Parking meters fill Dallas coffers with influx of nickel funds
Dallas saw over 400000 dollars aid the general fund from meter fees last year up from 243000 the year before as city replaces 15 and 20 year old meters with multi coin devices. fringe meters vary 5 to 60 cents per hour and more than 10000 motorists towed for violations with a ten dollar tow fee paid to private firms.
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Dallas
General Fund
Ing
Tom Schutt
Traffic Control Department
Money Talking Device Helps Blind Distinguish Bills in San Antonio
Scientists at Southwest Research Institute demonstrate a pen sized device that scans the back of U.S. currency with a light sensor to produce audible tones. The varying back designs create patterns that let blind users differentiate denominations. front portraits are avoided due to identical placements. The system, using space technology, converts light reflections into sounds and could be mass produced for quick use by visually impaired individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Southwest Research Institute
Southwest Research
New Houston court reform speeds trials and reduces jail time
With federal funds the Harris County criminal justice system adopts computer aided and specialized jail courts to speed arraignments and trials. The reforms cut arrest to indictment time to about 30 days, lowered jail population by 25 percent, and Dispatches 24 hour coverage by district attorneys to filter weak cases.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Houston
Associated Press
Jim Barlow
Harris County
C. V. ‘Buster
Kern
Whirl
Critical Justice Council
District Attorney’s Office
Carrol Vance
Vance
Varce
William Whirls
Constant revisions reflect evolving road maps and highway networks
New York AP reports Paul T Tiddens of Rand McNally traces road map changes from WWII to the present. The Interstates, four color maps, and yearly updates drive a continuous revision cycle with 18 000 map changes 1972 1973 and ongoing outreach to postmasters and state departments.
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New York
Paul T Tiddens
Tiddens
Rand McNally
Road Atlas
US Army Corps of Engineers
States
Canada
Mexico
Oil Company
Arizona
New Jersey
Building boom threatens elk herd in suburban preserve
In Elk Grove Village Illinois the Ned Brown Forest Preserve copes with rapid growth as housing and shopping centers encroach on the 4200 acre habitat of Big Bill the bull elk and his herd. The district aims to keep the preserve while shipping out offspring and managing the expanding herd now numbering eight females with offspring likely this spring and summer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elk Grove Village
Big Bill
Jackson Hole
Chicago
Ned Brown
Cook County Forest Preserve
National Park Service
Jackson
Wyo
James Mattson
Northwestern Preserve
Midwest
Mattson
District Commission
Medical school names adjunct professor in forensics unit
William F. Pete Baker, an Abilene lawyer, appointed adjunct associate professor in the Forensic Medicine Department at Texas Tech University School of Medicine. He will teach medical students about the intersection of law and medicine, including federal physician regulations malpractice courtroom testimony and medical evidence.
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Lubbock
William F
Pete
Baker
Abilene
Texas Tech University School of Medicine
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William Whirl
Walter Willford
Texas Department of Corrections
National Advisory Committee On Education of the Deaf
Miss Fabray
Senate
Brookfield Zoo
Charles E. Mitchell
Pecos
Hy Bo
Supreme Beef
Choice
Scalf Fries
Peyton
Glover
Wisconsin
Schuck
Odessa
Club OF
EL Maida Temple
EL Paso, Texas
Area Master Masons
York Rite
Shriners
Pyote County Park
Pyote, Texas
Henry Block
H & R Block
Hsrblock
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