Chrysler Boat Co. Plans Weeklong Shutdown in Plano
The Chrysler Boat Co. in Plano will idle about 500 workers for one week with future pay suspended for executives. The shutdown targets inventory buildup in small boats under 17 feet while demand for larger 22-foot sailboats and 18-foot class inboard outboards remains robust. Company president Alan Johnston expects production to ramp up next month and remains optimistic about the year ahead.
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Chrysler Boat Co
Plano
Alan Johnston
Johnston
the Daily
Star-Courier
Chrysler
Canyon Creek National Bank Gets Preliminary Charter
The U.S. Comptroller of the Currency grants preliminary approval for Canyon Creek National Bank to operate in Canyon Creek Square Shopping Center Lookout Dr and Custer Rd. Plano and Richardson communities will be served. Proposed capital is 1 million dollars with interim directors Hart Barry Cousins Grenier Stanfield and secretary Webb II. Opening planned this summer.
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U.S. Comptroller of the Currency
Canyon Creek National Bank
Canyon Creek
Canyon Creek Square
Lookout Dr
Custer Rd
U.S. Comptroller
Plano and
Richardson
Larry A. Hart
Julian P. Barry
Robert B. Cousins
Arthur S. Grenier
Richard L. Stanfield
James D. Webb II
Dallas
Plano ISD changes phone numbers for several elementary schools
Plano Independent School District announces a three line rotary system at most elementary schools to ease calling between teachers and parents. Some new numbers are in operation at Barron Christie Shepard with others Forman Meadows Memorial and Weatherford to follow.
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Plano Independent School District
Plano
H Wayne Hendrick
Barron
Forman
Meadows
Memorial
Weatherford
Aldridge
Sigler
Davis
Mendenhall
Plano High School
Haggard
Bowman
Wilson
Briscoe Favors Agency Monitor
Gov Dolph Briscoe favors Texas Railroad Commission overseeing utilities and opposes automatic transfer of regulator authority from local governments He supports an optional state oversight while maintaining local self government and did not mention utility regulation in his state of the state message.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Dolph Briscoe
Texas Railroad Commission
State Utilities Commission
Briscoe
Federal Panel Probes Election Irregularities in Texas
Four Collin County election officials testified before a Federal Grand Jury in Tyler about possible voting irregularities in the November 5 General Election. Judge Nathan White Jr. and others said the inquiry may involve civil rights violations. no candidates testified.
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Collin County
Tyler
Nathan White Jr
Jean Young
Helen Starnes
Garvis Spain
Plano
Spain
FBI
White
U.S
Roby Hadden
Mock Tornado Test To Exercise Plano Radio Group
A simulated tornado willhit Plano Saturday afternoon to test amateur radio emergency communications. About 15 Collin County AREC members join nationwide exercises to relay health and welfare messages through the National Traffic System under the American Radio Relay League’s sponsor.
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Collin County
Plano
Amateur Radio Emergency Corps
U.S
Canada
AREC
H.W
Bill) Swan
K5mwc
Sherrye
Swan
American Radio Relay League
Organization of Radio Amateurs
Ford imposes first step of energy plan oil tariff
President Ford used executive authority to set a $1 per barrel tariff on imported oil effective Feb 1, rising to $3 in April, a move expected to lift retail gasoline by 2 to 3 cents per gallon in two months. Democrats and governors vow legal and legislative challenges.
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Washington
UPI
Ford
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Congress
NBC
U.S
No Revenge Seen In Appointments
Speaker Bill Clayton faced skepticism over committee picks as rivals warned of revenge. Supporters argued appointments reflect backing, noting fair handling of the black caucus with two Black chairmen and the era’s first female and Republican chairmen.
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Temple
Mickey Leland
Dhouston
Clayton
House
Leland
Republican Committee
Craig Washington
Eddie Bernice Johnson
Ray Hutchison
Dallas
Tom Craddick
Midland
Constitutional Revision and Natural Resources Committee
Mike Douglas Show Apt Guests Fill In For Ill Host
Televised host Mike Douglas underwent emergency appendectomy and is recuperating. Tony Randall with Bob Hope filled in this week and guest hosts will work with scheduled cohosts on the Philadelphia forum show.
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Philadelphia
UPI
Mike Douglas
Douglas
Tony Randall
Bob Hope
Getty III's Grandson Becomes Father in Tarzana
J Paul Getty III's son Paul Balthazar Getty was born Wednesday at Tarzana Medical Center to Getty and wife Martine 25. The 19 year old grandson of oil magnate J Paul Getty was kidnapped in 1973 in Rome and later married Martine in Italy before moving to California a month ago.
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Los Angeles
UPI
J. Paul Getty III
J. Paul Getty
Paul Balthazar Getty
Tarzana Medical Center
Getty
Martine
Rome
Italy
California
Leary ordered to pay $100,000 in LSD death case
Dr Timothy Leary faces a 100000 dollar default judgment from a Berkeley death linked to LSD use by Vernon Powell Cox. Cox, 20, died after jumping from a third story window in 1966 following Leary's claim LSD is beneficial and freedom inducing. The suit was filed by Hollis R Cox and his wife. Kissinger to meet Nixon during California visit. Secretary of State to meet former President Nixon as Kissinger travels for a World Affairs Council event in Los Angeles. The two have spoken by phone since Nixon left office.
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Oakland
Calif
UPI
Timothy Leary
Leary
Hollis R. Cox
Choctaw
Okla
Vernon Powell Cox
Berkeley
Cox
Los Angeles
Henry Kissinger
Richard Nixon
State Department
Kissinger
World Affairs Council
Department
Nixon
Watergate Spurs Call for Political Reform by Rowan
Columnist Carl Rowan, former U S official under Kennedy and Johnson, says Watergate slowed executive power growth and spurred a cleansing of political institutions. He spoke at Eastern Kentucky University on America's post Watergate crisis.
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Richmond
UPI
Carl Rowan
Kennedy
Johnson
Congress
Rowan
U.S. Information Agency
Finland
United Nations
John Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Eastern Kentucky University
America
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