STEP Program Aids Arrest and Weekend Patrols
The STEP program credited with arresting an auto theft suspect after a patrol stop on US 75 led to impounding a stolen Oklahoma vehicle. A second arrest for theft and drunk driving occurred amid a weekend with fourteen other arrests and multiple burglaries and burglaries reported. Police log 143 calls, seven criminal mischief reports, another stolen vehicle recovered, and eight accidents with weather noted as a factor.
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STEP
Oklahoma
US 75
NCIC
Tulsa
Okla
Plano’s
Ronald Eguene Hepler
Dallas
Dallas North
Pkw
Hepler
Jessie James Palmer
G Ave
Parker Rd
Ford
Patricia Burroughs Wilcox
Allen
Bobby Dean Blansett
Judy
Jimmy Allen Bates
Arlington
Fire Dept Extinguishes Two Fires in Plano
Plano Fire Dept reported two residential fires with minor damage. A kitchen fire at 2813 Downing occurred at 12:41 p.m. and a second blaze at 1421 Hawthorne at 6:35 p.m. over the weekend. Firefighters also fought a grass fire on Coit Rd and responded to seven ambulance calls, an open hydrant, two smoke investigations, a car fire, and a power failure standby.
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Plano
Downing
Hawthorne
Coit Rd
FM 544
Parker Rd
Rezoning P Z Tables Plans and Plats in Plano Area
Planning and Zoning Commissioners tabled a MF 2 rezoning request for 27 acres near 14th St pending city and district land sale negotiations and Wastewater Treatment Plant expansion. Brown projects 16 apartments per acre with 10 acres needed for plant expansion and a 1.4 acre Kwik Kar Wash is planned at Sherrye and 14th. Four plats approved include Lot 3, Block C in Dallas North Industrial District and Whifffletree Addition with 130 SF 2 lots. Replats of Hunters Glen blocks and phases I to III were approved to smaller lots near Hughston Elementary and Spring Creek Pkwy area.
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City of
Plano
North Texas
14th St
Rowlett Creek
Brown
Sherrye Plaza
Talmadge Loyd
Sherrye
14th
Dallas North Industrial District
Capital Ave
K Ave
N Ave
Whiffletree
Kimberlea
Hunters Glen II
Hunters Glen III
Hughston Elementary School
Spring Creek
Custer Rd
Revenue Sharing Ends This Year
Miami Beach officials say Congress may renew the 1972 general revenue sharing act, which expires this year and sent 150 million dollars annually to municipalities for basic services like police fire protection and sanitation. New Orleans Mayor Moon Landrieu calls failure to renew unthinkable despite current city strains.
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MIAMI BEACH
UPI
America
Congress
federal
National League of Cities
New Orleans
Moon Landrieu
County commissioners cool possible clash over roads in Precinct 2
Two Tickey Creek Road residents appeared before the Collin County Commissioners Court to raise questions about road conditions and spending. Judge Nathan E White Jr urged written questions in advance. a public meeting was planned for Branch Airport to pressure for immediate road improvements. The agenda also included a youth park building bid delay, a Mobile Crime Laboratory purchase, and a second year of a criminal justice grant for the 199th District Court.
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Collin County Commissioners Court
Linda Bishop
Pat Seymour
Tickey Creek Rd
Ray Sellers
Nathan E. White Jr
Judge White
Branch
Sheriff's Dept
199th District Court
Richard Schell
Plano
Last minute change saves Snowdon from Hill crash
Lord Snowdon, brother in law to Queen Elizabeth II, avoided a fatal flight when he canceled a Marseille to London trip in Hill’s private plane to photograph the racer. Hill's craft crashed on approach to Elstree Airport, killing all six aboard.
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UPS
Lord Snowdon
Elizabeth II
Graham Hill
Snowdon
Princess Margaret
Marseille
Hill
north London
Elstree
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Enid
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Whitehall
Jeffrey Lee Sessions
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Jeanne Heyland Price
Midcrest
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Plano Police Dept
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D-Ky
Frank Thompson
DN.J
House Administration Committee
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Charles E. Bennett
D-Fla
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