Plano Bicentennial Parade And Picnic Set For Saturday
Plano joins national Bicentennial celebrations with a 10 am parade from Williams High School to Harrington Park followed by a noon to dark citywide picnic. Forty eight units plus pageantry start at 9 am, awards include Grand Prize trophy and Most Patriotic Most Unusual Best Marching Unit Best Vehicle and Best Horse Unit. Five hundred liberty bell ribbons will be handed to youngsters. Parade route travels west on 18th Street to Avenue K then 15th Street to the park where events continue with games and a stagecoach ride for children. The Texas Travelers band provides music and voters booth by League of Women Voters. Continuous coverage on Page 3.
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Plano
Harrington Park
Williams High School
18Th St
Avenue K
15Th St
Plano Jaycees
Parks and Recreation Department
Terry Owens
PARC
C.B. Radio Club
Plano Police Dept
Chamber of Commerce
City of
Bicentennial Salute Via Satellite Reaches 30 Nations
Washington reports a 14 part Bicentennial message series sent to national networks in 30 nations including Qatar Bahrain and Poland. President Ford anchors a global program with eight foreign anchor commentators as the National Archives opens for 76 hours. Ford dedicates Smithsonian Air and Space Museum and opens a long sealed Centennial safe in Statuary Hall.
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UPI
London
U.S. Information Agency
Qatar
Bahrein
Behind the Iron Curtain
Poland
Ford
Yugoslavia
Italy
France
Greece
Israel
Brazil
Japan
National Archives
Carl Albert
Warren E. Burger
Smithsonian Institution
New Air and Space Museum
Statuary Hall
Congress
Philadelphia
Planoites Indicted On Drug Charges
Joe D. Hicks and wife Janet of Plano, with four others, were named in sealed federal indictments by a Fort Worth grand jury accusing them of conspiring to import and distribute heroin and cocaine from Thailand and Colombia over 34 months starting in June 1973. Bonds ranged up to 500000 for Hicks. others faced 10 000 to 250000. Arraignment slated for July 9 with trial date Aug 23. background tied to a broader probe including figures in country music.
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Joe D. Hicks
Janet
Plano
Fort Worth
Southwest
Hicks
Coleman Ray Bandy
Argyle
Kammell Kouri
Charles Lige Bolts
Bankok
Thailand
Bogota
Columbia
U.S
Eldon Mahon
Willie Nelson
Ray Price
William Taylor
Dallas
Grease Fire Damages George W. Blackstone Home
A Thursday night blaze at 3101 Brookview in Plano started with a stove burner flare up and spread through an unvented kitchen hood to the attic. Fire Chief Bill Threet said heavy damage occurred to the west end after firefighters arrived at 7 55 p m. he urged older homes to check vents as attic grease poses a major hazard.
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George W. Blackstone
Brookview
Blackstone
Plano
Threet
Revolutionary War Soldier John Abston Fought for Liberty
The article honors John Abston a Revolutionary War veteran born in 1761 in Pittsylvania County Virginia who died in 1856 in Texas. It notes his final resting place near Lavon Collin County and his family line, including his son Jessie, wife Sarah and travels from Virginia to Texas after 1848.
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Lavon
Collin County
Richard Royal
Revolutionary Army
Mike Newman
United States
Great Britain
America
Pittsylvania County
Joshua Abston
Rachel Clements
Francis Abston
Benjamin Clements
Texas
Jessie
Sarah
Frances Thurman
Melissa
Abston
John Ellis
Rose
Pittsylvania
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Norma Hill
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R.O.T.C
Jim Bannon
Plano Fire Dept
Knights of Columbus
White & Commissioners Court
Jerry Burton
Plano High School
Christie
Plano Ymca
Indian Guides & Princesses
Buddy Carpenter
Sam Farrell
Navy
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USIA
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Roy Lee Lowery
Blaze
Nelda Whitehead
Katherine Crittenden
John Alston
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