The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 82, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1978 Page: 1 of 14
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Material more than 14 ounces but cost 20 cents for the 1st ounce.
up 38 cents.
expressed concern that the sharp
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Thursday, June 1, 1978
Vol. 8, No. 82
Allen, Texas
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Construction activity
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After close to 1,000 Allenites
unexpectedly approved by Allen-
Summer reading
program starts
100 hours
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•2nd class rates for publications
which are published, mailed and
delivered within the county of
•The local rate for parcel post
begins at $1.15 for a shipment
weighing 2 pounds or less. That’s
•3rd Class rates will start at 20
cents for material weighing 2
ounces or less, a 6 cent increase.
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•Registered mail fees for items
valued at $100 or less will be $3, a
90 cent increase.
less than 16 will cost $1.18, up 24
cents.
side the road, creating traffic
hazards and raising the possibility
that a youngster could dart from
between the cars and into the path
of a motorist.
days to reply.
The survey was sent to only a
small portion of 727- customers to
give the PUC some idea of how
for each additional ounce, or the
4th class rate if it’s lower.
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sampling of Allen Thursday is the 4
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•Sending a letter by certified
mail will cost 80 cents in addition
to postage, up from 60 cents.
is $70 for an extra business line
with a Richardson exchange and
$55 for an extra residence line.
service at any price.
If the PUC’s figures
Construction activity is going at a heavy pace in Allen these days. Among the projects
underway is Fountain Park 3, which will include 98 homes. The development is located
just south of the Fountain Park 2 subdivision and just east of Allen High School.
(Staff photo by Sue Newman]
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Lovejoy school district.
A special award was presented to
Don Crowder for his service as
past president of the board and
his special work with young
athletes. Roger Harper, current
board president, made the presen -
taion to Crowder.
Joann McEntire and Carol
Benson also received special
recognition for their service on the
land study committee. They con-
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Allen Public Library’s Summer
Reading Club will begin June 5 at
10 a.m. All children able to read
are eligible to participate. They
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•1st Class postal rates will be
15-cents for the 1st ounce, an
increase of 2 cents. The cost of
each additional ounce or less will
be 13 cents. Post cards will cost 10
cents, a penny increase.
Post cards will cost 14 cents.
The rate increases are expected
to bring in $1.9 billion extra
revenue each year, which the
Postal Service says it needs to
meet rising operation costs.
The Postal Service’s Governors
fees are also being increased.
Letters mailed to Canada and
Mexico will cost the same as
letters mailed to locations in the
states.
Letters to other countries will
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a business and $27.40 for a
residence.
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Postmaster Bill Enloe and Vivian Tobaben of the Allen Post Office compare the old 13
New stamps cents stamps with the new 15 cent stamps which went on sale here Tuesday. The new
postage rates affect several classes of other mail.. (Staff photo by Sue Newman]
Council to vote on TP&L hike
Only other item on the agenda is
a proposal by Bill Parsons to
change the boundary of Allen’s
territorial jurisdiction in the ex-
treme southwest area of the city.
The portion to be considered is a
part of the flood plain area.
The public is invited to the
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residental Metro service and
$52.35 extra for business Metro
service.
If approved at a later date
following further and more com-
prehensive surveys, the new rates
would affect all Allen customers,
even those who do not want Metro
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publication will cost 2.1 cents per
piece and 8/10 of a cent per first-class special delivery will
pound. The present rate is 10 cost $2, a 75 cent hike.
cents for the first 2 ounces, 4 cents International postal rates and
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", ‘ a base monthly rate of $25.50 for
* residences and $63.60 for busines-
ses. But approval is unlikely.
may register after having read one
book at the Allen Public Library.
Upon completing ten books they
all eligible property is on the tax will be eligible for a certificate
rolls: from the Texas State Library and
A straight A award was an invitation to a Summer Read-
presented for Dina McEntire and ing Club party to be held before
Teri Leuders was recognized as school begins in August. Certifi-
spelling bee champion. cates and door prizes will be
6th grade academic awards went presented at the party.
to Marcus Roper as high-ranking The theme for this year’s
boy and Jean Dimbleby as high program is Come to Chimera, an
ranking girl. Girl runner up was imaginary enchanted place, a
Teri Leuders and boy runner up place of unrestrained imagination,
was Karl Stover. An additional part of the summer
Also recognized were best program will be films shown
all-around students Clark Ste- weekly on Wednesday afternoons.. .
vens, Tammy Cates, Susan Summer hours for the library are
, . Tepera, . Jimmy Henslee, John 10 - 5:30, Monday and Friday; 10
apiece, studymg the boundary of Caldwell, Sheri Morris and Gina - 8, Wednesday and 9 - 12′0
Police Chief Anthony Hancock the district and making sure that Brock. • Saturdays.
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first of 2 surveys planned by the !
Public Utilities Commission. The |
first is designed to get a general i
opinion and the second will be I
sent to 100 percent of Allen’s I
telephone customers for a final I
opinion. |
Allen has been trying to receive
Metro telephone service for the
past decade. But Southwestern
Bell officials have contended that
extended area service has proved
unprofitable for the company and
they do not plan to extend it.
When the Public Utilities
Commission took over rate
authority for Texas Utilities 3
years ago, Allen residents began
seeking another way to force
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Southwestern to provide the
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The 15 cent stamp is getting
most of the publicity. But it’s
only one of many rates being
increased Monday by the U.S.
Postal Service.
You’ll also pay more for post
cards, special delivery and regis-
tered mail.
The cost of 2nd, 3rd, and 4th
class mail (postal post) is also
being boosted. Here are the new
I fees and rates:
increase in parcel post rates
(fourth class) recommended by
the Postal Rate Commission could
“threaten the survival” of this
class of mail. The Commission
had recommended rates 35 per-
cent higher, on the average, than
the current rates.
The Governors directed the
Postal Service to prepare a new
parcel rate proposal for consider-
ation by September.
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" Allen would react to Metro phone
service as the prices suggested by
r4 the commission.
1 • Mrs. Betty Jones, mamager for
t Southwestern Bell in the Allen
• area, said the PUC mailed the
w sample questionnaires to about 20
k percent of the residential cus-
U tomers in Allen and to close to 100
iv percent of the businesses.
The PUC is polling these
. 9 residents to see if they would be
w willing to pay $20.15 extra for
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study of the desire for Metro potential customer is willing to I
telephone service for Allen should wait an extra “2 to 2 1/2 years.” I
send in their responses immedi- This is the length of time General I
ately. Telephone, which serves Plano, I
U Most of those surveyed received says it will take to receive a Piano J
■ their questionnaire in the mail last line at an Allen home or business.
I Wednesday and were given 10 Cost for a Plano line is $43.15 for
Metro telephone
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to formally approve a rate hike 4 items head agenda for
are signed a petition and the city request for Texas Power & Light • ,,, w, gm
council passed a resolution, the Company at their regular meeting lOniQtSt S CitV mGfStinCB
PUC began studying costs for tonight at 7:30 p.m. at the • - =
providing the service to Allen. Municipal Building. has suggested that no parking be some opposition from builders
Apparently, the poll being sent The request was filed by TP&L permitted on the shoulder of the who feel the requirements would
out by the PUC is an indication on earlier in the year then submitted road in this area. add, unnecessarily, to the cost of
what the PUC believes the service to the Public Utilities Commis- Also up for further discussion at homes here and that the money meeting,
will cost. sion. The PUC slashed the request the meeting are 2 proposed chan- could be spent more wisely in
but TP&L has little choice but to ges in the building code of the other areas.
Another more complete survey is accept it. , . city Council members willI discuss City Planner Sam Wyse is due
planned later ' • Neither does Allen. The council whether to require the addition of for another session with the
will be asked tonight to draw up smoke detectors in all new homes council. He plans to appear before
an ordinance to put the new rate and whether to require insulation the group in a 7 p.m. executive
into effect. on hot water lines. session to discuss subdivision
Boyd Williams, area manager for The proposals have met with ordinances.”
the company, will represent
TP&L at the Thursday meeting. ■ - ■
* Only a single representative from Dallas. Plano has 12 Republicans He will explain the new rates and I | 1 (4 € y wecey"c AwAge pe e
Allen has been selected to attend elected to attend while Frisco, how they will affect Allen elec- • “F #- WWW I -* “ MQ
t the state conventions of the Celina, Princeton and Blue Ridge tricity users.
Democratic and Republican par- will each send 1 delegate. The parking problem on Jupiter Several students and adults were
. ties in September. The delegates were elected at Road will also come up for further honored for special service at an
Chuck Williams, an Allen county conventions held in May. discussion on the agenda. Though awards ceremony Tuesday by the
* Democrat, was the lone local At the convention, Democrats the problem was at its peak
representative among the 31 Col- voted to label imported meat as during soccer season, police are
1 9 lin County residents selected to foreign meat and prohibit this still concerned about the number
• attend the state Democratic con- meat from being used in state- of cars parking alongside Jupiter
vention September 16 in Fort supported schools. They urged Road in the area just north of the
L Worth, The group includes 10 President Carter to make agri- tennis courts at Allen High
| i from Plano, 8 from McKinney, 3 culture a number 1 priority and to School.
from Frisco, 3 from Celina and one stop the import and sale of Tennis’ players, those practicing
( .apiece from Melissa, Richardson, pesticide-contaminated food. baseball and others park along-
k Blue Ridge, Anna, Murphy and Republicans were more con- -
P Farmersville. cemed with energy development;
I support of the B-1 bomber and
I . There were no Allenites elected neutron bomb, gun registration,
19 to attend the state Republican states rights on abortion and
convention September 8 and 9 in lower federal spending.
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Camper, Buddy & Camper, Pat. The Allen American (Allen, Tex.), Vol. 8, No. 82, Ed. 1 Thursday, June 1, 1978, newspaper, June 1, 1978; Allen, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1417004/m1/1/?q=%22~1~1~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Allen Public Library.