Citizen of the Year honors Plano police veteran
W. Pete Barnes, Collin County Juvenile Officer, was named Citizen of the Year at the Chamber of Commerce awards luncheon at Los Rios Country Club. Rev. Leonard Allgood presented the plaque and lauded Barnes for his youth work and history as a Dallas police officer.
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Nelda Whitehead
Collin County
W.E
Pete
Barnes
Chamber of Commerce
Los Rios Country Club
Leonard Allgood
Allgood
Dallas
John Helsey
Wes Newell
Pete Barnes
L.B. Showalter
Joe Bob Price
Daily Star-Courier
Mike Newman
Sentenced For Drugs In Colombia Miss Martin Receives Three-Year Term
Kelly Ann Martin daughter of Yankees manager Billy Martin is sentenced to three years in Colombia for smuggling cocaine. Police found about a pound of cocaine strapped to her thighs at Barranquilla Soledad airport. Her lawyer plans an appeal.
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Barranquilla
Colombia
UPL
Kelly Ann Martin
New York Yankees
Billy Martin
Albany
Calif
Miss Martin
Soledad
Ridder stabbed at Hollywood Park. in good condition
Bernard Ridder publisher and Ridder Publications chairman was attacked by a knife wielding mugger at Hollywood Park in Inglewood after a horse auction. He defended himself with a catalog and the assailant fled. Ridder remained hospitalized in Pasadena. Zsa Zsa Gabor files for divorce from Jack Ryan after alleged unfinished nightclub project and a dismantled Rolls Royce.
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Pasadena
Calif
UPI
Bernard Ridder
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Ridder
Ridder Publications
Long Beach
Santa Monica
Zsa
Zsa Gabor
Miss Gabor
Jack Ryan
Ryan
Plano Sees Fatality Free Year Amid Traffic Rise
Plano reported 96 December accidents and 184 injuries in 1975 with no fatalities, down from seven in 1974. County rural roads had 13 deaths in 1975, while state totals improved. speed blamed for fatalities. December saw 18 injuries in Plano, at FM 544 SH 289 and other busy intersections marked as dangerous.
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Pam
Troboy
Plano
Tom Walton
Collin County
Texas Highway Patrol
FM 544
SH 289
US 75
SH 5
18Th St
15Th St
Custer Rd
Park Blvd
Dallas North Pkwy
Shiron Rd
Jupiter Rd
Avenue G
Springcreek
Coit Rd
Parker Rd
Dallas man linked to burglary cases and traffic crashes
A 20 year old Dallas man held in Dallas County Jail faces burglary charges tied to a Richardson and a Garland home plus marijuana possession. Police reported four other arrests on Tuesday including a Dallas warrant, soliciting without permit, shoplifting and trespass. Several vehicle crashes were logged with injuries to Richard Tannehill and others.
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Dallas
Richardson
Garland
Inflation tops concerns of American consumers in Houston meeting
Federal officials gathering input at the University of Houston heard that inflation is the major concern of American shoppers. Public officials Virginia Knauer Russell Train and William Baroody spoke as representatives from 17 agencies explored citizen views on government responsiveness and policy.
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Houston
UPI
University of Houston
Virginia Knauer
Three Fires Reported by Firefighters
Plane firefighters extinguished three minor fires on Wednesday. Two grass fires were reported in the yard at 2420 Brennan and behind the 7 11 at Jupiter and Park. A kitchen vent hood fire occurred at 2304 Yorktown.
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Brennan
Jupiter and Park
Yorktown
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Plano High School
Mary
Rt. 2
Larry
Brenda
Murphy Baptist Church
Plano Human Relations Board
Harry Thompson
Chamber
Cecil Mannefeld
Jim Murrell
John Waddell
Bill Roberts
David McCall Jr
Florence Shapiro
Helsey
Plano School Board
Johannsburg
South Africa
Dallas Lone Star Gas Executive Branch
Thompson
Jerry Johnson
Plano Jaycees
Jaycees
H.L. Compton
John Clark
Johnson
Clark
Frank Adams
Ben Franklin Family Center
Jim Barton
Ben Franklin
Newell
Sidna Leavenworth
Nathan White Jr
al O’quinn
Jim Taylor
Roland Dickey
del Renfroe
Gene Catalano
Jim Elliott
Terry Dobbins
McGovern
Washington
George McGovern
Vietnam
Saigon
United States
South Dakota Democrat
James Klassen
Joseph Brickman
Mugger
Richard Tannehill
Waggoner
Plano General Hospital
Ford
Chevrolet
Darrell Reed
16Th St
Pkwy
Oldsmobile
Kenneth Loyde Latham
Northridge
Pontiac
Carol Grant Burr
Meadowcrest
Alma
Janwood
Buick
Rita Zapor Hruschak
Claridge Cir
Hyacinth Hickey Pelerno
Dowing
Avenue K
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