Bell loses bid to void small rate hike in Texas
A Texas judge refused to void a Southwestern Bell rate increase and advised Bell to choose between seeking a stay with potential risk to the smaller raise or pursuing the slower appeal route. The judge affirmed the Public Utility Commission position. Separate items note OPEC pressure easing, a possible Howard Hughes estate tax settlement, a Brownsboro shooting spree ending in trooper gunfire, a Cullen Davis lawsuit question, and a deadly Skid Row Slasher case. The report also covers a smoked father health risk study, Texas traffic death rate trends, Kissinger’s farewell, a Seattle EEOC ruling, and a Greek tanker oil spill near Hawaii.
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Ustin. Tex
Southwestern Bell Telephone Co
Jim Meyer
Public Utility Commission
Bell
OPEC
Ford clears Tokyo Rose of treason
ASIVA Toguri, known as Tokyo Rose, was pardoned by President Ford after years of pleas. The 60-year-old Japanese American, once jailed and stripped of rights, regained citizenship and foregone protections. She now runs a family gift shop in Chicago after a news conference announcing the pardon.
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Ford
Tokyo
Rose
Cheryl Debes
Associated Press
Chicago
Iva Toguri D’aquino
North Side
Asiva Toguri
Los Angeles
UCLA
Shock graduate faced treason trial over Radio Tokyo role
A July 1941 graduate who sailed for Japan to care for a sick aunt remained in Tokyo at the start of World War II. Stranded without a passport she endured an enemy alien status and subsistence hardship. In 1943 she worked as a typist for Radio Tokyo and later joined an English program aimed at demoralizing U.S. troops. She testified that she only voiced lines written by Allied POWs. Convicted on one count in 1949 she faced a $10,000 fine and two years in jail before regaining U.S. citizenship.
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Japan
U.S
Tokyo
Pearl Harbor
Radio Tokyo
San Francisco
Washington
California
Outstanding cryptologist can't speak Chinese
Craig Johnson, hailed as the outstanding Chinese language student at the Defense Language Institute, is among 26 recruits suing the U S Army over alleged recruitment fraud for cryptologist interpreter translator training. The suit, filed in San Francisco July 1, argues enlistment contracts promised language training not required, with many plaintiffs stationed at Goodfellow AFB in San Angelo Texas.
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San Angelo
Tex
Craig Johnson
Army
Defense Language Institute
Johnson
Branford
Conn
U.S. Army
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals
California
Goodfellow Air Force Base
Armed Services’ School of Applied Cryptologic Sciences
Pentagon
Andrew Toler
Richmond
Toler
San Francisco
Repeal push and blue law bills publicized in Texas House
In Austin the Texas House opened with Speaker Bill Clayton guiding the filing of more than 600 bills. Rep. Sam Hudson proposed repealing the death penalty, while Rep. Lynn Nabers opposed repeal and defended the existing law. Three lawmakers also introduced a bill to end the blue law restricting Sunday sales. Governor Briscoe released a 16.2 billion budget plan merging welfare agencies into the Department of Human Resources, facing mixed support from the Appropriations Committee chair.
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Associated Press
Austin
Dallas
Hudson
Lynn Nabers
Brownwood
House Criminal Jurisprudence Committee
Nabers
Ronald Chambers
Texas Tech
Trinity River
Craig Washington
D Odessa
Henry Allen
Houston
Dolph Briscoe
Welfare Department
Youth Council
Governor’s Committee On
Ag- Ing
Texas Department of Human Resources
House
Appropriations Committee
Bill Presnal
D-Bryan
Grim energy forecast for Carter era foresees higher prices
The Federal Energy Administration warns of tight energy supplies and rising costs for years, predicting near doubling of residential fuel costs by 1985 due to inflation and rising energy costs. It warns of a mid to late 1980s oil supply-demand collision that could trigger steeper price hikes while U.S. energy demand growth slows.
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Washington
Federal Energy Administration
Carter
Energy Agency
Cenlersus
FEA
U.S
Record Low Studied as Florida Faces Cold Snap
West Palm Beach posted an all time low of 27 degrees while Miami reached 31 and Orlando 20, freezing citrus crops and halting work. Temperatures disrupted operations as hundreds of thousands stayed home and fuel moved by river and sea were strained.
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Florida
Chesapeake Bay
Mississippi River
Miami
National Weather Service
Issos
West Palm Beach
Orlando
Tampa
Daytona Beach
Earl Wells
Florida Citrus Mutual
Conserve
Telephone bill paying comes to Louisiana National Bank
Louisiana National Bank unveils a pay by telephone system for checking account customers. The bank says the service will be the first by a commercial bank in the nation and plans to charge 1.50 dollars monthly or 15 cents per bill. Customers may use touch tone or voice dial, with verification and monthly statements.
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Jerry Estill
Associated Press
Baton Rouge, la
Baton Rouge
Louisiana National Bank
LNB
Savings and Loan
Charles McCoy
McCoy
Seattle
Wash
Ditor
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Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas
D.K. Osborne
Hughes
Howard Hughes
Texas
Jim Dilworth
Dilworth
Hughes Estates
William Lummis
Anton
Brownsboro
Myrtle Springs
Department of Public Safety
James Milton Roberson
Mrs. Davis
Fort Worth
Cullen Davis Lemming
Davis Mansion
Priscilla
Grover Swift
Gus Garrel Jr
Bonn
West Germany
Ustin
Wilson Speir
Speir
Public Safety Commission
DPS
Kissinger
Ashington
Henry A. Kissinger
State Department
Vaughn Orrin Greenwood
Superior Court
Earl C. Broady
EEOC
William Taylor
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Taylor
Michael B. Hernandez
Hernandez
Honolulu
Coast Guard
Adm
James Moreau
14Th Coast Guard District
Hawaiian Islands
D’aquino
Dorothy Hoffman
Pittsburgh
David
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W. Palm Beach
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