Plano OKs 10 Percent Rate Rise for TP and L Power
Plano City Council approved a 10 percent general rate increase for Texas Power and Light with support for a fuel adjustment clause. Jim Taylor argued the clause is essential to cover fuel costs, while councilman Warner Richeson urged excluding it. The measure, debated after a public hearing, passes 4-1 and will raise the average residential bill by about eight cents daily.
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Plano
Texas Power & Light
Jim Taylor
Warner Richeson
Richeson
Bill Roberts
Taylor
Bonnie Jeane
Tp&l
United States
Jeane
Judge Won't Act On Court's Tie In Callahan Case
Collin County Commissioners failed to bring up the tie break in the Callahan civil case as Judge Proctor refused to break the two to two split. Mrs. Carolyn Cain was approved as a full deputy sheriff, becoming the first woman to complete the Grayson County Junior College law enforcement course. Robert Lansford was named courthouse custodian, and AMSCO Corp. won the bid to supply a washer and sterilizer for Collin Memorial Hospital at 7564 dollars.
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Proctor
Harry Callahan
Collin County Commissioner’s Court
Callahan
Carolyn Cain
Collin County
Dallas Park and Ride begins amid traffic and pollution concerns
The first day of Dallas Park and Ride concludes this afternoon. Motorists from Plano Richardson and North Dallas are weighing the shift from car use to city buses amid fears of traffic jams air pollution and high parking fees. The Park and Ride lot sits south of LBJ Freeway on the west side of Central Expressway.
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Plano
Richardson
North Dallas
Dallas
Mike Newman
Sears plans regional shopping center near Valley View area
Sears proposes a 113.8 acre regional mall to rezone from agriculture to retail, with three department stores and about 150 tenants. The Nov 5 Planning and Zoning Commission approved annexation and rezoning 3-0, predicting 3500 jobs. The site lies seven miles north of Valley View Shopping Center and eight miles west of a new Sears in Richardson.
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Planning and Zoning Commission
Sears
Valley View Shopping Center
Richardson
Plano
Belt Line
Far North
Dallas
Valley View
City authorizes 80000 in certificates for police and courts project
The city council passed an ordinance to issue 80000 in certificates of obligation to fund the police and courts building with an eight year payoff at 5 percent interest. City manager David Griffin called the rate very reasonable and other actions included rescheduling a December meeting and approving several contracts and routine tax roll adjustments.
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Plano
David Griffin
American United Product Corporation
Liberty Heath
Bonanza Steak House
Norman Whitsitt
Byron Schaff
Board of Adjustments
A. B. Snider
David McCall
End of the World themes in a local sermon series
A second installment explores apocalyptic ideas drawing on pastors, books, and public figures. It cites Jimmy Morgan on New Life for You, notes voices from Rev. Leonard Allgood and Jimmy Gale, and links Israel’s return to prophecy while warning of tribulation and a coming kingdom.
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Jimmy Morgan
WBAP
Fort Worth
Mideast
Paul
Douglas MacArthur
Billy Graham
Paul Harvey
Earth
Leonard Allgood
Allgood
Holy Land
Abraham
Israel
Rev
Jimmy Gale
Westview Church of Christ
Jesus Christ
Adolph Hitler
Palestine
Daniel
Promised Land
William E. Blackstone
Jesus
United Airlines to furlough 1000 plus staff over fuel crisis
United Airlines will furlough more than 1,000 employees including 300 pilots and cancel 100 daily flights due to jet fuel shortages. The cuts begin Jan 7 with immediate 300 pilots and 650 flight attendants affected, as the industry faces ongoing fuel restrictions.
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Washington
Carlson
United
Paper Drive Set for Saturday at Rice Field
Plano High School's Junior class suspends Sunday drives due to energy shortages. No alternate date yet. This Saturday they will hold a paper drive at Rice Field with pickup by Jim Bailey or Beckey Rector.
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Plano High School
Rice Field
Jim Bailey
Beckey Rector
Escaped burglar returns to detention center visit
Robert Aden, an escaped Mira Loma Detention Center inmate, used a false name to visit a friend Sunday night but was spotted by a deputy and recaptured. A separate Los Angeles incident saw a man place a boxed bundle of pornographic pictures in a picnic area, later opened by authorities. In Boston, Lamberto Aledia, a Navy pharmacist’s mate, won 1 million in the Massachusetts lottery while preparing to reenlist for school. A press- court hearing on William Farr's contempt appeal is set for Jan 10 in the 9th Circuit. Weather: showers in eastern Texas, clearing west tonight, turning colder with lows near 30 to 54 and a high 57-67.
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Lancaster
Calif
UPI
Robert Aden
Mira Loma Detention Center
Aden
Los Angeles
Edward Carroll
Sheriff's Department
Fire Department
Boston
Lamberto B. Aledia
Navy
Massachusetts
Aledia
Cavite
Philippines
Newport
R.I., Naval Hospital
UPS
William Farr
Farr
U.S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
U.S. Circuit Court of Appeal
Sharon Tate
Los Angeles Herald Examiner
Los Angeles Times
Texas
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Big Brown
Fairfield
Glen Rose
Carrollton
Farmers Branch
Allen, Frisco
Murphy, Forney
Diboll
W. G
Bill) Proctor
Commissioners Court
Sears Co
Lone Star Gas Company
General Telephone Company
State General Exchange
Charles R. Bartlett and Associates
Nelda Whitehead
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