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Newspaper
Comanche Chief
Location
Comanche, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 25, 1976
Page
2
Special to The Chief reports Comanche County households show high living standards with 18 percent owning freezers, 80 percent with air conditioning, over 79 percent with one or more TV sets, and 79 percent with at least one car. Comparisons note 1960 figures of 19 percent, 11 percent, and 64 percent respectively.
The piece notes a community well being index where four factors yield a 400 rating. Comanche County scores 232, up from 173 in 1960. It links higher income to greater purchase of durable goods as incomes rise locally.
Lone Star Gas Company filed for an 8 percent rate of return to cover a revenue shortfall in Gustine Texas. Cecil Hickey cited 4.02 percent return on the Gustine distribution system in 1975 and unrecovered gas costs of 14.2 million over fourteen months through August 1976. The plan would raise the average residential bill about 1.80 monthly for 8 MCF usage and notes gas price rises from 18 cents to 1.03 per thousand cubic feet since 1971.
County Extension Agent Floyd M Key outlines rules for the 1976 Comanche County Pecan Show. Texas growers may enter pecans grown in 1976, with limits per variety and minimum nut counts, deadlines by December 3, 1 pm, and penalties including transfer of ownership to the county association for judged entries.
Bonnie and Bonnie Rush announce the birth of their daughter Lynda Elayne at Childress Hospital Goldthwaite Texas. The baby weighed nine pounds two ounces and measured twenty one inches. She has a six year old brother Bradley. Maternal grandparents Ottis Day and wife and great-grandparents A E Vineyard of Comanche. Paternal grandparents Dave Rush and wife are mentioned.
Reba G. Lane of Houston has been visiting her mother Mrs. E. O. Teague at 004 N. Cole during a recent trip to the city.
Comanche Independent School District invites sealed bids for a metal bus barn with a 42 by 50 foot building and a 144 by 44 foot covered area, plus an aluminum bleacher stadium. Specifications available from the Superintendent of Schools in Comanche, Texas. Bids due by 5:00 p.m. January 10.
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