23 Aug 1963
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Newspaper
Richardson Daily News
Location
Richardson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1963
Page
1
A humorous essay on lawyers and attorneys contrasts their work environments and shares a true anecdote from Athens. An old-time defendant facing execution prompts a scheme using a street organ and a waving handkerchief from the brother in law to cue a mercy plea, with the hymn audible in court.
Four film and stage stars Marion Brando Paul Newman Anthony Franciosa and William Frye addressed a cheering crowd of more than 1000 in Gadsden Alabama urging desegregation. They planned to meet city officials and major employers to present Negro grievances and push for negotiations.
A revived city parks study shows rising public engagement after an initial lack of response. Lloyd Tuttle led meetings at City Hall with U 8:30 to 10 p m sessions, inviting groups like Richardson Sports Inc and local citizens to discuss facilities, a golf course, a teen center, and park land needs as the committee plans continued hearings through September.
City Plan Commission discussed creating an office building district across from City Hall on Main Street while hearing Richardson Chamber of Commerce zoning for a 318 East Main office complex. The panel also reviewed a south block zoning shift from Greenville Avenue to Abrams Road, with broad resident support anticipated for moving to office use.
Police Chief J W Golden announced the department is taking applications for reserve officers. Interested residents should attend an 8 p m meeting Monday in the classroom at the police station. Reserve officers assist at events and bolster the force as needed, with four or five more men needed.
U S Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge arrived in Saigon amid martial law and mass Buddhist arrests. He planned to meet President Ngo Dinh Diem for the regime’s view of the crisis. The United States faces diplomatic pressure over support for Diem’s government while maintaining aid and troops in South Vietnam.
The Richardson Daily News outlines elementary attendance boundaries as hundreds of new students join the Richardson Independent School District this fall. Area descriptions cover Arapaho, Dover, and three other zones with routes along Belt Line, Coit, Central Expressway, Forest Lane, and surrounding streets.
The root of true happiness lies in the Lord with rich joys and blessings. Faith provides refuge and guidance, filling the heart with peace and love. Exalting the divine, the faithful soul rejoices now and forever, as Psalm 28 7 inspires strength and praise.
Registration for new elementary pupils and first graders without prior enrollment runs 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at each school on Friday August 23. Orientation and schedules for seventh graders at Beltline Junior High on Tuesday August 27 and ninth graders on Friday August 30. First day of school September 3.
Richardson Police Chief J W Golden says teens in Richardson show better driving records than Dallas peers. Only 105 male and seven female juvenile tickets issued, 18 second offenses, and seven of 112 tickets unpaid. Most tickets for speeding or driving without a license amid strong school safety programs.
A UPI report from Sheppton Pennsylvania notes Atomic Energy Commission experts analyze cobalt readings from 330 feet underground as miners Fellin and Throne, buried 11 days, face a perilous operation. Charmbury weighs a larger cobalt shipment while drill work and contact attempts for third miner Bova may be halted.
Thomas L. Fielder and R. Lynn Jeffcoat named chairman and co chairman for Richardson in the Dallas County United Fund drive. Tom Lester of Garland chosen as county towns division chairman guiding 20 cities and 6,000 businesses with about 40,000 employees will be solicited by 500 volunteers.
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