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Forwards Clipping from San Francisco Chronicle Re Hearings Inquiring Into PG&E Advertising & Potential Expenditures. Reveals Reasons Behind Civilian Opposition to Reactors Proposed by Privately Owned Utils
ML20235A256
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Site: 05000000, Bodega Bay
Issue date: 07/26/1963
From: Southwick R
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
To: Fouchard J
US ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION (AEC)
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Robert H. Gerdes, the stltue, posed two of the key f ',y'. g .g. .s^ .p{ y,1 I new president of the questions in the hearing. .gV//l.. gc q#{ p ,i Pacific Gas and Electric Co. I was questioned yesterday CONTRIBUTIONS

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At a State Public Utilities "No," replied Gerdes. ~ I Commission herring, Gerdes President testified "Does the Political Gas-I denied the company was gtdl-mean Pacific Gas & Electrie J.e l ty of abuses in its advertising Co. keep cash deposits in Utilities Commission to for. e y and political expenditures., banks outside San Francisco d PG l The teacher, Robert C. Mil. for political purposes?' y po i c r a ver r ler, who instructs students in "No," Gerdes said. 3g,' political science and history REICII

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itles Commission whenever he testified oli behalf of pri- 65 vately owned istilities before , the Legislature or Congress. -.

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