11 May 1976
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Newspaper
Plano Daily Star Courier
Location
Plano, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1976
Page
1
Gail Surges an 18 year old with Moebius syndrome gains facial movement after plastic surgeons at the University of Missouri Medical Center successfully transfer muscles to her mouth and connect them to her chewing muscles. The operation enables her to smile after extensive practice.
Ford is rated fair to end Reagan’s four straight wins in today’s West Virginia Nebraska primaries. Carter hopes to stay on a winning streak in Connecticut, while Byrd leads Wallace in West Virginia. 107 Democratic and 53 Republican delegates are at stake.
Betty Ford received a luggage set from her family for Mother’s Day. Sheila Rabb Weidenfeld said she celebrated quietly with the President and heard from all family members. She will fly to Michigan this weekend to join the President in Grand Rapids for campaigning.
Collin County Commissioners chose Howard A. Freeman as general contractor based on the $6,496,010 low bid with Jarvis Putty Jarvis to draft the contract. Groundbreaking may occur soon per County Judge Nathan E. White Jr. An emergency authorization funded a $4,865 Fischer Ford patrol car replacing a wrecked unit.
A joint tax committee weighed whether to reevaluate improvements for 1977 and considered splitting tax duties into two offices under City Council and School Board. Mayor Whitsitt backed dual offices, arguing separate elected bodies could address distinct needs, while charter rules and voter approval loom large for any move.
The Plano Education Association and Plano Independent School District Board sponsor the Staff Awards Banquet at 7:30 p.m. at Plano Senior High School to honor 18 staff members with 10 15 and 20 year pins a retiree and two retiring trustees. Activities include entertainment by Plano Senior High groups and officer elections results.
City Council weighs a 2.75 million Capital Improvements Program with focus on streets drainage parks and municipal building expansion. Work session set for May 25 will consider bond funding and impacts on next year tax rate plus discussions of FM 544 Parker Rd and Park Blvd overpasses.
Governor Dolph Briscoe announced a 6539 grant to Plano Independent School District under the Head Start program. The package includes 5321 new federal funds and 1218 carryover funds for a summer Head Start program, retroactive to April 1, 1976. Two classes will serve 40 children at one center, five and a half hours daily, five days a week.
Daily guard records reveal Howard Hughes did not leave his Desert Inn ninth floor suite from Thanksgiving eve 1966 until aides carried him out in 1970 when he fled to the Bahamas. The documents reference a man named in a purported will and detail Hughes arrival by train from Boston.
A Senate intelligence staff report accuses the Internal Revenue Service of serious and illegal abuse of tax return privacy in operations for the FBI CIA and White House. It notes audits targeted citizens and groups, peaking under Nixon era pressures and political activism.
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