MSC CAFETERIA Where You Get More For Your Money OPEN 6:30 a.m.-7:00 p.m. Daily “QUALITY FIRST” Page 6/The Battalion/Friday, January 20, 1984 FCC delays access charges Arbor day R celebratet United Press International WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Com mission, responding to a storm of protest from Congress and consumers, tentatively voted Thursday to delay — as late as June 1985 — $2-a-month tele phone access charges for re sidential and small business cus- The agency also said that when the flat monthly long- DELTA UPSILON a non-secret, non-hazing Fraternity NOTICE: New location for the January 20th party! — Southwest Village Apartments Party room, 1101 Southwest Parkway, 8 p.m.— -For more information call Nigel 693-6515 or Chip 693-6365- distance surcharges, which had been set to start April 3, go into effect, they should be phased in gradually until 1990 and climb no higher than $4. The commissioners agreed to meet next Wednesday to issue a final ruling on the decision. They are taking a major shift in position reflecting virtually ev ery suggestion contained in a let ter that 32 senators, led by Sen. Robert Dole, R-Kan., sent to the FCC Wednesday. But the decision apparently will not halt legislation aimed at delaying the charges for two years. Sen. Robert Packwood, R- Ore., chief sponsor of the mea sure that goes much further than the FCC decision, said he will bring it to the floor for de bate next week and still expects it to pass. The House already has pas sed a bill to totally ban the charges for residential and small business customers. Consumer groups, which want the charges eliminated, cal led the FCC decision a “transpa rent” tactic to delay the political ly charged issue until after the 1984 elections. The biggest winners in the decision were long-distance companies such as MCI and Sprint that compete with Amer ican Telephone & Telegraph. 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FCC Chairman Mark Fowler said the action also would re duce or eliminate the $1.75 bil lion cut in long-distance phone rates AT&T had originally plan ned to coincide with its breakup Jan. 1, a development he called “most unfortunate.” The commissioners said ac cess charges that large business customers’ pay for their hook up to long distance services — $6 per line — will go into effect April 3 as scheduled. Jack Smith, head of the agen cy’s Common Carrier Division, told reporters the FCC expects to complete a study of the sur charges by Dec. 1, but that they may not be imposed until late spring or June 1985 because of required procedures. The commissioners said the decision to delay the charges came in response to a crush of protests from the public, state governments, state regulatory agencies, Congress and businesses. By ERIN K. PYLE Reporter Today is the lllthannii sary of Arbor Day, andtbtj of College Station iscelebn; with a tree planting cereimt, the Southwood Athletic Piii| 4 p.m. The word “arbor" is c from the Latin term mej tree. Arbor Day was oriji conceived as a beautificatiod for public grounds, but ill) grown to represent the ini ance of forestry preservatittl Arbor Day originatedin)# raska in 1872. The ideaa name of Arbor Day werepii osed by J. Sterling Mortouf member of the Nebraska! of Agriculture who laterwuj U.S. secretary of agricultutt] In Nebraska, Arbor Dii] f j observed on April 22, Mond birthday. Observance of ^ ^j er Dav has spread throughomi ay ' T U.S. and to foreign counts jia\ The date of the obsemj varies, but the last FridaJ dsm April has been adopted in al stales. College Station Mayor C jy ai Halter, Mike Owens, cuniBoc lum director of College St Independent School Dis the Rev. 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