Richardson City Council votes to approve bond measures and alley project
City Council canvassed July 31 bond results approving five propositions for street and park improvements, library, fire stations, and warehouse additions. They awarded the alley contract to Jesse Construction Co. and set hearings on zoning and parking. A downtown parking committee was formed.
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Richardson City
Jesse Const. Co
Cottonwood Park
Belt Line Rd
Dumont Dr
Dover
Waterview
Dumont
St. Lukes
Belt Line
Devonshire
Floyd Road
Richland Village
Buckingham and
Jupiter Rds
Investigators Review Leads In University Slayings
Police examined luggage and a lamp linked to slain University of Texas coeds Susan Rigsby and Shirley Stark. A married couple reported a yellow Chevrolet Corvair like Stark’s car with two couples fighting near the field where the bodies were found. No suspects yet. several leads involve university students and unexplained box contents at Goodwill.
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Austin
UPI
University of Texas
Goodwill Industries
Austin Goodwill Industries Center
Burt Gerding
Goodwill
Gerding
K. R. Herbert
Wooten Named To RHS Principal Post
Elmer Wooten, assistant principal at Richardson High School since 1961, is named principal to replace Bill Passmore. Passmore leaves to pursue a doctorate at the University of Texas after the Richardson School Board accepted his resignation Monday night.
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Elmer Wooten
Richardson High School
Bill Passmore
Richardson
Wooten
RHS
Passmore
University of Texas
Thousands Report Mysterious Flying Objects Across Large Regions
Across the Midlands and Southwest thousands described flashing red or yellow objects racing high in the sky with zigzag moves. The Air Force attributed most sightings to stars or planets, while observers urged caution citing July and August peaks. A Sioux City teacher recounted a bright yellow object with red center and white lights, provoking doubt of astronomical explanations.
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Oklahoma City
UPI
Air Force
Najeeb E. Halaby
Federal Aviation Agency
FAA
Los Angeles
Sioux City, Iowa
Crime report shows Richardson safest in Dallas County
FBI figures for the first half of 1965 rank Richardson as the safest Dallas County city with 7.2 offenses per 1,000 residents in a 37,000 population, while Garland leads suburban crime at 19.5 and Dallas peaks with 15.9 per 1,000. Burglaries hit 100 and auto thefts 19. Dallas logged over 5,000 burglaries and 3,000 auto thefts.
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Richardson
Dallas County
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington
Mesquite
Garlan
Garland
Irving
Grand Prairie
Dallas
City of Dallas
Spring Valley Hospital Log July 26 to Aug 1 1965
Admissions list includes Bougadis Peter Kerley Gail Parsons Eric Abernathy Maude Granger Ewell Odom Claude Chambers William West Alice Wilson Jerry Ruth Neece Ruth Nelson Daisey Wright Mary Elizabeth Ray James Keas Jane Terrell Yvonne Buchanan Jimmie Powell Lynn Clements Ula Martin Martha Lou Hall Virginia Ganns Louann Wallace Willie Moorhead Ollie Sawyer Harold Wheeler Sandra Case Linda Buchanan Glenn Darden Barbara Shelton Elaine Reese James. Discharges include Patricia Roberts Ronald Henderson Randy Hughes Elmer Mary Kellam Leona Bougadis Peter Wright Mary Elizabeth head Willie Ganns Louann Keas Jane Buchanan Jimmie Case Linda Martin Martha Lou Collett Robert Powell Lynn Wilson Jerry Terrell Yvonne Thomas Rebecca West Anthony Martin Anita Pavaiek Dolores Wheeler Sandra.
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Peter
Kerley
Gail
Parsons
Eric
Abernathy
Maude
Granger
Ewell
Odom
Claude
Chambers
William
West
Alice
Wilson
Jerry Ruth
Neece
Ruth
Nelson
Daisey
Wright
Mary Elizabeth
Ray
James
Keas
Jane
Terrell
Yvonne
Buchanan
Jimmie
Powell
Lynn
Clements
Ula
Martin
Martha Lou
Hall
Virginia
Ganns
Louann
Wallace
Willie
Moorhead
Ollie
Sawyer
Harold
Wheeler
Sandra
Case
Linda
Glenn
Darden
Barbara
Shelton
Elaine
Reese
Roberts
Patricia
Henderson
Ronald
Hughes
Randy
Elmer
Mary
Kellam
Leona
Head
Collett
Robert
Jerry
Thomas
Rebecca
Anthony
Anita
Pavaiek
Dolores
Wheeler Sandra
Off Main Street Playhouse Becomes Home for Richardson Players
Don McCord and his sons Larry and Donny of McCord School of Music have provided Richard son Civic Theater with a new home at 100 E Main St. The auditorium will host Richardson Players productions with a side entrance creating the Off Main Street Playhouse name. The 140 seat venue will host recitals and future fundraisers to upgrade equipment and establish a long term presence in Richardson.
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Don McCord
Larry
Donny
Richardson
Civic Theater
W. Main St
Richardson Players
McCord School of Music
E. Main St
Richardson Civic Theater
Main Street
Off Main Street
Phil Barnett
McCords
Gene Autry
Donny McCord
Ricky Nelson
Pasadena Playhouse
McCord Music Co
Dallas
Don
Fred
Don McCords
Public Relations Chief To Address Jaycees On GRCSW progress
Al Mitchell, GRCSW information director since 1962, will review the Graduate Research Center of the Southwest growth from a small staff to 286 at the Richardson campus. The center supports 32 basic research projects from planetary atmospheres to beams for cancer therapy with activity extending to seismology programs and Arctic balloon flights.
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Blacklands
Southwest
Richardson
United States
Center
Newsman Waldo Named PR Director for University of the Americas
Thayer Waldo, former Fort Worth newsman, was named director of public relations for the University of the Americas in Mexico City. Waldo has Latin American affairs experience, including early 1940s United Press Mexico City bureau work, information director at the Pan American Union, and reporting across Argentina Brazil Uruguay Peru Ecuador and Colombia. He now serves as Mexico City correspondent for four U.S. newspapers.
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UPI
Thayer Waldo
Fort Worth
Tex
University of the Americas
Waldo
United Press
Pan American Union
Argentina
Brazil
Uruguay
Peru
Ecuador
Colombia
U.S
City Council Waives Parking Rules for Mason Office
At Main and Mackinney Attorney Jack Mason plans a handsome new office building, prompting a revived town appearance. Police Captain Jim Rosbins chats with a friend as Emily Howell, Daily News reviewer, tackles a pop volume. Jerry Bramlett, hair stylist, prepares to open in the Spring Valley center near Coutnds while Richardson residents scan the skies for eerie objects over North.
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City Council
Jack Mason
Main and McKinney
Old Town
Jim RO
Daily News
Emily Howell
Jerry Bramlett
Spring Valley
Coutnds
Richardson
Texas
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