Cameron approves utility price hikes and budget
Cameron voters see higher water sewer and garbage charges effective October 1 as the city council adopts a 1976 77 budget of 581 487 73 with a 5 percent pay raise for city employees. Water minimums and connection fees rise while sewer and trash rates increase. Cemetery lots double to 100 and industrial actions include new district membership and drainage discussions.
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Cameron
Lawrence Zotz
Water Department
Bell seeks 18 percent rise in Texas intra state rates
The Texas Utilities Commission faces a filing by Southwest Bell for an 18 percent rate increase in intra state service with Cameron set for major upgrades. The plan includes 1.3 million dollars for over 500000 feet of underground cable and removal of about 1450 poles, hitting business lines hardest with monthly rates rising to 14.50 to 16.95 per line. Pay phones would rise to 20 cents.
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Cameron
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New specialty restaurant opens as Cameron counts two in two months
The article notes another specialty restaurant opening in Cameron, bringing the count to two within about two months. It comments on the idea of a downtown theatre as potentially extravagant but mentions booming movie attendance and a trend toward service stations and remodeling from a decade ago. It emphasizes downtown redevelopment spurring outlying growth.
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Cameron
Poage Highlights House Inaction On Estate Tax Measure
Rep. W. R. Poage says the House did not act on a Ways and Means bill to double estate tax exemption and curb base value gains taxation on land. He warns that farmers and ranchers would be hit hardest by inflation in land values and a proposed capital gains tax on land value increases. The piece also notes a community kitchen shower for the O. J. Thomas Park center and a three vehicle accident with injuries in Cameron.
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Poage
Ways and Means
Ways and Means Committee
Community Action Center
O. J. Thomas Park
Vivian McIntyre
Hill Country Community Action Association
Carter's foreign policy hints raise wide reader questions
Western observers note Carter's cautious stance and limited platform use. Brzezinski is eyed as national security adviser while Cyrus Vance emerges as a potential secretary of state, signaling Carter's intent for close personal control over foreign policy.
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Harvard
Henry Kissinger
Vietnam
Vance
State Department
Carter
City urged to clear weeds from Cameron lots
Cameron residents urged to clean up weeds and rubbish to comply with a city weed ordinance. City code inspector E A Bigbee said letters will be sent and citations used only as a last resort. The ordinance allows a $50 fine and requires removal within 10 days of notice.
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Cameron
E. A. Bigbee
Bigbee
Buckholts Receives 351000 Sewer Project Loan
U S Rep Poage announced a 351000 loan from the Farmers Home Administration to Buckholts for a municipal sewer collection and treatment system and water system improvements. About 176 households will benefit. Mayor Richard Crowe says final construction specs will be ready in 45 days for FHA submission in Temple.
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Community Development Agency
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Sid Duderstadt
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Buckholts
Richard Crowe
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