Telephone hearing reveals Amarillo rate clash with city
The Amarillo city commission hears from Judge Nelson Phillips and officials of the telephone company led by Walter Prehn. They discuss franchise rights and insist the rates schedule should not be bound into any new franchise while maintaining a separate dispute over rates.
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Rates Stay In Place As Amarillo Deliberates
Party Backs Him notes rates took effect September 1 and a trial period begins. Judge Cooper Caldwell assure a satisfactory agreement, Judge Phillips urges six month revisit. Mayor Thompson says residents wonder at fifty and twenty five cent cuts. Prehn says inventory of Amarillo properties will take sixty days with company staff on site next week.
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Amarillo telephone dispute prompts appraisal move
In a tense Amarillo hearing, Mayor Thompson pressed for scrutiny of telephone rates and profits. Officials discussed appraisals, franchise terms, and a fair return, with Mr. Prehn urging data sharing and a six month test under set rates.
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Pioneer Texas Woman Dies at 83 in Dallas
Mrs. Mary Reeves Word, 83, a native Texan and widow of pioneer attorney and civic leader Jeff Word, died in Dallas on Monday. She was born in Palestine, Texas.
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