Labels:text | black and white OCR: EDITORIAL by TOM EDISON As 1975 comes to a close let us reflect upon some of the major events of the past year: the big fire in N Y Bell's C O touched off by Pa Bell's own arsonists in a feeble attemnt to prove to the world the necessity of absolute monopoly over the No. 31 communications industry; the never-ending rate hikes that Bell's puppet, the P. U. C ., forces on us in the name of riving its shareholders a fair DECEMBER 1975 return and rivinr the rest of us a swift kick in the ass: the charge for directory assistance; the disclosure that Pa Bell monitored and recorded over 30 million calls using millions of dollars for Box detection equipment and salaries for MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR untold overtime man-hours all naid for by increased phone rates with absolutely no improve ...
