08 Jan 1968
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Newspaper
Richardson Daily News
Location
Richardson, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1968
Page
1
Richardson’s 1967 fire loss averages $2.81 per capita for 43 000 residents. Insured losses total $115 116 plus $6 000 uninsured. national per capita loss is $9.50. City saves about $258 000 annually versus the nation, per Fire Marshal A E Dan Dandridge.
Richardson police seek residents to locate Phillip Murrell Brown 30 described as 5 10 165 pounds with dark brown hair brown eyes and mole. Last seen Jan 2 leaving a real estate office in a 1967 off white Pontiac Executive Station Wagon Texas tag KFY 370. Notify Richardson Police at AD 15131.
Tax Collector Assessor Ben Gentle announces license plate sales will move to three weight categories with a new fee scale. Plates will be sold only by trained staff at the Records Building downtown and at suburban subcourthouses. Banks return next year and Irving Garland stations shut down due to low use.
London officials report Vicar Eric Rolt will stop reading football results from the pulpit to spare his church team St. John’s East Dulwich from further embarrassment. The squad has not won a game this season and faced a 24 0 defeat in their latest match.
The Daily News lists submission cutoffs by edition with Women's News due 8 a.m. the day before and other items at 12 noon the day before publication. Sunday and Monday editions have 12 noon deadlines on Thursday for Women's News and Friday for all other items.
The Texas-Toulouse Joint Cosmic Ray Experiment will use Mont Blanc as an energy filter with detectors built in France and electronics in SCAS. The program studies near horizontal muon arrivals from high-energy cosmic rays and their interactions, including pion decay to muon and neutrino.
Stan Holmes nominated by Richardson Optimist Club for Young Texan of the Month for January. He is a Richardson High School senior active in track, basketball, baseball and football with a high school GPA above B plus. He has held student government roles and led youth programs at Spring Valley Methodist Church.
The Richardson City Council meets at 8 p.m. at City Hall to hear three zoning items. Sheridan Thompson seeks an automobile agency on a 200 by 150 foot IM zoned lot at Spring Valley Road and Sherman Street. Don Mann requests a 1.88 acre rezoning to join Canyon Creek Village shopping center west of Lookout Drive and Custer Parkway. Cassidy request file 6723 also to be heard.
A near capacity crowd of about 400 attended the Richardson Chamber of Commerce tenth annual dinner. U. S. Senator John Tower gave the patriotic address while Charles T. Boyle received the Outstanding Citizen award, eliciting a standing ovation. County Commissioner Frank Crowley quipped during introductions as the chamber’s growth and impact were praised.
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