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Questions assistance charge OSPIRG demands rate hike hearings By JACKMAN WILSON Of the Emerald OSPIRG plans to fight to the bitter end over Pacific Northwest Bell’s 20 cent charge for directory assistance calls. The Oregon Student Public Interest Research Group (OSPIRG) has called on the Public Utilities Commissioner (PUC), Charles Davis, to hold public hearings on the charge no later than April. The PUC denied a similar petition last December. The issue may go to court if the petition is turned down again, says Ed Valentine, OSPIRG acting direc tor. Valentine stresses that OSPIRG is not asking the phone company to revoke the charge. What is needed is a closer examination of the costs and effects of the new billing system, and some opportunity for the public to express its feelings about the charge. OSPIRG wants clarification of several aspects of the directory assistance charge. • An explanation of the exemption from the charge for guest telephones in hotels and motels. OSPIRG contends guests in hotels and motels have access to the same directory information as general ratepayers and that a public utility cannot discriminate • A clarification of the phone company's policy on determining eligibility for the handicapped exemption from the directory assistance charge • A more detailed statement of the phone company s policies regarding distribution of in-state telephone directories. OSPIRG s most recent petition to the PUC states that the denial of the original petition failed to address questions concerning the costs and benefits of the new charge. For instance, the rationale behind the charge is to make the direc tory assistance system self-supporting and to make users of the system pay for it. OSPIRG says directory assistance was profitable before the charge was implemented and that with the new charging plan, the phone company projects a $17 million annual profit, an increase of almost 600 per cent. This figure, OSPIRG contends, does not include profit on the directories themselves, almost $6 million in 1974 OSPfRG has requested a detailed cost-benefit analysis of the system, including information about who calls directory assistance, how often and why. Valentine says the real issue is whether or not there has been a decline in the total volume of calls since the new charge was introduced. A decline, he says, would result in a hidden savings for the phone company. I can see no reason why the commissioner has denied to grant a public hearing. Valentine says If there is a reason for his reluctance it might be that there s a real problem with the system Forty excused in first day of Hearst jury selection San Francisco (AP) — Patricia Hearst, flanked by a team of lawyers and supported by the family she once denounced, went on tirial Tuesday. Her judge declared his intention to seat a jury within two days. U S. Dis^'^t Court Judge Oliver Carter launched jury selection in the trial with mass questioning of some 120 prospective panelists—most of whom affirmed their willingness to presume the jailed heiress innocent of the back robbery with which she is charged Before court adjourned for the day, some had come forward to confess their prejudices, and one woman admitted that her family feared retaliation if she served on the jury. The judge, maintaining a kindly attitude toward the group, quickly excused anyone expressing even the slightest fear that he or she might be unfair in deciding the case. A total of 40 persons was excused, most of them for personal reasons. Describing the trial as "the most fully covered case in this country that I know of,” Carter cautioned the potential jurors that they could expect to be sequestered for at least four to five weeks. I expect to conclude the jury selection by tomorrow,” Carter de clared before adjourning court for the day. Most of the more than 100 reporters on hand for the trial were not allowed inside for the morning session But by afternoon, enough poten tial jurors had been excused to allow some spectators and more repor ters to gain seats. The defendant s father, still stunned by his daughter's status as accused felon, said before the start of the first day's session that Hearst's kidnapers were to blame for her plight. "If she hadn't been kidnaped by a bunch of terrorists . . . she wouldn't be here today,” San Francisco Examine: Pres. Randolph Hearst told reporters. Hearst, 21, her head held high, walked solemnly into a courtroom packed with 120 potential jurors. She was pale, but appeared cool and at ease as she chatted with her lawyers, smiled at her family and sat back to hear jurors confess their secret thoughts about her trial. The prospective jurors, predominantly white and middle-aged with a scattering of blacks and Orientals, were obviously curious to see Hearst, and many kept their eyes fixed on her throughout the proceed 109 It appeared likely that numerous jurors would be excused for hav ing preconceived opinions in the celebrated case. One prospect told the judge he had a checking account in the bank Hearst is accused of robbing and thought this might color his views. Hearst, a college coed and bride-to-be when she was kidnaped by the Symbionese Liberation Army of Feb. 4,1974, is charged with armed robbery of the Hibernia Bank in the residential Sunset district of San Francisco. The question is not whether to go out on a limb in life. The question is which limb and how far. Find your perch at Career Faire 76 Wednesday, January 28 10:00 a.m.-5:00 p.m. 167 Erb Memorial Union Sponsored by: UO Alumni Association UO Senior Class In cooperation with: Career Planning & Placement College of Business Orientation Office Explore career options with over 50 fields represented by resource per sonnel in an informal day-long question and answer forum. The Faire is open to everyone — in cluding freshmen students, graduates, non-matriculants, and classified staff interested in changing careers. Personnel from the Counseling Center will answer questions related to ap titude tests and interest inventories. General career information will be av ailable from Career Pfanning & Place ment and Career Information Systems. ACCOUNTING Rot)ft Chakravarti Lane County Transportation ADVERTISING Jerry Schmidt ARCHITECTURE Dan Childress. Briscoe and Berry Don Lutes. Lutes Masane. Sanatel Dick Danielson Jim Bemharo. W E Group PC Dan Herbert Tom Moreland. Moreland'Unfuh Smith Architects & Planners Don Smith Moreland Unruh Smith Architects & Planners Gene Brockmeyer ARTS CIVIL SERVICE. FEDERAL AND STATE Rod Strand Federal Civil Service Joe Hall. State Civil Service John Moore. State Civil Service COMMUNICATIONS Broadcasting Diane McCarthy KVAL Erne Ross KUGN Jcty West. KZEL Journalism Ken Doctor Willamette Valley Observer Don Floyd. Eugene Register-Guard Susan Bowers UO News Bureau Ted Schulte. UO Journalism School Don Bishoft Eugene Register Guard CONSTRUCTION COUNSELING AND SOCIAL SERVICES Mrs Elbe Smith Bratton Elementary School Dr Charlene Curry. Lane County Community Mental Health Center Tom Moan Childrens Services Mike McCracken, director. Community Services. Lane County Evelyn Rowe. Counseling Center Kess Hottle. Lane County Art Berwick. Lane County Cy Yancey. Eugene Welfare Department. Director DIETETICS Eleanor Latterell EDUCATION Tom Payzant. Supenntendent. School District 4J Lynn George. Vice Principal. 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