TELEPHONES

Addresses

AT&T Divestiture Case: Mimi Dawson, FCC, 38831 [20DE]

Grand Illusion of Equality: Bernard C. Topper, Jr., 5050 [7MR]

Articles and editorials

ABC's Fire Spreads Lots of Heat, No Light, 14831 [7JN]

Are Car Phones Safe?, 7527 [3AP]

AT&T Reaches Out for a New Monopoly, 578 [3JA]

Cut the Profits of the Kidporn Trade, 10858 [7MY]

Fire Unleashed, Nuclear Age on ABC, 14830 [7JN]

500,000 More Spy-Proof Phones Proposed by Top Security Agency, 52 [3JA], 14911 [7JN]

Getting an Earful From Soviet Radio Telephones, 14913 [7JN]

Give AT&T Some Room on Rates, 578 [3JA]

Hill With Topflight Electronic View, 1501 [31JA]

Invading TV Porn Troubles a Child, 10860 [7MY]

Is It Safe To Use the Phone?, 53 [3JA], 14912 [7JN]

New Checks, Balances Affect FCC Policymaking, 9185-9187 [24AP]

New York Termed Hub of Foreign Spies in U.S., 50 [3JA]

Porno Hotline Reaches Out and Touches Kids, 10859 [7MY]

Porno Phone Number Has 10-Year-Old's Mom Mad, 10859 [7MY]

Training Video Power on Nuclear Power, 14830 [7JN]

What Lurked Behind the Glen Cove Fence, 51 [3JA]

Bills and resolutions

AT&T: permit Bell operating companies to provide information services and to manufacture telecommunications equipment, subject to FCC regulations (see H.R. 3800)

Deaf: expand availability of hearing-aid equipment (see H.R. 3099)

Dept. of Justice: maintain a record of outside communications by employees concerning certain acquisitions of securities or assets (see H.R. 1830)

Exchange service: prohibit access charges on residential and single line business subscribers (see H.R. 280)

FCC: prohibit long-distance carriers to bypass local telephone exchanges (see H.J. Res. 442)

Foreign Surveillance Prevention Act: enact (see S. 12)

FTC: maintain a record of outside communications by employees concerning certain acquisitions of securities or assets (see H.R. 1830)

Handicapped: specialized equipment (see S. 402)

Hazardous substances: toll-free service for emergency assistance relative to Dept. of Defense's transportation-related accident (see H.R. 2118)

Inter-LATA Telecommunications Competition Act: enact (see H.R. 957)

Interstate rates: investigation of consumer complaints and notification requirement for companies (see S. 338)

Lifeline service (see H.R. 151)

Lifeline Telephone Service Act: enact (see S. 950)

Minorities: greater participation in telecommunication (see H.R. 308)

Pornography: prohibit transmission through use of cable television and telephone service (see S. 1090)

Rate proceedings: portion of overcharges received by certain companies set aside for consumer representation (see H.R. 2437)

Right of privacy: interception of certain communications and other forms of surveillance (see S. 1667; H.R. 3378)

Senate: service for Members (see S. 1141)

Soviet Union: authorize equipment and services for improved direct communication link for crisis control (see S.J. Res. 108)

Taxation: exempt facilities designed for deaf or hearing impaired persons (see H.R. 2054)

Telecommunication: facilitate deregulation of dominant local acess transport area carrier (see H.R. 957)

———study impact of technologies and services on personal privacy (see H.R. 293)

Telephone Ratepayer Protection and Technology Promotion Act: enact (see H.R. 3687)

Terminal equipment: protect domestic commerce and competition (see H.R. 2037)

Veterans: toll free access to VA for crisis counseling and information (see H.R. 1816)

Video recorder copyrighted works: infringement exemption for noncommercial recording (see H.R. 384)

History

South Dakota's Mister Telephone: Robert J. Perry, 9573 [26AP]

Letters

Broadcasting obscene material: Stephen S. Trott, 10856 [7MY]

Impact of telecommunications rate increases on libraries: (excerpts), 7399 [3AP]

———Mark S. Fowler, 7400 [3AP]

———Senator Pressler, 7399, 7400 [3AP]

Improvements in U.S.-U.S.S.R. direct link crisis control communications system: Richard Perle, 7651 [4AP]

Issues in domestic telecommunications: Senator Laxalt (excerpts), 36362 [12DE]

———Senator Riegle (excerpt), 36363 [12DE]

———William P. Clark (excerpt), 36363 [12DE]

Long-distance telephone disclosure form: several Senators, 1531 [31JA]

Moscow's big ears in Glen Cove: Senator Moynihan, 51 [3JA]

U.S.-U.S.S.R. Crisis Control Communications Link: Richard Perle, 12376 [16MY]

Memorandums

U.S.-U.S.S.R. Crisis Control Communications Link: Chapman B. Cox, 12375 [16MY]

———John H. McNeil, 12375 [16MY]

Remarks in House

Benefits: provide toll free telephone access for crisis counseling and information about services (H.R. 1816), 6882 [28MR]

FCC: bypass of local telephone exchanges by long-distance carriers (H.J. Res. 442), 30488 [5NO]

———prohibit unnecessary and unjustified telephone charges, 543 [3JA]

Federal Telecommunications Privacy Act: enact (H.R. 502), 626 [7JA]

Foreign relations: provide communications equipment and services to Soviet Union to improve direct link crisis control system (S.J. Res. 108), 21198 [29JY]

Hearing impaired: expand the availability of hearing-aid compatible telephones (H.R. 3099), 22067 [31JY]

Hotline for Help Act: enact (H.R. 1816), 6882 [28MR]

Inter-LATA Telecommunications Competition Act: enact (H.R. 957), 2050-2052 [6FE]

Kansas City, MO: Southwestern Bell Telephone Operation Ident-A-Kid to combat child abduction, 28477 [22OC]

Lifeline Services Telephone Act: enact (H.R. 151), 506 [3JA]

Local Telephone Ratepayer Protection Act: enact (H.R. 3687), 30606 [5NO]

Meucci, Antonio: tribute, 38722 [19DE]

Rate: increase request, 11067 [8MY]

REA: engineering specifications standardization, 7515 [3AP]

Reston, VA: AT&T telecommunication devices for the deaf center established, 2296 [7FE]

Satellite communications systems: coordinate private systems with the international consortium of global systems, 11243-11250 [9MY]

Senate: telephone service (S. 1141), 17103 [25JN]

Southwestern Bell Telephone Co.: Operation Ident-A-Kid, 30940 [6NO]

Telecommunications equipment: regulation, 36362 [12DE]

Telecommunications industry: Modified Final Judgment regulations, 33193 [20NO]

Telephone rate proceedings: guarantee consumer representation (H.R. 2437), 11217 [8MY]

Telephone Terminal Equipment Certification Act: enact (H.R. 2037), 7861 [15AP]

West Virginia: rate increase request, 11067 [8MY]

Remarks in Senate

ABC: program on nuclear age, 14828 [7JN]

AT&T: anniversary, 4502 [5MR]

Children: efforts of Gulf & Western Industries, Inc., to inform public about prevention of abuse, 14840 [7JN]

Communications: regulate broadcasting or distribution of obscene material (S. 1090), 10855 [7MY]

Consumers: provide protection measures for interstate toll service (S. 338), 1531-1533 [31JA]

———provide service for low-income (S. 950), 8357-8359 [18AP], 27187 [10OC]

FCC: regulatory policies, 9185 [24AP]

Foreign relations: arrange joint television exchange involving leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union, 28895 [24OC]

———provide communications equipment and services to Soviet Union to improve direct link crisis control system (S.J. Res. 108), 7650 [4AP], 9652 [26AP], 12183 [15MY], 12373-12377 [16MY]

Handicapped: special equipment (S. 402), 30317 [1NO]

———specialized equipment (S. 402), 1947 [6FE], 26383 [7OC]

Illegal surveillance: protections against, 14910-14913 [7JN]

———protections against (S. 12), 48 [3JA], 1500 [31JA], 23702-23704 [13SE]

Libraries: impact of telecommunications rate increases, 7399 [3AP]

Rates: increase, 36213 [12DE]

REA: exemptions from certain financing restrictions, 29147-29149 [25OC]

Telephone Pioneers of America: convention, 9572 [26AP]

Television: arrange joint television exchange involving leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union, 28895 [24OC]

Reports

Designate National High-Tech Month: Committee on the Judiciary (H.J. Res. 128), 23620 [12SE]

Enhance U.S. Foreign Telecommunications Trade: Committee on Finance (S. 942) (S. Rept. 99-204), 33673 [2DE]

Issues in Domestic Telecommunications: National Telecommunications and Information Administration (sundry excerpts), 36362 [12DE]

Organized Crime in California 1982-83, 10858 [7MY]

Provide Communication Services to Soviet Union for Direct Link Crisis Control System: Committee on Armed Services (S.J. Res. 108) (S. Rept. 99-49), 11831 [14MY]

Services for Senators: Committee on Rules and Administration (S. 1141) (S. Rept. 99-52), 12134 [15MY]

Telecommunications Industry Change Impact on Small Business: Committee on Small Business (98-1171), ***** [3JA]

U.S./Soviet Union Direct Communications Link: Committee on Armed Services (S.J. Res. 108) (H. Rept. 99-156), 14058 [4JN]

Statements

Issues in Domestic Telecommunications: Representative Dingell (excerpts), 36362 [12DE]

Protecting Communications From Surveillance: Walter G. Deeley, 14911 [7JN]

REA Telephone Cooperative: Carl Freeling, 10651 [7MY]

U.S.-U.S.S.R. Crisis Control Communications Link: President Reagan, 12374 [16MY]

Texts of

Communications Act (excerpt), 10856 [7MY]

H.R. 3687, Local Telephone Ratepayer Protection Act, 30606 [5NO]

S. 12, protections against illegal telephone surveillance, 48 [3JA]

S. 338, consumer protection for interstate telephone service, 1533 [31JA]

S. 1090, Cable-Porn and Dial-a-Porn Control Act, 10857 [7MY]

S. 1141, telephone services for Senators, 17103 [25JN]

S. Res. 108, provide communications equipment and services to Soviet Union to improve direct link crisis control system, 12376 [16MY]

S.J. Res. 108, provide communications equipment and services to Soviet Union to improve direct link crisis control, 7651 [4AP]

S.J. Res. 108, provide communications equipment and services to Soviet Union to improve direct link crisis control system, 21198 [29JY]

U.S. Code, title 18 (excerpt on broadcasting obscene material), 10855 [7MY]