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Newspaper
Carrollton Chronicle
Location
Carrollton, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 10, 1963
Page
1
The City Council heard a progress report from Southwestern States Telephone officials. Division Manager Bill Eslinger announced 669 Chapel 2 phones in operation with 560 applications, plus 878 Congress-9 lines in use and about 120 added. A new directory will be published after March.
The Chronicle touts its dominance in Carrollton as providing more local news and pictures daily or weekly than any other paper and leading in total circulation.
Rev Oral Bowman returning from a 33 day trip reports vast improvements in South America if it avoids communism and remains economically solid. He says schools and educational systems are being established, predicting great progress in the next decade despite potential economic and political hurdles. The Dallas pastor joined a Chile preaching mission with 14 others, traveling 2500 miles across the country and visiting 85 of Chile’s Baptist Churches. The group then toured Peru Argentina Brazil and Panama with cordial reception from locals and churches alike.
A City Council report lists 1962 municipal achievements and planned work. Acquisitions include 32 acres at a public park and land for Civic Center. Projects cover water mains, sewer lines, paving, zoning, police and fire facilities, and a $3.5 million Capital Improvements Program approved by voters.
Texas Power & Light will launch a major 1963 construction program including a new substation northwest of Carrollton and upgrades at the Carrollton substation to serve Carrollton Farmers Branch Addison and surrounding areas. The project funds total 26.1 million dollars system wide with a new generating unit stage and a 48 000 volt transmission line, part of industry expansion noted in a Edison Electric Institute survey.
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