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Council Lets Airport : Improvement Contracts £public hearings: To change D to I** (l:»dustrtai aACity council last n ight awarded cor tracts for Irn-proveinents to th«e Arlingtor Municipal Airport last night, let several otter contracts, conducted live public hearings, and passed judge merit on three rezouliig request.* Tie airport contracts went to Vsoodard Electric Co. of Kilgore in the amount of $15,-5 lt;0 for medium Intensity_ lighting for tte runway; and to R. W, Glbblns of Fort Worth Iri tfie amount of $68,665,78 for tte paving of a 4,000-foot parallel taxlway.Both contracts were subject to Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) approval, and the total amount of tte two was just under tfie city engineering es-h tiinate for which the FAA hasgranted funds.‘ Otter contracts let Included:To Gilmer Const. Co. of lew[ Fort Worth, $3,278.67 for lighting tte baseball field at. Sam Houston High School;To Kemp Const. Co. of Irv-lff ing, $30,771.70 for a 12-Inch’ ' water line in N. Cooper fromtionrJ Main to Cedar;», * To Coy Moseley of Arllng-or ton, $6,123.50 for water and. sewer Improvements In Clov-JCOmS Miller Wins* a In PantegoFort Mayor Pro-Tern J. D. Mll-d fi- ler polled two-thirds of ttemost 105 votes cast in Pantego*s: to Tuesday election to defeat Joe ob- Wilson. 70 to 35, for tte post of mayor, ation Winners in tte City Counciltter election were Dean Duncan icugh with 96 votes, T, E, Roxburghn be with 82. and Gary Rapier with'ell/* 76. James Nunn ran out of the money with 52 votes.er Park Addition: andIo Pitts burgb-Des Moines Steel Co., $163,740 base bid for construction oi a 1-mlllior gallon water tanH on Sherman St.• • •A SURPRISE decision by tte council was given In a re/on-Ing request for which a public tearing was held at tte last meeting.The request concerned the changing of* LB*' (L»calbusl-ne 5S) zoning to **A-1'* ^apartment) on tte east one-half of a block between Tucker and Lovers Lane, just east of Fielder.Tte applicant in tte case, William J. Garrett of Dallas, had plans for 2 - story apartments on the land, said he could build them on tte land as presently zoned, but would favor tte “A-1M zoning.Councilman M, D. (Buck) Buchanan said that Garrett’s construction costs would be only a little more in LB*’ and about the only difference In the two classifications would be a stricter fire code in the LB.With that In mind, Buchanan said, and since the area residents had shown some concern over the fire restrictions, he moved for denial of the request. It carried unanimously.• • *IN OTHER ACTION, the council:* Approved on emergency reading a request to change D** (duplex) zoning to A-l on three lots in the R. A. Mitchell Addition;* Passed on first reading a request to change MD to A-l on 17 acres south erf the Dunn School and east of Mary St.;* Heard the pros and cons on four rezoning requests Intract at tte souttea.-.t cor erof Houston aid Cooper; tc gachange “R (residential to A-l on 3 acres south of lie gt and east of Ca a Loma Addition; to change A i” to LR (local retail on a tract hion the south aide of Park Row »nnear Collins; and to change rlt;D* to A-l and 1 R*; on a 5ctrad just north of F. Division rland between Truman and C ol- j.llns;• Called a public tearing ieconcerning tte annexation of p480 acres north of tte Turn- v.pike indtetween Hlghwav s 3C0and 157; g• Heard a public tearli g clt;concerning tte annexation of f11,5 acres of railroad right- cof-way north of town. cFederal *'Grand Jury tSubpoenas 3 ;Officers of Arlington Villa.Inc. and Youth Camps, Inc. will appear before a Federal $ grand jury Monday in Dallas.Tte grand jury is Investigat- 1lug possible Federal Housing cAdministration loan frauds.Subpoenaed to appear be- €fore tte grand jury are tte 1Rev. Robert G. Fowler, Mrs. Mildred Fowler and J. W.Ste- Jward. Fowler is president of Arlington Villa and Youth Camps, both of A r 11 n g t o n. Mrs. Fowler and Steward are officials of Youth Camps. Fowler was requested to bring all competitive bids for Arlington Villa, plus financial records and corporation minutes, and also Youth Camp records.
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Arlington Daily News Texan
Arlington, Texas, US
Wed, Apr 08, 1964
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