Widening Of 544 Will Begin Soon
Improvements to FM 544 will begin after the new year with a 1.268 million dollar bid approved by the Plano City Council. L.H. Lacy Co. will receive the contract to widen the roadway to four lanes from Westwood Drive to Independence Parkway and add six-lane intersections at Custer Road and Independence. The project aims for completion in 360 days and includes drainage work and reuse of salvaged material. The council also discussed assessments for paving and drainage on Spring Creek Parkway and Alma Drive, with Hodges facing the largest charge and protests raised over unequal assessments.
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L.H.Lacy Co
Ross Jacobs
Shimek, Roming, Jacobs and
Finklea
Lacy
Westwood Dr
Independence Pkwy
Custer Rd
Independence
Parker Rd
Coit Rd
Preston Rd
Jacobs
State Dept. of Public Transportation and Highways
Plano
Coit
Westwood
Spring Creek Pkwy
Alma Dr
Leon Hodges
Centennial Homes
Fox and Jacobs
A.J. Campdera
Parks and Recreation Dept
Plano Independent School District
W.E. Winn
J.G. Threadgill
north
Tom Walton
Mike Newman
Texas Blue Law Upheld by Supreme Court
The Texas Supreme Court 5 4 rejected Gibson Products Co inc challenge to the blue law barring sale of certain items on consecutive Saturdays and Sundays The ruling says the law serves a legislative aim to close most mercantile stores on Sunday and preserves weekday shopping for key goods Justice Doughty dissented arguing the legislature could prohibit sales on both days if justified by religious considerations.
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AUSTIN, Tex
UPI
Texas Supreme Court
Gibson Products Co., Inc
Gibson
Dallas
Thomas M. Reavley
Beavley
Ross E. Doughty
Doughty
Man sues drug firms over swine flu vaccine paralysis
Wayne Young, 58, of McAlester, files suit in Muskogee seeking 5.5 million after receiving a swine flu shot and developing Guillain Barre syndrome. His attorney says doctors are unsure if the condition will be permanent. Health officials note liability generally rests with the vaccine maker. only one company supplied Young's lot.
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McALESTER, Okla
UPI
Muskogee
Okla
Wayne Young
McAlester
Gene Stipe
Young Stipe
Young
Armond Start
state Health Department
division of
communicable disease control
Congress
Start
Two Planeites Die In One Car Turnover
Two seventeen year old Plano seniors, David Beasley and Robert Foster, died when their 1971 Opel overturned on the US 75 frontage road near Spring Creek Drive. The wreck was found 1:10 p.m. after a missing report. Police detailed the sequence from grass veer to bridge drop and water ditch, with responders freeing the bodies at Plano General Hospital.
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David Bradley Beasley
Glenwood
Robert William Foster I
Winter Place
Cir
Robert William Foster
Beasley
Spring Creek Dr
Justice of the Peace
Joe Steenbergen
Plano General Hospital
Plano
Carter hints at press room pool cover demand
In a Chicago trip chat President elect Carter said Amy Carter wants the pool cover removed. Nixon had the indoor pool covered in 1970 for a press center and Ford had an outdoor pool added on the South Lawn in 1975. United Nations Secretary General Waldheim got a raised gross salary of 110 650 for 1977 but take home pay rises only about 4 000 after deductions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UNITED NATIONS
UPI
Kurt Waldheim
General Assembly
Waldheim
Presley Charities Give Away Funds Delayed by Tours
Vernon Presley, father of Elvis Presley, distributed 32 charitable checks in Memphis on behalf of his son. He apologized for the late delivery, citing Elvis's touring schedule and his own recent hospital stay in Las Vegas.
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Elvis
Las Vegas
Carey Pleads Innocent in Drunken Driving Charge
Beverly Hills actor McDonald Carey 63 pleaded innocent in Municipal Court to a misdemeanor DUI charge. He was arrested on December 10 after a highway patrol officer said his car weaved on Sunset Strip before dawn. A pretrial hearing was set for February 15.
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BEVERLY HILLS
Calif
UPI
McDonald Carey
Carey
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PAM TROBOY
Hodges
Centennial
Richard Rogers
Rogers
Williams High School
Texas Billithic
Settle Machinery Co
General Telephone Co
far west Plano
Spring Creek
FM 544
Pittman Creek
Custer
White Rock Creek
Dan McCullough
Bill Tillerson
Plumbing Board
Builders Coordinating Board
Floyd Terrell
Sign Board of Appeals
William Hughes
East Fork Water Quality Advisory Council
David Griffin
Supreme Court
Robert Terrell Griggs
Richard Dorsey Irwin Jr
Irwin
Brand Rd
Garland Police Dept
Amy
Presley
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