[News Script: Election] Part: 1 of 4
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ELECTION 1-1-1
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The issue passes - I-1(
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LONG OF BUILDING
The present Dallas county courthouse, a redstone
Former Dallas Mayor R. L. Thornton pops briskly
out of a oar this morning enroute to cast his
vote for the proposed 18-million, 5-hundred
courthouse,
thousand dollar -nUm bond issue. With
Mrs. Thornton, Mayor Bob says he has two sure votes
and predicts that like most bond programs he's
go one way -- in the
had a hand in, this one will
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of progress. Early
balloting at the Lakewood School, where the
Thornton' s cast their votes, is slow. Thornton,
who served as chairman of the I citizens building
information committee which laid the groundwork
for the election, points out that there has been
no organized opposition to the bond issue.
MAN COMES OUT OF VOTING BOOTH
And, the former mayor's prediction is a good one.1
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Election], item, September 23, 1961; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc940681/m1/1/?q=%221961-09%22: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.