City and Gas Company Strike 12 Percent Rate Accord
Brady council adopts compromise with Empire Southern Gas, approving a 12 percent overall rate increase rather than risking Texas Railroad Commission action. New ordinance keeps three rate schedules for domestic, commercial and industrial customers, adjusts minimum charges, and changes church billing while schools retain bundled bills.
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Brady
Empire Southern Gas Company
Texas Railroad Commission
Empire Southern
Commission
Telephone Company offers 20 percent rate increase
The City Council heard a 20 percent rate hike proposal from Southwestern States Telephone Company on Tuesday night. Company official John D. Allen said the offer is lower than hoped but may be considered, noting that current requests would raise a one party business line from $6 to $9.50 and a four party residence from $2.25 to $3.75. He stressed it has been almost a year since the filing and that the firm must fund system improvements, having absorbed seven wage boosts in recent years.
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Highnough
Southwestern States Telephone Company
John D. Allen
Telephone Company
Allen
Brady
West Texas
Richland Springs
Brouillette Taken to Prison for 45-Year Murder Term
Sheriff Luke Vogel escorted Walter Brouillette from Coleman to Huntsville where he will serve a 45 year state penitentiary sentence after a jury found him guilty of murder in connection with the February fatal shooting of O. C. Otte of Fife. Accompanying the sheriff was Raymond Davee of Zapata, a former Brady police officer now a game warden.
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Luke Vogel
Walter Brouillette
Huntsville
Brouillette
State Penitentiary
Coleman
O. C. Otte
Fife
Raymond Davee
Zapata
Brady Police Department
Davee
Zanata
Gas rate changes for domestic and business customers
A historical rate table lists old and new gross charges per thousand cubic feet for domestic and business service. It details minimums, tiered charges across usage blocks, discounts for early payment, and taxes, noting a ten percent late fee and a $25 minimum.
Brady High School Grad Named West Junior High Coach
Ronnie W. Burk, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Burk, has accepted a junior high school coach and social studies instructor post with West Public Schools in West Texas. A 1953 Brady High graduate, he lettered in track, played multiple sports, led student bodies, and held honor society and fraternity roles at Tarleton and North Texas colleges.
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Ronnie W. Burk
J. G. Burk
West Public Schools of
West
McLennan County
Tex
Brady High School
Burk
Tarleton State College
Commerers
Bn Therm
North Texa College
Sig Philon
Brady City Considers Lake Brady forLow Taxes and Water Costs
Brady would keep water rates and taxes among Texas' lowest even if a $1.1 million reservoir on Brady Creek is built. Joe Ogden, Chamber of Commerce manager, told the Lions Club about the project and why federal funds are unlikely. The Lions endorsed the plan as a key industrial attractor, noting nearby towns prosper with higher rates.
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Chamber of Commerce Water Committee
Brady
H. P. Jordan
Santa Fe
Texas
Brady Creek
Joe Ogden
Chamber of Commerce
The
Lions Club
Ogden
Lions
Hymie Meers
Flock Owners Hear New Egg Program
About ninety one local flock owners attended a joint barbecue at a Western Hatcheries and Bell's Feed Store and Purina Mills depot to learn of a new hatching program. Bill Wicks outlined the plan emphasizing chick quality, management, and feed, with agreements to pay producers competitively in the coming year.
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Western Fate Leysies Egg Depot
Bell
Purina Mills
Bill Wicks
Patne
Nea
Western Hatcheries
Heer
Bill Hicks
Western Hatcheries Poultry Improve
Red Cross Elects New Brady County Officers
Chairman Mame for Red Cross leads McClellin County chapter succeeding Lester Thedemann. New treasurer Gene Nelson and Samuel Loon. three-year directors Leo Oates Pon Johnson Joe Bareke. Mrs Mary Priess named blood program chair with B A Hallam Jr. as cochair. Bloodmobile visit set for September 4 at First Christian Church 9 a.m. to 3:59 p.m.
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BE. Herrington
Leo Oates
Pon Jonson
Joe, Barekeehh
Mwarry Priess
the Blood
Family visits span San Angelo and Navy ties
Mr. and Mrs. Alvin Holt visited San Angelo with their son Lt. John R. Holt and wife. Chief Mineman Jack Womack, in the Navy for over 17 years, visits his mother Mrs. E M Womack while stationed at Charleston, S C.
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San Angelo
Alvin Holt
John R. Holt
Navy
Jack Womack
E. M. Womack
Jack
United States Navy
Charleston
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Crease
Sam McCollum II
Jack Covington
Abilene
Trailroad Commission
Railroad Commission
Doc Wilson
Don Taylor
Richards Park
Don
Tony Sanders
Bill Turner
Cas As
Aubrey Townsend
D. A. Harkrider
Otto Frederick
Gene Burns
Bill Grant
C. P. Rockwell
Wayne Ferguson
Bill Jordan
Dick Winters
Winters
Richard Winters, Jr
New Orleans
John Sloane
BHS
West Junior High
Viet
Melvin
R. C. Logan
Bobby
Max Logan
D. G. Conne
Adrian
W. H. Cooper
Logans
Orden
Corps of Engineers
Deady
Soil Conservation Service
Johnny Boyles
Dallas
Allen House
Mame
Red Cross
J. . Herrington
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