[News Script: Arlington mall] Page: 5 of 6
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A FIVE MEMBER COMMITTEE OF THE CHAMBER DEVISED THE PLAN
THAT INCLUDES THE 'VIRTUAL ELIMINATION OF ALL PARKING METERS IN
ARLINGTON* IT ALSO CALLS OR A THREE
-4! \/c fx
BLOCK PORTION OF MAIN STREET
WITH THRU TRAFFIC DISCOURAGED. HE HEAD OF THAT COMMITTEE
RALPH SHELTON I .:: SAID HE THOUGHT THAT SPARKING METERS
ARE
OUTDATED....
TAKE SOF OF SHELTON Z
ONCE THE PLAN IS APPROVED B Y THE ARLINGTON CITY COUNCIL THE
CHAMBER PLANS TO DONATE A SMALL PARK FOR THE AREA AND THE RETAIL
PROVIDE
BUSINESSMEN THERE WILL W& ig SHRUBBERY.AND
\* SHOPPING CENTER
LANDSCAPING...THE BATTLE BETWEEN DOWNTOWN AND
RETAILERS HAS BEEN ONE-SIDED FOR QUITE SOME TIME...ARLINGTON
DOWNTOWN MERCHANTS WANT TO PUT UP A FIGHT FOR THE
CONSUMER'S DOLLAR. J.G CHANNEL FIVE NEWS ARL .
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Arlington mall], script, May 7, 1971, 10:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1426880/m1/5/?q=%221971-05-07%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.