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Agencies Compete for $5 Mil. CHIP’s Account

DALLAS—More than 15 agencies submitted proposals on June 29 to compete for the $5 million advertising account of Texas’ Children’s Health Insurance Program. In addition to incumbent Sherry Matthews Advertising &Public Relations of Austin, Texas, contenders include Austin agencies Bozell Kamstra, Tuerff-Davis EnviroMedia, Fellers Marketing and Advertising, Sanders, Wingo, Galvin & Morton Advertising and Makos Advertising, Marketing & Design; Houston shops The Albrecht Agency and BRSG; Dallas-area agencies Cinco Media Communications, DDB,Invision Advertising and Joiner Rowland Serio; as well as Lopez Advertising Group, El Paso, Texas; Market Vision/CoActive Marketing Group, San Antonio; Packer, Oesterling & Smith, Harrisburg, Pa.;