DPS predicts 38 traffic deaths over 4th of July weekend
Texas DPS warns motorists to drive carefully during a 102 hour Fourth of July period from July 3 to July 7. Operation Motorcide will run with 6 p m to 11 59 p m daily tallies and three daily updates to curb the anticipated 38 traffic fatalities.
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Austin
Texas Department of Public Safety
Texas
Wilson E
Pat) Speir
DPS
Speir
DPS Statistical Services
Daily News Office to Close for Fourth of July Holiday
Daily News offices will close Thursday July 4 for the holiday but the paper will publish as usual. Special deadlines apply for the Friday July 5 edition with items due by noon July 3, ads by 1 p.m. and classifieds by 5 p.m. Wednesday. The Friday edition will be delivered on time.
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Daily News
Bob Canon
Free Six Flags Tickets With New Daily News Subscriptions
Fred Wilkinson of the Daily News announces a promotion offering one free Six Flags over Texas ticket for every five new subscriptions delivered to the Daily News office at 111 E. Main. No limit on tickets. open to adults and children. 13 week subscriptions must be new.
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Fred Wilkinson
Daily News
Six Flags Over Texas
E. Main
Wilkinson
Richardson
Dallas Prices Jump in Second Quarter 1968
Consumer prices in the Dallas area rose 2.2 percent over the February to May 1968 quarter, the largest since the index began. The May index stood at 112.7, up 4.8 percent from a year earlier, with clothing and upkeep leading gains at 3.7 percent and food costs up 2.0 percent.
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Dallas
Brunswick A. Bagdon
U. S. Department of Labor
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Buffalo
Cleveland
Milwaukee
San Diego
Scranton
Seattle
Washington, D. C
National Safe Boating Week Declared By Presidential Proclamation
June 30 to July 6 designated as National Safe Boating Week with 7500 volunteers in 1000 waterfront communities. Events include safety clinics parades and water shows led by 19 groups such as the U S Coast Guard Coast Guard Auxiliary and Power Squadrons. The week promotes Ten Commandments of Safe Boating to reduce drownings often in small boats and overloads.
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John Fleming
National Safety Council
Public Department
National Safe Boating Committee
U. S. Coast Guard
Coast Guard Auxiliary
U. S. Power Squadrons
Fleming
Pay Right Carrier Boy safety notice
Richardson Daily News circulation manager Fred Wilkinson urges readers to pay the correct carrier boys as independent contractors. Verify identity with the collection book and ensure timely payment to avoid carriers paying for unsold papers out of pocket.
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Richardson Daily News
Fred Wilkinson
Daily News
Wilkinson
Calleen Anderegg to perform at Miss Texas Pageant
Calleen Anderegg Miss Richardson of 1967 is chosen as a featured performer for this year’s Miss Texas Pageant set July 17 to 20 at Fort Worth Will Rogers Auditorium. She will sing and dance in a solo on one night and join production numbers with Moly Grubb Miss Texas 1967 and Jackie Jann Jackson Miss Richland Area among others.
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Calleen Anderegg
Richardson
Fort Worth
Will Rogers Auditorium
Calleen
Moly Grubb
Jackie Jann Jackson
Richland Area
Jan
Atlantic City
Channel 11
Casa Manana Musicals
City Council Sets Zoning Hearings And Miss Texas Plans
City Council to convene at 8 p.m. at City Hall for zoning hearings on files 6812 6806 6817 including a kindergarten nursery and a day nursery. Also review bids on Fall Creek Drive Bridge and Civic Center street work. Miss Texas pageant crowned July 26 with scholarships trophies and Plaza awards. Tickets range from 2 to 10 dollars.
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Louis Hexter
Richardson
Frances Way
Grove Road
Neal
Patricia Munday
Bishop
Civic Center
Fall Creek Drive
City Hall
Richardson golf pro to speak at Noon Lions meeting
Don Dunkelberger, Canyon Creek Country Club golf pro since 1963, will be Noon Lions Club guest speaker at Youngbloods Restaurant. A Texas native with a long PGA career, he served in the Naval Air Force in World War II and Korea, winning the 1950 Electric City Open and later becoming a PGA Class A member. He and his family reside in Richardson.
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Don Dunkelberger
Canyon Creek Country Club
Lions Club
Youngblood’s
Naval Air Force
Anderson
S. C
Dunkelberger
Texas
Northern
PGA
Marcella
Richardson
Melrose Drive
Remodeling at Daily News Sparks Quiet Ingress Change
Daily News office remodeling prompts customers to enter by a side door due to a nearly empty front room with missing floorboards. Workers relocate editorial staff to the back while flooring is replaced and lighting updated. A rusty bottle opener and small animal remains surface as workers uncover items during renovation.
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Daily News
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Eliel Archilla
Chesterton
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Reading
High Point
N. C
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Professional Golfers’ Association
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UPI
Daily Telegraph
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John Mink
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Gregg Butts
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