Centenarian Grace Berry Keeps Writing for Thorn dale Champion
Grace Berry, approaching her 100th birthday, writes for Thorn dale Champion in southeast Texas each Monday. She began in 1936 as a widow at a grocery, later becoming editor for 10 years, and continues amid aging, praising hard work over computers.
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Bilingual education support highlighted at NALEC meeting
U S Education Secretary Richard Riley received a standing ovation for reaffirming support for bilingual programs noting success in Texas Florida and New York He opposed California Proposition 227 which would require a year of intensive English training Riley spoke at the National Association of Latino Elected and Appointed Officials NALEC. Senator Mario Gallegos contrasted California with Houston noting the defeat of a minority contracting referendum praised former Mayor Bob Lanier for defending affirmative action while Houston still saw Anglo men securing over 70 percent of city contracts.
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Appeals court orders trial in father's suit over girls
Rex Mays confessed to stabbing Kynara Carreiro and Kristin Wiley after two girls, Kynara and Kristin, were left unsupervised in the Wiley home. The father Robert Carreiro accuses Edward and Rebecca Wiley of negligence for leaving a teen in charge, leading to the 1992 deaths. The suit, dismissed in 1996 by Judge Tracy Christopher, proceeds to trial per an appeals court ruling.
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