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Rep. Norman D. Shumway (R-Stockton) announced that he will reintroduce legislation to make English the official language of the United States, saying that similar measures passed by three states in November's election prove the idea is gaining momentum.

California Public Utilities Commissioner Norman D. Shumway, a former U.S. Representative, will announce his resignation today, two years before the end of his term. Shumway has been a chief architect of telephone service deregulation in California, most recently in opening local long-distance toll calls to competition on Jan. 1. That action came after seven years of fierce debate and has left many critics unsatisfied with the result.

California Public Utilities Commissioner Norman D. Shumway, a former U.S. Representative, will announce his resignation today, two years before the end of his term. Shumway has been a chief architect of telephone service deregulation in California, most recently in opening local long-distance toll calls to competition on Jan. 1. That action came after seven years of fierce debate and has left many critics unsatisfied with the result.

Ouster of PUC Member Sought: Commissioner Norman Shumway should be removed because his aide improperly contacted a Pacific Bell employee while preparing the commission's ruling on new telephone rates last month, according to Toward Utility Rate Normalization, a San Francisco consumer advocacy group. An internal PUC investigation found that a Pacific Bell lobbyist helped write the rate case ruling developed by Shumway that was subsequently approved by the PUC.

Gov. Pete Wilson on Tuesday nominated a former Republican congressman and a UC Davis law professor to the Public Utilities Commission, shortly before the powerful agency begins pondering a merger that would create the largest electric utility in the country. Wilson's selection of former Rep. Norman D.

A state Senate committee controlled by Democrats recommended confirmation Tuesday of former Republican Rep. Norman Shumway to the state Public Utilities Commission. Shumway received an unexpected endorsement before the Senate Rules Committee by Sylvia Siegel, 73, a consumer champion of California utility rate regulation for almost 20 years until her retirement a year ago.

For the second straight day, Gov. Pete Wilson retreated Wednesday from a showdown with hostile Senate Democrats, this time backing off his attempt to win confirmation of a retired Republican congressman as a member of the state Public Utilities Commission. Shortly before the Senate Rules Committee was scheduled to vote on former Rep. Norman Shumway of Stockton, Wilson appealed for a one-week delay and summoned Shumway to his office for a private conference.

Ouster of PUC Member Sought: Commissioner Norman Shumway should be removed because his aide improperly contacted a Pacific Bell employee while preparing the commission's ruling on new telephone rates last month, according to Toward Utility Rate Normalization, a San Francisco consumer advocacy group. An internal PUC investigation found that a Pacific Bell lobbyist helped write the rate case ruling developed by Shumway that was subsequently approved by the PUC.

Senate Democrats had Gov. Pete Wilson right where they wanted him. They blamed the Republican governor for robbing their political futures and he needed their votes to confirm an important appointment--Wilson's nominee for a spot on the powerful Public Utilities Commission. Perfect opportunity for revenge. Vote down the confirmation of ex-Rep. Norman Shumway--a conservative Republican at that--and hand Wilson a humiliating political defeat.

Congress is lining up behind stretching the U.S. territorial limit to 12 miles out to sea and President Reagan is expected to make the change formal in the next few months, lawmakers said Friday. The bill to accompany such a presidential proclamation was passed by the House on a voice vote Thursday and probably will be acted on by the Senate this week, said Rep. Norman D. Shumway, (R-Stockton).

Senate Democrats had Gov. Pete Wilson right where they wanted him. They blamed the Republican governor for robbing their political futures and he needed their votes to confirm an important appointment--Wilson's nominee for a spot on the powerful Public Utilities Commission. Perfect opportunity for revenge. Vote down the confirmation of ex-Rep. Norman Shumway--a conservative Republican at that--and hand Wilson a humiliating political defeat.

A state Senate committee controlled by Democrats recommended confirmation Tuesday of former Republican Rep. Norman Shumway to the state Public Utilities Commission. Shumway received an unexpected endorsement before the Senate Rules Committee by Sylvia Siegel, 73, a consumer champion of California utility rate regulation for almost 20 years until her retirement a year ago.

For the second straight day, Gov. Pete Wilson retreated Wednesday from a showdown with hostile Senate Democrats, this time backing off his attempt to win confirmation of a retired Republican congressman as a member of the state Public Utilities Commission. Shortly before the Senate Rules Committee was scheduled to vote on former Rep. Norman Shumway of Stockton, Wilson appealed for a one-week delay and summoned Shumway to his office for a private conference.

Gov. Pete Wilson on Tuesday nominated a former Republican congressman and a UC Davis law professor to the Public Utilities Commission, shortly before the powerful agency begins pondering a merger that would create the largest electric utility in the country. Wilson's selection of former Rep. Norman D.

Rep. Norman D. Shumway (R-Stockton) announced that he will reintroduce legislation to make English the official language of the United States, saying that similar measures passed by three states in November's election prove the idea is gaining momentum.

Oral arguments on the proposed merger between Southern California Edison and San Diego Gas & Electric have been rescheduled before the California Public Utilities Commission for 9 a.m. March 20 in San Francisco. Oral arguments had been set for March 6 but were rescheduled following two appointments to the commission by Gov. Pete Wilson last week. Commissioners Daniel Fessler and Norman D.

How California's congressional delegation voted in Thursday's House vote on aid for the U.S.-backed Nicaraguan contras: Democrats against: Glenn M. Anderson, Jim Bates, Anthony C. Beilenson, Howard L. Berman, Douglas H. Bosco, Barbara Boxer, George E. Brown Jr., Sala Burton, Tony Coelho, Ronald V. Dellums, Julian C. Dixon, Mervyn M. Dymally, Don Edwards, Vic Fazio, Augustus F. Hawkins, Tom Lantos, Richard H. Lehman, Mel Levine, Matthew G. Martinez, Robert T.