Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 September 1951 — Page 9

20, 1951

THURSDAY, SEPT. 20, 1951

Court Tosses Bell

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Fight for Rate Hike Back to PSC

Continued From Page One

gecond increase this year. In June, Judge Claycombe approved a jump of 60 cents to $1.75 a month in phone bills throughout the state. Besides the 5-cent average increase in long distance calls, In-

.diana Bell asked to shorten the : time for calls up to 25 miles from “five to three minutes.

Telephone officials said the new rates would bring in an extra $6,648,000 on local service, $2,509, 000 on long distance and $582,000 on miscellaneous service, The b-cent boost in pay phone rates, previously denied by the State Public Service Commission, would add $423,000 a year to the

. utility’s revenue.

Officials sald the dime-per-call

. rate now is in effect in Illinois, » New York State, Minnesota, Iowa, ~ South Dakota and Washington " Btate.

With the completion of the court case today, Public Counselor

« Walter Jones Jr. was expected to

« Jones to the rambling testimony

demand that new testimony ofJered this week by the utility be referred back to the PSC for con-

2 sideration. | Bell Completes Case Bi

The new testimony

crease granted Indiana Bell em-|

- ployees in June and an expected! 1'$1,628,000 boost in federal income

taxes. sf ! Indiana Bell completed its case

| yésterday after Judge Claycombe|

turned down 21 objections by Mr.

of an economics expert. During the four-hour hearing,

the Indiana phone situation. The]

.. politica} and economic setup of! the nation since 1800 was dis-|? cussed, along with the financial!

pictures of foreign countries. The utility witness,

. situation affected Indiana Bell.

Among his comments were the

prediction that prices will con-/

tinue to rise and the present inflationary trend will continue even after the Korean War. !

He was carefully questioned by |

Judge Claycombe On the efficiency of the Bell System and on the

result of a reduction in efficiency. Court observers speculated the

judge was compiling a record on which to justify a possible fav-

-orable ruling on the utility's

. monthly rates are as follows:

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multi-million-dollar request. Judge Claycombe granted Indiana Bell a temporary rate in-

crease, estimated between $5.4 and! $7.2 million, in June. The case was;

appedled to him after the PCS

_ trimmed the utility's request from + $8.2 million to $730,000. re

Present and proposed new

Type of Present Propsd Service Rate Rate | Residence, private line ..... $625 $650 Residence, two-party ...... 5.10 5.35 Residence, four-party ..... 4.10 4.25 + Residence, rural .. 4.10 4.25 * Business, private line .... 16.50 17.00 Business, rural .... 6.25 6.50 Pay phone, | per call ....... . 05

‘Home on the Range’ MEDFORD. Ore., Sept. 20 (UP)

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an 80-acre ranch on Elk Creek northeast of Medford, it was

learned today. He decided to buy the ranch while staying as a guest

: at Ginger Rogers Rogue River : ranch near Shady Cove, Ore.

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testimony ranged far afield trom |

Jackson § ° Martindell, New York economist, attempted to point out in. his! lengthy discussion how the world

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| * tually eliminated from the f=: pennant race by a 15-2 loss | to Cleveland,. the Boston Traveler printed the American League standings on its front page today in- | side "a heavy,

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‘Maybe They Just Didn't [Believe They'd Won | SAN BRUNO, Cal, Sept. 20 (UP) — California horse race (board members think they know

why some horse players die broke ~—they forget to cash their winning tickets.

represents the amount of winning mutuel tickets which were not cashed during the recent Bay Meadows meeting.

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and drove over a lonely country road to a creek bridge, according

'to Phipps. , \ | Phipps said he wanted to take Mr. Johnson into Spencer where ‘he could receive medical attention,

but Parrish suggested taking him

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{ The youth said Mr. Johnson fell

The board has instructed the over the bridge railing and they Piracy in connection with a Bay Meadows track at San Mateo left him. Mr. Johnson apparently 8rocery store holdup last sumto turn over $22,604.90 to the crawled from the creek to the mer. state of California. The money barnyard in the nearby Lawrence

‘Dyer farm. His body was found by Mr. Dyer early yesterday. -

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degree murder charges against both youth. : Fh Coroner Dorus Macy sald Mr. Johnson was slugged beyond recognition. His shirt sleeves were ripped off, his shoes missing, his trousers jerked down from his waist. ’ Authorities said the beating probably took place .one mile; south of Spencer where they found a pool of blood along the road and signs of a free-for-all The railing on the iron bridge was splattered with blood and there was a trail of blood leading from the creek to the Dyer barnyard. Mr. Hickam said Parrish was free on bond on charges of secjomd degree burglarly and con-

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