Richardson ISD schedules budget hearing for Aug 23
The Richardson Independent School District plans a budget hearing at 7:30 p.m. Monday August 23 in the Board Room of the School Administration Building at 400 South Greenville Ave. The proposed total budget is 9.176 million dollars with 6.026 million for operations and 1.800 million for capital outlay. Debt service is 1.351 million. Local sources fund 37.14 percent of operations, state 62.86 percent, with debt service funded entirely by local taxes and capital from bond sales.
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Richardson Independent School System
South Greenville Ave
Richardson Independent School District
Cosmic Twins Set for Gemini Five Space Flight
UPI reports astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad declared fit to fly on Gemini-5. Mission director Cristensen gave a go for a Thursday launch from Cape Kennedy after checks on a fuel cell system and booster readiness. The mission aims for a 191 hour 53 minute hold in space, a near 220 mile high orbit, and a return to the Atlantic near Aug 27.
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Cape Kennedy
UPI
U.S
Gordon Cooper
Charles
Pete) Conrad
E. E. Christensen
Space Agency
Atlantic Ocean
Cooper
Conrad
Valery Bykovsky
Pad 19
Young Burglar Clears Thefts
Police questioned a 16 year old in a move to clear a wave of burglaries. The youth, taken into custody, confessed to several burglaries including three at a library, a cleaning establishment, and a miniature golf course. Detectives hope to clear a recent church burglary and other thefts. He netted small cash, a typewriter, and other items.
Inside Lincoln Heights jail amid riot era chaos
An UPI reporter tours the reopened Lincoln Heights jail after the Negro uprising, describing guard checkpoints, a crowded makeshift courtroom, and prison wards with 50 inmates per cell, triple bunks, and dim corridors as arrestees await justice.
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Lincoln Heights
Los Angeles
UPI
Bar of Justice
National Guard
Meanest Hippo With Appetite Moves to Mexican Circus
Betsy the two ton hippo deemed “mean as a yard dog” is sold for circus use after District Judge Myrlin Johnson allows Wilson Fry to transfer the animal from Texas to Mexico City amid a dispute over ownership. Fry cited Betsy’s eating habit as the reason for the sale.
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Brownsville
Tex
UPI
Betsy
Texas
Myrlin Johnson
Wilson Fry
Fry
Mexico City
Smith College
Brooklyn
Prospect Park Zoo
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Rio Grande Valley
Fair Winners Are Chosen by Division Pages
Winners in the Community Fair and Exposition were announced Tuesday across divisions. Cathy Howell won Best of Division in Original Art for a pen and ink drawing of three men, and Jaren BeAbout took Hobby Division for a collection of foreign dolls.
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J. R. Christy
Cathy Howell
Howell
Richardson High School
Onida Caldwell
Jaren BeAbout
BeAbout
Norway
Lapland
Ethiopia
Roy Thompson
Texas Power & Light
Lockwood
Public Hearing Scheduled Here In Richardson
The City Plan Commission sets a public hearing at 7 30 p m on August 26 to consider T Allen Campbell's requests for a special permit for Lot 1 Block 3 501 N Central Expressway and a temporary permit for the south half of Lot 2 Block 3 502 N Central Expressway in North Richardson. The site currently lies in I M 1 industrial zoning. The hearing addresses granting a permanent car sales and service operation on Lot 1 and a temporary use on Lot 2 during a building program.
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City Plan Commission
T. Allen Campbell
N. Central Expressway
North
Richardson
Mystery Airliner Crash Stuns Chicago Probe Teams
United Air Lines Flight 389, a Boeing 727 with 30 aboard, crashed into Lake Michigan near Chicago. Investigators, including FBI disaster experts, search the lake for clues while Coast Guard recovered debris and six bodies. authorities entertain bomb theories as they seek the crash sequence.
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Chicago
UPI
United Air Lines
Lake Michigan
U.S. Navy
Great Lakes Naval Training Center
Coast Guard
FBI
Washington
Edward E. Slattery
Civil Aeronautics Board
O’hare International
Richardson Council Advances City Infrastructure Reforms
The Richardson City Council adopted two ordinances disowning any city interest in a portion of Dallas Street and revising the Master Street Plan west of Central Expressway north of the Santa Fe Railroad. The plan relocates Alma Rd, extends Alma Rd south of Campbell, and adds a street layout along Prairie Creek.
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Richardson City Council
Dallas Street
Central Expressway
Santa Fe Railroad
Alma Rd
Campbell
Prairie Creek
Thunderstorms Head For Texas Across Gulf Coast and Panhandle
Thunderstorms were forecast for the Texas Gulf Coast, the Panhandle, and extreme Southwest Texas by evening. Skies were mostly clear elsewhere, with a few cloud patches over South Central Texas.
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Texas Gulf Coast
Panhandle
Texas
Pecos
Richardson Fair Opens Tonight For Weeklong Run
Community excitement builds as Richardson big fair debuts for a seven day stretch. Police Chief J W Golden and Fire Chief Richard Russell mingle with neighbors while Dorothy Adkins chats nearby. Local press club organizing activity noted. Business steady in school supplies. Beverly Anderson heads to the Gulf Coast for leisure days. Dick Reynolds discusses local sports scene.
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Bill Coit
Richardson
AL Helsley
J. W. Golden
Richard Russell
Dorothy Adkins
Petite Beverely Anderson
Gulf Coast
Dick Reynolds
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Jeannie Howard
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Janice Keith
Rose Hoover
Janice
LA Scene
By Kenneth Inouye
Los Angeles River
Civic Center
Richardson Heights Village
Pris
Cilla Ducote
Steve Tisserand
Glen Kinard
Beverly Buscanics
Case
Miss Patti
O'Hare
Council
Texas Billithic Co
Spring Valley Rd
Abrams Rd
O-M
Belt Line
Glenville Dr
Jack Dillard
Arapaho Rd
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