School Board rejects Rowlett School remodeling bids
Garland School Board Monday night rejected the two remodeling bids for Rowlett School as too high and sent the project back to the building committee led by Elmer Grisham Jr. The bids from D&J Wood Products and Kas Construction included base and alternate amounts with completion timelines. plans call for a new kitchen, cafeteria changes, added classrooms, and updated restrooms. The board also approved a separate insurance contract with Insernational Insurance Co. after noting Garland's high prior loss ratio, with slight rate changes for at school, 24 hour, and athlete coverage.
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Garland
Rowlett
Elmer Grisham Jr
D&j Wood Products
Kas Construction
D&j
Rowlett School
Groves Road
Acme Brick Company
Douglas Butler
Richard Roach
Marshall Driver
Insernational Insurance Co
Butler
Marion Williams
Voters in Dallas considered punch card system trial
Dallas County voters in selected precincts will ballot on a punch card voting test in November. Commissioners favored Datamedia Vote-A-Card over rivals, arguing cost savings and quicker results, though some raised concerns about counting speed and precinct chaos. The vote signals a shift away from AVM machines with most officials backing automatic equipment for small elections and the November presidential race.
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Dallas County
Datamedia
Frank Crowley
Jim Tyson
Tyson
Mon Gay
Lew Sterrett
Texas
Crowley
Mel Price
Price
Democratic Party
Police leaders urge tougher crime fight at state and national meet
Garland officials join Dallas leaders at the Texas Police Association conference where Acting Director Wilson Speir warned of rising crime and the need to attack root causes. DPS pledges personnel and equipment support, while Dr Marvin Wolfgang urged modern tech and science tools for underfunded departments.
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Garland
Dallas
Bob Wade
Ed McCrary
Texas Police Association
Jess Youngblood
Criminal Investigation Department
National Institute On Crime and Delinquency
TPS
Eiment of Public Safety
Wilson E Speir
Texas
DPS
Speir
KICD
Marvin Wolfgang
University of Pennsylvania
Downtown Dallas Aims for Multi Level City dream
Vince Ponte presents a vision to city officials to reroute downtown life into a multi level system by 1978. Pedestrians would stroll overhead promenades while trucks stay on lower levels and trains abandon nearby rail yards for vast underground and surface promenades.
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Dallas
Vince Ponte
Eric Jonsson
Montreal
Ponte
Stone Place
Word Still Awaited on Strike Proposal
Officials from the Communications Workers of America had not announced the outcome of a vote by about 4,300 members to authorize a strike against General Telephone Company. The labor talks, begun before June, remained stalemated with wage proposals still firm on both sides.
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Communications Workers of America
CWA
General Telephone Company
General
Parkland Gets $7.3 Million Grant for Expansion
Parkland Memorial Hospital receives a $7,315,413 grant from the US Public Health Service to fund a $15 million expansion. The plan adds floors eight through ten, enlarges the emergency room, extends the south wing, and moves pediatric services to the nearby Children's Medical Center. Total beds rise from 617 to over 900, with needed upgrades to dietary, lab, X ray, and other departments.
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Parkland Memorial Hospital
US Public Health Service
Parkland
Ed Maher
Dallas County
Maher
Children’s Medical Center
Southwestern Medical School
Washington
Ralph Yarborough
Weather Outlook for Garland and Dallas Area
Clear to partly cloudy and warm in the Garland and Dallas area. Low mid 60s with a Wednesday high in the mid 90s. Strong sunshine and a dry sky persist through midweek.
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Garland
Dallas
Liquor Bill Advances Through Texas House Amid Amendments
The liquor by the drink bill cleared a 76-71 House vote after a wave of dry amendments and moves toward final third reading before Senate consideration. Also on the docket is the fiscal 1969 appropriations bill calling for $133.8 million in new taxes, with TLCB budget requests and inspector radio needs under debate.
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Austin
UPI
House
Senate
Texas Liquor Control Board
R. H. Cory
Victoria
TLCB
Cory
Senate Bill Seeks 1379 Million For New Revenue
The Senate bill proposing 1379 million in new revenue awaits final committee approval and could reach floor debate this afternoon. Senate firmance committee chair Sen A M Aiken of Paris notes progress as the liquor reform measure advances after Monday House action. The House approved 36 amendments to the bill, including provisions for club managers in dry areas to buy and transport liquor for club members under a locker arrangement.
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Senate
Senate Firmance Committee
Sen. A. M. Aiken
Paris
House
Two Residence Fires Cause Minor Damage
Fire Chief Bob Burkhart reports two Tuesday fires with light losses. At 3514 Cherry Hill Lane a pan of grease on the stove caused about 75 dollars in damage to the home owned by Charles C. Smith. The second blaze at 1006 Richard, home of E. R. Attebery, began in a bedroom, still undetermined, with losses around 200 dollars.
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Bob Burkhart
Cherry Hill Lane
Charles C. Smith
Richard
E. R. Attebery
Burkhart
Special election vote begins with very light turnout
Voters trickle to Dallas County Place 5 polls for the late Joe Lockridge seat as 18 candidates compete. Early counts show only a handful casting ballots across precincts Kimberlin Elementary Bullock O Henry Freeman and Petro 220 with a possible runoff likely if the pattern holds.
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Dallas County
Joe Lockridge
Lockridge
Kimberlin Elementary
Bullock School
O. Henry School
Freeman School
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