Renner City Loses Police Force After Budget Crisis
Renner, a town of 500 near Plano, resignations of Police Chief Gene Higdon and two officers leave the city without a police force. The city commission says funds are insufficient to sustain a department for nine months, with Higdon resigning effective April 1.
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Renner
Plano
Gene Higdon
Threeman City Commission
Higdon
Ron Hartline
Jerry Burton
Dave Wagnon
Murphy
Parker
W.C. Frizzell
Ross Forney
Campaign Reports Questioned In City Council Race
Two City Council candidates face possible action under the Campaign Reporting and Disclosure Act of 1973 as their committees have not filed required treasurer statements. Ads for Place 2 Larry Jackson and Place 4 Bill Glenn show purchase details, while treasurers are listed for each campaign. Citizens may seek quo warranto actions in district court. deadlines for expenditures and contributions are set for March 29 and May 3.
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Larry Jackson
Bill Glenn
Dorothy Thompson
Vernon
Thompson
Jackson
Bobby Ray
Forest Grove
Richardson
Glenn
H. Plano
Police arrest six in Plano with auto theft among charges
Plano police arrested six suspects Thursday including a single auto theft offender whose stolen Dallas car was recovered. Additional arrests covered Dallas warrants, county warrants, traffic, public intoxication, and DWI. Police handled 52 calls, four accidents, and investigated several vehicle burglaries, thefts, and mischief incidents. In two reported crashes, at Avenue K intersections with 19th and 15th Streets, drivers Gregory Pannell and Franklin Brewer collided in the first, while Billy Tillerson and Dr. James McAfee were involved in the second.
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Plano
Dallas
Dallas Police Dept
Dallas County
Avenue K
19Th St
Gregory Alan Pannell
Hillside
Franklin James Brewer
15Th St
Billy George Tillerson
Grocery Prices Drop In February Report
Consumer prices rose 0.1 percent in February the smallest monthly gain in over four years, with food costs driving the drop in grocery prices. Gasoline fell while services charges rose slowly. coffee and restaurant meals also showed increases, and officials see potential further moderation ahead.
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Sara Fritz Washington
UPI
Labor Department
Plano Fire Woman Sentenced In Municipal Misconduct Case
Linda Mae Odle, 26, pled guilty in 199th District Court to criminal mischief for the Eastwood Apartment blaze on October 17. Judge Tom Ryan sentenced her to 10 years in the Texas Dept. of Corrections with probation. prosecutors said arson evidence was insufficient. The building, a 28 unit complex on E 15th Street, was destroyed and restitution remains undetermined.
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Plano
Eastwood
199Th District Court
Tom Ryan
Linda Mae Odle
Texas Dept. of Corrections
15Th St
Tom O'Connell
First County Jury Convicts Man in Stolen Vehicle Case
Kenneth Ray Preston of Dallas received an eight year sentence for receiving and concealing a stolen Ford Ranger traced from the Ken Sloan dealership in Plano to him. Plano Police and Texas Rangers aided the investigation and NCIC confirmed the truck theft. county records call it the first such conviction in Collin County.
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Collin County
Tom O'Connell
Kenneth Ray Preston
Dallas
Texas Dept. of Corrections
Plano Police Dept
Ken Sloan
North Central Expressway
O’connell
Texas Rangers
National Crime
NCIC
Plano
Preston
Jennings resigns from IUE amid contract talks
Paul Jennings 58 president of the International Union of Electrical Workers resigns June 1 due to ill health. A IUE spokesman says the move will not affect looming negotiations with General Electric and Westinghouse contract expirations June 27 and July 11.
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Washington
UPI
Paul Jennings
International Union of Electrical Workers
IUE
Jennings
General Electric
Westinghouse
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John Stookesberry
Lea Ann Johnson
Antry
Kim Hitchcock
Lisa McNear
Elisabeth Haynes
Susan Myers
Ashley Taylor
Lesley Taylor
Plano Area
Campfire Girls
Plano Heritage Assn
Heritage House
Custer Rd
Owens Country Farm
Mike Newman
M.E
Mike) Morgan
Ken Spreen
Norman Whitsitt
Robert
Bob) Wooldridge
Jerry Bragg
Fred P. Greglon
Mel Bessellieu Sr
Linda Long
Tom Long
Warner Richeson
J.R
Bob) Collins
John C. Fischer
E.E
Bo) Boggs
James A. McAfee
Texas A&m Research and Extension
Star- Courier
Dr. McAfee
Star-Courier
McAfee
Neil Sperry
Briarwood
Randy Lewis McKenzie
13Th St
Ford
Gerald Redden Parmley
Hendrick
Charles M. Dooley Jr
Spring
James Bishop Ward
Green Oaks
Jerrell Benson Bridges
Allen
22Nd St
White House
James Pate
Plano Fire
Quits Ahead
Honolulu
Noel Gaylor
Pacific
United States
Thailand
Gaylor
Cal
Salt Lake City
Calvin Rampton
Utah
Rampton
Enid, Okla
CIA
Victor Marchetti
Cult of Intelligence
Machetti
Congress
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