Privacy seekers cling to unlisted Mississippi phone numbers
Bell figures show 43 154 private listings and 7 081 semi private listings among 646 594 main station phones in January 1976 in Mississippi. Private lines cost 1.50 monthly, semiprivate 0.80. Bell's F M Kyle Jr says unlisted numbers complicate record keeping and directory assistance and slow service. In emergencies an unlisted number can be retrieved by a supervisor.
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South Central Bell
Mississippi
Bell
F.M. Kyle Jr
Kyle
Twin Cities directors asked to return $150000 in savings funds
Twin Cities Savings and Loan directors Nolan Smith and Harold Lawrence are asked by court-appointed receiver Marion Roush to repay $150000 allegedly withdrawn before a May moratorium. Smith withdrew $114000 and Lawrence $36000 in the week before the withdrawals were halted. If not returned, legal action will follow.
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Twin Cities
Pascagoula
Twin Cities Savings and Loan
Jackson County Chancery Court
Nolan Smith
Harold Lawrence
Smith
Lawrence
Marion Roush
Cliff Finch
Robert Warren
Savings and Loan
Robert Oswald
Roush
Finch
Chancery Court
Smith and
Jackson
Savings and Loans
Oswald
Conservator
Accounting deficiencies cited on Coast coliseum investments
A special audit of the Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission found deficiencies in investing $20 million of bond proceeds in certificates of deposit. It urged hiring someone with accounting or financial expertise to handle CDs and budgeting, while noting bookkeeping was sloppy though investments were timely and legal. The review covered 10 months ending April 30 with Francis Hursey as business manager.
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Mississippi Coast Coliseum Commission
Commission
Francis Hursey
Coliseum
Convention Center
Wright, Ward, Hatten & Co
Gulfport
Port
Coliseum Commission
Mississippi
Harrison County
Wallace Hall
Eldon Bolton
The
Coliseum Arena
Fountain
Hall
Nashville
Harrison County Board of Supervisors
Democrats urge Rodino nomination for vice president
A group of House Democrats is urging that Rep. Peter Rodino be nominated for vice president. The note appears on Page A-4 under Inside.
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House Democrats
Rep
Peter Rodino
Carter hunts for campaign money amid debt and delegate contest
Carter travels from Georgia to Boston and New York for fundraisers and a New York policy address as his campaign reports 600000 debt. He trails 36 delegates from clinching the Democratic nomination while Ford and Reagan campaign across Indiana California and Mississippi for late weekend delegate selections.
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Associated Press
Jimmy Carter
Ford
Indiana
Ronald Reagan
California
Carter
Georgia
Boston
New York
Senate Democrats
House
Washington
Bob Lipshutz
Reagan
Indianapolis
White House
Jaycees
Congress
Betty Ford
Minnesota
Montana
New Mexico
Democratic leaders propose monthly House accounting
Democratic leaders proposed a monthly accounting of every House employee pay and duties to curb payroll fraud. The plan would strip the Administration Committee of power to raise staff and travel allowances and create an eight member plus seven outside commission to study comprehensive House accounting.
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Washington
House
Wayne Hays
Administration Committee
Hays
Committee
Elizabeth Ray
Frank Thompson
D-N.j
Thompson
David R. Obey
D-Wis
Obey
Democratic Caucus
Phillip Burton
California
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Bell District
Terrence N. Ingram
Eagle Valley Environmentalists
Mississippi River
Tost
Wis
Ingram
Larry Arcell
Coast Coliseum
Gulf National Bank
Merchants Bank and Trust Co
Peoples Bank of
Lewis Curtis
Jim Fairley
Ellis Alford
H.F. Fountain
Southern Airways
Charles McKellar
Gordon Marks
Dave Roberts
Florida
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