Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 56, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1980 Page: 6 of 16
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6—THE NEWS-TELEGRAM, Sulphur Springs, Texas, Thursday, March 6, 1980
Labor group endorses
Hightower and Diboll
-money to statewide candidates, committee that recommended
but Its endorsement par- the endorsements, replied that
ticularly if followed up by ae- Temple's record, • in. _ ■'•the
live political efforts lh union legislature was solidly pro-,
locals — could mean added labor,
votes for those receiving it. Temple is running against
I/real COPEs will endorse Commissioner John Poerner.
legislative and congressional Republican candidates are
candidates. Henry Grover of Houston and
A delegate from an Austin John Thomas Henderson of
carpenters’ local questioned the Austin.
Temple endorsement, won- Hightower • seeks to unseat
dering why a "gentleman worth Commissioner Jim Nugent, who
$1.2 million” wanted a job told the delegates Tuesday gas
paying $48,000. utility companies have won.
Billy Cowan, chairman of the fewer and smaller rate in-
creases since he joined the
commission.
The COPE endorsement said
x Hightower has made it clear his
\ service on the commission
• i Jw I would be "dictated by what is
V* ‘ \jJ best for consumers, rather than
| \ K the industries regulated by the
F V - ' commission "
A ^ The Republican, candidate is
M former Sen H .1, “Doe’
. • S * Blanchard of Lubbock..
\ The delegates endorsed m
‘ Sf cumbent Judges U-on Douglas
f W W.T. Phillips and Tom Davis
1 „ for re-election to the Court of
Criminal Appeals
AUSTIN, Texas f AP) -
Texas API/-CIO delegates have
endorsed former Texas Ob-
server editor Jim Hightower
and state Rep Buddy Temple,
D-Diboll, in their races to un-
seat two incumbent railroad
commissioners.
Some 1,200 delegates to the
AFL-ClO’s Committee on
Political Education iCOPEi
convention also endorsed
candidates for state Supreme
Court and the Court of Criminal
Appeals all Democrats. t‘
COPE does 'not contribute
&PRESENT56
Wednesday
thru
OATURDAy
A new look
9 127 industrial
Sulphur SpRIN6S
Rita McVey, Community Players make up artist, starts a minor transformation on Linda Mabe,
who plays Charily Haze in the upcoming production of "The Butler Did It," The cast Is ready for
final dress rehearsal tonight with a sellout crowd expected for the Friday and Saturday dinner
shows. The Sunday Matinee performance lor senior citizens and students will begin at 2 p m.
Admission for the matinee is $2 at the door.
Stall Photo
News-Telegram Ads Get Results
Scramble winner
Brett Dietze of Sulphur Sprmqs successfully wrestled a calf over
the finish line at the Houston Livestock Showand Rodeo over the
weekend and earned a $400 calf purchase certificate offered by
Specialized Trucking Dietze, center, is flanked by Danny
Johnson, lett, and Wayne Boyette of Specialized Trucking The
youngster attends Sulphur Sprmqs Hiqh School and is a member
of the FFA chapter
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Bud, Velva 1, Roy and Nancy
Emerson attended funeral
services last Thursday for a
cousin, Verda Emerson Betts,
m Tapp's (’Impel. Burial was in
Conner Cemetery.
New residents Mr. and Mrs.
Brown and daughter, Carolyn
Albers, were welcomed to the
community’s First Monday
lunch.
Virgil and Verba Maddox of
Gainesville came last Wed-
nesday for a few days visit with
Ralph and Mary Vance
Visiting them Wednesday night
were Putt and Gertrude
Bassham, Jaek and Dell
Philbrick, and Trixie Smith.
Thursday night the Vances and
Maddoxes visited the Putt
Basshains.
Following Sunday School,
Ralph and Mary Vance drove
over to visit her sister-in-law,
Eva Abernathy in Tyler.
Funeral services were held
Sunday in Pittsburg for Mrs.
Arnold i Blanch) Herin, a
former resident. Site was the
aunt of Paul Moore of Mesquite,
who with Itis wife Valeria are
regular weekend residents at
their mobile home here. Mrs.
Herin was a great-aunt of Treva
Waller.
Recent visitors with Clara
Randolph were a brother,
James und Mrs. Young of
Huntington, Ark., a son, Earl
Burns of Fort Worth, a
daughter, Mr. J. I). Jackson
and Mr. Jackson and Christie of
Paris. Mrs. Elton Dodd, Mrs.
Glen Dodd and baby and
Ophelia Radican, all of Sulphur
Springs. A local visitor with
them was Mrs. Buddie Smith.
Don and lxila Plummley of
Quinlan spent the weekend here
with Durward and Hazel lit-
trell of Richardson at their
farm home, Don and Durward
work together in Dallas.
Billy and Mickie Uunceford
and Sharon have purchased the
Donald (Hoppy) Hopkins home
here and recently moved.
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Statement 01 Intent
To Change Rates
General Telephone Com-
pany of the Southwest, In
accordance with the Rules
ol the Public Utility Com-
mission ol Texas, hereby
gives notice ot the Com-
pany's intent to Implement
a new schedule of rates In
Texas effective April l,
1980.
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The proposed changes In
rates will affect all
customer classes and are
designed to increase the
Company's gross annual
revenue derived from local
service by 37%
A complete set of revised
rate schedules has been fil-
ed with the Public Utility
-tCormnlssion at Austin,
Texas, and is available lor
public Inspection In each of
the Company's Business
Offices In the State ot
Texas A summary of the
Company's rate filing has
also beefs sent to the
Mayor's Office of each af
fected municipality,
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Keys, Clarke. Sulphur Springs News-Telegram (Sulphur Springs, Tex.), Vol. 102, No. 56, Ed. 1 Thursday, March 6, 1980, newspaper, March 6, 1980; Sulphur Springs, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth824084/m1/6/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Hopkins County Genealogical Society.