CPL Year End Review Shows Steady Progress in South Texas
The 1962 CPL report notes residents used about 3 960 kWh per year, up 452 from 1961, lowering the average rate to 2 86 cents per kWh. Industrial and commercial sales rose 15 and 10 percent as CPL expanded plants, extended distribution, and prepared for growing demand with a new 175 008 kW unit at Victoria. The company served about 258 000 customers in 211 South Texas communities, with 2 200 full time employees and total revenue up 11 percent despite tax provisions rising 21 percent.
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South Texans
South Texas
CPL
South Texas Electric
Victoria Power Station
Victoria Station
Texas
Chambers of Commerce
The
Texas Industrial Commission
South
Central Power and Light Company
Agin
Famed Milk Bowl expands across generations in Texas
The Weafer family of McAllen Texas grew from teaching football to local youths to launching The Milk Bowl Enterprises a teen queen contest and camp ventures. The piece links their story to uranium discoveries and the atomic age sparked by Papa Weafer's Chicago education.
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Texas
Gene
Elizabeth
Weaver
Gene, Jr
Cookie
Sarah
Trudy
Ernest
The
Milk Bowl Enterprises
Gulf
Mexico
Papa Weafer
University of Chicago
Assigned Risk Plans Cost Texans and Other States Millions
A study by the Insurance Information Institute finds Texas assigned risk motorists incur losses of 112.80 dollars per 100 dollars of premiums over five years, with underwriting losses of 12.80 per 100. Premiums earned reach 11,664,191 while claims and expenses total 13,162,830. New York leads with 128,618,922 in losses, Massachusetts and North Carolina also high, and the institute urges restoring driving privileges rather than subsidizing bad drivers.
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Ince
The
Insurance Information Institute
Texas Assi
Institute
Texas
Massachusetts
New York
North Carolina
Game Wardens Not New Breed
Mercury notes that wardens have long roots in law and history. From Mosaic era prohibitions on overharvest to Kublai's closed seasons and Magna Charta trusts, wildlife enforcement predates modern notions. Early American colonies also regulated game to protect supplies, showing wardens’ enduring role and future importance.
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Christ
Kublai
England
Plymouth Colony
Rhode Island
Portsmouth
Mercury
Style Show To Benefit Salk Institute
The Harlingen Jayce Etts announce the Silver Anniversary Style Show Dinner on January 8, 1963 at the Harlingen Club. Proceeds support the Salk Institute for Biological Stand and aid polio birth defect victims. Local models will wear designs by Adele Simpson Tony Owen and Oleg Cassini. Co chairs are Mrs. Herschel Zinn and Mrs. Bill Devine Jr.
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Harlingen Jayce
Etts
Harlingen Club
Salk Institute For
Adele Simpson
Tony Owen
Oleg Cassini
Herschel Zinn
Bill Devine Jr
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FOOD
B & B Grocery
Port Isabel
Trade Area
Best
Carnation Milk
Joe
Barrer
Texaco
Shaylor Bros
Ist
Frick’s
Washateria
Port Electric Service
Pop
EL Toro
Drive Inn
LBR. CO
Garcia
Stork Derby
Freddie
Port Isabel Press
Cp&l
Port Isabel Area
Blackburn
F. Elizabeth
Brownsville
Salk Ins
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