| Show Senator Dean Gives Report on Phoning County-Wide Senator Ernest Dean reports on the program of acquiring county wide toll free telephone service for Utah County. Senator Dean indicates that while knocking on doors seeking seek-ing re-election to the Senate that many Pleasant Grove residents resi-dents have inquired as to the progress being made towards securing county wide toll free telephone service. Thus in a statement to the Pleasant Grove Review Senator Dean makes th following Progress Report: The first action approved by the Public Service Commision was to eliminate long distant charge between Pleasant Grove -Lindon and Orem. The telephone tele-phone company agreed to this order . and the long distant charges between these subscribers subscri-bers has been eliminated. The next action was the Pub-lice Pub-lice hearing followed by the Public Service Commission ruling rul-ing that both the North and South ends of the county could call Provo-Orem. And that Orem telephone subscribers could call from Lehi through Payon toll free. This decision was appealed to by the telephone tele-phone company. The next action was when the appeal was heard by the Commission and rejected. Thereby reaffirming their earlier ear-lier decision to grant toll free calling for Orem and Pleasant Grove residents and for Pleasant Pleas-ant Grove residents to be able to call Provo. The telephone company then appealed this decision to the Supreme Court of the State of Utah. Last month the case was heard before the Supreme Court and the decision has not been rendered as to this date. The decision wnehme da date. The decision when made will conclude the four-year struggle. If approved it will mean that the Pleasant Grove subscribers will be able to call all Provo subscribers without a toll charge. The decision should be forth-coming soon according to Senator Dean. |
