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The other proposition on today's ballot, seven and a half million dollars worth of hospital improvements, carried easily. The proposal needed only a simply majority to carry, and it was approved by about 14 thousand votes. Both Parkland and Woodlawn Hospital are in line for im. provements and expansion. There was no organized. 1 X
opposition to the Hospital proposals.
Dallas County voters have turned ow a proposal to purchase right-of-way property for construction of a 95 mile long outer loop freeway. The final count was 18 thousand nine hundred and five for, and 15 thousand, one hundred 59 against. The proposal needed a two thirds ma- jority to carry, and it missed by about four thousand votes. The 20 million dollar proposal had been actively opposed by some groups and individuals and actively supported by others. County officials had said the loop proposal might mean a tax increase of ten cents per one NOW hundred dollar evaluation,
Video footage from the WBAP-TV/NBC station in Fort Worth, Texas, covering a news story about Dallas County voters turning down a 20 million dollar proposal to purchase right-of-way property for construction of a 95 mile long outer loop freeway.
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