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Birmingham Post-Herald from Birmingham, Alabama • 2

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A 2 Pd-Hwld Twnfay March 6 lUTt fc 1 High water means hot tempers CMtlnaed from ban A1 Red Cross spokesman Wally Rental Continued from page A1 Red Cross spokesman Wally Renken I was Just plain old water from the 1 i Graham said he may ask Carter to declare the region a disaster area The flooding claimed another victim Monday in northwest Missouri Ray- mond Henderson 78 of Rosendale drowned when bis pickup truck was swept into the flooded Hundred and Two River pain persisted from the Great Lakes southward to the Carolinas and east- -ward to New England while snow was-falling from eastern Iowa through Wisconsin into upper Michigan Lots of lunshlne is ahead for the Birmingham metropolitan I area today and tomorrow The official forecast calls for today and tomorrow with warming High temperatures today will be in the low 60s and tomorrow i Pollution count i Here is yesterday's pollution count given in the number of micrograms of solid pollution Jper cubic meter of atmosphere sampled: Downtown 57 North Birmingham 52 'Leeds Tarrant 72 During the past year the Jef- ferson County particulate count has exceeded the 260 danger level 45 times National Weather Service forecast to in the mid to upper tonight will be In the upper 30s Winds' 60s Lows i will be out of tbe south west at five to 10 miles an hour The extended forecast for Alabama calls for a chance of showers on Thursday and mostly fair and warmer on Friday and Saturday High afternoon temperatures will be in the 60s on Thursday and In the 60s and 70s on Friday and Saturday Lows will be in the 40s and 50s (M-tar SkMcH tB 6 pm wW mkadriaiwtwir IT Mcaa tola data laatyaar SI HiUM Ita Me It INI UT lanaM ton date Urn MO Charles Abbott cause I got flood out on my he sail Alabama the only state with problems Flooding was reported from Michigan where 1000 people were trapped for high water in an apartment complex in Grand Rapids to Pensacola Fla Florida Gov Bob Graham planned to Power granted 95 hike SI IT Mill Ajn dfdhAl to ing Alabama Power out here" he said But not everyone was angry about rising lake water It was the topic of conversation at the Coosa Vi eery store but patrons there stead about Sunday's water rose fast but yesterday was good fishing You could almost toss a line out your trailer Ernie Walker said His wife Betsy said they weren't flooded out yet But rising water might change that quickly hasn't got to us yet but it has some id our neighbors There's one with a big truck that has already hook- ed up to his trailer ready to she said Dale Whitten isn't worried by rising lake water ain't that bad Tbe first one they said was an act of God" be said His brother Phillip agreed only flooded twice in two years Well one time when I was a kid it came up above Coosa Valley Road be- Alabama Continued from page A1 the elderly those on fixed incomes not concerned about construction of future facilities They are concerned with keeping the lights and heat turned He claimed the 95 per cent increase would allow a moderate increase for inflation placing an undue burden on the working people of Steve Bradley Alabama Power vice president for public information denied charges concerning the construction program "The central point that Commissioner Folsom left out is that the i has no Bradley said "We I to build the necessary facilities to meet demand The company Just cannot afford to be wrong down the road and not have enough generating Bradley also charged that Folsom's contention that the utility is mismanaged just patently He cited an independent audit of the utility released almost a year ago which concluded that the power company was well-managed Mrs McDaniel a holdover from the previous PSC said she had been in hearings for 18 months and was convinced of a need for a sizable increase my judgment tbe power company is in need of rate relief and the rate increase should come as soon as possible to free the bonds ana get construction back under Mrs McDaniel said Mathews said APC presented a case that it needs additional money I -do not know bow much they do need I do know whatever their position Is I did not bring it about The PSC has been Abbott tour Pensacola where residents were digging out from under the debris of a weekend deluge of 14 indies of ram that drove 5000 persons from tbeir homes and left property damage estimated Monday at more than 15 million didn't have rivers running over or anything like that" said Pensacola est possible cost and to have a profitable and viable power company a political football and a lot of hot air out of it is not going to solve the Still to be settled is the request for a permanent rate increase of 33 per cent or 6288 million a year The vote yesterday applies to a temporary increase It can last only until July 19 without additional action by the PSC PSC members said they did not know when a hearing would be set on the request for the permanent increase Mrs McDaniel appeared angry Monday about the 2-1 vote and adjourned the meeting immediately after saying she would issue a dissenting opinion defending a higher rate increase Bradley said the 681 million increase will not help the company much initially- "We have a serious cash problem Cutbacks were initiated last December with an eye toward reducing our cash needs but this money will not be forthcoming soon so the effect will he WETflL 592-3294 Fair skies are expected ever most of the 'country today while rain is predicted in It he Pacific Northwest Station goes Continued from page A1 ing mostly movies and old television show reruns However There has been a growing trend among independent stations to broadcast specially made original programming The IDC noting the long delay in reaching a decision in this case criticised both Itself and the applicants for the delay The applicants did not help spped the case along by failing to notify the FCC when their situations changed It said it is trying to reform its own prpceedures to speed up decisions in such cases: The FCC in 1974 initially gave the license for channel 21 to Birmingham Broadcasting but reopened the case a year later when Chapman raised questions about the financing for BBC These Prices Are Correct! These Doors Will Be Discontinued From Our SAYINGS 30 to 150 ON THESE DOORS BUYNOW PAY LATER Mideast peace hopes rise In the Grand Rapids suburb id Kent- wood Mich floodwaters on Plaster Creek receded 1000 persons trap an apartment complex Mayor Peter Lambert canceled standby orders for a National Guard' pontoon bridge when the water drip- sufficiently to clear one of three i leading into the Wingate Apart- ped suff bridges I negligible- We will have determine-that but for the time being at leasVwe-will continue with costcutting measures in Included in those cutbacks last December were reduction in purchase of long-term contract coal and elimination of spot coal purchases About 100-000 tons of coal a month had been purchased on the spot market A redaction of 150000 tons a month in longterm contract deliveries was also iuti-tuted As a result many coal companies have felt the pinch Smaller companies have gone out of business and even largest have cut back operations Alabama By-Products Corp reduced its mining operation to a four-day workweek and Drummond the largest coal company has closed three mines -Pi Jerry Byars public relations spokesman for Drummond said at Brilliant and Natural Bridge have been dosed affecting 65 to 80 employees agree that 95 percent is not going to have any noticeable effect on their situation at alL I can see us in the same situation as we have Byars said iffhf! 9 Right! SuppiyLasti 592-3294i Concord 299 IlHlBlMliMMd here 50 years I have been here six weeks ask me by a simple stroke of a pen to make them whole again to make up for errors of the past This I cannot do It had been my hope this commission could come to a unanimous decision It is obvious we cannot do that So I second Mr Folsom's Elmer Harris APC vice president for corporate finance said the increase would help but would not be enough to bail the company out of its chronic financial trouble "We will have to evaluate this Regardless of whether it is April or May we still have the same situation The company does not have enough He said some things under study include cutting back on coal purchases not paying an already growing stack of invoices and cutting back on overtime needed in emergency situations to restore power Harris said coal supplies already are at a He said the company could survive financially only if the Securities and Exchange Commission increases its borrowing power to 6550 million from 6305 million and banks are willing to make short-term loans Construction this year was budgeted at 6600 million The company has halted all major construction work because of its financial condition Asked for comment on the increase Gov Fob James said: 1 bine the Public Service Commission and the power company can work in cooperation because our goal is to give the people of electrical HOURS: WEEKDAY! 2-19 PM SAT NOON-10 PM SUN H00N-7 PM to Chapman BBC cited two letters from banks expressing an interest in lending money to the group if it got a license During the hearings however Chapman proved that nether loans from the First National Banks of Birmingham or the National Bank of Commerce were as firm a commitment as BBC claimed In another FCC case tbe Alabama Educational Television Commission formally filed its tentative agreement to turn over Channel 10 (WBIQ) in Birmingham to the Alabama Citizens for Responsive Public Television- Implementation of the agreement which must be approved by the FCC hinges on whether AETC can obtain license for a new station Channel 39 in Tuscaloosa i- So Sadat must appear to be forced to make a concession and that force can come only from President Carter not from other U3 officials Carter will be in Egypt from Thursday to Saturday then go to Jerusalem SignificantlyjCarter has left open his return date This caused some analysts to feel the president may hope for early acceptance by both sides of a modified treaty and even for a gala signing ceremony Last fall when the treaty was agreed on by Egyptian and Israeli negotiators andbefore Sadat rejected it there was talk of bidding a signing ceremony atop biblical Mount Sinai isn't hazard said yesterday the city had assumed responsibility for the leak because the pipe was damaged during construction of the Elder Street drainage project hard to determine when it was cracked but we're out there and we're going to have Morris-Shea Construction Company which is handling the Elder Street project go in there and fix it' Duncan said it's not a terrifically Mg problem It doesn't pose a health problem because enough water in the creek to sufficiently dilute it But it will be fixed Duncan said sandbags had been placed over the rupture to stop the flow of sewage directly into the creek Vol No 263 32 Pages Three Sections The Birmingham Post Herald fttmad and Pubdtfiad dady aacaal Sunday By Th Birmingham Pail Company 2201 Mi Avanua North Birmingham AlaBama BMJ Ttia Birmingham Pori ariaMthod Nil Tha Birmingham Aga i tar old ariatdriiad WB Comhinod Mov 11 NjO to term Tha Birmingham Pori-Horatd Eatemd Sacond Clata Matter at tha Bir-mfeighan Pori (Mica MISS YOUR PAPER? 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