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...film of the same title), and NBC'S Tenafly, a harassed family man who is just another employee at an outfit called Hightower Investigations, Inc. ABC's Griff (Lome Greene) is an ex-cop while in NBC's Faraday and Company Dan Dailey is an ex-con who, after 28 years in a South American jail, is slated to battle future shock as well as his crooked quarry. ABC even has an ex-human: Lee Majors as The Six Million Dollar Man, rebuilt after a near-fatal plane crash into a cyborg (cybernetic organism, that is, with...
HARVARD OWNS a forest in New York and Consolidated Edison needs part of it for a pumped storage power plant. Draw. But Con Ed says it holds few aces in the hole. Rich Meislin tries to get in on the deal. Page...
With the Federal Power Commission: Scenic Hudson has appealed a Federal Power Commission decision not to reopen licensing hearings for the Con Ed project. In its petitions, the environmentalists charged that additional evidence--such as that of potentially large fish kills in the Hudson River--makes a reconsideration of the license necessary. The FPC turned down the original petition and appeal for rehearing. The case is now pending before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit...
With the Army Corps of Engineers: Scenic Hudson has written to the Corps of Engineers, stating its belief that the Corps must issue permits before construction on the Storm King project legally may begin. Permits previously issued by the Corps have expired, and Con Ed claims the permits are not necessary at all. Scenic Hudson soon will file suit with U.S. District Court in New York, asking for a resolution of the issue and for an injunction against construction until a declaratory judgment is handed down by the courts...
With the New York Public Service Commission: Scenic Hudson has written to the Public Service Commission charging that Con Ed's publication of certain advertisements constitutes an "improper use of the ratepayers' money." The advertising in question, which appeared shortly after Con Ed's announcement that it intends to break ground by November for Storm King, praises its decision and subtly condemns environmentalists. The letter asks that Con Ed be required to finance counter-advertising to be placed by environmentalists, a request that the utility calls "preposterous." No action has yet been taken by the Public Service Commission...