Electric Co Op Fights High Gas Prices
Fayette Electric directors push relief from rising rural gas costs by urging a special Texas Legislature session. They seek action from the Texas Railroad Commission and the Lower Colorado River Authority, with potential class action if needed. State officials blame the Railroad Commission for energy charges. proposals include tax reform, take or pay rebates, and split billing via two checks to cover inter and intrastate gas costs.
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To Electric Coopera of Directors
Texas Railroad Commission
Texas
Lower
Colorado River Authority
L.C.R.A
Fayette Electric
Texas Railroad Commisson
John Wilson
Wilson
Dolph Briscoe
LCRA
Federal Power Commission
Escore
Agricultural Centennial Week Set April 5-9
Texas A&M hosts Agricultural Centennial Week April 5 9 featuring state and national leaders. Youth and Agriculture Day opens with four youth organization leaders, a Rudder Center convocation with John Brinker of A O Smith Harvestore, and a farm family award. A two day symposium follows on Maintaining Agriculture s Momentum in the Century Ahead with topics including export trade energy restrictions weather and food policy.
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College Station
Spl
Texas
Texas A&m University
Rudder Conference
John Brinker
Chicago
Illinois
A. O. Smith Harvestore
Bil’ Pope
A&m
Pope
Bicentennial Medal Auction Opens for Public
The National Bicentennial Medal, the first U.S. gold medal authorized for sale, will be available January 1 1976. ARBA administrator John Warner and Mint director Mrs Mary Brooks announced the joint project priced at 4000 dollars for the 3 inch gold piece, serially numbered and minted on order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Congress
John Warner
U.S. Treasury
Frank Gasparro
U.S. Mint
ARBA
P.O. Box
San Francisco
California
GI Bill loans boom in VA program debut year
More than 15,800 students applied for educational loans in 1975 the first year of the Veterans Administration program.
Engineers Call Productivity Focus to Curb Inflation
Arthur J. Fox Jr. becomes ASCE president and urges federal policy to stabilize construction. He says engineers, as citizens, should analyze productivity in project administration, planning and design to boost output and help the 130 billion dollar yearly construction sector drive economic growth.
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America
Arthur J. Fox, Jr
American Society of Civil Engineers
ASCE
Ford
Fox
Lincoln boyhood homes highlight title hazards for buyers
A 1976 home buying guide recalls how the Lincoln family lost three Kentucky farms due to title problems and moved to Indiana. Texas Land Title Association president Hughes Butterworth urges buyers to conduct title searches, obtain title insurance, and assess housing type and financing to protect against similar risks.
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Austin
Texas
Abe Lincoln
Abe
Kentucky
Lincolns
Thomas Lincoln
Lincoln
Indiana
Hughes Butterworth
Texas Land Title Association
TLTA
Butterworth
Lawyers Title of
el Paso
Illinois
Georgia
West 7Th Street
Salvation Army aids prisoners and ex-inmates with counseling and reentry programs
The Salvation Army promotes prison counseling parole planning and parole services and runs prevention programs to curb crime. It offers casework spiritual guidance child care recreation camping addiction and employment services and operates halfway houses to support ex-inmates during transition to productive lives.
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Salvation Army
Salvationists
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Electric
Railroad Commission
la Vaca Gathering Company
Fayette’ Electric Cooperative, Inc
J. C. Warhol
Czichos Service
STA
Texaco
Remington & B. F. Goodrich Tires
Moulton, Texas
J. B. Cook
Optometrist
Flatonia
Tex
Hoskins Men’s Wear
Gonzales
Farmers & Merchants
Strength Service
Paes
de Peis
Imoulton
Moulton Eagle
Ute
Salvation Army Center
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