Miss Burnet Beauty Pageant Earns High Praise
Community cheers for a top notch pageant produced by Chamber members led by newcomers Betty Clendennen Miriam Finch and Dean Scott serving as master of ceremonies. The piece praises civic involvement and laments low attendance at public meetings amid rising energy costs and proposed park projects by LCRA and Texas A&M University.
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Dean
Burnet
Betty Clendennen
Miriam Finch
LCRA
Texas A&m University
Consumer moving fraud alert warns Texans to beware
Texas consumer protection attorneys warn of deceptive interstate and intrastate moving practices. The ICC and Railroad Commission oversight require written estimates, pre and post load weighing, fixed tariffs, 10 percent or 25 dollar reweight limits, inventories, bonding and insurance. Consumers may request a free reweighing or pay ten dollars if the difference is small, and should report suspected fraud to state agencies or the toll free line.
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Austin
Consumer Protection
Interstate Commerce Commission
ICC
Consumer Protection Division
Transportation Division
Texas
Railroad Commission
Attorney General's Transportation Division
Houston
Dallas
San Antonio
el Paso
Lubbock
McAllen
Readers respond on Weight Watchers and energy policy views
Gladys Osborne thanks the Bulletin for coverage of Weight Watchers and asserts its local importance. A reader criticizes President Carter's gasoline tax proposal, arguing it hurts private enterprise, inflates prices, and funds government programs rather than increasing fuel supply.
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Presidents Energy
Carter
Washington
Burnet School District seeks special session on school finances
The Burnet School District asks Governor Briscoe to convene a special legislative session after the failure to pass a school finance bill. They urge budgeting, tax rate setting, program changes, and staffing decisions rely on a solid financial base and commend the governor’s leadership.
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Briscoe
Board of Education
Burnet
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Bsrid
MRK
Morean
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Amtrack
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Harry Kaindl
Burnet County
Burnet Texas
Bluebanner Publishing Inc
George W Puckett
Joan A. Puckett
Wade Warren Richard Moree Floresne Petrick
Barbara Dolly
Juan M. Diaz
Don Wiederhold
Debbie Murphree
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