Shamrock Hotel opening and McCarthy era memories
Wanda Orton recalls the Shamrock Hotel opening in 1949. Glenn McCarthy hosted a star filled party that drew Hollywood figures, journalists, and 3000 guests, while the Emerald Room and green décor highlighted a legendary South Texas milestone later demolished in 1987.
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St. Patrick's
McCarthy
James Dean
Ginger Rogers
Dorothy Lamour
Errol Flynn
Robert Preston
Bay Theater
Hollywood
Cork Club
Houston Press
Ernest Hemingway
Henry Kissinger
Leon Jaworski
University of Houston
Sam Houston Area Council of Boy Scouts
Conrad Hilton
Hilton
Texas Medical Center
TMC
la Porte
Texas
Glenn McCarthy
Sunshine Week calls for renewed FOIA reform
The piece argues for passage of the FOIA Improvement Act during Sunshine Week highlighting FOIA’s role in exposing government secrecy from Guantanamo to the Bay of Pigs. It criticizes Obama era exemptions and urges the president to publicly back stronger openness to empower accountability and speedier access to information.
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Guantanamo Bay
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
John Lennon
Barack Obama
Obama
CIA
Bay of Pigs
Associated Press
FOIA
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Bill Moyers
Law
Today in History March 18 highlights through the years
On March 18, various historical events are noted including the 1937 New London Texas school gas explosion that killed about 300 people, the 1974 end of the Arab oil embargo, and the 1990 theft of 13 artworks from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum. Terri Schiavo case details are summarized with dates. Mahalia Jackson quote closes.
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New London
Texas
United States
Israel
Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum
Boston
Florida
Terri Schiavo
Schiavo
Patrick Abbott clash signals bold Texas leadership shift
Texas figures Patrick and Abbott push beyond party lines as Dan Patrick, now lieutenant governor, reshapes Senate rules to a simple majority for floor votes. Abbott tones down sharp attack stance while Patrick holds 11 press conferences, courting bold leadership and stirring pushback from Joe Straus.
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Texas
Greg Abbott
Abbott
Texas Supreme Court
Dan Patrick
Rush Limbaugh
Texas Senate
Senate
Patrick
Capitol
Joe Straus
Chuck Lindell
Austin American-Statesman
Lindell
Straus
Texas National Guard
Rick Perry
National Guard
University of Texas
Perry
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Bing Crosby
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Wanda Orton
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Baytownsun.com
Wanda
Orton
Congress
Sean
VITKA
Mahalia Jackson
The
Baytown Sun
Memorial Drive
Baytown
Baytownsun
Facebook .Com
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Manag
Janie Gray
David Bloom
Gregg Sanford
April Jones
Rate Wray
Jim Finley
Jay Eshbach
M. A. Bengtson
Tony Polumbo
Newsroom
Sam
Sun
Sunnewaytownsun.com
Abbott, Patrick
Bill McRaven
McRaven
Osama bin Laden
Admiral McRaven
House
Dave McNeely
Gmail
Dave
McNeely
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