Directory assistance charges spark contrast between users and firms
The text compares modest use by individuals to heavy usage by large firms, noting that 1411 directory assistance calls per month per big company imply higher hidden costs. It argues that keeping the charge protects smaller users from a blanket rate hike and mentions potential Public Utility Commission testimony about rate increases if the charge is removed. It also includes a requester from Floresville seeking Corpus Christi information and a note about selling old piano sheet music through Antique Trader.
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Ziff
Soran
Marco
Bell
Gilliam
Gilliard
Public Utility Commission
Texas Senate
Chicago El Crash Haunts Loop as Death Toll Rises
National Transportation Safety Board took over the investigation into a Chicago El crash that caused bedlam in the northern Loop. Emergency clinics opened, doctors were summoned, and witnesses described chaos as passengers were rescued from hanging cars and trapped under debris.
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Washington
National Transportation Safety Board
Bernard Feldman
Wesley Pavilion
Morthwestern Memorial Hospital
Vietnam
Anther
Bedlam
Hilandic
Bilandic
Pauline Lavinght
Christina Thomas
Lombardino bill testimony reshapes city police fire feud
Mayor Cockrell, once the chief negotiator in the police firemen controversy, left town without voicing her stance. Houston officials favor the unlimited dek pay law as representatives from police and fire associations head to Austin to testify. The hearing date shifts to February 15 to allow more testimony. Sandhe invites city staff and councilmembers to testify amid ongoing tensions. State Rep. Abe Ribak has introduced a repealer bill.
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Cockrell
Anieady
Austin
Lombardino
Pyndus
Houston
Sandhe
Ures
Abe Ribak
Three Guilty Of Drug Smuggling In Federal Case
A federal jury convicted Mendoz known as Mama June Mendoza, her husband Oscar Mendoza, and his brother Arturo on all counts in a heroin smuggling indictment. They were linked to delivering 24 pounds of heroin to DEA agents at an Austin motel on Sept. 28, 1976. Each faces lengthy prison terms with bonds set at 1.8 million dollars. The verdicts followed four hours of deliberation.
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Mama June” Busch Mendoz
Mexico
Mra. Mendoza
Corpus Christi
Oscar Mendoza
Oscar
Arturo
U.S
Adrian Spears
Drug Enforcement Administration
Austin
IRS rules clarify bingo winnings reporting
The regulations explain that bingo winnings are reported at fair market value when not in cash, the $00 reporting threshold is not reduced by wagers, and all winnings from a single bingo or keno game must be summed while losses from other wagering are not deducted.
Man Charged In Killing At Mitchell Lake Slaying
A South Side man was charged with the mutilation murder of Rugina, whose body was found at Mitchell Lake with four bullet wounds to the head and multiple stab injuries. Domingo Ramos, 30, of 7 Brighton, was also killed. Pedro Velasquez, 16, of 362 Brighton, was charged with Ramos’ murder and jailed on a 50,000 bond. Detectives seek motive as officers recover a bloodstained car and a recently fired 22 caliber rifle.
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South Side
Mitchell Lake
Domingo Ramos
Brighton
Ramos
Pedro Velasquez
Wight
Manuel Lopez
S.W. Military
Roosevelt
Rugina
Tourists Stranded as Tanzania Closes Kenya Border
Tanzania abruptly shut its border with Kenya stranding thousands of American and European tourists. Kenyan vehicles and light planes were seized in apparent retaliation after Nairobi moved to scrap its joint airline. Border closures disrupted ships aircraft and road travel, deepening East Africa diplomatic tensions.
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Nayroht
Kenya
UPI
Tanzania
Fast Afmcaty Airways
Uganda
Nairobi
East Africa
Dismissal Motions Filed in Western Texas Selective Service Cases
U S Aug John Clark filed motions for dismissal in all pending Selective Service cases in the Western District of Texas. San Antonio division includes Bobby Harris Thames Lash Michael McGuire Frank Schutta Jr and Michael Vasquez. Six El Paso division cases and one each in Austin and Midland Odessa divisions.
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U.S
John Clark
Texas
San Antonis
Clark
Carter
Jata
San Antonio
Bobby Milton Harris
Thames Wayne Lash
Michael Patrick McGuire
Frank Herman Schutta Jr
Michael Vasquez
el Paso
Austin
Midland-Odessa
COPS urges city action on weed growth fines
Huebner faced firm questions from COPS member Ben Castillege about pushing City Council to raise fines for weed growth on vacant lots. Castillege offered his COPS button for 49 cents. Huebner declined the gesture but said he would tell the council it was a good idea if COPS presented the proposal. The council will hear the staff plan to create a code enforcement unit in the city prosecutor's office with health inspectors enforcing the rule. The current code bans weeds over one foot high on vacant lots, with penalties from 25 to 200 dollars. If private owners do not clear lots, funding will be sought to hire workers or subcontract. Beatrice Gallego of COPS praised San Antonio as a unique city and urged action to clean up junkyards and lots, aiming for a master plan and visible results.
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Turing
Cass
Robert Simith
Tony Timms
Brighton
England
Lakeview
Highrise
Ben Castillege
Castillega
Huebner
Council
San Gabriel's
Order Newsman Out in Moscow Strike on Press Curbs
A Soviet order expelled a Newsman within a week amid a campaign to curb foreign press access. The official action cited links to a U.S. agency as grounds for departure, marking a sharp escalation in Moscow's media restrictions.
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Moscow
UPI
Soviet” Union
Associated Press
George
Kkrimsky
U.S. CIA
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