[News Script: City council] Part: 3 of 6
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CITY COUNCIL 2 2 2
budget. He says it might be wise to delay the East side
program six or seven years, and use the money for other
projects.MEDIUM EETON
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Qounolman Keeton defends the program, saying the street
is heavily traveled, and should be widened as soon as
possible. Councilman Thompson, a longtime advocate of
the project, says the street widening is valuable to the
entire East side, and to postpone the project would be
a betrayal of the voters. He says the program is badly
needed.MoLLeland makes a motion the city planning commission
study the project, in relation to the needs of other
areas. His motion is carried unanimously, and the
council also approves a motion by councilman George
Thompson the Third, who wants two other major street
projects included in the study. All three programs were
authorized by voters in 1958. only councilman ShannonvG~
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: City council], item, July 28, 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc940474/m1/3/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.