Kroger Robbery At Park Mall Sparks Police Probe
A white male 25 to 30 years old robbed the Kroger at Park Mall Shopping Center then walked away with an undetermined sum. A citizen followed a suspect car to Dallas and provided license numbers to police as detectives verify leads. Police logged seven thefts and eight burglaries over the weekend with multiple vehicle and residential break-ins and eleven arrests across offenses.
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Kroger
Park Mall
Dallas
Johnny Mack
Monte Carlo
Tommy Turner
Express
Jane
Turner
PISD
Justice Approves Texas Planned Presidential Primary
The UPI report notes the Justice Department ruled Texas new presidential primary bill compliant with the Voting Rights Act. Assistant Attorney General J. Stanley Pottinger approved the measure and notified Texas Secretary of State Mark White. The plan allocates 75 percent of delegates by senatorial district and 25 percent by statewide convention. Critics call it a Bentsen bill backing Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr. for Senate and the Democratic nomination.
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Washington
UPI
Justice Department
Texas
J. Stanley Pottinger
Civil Rights Division
Mark White
Charles Gandy
Elections Division
Secretary of State
Austin
Lloyd M. Bentsen Jr
D-Tex
Senate
Bentsen
Bethany Bible Church fires under investigation in Plano
Fire officials trace a Sunday blaze at Bethany Bible Church to a trash can in the pastor's office. The fire damaged the office and adjacent hallways but was contained. Police found two broken windows and a knife nearby in the vandalized site at US 75 and Dallas North Tollway. Fire crews also extinguished multiple grass trash and furnace fires in the area along with ambulance runs and smoke investigations.
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Bethany Bible Church
Bill Threet
US 75
Dallas North Pkvy
Threet
Plano
Rockdale Park
Lucas
McKinney
Allen
Wylie
Princeton
Murphy
SH 5
Wells Brothers
Roundrock
Winfield
Rockbrook
Ridgewood
Judy
Parker
Plano seeks grants for $4.6 million sewer plan
The City of Plano seeks more than $4.6 million in grants for six interceptor, trunk, and treatment plant projects approved by the council. EPA funding, a Texas Water Quality Board approval and local share cover costs, with bids expected late March or early April. A separate $60,000, two year grant funds a police legal advisor to improve case conviction quality.
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Pam Troboy
Plano
Environmental Protection Agency
Ross Jacobs
Shimek
Texas Water Quality Board
EPA
Rowlett
Parker
Ridgewood
Spring Creek
Dallas North Estates
Westwood
Pittman
Loop 9
16Th St
Brown and Bowman
Fox and Jacobs
Dallas
North Texas Municipal Water District
Rowlett Creek
Texas Criminal Justice Division
Duane Kinsey
Kinsey
Lewisville Woman Killed in SH 121 Crash With Manslaughter Charge
The crash killed Alice Reese 55 of Lewisville and injured Joel Reese 64. Clyde Peavy 65 of McKinney faces involuntary manslaughter charges for allegedly stopping his Cadillac on SH 121, blocking the lane, leading to the rear collision with a Plymouth driven by Reese's son in law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alice Reese
Clover Valley
Lewisville
Clyde Arnold Peavy
Wilcox
McKinney
Peavy
SH 121
SH 289
Bruce Loyd Griffith
Anna Bell
Kelley M. Griffith
Griffith
Yellow flu boycott continues as Detroit desegregation buses deploy
Antibus ing leaders urge further action on day two of Detroit’s desegregation plan using 250 yellow buses to shuttle 21,853 students, about 60 percent black. First day ran calmly though only about two thirds of elementary students attended. Mothers Alert Detroit leader cites class boycott as a protest against forced busing amid 247,000 students in the district.
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Detroit
UPS
Carmen Roberts
Mothers Alert
United States vetoes U N resolution on Palestinian state
United States casts its 13th veto at the United Nations blocking a resolution for an independent Palestinian state. The vote was nine to one with Britain Italy and Sweden abstaining. Daniel Moynihan cites harm to peace process as the reason for veto.
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United Nations
N.Y
UPD
United States
U.N
Britain
Italy
Sweden
Ned
China
Libya
U.S
Daniel Moynihan
Council
Planoites Appointed To Hospital Board
Charles Cox and J C Turner of Plano and Ronald Harmon of Blue Ridge were named to the Collin County Hospital Board of Governors by the County Commissioners Court. They begin two year terms Feb 1. The court also approved changing the tax roll to a geographic system and authorized new office equipment for the District Clerk. An executive session discussed the resignation of Justice of the Peace Robert E King, Precinct 7, who left to run for Sheriff.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles Cox
J.C. Turner
Plano
Collin County Hospital Board of Governors
Ronald Harmon
Blue Ridge
County Commissioners Court
Helen Lawson
Jean Young
Robert E. King
Precinct 7
Scout Ships From Outer Space Visit Clovis NM
Reports of unidentified flying objects over eastern New Mexico sparked debate among investigators. Some said scout ships from outer space were sighted while others attributed the events to natural phenomena and misidentification, with wind and Venus cited as explanations.
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Clovis
N.M
UPS
New Mexico
Outer Space
James Eppes
Valley Center
Calif
UFO Education Center
Eppes
Hotel Clovis
John L. Warren
Los Alamos
Tommy Blann
Waco
Tex
Blann
Texas Ufo Study Group
Venus
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Bandit
Plano Senior High School
Dallas Police Dept
Angel Edward Marin
15Th
Plano General Hospital
Ford
David Carol White Jr
1720 Meadows
Avenue M
15Th St
Robert Michael Logan
1702 M Place
Tp&l
Oak Grove
Oak Vista
Reba Payne Dehls
Park
Chevrolet
Lee Alan Trautmann
Rice
Cost
Drake Steven Colley
Richardson
Thomas David Chaddick
Rt. 1
Ellen Altman Loomstein
Godwin
Linda Jeanne Davis
Westlake
Oldsmobile
Cherry Lisa Fuller
Westridge
FM 544
Custer Rd
Pinaki Bandyopadhyay
Patsy Jones Ro
Baptists
First Baptist
Mike Newman
Justice
Bethany Bible Blaze
Joel R. Reese
Collin Memorial Hospital
Reese
Collin Memorial
Planoites
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