Richardson approves 1 percent city sales tax
Richardson residents approve a 1 percent city sales and use tax to start April 1 1968. At two polling places 1816 votes were cast with 1085 in favor and 731 against. Officials say the levy will raise over 190000 annually to bolster operating funds and reduce future property tax increases.
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Richardson
City Recreation Center
Whitney Jones
Central Fire Station
E. Main
John Cissne
Dallas County
Garland
DeSoto
Seagoville
Dallas
Tarrant County
Special bus service set to transport Eagle fans
Richardson businessmen arrange round trip bus service from four city loading points to the State Semi finals between RHS Eagles and Abilene Cooper Cougars. Buses depart 12 15 Saturday and return after the game. Tickets priced 1 10 for riders, game tickets 2 50 adults 1 for students. Transit will run extra buses as needed and urges pre purchase.
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Eagle
Richardson
Dallas Transit System
RHS Eagles
Abilene Cooper Cougars
S. Greenville Avenue
Richardson Heights
Floyd and
Belt Line
Richardson North
Floyd Road
Spring Creek
Round Rock
Central Expressway Access Road
Transit Company
Eagles
Sun Rexall Drug
City Drug Stores
Daily News publishes Santa letters from Richardson children
The Daily News in cooperation with North Pole postal authorities will publish Richardson youngsters letters to Santa Claus. Letters should be addressed to Santa Claus c o Richardson Daily News P O Box 630 Richardson Texas 85080 and mailed promptly for publication. The deadline is Wednesday December 20 and letters must be received before that date.
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The
Daily News
North Pole
Richardson
Santa Claus
Richardson Daily News
P. O. Box
Texas
Santa
Santa’s
Elf
P. O
West
Scouting
Girl Scouts
Richardson-Abilene football tickets go on sale
Tickets for the Richardson Abilene game Saturday are on sale at Richardson Drug Stores and area schools including Lake Highlands and Hamilton Park. Pregame prices are 2.50 for adults and 1 for students. Gate tickets cost 3 dollars.
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Richardson - Abilene
Richardson Drug
Lake Highlands
Hamilton Park
Whites Auto
Friendly Chevrolet
Eveleth named to ISD board and textbook committee
Richardson Independent School District appoints Leo J. Eveleth to fill the unexpired term of Robert E. McCarley. Eveleth is manager of compensation and benefits at First National Bank of Dallas and active in local education and church groups. The board also formed the 1967-68 textbook committee with specified teachers from Richardson campuses and consultants.
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Richardson Independent
Leo J. Eveleth
Robert E. McCarley
Eveleth
Glen Cove
First National Bank of Dallas
Texas Instruments
Southwest Center For Advanced Studies
Richardson Chamber of Commerce
First Methodist Church
Hamilton Park
Bernice Bonner
Lake Highlands
Barbara Ellis
Mohawk
Patti Nuermberger
Mark Twain
Fran Sullivan
Greenwood Hills
Emer Wooten
Northwood Junior High
Don Hiett
Canyon Creek
Dan Lair
Hazel Littre's
Betsy Haford
Rhosine Fleming
Richardson YMCA Initiates Community Christmas Tree Lighting
The YMCAs Men’s Club places a 43 foot Community Christmas Tree in Richardson with a Friday 7 p.m. lighting ceremony at 810 Custer. Local youth groups helped decorate the tree and the Westminster Choir will lead carols as 450 feet of lights are added for a traditional old fashioned Christmas celebration.
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YMCA
Custer Road
Richardson
Y's
Custer
Texas Power & Light Company
Jess Morris
Richard Russell
Richardson Fire Department
Ymca Indian Guide Tribes
First Presbyterian Church Westminster
Alf Richardson
Y's Men
Y’s Men
Plan Commission sets hearing on TP and L request
The Plan Commission schedules a Thursday eight oclock public hearing on Texas Power and Light TP and L request for a special permit to build an electric substation on a 4 1 511 acre tract north of Spring Valley Road. The tract lies on Spring Valley Road west of Cottonwood Creek near Maham Road and is zoned C 1400.
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Texas Power & Light
Spring Valley Road
City Plan Commission
Howard D. Hern
Cottonwood Creek
Maham Road
Richard son High School dominates THSPA Cream of the Crop honors
Richard son High School students earned eight of ten Cream of the Crop awards at the THSPA event and both RHS yearbook Eagle and newspaper Talon received Certificates of Merit. Winners included Tommy Mullins for news and yearbook pictures, Bob Dudney for column Sport Swirl, and Robert Smith, Nancy Johnson, Stephen Bryant in various story and ad categories. The Talon placed second for small ads, and RHS sent 39 students with two sponsors to the THSPA convention at Texas Woman's University in Denton, the largest in 42 years with over 1,000 journalists attending.
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Texas High School Press Association
THSPA
Richardson
The
Eagle
Talon
RHS
Tommy Mullins
Bob Dudney
Robert Smith
Nancy Johnson
Mr. Wit
Stephen Bryant
Texas Women’s University
Denton
Col
Joseph M. Murphy
Columbia University
Columbia Scholastic Press Association
Association
Santa Letters Sought for Christmas Edition in Richardson
The Daily News asks local children to mail letters to Santa Claus c o Richardson Daily News P O Box 630 Richardson Texas 75080. Letters should be sent promptly for December publication due to space limits. community sharing is encouraged and recalls past Christmas editions with Santa letters.
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Fort Worth
Grapevine
Lake Worth
Houston
San Antonio
United Press International
Ary
Jarvis, Putty and Jarvis
Belt Line Road
Richardson's
Lair
Lake Highlands High School
North
Richardson Junior High
C & L Stone
McCally Company
Lake High
Northwood
Cornell Road
Plano Road
Buckingham
Leo. Eveleth
New Risd Trustee
Richardson Ymca
Jim Rawles
Jim Garner
Joe Durham
Bill O'Reilly
Ron Kinnamon
Henderson
Henderson Lumber Manufacturing Co
Garner
Texas Tank
Strickland Transportation Company
Earl Wilson
Star
Plan Commission
Tp&l
Louis D. Smith
Jack McJunkin
Lloyd Simmons
James P Jordan
Leo J. Jordan
Locke Thompson
Baker’s
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