Central Gets Facelift In Night Operation
Relief is on the way for bumpy North Central Expressway as 13.8 miles from downtown Dallas to the Collin County line will be resurfaced starting Sunday night. Eisenhour Construction Co will work nights 8 30 p m to 6 a m Sunday through Thursday with no daytime or weekend work to limit disruption. The project introduces a Rotomill pass to remove asphalt and texture concrete in one step for high skid resistance, a first in the U S. Sections will close in one direction, traffic diverted to service roads with a 40 mph limit, and heavy signaling and patrols planned for motorist safety and worker protection.
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Dallas
Collin County Line
Eisenhour Construction Co
N. T. Popejoy
State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation
LBJ
Central
Bryan
Popejoy
U.S
Arsonist Gets Probation For Plano Home Blaze
Joe Lee Hall admitted setting a Plano house on fire last August and received 10 years probation with restitution of 4482. Fire Marshal Bill Threet noted severe damage to the southeast bedroom and nearby areas at 1808 Armstrong. Firefighters found a lighter near the blaze and a gasoline bottle. Hall bore a burn when arrested hours after the 12 16 a m fire. The home belonged to Linda Green, Hall’s common law wife, who had bought his share before the fire.
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Joe Lee Hall
Tom Ryan
Plano
Hall
Bill Threet
Armstrong
Linda Green
Threet
Butcher of Riga Nazi Fugitive Dies in Paraguay
In Asuncion Paraguay a man believed to be Nazi SS captain Eduard Roschmann known as the Butcher of Riga died in a pauper hospital. West German authorities seek confirmation via fingerprints and documents. the death ends a decades long manhunt tied to the killings of about 40,000 Jews in Riga.
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Asuncion
Paraguay
UPI
Riga
Eduard Roschmann
Latvia
Roschmann
Friedrich Beck
Federico Bernardo Wegener
Prsecutor Beck
War Crimes Tribunal
Hamburg
Argentina
Europe
Wegener
ABC
Young Rios
Werner Winke
Germany
Paper Drive To Benefit World Service
The Plano YMCA and Christ United Methodist Church sponsor a weekend paper drive to raise funds for the Y's World Service program aiding 88 countries and disaster relief. A trailer at 2640 Glencliff will accept newspapers magazines IBM paper and other paper. bundles should be sorted.
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Plano Ymca
Christ United Methodist Church
World Service
Church
YMCA
U.S
Christ United Methodist
Glencliff
IBM
Crop Inflation Still Seen To Ease Next Year
Washington UPI report on August crop estimates shows large gains for corn, wheat, soybeans and livestock feed, with Hjort predicting a near 6 percent food inflation rate in 1978 and possible acreage reductions for wheat and corn pending farm bill passage.
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Washington
UPI
Agriculture Department
Howard Hjort
Hjort
Georgia
Eastside residents form PACC to push eastside schools on bond ballot
Plano group led by Jerry Hoagland organizes to insure eastside schools appear on the upcoming bond election. About 80 people meet at Holy Nativity Episcopal Church to elect officers form committees and plan action. Members push realignment to equalize elementary enrollments while noting overcrowding elsewhere.
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Eastside
Plano Area
Plano Area Concerned Citizens
PACC
Jerry Hoagland
Hoagland
Joe Mashburn
Lynda McKay
Larry Waggoner
Marilyn Ransom
Holy Nativity Episcopal Church
Plano
Tom Hughston
Westside
Rick Mercer
Mercer
Kay Sloan
Directors Gather For Rites
The first new chartered bank in Plano since 1963 City National Bank of Plano In Organization aims to open by Sept 21. Ground breaking at 1420 Independence Pkwy drew many directors including Roland Dickey Robert T Dry Jr Jimmy Eubank Robert L Harrington Jr Earl S Holland Jr William A Kramer Paula L Stringer E W Switzer Nathan E White Jr Norman F Whitsitt. Holland will be president with Jerry R Long as vice president and Toye Dennis as cashier Paula Stringer organizer and first woman bank director in Plano’s history.
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Plano
City National Bank of
Independence Pkwy
City National Bank
Roland Dickey
Robert T. Dry Jr
Jimmy Eubank
Robert L. Harrington Jr
Earl S Holland Jr
William A. Kramer
Paula L. Stringer
E.W. Switzer
Nathan E. White
Electric Bills Now Eligible for Crisis Program
Texas Power and Light joins the Energy Crisis Intervention Program to aid low income elderly blind and disabled during the 1976 77 winter. Applicants based on need bring income proof SSI or Social Security letters. Apply by Aug 26 contact Edith Henry at 248 4277 for best chance. funds go to utility companies as bill payments or credits.
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Texas Power and Light
Edith Henry
Robber Threatens Parker Custer 7 11 Robbery
An 18 year old clerk at the Parker Custer 7 11 reported a man in his early 20s robbed her at 2 40 am with threats of force. The suspect described as five foot ten and 160 pounds fled with about 150 dollars. Police arrived three minutes later with no suspect.
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