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MAP
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Rand McNally wrote back and said Arlington was a long
word and had to be reduced becace of space problems.Arlington didn't buy
&changed and here isthat and more letters were
the solution Rand McNally de-cided on. e
mCL Q/C
e said they would just leave Arlington off the
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main texas map in it'sXX 72 edition. Just leave it
off, along with Grand Prarie and Irving. 3Mt ll
thrree would be included in the special metrpolitammap.
you can t
this year's edition of XK. Rand McNally's main Texas
map...the one in the road atlas...the one used by all
those tourists... .d Arlington in smaller letters
that Irving or Grand 1 rar ie. Now Irving
r0t . .but GRAND PRARIEI The Arlington chamber of
commerce complained to Rand McNall y about this a ht,-AN& j
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Map], script, December 16, 1971, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1429570/m1/7/?rotate=90: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.