessive studies as key obstacles.
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Washington
Congress
Office of Technology Assessment
Environmental Protection Agency
Earthquakes in China kill 18 flattening 8000 homes
A series of quakes struck a rural area along the Shanxi Hebei border injuring 28 and destroying about 8000 homes. The strongest quake reached 6.0 magnitude with hundreds of aftershocks, while Bejing felt the tremors but reported no damage.
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Beijing
China
State Seismological Bureau
California
Shanxi
Hebei
Xinhua
Whittaker to retire amid reapportionment debate in Kansas
Congressmen Whittaker plans to retire after his current term as Kansas faces a major district redraw. He cites family, potential teaching roles, and postoffice options while his Republican allies weigh protecting a new South District seat. Whittaker also notes campaign funds, stockpile strategy, and possible endowment use for leftovers.
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Ries
Kansas
Whittaker
Washington
Former telephone exec to head KPL Gas Service
John E. Hayes, 52, elected president and CEO of KPL Gas Service in Topeka, replacing David S. Black who retired. Hayes, former Southwestern Bell chief executive, resigns as Triad Capital Partners chairman and moves to Topeka to lead KPL, which posted 80 million net income on 1988 revenues near 1.2 billion.
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Topeka, Kan
St. Louis
Telephone Company
John E. Hayes
David S. Black
KPL Gas Service
Topeka
Black
Hayes
Triad Capital Partners
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Triad
Notice of Hearing in Estate Cases in Franklin County Kansas
First published notice in Franklin County Kansas district court concerns Edna Byrant estate and Frank L. O Neal estate. Petitions filed by heirs seek descent determinations of real estate in Ottawa and related Kansas real property. Defenses due by October 27 and October 30, 1989, at 10:00 a.m. in Ottawa.
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Franklin County
Kansas
Prahata Nanartmant
Edna Byrant
Hamblin
Ottawa
District Court
Frank L. O'Neal
Coun
Inflation Pushes Up Social Security Benefits in 1990
The Social Security Administration will announce the 1990 cost-of-living adjustment, the 25th since 1940, likely at about 4.5 percent or more. The change affects 38.9 million beneficiaries and will raise the average retired worker’s payment beyond the current $541 monthly.
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Washington
Social Security Administration
Labor Department
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D-Mich
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KPL
Vickie S. Wells
William S. Bowers Bowers & Sheldon
South Main
Richard O. Skoog
Howard R. O'Neal
Lawrence Ewing
Cenwal Vacuum Systems
West
Lawrence
Ottawa, Kansas
Ronnie Bayer
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Bayer
Tom Hickman
Postal Service
Lou Gehrig
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