Richardson voters back Locke Eggers and GOP slate in primary
Richardson area voters favored Eugene Locke for governor and Paul Eggers as GOP nominee, with Yarborough and Smith advancing in Democratic contests. Liquor by the drink passed locally while pari mutuel wagering and a milk price commission were defeated. statewide results mirrored some local trends with regional variances.
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Richardson
Paul Eggers
Preston Smith
Don Yarborough
Dallas Area
State Dairy Commission
Richardson Area
Eugene Locke
Hamilton Park
Northrich
Waggoner Carr
Smith
Yarborough
Wade
McKool
Equipment bids and drainage easement on council agenda
Richardson City Council opens sewer bids for Buckingham area and reviews bids for mowing units and automotive equipment. The panel will accept a drainage easement assignment at Spring Valley Tejas Apartments. Meeting at City Hall starts 8 p.m. Citizens invited.
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Richardson City
Buckingham
Spring Valley
Tejas
County school population led by Richardson and Irving
The 1968-69 scholastic census shows Richardson 24,853 pupils, Irving 22,833, Garland 19,181, Grand Prairie 9,713 in the county outside Dallas. County total 296,364 with 121,433 outside Dallas. Dallas ISD has 174,931 pupils and Sunnyvale is smallest with 226.
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Richardson
Irving
Garland
Dallas
Grand Prairie
C. T. Tindel
S. Dallas Independent
Sunnyvale
Mental Health Bell Ringer Campaign Kicks Off Here Today
Richardson joins nationwide Bell Ringer Campaign starting Monday to raise funds for mental health. Leaders from Dallas area coordinate gifts and public education leaflets to reduce stigma and promote early diagnosis and aftercare. Officials note rising hospital discharges but urge community support for full care facilities.
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Richardson
Larry Chaplin
Phillip B. Stewart
Dallas
Adolph Schlosstein
W. Ray Montgomery
Mental Health Association of
Dallas County
Salvation Army urges spring cleaning for drives in Richardson
Major Byron A. Freeman says discards like furniture and toys are valuable to the Salvation Army. A Salvation Army truck collects items every Friday in Richardson. call RI 2 9224 to request stops. The center supports hundreds of parolees and men with addiction issues each year through rehabilitation and salvage programs.
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Salvation Army
Byron A. Freeman
Salvation Army Men's Rehabilitation Center
Texas
Richardson
Salvation Army Rehabilitation Center
P-TA City Council Scholarships Awarded to Two Seniors
The P-TA City Council awarded $400 scholarships to Nancy Ann Bienler of Lake Highlands High and Denise Eskridge of Richardson High at the regular meeting on Greenville Avenue. Nancy, daughter of Mr and Mrs Paul Bienler, is active in Honor Society NHS and student media and plans law and journalism. Denise, daughter of Mr and Mrs Jack Eskridge, is NHS member, RHS editor, and pursues veterinary medicine.
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Richardson Independent School District
Pta’s
Nancy Ann Biehler
Lake Highlands High School
Denise Ellen Eskridge
RHS
Claude Nussbaum Jr
Richardson
P-Ta’s
Greenville Avenue
Richardson High School
Sid Holcomb
Nancy
Paul W. Bienler
Queenswood Lane
Dallas
National Honor Society
American Field Service
Lake Highlands
Richardson Daily News
Performing Arts Guild
Catholic Youth Organization
Denise
Jack Eskridge
Murray Lane
Festival of Performing Arts at El Centro College
The Festival of the Performing Arts continues this week at El Centro College featuring music art drama and speech students and faculty. Highlights include El Centro Band and 100 voice Chorus May 8 at 11 am in Room 205 and Broadway-leaning performances May 9 in the Student Center with conductors John Stewart and Dr. Arthur Southerland.
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el Centro
BEC
John Stewart
Arthur Southerland
Benny Wakefield
Karryn Smith
School Board Meeting Plans for Lloyd V. Berkner Additions
The district Board of Trustees will discuss preliminary plans for Lloyd V. Berkner High School and authorize additions to existing school plants including Stults Road Elementary, Lake Highlands High athletic plant, and a bank hall and gym at Pearce High. Also on the agenda are guidance needs report, tax office staff addition, committee appointments, safekeeping receipts, and the Region X Consultation Agreement. Public invited to 7 30 p m at 400 South Greenville Avenue Board Room.
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Lloyd V. Berkner High School
Stults Road
Lake Highlands High School
Pearce High School
Region X Educational Board
South Greenville Avenue
Lake Highlands Senior Kent Foster Nominated Young Texan of the Month
Lake Highlands High School senior Kent Foster has been chosen by the Richardson Optimist Club as its Young Texan of the Month nominee. Foster, son of William H. and wife, holds a 93 grade average, is National Honor Society member, co editor of The Fang, and a state journalism finalist. He leads the senior class, engages in church and Red Cross work, and has attended Future Physicians Day and the Texas Nuclear Science Symposium.
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Kent Foster
Richardson Optimist Club
William H. Foster
Chesterton Drive
Dallas
Kent
The
Fang
Texas High School Press Association
Dallas Morning News
Zale Corporation
Lake Highlands Methodist Church
MYF
Church Drama Club
Red Cross
Senior Citizens Foundation
Vandalism Reflections From Northeast Corner Column
Garland Daily News columnist Weldon Lacy comments on Lake Highlands and Mesquite vandalism. He cites Eric Fromme and Napoleon to argue the act stems from frustration and non achievement, urging identification, prosecution, and punishment of offenders.
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Weldon Lacy
Garland Daily News
Lake Highlands
Mesquite
Eric Fromme
Napoleon
Hitler
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