PUC chief urges Senate panel on aid for elderly electric bills
Texas PUC chairman George Cowden told a Senate subcommittee there is a clear need to help elderly Texans pay electric bills. he urged that relief be a legislative welfare matter, not a PUC duty, and pressed for changes to the Public Utility Regulatory Act. He warned reducing the agency budget would limit enforcement and suggested trimming the one sixth of one percent gross receipts assessment. he also sought power to seek court receivers for noncompliant utilities and outside counsel.
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Austin
Texas
George Cowden
Public Utility Commission
Senate
Cowden
Commission
Senate Subcommittee On
Consumer Affairs
Garrett Morris
Alan Erwin
Memphis businessman seeks to sell Presley crypt pieces
Memphis dry cleaning firm owner asks Chancery Court to decide if he can sell fragments of the marble crypts once they held Elvis Presley and his mother Gladys Smith Presley. He says Vernon Presley blocked using Elvis name in marketing and cites a 1978 cemetery letter authorizing sale with a pledge to replace marble after removal.
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Memphis
Presley
Memphis, Tenn
Chancery Court
Elvis Presley
William Res Carwile
Vernon Presley
Carwile
Forest Hill Cemetery
Gladys Smith Presley
Graceland
Low blood pressure fatigue and lifestyle advice
Dear Dr. Thosteson answers questions on fatigue with low readings, nutrition, thyroid and adrenal issues, mood, sleep and exercise. He notes 105/70 is normal and suggests three to four meals with adequate protein, possible B-12 impact, and mild activity like walking.
Voting Rights Act called administrative nightmare in Texas
Austin AP reports an assistant secretary of state called the extension of the Voting Rights Act to Texas an administrative nightmare. John Pettit testified before a Texas committee that the elections division grew from three to 30 staff in three years, following the act’s extension over Gov Dolph Briscoe’s protests. Pettit cited five million Spanish English voter registration applications this year and warned federal takeover remains a threat while urging more funding for primaries as inflation raises costs. he noted primaries this year cost 2.97 million dollars, just 30 thousand under budget.
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Austin
Texas
John Pettit
Special Committee On Delivery of
Secretary of State
Congress
Dolph Briscoe
Briscoe
Mark
Pettit
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Dyer Electronics
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