18 Dec 1970
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Newspaper
Richardson Daily News
Location
Richardson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 18, 1970
Page
1
Dallas County Commissioners authorize a notification to suburban cities and taxing jurisdictions about a computerized tax billing and collection service. The program uses the data tape system in the tax collector's office and may cover school districts and other districts upon request.
County commissioners approve a new 24 hour answering and referral service within the welfare department to begin before Christmas. The program will be led by an Emergency Worker earning 10000 dollars yearly with a 27000 dollar emergency fund. Board members include Anne Wright Alfred J Hill Morton Sanger David Carden Mary William Ruby Lincoln Vernetta Helton Lee Haviland and others. The service aims to aid the county's destitute and is described as an umbrella of care.
PARC hosts the 6th annual Road Runner Race at 2:00 p.m. tomorrow. The 11.5 mile course begins at the University of Texas Richardson near Campbell Road and ends there. Divisions include high school, college up to age 29, women, and Joggers with trophies for all. Entry fee is $1.00, paid before start or at the Recreation Center. information via PARD.
Foreseeable conditions show partly cloudy skies with colder temperatures Saturday. Low tonight in the mid 50s and a high near 70. Winds from the south 15 to 20 mph shifting to north 10 to 15 mph Saturday. Warnings remain in effect for the area.
The Richardson Daily News announces a 30 day retention limit for published photographs. After publication photos will be discarded. Staff photos remain available for 30 days at a rate of $1 per image.
Richardson Independent School District approved bids for two new elementary schools and kitchen equipment. Forest Meadow project awarded to T C Crist of Dallas for 1 061 000 base plus 6 000 alternate. Prestonwood Elementary awarded to Hagler Construction Company for 1 093 165 total. kitchens to Huey & Philp and Foremost McKesson Systems.
City Plan Commission voted four to one to approve Zoning File 7029 changing TOM to LRM 2 for 9.66 acres between Alma Road and Central Expressway north of Campbell Road with a condition that 20 percent of construction be completed within two years and potential reversion if unmet. Opposed by Nathaniel Ekelman. Public hearing set for Zoning File 7034 on East Beltline Road. Dunkin Donuts site plan approved for Northrich Village Shopping Center.
Collins Radio Company received the E Star Award for continued superior performance in foreign marketing activities. The certificate and flag were presented at Collins' Dallas offices by a Presidential Committee member, with Secretary Maurice H. Stans signing. Export volumes surged from 1.2 million in 1949 to 63 million in 1969.
The article notes President Nixon naming Texan John Connally as Secretary of the Treasury and mentions George Bush in a high administration post. It laments recession fears and jokes about football team sizes changing if hard times come.
Holiday deadlines affect advertising and editorial copy. Next week's Value Guide goes to press Tuesday. Advertising copy due by 4 p.m. Friday. The Daily News skips Christmas Day. The Sunday 27 issue and Monday 28 issue share deadlines. The Sunday 27 Women’s Section ads due by noon Wednesday. All Women’s Section copy must be submitted by noon Wednesday.
Richardson Association for Retarded Children presents a check totaling 648.50 to O B Herrington for the Cooperative Training Center in Richardson. Since opening in September the group has donated 1648.50 to outfit the center serving 25 students ages 14 to 21.
David A. North of 7329 Tophill Lane Dallas was chosen Kiwanian of the Year by the Richardson Kiwanis Club at its Christmas party for service to the Richardson community and leadership in club goals. He coordinates Key Club activities and led the formation of a new boys service group at Berkner High School this fall. He heads the Kiwanis vocational guidance program and supervised tuition aid awards at Richardson and Pearce high schools. He served as associate chairman of Operation Drug Alert for the Dallas area and helped run a drug abuse referral center.
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