Outlook Break For George Home Move
Preservationists in Plano target funding to relocate the 76 year old George house to Heritage Park before a September deadline. The Collin County Board of Realtors seeks donations to cover about fourteen thousand dollars to save the gingerbread era home and honor Plano’s past.
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Collin County Board of Realtors
George
Mike Newman
Nelda Whitehead
Plano
Thelma
Plano Fine Arts League
Plano Heritage Assa
Howard Standerfer
Alex Schell Jr
Alex Schell III
Nathan White Jr
Rutledge Haggard
Clifton Haggard
Robert Chronister
Margarite Haggard
Mary Swenson
Vicky Fallian
Ammie Wilson
15Th St
Avenue L
16Th St
Heritage Assn
Heritage Park
W.D. Wiser
George House Fund
David C. George
Verner
U.S
Plano ISD May Seek 11-Cent Tax Hike For 1976-77 Budget
Plano Independent School District faces a possible 11-cent tax increase to fund a 1976-77 operating budget on a $15,390,227 plan. Board to study the 40 page proposal amid a 10 percent student rise and state rules restricting charges for supplies.
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Plano Independent School District
H.wayne Hendrick
Hendrick
Texas
Plano
Superintendent outlines funding shifts and tax rise factors
Dr Hendrick explains that $50,000 is needed to cover the Attorney General's ruling and that workbook use will be cut for lower grades. Inflation at six percent, higher utilities, and rising instructional costs push the tax increase, but higher district value and state funds may trim it to about 12.7 cents, with interest income lowering it further to 11 cents.
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Hendrick
Plano
Rock Bottom
Fire department reports June fires and calls
Fire Marshal Bill Threet reports three homes burned in June along with five grass, nine trash and four auto blazes. Department answered 90 calls including four county and two mutual aid fires plus 47 miscellaneous services. Electrical appliances caused seven fires, with five from wiring faults. grease, incendiaries and fireworks caused one each. a plane crash survivor was rescued and there were 18 fire investigations and 49 inspections.
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Bill Threet
Threet
Plano council to discuss 1977 property revaluation and city projects
City Council will review costs for a full property revaluation for the 1977 tax roll and may recommend to the School Board a complete revaluation. They will also accept a Texas Highway Commission order for FM 544 and Parker Rd overpass improvements and discuss multiple street drainage projects, mobile home sewer fees, and time limits on appeals. Four annexation and zoning cases, including 49.4 acres west of Plano for SF-2 housing, are on the agenda along with final plats for Park Forest North VI/VII and Custer Park site plans. A Jaycees president election congratulatory resolution and several building-permit items are scheduled.
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Texas Highway Commission
FM 544
Parker Rd
F Ave
H Ave
L Ave
16Th St
22Nd St
Planning and Zoning Commission
West Plano
Park Blvd
Custer Rd
Alma Dr
Park Forest North VI
Spring Creek Pkwy
Frank G. Ziebell Jr
The
National Jaycees
14Th St
East Dallas North Pkwy
Coit Rd
Intersections Listed as Most Dangerous Traffic Spots
Traffic Engineer Tom Walton names FM 544 west of US 75 as the top danger with three injuries and nine property damage crashes in early 1976. The FM 544 Preston Rd intersection follows with four injuries and five property damage crashes, then FM 544 Jupiter Rd and Avenue K Park Blvd, plus Custer Rd locations showing multiple injuries and property damage.
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FM 544
Tom Walton
Preston Rd
Jupiter Rd
Avenue K
Park Blvd
Custer Rd
Dallas North Pkwy
North Star Rd
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Tax Office
Don
Heston
Custer Park
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