[News Script: Dallas County mental health agency] Page: 3 of 4
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It was clear from the outset that the commissioners
were in no mood to i give the Mental Health
agency the a'ddi'icrnal 10-thousend dollars it was
so
seeking. Charles Cullum, chairman of the agency's
danger
board said that some awe programs were in
of being done away with if the additional funds were'ht
provided.
commissioner John Whittington, however, said the
agency's budget was hiked more than 750-thousand dollar
over last year. and he said "I don't see how programsyou ran lst year
mauxbex Nx~xcan be in danger when you have more
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money this year." Both 4hittington and Co _ ,sioner
Mel Price said they were not in fvor of giging the
8agency any more money.
Thd Judge Lew Sterrett sai4,
"Let'S bi rlisICi... ,e'e out of iioney. " A cy
diec tor Do. Robert Dovenmuehle said th+t some of the
newer programs started by the Mental Health
organization will have to be cut back..Lowrrll Dun n(
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Dallas County mental health agency], script, February 5, 1971, 6:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1414086/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.