New FCC Rules Spark Competition In Telephone Market
Dollars & Sense at left shows an ITT clock phone and at right a Kangaroo phone by Northern Telecom. These are among the new generation of telephones responding to recent federal regulations that introduce competition to the phone industry. Customers may now buy FCC standard phones and plug them into standardized jacks installed by telephone companies.
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Northern Telecom, Inc
Telehone
Tomers
FCC
Pool an investment in fun in Southern Illinois
Jeff Siegel explains that buying a pool is a major decision with costs around 7500 for in ground pools and about half for above ground options. Maintenance runs about 150 yearly, with permits and fencing advised, and pools vary by type and size.
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Illinois
Landess Mills
Murphysboro
Bill Walters
Walters Realty
Carbondale
Walters
Dollars and Sense
Jeff Siegel
Esday
Dollars
Sense
Mills
Harold Frazier
Jim Cecil Construction Co
Argentina beef exports rise 19 percent in 1977
Argentina exported 773,408 tons of beef in 1977, up 19 percent from 1976, according to the Ministry of Economy. Dollar value of exports reached 895,803,000, and shipments included beef, beef extracts, by products and cattle on the hoof.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
Ministry of Economy
Savings Bonds sales rise in early 1978
U S Savings Bond sales climbed 4 percent in the first quarter of 1978, totaling over 2.1 billion dollars. Series E bonds discount to face value at maturity in five years, while Series H bonds pay six percent interest and mature in ten years. Both types offer tax advantages and can be held or exchanged under specific rules. Bonds are purchasable at banks, savings institutions, payroll plans, or via Federal Reserve Banks and the Bureau of the Public Debt.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
U.S
Treasury Department
Survey Research Center
University of Michigan
Federal Reserve Banks
Bureau of the Public Debt, Securities Transactions
Washington, D.C
Practical do it yourself ideas for budget projects
Vivian Brown AP News outlines affordable home improvement ideas for the do it yourselfer. Prioritize one project at a time, suggesting inexpensive tasks like built seating, shelves, a recessed laundry hamper, wall coverings, furniture patterns, a small brick outdoor grill, plantings, post holes for fences, a dog run, a long narrow dog run, and a large outdoor trash bin with a door to organize disposal and free space.
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Vivian Brown
AP News
Pulling the plug on power company teaches town to endure
Westwood California residents staged a one week blackout against California Pacific Utilities to protest high bills. The action showed many could live without electric gadgets, attracted global media attention, and even sparked small rate cuts. Public Utilities officials noted ongoing letters and calls.
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Power Company
Westwood
Calif
California
California-Pacific Utilities Co
Westwood blackout sparks self-help power cuts in Lassen County
The Westwood community engages in drastic energy-saving measures amid a major blackout. Residents retrofit their homes with wood burning stoves and generators, freezing water and foods to reduce power use while CPU officials dispute rising bills and appliance damages. The town of about 2,500 amid elevation 5200 feet adapts to a prolonged outage.
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Commission
Westwood
Paulette Benner
Richard
Pauline Ausmus
Sharon Bowen
Albert Hintz
Lassen County
CPU
Ausmus
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