[News Script: Urban affairs] Page: 1 of 4
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URBAN AFFAIRS
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Suggestions for improving Texas cities are bouncingaround like ping-pong balls at Arlington State
College, which is hosting a two day conference on
urban affairs. Mayor Judson Williams of El Paso,
one of several speakers on today's agenda, says the
cities need more money, and should be allowed to
impose a one-percent sales tax.
J. Lee Johnson the third introduces this afternoon's
main speaker, James McGrew, Research Director of the
Texas Research League. McGrew urges the creation of
a state agency for urban affair'. He says such an
organization is needed to coordinate federal, state
and local programs. McGrew also calls for the es.-.
tablishment of a state board to study requests of
small communities which want to incorporate. He
says this action is needed to curtail the m
unrestrained growth of smaller cities. McGrew says
there's a need for more councils of government,
such as the one recently formed in North CentralJ LEE
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Urban affairs], script, October 26, 1966; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc985360/m1/1/?q=%22~1%22~1: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.