1.   Bell Atlantic and the other Bells are proposing that federal regulators let them offer customers in their region long-distance service.

2.   A regional Bell telephone company must prove it has met these requirements before it can offer customers in its region long-distance service.

3.   Still, the FCC is holding a carrot in front of the Bells --approval to offer customers in their region long-distance service.

4.   Still, Ameritech is continuing its battle to offer customers in its region long-distance phone service.

5.   The FCC is holding a carrot in front of the Bells --approval to offer customers in their region long-distance service.

6.   The reason for the accident was unclear, a spokesman for the St. Petersburg and Leningrad region emergency service, Andrei Alyabiyev, said.