Rate Hearing Set Over Texas Power and Light Proposal
Texas Power and Light seeks a 34 percent rate rise with public hearings Monday. City Council schedules 7:30 p m session to consider increases of 38.8 percent for residential, 40.2 percent for schools, 37.8 percent for municipalities, 25.9 percent for commercial and 24.9 percent for industrial customers. Local Manager Jim Taylor says the plan would add about 135 million dollars in revenue from conservation, with adjusted gross revenue up 27 percent. The firm plans to phase out natural gas in favor of lignite and nuclear power due to lower fuel costs but higher construction costs.
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Texas Power & Light Company
Jim Taylor
Taylor
City Council to vote on rate hike and zoning changes
TP and L proposes rates three to six times higher for plants and nuclear options amid a major construction program. Council to suspend rates 120 days and empower the Texas Municipal League in the rate case. Zoning favors Trammel Crow parcels and a Cloister Square tract rezoning to planned development office. Bernard Evans protests Kiddie Korner closure. Eminent domain planned for Parker Rd overpass right of way. Bid items include White Rock Creek projects and park facilities. Capital projects total 10.46 million plus five developments and a fence ordinance. Council to praise Big Lake Park volunteers.
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Taylor
Texas Public Utilities Commission
Texas Municipal League
Trammel Crow
Park Blvd
Coit Rd
Cloister Square
Independence
W. 15Th St
Planning and Zoning Commission
Bernard Evans
Ralph Shick
Kiddie Korner
15Th St
Shirk
W.O. Haggard Jr
Clifton R. Haggard
W.O. Haggard
Rosa Haggard
McClendon Theatres, Inc
R.E. Davis
S.D. Waugh
Royal Oaks II
Spring Creek Plaza
Pittard
Hunters Glen II
Carpenter Middle School
Big Lake Park
Disclosure Ordinance Heads to Hearing in City Hall
Mayor Pro Tem Robert Ellis pushes a financial disclosure ordinance requiring city officials and top employees to reveal income sources and interests. The measure mirrors Austin rules and would cover the mayor, council, city manager, department heads, board members, and their families. Critics say it is too broad and could deter qualified appointees.
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Robert Ellis
Ellis
Mike Newman
Austin
Board of Equalization, Planning and Zoning Commission
Board of Adjustment and Parks and Recreation Board
Norman Whitsitt
Dallas
Biorhythms and the science of everyday ups and downs
Terri Anderson reports on Dr. Morris Maniscalco a Williams High biology teacher who also works as a bio consultant. The piece explains biorhythms three internal cycles physical 23 days emotional 28 days and intellectual 33 days and how they influence energy mood and thought. It notes critical points timing and links to accident risk while cautioning the method’s limitations and possible use in planning activities and even conception outcomes.
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Williams High School
Morris Maniscalco
Maniscalco
County Commissioners Set Brief Monday Meeting
Collin County officials prepare a short 9 a.m. session at the McKinney county courthouse to approve minutes and financial items, decide on a Loop 9 right of way, hear Texas Power and Light Co. rep Boyd Williams, and receive the Sheriff's Dept. FY 1976 report.
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Collin County
McKinney
Boyd Williams
Texas Power and Light Co
Commissioners Court
Sheriff's Dept
Misrepresentation Warning Over Daily Star-Courier Progress Edition
Area businesses are warned that some callers show a 1976 Daily Star-Courier Progress Edition to solicit ads. The newspaper confirms its annual Progress Edition will run on the last Sunday in February and urges verification of representatives’ identity and publication. Call 424-6565 for details.
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Daily Star-Courier
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BY Terri Anderson
Plano
County
Commerce
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