Belgium Delhaire Family Friendships Span Decades
William Wells of Plano and the Delhaire family of Brussels began a friendship 32 years ago in Belgium and have since exchanged many visits. Christine Dewandre, Delhaire’s granddaughter, has stayed three weeks at the Wells home on Coit Rd and shared views on American life, shopping, and housing. She described high Belgium taxes, limited TV, and her wartime family history, noting Americans’ friendliness and the beauty of the United States during a ten day California Grand Canyon trip.
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Nelda Whitehead
Belgium
William Wells
Plano
Delhaire
Brussels
Delhaires
Wells
Christine Dewandre
Coit Rd
France
America
Dewandre
California
Grand Canyon
Williams Wells
Texas
Mike Newman
Wilson Team Wins First in Arseline Academy Speech Tourney
The Wilson Middle School Speech Arts team took the sweepstakes trophy at the Arseline Academy tournament. Eric Stephenson and Homer Reynolds earned second for debate, Geoffrey Wurzel and Jami Stephens took second in duet acting, and Yvonne Ewing won first in poetry. Other finalists and semi-finalists included Kim Orth, Rob Hargett, and Mary Lynn Brown among several events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson Middle School
Arseline Academy
Eric Stephenson
Homer Reynolds
Geoffrey Wurzel
Jami Stephens
Yvonne Ewing
Kim Orth
Rob Hargett
Michelle Crocker
Kim Schafer
Jayme Edwards
Cathy Anderson
Mary Waters
SEC seeks curb on corporate bribes and payoffs
The SEC urged the New York Stock Exchange to require audit committees of outside directors at listed firms and asked accounting firms to watch for payoffs during audits. In a Senate report, the commission warned that illegal payments are not isolated and are widespread, signaling a serious systemic problem in corporate politics.
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Washington
UPI
Securities and Exchange Commission
Stock Exchange
SEC
New York Stock Exchange
John C. Burton
Exchange
Burton
Senate Banking Committee
Dallas May Be On Hit List of Organized Crime
UPI reports Texas Organized Crime Prevention Council says Dallas may be targeted by multiple crime families. The council cites sightings of representatives from at least five families, plus concerns over syndicate money laundering in the Lower Rio Grande Valley and a Houston physician murder plot foil.
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Austin
Tex
UPI
Dallas
Texas Organized Crime Prevention Council
Council
Rio Grande Valley
John Hill
Pelican Tomato Co
Pelican
Joseph Marcello
New Orleans
Carlos Marcello
U.S House
Houston
Plano Police Handle Busy Tuesday With 66 Calls And Thefts
Plano officers answered 66 calls for assistance across four shifts and investigated several thefts and burglaries. Victims reported autos, a horse, a bicycle stolen, and a 23 channel Citizen Band radio shoplifted from Brick's TV. Two residences were burglarized and a weekend burglary was under investigation. About $50 in soft drinks were taken from a storage building at Information Dynamics on Dallas North Parkway. Two arrests were made, one for public intoxication and one on traffic. Police logged a criminal mischief report and investigated three accidents including three separate vehicle collisions on Custer Road and Park Boulevard, Parker Road and P Avenue, and Independence Parkway near Hunters Creek.
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Brick's TV
Information Dynamics
Dallas North Pkvy
William F. Peace Jr
Garland
Peter Joseph Kerutis Jr
Firefighters handle routine day with multiple incidents
Firefighters had a routine day with a major residence blaze at 3416 Club Ridge Circle cleared at 1:04 a.m. They returned for a second call at 9:51 a.m. and handled three ambulance requests, two vehicle fires, and a gas leak check before resting.
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Club Ridge Circle
Ellsberg says Watergate target planned killing in 1972
Daniel Ellsberg told UPI that operatives tied to the White House were ordered to incapacitate him during an antiwar protest in Washington on May 3, 1972. He said the assault never occurred and that investigators later told him of the plot.
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New York
UPI
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Ellsberg
White House
Washington
Elisberg
Detroit
Ford
Hubert Humphrey
Hubert
Detroit Economic Club
Jimmy ‘Carter
Carter
Frank Church
Nebraska
California
Jerry Brown
Maryland
Humphrey
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Chamber of Commerce
Harry Thompson
Norman Whitsitt
General Telephone Co
Bob Roberts
Ge&e
Parker Rd
Plano Chamber
Mike
Wells House
Time Wells
Wilson
Nancy Cramer
Mary Lynn Brown
Larry Plunkett
Glenn Fuller
Michelle Crocket
Larry Plunket
Halt
Mafia
DPS
Texarkana Area
Organized Crime Intelligence Unit
la Cosa Nostra
Cameron County
Harris County
Kansas City
Plano PD
Phillip Marcus Hill
Mesquite
William Dale LaRoe
Amhurst
Gerrit
Michael Pronske
Independence Pkwy
Hunters Creek
Eilsberg
Abraham Beame
Citizens
Robert S. Strauss
National Party
Richard S. Stakes
Evening Star Broadcasting Co
The
Washington Star
Mark Rothko
Kate Rothko Prizel
Baltimore
U.S. District Court
Rothko
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