31 Mar 1976
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Newspaper
Plano Daily Star Courier
Location
Plano, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 31, 1976
Page
1
City race finance reports show two Place 2 and Place 4 candidates with expenditures over 600, plus four city and school contenders above 200. Larry Jackson and Bill Glenn lead in city districts with detailed itemized spending and small contributions. school candidates such as Don Garman and Richard Mercer report mixed contributions and expenses.
Dave Marquis, once a shy ninth grader in Lubbock, pursued history and writing, earned an MA, taught in Plano, and authored a Bicentennial book. He tours lecturing on America with humor, sharing insights from his inter-disciplinary studies and civic lectures.
Eighty residents cast absentee ballots as Planeites prepare for city and school elections on Saturday from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. at Bowman and Wilson Middle Schools. City candidates include Larry Jackson Tom Long K E Boggs Robert Wooldridge Ken Spreen JR Collins Bill Glenn Mel Hessellieu Sr ME Mike Morgan and Norman F Whitsitt. School trustees include Nelda Whitehead Don Garman Bernard Everett Jones Richard Mercer Ann Hunt Harry Scott Higginbotham.
Negotiators for the Teamsters and the trucking industry sparred over wages and a cost of living escalator in Arlington Heights. Labor Secretary Usery met with leaders through informal and formal sessions, hoping to avert a nationwide strike by about 400000 Teamsters who had authorized a walkout at midnight if no agreement was reached.
Police logged four thefts including gasoline patio furniture and two bicycles plus a burglary and one case of criminal mischief. Officers answered 45 calls, one juvenile arrest for shoplifting, and one accident at 1 28 p m involving a 1973 Chevrolet driven by Kevin Provost Beadle of Saratoga California and a 1975 Pontiac driven by Donna Gail Barnett of Plano on Avenue Kk near FM 44.
Plano voters prepare for Candidates Night at Williams High School cafeteria open to the public. Plano City Council and School Board candidates will give brief statements and rebuttals followed by written audience questions. The event ends around 10 p.m. or when answered.
Kesey, the author of One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest, says he could not afford a movie ticket at its Pleasant Hill premiere. He notes the film won five Academy Awards and jokes a subpoena in the Best Picture envelope would have made a moment. He received 20,000 dollars for the screen rights and has filed suit in federal court seeking a share of profits.
Former Chicago power figures Thomas Keane and Earl Bush begin prison terms after the Supreme Court upheld their 1974 convictions. Keane, ex alderman, receives five years for conspiracy and mail fraud tied to land purchases from tax scavengers and will serve at Lexington F.C.I. Bush, ex Daley press secretary, gets one year for mail fraud and will be jailed at Terre Haute Indiana after it was revealed he secretly owned a firm holding a city contract.
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