Board backs bussing to ease overcrowding in Richardson
The Richardson Independent School Board rejected the Parents Committee of the Arapaho School proposal to keep sixth graders from bussing to Stuirs Road School. It reaffirmed support for bussing as the preferred solution, noting past use and preserving student to teacher ratios while dismissing five alternatives. Continued on Page 6.
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Leonard Williams
Richardson Independent School
Arapaho
Stuirs Road
F E. Brooks
C. F Stringer
Apraho School
E . Brower
Parents Committee
Auto Narrowly Misses Plunge in Belt Line Road Crash
Three Garland residents were injured when a car driven by Willie Joe Derrick veered across the Expressway railing on Belt Line Road and struck a light pole. Johnnie Elmore and Violet Elmore, 49, were riding with him. Debris from the crash rained onto the divider. none of the missiles hit another vehicle. Police could not determine a cause.
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Garland
Johnnie Elmore
Violet Elmore
Derrick
Bank Robbery Suspects Sought After Seligman Hold Up
Police in Missouri Arkansas and Oklahoma search for George Knight and Fenwin Knight both of Fairview Missouri in connection with a bank robbery at the State Bank of Seligman where about 10 000 to 12 000 was taken. The duo fled in a stolen car later found wrecked near Eagle Rock Missouri. The men are also wanted for a post office robbery.
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Seligma ™ Mo
UPI
Seligmen
George Wayne Knight
Fenwin Ora Knight
Fairview
Cveht
Missouri
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Fice
Eagle Rock
Seligman
Spearhead Duo Named For March Of Dimes
Mayor Herb Ryan is named chairman and Joe Duggan co chair of the Richardson March of Dimes drive in Dallas County. They highlight 25 years of aid for polio and birth defects and note the Mothers March on Monday January 18 with hundreds of Bel refs collecting funds for patients’ aid research and education.
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Dallas County
Herb Ryan
Joe Duggan
Ryan
Duggan
City Plan Commission
Richardson Sports, Inc
Richardson March of Dimes
March of Dimes
Richardson High Band Heads to Chicago for Clinic
One hundred members of the Richardson High School Golden Eagle Band plus 20 chaperons depart Dallas for Chicago to attend the Midwest National Band Clinic at the Sherman House. The group, one of five invited, will present a program December 18 with 5,000 in attendance, and will tour the Chicago area while staying the full week. Funds for the trip reached about twenty thousand dollars with local educators and businessmen contributing alongside student candy and rummage sales.
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Chicago
Richardson High School
Golden Eagle Band
Santa Fe
Sherman House
Dallas
Richardson
Golden Eagle
Eagle Band
Joe Frank
Richardsonians
Frank
McFarlin Auditorium
America
Gordon Jacobs
McFarlin
Richardson and Dallas
Industralists
Gov. Connally
State of
Tex
Bill Strange
Connally
Bill Passmore
Dallas County
State of Texas
Professional Nabbed In Early Christmas Shoplifting
Richardson detectives arrested Essie Mae Reed after staking out Wyatt's Food Store in Richardson Heights Village. The 4. professional Dallas shoplifter admitted to the thefts, with loot valued about 300 dollars, including cigarettes, cigars, bakery goods, cosmetics, groceries, and five roaster appliances.
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Jack Proctor
Essie Mae Reed
Dallas
Richardson
Wyatt
Richardson Heights Village
Essie Mae
Dallas County
Ray Brewster
Rotary
Motel and cafe owners react to Civil Rights Act ruling
Southern restaurant and motel owners largely concede the Supreme Court ruling upholding the 1964 civil rights law. Merelon Rolleston of Heart of Atlanta Motel says the last legal argument is finished while John Venetes of Lee House Diner and Ollie McClung Sr. of Ollies Barbecue await further steps. The court ruled Congress can bar racial discrimination in interstate commerce and dismissed about 3000 sit-in cases.
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Merelcn Rolleston
Atlanta
John Venetes
Lee House
Petersburg
Supreme Court
Congress
Ollie McClung Sr
Ollie
Birmingham
Ala
Richardson Golden Eagle Band heads to Chicago for festival
A happy crowd bid farewell to the Richardson Golden Eagle Band at White Rock Station as they boarded a Santa Fe liner bound for Chicago for the Midwest National Band Festival. Santa Claus visited Richardson Mall in Richardson Heights Village.
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Santa Claus
Saturn
Richardson Heights
Nes
Paulo Marie
Richardson Golden Eagle
Whie Rock
Chicago
Richardson
Mall of Richardson Heights Village
Belt Line Rd
Parkland Hospital
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Engelke
CP. Engelke
Santo
Parent's Group Protest
Brower
Canyon Creek Country Club
White Rock
Jupiter Road
Richardson Band Club
Charles Blackford
Jim McConnell
Richard
Aly
Hurleson
Singleton
Bob Smith
Lt Smith Lawrence
Sigmt
Lage
API
Southern
McClung
Spring Valley Hospital
Jean Coffin
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