Richardson Leaders Split on Suburban County Referendum
Dallas area leaders push a county wide straw vote on four issues open housing busing school consolidation and War on Poverty. Richardson council members doubt the measure’s value fearing misinterpretation and increased polarization while RISD officials warn it could deepen divisions. Doris Holden argues the referendum pressures voters in an election year.
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Richardson
Lew Sterrett
Dallas County League of Municipalities
Richardson Independent School District
J. J. Pearce
Dallas
Wes Wise
Pearce
Doris Holden
Lake Highlands Area
RISD
Pass
Preserve Autonomous School Systems
Texas
Dr. Pearce
John Connally
Tom Hardy
Hardy
Harry Higginbotham
Local police chiefs push for city control over departments
Richardson Police Chief J W Golden argues that city managers and councils should run departments with chiefs retaining decision power. He supports local control to allow flexible implementation of programs, criticizing state civil service for overreach. He notes Dallas debate over hiring tests and appointive powers.
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Richardson
J. W. Golden
Dallas Police Association
State
Dallas
Frank Dyson
DPA
Golden
Nick to Deliver Toys at RISD Elementary Schools
Lt Nick will bring toys for the Toys for Tots drive at Richardson ISD elementary schools on Wednesday and Thursday. He will travel by truck with Marine Corps Reserves, not by helicopter as some residents believed.
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Marine Corps
RISD
Nick
Richardson
Bucking ham zoning request back on Dallas City Council agenda
The Henry S Miller Company seeks multiple zoning on a 55 acre Bucking ham Audelia tract for homes town houses rentals and a day school. The council delays decision after public objections from Richardson and Bucking ham. A hearing will remove temporary zoning for a North Central Expressway medical clinic and set a date on Southland Corp building permit extension at Floyd Road. Richard son Jaycee Youth in Government presents a resolution.
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Henry S. Miller Company
Buckingham
Audelia Road
City Hall
Raymond Noah
Richardson
City of
North Central Expressway
Southland Corporation
S. Floyd Road
Richardson Jaycee
Richardson Weather Outlook for Tuesday
Clouds roll in over Richardson with a 40 percent chance of rain. Temperatures dip to a low near 45 and rise to about 60 during the day with southerly winds of 10 to 20 mph.
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Richardson
Tools hot item in local thefts
Police investigated multiple thefts around the city this week end. Items stolen included tools, a tool box worth 69.50 from 1311 Cometh or Wake Dr. and 339 in tools and sporting goods from a carport. A separate report noted tools and a tool box worth 100 missing from 1200 Holley Dr. A business burglary at 777 S Central Expressway saw a protector coffee pot lamp and ten purses valued at 194.50 taken. An autopsy ruled death by suicide in the case of Tommy Rice Mc Clelland, found with a gunshot wound in his Richardson home on Friday Dec 3.
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S. Central Expressway
Parkland Hospital
Tommy Rice McClelland
Richardson
Irving Open House Showcases New Sports Arena
The City of Irving hosts a December 19 open house from 1 to 5 p.m. offering North Texas residents a self guided tour of the football facility from the press box to the Cowboys locker room and tartan turf field. Officials say the event invites public exploration of the new sports arena complex.
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Irving
North Texas
Cowboys
Canal plan eyed by Grand Prairie commission
The city commission is to act on a proposal to speed Trinity River Canal Project action and may join the suit as “friends of the defendant” per request from the Trinity River Authority of Texas. Separately, Tarrant County considers moving 45,000 from the Fort Worth Chamber to the county convention center to aid Miss Teenage America pageant efforts.
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Grand Prairie City Commission
Grand Prairie Commission
Trinity River Authority of Texas
Tarrant County
Fort Worth
Mohawk Elementary's year-long ecology drive ends with six trees
Mohawk Elementary School planted six trees on campus Friday afternoon as part of a year-long ecology drive started September 28. Principal Bill Malcolm and YMCA official Ron Kinnamon highlighted the effort, funded by pennies from paper recycled through a trailer at the school, with weekly collections ranging from four to five tons and a goal to exceed five tons next week.
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Mohawk Elementary
Ron Kinnamon
YMCA
Kinnamon
Bill Malcolm
Malcolm
Gibson's
Northrich Shopping Center
Arapaho Rd
Mohawk
Collins Radio to rehire some after merger with Rockwell
Collins Radio Co plans to rehire part of its 31,000 former workers following the merger with North American Rockwell Corp. The defense sector faces long term challenge as aerospace declines since 1969. Arthur A. Collins resigns as Robert C. Wilson assumes presidency amid stock transactions and leadership changes.
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Collins Radio Co
North American Rockwell Corporation
Collins’ Board of Directors
North American Rockwell
Arthur A. Collins
Rockwell
Robert C. Wilson
Collins
Collins Sees Business Aviation Growth Amid Defense Cuts
Collins reports a $46.6 million annual loss as sales fall due to weak economy and reduced defense orders. Despite gloom from Dr. Karl G Harr Jr of AIA, the firm cites upcoming AMS-70 and FSC-110 flight control contracts with McDonnell Douglas and Lockheed, forecasting $60 million and $42 million in potential value. The company sees business aviation as a bright spot with growing inertial navigation demand and first MNS-1 deliveries.
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Karl G. Harr
Aerospace Industries Association
Collins
Harr
Hartford, Conn
Rotary Club
R & Dess Deas
Ing
America
Hart
McDonnell-Douglas Co
Lockheed
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League of Municipalities
Marcy Collins
Maurice Collins
The
Richardson Public Library
C. H. Asel, Jr
City Civil Service Board
Civil Service Board
Carl F. McClellan
Nick Nixes
Helicopter
Mohawk Plants
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