The Taft Tribune (Taft, Tex.), Vol. 46, No. 11, Ed. 1 Wednesday, December 31, 1969 Page: 2 of 10
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m Local and Personal
Mr. and Mrs. John Hill had
8a their £u."*ts an Christmas
n,iy Mr. and Mrs. J. T Hill
ital fctmiiy of Piatu vUU. Colo..
who left S«nmV(> lor their home
Mr ftps} Mrs. Roy Hill of Hous
ten. Mr. and Mrs Don Brytus
and sob* of TlMrn. Mr. and
Ml*- Mb* tissHtartt and family nf
Cosfxs* Cfcriwt; Paul and Dale
IBIS of Sinter* and Mr. and Mrs.
Aik’S Hill and baby cd Tait
Mr and Mrs Wavno H'Hott
■pint the holiday* with his folks
Sn Bdfeitmtwri.. Boh Kiitoti cawt*
bcwtr with tfwsn and is nfc>© visit-
ing his grandmother. Mrs. E. L.
CVyer.
her sister until Monday.
Bryan. Karl and Michelle Lin-
«camh of Lilting are s|K*ndmg
tilt* ISiHdaya fm c »ith their
erandprents, Mr. and Mrs LAV.
Lmscomb. Other gur-sta during
the buKdays rvere Mr. and Mr
John Linsctsmb and family of
Kelsey and Michael l.inscomb
of Kingsville.
MU* .hj Ali'windrr of Maui
\ sited i r VV. O Tlwrrms and
«.,twr If : ad* here *« To< sdu.’.
.she -■ a , r Taft trliwl Ira*
Mr. and Mrs. Chns. Ray at-
tended a Christmas jxiity in the
Raj Byrd hum* .ri Portland last
week Cbartom* Hay went to one
in the Holland Bonn# home m
Portland.
Mr and Mrs W ,1 Oxnfwm
and family of Wichita Falla * isit-
td her pa lent., Mr. and Mis.
V. L. 1 horinyton from vaturduy
until today Another itau.-titer
Mt« R A. Omrrtnrbem, and
elrildren of IVI.’.urn will com
cm Fridav for the week-end.
Mr and Mrs. Jnrk Tub >nd
of Houston were quests of
It.*. rente Mi nod Mrs A. C
Tuti. from Wednesday to Sun-
day, Micha ’I and Kip Tu stay-
ed until today with their gm.id-
jiuierts.
Mi ,ind Mis If. A. Sigh* anj
!,.os return ed .Monday alt*’1
spending a ueeS in Fmet r.th
I, I.,lives They did some hunlifH
and went to Mexico,
Power Company
Has Record
Year in 1969
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Airs E. C. Andrews spent the
holidays in Baytown with tier »m
and his family.
Lam Jo Brittain of Humble*
earn** Sunday fur a visit with
h ;• grand," . ents, Mr. and Mrs.
C i ' Her parents ami
si t ■ ci .no today for » tew
ci .
Mr?. Jess Adnry had surgery
In the Tait Hospital last Satur-
day.
Mr. and Mrs. J F Oriffin
Mid children arid Mis* Patti To-
land ape»* the twdwtid w ills re-
IMKc* in SMbrwto, *
Air. and Mr*. Dan WetHi of
HtrUti”.n visited in the Bet'.«e
Stewart hunii'1 rrtmV Friday to
Sunday.
> ind Mrs, \V. 0. Lam*
; < hf J; ;>nd daughter of Col-
li p Station visited his pnent*.
:tr. and Mrs. tv. 0. lamitnuHt,
i :i (‘hiLtnia* Eve end Pay.
1: -y were join -d fur dinner by
Mrs. John t>.wn end I • slip Arm.
Liter they .At visit* d relatives
hi ypekikik.
TAFT
Nursing Hom
Holiday gv vt* of Mr and Mr?.
Joint Braadtia were Mr. and Mrs
Jototwy Brazina of Austin, Mr.
•tad Mr*. Lurry Brerina of Ai-
der. Pat StnlM, who tetiuf.
returned frum Air Fw*.<- duty in
Thailand. MH* Annette Brezto i
id. AM Uolvewity and .Mrs.
Ftmmu Toper*. mottui ot Mrs
Mrs. Max Tucker end child-
i-. n visaed relate. • - in 3tto.--s.iLt
frem C:ri!stti.-..-t *■ -■*• uuLl Sun-
day .
Mm. Abide Dalton received
work Friday of the death of her
brother-in-law, W A. Dalton
Ft, Worth. Funerat services
were hell on Monday.
Mr .'.ml Mrs Tom MvC-in-.’B
earrif hr>r:. .M- :;day :> ter ’« in ■
sr.vny sine*’ ThauksgivinR Tne;,
find went to Art-.dn to visit their
son. Inr Dwvid SfcOwww, and
family. From ttx re th- > went ‘o
Jgdr • Btfbatxin to v is it friends
and >n t/» Tahh-qurh. Allen ftttd
Ikiwitta, CNdn.. to visit • ‘lidivi-.-i
and vvei’’’ back in Austin ■ r
{JtriHtmus.
Mr. and Mrs. C C Bnykin
flew to Stamford, Conn., on lx*-
ht-St IS for « hf.’hday i tsit
with All. and Mr-. Ji.tl.SMn Boy-
Kin and Rirls Tfvv - (sited f**r
tS<’ first time ■* idt Karen Boykin
wfm *v.v ihr >■ w >.( ks old. They
returned Mar-day and i••ported
hits of sm iv in C innerfie.at aftd
New York.
Mrs. E. E. OpVilhiss returned
Moaday from RmMmi «•*”>• ••'•••
spwS the htdfdays with her son
and family.
Mr and Mrs. R J. Mi>or<' md
family visittnl reUtive..? in La*-
iill* <nu Evant dtiri' :i: the Ind-
klays.
Mr; and Mr*. C. J. Meyer hud
m their Christmas Day guests
her children, Mr. and Mis Hush
Gdhsctt and sons and Mr ->.-d
Hft. J- T, (flUelnnd and ffl.m-
ily. The Meyers went t:> led;
Jackson Saturday ami d
Mrs Terry Ko.'itire rni (hthl-
r n of V.ict-im v isited her jxe
rtiiri, Mr. and Mrs. W, G. Wil-
liams from Thursday to Tw—
ditv. Other sttesL* from Ttiurs-
lifty to Siindiiv nil” Mr and
Mrs. fi Ati hl’ V of HiMi-ton
Mr. end Mrs Vmd -md
rfJl'Jivij retwrm-d AJnndaj mv.r.t
from a trip m Mound Rid;.'e,
Knit., to visit Hi? family They
K ft !t»-:v on I'n-rciTiix-r 23. Th.->
came hack throuscli OJtl.ihom.i
' fond-i.v in th“ heavy snow storm
wtiv-'i I’uvcred much of the »«-
ti. n ami thoro wa; ice until they
gt.it wav vie vo into Tes ts, Ham
felt on them til" rc,t of the
m ay home,
Larry Smith, who wo - injured
in a ear wreck on Decemlx-r IS.
had vt.irj.iery at-.ain oi Monday.
His wife reported yesterday that
he Iv .showing improvement
daily.
Auatift, Tex. — Hero’.? a happy
tba»l#rt to Start the New. Year!
As an auto owner you'll have an
easier time than ever before
gattiBK your new license tv..;;
toim 'Hite, thanks to a rovis*-!
reji'istratton system which t?-
• com effactive in Jnmatry.
Texas Highway D*’|vinns ut,
sridsh dev ised the new sydorr;
predicts that registratiori? will
pa* s tlie seven million n-.arlt.
For the first time, registra-
tion renewal apfdications will be
mailed to every vehicle own* r
in the state. This will he done
during the month of January.
However, the registration peri-
od does not In-yin until Febr-
uary 1.
Be on the lookout for your ap-
pthtattoft. It will arrive in a sksrt-
litv envelope marked "Im-
IMHftnnt — This n. your iic-nse
plate renews! application."
Mt tlvrow it away ns jutik
m«iA. It's very important-
tdOr ftpiAication is n three-
ttn*>t torm which should not t:e
tows- apart, Instruction.-, are irt-
cMtd in toe form.
At toe start of the registration
pMdod, you may take your ap-
utoabon and fee to your county
tax- office — or order hv mail.
ft no FkiKcr will be r.e.-c> vary
to jwesent certificates of title or
lost year's registration receipt
Wbm you have the application.
Wtritmg lines at the tax office
«* ftsfeetefinn Should hv shorter.
All dto clerks need to d*> is take
your tnomry. slap a ’..ticker on
( th* application form • hw-.n:;
j yarn' registration number ami
aOwr data — and hand uver the
ISf© plate;.
Aiwti I is too registration dead
lino tail mail applications cot
niton Marrfi 1. Tiv»?e who wint
jplstos sent by mrdl should be
Mind the application form to the
county tax collector .-’long with
ttw registration fee plix* $1 for
hwutWHg and postage). Be sure
ymir correct address ;s shown
in tt» renewal form'
This new system is the result
of extensive computerization of
hfghwii.v department vehicle re-
cords. It gives Texas one oi the
most efficient method? of r<' ms-
tratkm. And even the color
sebume is new light blue m
e reflective white background.
Narcotics Checks Student in-
volvement and ell-mlrintton of
••Information” nlxxif drugs and
drug usage were faeors d>. ru*:-
aed at the organiy-dior d ite'Cl-
ing of the interim House Nar-
cotics Investigating O.-mmitte*’.
A final decision on th; -1 •< ■ • ific
areas of Investigation I:;. t\
committee will wait until Or>n>
rr.ittce Ci.T-irmnn Torn Boss of
Hnudkm hits enaut’e to mc*’t
with tlw* (enerooi. IJetutenant
r.->> ,-.nd Speaker. Each of
those ton e is conduci.ng a stu-
dy of his own.
smd that "E.■: rjont- hx-.
his ideas • it drugs but very
few fa ;d>' know m r> ditv, uiut
drugs do '-‘.hat " !(<■ • .sled
that other members of the com-
mittee e-n.cblMh contacts with
students in their area?.
‘'If nothing else, said B.ie?,
"I hope this <'■smmitte. will .se-
parate fact from fiction, and
vill deal with the intelligence
and intellect rather ti.an < mo-
tion, and politics. If resnreh
ind.cat;-. that present |x naltii ?
h r drug US-.- are too stiff, he ad-
d'd, they should be reduced ir
eliminated.
Rcapjvrrtjonment Ordered
Texas' I’l-memtier Stale Board
a; EdUC stion must !<■ reapfior-
tiened a.v.s the threi-jei! ,■ fed-
eral court
However, i'.td,;- - s 1 June 1.
IS7I. as th*-tie idlme thir avert-
ing to” to d for a > *" ial lefds-
Jativi ?<’.?: ion >.’* tt ■ i-Mu-
Court concluded that the board
must ic-.id discrimination
again; ! urban ri sidents. I’. S.
Supreme Otmrt s one-man, oiv*-
vote principh’ th;.*. wis applied
lo tilt’ state elected I*sly with
hroad .ewmaw-ntal statiuvide
4 j,,. th;’ legisla-
ture. Under th-s ordei Pie i\
Ix. irfi member- elect*d in l*t*W
evil serve their full six-year
terms ..... ;fi ; 1-eted in tall ei
]pta* , || ,'pf* ” fl’e.e.:-*l fk’eer’’-
i’cr, 1072: and eight elerted In
Ndvciii'it, 1970 will s< rve otilv
Att\ C* n Crawford Martin’',
office argiied u»:su, ■e.-?*ful!v
ttiat no court i irt mdi r an nd-
nilhiiti ative ; dy reapfxirtiiHi-
ed
Oil Allow -ie Hiked Rail-
road ('.aim.-s i' ll be; again
h. - s! d t ,i oil i." Kindlon allow-
; 11.11 ■ fl set rh»> fe;urc fur Jan-
uary It 6# per cent of pifratia!
This is a raise <>; 5..T ;«-r eent-
«;?*» jniints from the current al-
low:* Lie and '.votiH i>ermit m.-ixi-
tr.irn production of J.!l63.6ail bar-
rels a day tip from the current
15,630,as6 t, p. But ; . .me oilmen
sc,* mit.b fi-fiire? arc considerab-
ly higher than tie actual output
anticipated
Only IS or 20 field? in the
state are capible of fa-odueing
mere r.l utwter --n nll'.-i* :*bF
lllflt n* 68 per * lit, c.S|H Its MI1J .
C-llurs arc produi im* a |x*!tk
of abed 58 pvt cent. Current
pftttrn of *2 7 per cent did not
yield ;w inix-li oil as hud been
I rt K I API I RIIlllNI-
Fubliv.i«d each Wednesday In Taft, Texa* 78790 by toe
7!t|tH»ir Pm*M f .fit **’~ * ’,'*
KCfTH GUTHRIE Editor and Publ ?her
•utwcrlption Rate D 50 Per Year
{to fcta Patric’C Coo-te *'.50 -U ,-.-herf>i
TO TWi P‘ Id' IKY ees*. MKXI* Wf.ir'-flK SUN rw* ^***»*C
ST.owm o>'tl>IIO’IW '• IN- •«»**» ' •’» ' *
ia<bw*i4 **ee *»**i?e e* T**r t*st w •! -*t An.' s? cnneecTia is i*
*n tmc urtwvrio** os r«a suiusksm
expected.
A.pj»intlT;en:.’i Ota emof
Smith has rpuppnintcd Tommy
V. Smith of Aut tin as Omanis-
.- isner «»: Ijiilnr Statistics The
two year term expires I't-b 1,
1971.
Other appointments include:
Board of Re„. nts. Lamar
State Co l. v of Tcchnologj-Wil-
K:i- i .*'- raia’I Monro” oi Port Ar
thur ar;d John Luther Smith of
S n A::y!:?tinc: Cecil RanrtiJph
ik'C.vm of Orange vva.- re<>f*|)oint-
cd
Board of Ihrcct.iis, Texas Art*,
end Industrie? FniversMy
Mrs .*!’,:>■ I.e-iiiH Kleberg >i
Kingsville, Laurence A. McNeil
of CYiftuj. Christi and Hestt|uio
Rodriguez of Harlingen.
Ti Youth Council W Fur-
rest Sniitli of Dallas.
St.il* Board oi Control Char-
les S. (bases Sr. of Houston tv-
ai-poiritmt nt).
Animal Health Commission
Geo! j;e William Apple < i McKin-
ney.
State Board ?f Plumbing F.x-
nmirer Artiiur L>. Goodman
III I)e-|l.-"lonl
Gulf Coast Waste Dispisal
Authority Dr. Frank Lanion
Jennings of Galveston
Stale |;uird of Re^Ftration
fur i'utilie Ntirvyeors Kirliy
liillin of l'!ili,;s fn-ajjpnintmenli,
Oliw r it. MeKiy.i of Dallas and
Claronre Juso{4> Montgomery,
Jr of Houston.
Spec a| A-sistant ti governor
p.r < ‘risen dion and water de-
\ tii[/nient Tom McFarland
of Hereford.
U[?;x’r Colorado Riser Autliori-
tv lack Dnuthit ot Stilling
City, Dale I.'-ddy of San Am."-In
and L, T Young; loud ui Bronie
i all rei*pt*.intm' nts >.
Oil Slick Spreads Chairman
of a senate commith e on pi [a ■-
1 ne studies r ported an oil slick
covered at least five spuare
miles in Trinity Bay near Bay-
town
state agencies, re|lorted Sen
I). Rov Harrington of Port Ar-
thur had no com; rehensive map
pipelines in se .’merged land?
which make? it difficult to find
flu’ company at laillt. Texas
(. il.t> J’.iard -aid that unless
a ran find the company at fault
tin re are no load? available
for the state to clean up the fs.il-
lulion,
Governor Suiitli disfiatchcd a
foMr-n an team to make an un-
tD-spui investigation oi the oil
sla k. He asked fit; t a detailed
iv; i at be mad” to him Assign-
ed to the investigating learn
v.vic John Shan d an, Ji., slate-
ire d relatiens dnision of the
"'-■I'iniir’ olfie . Jim Herring,
hearing examiner for Tex. Rail-
road Commission: Terry Lx’ary,
* i-irdin iter of roustnl fislw’r.i:?
for Texas Park, and Wildlife
I> ; ail pent and Joe T* Ih r. de-
put\ dirertor of Texas Water
(Quality Board
II.indi> upped Texa ; Interna-
tional Airiims, the old Trans |
On Monday December 52. Mr.
and Mr? Jim Lanfcpft of Kings-
viile vt»M Joe t.xn»en. Mitr.v
Hinojosa, of Unrpus t.Pristi en!~
ivd an Mrs Refttgto Garcia.
> rW’Sfs <»f SR*- Muffle Blirk-
w«i) on Tuesday were Mr*. Ben
Hilt, fate* md Jenffer HiH of
Slnton. Mtit* l-ttcilie Hnncood of
Sinv York City .asit'd her mo-
ther, Mr*. l.tielH • Hnnwxid
On Christmas Fvc Mi*. Pearl
Liim.iev of Rock'jxrrt railed on
GfXjftKe Knox Mrs. Jessie Biv-
Im had a- guest? Mrs. Juli'*
Prtrrif- and children add \d*
Lee rt itdrop
OftChrUtnu-’* friy Mr*, fbede
C.e/a had as aue-ds Irene *nd
Gut Mims and N F. flora of
Rpekpurt Mrs ? F Jark-on
nnd Mr? J, B. Jackson and
Fred of ■ kj«»t came to vr-il
5*. F Jackson. < Jih ?ts of Mrs.
Henrietta Ab-heimer were Mr,
and Mrs. R L Osborn of Rock-
port
Oft IbH ittlci Mr« Knri-
quetfl Tevftiu ii td as cuests Mi
and Mrs. C Cns*r» of Corpus
i Mr fi and Mike Maldonado of
Taft. Oh th-> same day Airs.
Rabt. Davis add children oi in-
rleside visited Mr*. I>•«**?• Me-
Gauh< *• was Mrs. G 1, Undley
ol Aransas P«
A numt« r of rrsident* s.fxnt
ora- or two days nway with f«m-
iiv at OiririrfOt* Mr? Hnrworxt
was irt Sintm* with her dnuth-
ter find other relative*. HnW.
Payton visited ,1. Hwfiirs. Mis?
Star StiirbUtk vLsilcd W inffH?
irt Sintort tor three day*.
Mrs lainnd* DM WMt i»
the home of h r -»n, Gen I ?fes,
and family Hi P>*rtlartrt. F.twnf
Oiei”' n i i’-itwl the AC fttek-
hams irt (idem Mrs. Trevino
V,II? ’ith T*ft relatives for the
holiday. Mr? Kill Yttttnv vent
in the home of her daughter Itl
Rcekfvirt.
Mrs Kate Pr’ssfey spent
Uiiitsimas in the home of her
• on. Dan Prty-ln and girls. Alt.
end Mrs J K. <'urringhMi went
to Ingi'-side with relatives for
Christ in:”- Mr?. S»l'h? Griffin
visited her daughter. Mrs At-
■iicimer was m the hum'* of her
daughter tor the day and Grarge
Kirn h->? with relative* for
ChrKtrtiii*.
Mrs Rexie flora visited in the
horde of iii r datigidri W F.
Watkins was in the J. K. KjW*
horn* and Mr? Lein Lwr-il"
rti-nt to the home of her duwh-
ter, Mr? Jack Morrow in Sin-
tun. Mr*. IHuekwell whs
away with relatives and Mrs,
Blackwell visited in the i am
Swann honte She is •ft'tvtns to
a nursing home in Si-don Ihr.*
week.
Texas, will fly 70 to 80 handicap-
ped |x>mm* to Austin from the
Tex;*.? KiJutbihtetion md R—
.’earth Institute in Huustrm to
lake part in Sen. Chris Coie'
••i.vemnr fur n day r e lebration
on Jan. til
The Harris Countv sprwtur,
who w as blinded while a Marine
in World War il. raid the theme
ot h.% t-elehration will be the
;iC'-e»m|;li?bnu-ut arid t»rtentml of
the state's liandi* ui>{.w‘d persons.
Oxer 63 exhibits rawing
from a special Medi-ear lor the
iiundirapptd to umfMite* s d*-
.•notwtniting the use of artificial
urnbr will lx? displayed
around the capitoi.
Gain:? Going, Gone Blake
Moot* of Paris. Texas, hi n
pji'ttv gfrsl salesman, in fact.
l-.e peddled *1.736.500 vorth of
roods just recently Moore is
the auctkineer for the University
of Texas mineral lease sales un-
der the General Land Office
Sale involved .'.7,911 acres of
land In far West IV-.x’r? in An-
drews, Gaines, Wind, Winkler,
Terrell. Pecos, Reagan, Hudo-
[setli and Crockett eountle*.
I.easi‘ sal*k hmught art average
pro * of HTCA an acre.
Short Snorts District Judge
ii.nid Brown Sherman ?tt-
nounced i*e is a "proiiable” can-
didate for attorney general
;. gainst incumbent Crawford
Martin.
Governor Smith nnnimne* d
that the North Central Texas
Council of Government' will r*-
teivc a 151 919 U.S Department
of Ih’alth, Kducation and Wei-
health planning program-
T< xa? Kmployment Commi?-
: i(in repirts the harv* sting of
vegetables and fruits mostly n
the i,<!’er Rio Grunde Valley
and the Rio Grande Plains, pro
x ided over i.lifK) more farm job
o|Ji’tiine? during November than
in uotiber vliile n< -.-farm plaee-
ments dipjx'd almost HJXtO from
OctolK’l'.
John ('. White, Agriculture
Commi'-sioner. lias announced
that he w ill he a candidate for
iw’loi.iiim.
It is cstirnnbd by the Texas
Safety Association that ir»”8 will
Is' the first your in the State'?
history when more then 230.000
)lemons will be killed and injur-
ed on Texas roods.
Texas profet&i<.nol O >rp:>r:>-
tlnn W*t doe? not apply to cor-
porations orEunUed for the pur-
ls**.- of performing professional
engineering service?, say* At-
torney General Martin.
Wi: tern State Bank at Mid-
land is seeking a state charter.
More than 4(Vi Texa* cities
which levy one f*’r cent l<x;il
ofJiun municipal sales tax*-? re-
ceived over S2il -1 million from
ibis source for the quarter
G*>mpfrollet Robert S Calvert
roports.
Texas Liquor Contr-*l Board
1*1 xii-ts more than $50 1 million
v * re paid in aleholie Ijeverae"
excise taxes in Texa’* last fis-
* ai year beer accounted tor
Si>9 t million; distilled spirits $19
million; wine, SI 1 million, and
mail liquor, $553.511.
Local
Mr. and Mrs R. N. West
and Ixiys relumed Sunil.iv livm
a four-day trip* to Littlclicd and
the area to visit relatives. They
started hum” during • hen, y
snow- storm and drove ori icy
r,..ad? pari of the way and then
ran /mo rain fur a good part of
tlie trip
Mr. and Mrs G V Munrt
rillin’ home Monday after spend
ing a week in Houston with tii ■
Terry AJIisons.
Mr tnd Mrs R. L. Harper.
Jr and Mr R. L. llai|«-i went
to Mathis early Christinas
morning for breakfast and j;i:t
opening with Mrs. Bobby Pn-s-
1 >y and family. They all return-
ed to T ift it dintr r in the liar-
pi i, Jr. home.
NOTICE
WORLD WAR II VETERANS
COMMEMORATIVE MODELS
Colt .45 ACP
OFFICIAL SIDE ARM
* Pacific Theater *Atlantic Theater
‘^'Nickel Plated
♦Commemorative Plaque
*7 De-Activated Cartridges
-Beautiful Presentation Case
♦Commemorative Book
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TAFT, TEXAS
South Te.xii? eust.anc:? o’ ‘ '
fial P.rve* -nd 5 -m Uomp. ny
increas'd tin « l»*ni>- usvof
trieity ire th* !ji -t a twain f in
history during 1369. R” iMi 't:
tfnifpany Ira? irrra-t d
The avcia a' CPI. r- sMenti.il
etwttimfr tr? d 1 - a' '>‘9G» kilo-
watt hour of * lectti* i’y in L**1-'*.
a gain of 785 KWH - • ■ r tin*
cord established a y -n »k*' Th -
iwfMwt* in tt?* a** r*«r* residen-
tial u«e is moc** than 200 kiio-
vtiti Ixjtirs greater than the pr<-
vfMM biqb inerea*** reported in
tee.
Much of the ;nrre-*s.’ in the
residentsa! tee nt Hrctrielty was
attributed to ttK* kurgei u*e "t|
air r.«ditinning last summer.
when fcmpMsiott ? in South T**x-
-i reached record level* *<**d
stayed t tie re for several week*.
But 'ihiic CPL cc-t’Hwn u«d
more electricity in 19**9 they i-
ik] paid iess j*’r iP,-* all buuv
fut if than ever before *n his-
it.i v 1 hiring ttk■ past ten years,
(f*e nvrrage r<’»****«nti <1 tt*- of j
rl.-s fstrfty met*:- than *’- ,,a'|i-i
id nnd to** fine** p**r kd*M .tt
flour has dec lifted by :* ;* r * cut
Total us* ..f elvxtr!' ty by •<;!
CPI, rut-him’ *s ;■' !' ■■'!* * (lib
iklft kiiiMiltt huu. • ais*' an Sl-
um*' iccuitl Total ' ••‘••'i-*
Hi* 14 tier rent ov< t 19*»?, :-<>* J
iiy a 16 per c«n» gain in - *!*•• -
tu residential «d»tu.:,. ;•*
The year ,}yxt [ .• d a,as -I ■* a-f
record for GPL in it o*y ethi'r
wsyx ■<* tin- i ■ p-m> ;: ■-la -J
p,-v i the IIIKI u.iiliuii mark ;»<
revenue* tor tin* first time add-
• d its ;i<IO.OOC.t’i custofncr .ir.d
I?"tan w-irk "ri ,* £*U aulii- n
consiruttsun prt* ram.
"Ihr- compart* -- t*a *; ■ veu*-. ,
in 1969 amJ«!!il*-ri * q>t ■ x - ;:.*•-
fly $U)6 miliiuft, an *nt-i*..->< ..
$10 million or mote than 11 >-r
cent over 19tix.
(Tt. lidded it? 'H* *,. -■
mar in • ariy Deceniiw-r The
total customer gain fur the y,-.*r
was nppmximiitriy 7 Tub r<-
tlwting it continued ,*dy
'.Jiifkin gru vtti in tin- . ..crai ■ e.
s-»i!!i Texas Mr-.it. a;..a rid.
fx*s*«'d the RJO.OOO - , ust* mer
mark in 1W5 ;hh1 ti:*- T-f n -q
customer lev**! in 195-1
President I'varm* f sr-
nounced late in the .,,.**- ih.q
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the 100,000 who love (infected to SeuHiW
under the Chieo Hot. or open atms, .pnm
manced by the U.S Agency for IniemeHML
(A.W.). At a Cbieu Hot center in Pteiku.
ie»m such trades as carpentry, masomv.
b«fing. Her» * student ffemor strafes Ms G.-r
to a couple of skeptical fellow-defectors, ^
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