Gasoline Cut Revised Amid Typographical Error
Washington officials corrected an energy office notice that first claimed a 25 percent cut in gasoline production, later clarified as a 5 percent reduction from 1972 levels. Vice President Ford urged business leaders to maintain sacrifice and cooperation in the fuel saving program amid industry objections.
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WASHINGTON
UPI
Gerald R. Ford
airline
Nixon
William E. Simon
White House
Simon
Federal Energy Office
FEO
FBO
Jonathan Brown
Ford
Plano High School choral concert features The Messiah
Plano High School presents a 7:30 p.m. Christmas concert in the PHS auditorium led by R J Winters. The program opens with the Girls Choir performing Christmas pieces then the 56 voice Mixed Choir. The 55 member Concert Choir backs Handel's The Messiah with SMU strings and a brass sextet. Admission is $1.
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Hallelujah
Plano High School
PHS
SMU
R.J. Winters
Winters
Ohio truckers defy park-in as shots and bricks assault rigs
Gunfire and thrown debris puncture a two day park-in protest against high diesel prices and low speed limits. Seven trucks on Interstate 76 in Mahoning and Trumbull counties were shot at with no injuries. bricks, bottles hit others in Ohio and Pennsylvania as drivers continued to roll.
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Ohio
Pennsylvania
Mahoning
Trumbull County
highway patrol
Canfield
Youngstown
Michael Shipp
Ravenna
Akron
Barberton
Post Office To Open On Saturday In Plano
The Plano Post Office will open Saturdays 8 30 a m to 1 p m for a second weekend. Postmaster Billy Creed says the weekday schedule will extend to handle Christmas mail flow. All mail must be mailed by Dec 15 to ensure Christmas Eve delivery.
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Plano
Billy Creed
Rushing Cites Experience in Collin County Precinct Three
Odell Rushing, with 17 years on road crews, serves as Collin County Precinct three commissioner. He explains duties include approving the county budget and maintaining roads while noting heavy rains slowed repairs. He opposes outside audits, cites bank handling of funds, and aims to improve county government.
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Odell Rushing
Collin County Commissioners Court
Rushing
W.E. Garner
Garner
Blue Ridge
Tex
Commissioners Court
Tye
Collin County
Plano
Farmersville
Melissa
Climax
McKinney
Mike Newman
Chrysler to lay off 2100 at Detroit and Belvidere plants
Chrysler Corp. will lay off 2100 workers at the Jefferson Avenue Detroit and Belvidere Illinois assembly plants starting in January due to energy shortages and waning demand for large cars. Extended furloughs also cover 10400 more workers to balance inventories after the initial shutdown.
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DETROIT
UPI
Chrysler Corp
Jefferson Avenue
Belvidere
Ill
Chrysler
PUSH Aids Needy Families With Christmas Donations
Pleas to donate toys clothes and money pour into Plano fire stations as PUSH aided by community groups works toward more than 4000 in funds for food baskets and toy repairs. Donations include 25 from TX Power & Light 100 from Lions Club 50 anonymous 200 from Plano Agents and 10 from Mrs. Dave Davis. Plano Firefighters volunteer to repair gifts and Hunt Properties provides storage. O Quinn urges residents to drop repairable items at the two stations and contributions to PUSH Box 568 Plano call numbers 424 7596 or 423 4704.
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Plano
People United to Serve Humanity
PUSH
Rudy Brazil
Jack Youngblood
Al O’Quinn
Mike Newman
Council of Churches, Jaycees
Plano Independent School District
Jaycee-Ettes, Elks, American Legion Auxiliary
Kiwanians
Texas Power & Light employes
the Lions Club
Dave Davis
Plano Association of Independent Insurance Agents
Dancing Widow Wins Suit Over Fred Astaire Studio
Mrs. John P. Boyd 56 sued the Fred Astaire Dance Studio in Austin for 32,000 claiming deceptive practices. The 3rd Court of Civil Appeals ruled the case stay in Austin, noting the studio induced a lonely widow to spend 27,000 on 2,438 dancing lessons in nine months.
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AUSTIN, Tex
UPI
John P. Boyd
dance studio
Boyd
Fred Astaire
R&J Inc
Bal-Fel, Inc
Dallas
Bal-Fel
R&J
Austin
3rd Court of Civil Appeals
to appellee
appellee
Executive Competition Club
Christmas Fund Can Give Hope
In Plano area 1973 families face medical bills and heartache as children fight for life in hospitals. The writer urges establishing a perpetual Christmas Child's Fund to aid deserving families and memorialize Plano's children, with banker-supported sponsorship and a guiding board to decide allocations.
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Junior
Santa
Plano
Greg Chambers
Greg
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