Hoblitzelle Foundation to donate land for Plano hospital
The Hoblitzelle Foundation will donate 25 acres of a 156 acre Plano tract to Presbyterian Hospital of Dallas for a branch hospital if the North Central Texas Council of Governments approves and funds are available within five years. Rod Ball, hospital administrator, announced at The Northwood Club dinner to business leaders from Richardson Plano and North Dallas.
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Collin County
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Armed Robbery Sparks Richardson Gun Battle at Spring Valley
Police and three gunmen battled near Spanish Trail Apartments at 1000 West Spring Valley Road. Two burglars, Christopher Kinkel and Franklin Howard Payne, are in custody. a third suspect is at large, possibly wounded. Officers recovered two cars and stolen goods as Dallas area helicopters aided the manhunt.
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Collins calls air cargo routine amid secrecy misperception
Collins Radio official Joe Brown said the recent Jordan bound cargo was a routine shipment of high frequency antennas, not $2.5 million worth of radio radar missile tracking gear. He explained the jet had brought jet engines for repair and would pick up standard telecommunications antennas for return, denying secrecy or classification.
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City Plan Commission meeting on zoning and hearings
City Plan Commission members will meet Thursday at 8 p.m. in City Hall for two public hearings. They will decide on site and landscape plans for a Steak and Ale Restaurant at West Spring Valley and a North Central addition subdivision on Lorrie Drive, and a new zoning class for mixed use industrial parks. The hearings cover a commercial zoning request at Spring Valley North Central Expressway and a Happy Time School request for special permission to locate on Arapaho near Grant Drive, an area zoned apartments.
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Police crack burglary ring in Dallas Richardson case
Richardson and Dallas police break up a burglary ring dating back to August 1972, clearing over 14 homes. Thomas Waldrop of Dallas and Robert Blackwell of Irving were arrested after confessing to the burglaries and locating their buyer. The suspects led investigators to their partner and to the person who purchased the stolen merchandise.
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Dallas
Robert Blackwell
Irving
Thorny tax reform debate shaping Texas school funding
Texas lawmakers wrestle with financing public schools following Rodriguez v. San Antonio. The Legislative Property Tax Committee, including Raymon Bynum, advances ideas like taxing intangibles, state funding bases, and centralized valuation, while proposals for mandatory rendition, tax stamps, and broader audit powers seek to expand revenue amid local control tensions.
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Staubach to headline Navy officer program in Dallas
Roger Staubach of the Dallas Cowboys will lead a Sunday Dallas event at Jesuit Prep to explain Navy officer programs and offer a free college education. The program features the Navy Steel Band from Puerto Rico, midshipmen from Naval Academy Navy Prep and NROTC, and is open to North Texas high school students with no admission charge.
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Richardson Schools Set Two Day Holiday Over Ice
Richardson Schools cancel Monday and Tuesday as icy pavements and cold weather force a short winter break for over 32 000 pupils. January 15 and March 12 will be made up as attendance days while Teacher Inservice dates are rescheduled. return to class is January 2, 1973.
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J. J. Pearce
F-104 parts shipped from Dallas to Jordan
Collins Radio Co avionics worth about 100000 dollars left Dallas Love Field bound for Jordan. The equipment slated for F-104 fighter jets of the Royal Jordanian Air Force, part of a long standing US Jordan defense supply. The Washington source noted the F-104 has long been in Jordan’s inventory.
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Dallas Morning News
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Royal Jordanian Air Force
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