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WORTH STAR-TELEGRAM Saturday Morning, July 19, 1975 200 comrades in arms at Arlington rites Slain officer paid final tribute By DON HARRISON ARLINGTON More than 200 police officers from departments as far away as Houston came to St. Matthew Catholic Church Friday to pay tribute to slain Arlington patrolman Gary Dwaine Harl. The 31-year-old Harl, a two-year veteran with the Arlington police department, was gunned down late Wednesday after the stopped a motorcyclist for a routine violation in the 2700 block of South Cooper. Witnesses said Harl was talking with the cyclist when a shot rang out. The officer was found slumped behind the steering wheel of his car, a bullet in his head.

About seven hours later, police found James Ira Schmidt, 27, of Rio Vista, fatally wounded near the Nolan River Bridge in Johnson County. Schmidt had been a suspect i in the officer's death. Tarrant County Medical Examiner Dr. Feliks Gwozdz ruled the suspect's death a suicide. A note was found.

BY FRIDAY though, most officers' thoughts were not on the chase or the dead suspect. Patrolman Ronnie McQueary, a friend of Harl's and a member of the same "midnight shift," stood quietly outside the church. A telltale tear showed beneath his sunglasses. "It's really impressive," he said, looking out over the sea of blue-clad men. "The whole shift will be going to Oklahoma Forum may seek ruling on meetings By AMY STRUTHERS ARLINGTON- the four months since it was formed, the Arlington Citizens Forum has taken the Arlington school board to task twice and may a third time.

A forum spokesman said the group may ask the board to seek an attorney general's ruling on the question of dinner meetings. The forum first appeared before the school board in June and argued that dinner meetings violate the open meetings law because school board business discussed. Later, the forum asked the board for an open discussion period during board meetings. Dr. Wayne Anderson, a Richland Hills may increase property taxes RICHLAND HILLS Residents here may seem a jump in their property taxes this year.

Mayor Paul Daniels said Friday. Daniels hinted at the increase shortly, after City Council approved the 1975 tax roll, which totaled $31,017.954 about $1 million more than last year. "It appears that in order to provide the kind of city services we need, we may have to have some kind of increase, he said. Richland Hills taxes are $1.06 per $100 valuation based on 55 per cent of market value. The city has not had a tax increase in 10-11 years, Daniels said.

The new rate will be set Aug. 4. Mrs. Barbara Beam. Dick Ward and D.

Townley received five-year city service pins at the meeting. James E. Moore dies at age 67 James Earl Moore. 67. of 1828 St.

Louis. a retired machinist and diesel foreman at Texas and Pacific Railroad in Fort Worth, died Friday in a hospital. Surviving are his wife, Betty; a daughter, Mrs. Annette Parks of Fort Worth: a sister. Mrs.

Orville Blackshear Houston, and one grandchild. Funeral will be at 2 p.m. Saturday at Robertson-Mueller -Harper Funeral Home with burial in Rose Hill. City (for the burial), about 25 of us 26 counting Gary. He was the Friday's mass was a reunion of sorts.

A time to search the crowd for a familiar face. It was, as Capt. Bill Daniels of the Tarrant County sheriff's department put it, a "gathering of the family." "I've been to about six of these," he said. "You never get used to them." DANIELS, A 10-year veteran with his department, said Friday's turnout was the largest he had ever seen. Others said the same.

"It's hard for those who aren't in this line of work to understand," he said. "But it's like losing a member of your family." The Rev. Gerard Scholl expressed concern over the tragedy in his eulogy, "especially when one is engaged in the business of protecting other people." But Harl's widow and his "family" already knew that from past experience and similar ceremonies. When the flag-draped casket was wheeled from the church to the waiting hearse, 200 men and women snapped to attention and saluted, their black-taped badges and shined shoes glinting in the morning sun. The calm of the moment was suddenly shattered as 26 motorcycles thundered to life.

Uniformed men stopped briefly for a last handshake with old friends before climbing into their cars to join the motorcade. Thirty minutes later the church was empty, the parking lot cleared. A siren wailed somewhere south along Texas 303. It was business as usual. metro is Dallas FINAL TRIBUTE away as Houston salute Fort Worth scope FW postal worker says, 'my walking shoes ready' By ROBERT MAHONEY A job action by Fort Worth postal workers will be considered at a union meeting Sunday if there is no progress in their contract negotiations in Washington, D.C., the StarTelegram learned Friday.

A union member told a Star-Telegram reporter that union members are considering a work slowdown or stoppage Monday if there is no tentative agreement on a new contract by midnight Sunday, when the old pact expires. "If we don't have a contract, then we will not said the member, who asked not to be identified. "I've got my walking shoes ready." J. J. Padilla, president of the Fort Worth Postal Workers Union, said Friday he will not support any action, unless it is initiated and approved by the union's national headquarters in Washington, D.C.

"Until we hear from the national office, we have been told to stay at our jobs until further notice, regardless of what action other (postal) unions may take," he said. "If there is any job action, an order will have to come from our national president, Francis Philbey, Padilla said. "I intend to follow the dictates of the national Padillo said he doubts whether a local job action will be discussed at the union's regular meeting at 3 p.m. Sunday the Texas and Pacific Building. However, he did not discount the possibility.

"It's hard to tell what the membership will want to discuss at these meetings," he explained. Padillo said union representatives are meeting in Washington with post office Funeral scheduled today for Raymond W. Arnold Funeral for Raymond W. Arnold. 39, owner of A-1 Arnold's Transmission, will be at 1 p.m.

Saturday at Owens Brumley Chapel with burial at 4 p.m. Sunday at Marshall's Colonial Garden. Arnold. father of one of three Fort Worth girls who disappeared from Seminary South Shopping Center just before Christmas, died Friday in a hospital. His daughter, Mrs.

Mary Rachel Trlica, 17, has not been located, despite a reward offer and continuous investigation to find the three girls. business professor at the University of Texas at Arlington, recently was elected moderator of the group. An Arlington resident two years, he said he helped organize the group because "I thought now was the time to become really involved in issues. Arlington is a community where I plan to stay for a With a membership of more than 20, the group plans to divide its efforts between school issues, City Council issues and other community 1 Anderson said the forum by-laws state as, its purpose "to insure that the decisions under study by Arlington city and school officials, elected and appointed, are given full discussion and evaluation by the citizens of Arlington." He said the group hopes to accomplish this goal through involvement, investigation, education and action. have members who have Ph.D.s and some who have no college education," Anderson said.

Rick Fulton, forum secretary, said the board was not receptive to the presentation about the meetings. "I thought we were treated very rudely," he said. Fulton was an unsuccessful candidate for the board in the spring election. "We got a lot of negative response. But at least now the school board knows somebody is interested in things," he said.

response to the forum's requests, Dr. Truett Boles, school board president, said he doesn't believe the board dinners violate any laws. "We've been doing nothing illegal," Boles said. "We started the dinners so that all the board members would be on time to meetings. But it would be foolish to say that when these people are together that they might not talk about school board He said the idea of adding an open discussion session to regular board meetings has been considered before.

At present, persons wanting to speak at the meetings must submit a written request to the board before an agenda is printed. "The meetings have to be planned," he He said he feels the persons who presented the requests were persons who make a habit of questioning the board's activities. is nothing new. It's the same people who have come before the board in the past," Boles said. "It's just a small group.

Arnold was a native of Marshall and had lived 20 years in Fort Worth. He was a member of the American Legion and Trentman Avenue Baptist Church. He had served 10 years with the Texas National Guard and was a citizens band radio operator. Survivors include his wife. Frances; another daughter, Mrs.

Debra Westfall of Fort Worth; a son, Rusty Arnold of Fort Worth: his mother, Mrs. T. R. McCoy; a brother, Kelly Thomas Arnold, and a sister, Mrs. Gladys Fant, all of Marshall.

Soap Box Derby entrants for 1975 CLASS A ADDRESS BIRTHDAY SCHOOL SPONSOR NAME Ferrell. Janie 7837 Terry 11-16-61 Mitchell. Dennis 226 N.E. Craig, Burleson 6-26-62 Moore, Roy Joe 5700 Azteca 2-2-62 Lee, Tim 220 Anderson, Ardmore, Okla. 3-13-62 Swanner, Mark 300 S.W., Ardmore, Okla.

5-24-61 Lee. Donald 220 Anderson, Ardmore, Okla. 12-4-60 Bressman, Steve 7813 Pensacola 7-9-61 Hunt. Kevin Rt. 4.

Box 644, Burleson 5-5-61 Dutton. Mike E. Box 351, Gainesville 11-15-59 Newhouse. Jeff 2107 Collard Arl. 8-18-61 Deeley, John 8000 Pinewood 1-7-62 Walker.

Clifton 5704 Starling Circle 12-28-60 Esch. Eric 2508 -Carnation 12-10-59 Rainey Chris 836- Timberhill Hurst 9-9-60 Shafer, Paul 14408 Ablon, Dallas 3-31-61 Anthony 216 Vernon Castle 12-3-61 Daugherty, Marcus 2720 Goldenrod 12-18-61 Brewer Middle Moose Lodge No. 1100 P. G. Hughes Middle David B.

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High None Leonard Middle Holiday Lincoln-Mercury Hughes Middle Slash Ranch Calisburg High None Mansfield Jr. High Arlington Bank Trust Leonard Middle McDonald's North Oaks Jr. High Dietz Opticians Carter-Riverside High Moslah Temple Bedford Jr. High None Jesuit None Nolan High Champlin No. 1 Riverside Middle None CLASS NAME ADDRESS BIRTHDAY SCHOOL Eherle, John 10747 St.

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2 Parker, Steve T. 7025 Corona Dr. 1-6-64 Snow Heights First of Ft. Worth Smith. Jeff 541 Ivy Way, Garland 4-7-63 Brandenburg Jr.

High None Shafer, Joe 14408 Ablon, Dallas 4-5-64 McLaughlin None Howeth, Danny 5646 Tourist Dr. 1-19-63 Birdville Elementary Cogdell Auto Supply Tapp, Tim 545 Ivy Way, Garland 3-29-63 Brandenburg Jr. High Wash America Jonas, Troy 3506 Urban, Dallas 7-3-64 Urban Park Morton Foods 3 -Star-Telegram Photo by WILBURN DAVIS Police officers from as far Gary DeWane Harl as his casket enters St. Matslain Arlington Patrolman thew Catholic Church for a funeral mass. Two councilmen reach compromise on remap Two city councilmen agreed Friday afternoon on a single-member districting plan that, both say, stands a good chance of adoption by the council.

Theplanis a compromise of plans presented by Councilmen Hugh Parmer and Henry Meadows at an informal meeting of the council Friday morning. Parmer said the compromise plan would be sent to council members this weekend in preparation for Monday's meeting. A letter endorsing the plan, signed by Parmer and Meadows also, would be sent to council members, Parmer said. Among aspects of the comPromises is district creation with of a a Mexican. population of 27.9 per cent.

Meadows' plan, before the compromise, had been criticized because it contained a North Side district with a Mexican-American population of only 24 per cent. Another compromise calls for keeping intact Pcts. 134 and 50, which were split under Parmer's original plan. Meadows opposed splitting the precincts. Under the compromise, Pct.

134 is in the TCU-South Side district and Pct. 50 is in the North Side district. The moving of Pct. 50 forced Pct. 64 and 57 to be in the Near West Side district.

Pet. 1 remains split under compromise to allow the predominantly black Pct. 61 to be in the Central East District. Here are the eight districts: The North Side district has a population of 48,485, including a 27.9 Mexican-American population. No incumbent lives in district.

The Meadowbrook-Poly district has a population of 49,161. Council man John O'Neill is the incumbent. The Stop Six district has a population of 50,020 and a black population of 53 per cent. The district has no incumbent. The Central East district has a population of 49,120 and a black populatio of 71.6 per cent.

No incumbent lives in the district. The Near South SideTCU district has a population 0g 50,069. Incumbents are Henry Meadows, Margret Rimmer and Joe Bruce Cunningham. The South-Southwest district has a population of Dice to rule on law challenged by firm AUSTIN (AP) Retired Criminal Appeals Judge Wesley Dice said Friday he would rule at 1:30 p.m. Monday on Argonaut Insurance suit to nullify a new state law requiring companies writing medical malpractice insurance to give 90 days' notice before raising their rates.

Dice announced at the conclusion of a two-day hearing on Argonaut's motion for a temporary injunction that he would take the case under advisement, study the briefs over the weekend and rule Monday. Judge Dice, as are other retired judges, is on call to hear cases to help relieve the court system's backlog. 50.355. Incumbent in the district is Woodie Woods. Two Far West district has a population of 46,622 and has no incumbent.

The Near West district has a population of 49,624. Incumbents are Hugh Parmer and Richard Newkirk. Meadows said the plan is "not prefect." nothing that is split the Riverside and Oakhurst areas, which he hoped would be in one district. But, Meadows added. theplan over-all is "fair to all the citizens" and "acceptable to any officials in an 11th-hour effort to reach an agreement on a new contract and avert any job action.

Labor and management leaders reportedly negotiating a no-layoff clause, protection for part -time workers, increased wages and additional fringe benefits. "These are the gut issues being discussed," Padillo said. Although he is in daily contact with the national office, Padillo said he does not know the details of the contract negotiations. Postmaster Jack Watson said Friday he does not anticipate any major work stoppage in Fort Worth. Watson said a strike or work slowdown against the U.S.

government is illegal. "I think the majority of postal employes throughout the nation, and especially in Fort Worth, are law-abiding citizens and will obey the law (no-strike clause) in their contract, he said. Watson said he hopes representatives of the union and the U.S. Postal Service will agree to an extension of the old contract if a settlement is not reached by midnight Sunday. "Economic chaos would result if the mails don't go through," he said.

Alleged member of SIA faces extradition HOUSTON (AP) Thero Lavon Wheeler, alleged member of the Symbionese Liberation Army, was ordered extradited Friday to California, where he is wanted for prison escape. Testimony before State District Court Judge Andrew Jefferson showed Wheeler, 30, worked as a laborer in Houston since April 1974 under the name of Bradley S. Bruce. Sherman Ross, Wheeler's attorney, said there are two appeals routes. He said one involves an informal administrative hearing before Texas Secretary of State Mark White in which Wheeler will ask for asylum in Texas.

Ross said if White makes a favorable decision and Wheeler gains asylum from Gov. Dolph Briscoe then Jefferson's decision is moot. Barring that decision, Ross he will take the case to the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. 6,370 attending summer school summer school term at Tarrant County Junior College is 6,370, a 60 per cent increase over last year, TC.IC enrollment figures show. The South Campus enrollment is 3,865 and the Northeast Campus, 2,505.

Classes for the second sixweek summer term began Wednesday and the semester ends Aug. 22. Now and notable Hurst putting bite on barking dogs By DAN FRAZIER Most suburban residents are concerned about maintaining a peaceful atmosphere in their neighborhoods and Hurst residents can rest assured their city officials have even tried to legislate against nature to see that peace is preserved. Section 3-45 of the Hurst animal ordinance makes "harboring or keeping a barking dog a misdemeanor." Persons whose dogs may be having a friendly conversation across the fence could be fined up to $200. The ordinance was passed in 1959, and is included in a new booklet titled "Your Dog and You and the City of Hurst" recently sent residents here.

IN OBSERVANCE OF THE BICENTENNIAL, Tar- rant County Junior College South Campus will offer American Issues Forum courses beginning in the fall. The courses will include topics in American history and discussions of traditional concepts and principles upon which the country was founded. Classes are scheduled 9 to 9:50 a.m. on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and 7:25 to 10:05 p.m. on Tuesdays.

THE IRVING FIRE FIGHTERS Ladies Auxiliary will sponsor a blood drive July 26 for the 8-year-old son of fireman Lloyd Robnett. Robnett's son, Brian, is a hemophiliac and owes some 88 pints of blood to a blood bank. A bloodmobile will be at Senter Park Recreation Center beginning at 9 a.m. for persons wishing to donate. TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY--Usually it's the Department of Public Safety officer who gives the tickets, but one DPS officer recently had the tables turned on him at TCJC's Northeast Campus.

A campus security guard noticed a DPS car parked illegally in a teacher parking zone and promptly issued a warning ticket. ARLINGTON FIREMAN KEN GIBSON recently became the only fireman in the city who is a Certified Master Fire Inspector. Gibson served four years as a volunteer and has been with the department fulltime 11 years. He has an associate degree in fire technology and was certified by the Texas Commission on Fire Protection Personnel Standards and Education. TEACHER PAY RAISE--Teachers in the Birdville School District are now among the highest paid in the area as the result of action taken at the school board meeting Wednesday night.

Beginning teachers with bachelor's degrees will be earning $9,100 per year and top master's degree holders will be making $14,375. NEED A USED POLYGRAPH MACHINE or a motorcycle or a refrigerator from the fire department? How about: a gas pump, asphalt kettle or arc welder? These and other items, including pickups, cars, bicycles and office machines, will be auctioned at the Hurst Service Center, 2001 Precinct Line Road, Aug. 2. Registration for bidders begins at 8 a.m. and the auction starts at 10 a.m.

The city of Burleson also has provided a few used items. PROSPECTIVE ENTRANTS in the Miss Texas Universe Pageant have until July 29 to apply. Joe Rinelli, who is interviewing women who would like to enter the contest as representatives of Tarrant County, said applicants must be between 18 and 28 and unmarried. No talent presentation is required. The pageant will be Aug.

24-31 in El Paso. Rinelli can be contacted at 336-8701 or 731-1993..