City Accepts Bids for $9.69 Million in Bonds
City officials accepted bids Monday night for a total of 9.69 million dollars in bonds at record high interest rates. The 6.425 million in general obligation bonds will be sold to a consortium including First Southwest Co Republic National Bank of Dallas Merrill Lynch Kidder Peabody Hornblower Weeks-Hemphill Noyes Dean Witter Kirchner Moore Paine Webber Jackson Curtis.
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Pam Troboy
First Southwest Co
Republic National Bank of Dallas
Merrill Lynch
Pierce, Fenner and Smith
Kidder Peabody and Co
Hornblower and
Weeks
Hemphill Noyes Inc
Dean Witter and Co
Kirchner, Moore and Co
Paine, Webber, Jackson and Curtis
Record Interest Rates Drive $9.69 Million Bond Sale
Water and sewer revenue bonds totaling $3.265 million will be sold to Hornblower & Weeks Hemphill Noyes Inc and Weeden affiliates as part of a $9.69 million issue at an effective rate of 5.2585 percent. The sale highlights financing activity under current high-rate conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hornblower & Weeks- Hemphill Noyes Inc
Weeden
Committee Picks Spark Tempers Over City Hall Relocation
A 43 member committee to study municipal space requirements sparks debate as Louise Sherrill and Robert Ellis clash over remaining at 1117 15th St or moving west. Mayor Whitsitt directs a broad study with input from all council members before kickoff.
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Louise Sherrill
Robert Ellis
Sherrill
City Hall
15Th St
Ellis
Westside
Norman Whitsitt
Melodrama Set At Haggard Middle School Dinner Theatre
Haggard Middle School hosts its second annual Dinner Theatre at 6 30 p m Friday in the school cafeteria. Drama Homemaking and Choir present a musical melodrama Labors of Love with a fried chicken dinner. Tickets cost 350 for adults and 3 for children and may be bought at the school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haggard Middle School
Investigative Division Studies Juvenile Crime
A 1970s Plano feature explains how the city’s new juvenile division handles young offenders. Officers Roger Barringer Rick Allen and Pete Platt describe three actions: notice to appear for misdemeanors, warnings for status offenses, and arrest for felonies or when probable cause exists.
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Terri Anderson
Plano
Allen
Platt
Barringer
Pete Barnes
Barnes
Pete Platt
Youth Nabbed For Burglary Attempt
A 14 year old boy was arrested for attempted burglary the 1300 block of Drexel Friday morning. A 20 year old woman was cut on both arms trying to scare the intruder away from her bedroom window. The youth was arrested at his home at 6 p.m. Saturday by a detective.
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Drexel
McKinney
Hurst
South Lake
Grandview
Westridge
Hayden Nix
Park
Dennis Wayne Carter
Lemontree
Peachtree
Park Blvd
Cindy Gay Lewis
Prairie Creek
Cherry Lisa Fuller
Lewis
Toyota
Brentwood
Blood Drive Ends Wednesday at Plano Church
Plano Community Blood Bank invites donors at First United Methodist Church 1111 18th St. from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m. Wednesday and 8 p.m. today. About 100 units of free blood remain from the 1976 drive. Contact Evelyne Davenport at 423-3035 for details.
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Plano Community Blood Bank
First United Methodist Church
18Th St
Plano Independent School District
Evelyne Davenport
Candidates Face Issues Tomorrow Eggs and Issues Breakfast
The Chamber of Commerce hosts an Eggs and Issues breakfast inviting All City Council and PISD School Board candidates. Reservations are required by calling 424-7547. The event starts at 7:45 a.m. Tickets for Willow Bend Polo and Hunt Club are $3 per person.
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Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Willow Bend
Polo & Hunt Club
Pisd School Board
No Crowds Seen For Substations
The deadline for renewing car tags grows near while special substations sit empty. Red 1977 tax stickers are due by midnight April 1. Purchase at County Government Center 651 E. 18th, 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Substations at 14th and Jupiter, Palisades Square, and 714 Canyon Creek Square in Richardson operate 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.
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E. 18Th
14Th and
Jupiter
Palisades Square
Canyon Creek Square
Richardson
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Jim Taylor
Taylor
Robert Pope
Doyle Brinkley
L. B. Showalter
Jimmy Eubank
Joe Mashburn
Jerry Bragg
Florence Shapiro
Eileen Horany
Coit Rd
Wells
Jim Murrell
Park and Recreation Board
Murrell
Jack Hatchell
Larry Jackson
North Texas Commission
Bob Collins
Haggard
Mike Newman
West Plano
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