Port Isabel Press Year End CPL Review Reveals Growth
Central Power and Light Company reports 1962 South Texas electricity use rose sharply with lower average cost per kilowatt hour. Residents averaged 3,960 kWh, up 452 from 1961, while industrial and commercial sales also climbed. CPL served about 258,000 customers in 211 towns, expanded plants, and invested $17.36 million, including a new 175,000 kW Victoria unit to push net capability above one million kW.
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Central Power and Light Company
South Texas
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Power Company
South Texas Electric
Victoria Power Station
Victoria Station
Texas
Chambers of Commerce
The
Texas Industrial Commission
Alsn
Famed Milk Bowl Classic Expands Into Teen Enterprise
The Weaver family of McAllen Texas rose from local football schools to create The Milk Bowl Enterprises. Gene Jr 19 Cook ie 18 Sarah 17 Trudy 16 Ernest 14 lead plans for Sweet Sixteen International a teen queen contest and Operation Cowboy camps. The tale links uranium era origin to modern youth programs in a Midwest to Texas arc.
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Gene
Elizabeth
Weaver
Gene, Jr
Cookie
Sarah
Trudy
Ernest
The
Milk Bowl Enterprises
Cowboy
Gulf
Mexico
Papa Weafer
University of Chicago
Insurance Institute flags high losses from assigned risk auto plans
A study by the Insurance Information Institute finds Texas assigned risk drivers cost $112.80 in losses per $100 in premiums over five years, producing a $12.80 underwriting loss per $100. New York, Massachusetts and North Carolina show even higher totals under compulsory auto insurance laws.
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Texas
Institute
Massachusetts
New York
North Carolina
Game Wardens Not New Breed
The Mercury notes long history of game wardens and wildlife laws. From Mosaic law forbidding overharvest to 13th century decrees of Kublai and England’s Magna Carta, enforcement of wildlife regulations has deep roots. Early American colonies also restricted hunting seasons. Wardens have long existed and will grow in importance.
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Kublai
England
Plymouth Colony
Rhode Island
Portsmouth
Mercury
Style Show To Benefit Salk Ins
The Harlingen Jaycee-Etts announce the Silver Anniversary Style Show-Dinner at Harlingen Country Club in January 1963. Proceeds support the Salk Institute for Biological Studies and aid polio arthritis and birth defect victims. Local models wear designs by Adele Simpson Tony Owen and Oleg Cassini. Co-chairs are Mrs. Herschel Zim and Mrs. Bill Devine Jr.
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LBR. CO
Garcia
Stork Derby
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