Jaycee Circus Cancels Plano Appearance
Showtime USA canceled its Plano show forcing the Jaycee group to offer refunds. Plano Jaycees will reimburse all ticket purchases by mail with name, address, and phone number. Inquiries directed to the Jaycee office at 1029 B 15th St. between 6 and 10 pm, or to 423-5000. Funds come from the Jaycee treasury.
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Showtime USA
Plano
Plano Jaycees
Jaycee
Plans Jaycees
15Th St
Jaycee Treasury
Collins Keynotes GOP Convention in Collin County
Congressman Jim Collins will headline the Collin County Republican Convention to be held May 8 at 30 p.m. in the Collin County District Courtroom in McKinney. County Chairman Bill Manchee will chair the event as the party marks its first convention in the county courthouse with John Byers also noted.
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Jim Collins
Collin County
Colin
McKinney
States
Bill Manchee Manchee
John Byers
Chuck Frisk
Connie Armstrong
Bob Bell
CJ Prashaw
Rosalie Gross
Jo Lawson
Bill Carter
Jerald Smith
John Findley
Carol Schaefer
Jerry Madden
Kathleen Howard
Joe Steenbergen
Donna Elias
Frank Eikenburg
Robert Anderson
Diane Morgan
Howard Dougherty
Irene McKee
Ramps Project On Central Expressway Awarded To Dallas Firm
Uvalde Construction Co of Dallas wins the contract to build additional entrance and exit ramps on Central Expressway between 15th Street and Parker Road. Low bid totals 148 906 dollars 36 cents and work is expected to take about 75 days under the supervision of District Engineer John G Keller.
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Uvalde Construction Co
Dallas
Central Expressway
15Th St
Parker Rd
Uvalde
State Dept. of Highways and Public Transportation
John G Keller
Planos school tax office shakeup eyed by trustees
Planos school trustees in emergency session agreed to seek City Council involvement in a continued joint operation or have the district run its own tax office for about 19 571 accounts and 15 481 city taxed accounts. Trustees stressed representing residents outside city limits and noted state law on fair market value assessments and equalization.
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al Am
Prustee
Patton
Plano City
Frank Adams
Adams
Plano
Plano Independent
Crime Increase Reported by Pam Troboy
Crime rose by 22.62 percent in the latest month, marking a rebound from March as offenses climbed across the area. Pam Troboy notes the uptick and cautions about continuing trends into the next reporting period.
FBI reports April crime up 10 percent amid mixed figures
FBI data show an overall 10 percent rise from April 1975 to April this year, aided by eight motor vehicle thefts and 23 percent theft increases. The report notes misleads due to late January manslaughter and a forced theft involving youths. Burglary and assault rates rose. only 12 percent of thefts were cleared.
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
McKinney
Morning House Fire on Brooks Road Damages Home
A fire woke a mother and her five year old child at 7 54 am destroying a residence on Brooks Road three quarters of a mile north of Villa Casita. Fire Marshal Bill Threet said the attic and a bedroom bath suffered most of the loss. Owner Billy Joe Hicks valued the structure at about 5000 with furnishings over 5000. Eleven firefighters, including off duty men, fought the blaze. A second fire at 2409 Teakwood a grease fire was extinguished at 8 16 am.
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Brooks Rd
Bill Threet
Raymond Troy Crane
Billy Joe Hicks
Hillside
Crane
Plano Senior Student Appointed to Annapolis ROTC Leader
Karri Kline of Richardson Plano Senior High School has been named one of the first Texas women chosen for a service academy. Daughter of Dozier and (Mrs. Kline) Kline, she will attend Annapolis after earning a captaincy of the rifle team and leading the Junior ROTC unit in its second year of operation. No further details on nomination date or class year are provided.
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Plano
Texas
Karri Kline
Dozier Kline
Canyon Creek Dr
Richardson
Annapolis
Jim Collins
Plano Senior High School
Kline
Plano Senior High Senior Heads to 30th National DECA Conference
Tammy McKelvy of Plano plans to attend the 30th Annual National DECA Career Development Conference in Chicago, among 300 Texas participants and about 4,500 members. She will compete in Sales Demonstration, serve as a Texas voting delegate, and attend workshops with leaders from marketing, education, and government.
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Plano
Tammy McKelvy
Chicago
Ill
DECA
The
Distributive Education Clubs of America
Tammy
Texas
District of Columbia
Puerto Rico
Central Europe quake kills and injures hundreds in Italy
A powerful Central Europe earthquake struck parts of five countries, causing collapse of new apartment buildings and a medieval castle. In northeast Italy towns like Majano saw many casualties as authorities reported 187 killed and about 900 injured, with tolls rising. Pope Paul VI sent condolences to Udine archbishop.
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Rome
UPI
Europe
Italy
Interior Ministry
Majano
Domenico Spaziante
Udine
Friuli
Paul VI
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BY Pam Proboy
PISD
Jours
Los Rios Country Club
Chamber of Commerce
Hunt Properties
Plano Title Co
City of
Plano Independent School District
Los Rios
Mike Newman
Pam Troboy
Karen Peterson
Pidgie
Haggard
Homemakers of America
Daily Star-Courier
Threet
Home
Villa Casita
Plano Senior
Thomas 0. McKelvy
Coleshire
McKelvy
Bag 'N Baggage
Valley View
Miss McKelvy
Central
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