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FCC rulings.
may in crease
tele p o e osts

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LANSING (UPI)-Two recent
Federal Communications Commission
deregulation rulings may mean big in-
creases in the installation charges
levied on telephone customers, state of-
ficials say.
Mainly affected will be new telephone
customers. Persons whose service is
already connected will continue to
come under current regulations.
ANN SCHNEIDEWIND of the state
Public Service Commission said it is too
soon to tell how much bills will go up.
"But we definitely think that
deregulation will cause local service
rates to go up," Mrs. Schneidewind
said.
The first of the federal rulings
deregulates all new telephone equip-
ment, including phones, switchboards,
and exchange systems used by many
big businesses. Under the ruling, set to
take effect March 1, new customers will
have to purchase or lease their equip-
ment from the utilities or independent
firms.

"THE STATE commissions will have
nothing to say about how much they can
charge," said Mrs. Schneidewind.
"They can charge what they wish for
it."
The second ruling covers wiring in-
stalled in a home or apartment
building. Currently, the telephone com-
pany charges a portion of monthly bills
for wiring.
But in October, companies will have
to recover all the money spent on
wiring in the first year that it is in-
stalled. Mrs. Schneidewind said it has
not yet been determined whether this
will be a flat one-time fee or spread out
over 12 months.
ANOTHER FCC change says that
telephone companies can now ac-
celerate writing off plant depreciation
expenses, which will mean higher costs
in the first years a plant is open. These
costs can be passed along to telephone
customers.
Scheidewind said the PSC expects the
federal agency to extend the dates that
the rulings will take effect.

In Brief
Compiled from Associated Press and
United Presss International reports
Milliken goes door-to-door
amid objections to Proposal A
DEARBORN - Gov. William Milliken took to the pavement yesterday to
personally promote the Proposal A tax plan in a rare door-to-door campaign
of Dearborn and Southgate neighborhoods.
Milliken, followed by aides and reporters, visited about six homes in mid-
dle class Dearborn touting the proposal that would halve local property
taxes and income levies but would increase the state sales tax by 1.5 percen-
tage points.
In Lansing, the Michigan Association of Counties announced its opposition
to Proposal A Wednesday, saying the measure would hurt local government
and businesses in border areas.
Comunism gais importance
in French presidential race
PARIS - As President Valery Giscard d'Estaing and Socialist Francois
Mitterand headed into the final two days of a tight presidential race yester-
day, the major issue revolved around a man no longer in the contest -
Communist Party leader Georges Marchais.
Marchais and his Communists have thrown their support behind Mit-
terand in pursuit of their ultimate goal - the defeat of Giscard d'Estaing.
But that support is with reservations.
Marchais has made it clear that he is unhappy with Mitterand's vagueness
on the Communist issue and the Communist leader repeatedly has said he
would not support a Socialist government in which Communists do not par-
ticipate.
Mitterand has said he would dissolve the parliament and call new
parliamentary elections in hopes of gaining a leftist majority. Giscard
d'Estaing questioned him sharply on how he proposed to act if he did not
receive the majority he sought, intimating the government would be thrown
into chaos.
Priest criticizes U.S.
military aid to El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - The Defense Ministry yesterday reported
heavy fighting, with both sides suffering many dead and wounded, in and
around two rebel-held communities in northeastern El Salvador.
The reports came as American Maryknoll priest Roy Bourgeios, 42, who
walked into the U.S. Embassy Wednesday ending 10 days of fears that he had
been kidnapped and perhaps murdered, left for the United States. Bourgeois
criticized the Reagan administration for sending military aid to the ruling
Salvadoran junta.
UMW negotiations resume
WASHINGTON - Negotiations between the United Mine Workers and the
soft-coal industry resumed yesterday after a three-week break, but there
was no indication the talks would bring a quick end to the 42-day-old nation-
wide strike.
UMW President Sam Church said just prior to the bargaining session that
the union is not ready to compromise on its demands and union spokesman
Eldon Callen said a quick settlement is not likely.
Probably the major issue tying up the talks is a provision that would
require coal companies covered under the contract to pay royalties to UMW
pension funds for non-union coal they buy.
That provision, in the prior contract, was dropped from the March 23
proposal turned down by miners and Church wants it put back in.
Union district elections upcoming next week also could interfere with a
quick settlement of the strike. One UMW negotiator was defeated in a
similar election last Tuesday and another faces two challengers next week.
Newspapers, union reach
tentative contract agreement
NEW YORK - The Newspaper Guild reached a tentative contract
agreement yesterday with the New York Times and Daily News, less than
seven hours after the union struck the Times.
The tentative settlement is subject to a full rank-and-file vote scheduled
for early next week.
The new contract would raise reporters' top scale of $616 at the Times and
$578 at the News by $124 a week over three years, plus an additional $6 in
fringe benefits.
Guild members walked out at the Times at 6:30 a.m. EDT after rejecting a
last-minute management proposal.

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