Richardson Fourth of July planning meeting set
Jay Lupin, Richardson Jaycee chairman, announced an organizational meeting for Thursday at 7:30 p.m. in the Chamber of Commerce to plan the annual Fourth of July celebration. The event includes a parade, fireworks, and other festivities, with civic groups invited to participate. Jay Richey serves as co-chairman this year.
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Pat Lupin
Jaycee
Richardson
Chamber of Commerce
Jay Richey
Kindergarten bill awaits signature from Briscoe
Senator Ron Clower of Garland and Representative Wilson Foreman of Austin pushed HB787 through the Senate to allow all five year olds to start kindergarten in September. The bill keeps cost steady by offering districts three options including preserved full day, two half day sessions, or a two semester full day plan. Clower calls it an economically feasible solution to prevent younger children from facing educational and psychological disadvantages.
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Ron Clower
Garland
Rep
Wilson Foreman
Austin
Senate
Dolph Briscoe
Clover-Foreman
Clower
Richardson votes on joining North Texas Water District
Richardson residents go to the polls on June 15 to decide if the city will join the North Texas Water District. Supporters argue membership grants influence over district charges and long range water planning through 2000. The district, headquartered in Wylie, provides an alternative to Dallas water pricing.
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Water District
Memship
Richardson
North Texas Water District
Wylie
Lavon Reservoir
Tribute to mothers at Richardson Senior Citizens Club
A Mothers Day celebration is planned for the Richardson Senior Citizens Club meeting at 1:30 p.m. in the Arapaho United Methodist Church fellowship hall. Four Pioneer Belles will perform and Sue Nahkunst will read A Tribute to Mother, with a special gift to one honored lady and a coffee hour to follow. For details contact Walter Herrin at 231-5935.
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Richardson Senior Citizens Club
Fellowship Hall
Arapaho United Methodist Church
West Arapaho
Coit Road
Dallas Federal Community Room
Sue Nahkunst
Walter Herrin
Symposium on Handicapped Rights In Dallas Zale Building
A one day symposium organized by the Dallas Tarrant County Associations for Retarded Children’s Residential Services Committee runs Saturday 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the Zale Building Stemmons Expressway Dallas. Marcia Burgdorf will deliver the keynote on Current Trends in Legal Rights of the Handicapped. Sessions cover alternatives to institutionalization group activities and volunteer roles. Registration is 4 dollars per person including lunch. Contact Virginia Murphy at 357 7738 for info.
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Residential Services Committee
Dallas- Tarrant County Associations For
Zale
Stemmons Expressway
Dallas
Marcia Burgdorf
National Center For Law and the Handicapped
South Bend
Ind
Virginia Murphy
Richardson City Council Names Two To Zoning Board
Donna L. Needles and W. C. Coonrod were sworn in as new Zoning Board of Adjustment members by Mayor Raymond Noah at the City Hall meeting. Drake Bundy of Richardson Jaycees presented poll findings on city and school district residents to guide Jaycee community program planning. A Goodyear Service Store rent sale permit sparked debate. councilors debated precedent and tenant consultation before delaying the request for talks with fellow tenants.
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Donna L. Needles
W. C. Coonrod
Zoning Board of Adjustment
Raymond Noah
City Hall
Drake Bundy
Richardson Jaycees
Jaycees
Goodyear Service Store
Richardson Narcotics Probe Ends With 20-Year-Old's Arrest
Richardson police arrested a 20-year-old Dallas man Monday for narcotics law violation. The suspect's car failed inspection and he was wanted on Dallas Police traffic warrants. A burglar entered a Richardson home, taking a TV AM FM radio two speakers and a hair styler valued at 380 dollars. A thief stole 110 dollars of fishing gear from William Corbin’s garage. Three Evergreen residents reported auto battery thefts.
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Richardson
Dallas
Dallas Police Department
Tol
William Corbin
Loganwood
Evergreen
Richardson NOW Leader Describes Women Liberation Progress
Jane Baker, vice president of the Dallas NOW chapter, says women face personal “handles” of discrimination and cites examples from employment tests to birth choices. She notes growing, active participation, coalition with groups like WEAL and AAUW, and contrasts NOW with more militant feminists who use socialist rhetoric.
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Richardson
Jane Baker
Dallas
National Organization For Women (Now
Women’s Liberation Movement
NOW
Women’s Liberation
Women For Change
Women’s Equity Action League
Women's Political Caucus
AAUW
Women's Coalition
WEAL
NOW in Dallas Pushing Women’s Reforms and Careers
NOW members in Dallas push reforms to broaden women’s choices beyond home or career. They promote job finding, after school help, better support for rape victims, and union solidarity, while noting progress as men seek family balance and women gain confidence to work and lead.
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Dallas
United Farm Job Holders Workers’ Union
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