March 5 historical highlights span empires and icons
On this date in history notable events include the 1770 Boston Massacre, Zachary Taylor's 1849 oath, the 1868 Johnson impeachment court, the 1933 Nazi vote share, Churchill's Iron Curtain speech in 1946, Stalin's death in 1953, a 1963 air crash that killed Patsy Cline and others, a 1970 nuclear treaty, Carter radio Q&A in 1977, and a 1986 hostage killing claim in Lebanon.
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Zachary Taylor
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Andrew Johnson
Winston Churchill
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Fulton
Josef Stalin
Patsy Cline
Cowboy" Copas
Hawkshaw
Michel Seurat
Psychiatrist testifies Yates a shell before drownings
Houston psychiatrist describes Andrea Yates as a severly ill shell at the time she arrived for treatment last March weeks before she drowned five children. The defense seeks to prove she lacked the capacity to know right from wrong amid schizophrenia and post partum mood disorder.
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Andrea Yates
Ellen Allbritton
Yates
Devereux Texas
Allbritton
Russell
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Enron seeks auditor as big firms dodge review
Enron Corp. remains without an auditor as PricewaterhouseCoopers KPMG Ernst & Young and Deloitte and Touche decline comment on possible engagement. Enron faces an April 1 SEC 10 K deadline to file a detailed audited report for 2001 amid ongoing investigations into accounting practices. Beatty of USC Marshall cautions a rapid audit may be infeasible due to complexity and time.
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Leventhal School’ of Accounting
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Beatty
Race and ethnicity shape Texas Democratic primary
In Dallas, Peggy Marks and analysts say race and ethnicity will heavily influence the March 12 primary. The Democratic field is unusually diverse with Ron Kirk, Tony Sanchez, Dan Morales, Victor Morales, and Ken Bentsen.
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Kirk
Democratic Party
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University of Texas-Pan American
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Dan Morales
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Ken Bentsen
Weather warms across Texas as weekend ice thaws
Temperatures rise from the 40s to 60s across Texas this week with southerly winds and clear skies. In Waco, skeletal remains of nearly 100 American Indians, exhumed from central Texas sites for Baylor University studies, await a federal decision on disposition.
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Texas
Panhandle
Waco
Baylor University
Morales pledges teacher pay raise amid tax hike talk
Democratic gubernatorial candidate Dan Morales vows to raise Texas teacher salaries even if it requires new taxes. He aims to match national average pay or higher, arguing for top-quality public education. Opponent Tony Sanchez’ camp supports higher salaries but questions funding. John Cole of the Texas Federation of Teachers notes election rhetoric on education.
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Dan Morales
Texas
Morales
Tony Sanchez
Sanchez
John Cole
Texas Federation of Teachers
Cole
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