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The Fort worth city council voted unariimously
this morning to approve an ordinance which would close
the municipal ainort, Beacham Pield, to Pll commerieal
aviation, The ortli nce goes into effect Vay 1st, nd
pro1.i ts sr' ckn 'rci1 flights except those Aeetined
1'1 ^vrntu1 -nin t the Dall:,s-P'ort orth airport.
Ywirr !'uPe, president of southwest Airlines, made
a ireeta n to the council before they voted,
!ir- th-;- to let Sottwest begin commuter flights
tf t cIty'. 'irrort. Muse said no other major
t;'tr1 lit havc clo'e& a municipal irnort
to a Fr;eo etc c:las of aviation, pnO said the ordinace
i clearly illora .
After the -rote, Ese said his company would seek
n 'r'r jct.~r -grairst the ordinance.
About 2CO -ersons..a standingr-room-only crowd..
cheered nn +rnlauded when council members voted theordinance in.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: FW Citcon], script, April 15, 1974, 12:00 p.m.; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1969186/m1/1/?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.