23 Jun 1963
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Newspaper
Garland Daily News
Location
Garland, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1963
Page
1
Six month old Sindra Wentzel daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert L Wentzel Jr of 1131 Clinton tests a wheeled canvas walker in the municipal swimming pool wading area. The device uses four caster legs and functions well in water and on land.
The Northeast Corner column admits no single author. Credit goes to many, including anonymous sources and a mysterious Lake Lavon origin. Nalley and others joke about the scheme as they recall awards and a TPA convention plaque. Continued on Page 19.
The Garland area hosts extensive youth baseball and softball participation with 6 581 players across 322 teams. Leagues span from eight-year-olds to sixteen, including Pony and Connie Mack, with teams in West North East and South Garland and bi county play in McKinney Highland Park Plano. Girls softball comprises 320 teams with about 480 players across multiple grade levels.
Garland's post office moves from Level 11 to Level 12 status, boosting parcel box rents. Postmaster Glenn Pool announced new annual rates: smallest boxes $9, second size $12, largest $30. Quarterly payments allowed starting July 1. after July 1 the smallest box drops to $2.25 per quarter from $1.70.
The City Plan Commission will consider a zoning change request by Garland Bible College for 1.28 acres on Miller Road from Retail to MF-B. Public hearings also cover Fox and Jacobs Construction’s three-tract request at Walnut Street and Jupiter Road and the Plan Commission’s change for Embree Addition Lot 5 Block 26.
A 60 bed nursing home at 505 West Centerville Road is planned by Max Williams for 112000. A 43 unit apartment house at 3820 West Walnut by Security Construction for 302500. An office space at 4315 Forest Lane for a used car lot and two stall garage by Dr. Turney Mc Coy priced at 13500. Two swimming pools at 2500 South Garland Avenue cost 6000. One pool at 1006 Saturn Springs Drive by City Councilman Donald Newman for 3000. Residential permits include numerous addresses with totals to 850500 for the week.
The Garland Daily News earned first place in Division I column writing at the Texas Press Association contest held at Hotel Texas in Fort Worth. Hilton Hagan, managing editor, wrote the winning entries from three consecutive issues across four months in 1962 Northeast Corner columns.
The Dallas County Commissioners Court remains divided over county road maintenance through Garland leading to delayed resurfacing on Centerville Road and others. Commissioner Price advocates 50 50 funding or ridding counties from municipal areas while Crowley seeks city collaborations. Seale Bell Sterrett hold line as Stiff weighs city guidance.
Paris sources report President de Gaulle coldly rejected Kennedy’s meeting offer amid European tour talk. Berlin denounces East German wall zone as illegal and a step toward a vast concentration camp. Washington prepares major income tax cut proposals from the Ways and Means Committee as it finalizes structural changes.
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