Fort Hood Day draws dignitaries to Copperas Cove
Army leaders and Copperas Cove residents gathered for the second Fort Hood Appreciation Day on June 7. Major General Robert M. Shoemaker received the key to the city amid ceremonies with local leaders and honored guests from III Corps and Fort Hood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Hood
Texas
Cove State Bank
Robert M
Shoemaker
III Corps
Kenneth Ambler
Copperas Cove
Ambler
Channel of Commerce
Julius W. Becton, Jr
First Cavalry Division
Holy Family Catholic Church
JAG Corps
Robert M. Shoemaker
E.H. Rhode
Chamber of Commerce
City Council Weighs Property Tax Appraisal and TP and L Rate Increase
City council workshop hears a proposal for a city tax appraisal to update records and prevent rate hikes. Texas Power and Light explains an 11 percent rate rise citing coal, gas costs and new lignite plants. Council also discusses a police review board and sewer extension along Highway Avenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Power and Light Company
Barney Baker
Baker
Killeen
Lometa
Llano Independent
Tp&l
Ike Hall
Hall
Who's Who In Cove Ask A Policeman
The Copperas Cove police resolved a twin identity mix up after a mother brought her 20 month old daughters to the station with birth certificates. Detectives compared footprints to birth records and confirmed Anna L and Angela A had been swapped since birth. A distinctive birthmark on Angela now helps differentiate them.
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Copperas Cove
Norman Nicholson
South 13Th Street
Robert H. McDonald
Robert W. Peetz
Anna L
Angela A
Council To Conduct Public Hearings
Tuesday’s council agenda includes two public hearings on a water rate increase and a Moose Lodge use permit. Also listed are a Texas Power and Light rate rise request, a street paving ordinance, bids for new police sanitation and parks vehicles, bids on city insurance, and a recreation center request.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas Power and Light Company
Police, Sanitation and Parks
Copperas Cove Trustees Hire New Assistant Principal
Copperas Cove School Trustees appoint Mickey Stevens of Killeen as the new assistant principal at Copperas Cove High School replacing Eddie Griffin. The board also designates the Dianne and Ridge property as a no parking zone to improve student and non student parking and approves renewal of the Regional XII Media Center contract.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Copperas Cove
Mickey Stevens
Killeen
Copperas Cove High School
Stevens
Dlongy
Port Neches
Dianne and Ridge
Leland Frase
Regional XII Media Center
Curtis Manning
Mayor Ambler To Explain Bond Vote At Town Meeting
Mayor Kenneth Ambler calls an old fashioned town meeting Monday at 7 30 p m in city hall to explain a June 24 election on 5 million dollars in water and sewer bonds. The bonds fund Copperas Cove water expansion and new northeast and northwest plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenneth Ambler
Copperas Cove
John Carlton
Robert McDonald
City Hall
Atizens
TDC To Take Over Mountain View July 1
The Texas Department of Corrections will take over Mountain View State School for Boys on July 1 and begin a 120 day construction and renovation to turn the site into an adult prison for women. About 250 offenders will be confined initially and first female prisoners may arrive between October 30 and November 3. Bobby Meggart will interview applicants for Mountain View positions on Friday and Saturday.
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Texas Department of Corrections
Mountain View State School For Boys
Bobby Meggart
Mountain View
of Corrections
Goree
Texas Youth Council
Hackberry
The
Gatesville State Schools For Boys
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Charles Donald C. Poorman
13Th Coscom
Robert L. Fair
Second Armored Division
Charles E. Canedy
Sixth Cavalry Brigade
James D. Hefner
Meddac
Stewart C. Meyer
Richard Crane
Masster
General Shoemaker
Chamber
Rhode
Ed Rhode
Tom Harris
Glen Rose
Texas Power and Light
Dallas Power and Light
Texas Electric Services
Lower
Colorado River Authority
Houston Light and Power
Texas Electric
Bobby McFarland
McFarland
McDonald
Review Board
Highway Avenue
South Main Street
Georgetown Road
Carlton
Cove
Council
Pat McConnell
Dallas
VFW
Lester Sharp
Sharp
Eddie Griffin
CCHS
Williams Street
Bell County Water Control and Improvement District No. 1
TDC
Hackberry Unit
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