Shoppers anticipate best season yet as Christmas rush starts
Local merchants report strong shopping days as Thanksgiving lag shifts peak time. Post office crowds grow with late card deadlines. Store managers predict a record December with rising sales, cleaner bargains, and emphasis on quality items and useful gifts.
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Howard McClane
Richardson Post Office
Tisdale
Whatley
Billie Grossman
Billies Fashions
Oshman
Lenny Church
Dear Santa letter program starts at Richardson Daily News
The Richardson Daily News becomes an official letter station for Santa Claus. Local youngsters’ letters are published before being sent to the North Pole with full name and address required.
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Daily News
North Pole
Santa Claus
Richardson Daily News
Cial
Richardson
Santa
Students find ways to work within the education system
Richardson school district official says the district’s discipline policy has become a healthy bargaining process after a Supreme Court ruling linking education rights to due process. An expanded nine-step appeals chain now lets suspended students and parents seek hearings and learn problem solving within the system.
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Bob Greenfield
A. J. Randall
Richardson
Randall
Supreme Court
State Commissioner of Education
Holiday Greeting Card Ad for Five Dollar Message
A compact holiday greeting card offer appears in the Richardson Daily News. For five dollars readers can create a unique festive card and place an ad that reaches about 8 000 readers by calling 234 1131.
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Richardson Daily News
President Ford Visit Declared Solid Success
Excluding mutual admiration, President Ford and acting Premier Teng Hsiao-ping called Ford's U.S. visit a solid success that strengthens U.S.-China relations. Four Oklahoma players head the UPI All-American list for 1975, with OU placing more players on the squad than any other school.
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Ford
Teng Hsiao-ping
Oklahoma
Voters Respond to Collins Poll on Major U.S. Issues
A mail poll of Third District residents led by Congressman Jim Collins finds inflation as the top national issue, with strong conservative leanings. Voters oppose public employee strikes and New York city debt, split on Cuba relations, and largely support a selective tax cut versus increased spending.
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Jim Collins
United States
Collin
Congress
New York
Cuba
Ford
New York City
Plano Board Accepts Williams High gymnasium
At a regular bi monthly meeting the Plano Independent School District Board of Trustees accepted the Williams High School physical education gymnasium after reviewing architect submitted documents and approved payment to contractors and the architect. Hughston Elementary final payment was tabled due to missing papers. The board discussed the district evaluation committee report and its procedures, chaired by Jack Cockrill. The next board meeting is December 16.
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Williams High School
Plano
Plano Independent School
Hughston Elementary School
Hughston
Jack Cockrill
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