Sidewalks Proposed in Deer Park Community Plan
The Progress supports using HUD funds via the county agency for sidewalks on major city streets. The plan would demolish substandard homes in Spencerview then install sidewalks from Center Street to the Community Center along San Augustine Street to improve safety for schoolchildren and center users. The Community Development Agency questions phase two funds, while residents advocate the project as beneficial and appropriate.
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He's Got A Good Gambling Tip By John Sinor
John Sinor recounts a Las Vegas trip on Frontier Airlines with a happy hour and casino scene. He details slot machines at the Las Vegas airport, bets nickels to quarters, hits jackpots then loses, and ends with the blunt gambling tip Never take a gambling tip.
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Albuquerque Sun
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Rent varies by store size type lease length and finances
A center representative says rent depends on square footage the business type lease length and financial stability with no set figures due to variables. Leasing agents Al Druckhammer at Town Plaza and Joe McDermott at Parktown handle specifics. City council action on charter revision will follow committee recommendations and a future vote date will be set by officials.
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Town Plaza
Joe McDermott
Parktown
John Sarris
Legal rights case on workmen's comp death benefit
Mrs. Cleveland sued an insurer over her husband Mr. Cleveland’s death, arguing his brain cancer was related to his employment and entitled to death benefits. He was a 57 year old foreman who bumped into a nail at work and scratched a mole on his back, with the mole’s condition changing after the incident.
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Consumer alert on door to door sales and Texas law
Texas consumers often sign contracts after persuasive door to door pitches. The Texas Home Solicitation Act allows canceling home purchases within three business days, requires clear contract details and a cancellation notice in the buyer's language, and mandates refunds within 10 business days.
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Home Solicitation Act rules explained by attorney general
Attorney General John Hill outlines that sellers may not transfer contracts to finance companies until the fifth business day after signing. Sellers must retrieve merchandise or realty titles within 20 days after cancellation, or the buyer may keep them with no obligation. To cancel a home solicitation sale, a signed dated notice must reach the seller by midnight of the third business day, preferably by registered letter or telegram for proof. The law excludes farm equipment, certain insurance, brokered real estate, preexisting charge accounts, and meetings at a business office. Violations also breach the Deceptive Trade Practices Act. contact Consumer Protection Division or a private attorney.
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Consumer Protection Division
City Council Debates $15 Million Bond Issue
Progress files summarize a 1978 City Council debate over a $15 million bond issue as land values rise in the area. Other items note an apartment fire causing heavy damage, 1975 Spencerview renovators, and various school board budgets and Jaycees activities.
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