New Year entertainment costs from coast to coast
A UPI survey shows New Year prices from a few drinks at local taverns to $80 to $90 per person at Waldorf Astoria with Guy Lombardo and Aretha Franklin. Florida shows $100 ringside to $35 near kitchen. San Francisco lists $130 at Victor's with a Dom Perignon toast. San Quentin advertises a Bicentennial show.
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HJ. HELLER
United Press International
Guy Lombardo
UPI
Waldorf Astoria Hotel
New York
Lombardo
Aretha Franklin
Florida
Bob Hope
Diplomat Hotel
Hollywood
Miami
San Francisco
Victor's
St Francis Hotel
San Quentin prison
Merle Haggard and
the Strangers
Leap second added to align atomic clocks with Earth time
Timekeepers prepare for a one second leap as Earth’s rotation slows. Atomic clocks will gain a second tonight in Greenwich and New York, synchronized by a simple electronic toggle. This fourth consecutive year of leap seconds adjusts for irregular Earth rotation while preserving accurate time standards worldwide.
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BOULDER
Colo
UPI
James Barnes
National Bureau of Standards
Greenwich
England
United States
New York
Barnes
Liberty Bell moved in New Year eve transfer amid safety care
The Liberty Bell, famed symbol of freedom, is being moved from Independence Hall to a new pavilion as about 50 000 people watch. Park Service and Franklin Institute supervise the delicate transfer with precautions to avoid enlarging the bell’s historic cracks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ANTHONY R. WOOD
PHILADELPHIA
UPI
London
Pennsylvania
Allentown
John Marshall
George Washington
Arthur Miller
National Park Service
Independence Hall
The
Park Service
Franklin Institute
Bomb scare at Custer Road store ends without explosion
Police and fire units respond to a bomb threat near the Custer Road and FM 544 intersection with no device found. Fire crews extinguish a trash can fire behind 1613 Debbie, clean up a gasoline spill at Pitt Grill, and handle four ambulance runs. Burglaries rise with four reports, plus one stolen auto and one or more burglaries of vehicles. 45 calls for service and four arrests recorded.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Threet
Custer Rd
FM 544
Pitt Grill
Carrollton
Dallas
Auto-Minded Offer Expands Plano Auto Shop Program
Plano district expands senior high vocational program by adding an auto paint and body course that now covers engine repair, alignment, transmissions, glasswork and air conditioning. Instructor Bob Barcuch notes strong junior enrollment, state VICA involvement, robust equipment, and active local business advisory support guiding students toward employment readiness.
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Plano
Bob Barcuch
Barcuch
Daryl K. Warden
Martin Senour Paint Co
Wylie K. Rowan
Rowan’s Motor Parts
Bill Cole
Bill Cole Paint and Body
James Lusk
Griffin Oldsmobile
Gene Pell
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Independent School District
Plano Wildcat
Denton
Mike Newman
Columbia, S.C
Pawtucket, R.J
Rhode
Island
Bell
PAM TROBOY
Paul Ballard
Mike Newmar
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