Stone Accepts Trustee Post In Agnew Defense Fund
W. Clement Stone confirms accepting a trustee role with the Agnew Defense Fund and urges others to help cover Vice President Agnew’s legal costs. Other trustees include Sen. Barry Goldwater and former Gov. Warren Hearnes. Rockefeller declines replacement talk amid Watergate concerns.
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Chicago
API
W. Clement Stone
Agnew Defense Fund
Goldwater
R-Ariz
Stone
Barry MG
Warren E. Hearnes
Missouri
UPI
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Spiro Agnew
Rockefeller
Agnew
Republican Party
Robbers Fail at Jack in the Box Holdup
Two would be robbers backed by a bulky getaway car failed to steal from a Jack in the Box when the vehicle stalled. The man demanded money from clerk Coroia Downs who handed over cash before the car could depart, then the engine stalled and the bandits pushed the car away.
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Los Angeles
UPI
Coroia Downs
Miss Downs
November election voter registration opens under new system
Collin County deputy voter registration clerk Dixie Clem explains continuous, permanent registration. Applications must be received by the Tax Assessor-Collector 31 days before the election. For a November Constitutional Amendment vote, register by October 6 at the Republican Headquarters, 1612 Ave K Suite 102, 10 am to 3 pm.
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Collin County
Republican Headquarters
Dixie Clem
Ave. K
Clem
Texas
Futher
Trustees To Meet Tuesday At Plano ISD
Plano Independent School District trustees will meet Tuesday at 7 30 p m in the School Administration Building 1517 Ave H in a special session. Items include bids on tennis courts for Wilson and Bowman junior high campuses construction plans for Rice Elementary approval of three new school buses for 1974 75 tax roll certification and safety pilot program application. An executive session will follow to discuss personnel and sites.
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Plano Independent School District
Board of Trustees
Ave. H
Wilson
Bowman
Rice
Governor's Office
Plano Bank and Trust approves 4 acre Plano site
Stockholders of Plano Bank and Trust approve purchasing 4 acres at FM 544 and Alma Road for a new banking facility and a second phase multi story office building. Bank president Jack Gant notes tripled size, 16 drive in stations and parking for over 300 cars as growth accelerates since opening in 1963.
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Plano Bank & Trust
Plano
Alma Road
Jack Gant
Plano Bank
Gant
Amendment backs call for longer sessions and pay raise
Plano Education Association leader Kathy Poeppelmeier urges Plano voters to support Constitutional Amendment One on November 6. If approved, legislature sessions would rise from 140 to 180 days in odd years with a new 60 day budget session in even years, and pay would increase toward a 15 000 annual ceiling. Texas State Teachers Association backs the plan, citing long history of pay raises and need for capable legislators.
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Kathy Poeppelmeier
Plano Education Association
Plano
Texas
Poeppelmeier
Plano Independent
Texas State Teachers Association
TSTA
L.P. Sturgeon
Postal Rate Increase for Plano Residents
Plano residents will pay higher postal rates starting January 5 if the Postal Rate Commission approves Postmaster General Elmer T. Klassen’s proposals. First class mail would cost ten cents per ounce, air mail would rise from 11 to 13 cents, and cards would cost eight cents instead of six. Second through fourth class mail would rise 10 to 40 percent as the general cost of living climbs.
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Plano
Elmer T. Klassen
Postal Rate Commission
Klassen
Frank Robinson
Robinson
Cities settle with General over rate increases in Texas
Eight Texas cities including Irving Coppell Carrollton Hebron Lewisville Rowlett Sachse St Paul and Wylie reached settlements with General Friday in 162nd District Court. They agreed to a two tier rate abolition with residential rates aligned to first tier and a 4 percent gross receipts tax in the next increase.
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General
Carrollton
Coppell
Hebron
Lewisville
Rowlett
Sachse
St. Paul
Wylie
162Nd District Court
Plano
Irving
Dallas
H. Louis Nichols
Plano Tests Disposable Bags for Home Refuse Collection
Plano City Council approves a Sanitation Department test using disposable bags to cut overtime and costs amid growing refuse volumes. The six week trial runs October 9 in a defined area, with residents given bags and asked to place them by 7 00 a m. Del Waggoner leads the effort at the Plano Municipal Building.
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Plano
Sanitation Department
Mike Newman
Texas
United States
Alma Road
Westwood
Grandview Drive
Mill Valley Drive
Clear Spring Drive
Armstrong Parkway
Glencliff Drive
Glencliff
Valley Creek Drive
Valley Creek
Dallas North Parkway
del Waggoner
Plano Municipal
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Collin County Savings and Loan
Norman Whitsitt
Chamber of Commerce
Bill Roberts
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Huang Chen
People’s Republic of
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UPS
Moscow Radio
Tass
Karaganda
Central Asia
Vasily Lazarev
Oleg Makarov
ST. Louis
John K. Regan
Pb&t
General Tele
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